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Read Us Online at IslandSunNews.com NEWSPAPER VOL. 20, NO. 31 SANIBELSanibel & CAPTIVA & Captiva ISLANDS, Islands FLORIDA JANUARY 25, 2013 JANUARY SUNRISE/SUNSET: 25 7:16 • 6:05 26 7:16 • 6:06 27 7:15 • 6:07 28 7:15 • 6:08 29 7:15 • 6:08 30 7:14 • 6:09 31 7:14 • 6:10
Quiz show competitors, from left, Caitlin Ross, Tyler Ulrich and Ashley Thibaut Center 4 Life, Sanibel School Gather For Potluck And Quiz Show by Jeff Lysiak Guests at the Historical Village’s fundraiser will have a chance to bid on lunch and a tour of Sanibel Fire Station #1. Pictured from left are Gerri Perkins of the auction committee, fire- hat was the smallest of Christopher Columbus’ three ships? fighter Shane Grant, Anita Smith of the auction committee and firefighter Brian Howell. How many teaspoons are in two tablespoons? W In which direction does the Earth spin – clockwise or counter-clockwise? If you’re like most folks, the answers to these questions may come to you after a Historical Village Live Auction Items little bit of thought or even some calculated guessing. However, for the three students – Caitlin Ross, Tyler Ulrich and Ashley Thibaut – participating in last Thursday’s Are You ive auction items at the Sanibel Historical Museum and Village’s February 5 Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? quiz show, the answers appeared to be rather easy. fundraiser, It’s Paradise ... Because, are varied enough to be on everyone’s wish But don’t blame John Brown, host of the Center 4 Life’s potluck/game night, who Llist, and exciting enough to entertain everyone. came up with the questions. Give credit to Amy Holik and Mary Clauss – Caitlin, Tyler “Fire Chief Danny Duncan is offering lunch for four to six people with Sanibel’s fire- and Ashley’s teachers. fighters right at the firehouse,” said Anita Smith, who is on the auction committee. “The continued on page 42 continued on page 8
Unveiling the new Living With Dinosaurs exhibit at the Refuge Education Center are, from left, Paul Tritaik, Cindy Reinhart, Doris Hardy and John McCabe American crocodile which called Sanibel Island her home from 1986 through 2010. Refuge Unveils Living With “With this display, this gives us a better opportunity to educate the public about crocodiles and alligators, and their importance to our ecology,” said Paul Tritaik, refuge Dinosaurs Exhibit, Crocodile Skeleton manager. During the opening ceremony, Tritaik thanked the volunteers who “croc sat” by Jeff Lysiak over the years, he explained, not so much for the fact that she might bother any peo- ple, but that people might bother her. small crowd gathered at the Refuge Education Center last Wednesday morning The display also includes an interactive touch screen (with home movies taken by for the official unveiling of the Living With Dinosaurs exhibit. But more than islander Janie Howland, whose home the crocodile frequented), signage, fun facts and Athat, the group was there to say “Welcome home” to a legendary local reptile several “touch” elements, including a sample of the reptile’s protective scutes. that made the refuge her home for nearly a quarter of a century. According to refuge records, the rare American crocodile was relocated 70 miles On January 16, the staff and volunteers at the refuge welcomed visitors to explore continued on page 8 their newest exhibit, which features the articulated skeleton of the 11-foot-plus female 2 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 Island Treasure Ralph Woodring submitted by Emilie Alfino, manager Sanibel Historical Museum and Village n Tuesday, February 5, the Sanibel Historical Museum and OVillage will hold its annual fund- raiser. This year’s theme is “It’s Paradise … Because It’s Sanibel.” The production will focus on two tourists visiting the island for the first time, encountering four of the island’s “VIPs” who helped Sanibel become the paradise it is today. In keeping with the theme of “Island VIPs,” the Historical Museum and Village is submitting a series of articles focusing on some of the other people and families that have been fundamental to Sanibel’s growth and unique character. One of those people is Ralph Woodring. Woodring’s grandmother’s parents, Esperanza Woodring casts a fishing net Ralph Woodring and Francis Bailey at last year’s Cracker Festival Samuel and Anna Woodring, were Sanibel’s first homesteaders in the late the island’s fire house located at today’s ness serving more than 100 accounts – Esperanza Woodring’s home, which son 1880s. Eleven years later, Anna was Roadside City Park. The Bait Box has mostly small businesses including Bailey’s, Ralph refurbished and still calls home. widowed with five children to raise, and been serving anglers since 1971. South Seas and Jensen’s. They still burn pine straw and to smoke started what would become the first lodg- “Mom bought the property when I Ralph still fishes and still owns a com- away mosquitoes and sand flies – which ing establishment on the island – a board- was in the service,” Woodring said. “After mercial license, but he doesn’t get out on Woodring claims are much worse than ing house catering to “drummers,” as the service, I worked for South Seas for the water very often these days. “I have mosquitoes. In fact, it almost sounds as salesmen were called. Her son Sam mar- four years, where I learned something two businesses to run. My boat’s in the though he misses the days when the mos- ried a Cayo Costa woman who became about business. Then, I moved to guiding hospital. I get out once or twice a week quitoes ruled the island: “That’s one of a legendary figure on Sanibel, Esperanza, and commercial fishing. But our way of depending on the season, what’s biting, the problems. If we had mosquitoes, we and had a son, Ralph, another genuine life was changing, and it was hard.” and what’s running.” wouldn’t have so many damn people.” island treasure. Woodring decided to do something He also keeps a tank of shrimp at his Esperanza was born and raised on Woodring, a long-time commercial different and opened The Bait Box “with dock on Woodring Point where fishermen Cayo Costa. Her grandfather was a fish- fisherman descended from a family two fish hooks and a tank of shrimp,” as can help themselves and pay by putting erman and had a fish ranch. of fishermen, owns The Bait Box on Woodring describes it. “It turned into a their money in the “honor system box” “They hired guys to catch fish and Periwinkle Way. The building was once pretty good business.” there. then salt-cured them for shipping to Key Woodring also has a wholesale busi- That dock sits in front of Sam and West and Cuba,” Woodring explained.
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Season Spponsor ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 3 Woodring remembered. “We’d have fires ‘bored’ – one of the words kids use today on the beach, have some hot dogs; there that makes me want to slap ’em. We just was no dope and no drinking.” enjoyed the hell out of being home.” Mabel Critchley (who owned Burnap One of the biggest worries was Cottage on Woodring Point from 1935 what the family was going to eat. to 1948; the cottage is now part of the “You couldn’t plan ahead too much,” Sanibel Historical Museum and Village), Woodring explained. “You couldn’t go had an automobile and drove down from to the grocery store and buy a piece of New York every year and sometimes meat. But Esperanza could make a meal would keep it at Bailey’s. “Occasionally out of whatever we had. She canned Mabel, mom and I would ride to Captiva shrimp once, and it was the first time in for a sandwich. That was a fun outing,” our lives we had shrimp to eat. Not too Woodring remembered. many years after that, we started to catch “We had a full life,” he said. “What did shrimp for bait.” we do? I don’t know, but we were never continued on page 4
Ralph Woodring at his bait tank in front of his parents’ home, where he still lives today “They’d bring back supplies on the hired people to run the boats. “If the return trip: rum, whiskey, whatever they revenuers were after you and you didn’t could get. When she was 16 years old, stop, they’d shoot at you,” Woodring my mother came to Woodring Point. She explained. “One time one of the guys had lived out the rest of her life here.” a jug of whiskey and wanted to quickly Both of Woodring’s parents were fish- drink the last drop. He tipped it up to his ing guides and cast netters, and they did lips and a bullet cracked it.” gill net fishing together. “Whatever dad When Woodring was a boy, the only did, mom learned to do and do well. It way to get to Woodring Point was by was a matter of survival,” Woodring said. boat or to walk. That was the case until Woodring’s father’s family first came he was 12 years old. There was a trail to St. James City on Pine Island but they walked to get the mail from the post came to Sanibel when he was a boy, office, which was between Woodring where they homesteaded. He grew up Point and Bailey’s old store. on “the point” – Woodring Point – with “There was nothing else there – that’s three brothers and one sister. One the reason for the road being named brother was a fisherman all his life and Woodring Road,” Woodring said. “We died here. Another brother moved to were the only full-time resident family Texas. His sister Flora married a County when the road went through.” Commissioner, John Morris (who has a Nobody was around much when road named after him in Iona). They were Woodring was growing up. “We’d get farmers. Flora was the first white child part-timers. I’d catch fish and swim, born on Sanibel. explore the mangroves and areas around “My dad was a fisherman and guide here. There was always something to and bootlegger,” Woodring explained. do. It was special to me,” said Woodring. “You did whatever you could do back in “When the road came in, I’d ride my those days to make a living. Boats ran to bicycle. The older I got the more I the Bahamas to pick up English whiskey explored – all mostly to do with fishing or and peddle it mostly to Boca Grande, hunting. In the summer, I looked for the where they were happy to pay a big first tree with sea grapes and go under price.” that tree and eat sea grapes all day.” Government revenuers’ boats were “The last couple of years of high often looking for bootleggers, but Sam school, 10 or 12 kids lived here,”
Ralph Woodring on Woodring Point 4 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 From page 3 damn things that ever happened to the tinuity with the rest of the island,” said island, no two ways about it,” Woodring Woodring. “You know people have got Ralph Woodring said. “It’s not really an island anymore. the money, obviously, but who in the hell Woodring hunted rabbits and gophers We’re connected to the mainland, and needs that much house? It’s just a show- What’s Happening At and birds for food when times were hard, anything can happen – construction, place, that’s all it is. Take that money and which was often. “We hunted for sur- crime. It was just a totally different way of put it somewhere where it will do some The House In 2013 vival,” Woodring said. Trips to Fort Myers life when that ferry quit running, a whole good for mankind.” were seldom – once a month, at best. different frame of mind. We got along Woodring started the popular Cast Net “Cirque Vertigo” Gala The island was isolated back then, and damn well without the bridge in every Rodeo on The Bait Box property. “I did Jan. 26, 6:30 pm Woodring believes a person has to have respect that I can think of.” it to try to teach kids the art of cast net- $100 Tickets on sale now the right frame of mind to handle it. “We Woodring was similarly dead set ting, because it’s a dying art. In the past, grew up with it,” he said of that isolation. against Sanibel forming a city. “I did not members of the Woodring family were all “We revered it and knew it was fragile have the vision that the people who were are cast netters. You had to be good at it, Fitness Beyond 50 because it would probably go away – and doing it did,” he explained. “I look back otherwise you would starve.” Jan. 30, 3 pm it did. We all thought about it as a very now and think what would have hap- The Cast Net Rodeo used to include Interactive Author Presentation special time.” pened if they hadn’t formed the city.” a prize to the best adult cast-netter, but “Today, everybody wants everything “The quality of the city council is so some of the commercial fisherman start- and book signing to be convenient and right at hand,” very, very important,” Woodring said. ed bringing their flasks and that was not Members - Free, Non-Members - $5 Woodring continued. “Then, you just “We see the people who first set down what Woodring wanted around the kids. made allowances for everything you the rules and regulations for the city of Now the event is for children only. “The Dance Series Dates needed. At that time, Fort Myers was no Sanibel as brilliant. Now they are nibbling idea caught on with families and even metropolis either. The mail boat came six away at the plan, taking away the ambi- with tourists,” Woodring said. “There Feb. 22 days a week from Fort Myers, and you ance of the island. If you have a good set are prizes for different age groups so the Wedding House Party could order things. The fish boat – we of rules to go by, why would you weaken little guys are not competing against older called it the run boat – from Punta Gorda them?” kids. The age limit is 16.” Last year was March 15 came three days a week, and you could Today, tourists on Sanibel are as the 19th for the rodeo. order things there, too. Anything else, prevalent as the mosquitoes used to “Time goes faster the older you get,” Swamp Party outside of sickness, you dealt with and be. “Tourists mostly do not annoy me,” Woodring mused. “But I believe we have waited and planned.” Woodring said. “That’s my livelihood. seen the best of times already; I don’t see April 13 Cayo Costa, his mother’s birthplace, My revenue is probably 85 to 90 percent them getting any better.” House of Soul & R&B was not a place Woodring visited often. from tourists and snowbirds. When they Part of what drives Woodring to $20/ticket “Cayo Costa was a long ways off – do stupid things like build monstrous make that statement is the decline in the nearly a full day in the old slow boats – houses, then they annoy me.” amount of fish – in fact, the decline in the View party Photos and what are you going to do once you “Development makes me sick to my amount of everything. www.islandphotographyllc.com get there?,” he asked. “Our relatives were stomach,” Woodring said, adding that “Anything that was prolific back when all fisherman and poor. It was a whole dif- he would not develop his property at I was a boy, there’s just not the same CLASSES ferent way of life and way of thinking.” Woodring Point “no matter what. These amount. That includes fish, shells, and How does Woodring feel about the mega-mansions don’t fit. That’s not what birds,” Woodring said. “You have good causeway? 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Members of the Captiva Island Fire Control District surround Dennis Guerin, center, who retired after 11 years of service Also a Lee County Sheriff’s Office Pair Of Captiva Island Volunteer Deputy, Falde was also present during the Hurricane Charley disaster and post clean- Firefighters Announce Retirement up. He stated one memorable exercise that he Captiva Island Fire Control District announced the retirement of two vol- he was involved with was a tabletop event unteer firefighters who have served the community for more than a decade. held on Sanibel. The exercise involved TDennis Guerin (11 years) and Alan Falde (14 years) have both served the Fire many agencies and their roles in the event District with dedicated service over those many years. Guerin and Falde had both a major hurricane struck Sanibel and completed their Florida Firefighter One certification in 2004, which was required of Captiva. The tabletop exercise was given all volunteer firefighters statewide. just a couple of weeks prior to Hurricane Guerin has been a full-time employee with South Seas Resort Engineering Charley striking the Lee County coast. Department and was present during the Hurricane Charley event of 2004. His service Falde, along with Lee County Sheriff’s was very valuable to the Fire District. Prior to coming to Captiva, he was a Volunteer Office Lt. Joe Poppalardo and then Fire Captain with Point Lookout Fire Department in Long Island, New York. Guerin Captiva Fire Chief Jay Halverson, were the has been instrumental in the advice and knowledge he has given to many of the young first public safety personnel to arrive back full time members of Captiva Fire District. continued on page 6 Alan Falde retired after 14 years THE From page 4 red tide,” Woodring added. “The red tide organism we’re dealing with, Karenia bre- Ralph Woodring vis, is very elusive and has many different there are a great number of things that ways of working to the point where it’s GROG SHOP are gone altogether. You can’t find shells very hard to come up with a solution that Your One-Stop for and think, ‘Damn, how many other will really stop it. There’s a push now to WINE • SPIRITS • LIQUEURS things has that happened to?’” try to do a better job of improving water Today’s regulations make a big dif- quality. We know for a fact that blooms CIGARS • GIFT ITEMS ference, too. “I don’t think there’s are fed by phosphorus that comes down 1.75 ltr. hardly anything that swims in the water the rivers and creeks. We’re doing fund- One of the Best Malibu Rum now that doesn’t have some regulation ing, research, and education in schools. Selections of Domestic Reg. $34.99 SALE $24.99 Hopefully, some of the young people and Imported Wines on involved – simply because there are so Gordon’s Gin or Vodka 1.75 ltr. $17.99 damn many people. Everyone wants to we’re educating will have new ideas.” the West Coast take one or two – that alone is enough to There you have the soft side of Ralph Best Liquor Selection Tanqueray Gin 750 ml. $20.99 decimate the population– so it has to be Woodring, who can’t bear to see a fish on the Islands governed and taken a long hard look at,” die. That side of him is evident once you Johnnie Walker Red Label Scotch 750 ml. according to Woodring. “My father Sam get to know him. Special Orders $20.99 used to say, ‘If you take some, and you Some years ago, one of Woodring’s and Case Discounts leave some, you’ll always have some.’” beloved golden retrievers was stolen and Santa Margherita he was heartbroken. Talking about it even But over-fishing is not the only Walk-in Humidor Pinot Grigio 750 ml. $22.99 thing that has affected the fish popula- now brings up a lot of emotion. tion. There is also red tide, a problem “I raised enough hell with the cops Kim Crawford Woodring set out to try to do something that they finally went to find that dog. We Great Sauvignon Blanc 750 ml. $15.99 about. were looking, too, of course. The police Selection eventually found the dog – he’d been Sanibel Island Wines Cabernet “Red tide is one of the most heart- of Cigars breaking things I’ve seen in life. If you given to a kid – and brought him back,” & Chardonnay 750 ml. $12.99 and ever see a fish or anything suffocating, it Woodring explained, nearly choking up. Mondavi Private Selection really is a gut-wrenching thing.” The police officer would not reveal to Accessories Woodring read about S.T.A.R.T. Woodring the identity of the dog thief – Cabernet 750 ml. Reg. $11.99 (Solutions To Avoid Red Tide) based in for good reason. The police officer told SALE $9.99 Sarasota and decided to get involved. Woodring, “You do not have a very for- He started the Sanibel-Captiva chapter. giving nature.” At one time, the state organization was “As the sailors say, ‘I ask no quarter No need to leave the island... it's all right here! and I give none,’” well funded, he said, but lean times have Bailey's Shopping Center (just right of the hardware store) slowed them down. Woodring summed up his philosophy. “But a lot of research has been done “You have to protect your own.” Corner of Periwinkle and Tarpon Bay • 472-1682 and so far nothing has been able to stop Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sun. noon - 7 p.m. 6 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 Jean Turney, already a docent for more than 10 years, attended the class CARD OF THANKS for a refresher. Turney told the new docents, “My most precious enjoyment ost of the residents of Sanibel are the visitors who come to the village. really appreciate what a great They are so excited and thrilled, and it’s Mplace we have chosen to live. just an honor to be involved.” We are fortunate to have terrific organi- In addition to reviewing the Docent zations looking after our natural beauty, Handbook, a thorough and well-orga- and organizations that care deeply about nized treasure trove of information, our wildlife. Pence and Bachman discussed the proce- I have had the privilege of serving dures regarding greeting guests, accepting as the President of FISH of Sanibel for fees and other information. the last two years, and I personally have Education doesn’t stop at these gath- come to appreciate the generosity of our erings, though. All village docents are community when it comes to care for our welcome the second Tuesday of every neighbors. Their generosity allows FISH month to attend an informal learning ses- to meet its mission of “neighbors helping New docents are indoctrinated by Historical Village board members Gayle Pence and neighbors.” Bill Bachman sion at the village. It may be an update of information they’ve learned before, or I’m afraid we can’t keep our “para- House, in 1984. It operated that way an in-depth discussion of one of the vil- dise” a secret any longer from the rest New Docents until the early 1990s. Then Sam Bailey lage buildings. On February 12, long-time of Lee County. Within the last couple of came along. He had a vision of having a docent Alan Smith will be discussing Miss months, we have had a number of our Attend Training village. Thanks to the generosity of the Charlotta’s Team Room and the Sears kit local leaders publicly honored. Christine Bailey family and Sam’s leadership, we home Morning Glories, both favorites of Swiersz, FISH Program Director, was rec- Session At Village have the village we have today.” visitors. ognized as the Humanitarian of the Year bout 10 new docents attended The prospective docents hailed from The Sanibel Historical Museum and by the Lee County Travel and Tourism an introductory training session four different countries and had many Village is open Wednesday through Board; we have had Judie Zimomra, Alast week in the Old Sanibel different experiences of Sanibel, whether Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Full Sanibel City Manager, honored as the Schoolhouse for White Children. they had been coming here since child- guided tours take place at 11 a.m. each News-Press 2012 People of the Year Sanibel Historical Museum and Village hood or traveled the world before decid- day. Docents work in three-hour shifts: Public Official; and just this week, Maggi board members Gayle Pence and Bill ing Sanibel beat anyplace else they’d 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Feiner, FISH Executive Director, was Bachman conducted the meeting. been. Some work in the Old Bailey Store, named as one of three finalists as the “We welcome you all to the Historical One docent, a New Yorker, put a dif- where the Museum’s Gift Shop is also Honorary Grand Marshal of the Edison Village,” Pence told the new docents. ferent twist on the famous song lyric, located. Parade of Lights for her contributions “As islanders, the most important thing saying people believe New Yorkers can’t The village is located at 950 Dunlop making a difference in our community. we can do is maintain and share our his- “make it anywhere but in New York.” Road (next to BIG ARTS). Admission is We are fortunate to have these three tory. Thanks to the wonderful people “I’m here to tell you that’s not true,” she $5 for adults over 18; members are free. ladies providing leadership in their fields. who came before us, we have a Sanibel said. Another had been thinking of mov- For more information or to volunteer, With leaders like these three, our Historical Museum, which was established ing to Arizona instead of Sanibel, “but call 472-4648 or visit www.sanibelmu- dedicated organizations and our gener- as a one-building museum, the Rutland there’s no beach there,” she said. seum.org. ous community residents, it’s no wonder Sanibel is such a great place to call home. And now, the rest of Lee County knows. Well done to all three! From page 5 Bill Fellows, Join Us! Firefighters Past President of FISH of Sanibel on Captiva the morning after the storm. Falde has also commented that he will miss the teamwork he has enjoyed as a Arts & Crafts Fair deputy and a volunteer firefighter. 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Bob Moyle of By the Sea and Keith Planning Director Jimmy Jordan and Steve Williams, Public Works Director Mackesy of Island Management With the economy as it is and because CASI Hosts Sanibel is an attractive location, the City Manager suggested properties take steps City Staff to protect their residents and guests. At a submitted by Sonja Smith Suitor, CASI minimum, letting guests know about this problem helps them protect themselves. ore than 100 condominium In addition, it would be useful to install owners, managers and friends safes in units, a common amenity in rent- Mwelcomed City Manager Judie al and seasonal properties. Associations Zimomra with a cheering round of may wish to consider installing alarm applause at the announcement that she systems inside units and infrared cameras ALBERT MEADOW ANTIQUES had just been named Public Servant of in common areas. Both technologies are Captiva Island, Florida (across from The Bubble Room Restaurant) the Year by the News Press. Each win- increasingly affordable. 239-472-8442 ter, the City Manager brings a group of A second very unusual crime for Seasonal • December 18 – April 10 • 11am – 4pm key department heads to address CASI’s Sanibel was a stabbing on the Middle [email protected] (The Condominium Associations of Gulf Drive beach at 1:18 a.m. over the Sanibel, Inc.) breakfast meeting at The holidays. Beach patrol and presence have Sanctuary. been increased. At this year’s breakfast, held on The city is offering a $25,000 reward January 18, the main issue was unusual for information leading to the capture of for this quiet and safe island. There have the burglar. The funds are coming from been 15 burglaries at beachfront condo- the beach parking meter revenue, not miniums since November. None of these from the city’s general operating budget. incidents involved forced entry. All were The city believes the reward is a wise a result of guests leaving doors or sliders continued on page 38 unlocked. 8 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013
SCCF’s Dee Serage-Century uses the interactive touch-screen at the Living With Dinosaurs exhibit
From page 1 tile, adding that he felt honored to have known her. Crocodile Exhibit “Honestly, it was the coolest that she south of Sanibel – to Everglades National decided to spend her summers here with Park – not long after she had first been us,” said Westall. “Of all the places on discovered on the island. However, she the island she could have chosen, she made her way back to Sanibel on her picked our house. It was pretty much an own, and became one of the refuge’s everyday thing for us. We could sit on most popular attractions. our porch with a couple of cocktails and Biologists blame an extended cold watch her guard her nest.” snap three years ago for the 40- to Volunteer Doris Hardy recalled the 60-year-old crocodile’s demise. She was incident when a film crew was out at the discovered along the East River Trail, refuge at night, shooting footage of alliga- directly behind the SCCF (Sanibel-Captiva tors at night. “We hadn’t seen her in a long while,” Conservation Foundation) Nature Center. Close-up image of the crocodile’s skull in the foreground, with a life-sized photographic At last week’s unveiling, several attend- said Hardy. “When lo and behold, out she came. It was a big surprise… to all image (taken by Jim Hamilton) of how she appeared in her days at the refuge in the ees marked the occasion by reflecting on background happy memories shared with the croco- of us!” dile over the years. Mark “Bird” Westall, Fellow volunteers Bill and Jeanne “We would get the call… they’d say, alligators here seemed to have gotten former mayor and wildlife tour operator, Rankin used to croc sit for the reptile, ‘The madame is out today,’ and out we’d together and agreed to give up their terri- shared many experiences with the rep- too. go,” Jeanne explained with a laugh. “The tory to her. One time, there was an alliga- tor sunning itself in a spot and it saw her coming… and it just got up and left. And aboard the school’s boat, Ocean Tribe she just liked that spot so much that she • Catherine and Ed Anderson will host walked right over and sat down exactly an Alaska seafood dinner for 12 at their where the alligator had been. That was home in The Sanctuary; the seafood will her spot now!” be flown in by their daughter Stephanie, The Refuge Education Center’s Living who is a bush pilot in Homer, Alaska. With Dinosaurs exhibit enhancements • The Dunes has donated a one-year were made possible with a $10,000 Social Membership and two golf lessons; grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation. the membership includes steep discounts “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society members on green fees. Bill and Annie Vanderbilt and John and “People and businesses have been Kathy McCabe also helped fund the incredibly generous, making our live auc- exhibit. tion one of the most exciting auctions around,” said Gail Garlinghouse, co-chair of the auction committee with Blair Wyatt. “I can’t wait to see the bidding take off.” “We are so lucky,” Wyatt added. “So many people care about the Historical Village and are helping it continue to Larry Congress (seated) will host an elegant evening cocktail reception in his home, offer its charm and stories and education together with a musical tribute to Gershwin and $1,000 in gift certificates to Congress to all who come to or live in Sanibel.” Share your community Jewelers or the new Sealife by Congress for the lucky winner of this live auction item. He The fundraiser’s production will fea- news with us. is shown here with his son Scot Congress and members of the Historical Village auction ture four of Sanibel’s treasured islanders committee Blair Wyatt, Judy Yenkole and Gail Garlinghouse and their stories presented in a unique Call 395-1213 From page 1 with his stories that range from working and fun way. The afternoon will be high- Fax: 395-2299 lighted with a little Sanibel history, a lun- on the beach to founding the success- or email Live Auction Items ful Congress Jewelers. The winner will cheon, plus the live and silent auctions. The Sanibel Historical Museum and lucky winners will have a tour of the fire- also receive $1,000 in gift certificates to [email protected] Congress Jewelers or the new Sealife by Village’s is open Wednesday through house with demonstrations and conversa- Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. It is tions for children young and old.” (This Congress. Among the other items: located at 950 Dunlop Road (next to BIG prize must be booked on a Saturday.) ARTS). Admission is $5 for adults over Another prize is an elegant evening • Dr. Bruce Neill of the Sanibel Sea School will host 10 to 14 people for 18; members are free. For more informa- cocktail reception with Larry Congress at tion, call 472-4648. his home. Ten guests will be entertained a three-hour narrated cruise with him ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 9 commissioners were so concerned about correct application of the law that the chair- A Tale Of Two Cases man asked the City Attorney for guidance on the issue of self-imposed hardships, by Larry Schopp, Board Member, Committee of the Islands commenting “we’re governed by the Land Development Code and under that Code we have seven conditions that mandate what we can and can’t approve here at the he people’s confidence in decisions of public officials is Commission.” essential to the continuity of good local government. And So what might have motivated the commissioners to issue a variance to construct Tone of the things we look for in such decisions is con- the outdoor dining deck at the proposed donut shop? Here is a quote from the min- sistency in the principles upon which the decisions are based. utes of the meeting which at least sheds some light on the chairman’s thinking: “....I’m That consistency means we can rely on the same rules being always a big advocate for the reduction of the 100 foot setback area because of the applied to different cases. view. I’d rather see people sitting there eating or drinking coffee than parking lots, like But what if the same rules aren’t applied? What if the person- you have further down Periwinkle. To me that’s one of the biggest issues in our town al preferences of the officials override that consistency? center general and whole commercial district.” We can find the answers to these questions in a tale of Whether one agrees with those sentiments or not, the Planning Commission’s job two cases that were recently decided by the Sanibel Planning is to apply the law as written, not to set or argue with policy. That’s the responsibility Commission. of the City Council. On January 8, 2013, the Commission granted a variance to construct a deck Why were the two cases treated so differently? for outdoor dining that would encroach upon a setback established in the Land Simply comparing the results in these two recent cases, one involving a homeowner Development Code. seeking a variance for a boat lift and the other a restaurant owner who wanted to build The applicant proposes to open a donut/coffee shop with outdoor dining on a deck, begs the question: Why such different results? Periwinkle Way. He believed that there was no other place for the deck, given other One possible explanation is that the Commission views applications from business site plan requirements imposed by the City. owners more favorably that it does ordinary homeowner citizens. Both cases involved A variance is an extraordinary remedy intended to prevent extreme hardship to self-imposed encroachments of legally established setbacks . Yet we got two diametri- property owners due to circumstances beyond their control. Few variances are ever cally different results. The homeowner lost and the business owner won. In the case granted because the rules for their issuance are very strict. Were that not the case, of the homeowner, commissioners went to great lengths to be sure the law was being zoning ordinances might easily be circumvented any time a property owner felt incon- applied correctly, while in the case of the business owner they seemed to do just the venienced. opposite, treating the variance as if it were a discretionary dispensation. The commissioners granted the variance though it appeared obvious that the appli- If the public is to have confidence in the Planning Commission as final arbiter of its cant had failed to meet at least three of the seven prerequisites. As I saw it, this was property rights under the Land Development Code, what is needed is consistent, faith- not a close case where reasonable people could differ as to the correct outcome. This ful application of the laws as the commissioners’ oath of office requires. A perceived was one of the clearest cases for denial of a variance that I have seen. lack of evenhandedness will simply erode that confidence. Yet for some reason the discussion centered on traffic flow, parking, the nearby Committee of the Islands invites your input and ideas on this important sub- eagle nest and the possible need for crosswalks -- not the appropriateness of a vari- ject. Email your comments to [email protected]. You can read commentaries on other ance. City staff and some commissioners appeared to believe that, since the applicant island issues on our web site at coti.org and / or visit us on Facebook. had been cooperative and agreed to a number of necessary site plan changes, it should be rewarded with a variance for the outdoor deck. But that’s just not the way the Land Development Code is intended to work. Share your community news with us. A vote is taken Only after the presentations concluded and a motion was made by the chairman to Call 395-1213, Fax: 395-2299 approve the variance was public comment allowed. or email [email protected] I was the only member of the public to speak and used my three minutes to explain why the applicant was not entitled to a variance to build a deck. My main point was that the applicant could open a full service donut / coffee shop on the property with- out an outdoor deck. Here is a brief summary: A variance may not be granted if the need is self-imposed. There are many island establishments that offer donuts and coffee and other light fare without outdoor dining. Anyone who has stopped into a Dunkin Donuts shop anywhere knows that outdoor seating is not a prerequisite to enjoying a donut and coffee. 6&&) Moreover, the property owner could put the property to any number of other per- missible uses. Under the rules, if there is another feasible use of the parcel within appli- cable requirements, a variance may not be granted. NativeNative PlantPlant At the end of my three minutes, without further discussion, the vote was taken and the variance approved. The applicant’s attorney was not asked to respond to my points and the City Attorney was not asked for guidance. Another case, another result NurseryNursery This was not a situation where laymen were being asked to apply complex laws they may not have understood. The commissioners are familiar with the rules applica- ble to the issuance of variances and may always seek guidance from the City Attorney if they are unsure. Nor are they traditionally soft on variances. Want to go “native”... Just a few weeks ago they denied a variance to a homeowner for an existing boat lift that encroached upon a setback. 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By but unless the codes are changed, they City Must 2010, employment had declined 31 per- cannot be torn down and rebuilt or sub- Sanibel’s seasonal housing cent and payroll was down 20 percent to stantially renovated. percentage in 2010 was Change Codes $70 million. Meanwhile, business in the “Unless you change these issues I Iona district peaked in 2007 and by 2010 don’t know why we are wasting our 49%, up from 43% in 1990 To Improve was 141 percent above 1998 levels. time,” Valiquette said. and 31% in 2000 So has Sanibel had its commercial Resident Karen Storjohann said the Business District heyday? What can be done to revitalize reason city council might be unwilling by Anne Mitchell the business district? to move forward is “that they made tre- The city council has pledged to help mendous concessions in the resort hous- “We know we have an older commercial anibel businesses, with rents twice ing district and nothing happened.” So stock compared to Iona and our prices the rate of those just off-island, far, none of Sanibel’s aging hotels have per square foot are much higher and… we have a greater number of seasonal Salso face an aging population and As of 2010, employment was sought permits under the new rules aimed a shrinking number of full-time resi- at encouraging renovation. homes. That factors into how much can dents. at 2,714 or about 31% below Substantial remodeling might not be a community sustain and what is the bal- It’s a challenge highlighted in a study the peak feasible, said Commissioner Phillip Marks, ance and what type of use do you want compiled by Scott Fulton, city planner, because of the run-down condition and to encourage and what type of use do which was presented to the city council poor construction of some of the build- you want to discourage.” last week and to the planning commis- ings. “They are so fragile and they are Jordan said staff would bring some sion on Tuesday. While council did not island businesses. Last year it set this mis- scary,” he said. suggestions to the next city council meet- spend much time discussing the findings, sion: ”To establish and maintain a vibrant Commissioners expressed concern ing. He said the property owners need to the planning commission debate was long and healthy commercial district, consis- that Sanibel’s population is getting participate as well. “They really need to and wide-ranging. tent with the Sanibel Plan, that provided older and a more diverse age mix would be a part of this, and also banks and lend- In addition, rental properties in the for the needs and services of Sanibel’s improve the commercial scene. ing institutions,” he added. Iona area are much newer than those residents and visitors.” Commissioner Chris Heidrick harked on Sanibel, with a median age of eight But that’s easier said than done, given back to an earlier study that showed years, compared to Sanibel’s 39 years. Sanibel’s strict building and development Sanibel had an oversupply of commercial The Iona area has 15 times the amount codes. space. “The market especially is very of vacant commercial land for sale and The commission mostly focused on important before we start changing codes Correction already has a sizeable outlet center, a the Palm Ridge Road triangle, which was and having additional commercial space,” fficer Kurt Schulte was honored Target store and two Publix-anchored once considered to be the “town center” he said. by the Sanibel City Council last shopping centers. Sanibel rents average of the island. Talks of developing a town Fulton also used Captiva as a compari- Oweek for logging 25 years with $28.91 per square foot, compared with center fell apart some years ago. son. He said his aim was to present the the police department. He has been Iona’s $11.47. “Setbacks are the main problem data, not draw conclusions. the Resource Officer and Drug Abuse Sanibel business employment hit its on Palm Ridge Road,” said Michael Planning Director Jim Jordan said, Resistance Education Officer at The peak in 1999, the same year that total Valiquette, chairman of the planning Sanibel School since February 1995 and commission. “The whole area is unbuild- will continue in that position. able because of the 100-foot setbacks.” The average listing price per Officer Schulte is not retiring. An Sanibel business He explained that buildings on the 120- square foot in Iona ($11.47) article in the January 18 Island Sun mis- employment hit its highest foot deep lots are required under current is less than one half the stated his status. peak in 1999 (3,938) codes to be 100 feet back from the road and 100 feet back from the lake at the amount on Sanibel ($28.91) rear. The centers are grandfathered in,
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Dick Calkins and Edina Lessack, of the League of Women Voters of Sanibel, assist with voter registration at Bailey’s Shopping Center. a change of name or address since Sanibel Voters their last registration or who wishes to change their party affiliation, can stop Registration by and complete the registration form. League members staffing the table can Program also provide information about Florida n keeping with the mission of the voting regulations and about League nonpartisan national and state League membership. Iof Women Voters to provide voter The League of Women Voters of education and registration programs, Sanibel encourages all citizens over 18 the Sanibel chapter will staff voter reg- years of age to participate in our demo- istration tables at Bailey’s from 10:00 cratic process by learning about the issues a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January and voting in each election. In order to 26. Residents of Florida who have not vote, one has to be registered with the yet registered to vote can do so at the county. table. In addition, anyone who has had For more information contact the League at [email protected]. The Classic Imperials On The Porch At Sanibel Community Church n Sunday evening, OJanuary 27 at 6 p.m., Sanibel Community Church will feature the first of the Concerts On The Porch series with The Classic Imperials, featur- ing lead singer Rick Evans. The evening will include many Classic Breakfast & Lunch Imperials songs Making as well as hymns 7am - 2:30pm Memories and songs of wor- Kids Menu ship. Refreshments Since 1984 will be served. A Family Owned Island Style Home love offering will Cookin' be received. Bring & Operated in Our Open Air your lawn chair and Kitchen bring a friend. Sanibel Community Church is located at 1740 “Enjoy Dining Periwinkle Way At Our No reservations (next to Jerry’s Market). For more information, call 472-2684 or visit www.sanibel- Handmade 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Shadowbox Fossil church.com. Seashell Tables” 472-5323
Email your editorial copy to: Something for Everyone [email protected] ShopOnSanibel.com 12 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 SANIBEL CONGREGATIONAL Lani had a perceptive mind, a good Churches/ Temples UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST: OBITUARY sense of humor and a beautiful voice. ANNUNCIATION GREEK 2050 Periwinkle Way 472-0497 She was kind, caring and considerate of ORTHODOX CHURCH: The Rev. Dr. John H. Danner, Sr. Pastor. people and retained a vulnerable assump- 8210 Cypress Lake Drive, Fort Myers The Rev. Deborah Kunkel, Associate Pastor tion of the same in return. Rev. Dr. Elias Bouboutsis Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 a.m. Orthros Service Sunday 9 a.m. Chapel Service, 9 and 11 a.m. Full Service, Lani was born in New York City, grew Divine Liturgy Sunday 10 a.m. with Sunday School and Nursery Care pro- up in Southern California and subse- Fellowship Programs, Greek School, vided. Elevator access. quently lived in San Francisco, England, Sunday School, Bible Study ST. ISABEL CATHOLIC CHURCH: New York City, California, Minnesota and www.orthodox-faith.com, 481-2099 3559 San-Cap Rd., 472-2763 Florida. In all these places, the people BAT YAM-TEMPLE OF THE ISLANDS: Pastor: Rev. Christopher Senk, who knew her loved her. She will be so The Reform Congregation of Bat Yam Saturday Vigil Mass 5 p.m. very missed but is finally at peace in the Temple of the Islands meets for Friday Sunday Masses 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. presence of the Lord. night services at 8 p.m. in the Fellowship Daily Mass Wed., Thurs., Fri. 8:30 a.m. She has left behind her deeply sad- Hall of the United Congregational Church Communion Service Mon. and Tues. 8:30 2050 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel a.m. Confession first Saturday of the month dened mother Liv I, aunt Linda Delson, Rabbi Selwyn Geller For more information 9 a.m. by appointment. Holy Days call uncle Jeff and aunt Mona Delson in New 239-472-0177 or [email protected] ST. MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS York, and aunt Jan and many cousins CAPTIVA CHAPEL BY THE SEA: EPISCOPAL CHURCH: in the Patterson clan in Minnesota, The Rev. Thomas E. Nyman 2304 Periwinkle Way between the the friends she made in Fort Myers, at Services every Sunday 11 a.m. Bean and Baileys, 472-2173 Sanibel Community Church and else- 11580 Chapin Lane on Captiva. 472-1646. Rev. Dr. Ellen Sloan, Rector where. Her father, Bob Patterson, died in FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST: www.saintmichaels-sanibel.org 2011. 2950 West Gulf Dr., Sunday - 10:30 a.m.; Worship Services: Saturdays at 5 p.m. There will be a memorial service Sunday School - 10:30 a.m., Wednesday Sundays at 8 and 10:30 a.m. evening meeting - 7:30 p.m.; Reading Sunday School (PreK-gr.5) at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 28 at 11 a.m. at Sanibel Community Church. room open, Monday, Wednesday and Wednesdays at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Potluck LANI V. PATTERSON Friday 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (November Supper 1st Wed. of the month 5:30 p.m. Lani would have appreciated any through March), Friday 10 a.m. to Morning Prayer Tuesdays at 9 a.m. ani V. Patterson, born on February desired memorial donations to be made 12 p.m. (summer hours). 472-8684. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS 19, 1967, entered the eternity she to the Animal Refuge Center, 18011 Old SANIBEL COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE ISLANDS: Ldevoted herself to telling others Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers, FL 1740 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, 472-2684 Meets on the first Sunday of each month about on January 6, 2013, suddenly 33917. Dr. Daryl Donovan, Senior Pastor from December through April at the Sanibel and unexpectedly. Sunday Worship Hours: Congregational Church, 2050 Periwinkle 7:45 a.m. Traditional Service with Communion Way at 5 p.m. A pot luck is held at a mem- 9 a.m. Contemporary Service with Kids’ Church ber’s home on the third Sunday of each 10:45 a.m. Adult and Youth Sunday School month. For more information call 433-4901 classes; 11 a.m. Traditional Service with or email [email protected]. Choir. Childcare available at all services. Email your editorial copy to: [email protected]
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At the top of the charts for more than 4 decades, winning 17 Dove Awards and 4 Grammy Awards, Gospel Music’s Hall of Fame Quartet will be at Sanibel Community Church for an unforgettable evening of classic Imperials music as well as Southern Gospel and Contemporary. Bring a Jar of Peanut Butter for F.I.S.H. A love Offering Will Be Received for the Imperials. For more information call 472-2684 or visit on the web at sanibelchurch.com. ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 13 wrote: “Despite its otherworldliness, reli- Master of Divinity degree from Meadville Staged Reading Unitarians To gion is highly pragmatic. As soon as it Lombard Theological School in May ceases to be effective it will be changed 2013. at Chapel Meet February 3 – sometimes for something radically dif- In 2011-12, Grugel was a chaplain submitted by Michael Frayn, nitarian Universalists of the ferent.” resident at Tampa General Hospital Captiva Chapel by The Sea Islands will meet on Sunday, Science and modern society are chal- in Tampa, Florida. Currently, he is UFebruary 3 at 5 p.m. in lenging traditional theological concepts the ministerial intern at The Unitarian staged reading of the winner of Fellowship Hall at the Sanibel of God. Some even say that the idea of Universalist Church of Fort Myers. Prior the 2000 Tony Award for Best Congregational United Church of God has outlived its usefulness. What to entering the seminary, Grugel was an ANew Play, Copenhagen, will take Christ, 2050 Periwinkle Way. The ser- does process theology, a belief system attorney for 26 years with the Minnesota place on Sunday, January 27 at 4:00 vice is open to the public. grounded in the relationship between sci- Family Farm Law Project, a statewide p.m. at Captiva Chapel by the Sea. Unitarian Universalist congregations ence, nature and human beings, have to nonprofit law firm that represented family Participating in the reading will be the welcome people with diverse beliefs from say about understanding God in the 21st farmers who were losing their farms to company featuring Sanibel Islanders all religious or philosophical traditions. As century? creditors. Marsha Wagner, Bob Maxeiner and a theologically diverse religion, Unitarian The speaker will be Roger Grugel, Lively discussion, fellowship and Michael Newhouse.There will be a dis- Universalism encourages its members to a candidate for the ministry through refreshments follow the service. cussion after the reading, hopefully fol- seek their own spiritual path. the Unitarian Universalist Association, lowed by a beautiful sunset. In her 1993 best-selling book, A which has its headquarters in Boston, Copenhagen is a profound and haunt- History Of God, Karen Armstrong Massachusetts. He will graduate with a ing exploration of history, science and the human spirit. The plot of Copenhagen tells the story of renowned physicist Werner Heisenberg who made a strange trip to Nazi-occupied Copenhagen in 1941 to see his old col- league, teacher and friend, Niels Bohr and his wife Margrethe. The meeting was fraught with danger and embarrass- ment and ended in both disaster and adversity. Funny, moving and uncanny, Copenhagen is a theatrical explosion that shakes the foundation of both the mind and the soul. A lively Q&A about the ethics of nuclear as well as current technology and how to make sense of Physical Therapy, Massage Therapy & Pilates this world we live in today will follow the Phone # 239-395-5858 performance. Reservations are needed as space is limited. For information call Pat Boris at Administrative Offi ces 395.8677 or email nanapat123@gmail. & Classrooms com Phone # 239-472-9700 Admission is $20 paid at the door by cash or check only. All proceeds will benefit the Captiva Chapel By the Sea. Super Bowl Bash For All Families n Super Bowl Sunday, February 3, Sanibel Community Church OStudent Ministries is hosting a Pre-Game Bash at the Sanibel School fields. The event runs from 2:30 to 5 p.m. and includes a free BBQ; punt, pass and kick competition; and a two- hand touch football game for all ages and skill levels which includes the head- lining event, a students vs. adults game for the golden football. This event is free and is open to all ages. “Last year, the students won the golden football in the last play, so I know the adults will come out ready to play and win it this year,” explains Tom Walsh, youth pastor at SCC. “We hope a lot of families can join us for this family event.” If you are or have a student in sixth to Conveniently located on Periwinkle Way across from Sanibel Community Park twelfth grades and would like more infor- mation about the Sanibel Community Church Student Ministries, contact Youth Pastor Tom Walsh at 472-2684. Grades six through eight meet every Wednesday in the Youth Center from 5 to 7 p.m. High School students gather every Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sanibel Community Church is located at 1740 Periwinkle Way (next to Jerry’s Market). 14 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 Logos Under The Sea Night Professor Robin Fox To Speak r. Robin Fox, University Professor of Social Theory Dat Rutgers University in New Jersey, will be the Shared Scholar in Residence for Temple Bat Yam, Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ, St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, the Christian Science Church of Sanibel and Captiva Chapel by the Sea this year. Professor Fox will lecture on “The Puzzle of the Ten Commandments” on Monday, January 28 at 7 p.m. in the Congregational Church Sanctuary, located at 2050 Periwinkle Way. There is no fee for this program and the public is welcome to attend. Dr. Fox, an anthropologist, poet, essayist and historian of ideas, founded Professor Robin Fox the Department of Anthropology at at the Stanford School of Medicine. He Rutgers. He has written or edited more was co-director of the H.F. Guggenheim Daisy Arensman, Patty Truelsen, Faith Mitchell, Marie Colberg, Tatum Reel, Annabel than 19 books, the latest being The Foundation for 12 years and helped start Crater, Emily Ibarra and Jessica Day Tribal Imagination. He is currently up the revolution of ideas about social working on the archeology of the Calusa behavior, known as Sociobiology. ids at Sanibel Community Church experienced Under the Sea Night at Logos Indians of Southwest Florida and the light Shared Scholar in Residence lectures on Wednesday, January 16. This team prepared Faith Mitchell for going this can shed on the origins of complex are possible through a grant from the Kunder the sea. Next week, socks and t-shirts will be collected for the Rescue societies. Born in England, he was edu- Leo Rosner Foundation in honor of June Mission at Hands and Feet Night. For more information, call Kathy at 472-2684. cated at London School of Economics Rosner. For further information, call the Sanibel Community Church is located at 1740 Periwinkle Way (next to Jerry’s and Harvard, with Post Doctoral work Congregational Church at 472-0497. Market).
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DDWS President John McCabe, left, and Preservation Campaign Committee Chair Jim Sprankle record donations 16 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 Zonta Celebrates 25 Years With High Tea submitted by Sue Denham onta members old and new – some in festive hats – gathered recently Zfor afternoon tea at the Seagull Estates clubhouse to celebrate 25 years of contributions to the community. Chartered in 1987, the club has grown from the initial 20 members to more than 70 today. Along the way, there have been tears and laughter, learn- ing and growth, losses and gains, and always a primary focus on the Zonta International mission of improving the lives of women. Today, the club is recognized as a powerhouse in District 11 – the 42 clubs from North Carolina to the Caribbean – has been awarded the coveted Governor’s Cup for “best performance” five times and has been runner-up Past Zonta presidents, rear from left, Nola Theiss, Joan Good, Judy Workman, Ginger Parker, Sheila Hoen and Sue Denham. Front from twice. In the past 16 years, the club left, Carolyn Gray, Karen Pati, Doris Trowbridge, current president Orlene Shimberg, Darla Letourneau, president-elect Kris Ritts and Barbara Nagle has awarded more than $630,000 in grants to local organizations that improve members such as Nancy Dorrity, who the renowned tour of island homes, as the club and later shared a personal per- women’s lives and in annual pledges to traveled over 700 miles from Tega Cay, its signature fundraiser, netting up to spective on the global initiatives of Zonta Zonta International. These achievements South Carolina. Current president Orlene $90,000. This year, the event is set for International. and more were celebrated during the tea, Shimberg served as emceee, assisted by Saturday, March 16. Shimberg noted that through the organized by the membership committee charter member Ginger Parker. Well-known interior designer and many changes the club has seen, fellow- (event chair Nancy Dreher) and catered Long-serving Zontians offered fond former Sanibelian Kappy King Cole was ship and the commitment to improving by Leslie Adams. Desserts were provided reminiscences of early years, especially the force behind organizing the island women’s lives have been the enduring courtesy of SoonCome Landscaping and fundraisers, which ranged from a wine club, and served as its first president. theme. The event concluded with a Zonta member Annie Nachtsheim. tasting and the Zonta Follies to the raffle Three charter members are still active. champagne toast “to the next 25 years.” Among the throng were 12 past of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and a Attracting new members has never been Peek Alert: The ticket line for Peek presidents, including two now retired spelling bee. For the past 12 years, the a challenge, with 28 inducted in the past reservations is now open. Tickets are sold from active membership, and former club has relied on A Peek at the Unique, five years. on a first come, first served basis. Call Special guest Susan Scribner, Area 877-806-2493 or e-mail zontapeektick- 6 director for District 11, congratulated [email protected].
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Bird walk on the beach Audubon Bunche Beach Bird Walk he next Sanibel-Captiva Audubon Saturday bird walk will be TSaturday, January 26 at Bunche Beach. Meet at the beach parking lot at 8 a.m. The parking fee is $1/hour, bills only. Waterproof shoes are a must because of the tidal pools on the walk. These bird walks are open to public and all levels of experience. A $2 dona- tion is appreciated. Call Hugh Verry at 395-3798 for details.
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Sheryl Collmer’s junonia find heryl Collmer, of San Luis Obispo, California, found a junonia approx- Simately five inches long last Friday in the surf around Bowman’s Beach. It has good color but its tip is chipped off. Fish Tacos! Collmer said, “I heard a lot of kid- ding about hotels and properties seeding junonias purchased at shell shops near their beaches. This one defies that logic because it has a battle scar. Clearly, the shell suffered damage while the animal Rated by: was still alive and it regenerated its shell ZAGAT ® at the damaged area. Like most of us, ZAGAT.COM it’s been through some wars, but kept on going.” 24 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 Bobcat Tales
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 25 Under The Sea Artists Reception Shell Found IG ARTS Phillips Gallery will host Gala This Sunday an artists reception and awards he Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum Bpresentation for the juried exhibit is putting the final touches on its Crossing the Line with Paper on Friday, Tannual museum gala Under The January 25 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The Sea: In an Octopus’s Garden with You, exhibit, featuring artworks in a variety of which will be held this Sunday, January media that incorporates paper, is open 27 from 5 to 10 p.m. at The Sanctuary through February 28. Phillips Gallery Golf Club. hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through This year, the gala has a 1960s theme Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. and the BeatleBeat Tribute Band will The juror was Ron Bishop, director of provide entertainment throughout the the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at Edison evening. Attendees are encouraged to State College. break out their tie-dye and bell bottoms to Awards will be given for first place enhance the event’s retro feel. ($500), second place ($250), third place The gala will include cocktails and din- ($125), two merit awards ($50 each) and ner, a silent auction featuring a variety of four honorable mentions. goods and services donated by local mer- Phillips Gallery Patron Sponsor is chants, and live auction items. Auction FineMark National Bank & Trust. proceeds will benefit the museum’s edu- BIG ARTS is at 900 Dunlop Road. Jeff Zwagerman with his first junonia cational programs. Tickets are $125 per For more information call 395-0900. Galoucura, papier mache by Luciano junonia was found on the beach person. Register online at www.shellmu- DeAndrade off of West Gulf Drive by Jeff seum.org or call 395-2233. AZwagerman of Spirit Lake, Iowa on January 18. Zwagerman has been Share your community news with us. coming to Sanibel for the last five years Call 395-1213, Fax: 395-2299 or email [email protected] in search of the elusive shell and found Master it rolling in the surf. Gardeners ttention Sanibel and Captiva gar- I CANNOT TELL A LIE...IT’S SIMPLY THE BEST...I CANNOT TELL A LIE...IT’S SIMPLY THE BEST...
deners: Stephen Brown returns! I CANNOT TELL A LIE...IT’S SIMPLY THE BEST... A The 63rd Master Gardener Lecture Series will be held on Thursday, You Will LOVE February 7 at 10 a.m. at the Sanibel Our New Public Library. The speaker will be Stephen Brown, director of the University Chocolate Raspberry of Florida Extension for Lee County. © His topic will be “Current Problems on Kiss Gelato! Come See Why There’s Always Sanibel/Captiva and Nearby Barrier a Crowd At Pinocchio’s Islands.” Original Italian Ice Cream For more than 20 years, Brown has been the horticultural program leader and coordinator of the Master Gardener Made Fresh Everyday RIGHT IN OUR STORE from the Freshest and Finest Ingredients. program of Florida (which has gradu- ated over 250 Master Gardeners in Lee We make it today and serve it tomorrow. It can’t get any fresher than that! County.) Additionally, he instructs and Ice Creams - Gelato - Sorbets - Frozen Yogurt - Shakes - Malts - Smoothies - Frozen Coffee Drinks certifies all landscape professionals that • National Geographic Travel Guide - Top 10 Best Ice Cream in Gulf Coast America apply fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides • 2011-2012 - Taste of the Islands BEST DESSERT and fungicides in Lee County. He is • 2004 - 2005 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 the acknowledged expert on Southwest Best of the Islands “BEST ICE CREAM” Florida palms, flowering trees/shrubs and • 2012 Trip Advisor Award of Excellence all current insect infestations. Brown is a • Talk of the Town for Customer Satisfaction highly respected consultant to many cit- 362 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL ies (including Sanibel) destination resorts, parks, preserves and commercial nurser- 239-472-6566 ies. In his “spare time,” he writes a THE BEST... I CANNOT TELL A LIE...IT’S SIMPLY www.pinocchiosicecream.com lively Q&A column in the News-Press weekly, and monthly articles in Florida I CANNOT TELL A LIE...IT’S SIMPLY THE BEST...I CANNOT TELL A LIE...IT’S SIMPLY THE BEST... Gardening. Brown maintains a current informative and dynamic website with amazing videos and down loadable fact sheets. He has established a strong work- ing relationship with commercial nurser- ies, plantations and major retail establish- ments. He has been an invited guest to Sanibel’s vegetation committee and to the city council to offer his expert opinion. Brown’s presentations are informative, current, lively and always accompanies by excellent digital PowerPoint photography. This is a rare opportunity to listen, learn and ask questions of Southwest Florida’s acknowledged expert on horticultural issues. This event is free and open to the public; seating is extremely limited. His talk will begin at 10 a.m. at the Sanibel Public Library, 770 Dunlop Road. 26 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 with it depends on you. German cruiser orders the destruction of • Are you a dromomaniac? If you travel ★★★★ SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to the William P. Frye, an American merchant compulsively, you are. My Stars December 21) That recent workplace shift ship off the Brazilian coast. He had ordered • The famed statue Venus de Milo was FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 28, 2013 might not seem to be paying off as you the Frye to jettison its cargo as contraband, lost to history for nearly 2,000 years. No ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You’re expected. But be patient. There are changes but the ship’s crew refused. It was the first one knew of its existence until 1820, when eager to take on that new opportunity open- coming that could make a big difference. American merchant vessel lost to Germany’s a Greek peasant tilling a field on the island ing up as January gives way to February. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January aggression during World War I. of Milos hit stone -- several carved blocks Now all you need to do is resist quitting too 19) While few can match the Goat’s fiscal • On Jan. 29, 1922, in the middle of stone, to be specific. Within a few weeks, early. Do your best to stay with it. wizardry, you still need to be wary in your of a film, the Knickerbocker Theatre in archaeologists arrived and took the statue TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Doff a dealings. There might be a problem you Washington, D.C., collapses, killing 108 of Aphrodite to France. King Louis XVIII bit of that careful, conservative outlook and should know about sooner rather than later. people and sending another 133 to the hos- dubbed it the Venus de Milo and donated it let your brave Bovine self take a chance on AQUARIUS (January 20 to February pital. Accumulated snowfall from a blizzard to the Louvre, where it remains today. meeting that new challenge. You could be 18) Easy does it when it comes to love and collapsed the theater’s roof, which fell down • You might be surprised to learn that surprised at how well you do. all the other good things in life. Don’t try on top of theatergoers. Humphrey Bogart wasn’t the producers’ first GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You to force them to develop on your schedule. • On Jan. 30, 1933, President Paul von choice for the role of Rick in “Casablanca.” might not want to return to the more serious Best to let it happen naturally. Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler -- fuhrer An actor named George Raft was origi- tasks facing you. But you know it’s what PISCES (February 19 to March 20) (leader) of the National Socialist German nally offered the part, but he turned it down you must do. Cheer up. Something more A surprise decision by someone you trust Workers Party (or Nazi Party) -- as chancel- because he didn’t like the script. pleasant soon will occupy your time. causes some stormy moments. But a frank lor of Germany. Hitler’s meteoric rise to • In 2010, a new species of slug was CANCER (June 21 to July 22) As you discussion explains everything, and helps prominence in Germany was spurred largely discovered in the mountains of Borneo. It dutifully tidy up your end-of-the-month save a cherished relationship. by the German people’s frustration with dis- is distinguished from other species of slug tasks, your fun self emerges to urge you to BORN THIS WEEK: Sometimes you mal economic conditions. by its novel method of mating: It shoots do something special: A trip (or a cruise, forget to take care of yourself, because • On Feb. 3, 1950, Klaus Fuchs, a its mate with a so-called love dart made of maybe?) could be just what you need. you’re so busy caring for others. But you German-born British scientist who helped calcium carbonate and containing hormones. LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your wouldn’t have it any other way. developed the atomic bomb, is arrested in The researchers nicknamed the gastropods achievements are admirable as you close out Great Britain for passing top-secret informa- “ninja slugs.” the month with a roar. Now you can treat THIS WEEK IN HISTORY tion about the bomb to the Soviet Union. • If you’re traveling to Kansas anytime yourself to some well-earned time off for The arrest of Fuchs led authorities to several soon, be sure to remember that it is against fun with family or friends. (Or both!) • On Jan. 31, 1606, in London, Guy other individuals, including Julius and Ethel the law in that state to catch fish with your VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Be Fawkes, a chief conspirator in the plot to Rosenberg in the U.S. bare hands. sure you know the facts before you assume blow up the British Parliament building, • On Feb. 2, 1991, Hurley Haywood • During the original run of the classic someone is holding back on your project. jumps to his death moments before his begins his quest for his fifth win at the 24 1960s TV series “Gilligan’s Island,” some Try to open your mind before you give execution for treason. He had been found Hours of Daytona. In 2008, Haywood retired viewers took the show rather too seriously. someone a piece of it. lurking in a cellar of the Parliament building from full-time racing with more endurance Several telegrams were sent to the U.S. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) with 2 tons of gunpowder. victories (10) than any other driver. Coast Guard asking why the poor people You might feel comfortable in your familiar • On Feb. 1, 1884, the first portion of hadn’t yet been rescued. surroundings, but it might be time to venture the Oxford English Dictionary is published. STRANGE BUT TRUE into something new. There’s a challenge out In 1857, members of London’s Philological THOUGHT FOR THE DAY there that’s just right for you. Society decided to produce a dictionary that • It was Martin Luther King Jr. who SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) would cover all vocabulary from 1150 A.D. made the following sage observation: “I want a man who is kind and under- Your love of things that are new gets a big to the present. It took more than 40 years to “Shallow understanding from people of good standing. Is that too much to ask of a mil- boost as you encounter a situation that opens complete. will is more frustrating than absolute misun- lionaire?” -- Zsa Zsa Gabor up new and exciting vistas. 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Injured gopher tortoise being grazed Baby gopher tortoise photos courtesy of CROW patients, with commentary by Claudia Burns, a veteran clinic volunteer. The next CROW Picture Show is on An Inside Look At Friday, January 25 at 11 a.m. in the CROW Healing Winds Visitor Education Wildlife Recovery Center at 3883 Sanibel-Captiva Road, he CROW Picture Show offers across from The Sanibel School. an insider’s look at why critters Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for teens, Tcome to CROW (Clinic for the and free for members and children 12 Rehabilitation of Wildlife) and features and under. photos of the wild animals who wind up The fee includes the presentation, plus there. the opportunity to explore the hospital’s Last year, Southwest Florida’s only hands-on educational facility and become wildlife hospital cared for 4,253 sick, familiar with CROW’s efforts to save injured, and orphaned animals. Of the wildlife through compassion, care and 200 different species, 58 percent were education. Kim and Douglas Fox birds, with 36 percent mammals and six For more information, call 472-3644 percent reptiles/amphibians. ext. 228 or visit www.crowclinic.org. im and Douglas Fox of Lake Lotawana, Missouri, found a true tulip near Due to restrictions imposed by gov- White Caps while staying at Duggers Cottages on Sanibel. ernmental agencies, CROW cannot allow K visitors to view patients in person. But in this 30-minute presentation, visitors will see numerous photos of current and past Read us online at IslandSunNews.com great food good times Lunch & Dinner ÌÌÌ Italian & Mediterranean Cuisine food 11 am - 9:30 pm Casual Beachfront Dining Jean Le Boeuf with Live Entertainment PLACE Open for Dinner From 5 p.m. until Late Island Restaurant ocated in the Forever Green Shops, Cip’s Place, is nestled in one of the L island’s most gorgeous landscape settings. Choose between our outdoor garden patio or front porch. Indoor Opening on Sundays Feb. 10th seating and full bar are also available. 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To compensate for the lack of to the next. whooping cranes, flamingoes… even structural strength, birds have evolved the Now, many of the white birds we see great blue herons. by Mark ‘Bird’ ability to “molt” and replace their feathers on the mudflats of the refuge seem to White ibis, on the other hand, are not Westall periodically. have been able to survive just fine with big, heavy white birds, but I have noticed he other day But out of all the delicate feathers that their incredibly delicate white feathers. that they will feed on the mudflats until someone birds present for our viewing pleasure, But a few of the heavier white birds the tide comes all the way up to their Ttold me that white feathers are the most delicate of have had to evolve special adaptations in belly. Waiting to leave the mudflat until they enjoy reading all. That is because white feathers are order to be able to continue flying from the last possible moment means that my articles even totally lacking in the pigment known as one molt to the next. Here at the local when they finally take off, they hit their though I sometimes melanin. Melanins occur as tiny granules level, our wood storks and white pelicans wingtips on the surface and, thus I sug- “philosophize” a of color in the feathers of some birds and are big; heavy birds whereby just flying gest, have evolved black wingtips. I think little too much. depending on their concentration and through the air beats the tar out of their this might be a similar reason gulls quite Well, I can’t help it. location can produce colors ranging from feathers. As these big birds fly through often also have black wingtips. That is just the way the darkest black to reddish browns and the air, their flight feathers experience the A final note about natural selection I am. I have always been a dreamer of pale yellows. The real value that melanin greatest resistance as that is where the continued on page 34 how things could be and am reminded of a quote that is quite often attributed to Robert Kennedy, but actually first SHOULDN’T EVERY DAY BE THIS GOOD? appeared in a George Bernard Shaw play. It goes something like this, “There are those that look at things as they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?” Humanity will never reach its potential level of “enlightenment” unless it takes those words to heart! But with Martin Luther King, Jr. Day just happening last Monday and me coin- cidentally using the above title for this particular article, before you start thinking that I am really getting away from my field of expertise, let me assure you I am going to talk about birds. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of white birds in Florida? At first glance, it almost seems as though natural selection has made a mistake. For a bird WHETHER YOU LOOK WEST OR LOOK DOWN, to evolve white feathers puts it in serious jeopardy of being easily spotted while THE VIEW IS EQUALLY SPECTACULAR. feeding in the wetlands. Shouldn’t all birds look like the shorebirds on the mud- flats that many times are almost impos- sible to see because of their camouflaged coloration? Just up the road awaits a true, must-do destination: the Old Captiva House, But white reflects heat and since where America’s most romantic sunset meets Captiva’s top-rated dining in a “conservation of energy” is one of the charming, historic, Gulf-front location complete with live piano. most, if not the most, important factor in Come, feast your eyes and your appetite. an individual’s and, as a result, species’ Reservations 239.472.5161 X421 | Public Welcome survival. If you are not efficient at con- serving energy, somebody else who is will out-compete you. 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Tree swallows swarm wax myrtle bushes by the hundreds outside SCCF’s Nature Center. One of the few birds that can digest this berry, tree swallows migrate further south than most swallows taking advantage of this rich source of food. The many eyes of an entire flock of swallows help spot a tasty bush. What still amazes SCCF’s staff is why one shrub can be stripped and a neighboring shrub will remain untouched for a couple of weeks photo by Karen Nelson
To advertise in the Island Sun Call 395-1213 34 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 From page 29 Cuban Fishing History Tour Bird’s Eye Shell Found and my explanations of how it works: I With Dr. John Worth am always afraid that when I tell people eople began fishing that a certain species has evolved a physi- in the waters of Pine cal trait or behavior they may start think- PIsland Sound more ing I am trying to suggest that somehow than 5,000 years ago, and an individual in that non-human species that rich fishing ground sup- got into a committee with others of his ported the powerful Calusa own kind and consciously, purposefully Indians up to the early decided to evolve in that direction. No! It 1700s. However, a little- is a trait that comes along by chance; the known story is that of the trait finds success within the population Cuban fishermen who came and, therefore, the trait is eventually per- up to Florida from Havana petuated throughout the species. beginning in the 1680s. I would not be too surprised to find Cuban fishing rancheros out that sometime in the long, distant dotted many islands in Pine past, there were white ibises with white Island Sound until the mid- wingtips, along with those with the black wingtips that we see today. But those 1800s. Learn more about with white wingtips continually broke off this Cuban fishing period the ends of their wings before the next from Dr. John Worth on a molt could replace those flight feathers. tour sponsored by SCCF Now, having shorter flight feathers and offered through Captiva for a few months did not mean those Tim Cunningham Cruises on Friday, February birds could not fly; but it did make them 8 at 1 p.m., departing from a little slower than the ibises with black im Cunningham (50) of St. Paul, McCarthy’s Marina on wingtips. Having shorter wings meant Minnesota found a junonia north Captiva. that when an aerial predator like the bald Tof Bowman’s Beach while staying Currently an Associate eagle flew over the mudflat and spooked at Beachview Cottages. Tim said “We Professor in Anthropology Early fishing boat on which Cuban fishermen made the the birds, those birds with shorter, less had extended our stay one extra day at the University of West 200-mile journey by sail from Havana to Pine Island efficient wings, were more consistently and it sure was worth it.” Florida and formerly the Sound for the abundant fishing trailing behind the rest of the flock and Assistant Director of the the eagle weeded them out of the system. Randell Research Center at Pineland, Dr. Worth will discuss the origins and history of Therefore, those birds with black wingtips the earliest Cuban fishing industry in Southwest Florida. He has studied the Spanish were just a little bit more fit when it came Florida period extensively, researching historical documents in both Spain and Cuba. to survival and they were the ones who He is an anthropologist specializing in archaeology and ethnohistory of the European got to pass on more of their genes. colonial era in the Southeastern United States. Currently an Associate Professor of I am constantly fascinated by how Anthropology at University of West Florida, Dr. Worth has also served as anthropolo- life has adapted to all the various niches Share your community gist at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta and Assistant Director of that exist on this little planet of ours. I news with us. the Pineland Site in southwest Florida. He is the author of a number of articles, chap- have found that even when humans are ters and books on Florida archaeology including Timucuan Chiefdoms of Spanish not smart enough to understand why a Call 395-1213 Florida: Volumes 1 & 2 for which he received the Rembert Patrick Award for best certain trait survives while another passes Fax: 395-2299 scholarly book on Florida history in 1999. Dr. Worth is actively involved with docu- out of existence, there is always a logical mentary research related to the Tristán de Luna Expedition to Pensacola Bay between reason behind it. or email 1559 and 1561 and also leads the archaeological team that discovered and is excavat- A former city council member and [email protected] ing the long-lost remains of Mission San Joseph de Escambe founded in 1741. mayor, Mark “Bird” Westall has owned He will begin with the initial contacts of Cuban fishermen with the resident Calusa and operated Canoe Adventures, Inc. Indians during the 1680s, their continued fishing in the region during the Calusa’s on Sanibel for over 33 years. Visit retreat to the Florida Keys and Cuba by 1760, and the subsequent interactions and www.canoewithbirdwestall.com for eventual intermarriage with immigrant Creek Indians during the British, Second more information. Spanish and American Territorial period. This was followed by the eventual demise of this phase of the Cuban fishing industry during the Second Seminole War, and the removal of the fishermen’s Spanish Indian families to Oklahoma. The Friday, February 8 cruise departs from McCarthy’s Marina on Captiva. Check- in is 12:30 p.m. for 1 p.m. departure; return at 3:30. Dress comfortably for the weather. The fee is $45 per person plus $5 per car for parking. Reservations are BREAKFAST • LUNCH • DINNER required. Call Captiva Cruises at 472-5300. Space is limited. Dr. Worth will also be speaking at Koreshan State Park on Saturday, February 9 as part of the Conquistadors and the Calusa program, a Viva Florida 500 event commemorating the 500th anniversary of Ponce de Leon’s discovery of Florida in 1513. The program, from 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. with a reception to follow, is spon- sored by the Lee Trust for Historic Preservation in partnership with the Florida Humanities Council. Space is limited and advance registration is requested by emailing [email protected] or consider viewing online at www.leetrust.org on Tuesday, February 12 at 1:30 p.m. For more information visit www.leetrust.org or call Theresa Schober at 851-9040. MUSIC LESSONS Jennifer Valiquette 2761 West Gulf Drive Private Instruction on 579-0235 Piano, Saxophone, & Flute Open 8 AM - 10 PM Sanibel and Fort Myers Reservations Accepted • Major Credit Cards • Full Liquor Happy Hour in the Lounge 4-6 PM Everyday Phone: 239-989-7799 • Web: wwww.sanibelschoolofmusic.weebly.com ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 35 Admission includes the opportunity to explore CROW’s interactive visitor education CROW’s Wonders Of Wildlife center both before and/or after the presentation. The week’s schedule is as follows: Friday, January 25 – “Why Animals Come To CROW?” presented by volunteer Claudia Burns. Do you ever wonder why and how animals wind up at the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife? Saturday, January 26 – “Florida Felines” presented by staff member Maureen McLaughlin. There are two cat species in Florida: the Bobcat and the Florida Panther, and although both are solitary animals, their populations are being threatened. You will learn about both species, their current conservation status, and how CROW’s medical staff treats and rehabilitates our patients at the hospital. Tuesday, January 29 – “CROW’s Aquatic Patients: Freshwater and Sea Turtles” presented by volunteer Beverly Ball and staff member Rachel Rainbolt. Of the 26 types of turtle species found in Florida, 18 are freshwater turtles and five are sea turtles. You will learn about the species that are native to Southwest Florida as well as how CROW’s medical staff treats and rehabilitates our patients at the hospital. Wednesday, January 30 – “Rescue and Release: A History of CROW’s Patients” presented by volunteer Denny Toll. With his 13-year history of rescues, releases and patient support, he will give you an insight of CROW’s efforts to save wildlife in addi- tion to tips on how you can save wildlife in the community, too. Thursday, January 31 – “Clinical Rounds” presented by extern Russell Martin. CROW operates educational externship and fellowship programs for undergraduate natural sciences and veterinary medicine students. Come out and learn what patients are currently in the hospital and how our students learn to treat over 4,000 patients a year. For more information, call 472-3644 or visit www.crowclinic.org.
East/West Duplicate Bridge 1. Karen and Geoffrey Moss n January 15, there were 2. Mary and Dick Butler 10 tables play at the Sanibel 3. Evelyn Hance and Mary Zurborg OCommunity Association. The win- 4. Lydia and Walter Freedman Juvenile eastern spotted skunk ners were: The game runs for six months – North/South November through April – at 1 p.m. he Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) will be offering daily every Tuesday at The Community House, Wonders of Wildlife presentations at its Healing Winds Visitor Education 1. Dorothy and Irwin Levy 2. Helene Keller and Ted Peck 2173 Periwinkle Way. For further infor- TCenter, 3883 Sanibel-Captiva Road. All presentations begin at 11 a.m., and a mation, call Susan Willoughby at 281- $5 donation is requested. There is no charge for members or children 12 and under. 3. Ann Cooper and Barbara Johnstone 3258. 4. Connie Braun and Myra Fisher
From page 15 ‘Ding’ Darling Fundraising
The DDWS Board of Directors recently visited the Woodring property it strives to purchase “With a successful campaign, this land purchase will protect rare bay beach habitat that more than 80 different land and marine species call home or visit for food and shelter,” said DDWS President John McCabe. “Our goal is to raise $1.4 million for the land purchase. “The Education Center, which hundreds of thousands of people from around the world visit annually, is vital to the refuge’s mission of conservation education,” he added. “Built and equipped over a decade ago, it will benefit from this campaign Friday is Lobstah Night! with the replacement of obsolete technology, the repair and updating of exhibits, and improved public access, including an elevator. To properly enhance the Education NBA Center, we hope to raise an additional $400,000, for a total of $1.8 million.” FULL COURT The partnership of Lee County with the refuge to purchase and manage the prop- THE NHL erty depends upon DDWS’s ability to raise the additional necessary funds to save one of the last remaining bay beach properties on Sanibel. IS BACK “With a time-sensitive fundraising deadline of September 2013 to purchase the Woodring property, we will need major gift commitments to this campaign in order to be successful,” said Sprankle. “We look to our supportive community to help us save an environmentally crucial and historic parcel of Sanibel Island.” 703 Tarpon Bay Rd. • 239.472.HIKE • Full Liquor For more information, contact DDWS Executive Director Birgie Vertesch at 292- OPEN 4pm, 7 DAYS 0566 or [email protected]. BEST PLACE TO WATCH THE GAME!* BEST BARTENDER!* BEST SEAFOOD!* 36 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 Shissler Donates To Wildlife Sanctuary
Holly Maiz and Virginia Jones Fleur Wales-Baillie, left, CEO of the Khumbula Thina Trust, accepts a donation from Sanibel resident Ada Shissler. The donation will fund the new water project at the 6,200- acre wildlife sanctuary located in northern Zululand. Khumbula Thina Trust is a 501(c)3 Passion And Play With Maiz, Jones not-for-profit private operating foundation. The name of the mountain preserve literally ave you played today? Does passion shape your life? Just in time for means “Remember Us” in Zulu. To make a donation by phone, call 304-261-3660 or 304- Valentine’s Day, Holly Maiz and Virginia Jones offer the second Secret 947-7309. Donors may also send an email to [email protected]. For additional infor- HSignals Wednesday Wisdom seminar – Passion and Play – at The mation, visit www.khumbula.org. Community House. This seminar on February 6 at 5:30 p.m. will include practical knowledge and playful activities to help participants rediscover passionate living. New York City Maiz and Jones note that “play and passion” refers to an attitude. A playful, open attitude, not focused on goal or structure can be brought to any activity. Just as our need to sleep, eat, move and be together are human needs; the need to play can be IL TESORO RISTORANTE seen through all cultures past and present. Passion, the ability to feel strongly and care deeply, is like the volume control or FINE ITALIAN CUISINE the fuel for play and creativity. A passionate approach enlivens any thing you do. Fine Enjoyment and self-expression are the consistent characteristics of both passion and inspired by Island Fare in a bistro style Italian Cuisine play. Passion and play are necessary – not optional – for a well-lived life. Passion and Play is about staying open to new experience, rather than becoming regimented in habitual behaviors. It is easy to take comfort in a sense of security in the sameness of our days. Although time saving patterns are necessary, bodies and minds are stimulated by risk taking and novelty. Just as muscle is encouraged to grow by new and increased demands, so are all aspects of being. VOTED “BEST CHEF” A playful and passionate approach to living allows us to adapt to changing circum- BEST OF THE ISLANDS AWARD stances. It is a form of natural intelligence, and we are drawn to it by our biology. However, in our current culture, creativity is often relegated to a specific task and play TASTE OF THE ISLANDS is defined as an organized game or sport. As humans, we tend to operate in the world using our brain, comparing the present with the past, in an attempt to predict the future. This maximizes safety. However, the IRON CHEF WINNER by-product is that input is often limited, and possibilities may become constricted. Over time, thoughts and behaviors become overly habitual, and potentially lack vitality. Passionate play can mitigate the effects of stress and combat some of the effects of NEW WINTER MENU aging by encouraging imagination, curiosity, discovery, flexibility, problem solving and self-knowledge. It can help us work through uncomfortable experiences and can be a source of both stimulation and relaxation. Vigorous play increases endorphins and “Fresh ingredients, simplicity, love... helps us distance from pain and fear. Playing with others can foster connection, pro- the recipe for a treasured dining experience” mote bonding, social skills and help develop empathy, compassion, trust and intimacy. – Chef/Owner AJ Black Solo play cultivates an appreciation of solitude and self-reliance. With Passion and Play as its focus, the February 6 Wednesday Wisdom seminar will be an educational and experiential workshop for people from all walks of life. Whether play comes easily and passion is pervasive or if you want to add more color or spice there’s always room to grow. Maiz and Jones will provide an environment in which participants will actively explore what play means and where passion can enter their life. To register, call or text 699-4545 or 898-1047, write to P.O. Box 821, Sanibel, FL 33957 or use “contact us” at www.SecretSignals.net. Early registration is $20, at the door is $25. The third seminar in the series – Loss and Living – will be held on April 10. Book Discussion At Sanibel Library 751 Tarpon Bay Road he Sanibel Public Library offers a variety of programs. This month, join us on Wednesday, January 30 at 2 p.m. for a book discussion and signing of Dr. Sanibel Island, FL TMorton E. Tavel’s book Snake Oil Is Alive and Well: The Clash Between Myth and Reality; Reflections of a Physician. Reservations Suggested Sue Draper Lowe will be at the library on January 31 for her program, Aunt Militia: www.iltesoro.net Finding Treasures In Your Attic. The program will begin at 2 p.m. Both of these programs will be held in Meeting Room #4 of the library. Open to 239-395-4022 the public, there is no charge to attend. Adult programs at the Sanibel Public Library are made possible with funding from the Sanibel Public Library Foundation, Inc. and its generous donors. To make a con- tribution to the Foundation, contact the library at 472-2483 or by mail: Sanibel Public Library Foundation, Inc., 770 Dunlop Road, Sanibel, FL 33957. ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 37 have it in a closet! It just doesn’t fit me newer one,” Mary admits, “but this is stantly.” Portraits In Print anymore,” she says with a laugh. great.” Meanwhile, Carol, scrap in hand, by Jane Vos Hogg Around the room, their work spread At Christmas the quilters enjoy mak- is hunting for a perfect color match out over a number of tables, a dozen ing small gifts for each other… fobs to for something she’s planning, a search Peaceful Piecing crafters are busy creating. One is get- hang on their scissors since they often made simpler because the group has ach Thursday ting her blocks together; another is get misplaced… neck-hung scissor sacks dozens of neatly stacked plastic bins morning arranging her rows. Suddenly a scream for convenience… small zippered bags each containing endless assortments of Eat 9 you’ll from one of the ladies laying out her with the crafters favorite colors… at fabric. “Weeks ago I turned the group find them at the work..”I’ve done something wrong!” the same time they all create dozens of on to making pillow cases for kids enter- Sanibel Community Several women, Martha included, rush things to be sold at the church fair fun- ing the hospital... we did 40 that day Church, a scat- over to see what need be done. “It’s draiser. and took them to Connkercancer, an tering of women alright. Nothing’s wrong.” Martha shifts One crafter showed me a quilt for a organization which distributes them to creating patchwork one piece slightly explaining “it was just kid. It takes nine squares to make each children with life-threatening illnesses, items. They’re out of line a bit so it looked wrong.” one. “I give these to the Southwest gives them something to smile about.” called the Joyful Clearly audible: the sigh of relief. Florida Quilters Guild. They take them to At this point others began to recall Piecemakers and they’ve been sew- Attention shifts when Martha calls hospital and abuse centers… for children past giving projects undertaken: 100 ing together for about a dozen years. everyone over to watch her teach a who really need them. The day I deliv- Christmas stockings for children one Martha Howard and Mary Shufelt, both new technique using her computerized ered mine it joined a pile of 50 already year; a pile of neonatal quilts so infant full-time Sanibelians, meet year round. sewing machine. Stressing that she was collected from numerous women. “ isolets remained darkened; and of Off-season their numbers often drop to winging it, she demonstrated how it Another woman explains, “When I do course the never-ending prayer quilts, four but at busier times there might be was possible, taking a skinny strip of one with 14” squares… 12 of them some hand-delivered, others mailed as many as 15 in the room. fabric, to create a line which would then make a lap sized cover. I use fleece back- all over the U.S., each one letting its The stitching may be silent but not become the vine running up between ing because it is soft and comforting.” recipient know someone, somewhere so the stitchers. One project on every- squares. She pauses, touches a spot Where do her blankets end up I won- is praying for them and taking time to one’s mind is their semi-annual show to on the computer screen to indicate a dered. “I like mine to go to people too show it. be held in the church’s historic chapel stitch change, and whirs along. A lesson ill to go outside much of the time. When Newly finished is a lap quilt com- March 9. Most members will want to learned all around… the crafters learned they sit and read or watch television pleted for the ill husband of one of the have at least one submission on display technique and I learned that mechanized these small blankets feel cozy.” group’s members. Thirty-two different at the event. Entries range from quilts machines seemed to be overtaking that A different quilter explains, ”Back squares, all blue and white patterned, on down to wearable items, carryables long ago world of needle, thread and home we meet weekly, once a month with subtle jots of red to repeat the and imaginative accessories. The end thimble. it’s charity quilting and the rest of the fleece backing because his favorite result – a visual picnic. Adjacent, Mary is working away time just for fun.” My “What do you like chair is red. I ask if they’ve ever done a Martha Howard (the den mother of at her machine, ancient by contrast. about it” gets her quick response: “The group something really big. “Last year,” the group) has been involved with quilts Dating back to 1932, it belonged to her sewing aspect and the creativity. In high says Martha, “we all worked on one for years. Sewing is her thing. She likes mother who always told her daughter, school I got A in sewing and D in cook- which we presented to our pastor, Daryl it. “Long ago, when I was still in high “You get my diamonds and my sew- ing… gave me a hint about my possible Donovan, for his 10th anniversary here school and a 4H-er, I entered my first ing machine when I’m gone.” That day direction. During my near 30 years of at the church. The finished squares were county fair in Portage County, Ohio. came 17 years ago and the machine, full-time employment I had no time to sent to me and I put it together. I won best in show for my dress. I still still used, sews on today. “I do have a sew but now that I’m retired I sew con- continued on page 46
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Happy Hour Friday Is Sunday buffet brunch, Bloody Mary Bar & In The Raw Bar Lobstah Night at Bottomless Mimosas from 10:00am - 2:00pm Thurs, Fri & Sat The Sanibel Grill 4-6 p.m. Happy hour daily with a special bar menu and Live music Raw Bar Open Thursday, Friday & Saturday (Happy Hour 4pm - 6pm) Fish Market Open at 11am - 9pm (2pm - 9pm Sunday) Restaurant Open 7 Days 4:30pm - 9pm 8700 Gladiolus Drive (Winkler and Gladiolus) across the street from Sweet Bay. 472-3128 • Full Bar • 703 Tarpon Bay Road • Major Credit Cards 38 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 began to show up in Lee County in late September. This has resulted in patchy blooms and small fish kills. The island is 90 percent free of Brazilian pepper. The city continues to work with residents and conser- vation lands with the goal of eradicating that species from the island. The 2012 tropical storm City Manager Judie Zimomra and Andy Dru Doyle of Ocean’s Reach and Chief of season resulted in erosion along Sanibel’s beaches at Mary Nelson of the CASI Board and Beachcomber, Natural Boyle of Ocean’s Reach Police Bill Tomlinson Resources Director James Evans and CASI President and several locations including From page 7 a suspect, but to call the police without Somerset’s Linda Naton Lighthouse Beach Park, delay. The police are anxious to catch West Gulf Drive in the City Staff this burglar and know many watchful eyes vicinity of West Wind Inn and timely calls will help. False alarms investment in light of the losses to guests to Island Inn, and south are a part of the process and fear of that and the costs of the increased patrols and of Blind Pass. Two beach should not stop anyone from immediately police activity surrounding these crimes. renourishment projects reporting something questionable. Chief Bill Tomlinson joined the City scheduled for 2013 may Natural Resource Director James Manager to recognize that these thefts help those situations. The Evans told us about pests of another impact not only guests but also the repu- first is the dredging of Blind kind. There has been an outburst of a tation of the island. All of the victims Pass by Lee County Natural bug called Rugose Spiraling Whitefly. As have been weekly visitors. In some cases, Resources in January. The with all new infestations, it is bad at first, the victims did not immediately alert the second is scheduled by the but eventually will come under control police, either because they didn’t want to Captiva Erosion Prevention through natural predators. There are only “bother” the police or because the wallets District for the summer, Carmine Rende of the CASI Board and Sundial East, Linda two known pesticides effective against and purses were in the units and victims but is dependent on federal Naton, CASI President and Somerset, and Ric Base of the this particular strain of whitefly. Using didn’t realize for some time that cash had funding. James reported Sanibel and Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce been removed. Either situation leaves a any other pesticide will not affect the that these renourishment disasters the right to reconstruct what cold trail for the police to try to follow. whitefly and may well kill the beneficial projects will directly address the erosion lawfully existed before destruction, even The chief believes the burglar is some- pests which will eventually contain and that has occurred south of Blind Pass. if that same construction would not be one familiar with the properties, whose control it. The city published and distrib- It is also anticipated that as a result of allowed under today’s Sanibel code. State appearance fits in. The chief also encour- uted a brochure which outlines the nature longshore drift – the currents that trans- and federal codes still apply. The purpose ages property owners and staff to pay of the pest and remedies. Copies were port sediments south along Sanibel’s of build back registration is to put docu- attention to everyone using their park- distributed at the meeting and are avail- beaches – there will be ancillary benefits mentation into the city files of what cur- ing lot. Call 911 if a suspicious vehicle able on the city website and at City Hall. and some accretion along beaches from rently exists on a property. There is no or unusual activity is spotted. The chief Slight occurrences of red tide devel- Blind Pass to Knapp’s Point. This should fee to register. asks residents and staff not to approach oped in Sarasota in mid-September and help mitigate the erosion along West Gulf During the question-and-answer Drive. Lee County has recommended portion of the program, Loggerhead that the city reschedule its annual survey President Sharon Murphy asked what can of the island to ascertain the location of be done to get the cell tower on the east near-shore sand; that has been approved. end erected. She detailed reception prob- The full staff report with pictures is avail- lems. The city granted permits and leases able at mysanibel.com/CityCouncil/2013 for a tower to Verizon two years ago. Agendas/January 15th/Agenda Item The deadline for construction to begin 11.a.ii.1. is the end of January. The city has been Keith Williams is the new Public Works actively encouraging Verizon to begin Director. He replaces long-time director construction or file for an extension. This Gates Castle, who literally hit the jackpot would be preferable and more timely than – to everyone’s delight – netting $2.7 mil- finding a new contractor. lion in the Florida Lottery during the past Ten years ago, the city adopted a year. Williams reviewed the numerous lighting ordinance, known then as Dark Public Works projects underway, includ- Skies. The deadline for compliance is ing expansion and at some points widen- February 2014. Properties installing any ing of the shared use path and moving exterior lighting, including lanai light- toward completion of the sanitary sewer ing, before then should review this this system. Capital improvements scheduled ordinance. It is at mysanibel.com/City for 2013 include improvement to the Code/Municode/lighting. The city will road and widening of the shared use path be issuing a brochure to generally outline on East Periwinkle Way, a new shared the requirements. All properties will want use path at Bowman’s Beach, resurfac- to ascertain that they are in compliance ing some of the roads and a second before the deadline, almost a year from restroom facility at Lighthouse Beach. It now. was noted that markers for the project on A Better Bugman was the sponsor East Periwinkle Way include right of way for this breakfast. This is a small, locally Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner boundaries. owned business with partners who have Planning Director Jimmy Jordan over- been in the business for many years and Specialty Coffees & Smoothies • Happy Hour 3-6 p.m. sees the Planning Department and Code were raised here. Owners Cliff Daniels Enforcement. The City is in the visioning and James Lambeth work with a number stage of a Commercial Redevelopment of condominiums, conquering spiraling Royal Scoop Homemade Ice Cream strategy to enhance that district. They whitefly and other pests successfully and are also considering a “nuisance property at an agreeable price. To offset the image ordinance” to address the few abandoned of nefarious pesticide applicators, these Kids Menu • Dine in & Carry-out properties on the island. Jordan reminded bugman show their sweet side through properties to register for build back. The their bee business. They brought the build back ordinance was adopted several honey they produce and it was judged to 579-0807 • 2330 Palm Ridge Road (across from CVS) years ago. It gives non-conforming prop- be delicious by CASI members. erties that may be destroyed by natural ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 39 China’s Rise, Story Of The Century by Max Friedersdorf ormer GOP presidential Fcandidate Jon Huntsman, address- ing a sellout crowd last Sunday eve- ning at the Forum at BIG ARTS in Schein Hall, pre- dicted the rise of China will be the biggest historic event of the 21st century. Huntsman, a former ambassador to China under President Obama, also Jon Huntsman cited the rise of Islam and the world- Dick Wright and Jon Huntsman wide advent of bio-technology with its leave you.” potential life extending discoveries as Huntsman said his presidential nuanced, and challenging,” Huntsman long time. The last was with India in other truly important events of this era. nomination bid was doomed when Bill added. 1979. This means their military doctrine Recalling his unsuccessful bid last Clinton commented “that Huntsman is Huntsman, who also served as gov- is dated. The biggest risk is a miscalcula- year for the Republican presidential a Republican I could support” and film ernor of Utah (2005-2009) and ambas- tion by a rising power. Think Athens nomination, Huntsman described the maker Michael Moore also endorsed sador to Singapore, described technol- and Sparta; think 1914; think 1939. experience as exhilarating, one that him. ogy as the driving force in our China We have to be delicate and judicious,” can “rip a family apart or coalesce it.” Huntsman said when he arrived in relations. “We cannot conceive of the Huntsman concluded. Huntsman explained for himself, his China in 2009 as President Obama’s advances to come,” he opined. Huntsman was introduced by Forum wife Mary Kay, and their seven children, envoy, the world’s largest nation with During the question period, Chair Dick Wright, who also moder- the rigors of the campaign brought the 1.2 billion population was little impacted Huntsman was asked about the Chinese ated the discussion. Governor and Mrs. family closer. by the global financial collapse in the military build up which he described in Huntsman, and daughter, Gracie, 13, His wife supported his candidacy, U.S. and Europe. terms of $110 to $120 billion per year were honored at a reception in Phillips Huntsman said, with the comment, “If Describing America’s relationship for China compared to $650 billion for Gallery. Compact discs of the extraor- you pander or sign any pledges, I will with China as a marriage that “we have the U.S. dinary and informative lecture are avail- to make work; the reality is complex, “They have not fought a war in a able at BIG ARTS for $5. Academy Awards Contenders by Di Saggau n Wednesday, January 30 the WINE WEDNESDAYS Island Cinema will show Les OMiserables, the fifth movie in the BIG ARTS Academy Awards Contenders Film Series. After the movie, a discussion will take place at George & Wendy’s Seafood Grille. Tickets are available at the Island Cinema for $8. 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Cast of Monty Python’s Spamalot with John Ramsey (center) Monty Python Comedy Trey Compton (center) in Monty Python’s Spamalot At The Herb Strauss Theater photos by David Sexton he holy grail of musical entertainment, Monty Python’s Spamalot, is now showing at BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater. T A musical comedy based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Spamalot is a highly irreverent parody set in medieval England. In the show King Arthur (played by Jason Loete), traveling with his servant Patsy (Andy Meyers), recruits several knights to accompany him on his quest, including Sir Bedevere (Miguel Cintron), Sir Robin (John Ramsey), Sir Lancelot (Matthew Alan Schmidt), and Sir Galahad (Robby May). Besides the rabbits and flatulent Frenchman, they meet such characters as the The Lady of the Lake (Elizabeth Urbanczyk), Prince Herbert (Trey Compton), beautiful dancing girls, mobs of minstrels, and the dreadful Knights of Ni. Classic Broadway also gets spoofed along the way in Spamalot, and everything is fair game, from A Chorus Line to West Side Story to Fiddler on the Roof. This production was directed and choreo- graphed by Amy Marie McCleary, with musical direction by Michael Sebastian. The original 2005 Broadway production was nominated for 14 Tony Awards and won three, including the Tony Award for Best Musical. Spamalot’s book and lyrics were created by Eric Idle, a member of the Monty Python team, in collaboration with Cast members in Bright Side of Life segment John Du Prez. through Saturday, January 11 through February 16, and matinées are at 2 p.m. In her review of this production in the January 23 through February 6. Tickets are $42, children 17 and under are $20. Island Sun, Di Saggau wrote, “The entire Herb Strauss Theater’s season continues with The Marvelous Wonderettes cast takes the crazy Pythonesque scenes to (February 22 through March 23), Charles Lindbergh: The Lone Eagle (February 24 hilarious heights. As the man seated behind through March 10), and Fully Committed (March 29 through April 27). me said, ‘It’s a WOW!’” Saggau adds, “It Monty Python’s Spamalot is supported by Herb Strauss Theater Season Sponsor isn’t easy to describe this kind of humor in The Sanibel Captiva Trust Company and Show Sponsors ’Tween Waters Inn and The print because it’s the timing, facial expres- Jacaranda. sions and a magical unknown as to what’s The Herb Strauss Theater is at 2200 Periwinkle Way. Groups of 10 or more are going to happen next that makes this show eligible for group discount rates. Prices range from $25 to $36 per ticket. Call 472- so enjoyable on stage.” 6862. Jason Loete and Elizabeth Urbanzcyk Performances are at 8 p.m. Monday
Cast of Monty Python’s Spamalot ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 41 It’s Raining Cats And Dogs Artists Reception On Friday At BIG ARTS IG ARTS Founders Gallery presents It’s Raining Cats And Dogs juried visual arts exhibit, which features artworks with feline and canine-themed art. An Bartists reception will be held this Friday, January 25 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Exhibit is open through February 28. Founders Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Founders Gallery Visual Arts Patron Season Sponsor Deborah and John La Gorce. For additional information about these exhibits, stop by BIG ARTS, 900 Dunlop Road on Sanibel; call 395-0900; e-mail [email protected]; or log on to www. BIGARTS.org.
able at The Community House and at Attention Cooks: other locations around the island. Send in your recipes by Thursday, January Submit Your 31. Recipes should be typed or clearly printed on a recipe collection sheet Favorite Recipe available at The Community House or o you online at www.sanibelcommunityhouse. have net. (Maximum of three entries per per- Da son, please.) favorite dish you would like to share with your fel- low island- Send your ers? The Community editorial copy to: Going My Way?, acrylic by Charles Lister House is looking Get your recipe published [email protected] for recipes for a cookbook, to be published next season as a benefit for The Community House. The cookbook will be avail-
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More than 80 members of the Center 4 Life attended the potluck/game night event language arts. At the end of her round, Zimomra received Host John Brown shares a laugh with contestant Linda Tedeschi a warm ovation from the From page 1 crowd. “You can now say that Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? you are smarter than a fifth “I got a copy of the game and went over the questions with the teachers and the grader,” Brown told her. school principal,” Brown said before the start of the program, which was held on Humbly, Zimomra January 17. “I wanted to make sure the questions were okay and appropriate. I’m responded, “I would never actually hoping that the adults are going to have a lot of fun with it. I don’t know how say that I’m smarter than a well they’re going to do against the kids… because they’re pretty smart!” Sanibel School fifth grader!” Several months ago, Brown approached The Sanibel School principal Barbara (FYI: The answers to the Von Harten with the idea of hosting an event at the school’s cafetorium. Brown has above questions… The Nina, served as host at the Center 4 Life in previous mock game shows including Wheel Of six teaspoons and counter- Fortune, Jeopardy and Minute To Win It. Von Harten agreed to host the event, and clockwise.) Fifth grade teachers Amy Holik and Mary Clauss three fifth graders were selected as quiz competitors. “I watched (the television version of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?) once,” said Caitlin. “It’s really funny. I’m kinda nervous, not about not knowing any of the answers, but about messing up.” Monday Night Movie Fellow fifth grader Ashley worried that the three adult challengers – Judie Zimomra, Linda Tedeschi and Ed VanderHey – might know a little more about history. Searching “I’m really good at math and sci- ence,” she said with a smile. “I just For Sugar Man hope they don’t ask us any questions about stuff from the 1950s.” he surprise film for BIG ARTS “I did some studying in class, but I’m Film Society’s Monday Night Film not nervous at all,” said the easygoing TSeries is the 2012 Swedish/British Tyler. “I’m just looking forward to hav- documentary Searching for Sugar Man. ing fun.” The film will be shown January 28 at in Following a buffet dinner, Sandi Schein Performance Hall. McDougall of the Center 4 Life intro- Searching for Sugar Man was nomi- duced Brown. A brief explanation of nated in the Best Documentary category the game’s rules followed, and then at the 2013 Academy Awards, which will Zimomra – Sanibel’s City Manager – be held in February. The film was nomi- took the stage as the first contestant of nated in the Best Documentary category the night. at the 2013 BAFTA awards, and won The Newton Falls Elementary the Special Jury Prize and the Audience School alum scored a perfect 10 for Award for best international documentary 10 during her turn, which included at the Sundance Film Festival. questions dealing with science, social The film tells the true story of studies, arts and music, reading and Rodriguez, the greatest ’70s rock icon who never was. Rodriguez was discovered in a Detroit bar in the late ‘60s by two celebrated producers struck by his soul- BIG ARTS Film Society’s Monday ful melodies and prophetic lyrics. They Night Film Series presents a mixture recorded an album which they believed of critically-acclaimed independent and would secure his reputation as the great- foreign films and documentaries. After est recording artist of his generation. each movie, a group of film buffs leads The album bombed and the singer disap- discussions on Gainer Veranda, comple- peared into obscurity amid rumors of an mented by refreshments. untimely demise. But a bootleg record- Films are $8 and begin at 7 p.m. in ing found its way into apartheid South Schein Performance Hall, located at Africa and, over the next two decades, 900 Dunlop Road. Rodriguez became a phenomenon. Films are shown in high-definition The film follows the story of two on a large screen with surround sound. South African fans who set out to find Assistive listening devices are available. out what really happened to their hero. Sponsors are Bank of the Islands Their investigation leads them to a story and Stan and Visnja Gembicki. Sup- more extraordinary than any of the porters are Sanibel Taxi and Jerry’s existing myths about the artist known as Foods of Sanibel. Rodriguez. For tickets, stop by BIG ARTS, call Game show host John Brown, left, accepts a dues payment from contestant Judie Searching for Sugar Man is rated 395-0900, e-mail [email protected], Zimomra during last Thursday’s staging of Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? at The PG-13, is in English, and is 86 minutes or log on to www.BIGARTS.org. Sanibel School long. ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 43 then the fugitive escapes, just like Renowned Poets To Appear At Poet’s Corner that later penned on a sheet of white Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture We invite paper submissions by Michael Saenz the hint of an image, a scent of a from local poets. vapor riting is instinctual for cel- Anyone interest- but not imprisoned – set free, ebrated poet and essayist Alison ed may submit an alchemy for all to see. WHawthorne Deming, who will their work via email to tutsie@ have the opportunity to share her cre- Poetry never has a time-out moment, ativity with islanders in February. A comcast.net. Each week, indi- there will always be subjects for a direct descendant of the great American vidual work will sonnet writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, Deming be showcased. you will not find benched on life’s also serves on the Board of Advisors for path Florida Gulf Coast University’s Center selected by Tanya Hochschild a Frost, Collins, Oliver or Plath for Environmental and Sustainability and so I sit and wait and see Education. She is honored to introduce by Tanya Hochschild whatever might appear to me beloved poet Mary Oliver at the Center’s Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture What Is Poetry? Life and Death walk by hand in hand at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, February 8 at trailed by mortal themes – a merry Saint Michael and All Angels Church on oetry is kindling begging to be a band Sanibel. fire a singing bird perches near Oliver will read with a momentum P drawn from heart(h), anger, “take note” “take note” I think I hear. generated by the completion of her most desire. “write about all this clamor, all this recent book of poetry, A Thousand Alison Hawthorne Deming a giving tree grown from a seed, shout, Mornings. Deming sees Oliver’s newest a puppy tugging on a lead get it down before you’re out!” book as a continued dedication to what Oliver refers to as “earth-praise.” driven mad to uncover a scent, “She celebrates the connection between nature and the spiritual journey,” said poets are as driven, as hell-bent. My arm reaches toward the blaze, Deming, whose own poetry reflects a similar intention. “I think I want for readers to Fingers scoop words, as if in a daze leave a poem feeling more awakened to the world, to their very living and the mystery Poems born from a glow in the dark Wrap them round me so they can of their inwardness. And of course be swept away in the music of language.” inspired from the tiniest spark – thrive Amongst fans of Mary Oliver, the adoration for her poetry is nothing short from the hectic dazzle of company Cradled lovingly to come alive of devout. Deming, a winner of the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of kept speak africa, america, back at home American Poets, is no exception. “Oliver connected me to the rich tradition of poets the sad circumstance of a life bereft write this life in a poem. throughout the ages, who have felt in nature a transcendent reality,” said Deming. a smidgen of laughter, a flood of Her own poetic prowess seems to enable her to articulate the impact of Oliver’s tears Tanya Hochschild is member of a poetry more eloquently than most. “How many people carry a Mary Oliver poem recorded routine through the years. Sanibel Writers Group, has participated around in their pocket, wallet, notebook, or heart? Her poems have spread like seeds in Artpoems and Writer’s Reads on the dispersing on the wind, in the paws of animals, the beaks of birds. Her work and its A memory emerges, doffs its hat, island, and had two books published. broad following speaks to the power of poetry to make our lives resonate with the more-than-human world that embraces us. She is our talismanic poet of ponds and woods, bears and marsh hawks, body and spirit. Her poems transform the argument between amazement and skepticism into the beauty of song.” Deming has recently completed a non-fiction book for publication entitled Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit, which evolved directly from sev- eral mini-essays that she prepared for the Center’s first lecture in 2004. In honor of Email your editorial copy to: Carson’s passionate love for birds and activism, Deming’s newest book explores the role of animals within the human imagination from the dawn of time to the present [email protected] moment and beyond. An overarching theme of the book is the increasing disconnec- tion occurring presently with the animal world, although Deming also explores the “zoology of inwardness” that preserves the intimacy between humans and the natural world. Deming will also deliver brief remarks at the Center’s 9th annual Fundraising Celebration from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 9 at the beachfront home of Serving Breakfast All DAY, Every Day! Peter and Mallory Haffenreffer on Sanibel Island. She is honored to participate in the major fundraising event and believes sup- You’ll always find something special at the Over Easy Cafe. porting the Center helps educate the next generation of environmental leaders. 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These presentations are open to the public, and tickets are required for each session. Author To Speak The first session will take place on Monday, January 28 at 2 p.m. in the On Sanibel Grand Cypress Room of The Woodlands itness Beyond 50: Turn Back at Shell Point Retirement Community. the Clock by Harry H. Gaines Sessions two and three will take place on Fwas published in February 2012. February 4 and 11 at 2 p.m. in the Grand Geared toward those over the age of Cypress Room of the Woodlands at Shell 50, it’s unique in its focus on knowledge Point. Tickets are $10 each and to pur- and inspiration, the “why” of getting fit chase tickets for these presentations, call and eating healthy, versus the “how” 489-8472. approach of other fitness books. It’s In the first session, Macomber will cover written in a conversational style and an overview of Germany’s Pacific Empire includes over 125 real-life stories of from the 1870’s to 1914, which stretched what individuals have done to improve across a huge area from China to Saipan, their fitness and healthy eating. New Guinea to Samoa, and greatly influ- Now that his book is published and enced the rest of the Pacific. The second Robert N Macomber doing well, Gaines plans to continue to session includes the story of the Imperial inspire people to improve their health. German Navy’s Asiatic Squadron and its He will be speaking at The naval campaign across the Pacific in the opening months of World War I. Community House on Sanibel on The final session in the series begins after the initial carnage in 1914, as World War Wednesday, January 30, at 3 p.m. The I in the Pacific changed into a cat-and-mouse game between the German raiders and lecture is free to SCA members and $2 the Royal Navy. for non-members. “We are so happy to welcome Robert Macomber back to present in the Academy,” Pre-registration is required. Call 472- 2155 to register. said Teri Kollath, manager of Academy and Volunteer Services. “His presentations are on The Doctors, an international CBS Autographed copies of Fitness Beyond always intriguing and informative.” TV show; CBS Sunday Morning in 50 will also be available for $15 (cash or The Academy of Life Long Learning at Shell Point is an educational initiative for San Francisco, and will be featured on check). the residents of the retirement community. 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JANUARY 25 – FEBRUARY 3 Wally Kain, directed by Doug McElhney For more information, call Shirley Jewell (Drama ; set at end of Civil War). Sid 337-1099, or contact her via email at Simon, Jonathon Stephens, Al Richman [email protected]. SA 26 Kathy Kosins’ “A Toast to the Ladies of Cool” ...... 8 PM and Don Hogg were cast to read the BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater SU 27 Classical: Priscila Navarro, Piano ...... 3:30 PM is located at 2200 Periwinkle Way. play. BIG ARTS Community Players Play Readings* ...... 7 PM Cynthia written by Norma Hagan, Tickets to play readings are adult $12, directed by Norma Hagan (Drama/ student $5. Play readings will also be M 28 Surprise Film: Searching for Sugar Man ...... 7:30 PM Murder) To be read by Bill Rahe, Michael held Sunday, February 17 at Schein SA 2 Glenn Miller Orchestra ...... 8 PM Performance Hall, and Sunday, April 21 Raab, Robert Runck and Doug McElhney. SU 3 Island Jazz ...... 3 PM Mega-Man to the (Emotional) Rescue at Herb Strauss Theater. written by Don Goodrum, directed by For more event information or to pur- *Event at BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater, 2200 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel Shirley Jewell (Comedy – One Act). Play chase tickets, visit BIGARTS.org, stop by BIG ARTS at 900 Dunlop Road or call to be read by special guest readers: Bruce >>NSSPTTY ;P]QQZ]XLYNP 3LWWW z2LWWP]TP^z-ZWWP]2L2 ]OOPYY Neill and Evelyn Monroe Neill. Marks Box Office at 395-0900. BIG ARTS Community Players Chair -42,=?>z$/`YWZ[=O>LYTMPW17z $ " Shirley Jewell said, “The playwrights :]OP]?TNVP_^L_ $ $ $ submitted their plays in the fall of 2012, Z][`]NSL^PZYWTYPL_ each play was read by a committee and selected scripts became part of the 2013 bbb-42,=?>Z]R Community Players Play Reading eve- 46 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 the adventure, the laughs and the poi- First Friday Stories gnancy. The emcee for First Friday Stories For For Grownups Grownups is Dr. Sid Simon, Professor nce again, the first Friday of the Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, month brings to the island one of and the author of 15 books in the areas Oits favorite events — Stories For of Values Clarification, Getting Unstuck Grownups. and Forgiveness. Simon is also the author This month features five crackerjack of two children’s books written for his story-telling folks from Periwinkle Park. own kids when they were little. WW It’s one hour of some of the tenderest, Norton published them in the late 1960s. funniest, most real personal stories out Simon has appeared on various talk show of very sweet lives. On Friday, February programs, including The Oprah Winfrey 1, the story tellers will be five strong tell- Show and The Phil Donahue Show. In ers, all of whom have retired to Sanibel’s 2011, he won the Lee County Literary Periwinkle Park. That tight little commu- Artist of The Year. nity has people with the most incredible He tells good stories, ones that are former lives, nationally known writers, ex- witty and wise, but he also has the knack television people and teachers who have for drawing stories from people in the left their thumb print on students around audience. That’s half the fun and half the the world. program. February 1 will feature these So don’t be anywhere else from 2 to 3 Periwinkle Park stars: Jane Hogg, Don p.m. on the First Friday. Hogg, Chris Boesen, Alan Smith and After the featured story tellers, there’s Beth Warner. All of them are fascinating a second half of the program when story tellers who may make you want to stories come from the audience. Bring tell a story, too. You won’t want to miss Emcee Dr. Sid Simon, Professor Emeritus, in his Cheap Grampa attire a story along, something personal and tender, and keep it short. Dr. Sidney B. Simon, the emcee at Stories For has Anne Morrow Lindbergh published Grownups, just might call on you if you so relatively little in forty years of mar- volunteer, and that will further brighten riage?” asked reviewer John Barkham in the afternoon for everyone. Call the 1970. “After a promising start with those Sanibel Library if you need directions or first books on flying, she tapered off into information at 472-2483. long silences broken by an infrequent volume of verse or prose.” Many years later, Lindbergh replied with a quote from Harriet Beecher Stowe, who claimed that Pets Of The Week writing, for a wife and mother, is “rowing against wind and tide.” In this sixth and final collection of Lindbergh’s diaries and letters, taking us from 1947 to 1986, we mark her progress as she navigated a remarkable life and a remarkable century with enthu- siasm and delight, humor and wit, sorrow and bewilderment, but above all devoted to finding the essential truth in life’s expe- riences through a hard-won spirituality and a passion for literature. More than any previous books by Reeve Lindbergh or about Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Against Wind & Tide makes us privy to Meet Reeve the demons that plagued this fairy-tale bride, and introduces us to some of the Lindbergh 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sanibel Island people—men as well as women—who Bookshop,1571 Periwinkle Way. Reeve provided solace as she braved the tides discussion and book signing Lindbergh, the author’s daughter, will be of time and aging, war and politics, birth of Anne Morrow Lindbergh’s speaking. The book will be available for and death. Here is an eloquent and often his wonderful kitty is looking for AAgainst The Wind & Tide will $27.95. startling collection of writings from one of his forever home. He’s approxi- be held on Wednesday, February 6 from “Why, as an eager and talented writer, the most-admired women of our time. Tmately 1 year old, very small and For more information call 472-5223 solid black. 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Tiwill host Karen Semmelman pre- body’s natural healing abilities to restore The cost for the evening is $22, pay- senting a discussion entitled Creating vital energies that may have become able by check or cash. Self-Empowerment by Improving your weak, disturbed or out of balance. Health through Energy Medicine – from a Business and Personal Perspective. Semmelman recently opened a Sanibel office for Semmelman Energy Center, which is also located in Boston. She lives on the island with her husband Bernard Food Ortwein and their four-year-old golden doodle dog Chezzy. Preservation She has always been self-employed with many employees. As a long term Presentation owner of numerous businesses, includ- Karen Semmelman he Sanibel Public Library invites ing a law firm with 25-30 employees, energy is negative or positive. She will you to share food preservation her objective has been to empower all how-to’s on Tuesday January those with whom she has contact. She also discuss how to protect yourself from T the impact of that energy. 22. Celia Hill, Family and Consumer will share her perspectives on finding and Sciences Agent of the Lee County developing passion in whatever endeavor Learning tools and techniques to heal yourself is empowering – she will show Extension, will be on hand at 2:00 p.m. one undertakes, and then using that in Meeting Room #4 of the library for passion to empower yourself and those how to double your energy and be more vitalized. a presentation full of tips on freezing around you. and canning food. Her program is titled: Tips on enhancing business develop- Semmelman has a BS in psychol- ogy magna cum laude; a JD degree Food Preservation 2013 – Not Your ment will be interwoven. The presenta- Grandma’s Recipe! tion will be audience participatory,. with licenses in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Massachusetts, is a Fellow of the There is no fee to attend the program Semmelman will demonstrate how to and it is open to all. quickly correct energetic imbalancesand Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; show how the energy of others impacts is a Certified Eden Energy Medicine each of us individually, whether that Practitioner; a Reiki practitioner; has radionics training; has extensive teaching Celia Hill
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Tuesday Kayaking – Tuesdays, members and $90 for non-members. your own) at Mizner Park. Cost is $49 Center 4 Life January 29, February 5, 12, 19 and 26, iPad with Rhonda – Tuesdays and for members and $59 for non-members. 8:30 a.m. Thursdays, February 5, 7, 26, 28, 9 to Fort Myers pick up at 7:30 a.m. Programs There is space for 16 people on eight 11 a.m. Cost is $60 for members and Thursday, February 7 – Costume anibel Fit 4 Life is the motto at two-person kayaks and unlimited space $90 for non-members. World’s Broadway Collection in Pompano Center 4 Life. All ages are wel- for those who own their own kayaks. Tenth Annual Friday Coping With Beach. Trip includes transportation, guid- come. Kayaks, paddles and life jackets provided. Life Series ed tour of Costume World’s Broadway S Collection, featuring hundreds of authen- Island Seniors, Inc. members may Bring water, a small snack, change of February 1, 12 to 4 p.m. – Parish attend fitness classes held at the Center clothing, sun lotion, bug spray, sunglasses Nurses Senior Health Fair, sponsored tic Broadway costumes, lunch at the 4 Life, 2401 Library Way, by present- and a hat. Cost is $5 for members and by St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal re-creation of Tavern on the Green. Cost ing a coupon. Booklets of 12 coupons $10 for non-members. Stop by the cen- Church, Sanibel Congregational United is $79 for members and $89 non-mem- can be purchased at the center; cost is ter to sign up. Church of Christ, and St. Isabel Catholic bers. Fort Myers pickup at 7 a.m. $42, or buy three coupons for $10.50. Page Turners with Ann Rodman, Church. Health screenings include mem- Tuesday, February 12 – The Dali Cash or checks to the City of Sanibel are volunteer coordinator – Wednesday, ory, hearing, vision, glucose, blood pres- Museum in St. Petersburg. Includes trans- accepted. Members of the City of Sanibel February 13 at 2:30 p.m., Clay’s Quilt sure and balance. portation and admission to the museum. Recreation Center must show their mem- by Silas House. After his mother is killed, February 8, 1:30 p.m. – How Do Docent led tours will be available through- bership cards to attend. four-year-old Clay Sizemore finds himself You Know When It’s Time To Make A out the day. There is a café on the FITNESS CLASSES: alone in a small Appalachian mining Move To Assisted Living by McKenzie premises for a Dutch treat lunch at your Happy Hour Fitness – Monday, town. Together, the townfolk help Clay Mills, assisted living healthcare market- leisure. Cost is $55 for members and Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m. with fashion a quilt of life from the treasured ing specialist for Shell Point Retirement $65 for non-members. Fort Myers pickup Sandi McDougall. Format is 45 minutes pieces that surround him. Community. This presentation will pro- at 8:30 a.m. of cardio, 20 minutes of balance, core COMPUTER CLASSES: vide you with a better understanding of Friday, February 15 – Coral Castle strength and flexibility exercises. Having Fun With Facebook – what the differences are between inde- and Cauley Square Historic Village in Essential Total Fitness – Monday, Thursday, January 31, 1 to 3 p.m. pendent living, assisted living, and skilled Homestead. Includes transportation, guid- Wednesday and Friday at 9:30 and 11 Cost is $30 for members, $45 for nursing care. ed tour of the castle, lunch, and time at a.m. Cardio, muscle strengthening and non-members. Limit six per class. February 22, 1:30 p.m. – Damaris historic village. Discover the hidden gems flexibility training with hand weights, Computer Intro to PC – Mondays, Peters Pike in A Daughter Remembers of Homestead on this tour. Cost is $69 stretch cords, chairs and stability balls. Wednesdays and Fridays, February 4, 6, Irving Berlin. Limited seating. Cost is a for members and $79 for non-members. Mahnaz Bassiri is the instructor. 8, 13 and 15, 1 to 3:30 p.m. This class $5 donation for members and $10 for Fort Myers pickup at 7:30 a.m. Power Hour Fitness – Tuesday and is designed for the novice user. Instructors non-members. Monday February 18 – 100th anniver- Thursday at 8 a.m. Hand weights, stretch Bruce and Christl Smith will explain the Florida Repertory Theater sary of the Titanic Exhibit at the cords and stability balls, along with mats, basics without a lot of jargon.You must Saturday, February 9, 2 p.m. – Mahaffey Theater and lunch in St. are used to strengthen your muscles. be able to attend all five sessions. Cost is Miracle on South Division Street by Petersburg. Includes transportation, Improve core strength and balance. $115 for members and $150 for non- Tom Dudzick. A new family comedy and admission to the exhibit, lunch at Fresco’s Mahnaz Bassiri is the instructor. members. Limit six students. regional theater premier from the author on the pier. Cost is $79 for members and Gentle Yoga with Kris Brown Protect Yourself And Your PC of Over the Tavern and Greetings. The $89 for non-members. Fort Myers pickup – Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30 a.m. Online – Thursday, February 7, 1 to 3 center has reserved discounted seats for at 8:30 a.m. Stretch, tone and strengthen while p.m. This class is designed to give you Saturday 2 p.m. matinees. Call the center CARDS AND GAMES: improving flexibility, proper alignment facts and specific tips to give you peace for details. Learn to Play Mahjongg with and circulation. Mats are used to meet of mind when using the Internet. Patty Discovering Florida Daytrips Katie Reid – Mondays, February 11, the needs of varying experience levels. Waters is the instructor. Tuesday, January 29 – Boca Raton 18, 25 and March 4, 9 a.m. to noon. Bring a towel. iPhone with Rhonda – Tuesdays Museum of Art and Mizner Park. Includes Class is limited to four or eight students Chair Yoga – Tuesday and Thursday and Thursdays, January 29, 31, February transportation, admission to the Boca and you must be able to attend all classes at 11 a.m. 12, 14, 9 to 11 a.m. Cost is $60 for Raton Museum, shopping and lunch (on continued on page 10B 6B ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 It promotes a framework that builds Rotary on creating friendships, while work- ing together to meet goals that benefit Happenings others. Rotaract clubs is a global effort submitted by Shirley Jewell to bring peace and international under- standing to the world. anibel-Captiva Sanibel-Captiva Rotary and its past- Rotary wants president, Joel Ospa, joined with the Sto thank the Bonita Springs Rotary club in finan- Sanibel Library cially assisting the Florida Gulf Coast Foundation for its University (FGCU) Rotaract Club with recognition at a one such service project. This matching recent major donor grant partnership has just finalized travel luncheon. Our Rotary plans for Rotarians and Rotaract mem- Club presented the library children’s bers to distribute school supplies to the books each week in honor of our guest children of Costa Rica and participate in speakers and has underwritten online a weeklong series of projects there. business resource library selections. Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Arts and The Sanibel-Captiva Rotary continues Crafts Fair on Saturday and Sunday, to fund worthy projects of our island February 16 and 17 is the club’s major organizations and non-profits. The club Dr. Jose Leal, John Grey, Lee Almas fundraiser. Proceeds provide the funding recently presented a $1,000 check promotes humanitarian outreach to citi- ther information about our organization. for many of our service projects. Come to the Bailey-Mathews Shell Museum zens across the globe in need. Service To provide a future for Rotary and its out and enjoy the juried selections of Director, Dr. Jose H. Leal, for funding projects include immunizations against belief of service to others it is promoting beautiful arts and crafts offered this of the museum’s Adopt-A-Class pro- the polio virus and the well-being of the a new generation of service. This gen- year. Returning, once again, will be the gram, which provides selected 4th grade infirm; literacy and mastering knowl- eration of service focuses on the positive extremely popular Guatemalan/Miracles classes throughout Lee County a field edge; and clean potable water projects changes that can be implemented by craft booth. This booth, sponsored by trip to the museum. that range from simple filtering systems youth and young adults through leader- Rotary last year, provided for the pur- Rotary has many levels of service for small villages in Africa to San-Cap ship and development of Rotaract Clubs chase of vented cooking stoves for 38 and the key to that is the involvement Rotary’s recent $75,000 water proj- (Rotary in Action) across the world. families – and help about 200 people of a diversity of people of all ages with ect in earthquake-struck Haiti. Rotary Rotaract is an international program for lead healthier, safer lives. an interest in serving others; a com- has been able to accomplish outside young men and women ages 18 to 30 The Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club plex, yet simple, paradigm of helping of the political framework of nations who believe they can make a difference. meets at 7 a.m. every Friday at Bistro others. Rotary International reaches astonishing relief to the most needy of Rotaract clubs provide an opportunity At Beachview, 1100 Par View Drive. out to people across the globe to help people. We are proud of that service for members to develop knowledge If you have any questions regarding them accomplish amazing solutions for and encourage anyone who may have and skills to assist their own personal Rotary, e-mail president, John Grey- myriad difficult situations. 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Manager of Dairy Queen, Tim Palmer Center Expansion the construction,” he added. “There may Captiva Community Center Floor Plan Sr., whose family has owned and oper- be a period in about September, when it board of governors in serving the com- have today. Now, we’re trying to keep ated the business since 1973, will team is least disruptive, that the library might munity in this new facility over the many pace with what those who went before with partners and fellow islanders Larry briefly close.” years it will exist. us did.” Thompson, Mitch Moore and Jonathan Ann Bradley, the library’s branch “It’s going to be wonderful.” He concluded, “Now it’s our turn. If Applebaum in continuing the 40-year tra- manager, said of the project, “Having a She said the library is still working with we are going to keep the Captiva Civic dition of serving-up DQ treats and sand- state-of-the-art meeting room for pro- design planners on how it will reconfigure Association relevant to the community, wiches with a smile. grams, a place for historic collections, its space. then we need to step up and have a much “It has been our pleasure serving up and an enhanced exhibit space under one “If you go back over the years,” more modern and capable facility.” the tastiest treats on the island to all walk- roof is a dream come true. We’re looking Cunningham said, “members at various ing in,” said Meyers, whose family-run forward to working with the CCA and its times stepped up and created what we
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Learn more about playing the Back row from left, Bill Fellows, Past President, member since 2007; Blanaid Colley, Director of Marketing, member since 2010; Richard hand and get tips for winning defense. Rompala, Director, new member; Christine Swiersz, LCSW, Clair Beckmann, Director, member since 2010; Chip Specht, Treasurer, mem- Basic Bridge Lessons with Bruce ber since 2008; John Pryor, Vice President, member since 2010; Dr. Adair Heath, Director, member since 2012; Jerry Edelman, Director, Health Equipment Manager, member since 2007; and Maggi Feiner, Executive Director. Front row from left, Linda Green, Director, new and Christl Smith – Tuesdays and member; John Morse, President, member since 2012; and Sharon Thomas, Secretary, Printing Director, member since 2008 Thursdays, February 5, 7, 12 and 14, 9 a.m. to noon. You must be able to attend FISH board for several years. Both will Green and Rich Rompala, both of whom all four classes. Cost is $10 for members Meet New FISH continue in their recently held roles have been active volunteers over many and $20 for non-members. of Chair of Strategic Planning (Morse) years. Other officers who have been Backgammon – 1 p.m. Wednesday Executive Team and Director of Resource Development re-elected to their current positions for Bridge – 1 p.m. Monday and riends In Service Here (FISH) of (Pryor). Outgoing Past President another term include Chip Specht as Wednesday Sanibel announced their newly Bill Fellows and outgoing Past Vice treasurer and Sharon Thomas as secre- Hand & Foot – 1 p.m. Tuesday elected members of its board of President Blanaid Colley will continue tary. Maggi Feiner continues in her volun- Mahjongg – 1 p.m. Thursday F Mexican Train – 1 p.m. Thursday directors for 2013. The new President is on the board as active members. teer role as FISH Executive Director. FISH also announced the appointment FISH would also like to extend thanks Cost is $2.50 for members and $5 for John Morse and the new Vice President non-members. Prizes are awarded. is John Pryor; both have served on the of two new experienced board members to David Wright, the only retiring board who joined the board in January, Linda member this year. Bea Pappas Painting To Be Raffled The Center 4 Life is holding a raffle will include four sessions highlighting vari- fident and secure about their finances drawing for an original painting by local Trust Company ous women’s issues: in order to thrive in today’s challenging artist Bea Pappas. Pappas has been January 29 – Your Purse, Your Life times,” said The Sanibel Captiva Trust painting for 47 years and teaching for Hosts Women’s February 12 – Maneuvering The Company’s Chief Operating Officer Adria 32 years. She is an exhibiting artist Medicare Maze & Senior Living Starkey. “WOW is designed to help our at the North Shore Art Association in Series Opportunities In Lee County clients and friends cut through the clutter Gloucester, Massachusetts and a signature he Sanibel Captiva Trust Company February 26 – As The World Turns: and make wise decisions about their per- member of ISEA (International Society will host a 2013 Women’s Series Estate Planning Ideas In An Ever- sonal life, career and financial future.” of Experimental Artists). Tickets are $5 Tto empower women to be better Changing World Interested attendees should contact each or six for $25 and are available at informed and prepared to handle their March 19 – Market Outlook: Elizabeth Kindt at The Sanibel Captiva the front desk at the Center 4 Life on finances independently and dynamically. Managing Your Money In A Time Of Trust Company at 472-8300 or EKindt@ Library Way. The painting is on display WOW (Women. Opportunity. Wealth.) Uncertainty SanCapTrustCo.com. All events begin at at the center. The drawing will be held “It is essential for women to feel con- 10 a.m. and seating is limited. Wednesday, March 6. Arts And Craft Fair To Be Held Arts & Crafts Fair – Saturday, February 9, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Holiday bazaar vendors will have a variety of Island Management handmade items including fused glass, jewelry, purses, photographs, paintings, cards, shell crafts, pottery, jam, chutney, “YOUR LOCAL HOMEGROWN MANAGEMENT COMPANY” macramé and fabric and hand-knit appar- el. Hot dogs will be served during the fair. SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY: Call the center at 472-5743 for details on programs or stop by to register. FORT MYERS SANIBEL CAPTIVA FORT MYERS BEACH “Don’t Worry...We’ll Manage It” Licensed Property Managers In House Accounting Staff DAVID J SASS CPA Supplemental Services (Pool Cleaning, Repairs) Individual, Corporation, Over 20 years Local Experience Estates & Trusts CALL NOW FOR A FREE CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL FIRPTA Withholding (239) 472 5020 & Accounting Services 711 Tarpon Bay Road, Sanibel, Florida 33957 Florida CPA since 1986 16956 McGregor Blvd. Fort Myers Fl. 33908 14828 Captiva Dr. Captiva, Fl. 33924 239-395-0690 Visit our web site: www.islandmgmt.com Island Resident ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 11B From page 1B Fort Myers Beach location. “We’re thrilled to extend to our guests Doc Ford’s the newest eatery, Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille, Captiva,” said Managing New Location Director Bob Walter. “We share the same Replacing the soon to be closed Holy dedication as Doc Ford’s in providing an Smoke Heavenly Barbecue restaurant unforgettable experience, with impec- outside the gates in Chadwick’s Circle, cable, friendly service.” Doc Ford’s invites guests to explore the Doc Ford’s is slated to open in the new look and feel of the restaurant while summer of 2013. For more information, having some of the signature dishes, visit www.docfordssanibel.com or www. from Martinique-jerked pork chop, to the southseas.com. Yucatan Shrimp, and the famous Mojitos. “It’s going to be a lot of fun for the visitors to Captiva Island,” said Marty Harrity, co-developer of the Doc Ford’s restaurant group. “We’re going to have a full docket of live entertainment and it’s really going to make for a great experi- Send your ence for the visitors.” Staying true to its roots, Doc Ford’s editorial copy to: will be offering the freshest produce, pro- FISH Social Worker Jessi Ziegler, Merle Rauscher and Velma Gavin from Jerry’s with FISH teins, and seafood with the same tropical [email protected] Program Director Christine Swiersz island flair as the Sanibel Rabbit Road and sold to customers for $15 each, original location and the recently-opened Jerry’s Restaurant raising more than $1,400. “We were very pleased to learn of Surprises FISH their kind thoughts and actions that helped raise money at a time when With Donation demand for services and food is very high riends In Service Here (FISH) at FISH,” said John Morse, President. of Sanibel was very touched to “It’s a wonderful feeling to know that so Flearn that employees at Jerry’s many in our community are willing to Restaurant organized a fundraiser over lend us a hand. We’d like to thank the the holidays that raised money for FISH. organizers and all the customers who Velma Gavin and Merle Rauscher made had purchased a Jerry’s ornament in our hand-crafted shell ornaments that were name.” hung on the restaurant’s Christmas tree
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Prime Jazz Returns To Traditions LIVE ON THE by Anne Mitchell ISLANDS Jazz nights are back at anibel Grill is now offering fresh Traditions on the Beach sushi and sashimi on Thursdays, Restaurant, Bar and SFridays and Saturdays, featuring Lounge at the Island tuna and salmon. That’s in addition to the Inn. That means Prime Rib regular raw bar. and Prime Jazz will be held Crunchy Grouper and Crunchy Shrimp Wednesday nights through are the grill’s signature dishes. season for dining and danc- The grill has a wide selection of fresh ing. Jazz music will be Norman Love confections are sold at The Emporium at local seafood, meats and poultry, plus this performed by Father Al and Royal Shell Vacations’ office on Captiva weekly line-up of specials: the Jazz Congregation, with Monday – Magical Meatloaf with gravy a few guests along the way Tuesday – Skirt steak with chimichurri including “Mr. Swing” him- Wednesday – Jerk chicken, beans and self, Paul Ventura. rice The entrée special, along- Thursday – Sushi and Sashimi side the regular menu, will be prime rib. Friday – Lobstah Night Sanibel Grill owner Matt Asen likes his fish Saturday – Fish Fry very fresh – here he is with a red snapper This week’s lineup at Sunday – Prime Rib and BBQ Ribs Traditions includes: Friday, Sanibel Grill is at 703 Tarpon Bay Road, phone Joe McCormick and singer 472-4453. Barbara Smith; Saturday, In more restaurant news, Angela Morales has been Joe McCormick and named manager of Il Cielo on Sanibel. singer Marvilla Marzan; Morales has more than 20 years’ experience in the Wednesday, Prime Rib and food and beverage industry and most recently served as Prime Jazz!; and Thursday, managing sommelier for Angelina’s Ristorante in Bonita dancing to Joe McCormick Springs. with popular favorites and She is a certified sommelier and a Culinary Institute smooth vocal stylings, R&B, of America graduate with an associate of occupational jazz and pop. studies degree in culinary arts. She has earned numer- Traditions is at 3111 Beach supplies and books are also carried at The ous one- and two-glass Wine Spectator Awards for her West Gulf Drive, Sanibel, Emporium wine lists. and is open from 5 p.m. Morales has been involved with a number of local Angela Morales is the new until late Monday through Saturday. Live entertainment starts at 7 p.m. For reserva- charities and was chosen to participate as a sommelier manager at Il Cielo tions, call 472 4559. for the Naples Winter Wine Festival for consecutive continued on page 15B years and she has served on the committee of the Southwest Florida Wine and Food Festival for the past three years. Morales said that currently 50 percent of Il Cielo’s wine list consists of sustainable G organic wines. etting the home of yourour dreams … The restaurant is located at 1244 Periwinkle Way, phone 472-5555. It may not be widely known, but there’s a gift boutique tucked away inside Royal starts with the rightght remoremodeler! Shell Vacations’ office at 15050 Captiva Drive. The Royal Shell Emporium sells hostess gifts, birthday presents and souvenirs as well as books that will be a good beach read. “Because it’s located inside the check-in office, many people are hesitant to just Extensive planning & design walk in and shop,” said Randy Bacik, CEO of Royal Shell Vacations, “but everyone is Top materials & workmanship welcome, from Royal Shell guests to local The Emporium carries Naples Soap Company items, Norman Love Confections, Security safeguards Alan Maltz books along with his photographic images of Sanibel and Captiva both Weekly reports small and large, Costa Del Mar sunglasses, shirts and accessories. Many items are cre- ated by locals. Promises kept You’ll find glass beads that say Captiva and Sanibel that are sized to be worn on Camilla and Pandora style bracelets or placed on a chain and worn as a necklace.
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It was first called the Butler Fieldhouse and later renamed in memory of Paul D. (Tony) Hinkle, the school’s basketball coach Odd Balls 8 Fresh Legion Crew 4 for 41 years. During World War II, it served as a barracks for the U.S. Navy and the Army Air Island Lifers 7 Deep Pockets 5 Force, and in 1987, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in recog- nition of its role in transforming college basketball. Sanibel 8-Ball Pool League Perhaps, however, it is best known for one of the all-time greatest sports movie, Hoosiers, depicting the memorable 1954 victory of tiny Milan High School over huge Magic Move Up Muncie Central. The major scenes of the movie were filmed at Hinkle, where the athroom Magic put an 11-1 whipping to Sandycappers and moved into a tie Indiana State High School Basketball Championship was played for decades. for first place. 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Becky Skog beat him three straight with an Along with Vitale, the Fieldhouse erupted in frenzy, with students mobbing the awesome display of unplanned safeties. Kelly Greten and Jimbo Gaubatz had 3-0 ancient floor. nights to lead the Odd Balls into fourth place. The memorable Butler victory only added to the historic mystic of this 85-year-old Island Lifers continued their upward journey in the league standings with a 7-5 building that ESPN has labeled “Indiana’s Basketball Cathedral.” win over Deep Pockets. Gary Murza and Carmen Senese went 3-0 for the winners Kenny Perry To Defend ACE Group Title and George Sell posted a 3-0 night for Deep Pockets. With the 26th edition of Champions Tour Ace Group Classic less a month away, Kenny Perry announced last week that he will return to defend his title for the February 15 to 17 tournament at TwinEagles Golf Club in Naples. 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The economic recovery is still relatively weak and corporate profit margins are historically high, and may be hard to expand further. Mary Lou Bailey Janie Howland Glenn Carretta Karen Bell Europe’s issues were postponed, but not solved,” Dorsey said. He then went on to explain what he and the other eight portfolio managers/ana- lysts are favoring in client accounts. “We’re buying very high quality companies with Top Producers strong balance sheets that have high returns on capital. They are relatively inexpensive IP Realty Group announces the and provide a hedge against inflation. We’ve also increased our weighting in interna- top agents and sales teams for the tional companies for appropriate clients, emerging markets are cheap right now and Vmonth of December. we like European companies with heavy export capacity. We are avoiding bonds right Mary Lou Bailey was recognized as now because of low interest rates, although for very high net-worth clients, individual top sales agent. municipals make sense. As a substitute for bonds, we are looking off the beaten path Lomano, Nicholson & Associates were for income including master limited partnerships, some preferred stocks, and a few recognized as top sales team and top list- REITS.” ing team “We are pleased and proud that this year’s Market Outlook Conference was a suc- Janie Howland was recognized as top cess and that the 110 people in attendance were so engaged and asked many pen- listing agent. etrating questions,” said S. Albert D. Hanser, founder, CEO and co-chairman of The The Karen Bell Team was recognized Sanibel Captiva Trust Company. as top producing team. Dorsey’s presentation is part of The Sanibel Captiva Trust Company’s continuing Glenn Carretta was recognized as top effort to keep clients and friends of the firm informed during today’s dynamic busi- producing agent. ness climate. He appears regularly on Bloomberg TV, Fox TV and CNBC, and is the author of two books –– The Five Rules For Successful Stock Investing and The Little Book That Builds Wealth. Before joining The Sanibel Captiva Trust Company, Lomano, Nicholson and Associates Dorsey was Director of Equity Research at Morningstar for more than 10 years. He holds a master’s degree in political science from Northwestern University and a bach- elor’s degree in government from Wesleyan University. and commitment to Sanibel’s youth Broker Awarded sports programs has benefited children throughout our community for many Community years. In 2003, Pfeifer started Sanibel’s first Service Award NFL Youth Flag Football League and he continues to coach and organize this sport today. After 10 years of coaching youth softball and baseball, Pfeifer man- aged Sanibel’s Little League program in 2009 and 2010. He also enjoyed coach- ing Canterbury School’s first 11-man middle school football team this past year. Pfeifer has also donated his time and energy to benefit The Community House as a performer in Dancing with the Island Stars, as the Guinness World Records “Sanibel Stoop Drill Sergeant” and will soon be performing the ceremonies for “A Wedding in the House,” Dr. Seuss style. In addition, Pfeifer’s brokerage is home to the 100% Pure Sanibel Island donation campaign, which began in Fortunately for our customers, 2012 and to date has donated more than $1,500 for local island non-profit orga- the Sandman is a Floridian. nizations. He remains an active board Furniture to fit your Florida lifestyle member of the Sanibel Captiva Kiwanis Eric Pfeifer Club and the Shell Harbor Homeowners Association. or the fourth year in a row, Eric Pfeifer, broker of Pfeifer Realty FGroup, was selected to receive the Sanibel and Captiva Islands Association of Realtors’ Community Service Award To advertise in the by fellow Honor Society Realtors and Brokers. Each year, this award Island Sun 3AN #ARLOS "LVD s &ORT -YERS FREE DELIVERY 'LADIOLUS is presented to the agent or broker www.furniture-world.net -C'REGOR who actively volunteers their time and Call 395-1213 FREE SET UP talents in many areas throughout the 239.489.3311 FREE REMOVAL San Carlos 3UMMERLIN island community. Pfeifer’s dedication ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 23B Will Power Stone explained that the state law such a donation take a rightful share of may be circumvented with proper legal the estate? State laws generally protect Who Are Your Heirs? drafting inside of the will or trust. In other against this scenario, but not all state laws by Craig R. Hersch, Florida Bar Board Certified words, if the clients put a provision that are similar. Different fact patterns may Wills, Trusts & Estates Attorney; CPA would call an afterborn child a direct heir, also affect the outcome. then it can certainly be considered one. To what extent should someone who n today’s world couple’s grandchildren of that son) would But this presents all sorts of problems. has made or is making an estate plan of Assisted take the share of their predeceased son. Consider a family that has three sons. ask his or her children whether an ART IReproductive If at the time of the death the son had no The will is drafted to allow one of the heir is possible? How long should a class Technology (ART), heirs, then the other surviving sons would son’s wives to conceive a child after the of beneficiaries remain open, if at all, to do we really split the estate. son’s death and have that child consid- accommodate this new technology? know who our That’s when the son dropped a shock- ered to be a legal heir, so long as the Reports indicate that the percentage heirs might be? I ing revelation. afterborn child’s DNA is that of the son. of ART children born when compared recently attended “Wait a minute,” he said. “My wife Assume that the son predeceases his against those normally conceived will con- The Heckerling and I have embryos frozen in case we parents. When his parents die, there are tinue to increase over the coming decades Estate Planning would want to have a child someday. two sons who survive them, but their as biological technology improves. Conference, which is a weeklong pre- What happens if I died but my wife hasn’t daughter-in-law has not decided whether It would seem that clients should begin eminent continuing education course transferred one of the embryos in utero to go ahead with the embryonic transfer. to open up these rather delicate issues for professionals who practice trust and yet? We might not want to ever have How long must the personal representa- with their adult children to ensure that estate law. One of the sessions featured children, but if I were to die suddenly, tive (the executor) keep the estate open their estate plan doesn’t have unintended Miami Attorney Bruce Stone, who lec- we’ve discussed the possibility that she and not make distribution to the two consequences. Further, if there’s intent to tured on how reproductive technology may decide to carry one of these frozen surviving sons because no one is sure if accommodate the wishes of an adult child affects wills and trusts. embryos.” they are entitled to 1/3 each (since the who is having difficulty conceiving, then I was surprised to learn that nearly The room sat in shocked silence. predeceased son’s heir could be born at those wishes should be conveyed to the one out of every 100 new births today is When all parties gathered themselves to some point in the future) or 1/2 each estate-planning attorney so that they can a product of ART. Couples are waiting discuss the possibilities, much emotion (assuming that the wife either won’t go consider the possibilities and draft detailed longer to have children, working against poured out. through with the procedure at some point provisions to satisfy the intent. their biological clocks. It is therefore not Florida law states that if an heir is in- in the future, or even if she does, whether ©2013 Craig R. Hersch. Learn more uncommon for ART facilities to harvest utero when its parent dies, then it stands the procedure will be successful)? at www.sbshlaw.com. and freeze a couple’s eggs and sperm in in line as a per stirpes heir. Once it is ART presents other problems. case they want to have children at a later born, it is then entitled to the share of the Consider the child who donates sperm to time but can’t. deceased parent. Stone explained that the a sperm bank to earn some extra money Stone described a client meeting that unborn child would actually have to be in in college. Could a child conceived from included not only the husband and wife, the womb at the time of the adult son’s but also one of their adult sons. When death in order to be considered an heir. Stone described the will and trust docu- “But what if my wife decides to wait ments to his clients and got to the “per some time and then have the child? Can stirpes” provisions, he explained that if it not be considered my legal heir at that one of the couple’s three sons prede- time?” ceased them, then that son’s children (the
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D I recently diagnosis predisposes someone to com- access to mental health services in NASP believes that ongoing efforts to read a letter where mit this type of violence perpetuates an schools remains among the most critical improve school safety and to create safe a parent was strug- incorrect stereotype and maintains a factors in preventing and responding to and welcoming school environments are gling with the stigma that often creates a reluctance to school crises. vital to promoting the well being of all impact of a deci- seek treatment. Our nation must engage in a serious of our children. Eliminating stigma and sion that her son’s Homicidal or sociopathic behaviors are discussion about how we can improve providing needed mental health services friend’s parent had often the result of a complex combination our efforts to provide for the mental and accurate information is critical to this made. Her son has and interaction of risk factors, which may health needs of our children and youth; mission. Asperger’s and he had just lost his best be environmental, biological or both. In not just to prevent horrific acts of vio- Ms. Greggs is adjunct faculty at friend of six years because the friend’s most cases, the presence of a diagnosable lence, but to support their well-being, Edison State College where she teaches parents, after the Sandy Hook shooting, disorder or disability alone does not pre- academic achievement and success in life. psychology and education courses. wouldn’t allow them to play together dispose someone to extreme or calculated Speculating or circulating misinformation She is also Nationally Certified School anymore. They said my son might do violence. Implying so risks undermining can be harmful and distracting to the mis- Psychologist and consultant for School something when they’re older. This is the important efforts to reduce stigma sion of providing a safe school environ- Consultation Services, a private educa- heartbreaking for all involved. Most likely, around mental health problems and dis- ment for our children. Numerous orga- tional consulting company. Questions this is not an isolated event as parents abilities and may discourage individuals nizations have accurate information on for publication may be addressed to struggle to protect their children at all and families from seeking appropriate the real risk factors and interventions for [email protected]. Not all questions costs, however, we need to become bet- treatment. With appropriate treatment, specific disorders and disabilities. These submitted can be addressed through ter educated and mindful about stigma- especially early intervention, people with include, among others: the National this publication. tizing mental health and developmental mental health issues can lead rich, full Association of School Psychologists disorders so we can dispel misinforma- and productive lives. tion, fears and stereotypes and promote The same is true for children exhibit- an environment that encourages mental ing problem behaviors and learning health treatment as needed. difficulties. With proper interventions, session and throughout the year.” From The National Association children can overcome barriers to learn- Eagle Advocacy “With a focused involvement by FGCU Of School Psychologists – As the ing, display positive behavior and engage lorida Gulf Coast University recent- supporters, Eagle Advocacy will support initial shock of the horrific events in in positive socialization. Indeed, the pri- ly launched “Eagle Advocacy,” an our local elected officials by carrying a Newtown, Connecticut begins to subside, mary focus of school-based mental health Forganization designed to engage strong message to Tallahassee about the the nation is left to contemplate why such services is to provide students with the the community to participate in advanc- importance of higher education, FGCU’s a terrible tragedy occurred. There have necessary supports to thrive in school and ing FGCU’s legislative agenda in mission and the critical need for reliable been frequent reports in the news that throughout life. Providing ongoing access Tallahassee. state funding to accomplish that mission,” the perpetrator had been diagnosed with to these services also promotes school The program’s goals are to create said Director of Government Relations an informed and energized FGCU com- Jennifer Goen. munity; develop a stronger, united voice Membership is free and only takes a in Tallahassee; and provide essential few minutes. Those who join will receive information to volunteers so that they can the latest information on proposed legis- effectively convey their views about issues lation and other governmental activities affecting FGCU. that could potentially impact FGCU. Excellence in Real Estate “FGCU receives tremendous support To become a member of Eagle in Southwest Florida, and I encourage Advocacy, sign up at www.ciclt.net.fgcu. the community to join me as an Eagle For more information, contact Goen at Advocate to help expand and build on 590-7410. that support,” said FGCU President A step above! 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If there is an emergency, you • Never leave your stove unattended, ust imagine net. can quickly reach it to turn off power. turn it off even if you leave for a short how drab life • Replace fuses and circuit breakers time; clean up food and oil residue Jwould be with- with proper sizes and amperage; make around the elements. out color. There Electrical Safety sure your panel is properly labeled. It also You can find additional information would be noth- helps to upgrade your breakers to AFCI and some very helpful videos at www.esfi. ing around us but For Older Adults Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters which can org to learn about fire safety. black, white and detect an unintended electrical arc and Bryan Hayes is a Sanibel air condi- grays. Wouldn’t by Bryan Hayes automatically shut off power. tioning contractor. He also owns, with such a world be lectrical safety • Electrical outlets should not buzz, his brother Todd, an electrical busi- depressing? is important crackle, be warm, or overloaded with ness on Sanibel. He can be reached at Certain color Eto me, so appliances; test your ground fault circuit [email protected]. names instantly and unmistakably express I’d like to help interrupters (GFCI outlets) once a month. states of mind, emotion or health. Blues spread the word. songs are sad; when you say you feel You’ve probably blue, everyone knows you’re not happy. heard me men- If you’re in the pink, you’re blooming tion the Electrical Free Community Health Fairs with health and happiness. You can be Safety Foundation green with envy, turn red with rage, or International (ESFI) he Lee Memorial Health white with fright. in the past, or you System Parish Nurse When selecting your color schemes, might even know of it without my help. TProgram is teaming with test your colors by the natural light of day Did you know that older adults (65+) Right At Home In-Home Care and the artificial light in your home in the are at a higher risk of being injured or & Assistance and Shell Point evenings. Sometimes.artificial light can worse from home fires? The reason Retirement Community to provide make some colors appear totally differ- behind this are cooking-related fires, a series of free health fairs open ent. it’s also important to remember that electrical malfunctions and failures that to the public. With the help of incandescent bulbs generally tend to give are associated with lighting and heating sponsors, the Parish Nurse pro- off more yellowish glow, therefore giving equipment. Identifying these causes and gram will provide wellness screen- color a bit more of a yellowish cast. While understanding how to avoid them is the ings to the Southwest Florida this may be flattering to warm colors, it surest bet at prevention and maintaining community at churches through- may affect cooler shades in an unflatter- a safe environment, especially if some- out the area. ing manner. Before finalizing any new one lives alone. “This is the 11th year the Parish Nurse program has provided this service to the community and we anticipate a large turnout,” said Nancy Roberts, manager of the Parish Nurse program. “At every health fair we’ve ever done, the screenings have identified the need for immediate care in at least one or two people. Problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease often have no symptoms even though they’re life-threatening conditions. These free screenings truly save lives.” The community-wide health fairs will take place at the following locations: • Friday, February 1 – Sanibel Center4Life, corner of Library Way and Palm Ridge Road, 1 to 4 p.m. • Thursday, February 28 – Hope Lutheran Church, 25999 Old 41 Road in Bonita Springs, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Saturday, March 16 – King’s Way Christian Center, 2016 Kismet Parkway in Cape Coral, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Friday, March 22 – Zion Lutheran Church, 7401 Winkler Road in Fort Myers, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. • Saturday, April 13 – Faith Presbyterian Church, 4544 Coronado Parkway in Cape Coral, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Door prizes and healthy snacks will be provided for participants, and each health Choosing Th e Right Insurance Agent fair will hold wellness screenings for: Alzheimer’s disease; balance; blood pressure; diabetes; foot health; hearing; obesity; oxygen levels; skin cancer; sleep apnea; spinal Makes All Th e Diff erence alignment; vision; pre-screening mammogram appointments. Information about advance directives, assisted living, brain health, injury prevention, in-home care, pharmaceuticals, skilled nursing care and other services will be available to area seniors. Marge Meek LifeLine Cardiovascular Wellness Screenings will be held at select locations for a reasonable cost. Pre-registration is required by calling 272-2817. “Parish nursing plays an important part in the continuum of care between our Long-time Island Resident health care system and the community by connecting healing and faith,” said Roberts. The Parish Nurse program is part of the Spiritual Services Department of Lee Memorial Health System. The Parish Nurse program promotes holistic care of the Call me anytime for your business body, mind, and spirit by addressing the spiritual and emotional needs of patients, families, employees, volunteers and faith communities. More information is available at and personal insurance needs. www.leememorial.org/spiritualservices or by calling 343-5182. 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John has she was recognized as an Outstanding been active in the community as a Little Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 League coach and Boy Scout leader. He Young Alumna by the University of 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Florida, and in 2012, was the Key is the 2012-13 President of the Rotary Note Speaker at University of Florida’s Club of Sanibel-Captiva. Sanibel Community House Temple Beth El Outstanding Young Alumni Awards. Clark “Caryn, Orv and John bring a 16225 Winkler Rd. has been volunteering as a Homework wealth of experience and skill to the 2173 Periwinkle Way Helper in the Heights Foundation after Foundation,” said Kathryn Kelly, Sanibel 33957 Fort Myers 33908 school program for the past two years. President and CEO of The Heights Curry works as an Information Foundation. “We eagerly welcome them Technology Manager for BB&T. to our Board as we continue our mission Complimentary Written Trust Analysis: Originally from Illinois, Curry moved to to build strong, self-sufficient families in Bring your current documents to the workshop one-half hour early. Southwest Florida in 1988. He received the Harlem Heights community.” his AA from Edison College and his BS in Computer Information Systems from Reservations: 239-425-9379 Florida Gulf Coast University. Curry was a member of the United Way Allocations Share your community team for ten years, serving as team leader news with us. for three years. He has been a board member of the Alliance for the Arts since Call 395-1213 2003 and the Fort Myers Flying Club Fax: 395-2299 since 2011. Curry, his wife and son live in Fort Myers. or email Grey is managing partner of John [email protected] Grey Painting. He and his family moved 9100 College Pointe Ct., Fort Myers, FL 33919 to Fort Myers Beach in 1967. After www.sbshlaw.com 28B ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 Dr. Dave Helps me floss these wooden teeth.” of the fact that investigation may show against the law not to have tried it at least In 1619, Jamestown colony law that there are substantial medical uses for once. But I’m not sure why some doctors Conspiracy declared that all settlers were required Cannabis.” refuse to help patients with legitimate by Dr. Dave to grow hemp. “Excuse me, sir, but it But the law passed, one that states, problems with this possible option, all Hepburn appears that you are not growing pot. and I paraphrase a little here “We, the the while cranking them full of narcotics. You will be drawn and quarte... what?... government have decided to lift prohibi- Some patients benefit tremendously from have a patient/ we gave that up over here?” tion on booze given how many tommy it, patients not necessarily named Hank.. friend/victim Medicinal preparations of can- guns are being stolen from our personal or Freddie...or Cheech. Iwho, to say he is nabis became available in America in stashes. Plus, we like martinis. But we Now you know the... rest ...of the a conspiracy theo- the 1850s. Could buy it any Rexalls. need to prohibit something to keep our story. rist, is like saying “Jonathan, run down to the five and G-men in fedoras. Given that we liked Dr. Dave’s book The Doctor is my dog needs a dime and grab some lye, a revolver and a Citizen Kane and the phrase “killer week In(sane) is now available for those with breath mint. Turns dozen fatties.” of Mexico” gives us goosebumps, we’re a sense of humor and half a sense of out that JFK was But newspaper mogul, William gonna prohibit cannabis.” health. Pick up a copy at Sanibel Island shot by a deranged Randolph Hearst, mistakenly believing New York Mayor Fiorello Laguardia Bookshop. Contact Dr. Dave or read gay whale named that hemp hurds were a better source of who was a strong opponent of this 1937 more at www.wisequacks.org. Hank. Pizza Hut is controlled by Mother pulp and paper, felt that his huge timber Marijuana Act, formed the Laguardia Theresa and Pfizer. Freddie Mercury empire was threatened. Commission. They determined that was the legitimate heir to the throne of He began publishing stories about the the reports of addiction, madness, and Zanzibar... and so on. “killer weed of Mexico,” demonizing the overt sexuality were “as silly as my own Rec Center But he is also a bit of a maven. He cannabis plant that caused folks to com- first name, which I wish was Hank or knows a lot of intricate details about a lot mit violent crimes, act irrationally and Freddie.” They noted the therapeutic Screenings of stuff, usually useless stuff. So when he overtly sexual. potentials of marijuana, such as the told me that the US made marijuana ille- He then downed a bottle of rye. “euphoria-producing action which might he complimentary Sanibel-Captiva gal as a substitute for making liquor legal Andrew Mellon, the wealthiest man be applicable in the treatment of mental Lions Club diabetes, glaucoma, back in the 1930’s, I wondered what he’d in America and conveniently enough depression and the rather unique prop- Thearing and blood pressure screen- been smoking. Secretary of the Treasury (motto: “one erty which results in the stimulation of ings will be performed from 9:30 a.m. to Marijuana is back in the news again for you, one for me”) had invested heavily appetite.” 12:30 p.m. on Monday, January 28 at with Washington and Colorado recently in the Dupont family’s nylon (motto: our In 1988, the DEA’s Chief the Sanibel Recreation Center. making marijuana illegal. Talk about a leggs fit your wallet) business. So, and I Administrative Law Judge, Francis L. The diabetes test uses a tiny drop of change of hemp heart. One minute, know this will come as a shock to many Young, ruled that, “Marijuana, in its natu- blood extracted with an almost painless Bloggins is being chrome-domed for of you, in 1937 they used their influence ral form, is one of the safest therapeuti- prick of the finger, which is then read by the electric chair for having the scent of to get the first federal law passed against cally active substances known... It would a blood glucose meter in five seconds. sativa in his saliva, the next, the governor cannabis. be unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious The glaucoma test checks peripheral is rolling his peace pipe. The American Medical Association for the DEA to continue to stand between vision and eye pressure, which can detect Washington has approved of hemp. (AMA) screamed bloody (pick any body those sufferers and the benefits of this existing eye damage and/or provide pre- In fact, George Washington approved of part). “The AMA knows of no evidence substance.” dictive information. hemp. Grew it as one of his three pri- that marijuana is a dangerous drug” and Personally I have NEVER used it. continued on page 32B mary crops. “Umm, ya, for rope Martha. warned that a prohibition “loses sight Honest. And I live in BC where it is
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Approach each day, including your Start immediately to keep a daily log Q: Can you work days, with mindful awareness of of what you eat and atmospheric condi- offer some tips for staying present to the moment. When tions. Mark the days in red that you are effective time man- you are in the present moment, time most troubled; after a while you may agement? I feel I seems to expand because you are not see a definite pattern developing. Your am wasting time on worrying about the future or the past. health may be influenced by your intake things that are not of chocolate, red wine, cheese, processed that important. meats, monosodium glutamate, etc., etc. A: When you From page 18B by Lizzie and Pryce These foods may be contributing to your analyze your daily discomfort. schedule, create a Hinkle Fieldhouse izzie and Pryce answer your ques- Some people are troubled by molds, to-do list and organize items from most The field is expected to be announced tions and give advice about aging and living in wooded areas or by the important to least important. Doing the in the next few weeks. Tickets can be Lconcerns from a two-generational water can cause them problems. If most important things reduces stress, purchased online at www.acegroupclassic. perspective. A mother and daughter your problem continues and for your allowing you to manage your time more com team, Lizzie is a retired RN and health own information write to: The National effectively. The steps below will help keep Fired Red Sox Manager educator, and Pryce is a licensed psy- Migraine Foundation, 5252 North you on track: Co-Authors Book chotherapist in private practice who Western Avenue, Chicago IL 60625. • Decide what is most important to You’ve got to wonder whether it’s sour specializes in the care of elders and New treatments, drugs and procedures you and the amount of time you want to grapes, but former Red Sox manager people with chronic illnesses. are constantly being developed. Contact spend on it. Terry Francona has co-authored a book Dear Mom & Me, a neurologist at a treatment center near • Use a day-timer to help you stay with sports writer Dan Shaughnessy Headaches are ruining my social life. you for evaluation, and be sure to take organized. describing their reasons for the recent We retired to a lovely area and have a your log with you as it will help your • Plan ahead so you don’t get caught demise of the Red Sox. home on the water. For no apparent rea- attending physician. up in feeling pressured with too many Francona and Shaughnessy write that son, I wake up in the middle of the night Lizzie & Pryce things to do. You may find that at times Boston’s front office became inattentive with a severe headache. Nothing I take Lizzie and Pryce’s email address is some things have to be put off. to baseball fundamentals and more inter- over the counter or prescription medicine [email protected]. • Practice deep breathing techniques ested in marketing and other off-the-field seems to help – but 24 hours of bed rest, to remain calm. activities. and it is all over till the next time, maybe • Get a head start on your work day The book, Terry Francona: The Red in three weeks or two days. by picking out what you are going to Sox Years, was released this week after I have gone to doctors, one says I am wear the night before. If you take your excerpts were published in last week’s affected by change in atmospheric con- lunch, make it ahead. Get a good night’s issue of Sports Illustrated. ditions, and the other says I have food To advertise in the sleep and leave early for work. Running allergy. late creates stress. 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Usually, doctors suggest about 5,000 to 10,000 IU during the winter months, but it depends on your www.EyelidsOnly.com serum levels. Ask your physician. 32B ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 Top 10 Real Estate Sales Development City Year Built Square Footage Listing Price Selling Price Days on Market FH Tichnors Silver King Captiva 2010 4,224 4,500,000 4,000,000 1047 Caloosa Cove Fort Myers 2003 3,836 1,499,000 1,300,000 72 St. Charles Harbour Fort Myers 2006 4,783 1,300,000 1,018,500 98 North Captiva Sands Captiva 1985 4,268 1,099,000 980,000 134 Sweet Bay at Shadow Wood Bonita Springs 2003 2,771 995,000 890,000 250 Cape Coral Cape Coral 2007 3,628 895,000 855,000 1 Copperleaf At The Brooks Bonita Springs 2002 2,855 680,000 650,000 20 West Bay Club Estero 2000 2,762 624,900 607,450 601 The Forest Fort Myers 1990 3,286 599,900 599,900 10 Gulf Harbour Yacht & CC Fort Myers 1996 2,761 598,000 588,000 45
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Call on this rare offering Lalique and Baccarat crystal pieces, FOR RENT Linen tablecloths in different sizes, Islands, No Obligation, Two-bedroom cottage on Sanibel. Rentals Bi-weekly, monthly or Seasonal 239-633-9396 or [email protected] LOST AND FOUND and many more items. No Sales Pitch, Just Furnished. Ground-level. On quiet street 1351 Hopedale Drive, Fort Myers. near Gulf beach. Available month of ☼RS 12/14 CC 2/1 Lost Ladies Watch Information Make: Brighton Call 239-243-8781 FEBRUARY 2013. Livingroom, dinette, ☼NS 1/25 CC 1/25 Call to confi rm full kitchen, 2 bedrooms, bath, screened/ Area of Mucky Duck on Captiva Island glassed-in lanai. Carport, w/d. Lost on Dec. 10, 2012 around noon Robyn & Robb Moran $2,900 per month plus tax. If found call: 941-639-5395 Cable and all utilities furnished. ROOMMATE WANTED ☼RS 1/4 CC TFN Call owner 239-312-4164 or 859-749-7574. Roommate to share beautiful home ☼NS 1/18 CC 1/25 in the Dunes. Annual or Seasonal. John Gee & Company Realtors $700 plus half utilities. BOATS - CANOES - KAYAKS ☼NS 1/25 BM TFN 239-321-1084. ☼RS 1/4 CC TFN CAUTION ANNUAL RENTAL VACATION RENTAL DOCKAGE RESIDENTIAL RENTALS Hourly, Daily, Weekly Island Vacations Charming Sanibel Condo Rental ANNUAL RENTAL SANIBEL and Monthly. One bedrm full bath & kitchen, tile fl r. 2BR/1BA, 1/2 Duplex East End GARAGE • Of Sanibel & Captiva U pay electric $1,520/month plus security. Walk to Beach, Newly Remodeled, Captiva Island 472-5800 Million $ Views Await You! Captains Walk, East end Sanibel. Adorable, Private Deck, W&D in unit ☼RS 1/4 NC TFN MOVING • YARD • Cottages • Condos • Homes • Call 239-472-5222 No Pets, non-smoking unit. ☼RS 1/25 CC TFN $1,295. + utilities. Call Bob 410-913-2234 SALES Miles of Beaches & Bike Paths ☼RS 1/18 CC TFN 239-472-7277 1-888-451-7277 BOATS FOR SALE ☼RS 1/4 BM TFN 21-ft. Steigercraft, 115 Yamaha with 450 ANNUAL RENTAL original hours. Rolls aluminum trailer. 2/2 UF condo with den. On canal, East End ANNUAL RENTAL $11,100. Call 239-466-3649. GARAGE SALE of Sanibel. W/D, boat dock, deeded beach Apartment for lease on Sanibel, Mid Island, ☼NS 1/25 CC 2/8 January 25 & 26 from 8 am - 1 pm access, covered parking. $1,500/month. Furnished, 1B/1B $895. per month. 9407 Sage Court in Gumbo Limbo Call 239-728-1920. Call 734-761-7600 ext. 231. Furniture, clothes, gifts, piano ☼RS 1/4 CC TFN ☼RS 1/4 CC TFN ☼NS 1/25 CC 1/25
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★ C LASSIFIED D EADLINE F RIDAY AT N OON ★ 38B ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 Pets Of The Week
ello, my name is Lulu. I’m a 3-year-old female brindle and white Rhodesian HRidgeback and hound mix. I was abandoned with my eight four-week- old puppies. I was very thin and neglected. NEWSPAPER Fortunately, I was nursed back to health in a won- Sanibel & Captiva Islands derful foster home. They also house-trained me and taught me how to lie down. I love people and CALLING CARD 239-395-1213 I’m one of the favorite dogs of the staff and vol- Emergency...... 911 unteers. I could be your special companion, too, if Sanibel Police ...... 472-3111 you would adopt me. Lee County Sheriff’s Office ...... 477-1200 My adoption fee is $55 (regularly $75) during On Call Captiva Deputy ...... 477-1000 Animal Services’ “Real Housepets of Lee County” Fire Department adoption promotion. Sanibel ...... 472-5525 Hello, my name is Dasher. I’m a 2-year-old Captiva ...... 472-9494 male brown tabby domestic shorthair. I came to Florida Marine Patrol ...... 332-6966 the shelter right before the holiday season and was Florida Highway Patrol ...... 278-7100 hoping to dash right out into a new home. Well, Poison Control ...... 1-800-282-3171 we have rung in the new year... and I’m still here. Chamber of Commerce ...... 472-1080 Really, I’m such a sweet cat! I love attention City of Sanibel ...... 472-4135 and get along great with other cats. How about Administrative Office ...... 472-3700 making a date to meet me so I can show you what Building Department ...... 472-4555 Community Housing and Resources ...... 472-1189 a wonderful pet I would be for you and your fam- Lulu ID#551276 Planning Department ...... 472-4136 ily? photos by squaredogphoto.com Library My adoption fee is $30 (regularly $50) during Sanibel ...... 472-2483 Animal Services’ “Real Housepets of Lee County” Captiva ...... 472-2133 adoption promotion. Post Office For information about this week’s pets, call Sanibel ...... 472-1573 533-7387 (LEE-PETS) or log on to Animal Sanibel (toll free) ...... 800-275-8777 Services’ website at www.LeeLostPets.com. Captiva ...... 472-1674 When calling, refer to the animal’s ID number. Sanibel Community Association ...... 472-2155 The website updates every hour, so you will be Senior Center ...... 472-5743 able to see if these or any other pets are still ARTS available. Arcade Theater ...... 332-4488 The shelter is open for adoptions from 11:30 Art League Of Fort Myers ...... 275-3970 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. BIG ARTS (Barrier Island Group for the Arts) ...... 395-0900 The shelter is located at 5600 Banner Drive in Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre ...... 278-4422 Fort Myers, next to the Lee County Sheriff’s Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers...... 472-0168 Gulf Coast Symphony ...... 472-6197 Office off Six Mile Cypress Parkway. Lee County Alliance for the Arts ...... 939-2787 All adoptions include spay/neuter surgery, Naples Philharmonic ...... 597-1111 age-appropriate vaccinations, rabies vaccination The Herb Strauss Schoolhouse Theater ...... 472-6862 and county license if three months or older, flea Sanibel Music Festival ...... 336-7999 treatment, worming, heartworm test for dogs six Sanibel-Captiva Art League ...... 472-4258 months and over, feline AIDS and leukemia test S.W. Florida Symphony ...... 418-0996 for cats, training DVD, 10-day health guarantee CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS and a bag of Science Diet pet food. ABWA (American Business Women’s Assoc.) . . . . . 565-7872 or 433-7798 The adoption package is valued at $500. American Legion Post 123 ...... 472-9979 Dasher ID# 554312 Angel Flight SE ...... 1-877-4AN-ANGEL Audubon Society ...... 472-3744 Sanibel Bike Club ...... sanibelbicycleclub.org Community Foundation of Sanibel-Captiva ...... 274-5900 CROW (Clinic For The Rehabilitation of Wildlife) ...... 472-3644 Volunteers Needed For FISH of Sanibel (Friends in Service Here) ...... 472-0404 Sanibel Island Fishing Club ...... 472-8994 Program To Save Cats Horticultural Society of the Islands ...... 472-6940 Horticulture and Tea Society of Sanibel and Captiva ...... 472-8334 ee County Domestic Animal Services will hold a Task Force Meeting for Lee County residents Kiwanis Club ...... 677-7299 interested in participating in a Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) Program for feral and community cats League of Women Voters ...... 472-6689 Lon Wednesday, February 6 from 2 to 3 p.m. The meeting will be held in the agency’s Lost Lions Club (Tom Rothman) ...... 395-3248 and Found Pet Center Conference Room, 5600 Banner Drive, Fort Myers, next to the Lee County Master Gardeners of the Islands ...... 472-6940 Sheriff’s Dept. The TNR program is aimed at reducing the number of feral cats currently estimated Newcomers ...... 472-9332 at 98,000 in Lee County. Notre Dame Club of Southwest Florida ...... 768-0417 Optimist Club ...... 472-0836 The Lee County Board of County Commissioners approved a TNR Program in 2009 to provide PAWS ...... 472-4823 sterilization and vaccination of feral (wild) outdoor community cats to reduce overpopulation and eutha- Rotary Club ...... 472-7257 or 472-0141 nasia. A Task Force was also formed in 2009 to handle the demand for the program but additional Sanibel Beautification Inc...... 470-2866 volunteers are needed. Sanibel-Captiva Orchid Society ...... 472-6940 Task Force members donate a few hours or a few days per week. Responsibilities include assisting Sanibel-Captiva Power Squadron ...... 472-3828 residents with setting traps, transporting trapped cats for sterilization appointments, returning sterilized Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club ...... 395-1770 and vaccinated cats to their original trapping site and providing education. Representatives are needed Sanibel Youth Soccer ...... 395-2040 for all areas of Lee County. www.sanibelsoccer.org Each year in Lee County thousands of feral and community cats in good health face unnecessary The Military Officers Assc. of America (MOAA, Alex MacKenzie)...... 395-9232 euthanasia without a TNR program. The University of Florida School of Veterinary Medicine advocates United Way of Lee County ...... 433-2000 that TNR is the most humane and effective solution for preventing pet overpopulation and reducing United Way 211 Helpline ...... (24 hour information line) 211 or 433-3900 euthanasia. Further studies also support that eradication as a method to reduce overpopulation has been Zonta Club ...... 671-6381 a failure. ISLAND ATTRACTIONS For information about TNR or to make a reservation for the Task Force Meeting contact Lee County Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum ...... 395-2233 Domestic Animal Services at 533-9227 or email [email protected]. J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge ...... 472-1100 Sanibel Historical Museum & Village ...... 472-4648 SCCF (Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation) ...... 472-2329 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 39B BEACH CHAIR PASTIME Answers on page 35B 40B ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 25, 2013 An Inspired Approach To Real Estate
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