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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ VOL. 25, NO. 47 SANIBEL & CAPTIVA ISLANDS, FLORIDA MAY 25, 2018 M A Y SUNRISE/SUNSET: 25 6:37 • 8:13 26 6:37 • 8:14 27 6:37 • 8:14 » 6:37 • 8:15 29 6:36 • 8:15 30 6:36 • 8:16 31 6:36 • 8:16 works for the past six years, has come Eden Oak under heavy scrutiny and opposition Sanibel Selected Top by environmental activists and local Preserve Hearing residents alike due to many reasons. Vacation Destination Most notable are plans to construct the Postponed 55 single-family home development on by Jeff Lysiak 36 acres of land currently designated coastal mangrove wetlands; the develop hen more than 100 people ment would also include 55 boat slips in visited the Lee County Hearing mangrove habitat which provides public Examiner’s office last Friday protection from storm surges, flooding Wmorning to voice their opposition to a and designated critical habitat used by major residential development located several endangered and listed species. off Shell Point Boulevard in South According to Rae Ann Wessel, Fort Myers, those attending the hear natural resource policy director for ing expected an opportunity to have the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation their voices heard. However, before any Foundation (SCCF), development on this public comment was allowed. Hearing property has been proposed and appro Examiner Laura Bellflower announced priately rejected repeatedly over the past that the applicant for Eden Oak Preserve 40 years beginning with The Estuaries - the Ontario, Canada-based Eden Oak, development in the 1970s. LLC - had requested a continuance of “We’ve been fighting it since 2012,” the hearing, which was granted. said Wessel. “The original plan called for The new hearing date for the Eden 171 boat slips. The marina, clubhouse, Oak Preserve application is Tuesday, multi-family and all but four single family Sanibel Island ranked the number 15 vacation destination photo courtesy Expedio September 25. It will be held at the units have been eliminated from the east by Jeff Lysiak based upon reviewer experiences posted office of the Lee County Hearing to the website during 2017. side of Shell Point Boulevard. But this is isitors from one of the leading Examiner, located in Room 218 (second all critical wetland habitat. Why in this In an email sent to Sanibel City travel booking websites recently Manager Judie Zimomra on May 14 floor) of 1800 Monroe Street in Fort day and age, with concerns about sea ranked Sanibel as one of the top Myers. The hearing will begin at 9 a.m. level rise, would we want to put people V from Bepedia Communication Specialist vacation destinations in North America, The project, which has been in the continued on page 13 continued on page 44 Fourth Graders Take Trip Through Sanibel History 1,000-year-old artifact discovered during 1896 archeological dig on Marco Island Lynne Campean leading the group of youngsters through the village photos by Jeff Lysiak After riding bicycles from the school, volunteer Lynne Campean shared her by Jeff Lysiak learning about the island’s earliest set the group - along with teachers Julie knowledge of SanibeTs earliest settlers, tlers, what life on Sanibel was like a T ast Thursday morning, 36 fourth Wappes and Laura Wolf - arrived at the Calusa Indians, and the subsequent century ago, and touring several of the Shore Haven, the 1924 structure relo arrival of Spanish explorers. I grade students from The Sanibel historic buildings located on the village i ^School visited the Sanibel Historical cated to the village from its original loca According to Campean, Sanibel was Museum & Village, spending an hour grounds. tion on San Carlos Bay. Inside, museum continued on page 10 2 ; ISLAND SUN - MAY 25, 2018 "Best Golf Course in Lee County" GuljShore Magazine ( J o i f S ^ D e , u U s C % L invites you to enjoy Samhel IsLmds premier go lf & tennis club, lije 18-hole championship go lf course was masterfully designed by W-ti?ne PG A Tour winm M ark McCumber within a stunning wildlife preserve sanctioned by the Audubon Society. 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But then somebody very smart came up with the idea for using silicone, which is resusable.” For those who may be unaware, Gelli Printing is a form of art called monoprinting. Previously, artists used to have a press to transfer paints from the plate onto papers or fabrics. But with M ay 22nd - M ay 28th the creation of the Gelli plate, made of soft, reusable silicone, artists can apply paint onto the plate with a brayer, put Color + Correct + Protect the paper/fabric onto the plate, apply some pressure with their hands or a brayer, and the paint is transferred from 25% OFF the plate to the paper/fabric. Artists also have the freedom to Any CC Cream stencils, screens and found objects. y«e, code CCQUEEN at checkout Using the same paper/fabric several times, they can create an image containing multiple layers and patterns. During last week’s Gelli Printing hope you tcto the time to m it and c^Ytmue class, four students observed the “It’s a brilliant product and process, to five your most balanced and process with Pappas. They collaborated because you never know what you’re on ideas for improving their previously gonna get... unless you can think Beautiful^. created artwork, suggesting different backwards.” stencils, screens and materials to be One of Pappas’ students, Linda used. Pappas brought along a number Jennings, said that she took one of of materials to be used as canvases, the Gelli Printing classes last year. “I HOP + CONNECT WITH US ONLINE , and multiple colors of foil - red, gold, enjoyed it enough to come back again,” silver, black, white and granite - to be she said. “I also like that I can come up incorporated into each artist’s creations. continued on page 4 KAYCASPERSON.COr.' 0 © ® 0 0 j 4 ISLAND SUN - MAY 25, 2018 his family and friends especially his His first memorial will be held at St. O B ITUAR Y Delta Chi brothers that he has had Isabel Catholic Church, 3559 Sanibel- enduring relationships with for over 30 Captiva Road on Sanibel, on Friday, years. June 8 at 11 a.m. graduated from Portage High School Jaime taught us all to live life full and If you wish to make a memorial he will continue to be a light along the donation, please consider FISH of way. SanCap or St. Isabel Catholic Church.<> S L S f « H ^ ! T L Delta Chi fraternity and the Michigan Gelli Class with new Ideas that mis S 2 i h * ‘K % a ,s and worked for 0/E Systems marketing Children's Crafts Art Supplies \ Shell Crafts SHOP ON SANIBEL Gifts w Open Monday-Saturday www.threecraftyladies.com Ask about our Sewing Machine Rental Progra STOP IN TUESDAYS ANDTHURSDAYS FOR OUR MAKE-IT-ANDTAKE-IT CRAFT ACTIVITIES! Now open in The Village Shops Islaindl W inds C dffures a restatmmt by Traders H a i r S a l o n f o r W o m e n & M e n LUNCH BAR DINNER GIFTS Manicures and Pedicures by Lois Hair Styling by Lily L i n d a • M a r i s a • J e a n n e 695 Tarpon Bay Road, Sanibel 239-472-2591 ISLAND SUN - MAY 25, 2018 5 Pennsylvania where Dick served as vice The Community House O B ITUAR Y president for Penn Central Transportation and Conrail, Mildred and Dick relocated MILDRED E. HASSELMAN to Sanibel in 1996. Mildred was a ildred Estella Hasselman, 93, of parishioner of St. Isabel Catholic Church, Sanibel passed away on Sunday, where she sang in the choir. CMcally, she MMay 13, 2018. She was born on was active in the Cub Scouts of America, April 25, 1925 in Brownville, New York where she served as Den Mother while to the late Earnest and Maybel Schaber. rearing her sons. She also found joy Mildred graduated from Brownville- working as a volunteer at Bryn Mawr Glen Park High School and Watertown Hospital in Pennsylvania. In her spare School of Commerce; she went on time, Mildred was fond of golfing, sewing, to work at the New York Port of decorating and traveling.