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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

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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 OBITUARY 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. Embarkation in Brooklyn, New York. She is survived by loving husband, Mildred met her husband of 64 years Richard B. “Dick” Hasselman; and sons, while working at the New York Central Richard Dwight of Fullerton, California, Railroad offices in New York City. After and James Christopher of Ardmore, wedding at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Pennsylvania. Mildred and Dick followed the typical Memorial services will be held at 11 railroad career, moving their family a.m. on Thursday, June 14 at St. Isabel roughly 20 times within 42 years. Catholic Church, 3559 Sanibel-Captiva After a stint of living in Gladwyne, Road, Sanibel, FL 33957.

Resident Chef Jarred Harris, right, will lead a Farm to Table cooking class on June 15 photos provided Alcohol Ink Classes Anita Gober will teach classes Summer Kids Cooking Camp runs from July on Alcohol Ink techniques on 30 to August 3 Wednesday, May 30 from 9:30 to 11 will continue his tour around the world a.m. In this class, you can practice with young chefs. Cost is $50 per child different applications such as sticker, per day. Sign up for all or any day. stamping, swiping, straw blowing or Prepaid registration required by noon dabbing. Minimum of three people Friday, July 20. Some scholarships are per class, maximum of 10. Cost is available. $35 p>er person with pre-payment and Call for information on summer registration required. cooking classes on first Mondays from Parent & Child Cooking Class 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. A family cooking class will be held Baking Classes on Monday, June 11 from 10 a.m. Professional French baker Andre to noon. In this hands-on class. Chef Gratesol is teaching a series of baking Jarred will show kids and their parents classes on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 simple recipes that are healthy, fun p.m. Maximum 16 students, so sign up and delicious. On the menu is Carrot early. Cost is $50 per session. and Orange Cupcakes. Cost is $35 for the first two family members, Yoga And Shell Crafting each additional family member is $10. Y^a classes continue in May on We invite you to see our newest bounty of Pre-payment and registration required Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 and Certified Authentic Ancient by noon Monday, June 4. 11:15 a.m. with Dr. Susan Pataky. Shell crafting lessons are held at 10 a.m. on and Spanish Treasure Farm To Table Dinner Mondays. All ages are welcome but Coin Jewelry On Friday, June 15 from 10 a.m. children must be accompanied by an to noon, there will be a Farm to Table adult. Dinner hands-on cooking class led by The Communiti! House is Chef Jarred. Menu includes Fig, Goat heated at 2173 Periwinkle Way. Cheese and Caramelized Onion Tart, For more information, visit www. Traditional Coq Au Vin, and Lemon sanibeIcommunityhouse.net or call and Caramel Cream Puffs. Cost is $40 472-2155.^ per person and pre-payment is required by noon Friday, June 8. Quick And Easy Meals Using 5 Ingredients There will be a demonstration on Friday, June 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. on how to make quick and easy meals using five ingredients. Menu includes ta ia a k Crispy Calamari Salad, Tuna, Ginger and Lime Cakes, and Orange Polenta best., Cake with Citrus and Honey Syrup. Cost is $25 per person and pre­ asrt gifts te fea.tkef' payment is required by noon Friday, June 15. yetii’ nest, The C e d a r C hest Fine Jewelry Summer Kids Cookina Camp mon - sat 10 am - 5 pm Kids Cooking Camp is scheduled 239-3j!3 for the week of July 30 to August 3 3451 1993 Periwinkle Way Sanibel Iskmd, FL 33957 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Chef Jarred < ISLAND SUN-MAY 25, 2018 this fun week of learning, singing and Vacation Bible School learning activities Vacation Bible activities. Wendy, who has served as the St. Michael’s nurse for three years, is also School Offered a member of the church Sunday School learning styles can grasp, and have fun teaching team. doing it. Small group lessons and individual A graduate of Florida Gulf Coast learning, in such areas as painting, cooking University, Meghan has led the church and music, allow participants to be creative youth group for three years. She has also and artistically expressive about the been a counselor at the Diocesan summer meaning behind ^e stories. Snacks and camp for children. Both Wendy and lunch are provided each day, and there Meghan have taken leadership roles with is no charge to attend. To register, call Girl Scouts of the USA. 472-2173 by Friday, June 8.^

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Rental Business down, even if there are only seven of them,” said “If the city is persuaded that rental of these type of Commissioner Karen Storjohann. vehicles would be a desirable addition to Sanibel, then Application Denied During her presentation to commissioners, DeBmce the proper procedure would be to amend the Sanibel stated that she and her husband were surpris^ by Plan and Land Development Code to permit this use by Jeff Lysiak the “inconsistencies between our report and the and set out standards for approval.” embers of the Sanibel Plemning Commission staff report,” which she noted they only received on “It’s a big, big safety issue,” added Claudia Burns. deliberated for more than two and a half Friday following four months of meetings and email After some additional deliberation and comments. hours on Tuesday over an application seeking communications with the planning department. She Commissioner Dirk DeWerff made a motion to M approve denial of the application, which was seconded conditional use approval to bring a low-speed, electric- suggested that offering solar/electric-powered vehicles powered vehicle rental business to the island. And “conforms with the ideals of living on a sanctuary by Commission Chair I>. Phillip Marks, the motion similar to a nearly identical business application passed by a 6 to 1 vote, with Grogman casting the submitted in late 2016, commissioners voted to deny “Every time someone drives a (solar/electric) cart, lone dissenting vote. the application based upon it being in conflict with the it will benefit wildlife, it will benefit the air, and it Storjohann suggested that the issue of permitting objectives of the Sanibel Plan, conditions set forth in will benefit water qu^ity,” said DeBmce, who also low-speed vehicle rental businesses on Sanibel the Land Development Code and concerns over safety. explained that their environmentally-friendly vehicles needs to be addressed at the planning commission’s Laura DeBmce and Jeffrey Blackman, owners of are more compact than standard automobiles, SUVs subcommittee level. “I think we’ve created a problem,” Sanibel Carts, LLC, submitted an application to op>en and tmcks. she added. a low-speed vehicle rental business within the Palm Blackman stated that he thought it was ironic In other business, commissioners approved a Ridge Place Shopping Center. They planned on an that they received the city’s staff report only after a variance that would allow a boat dock to be relocated inventory of seven street-legal, solar/electric vehicles report in opposition of the application submitted by closer than 15 feet from the side property lines as (five of them four-passenger vehicles, with the other the Committee of the Islands was published online. extended into the water, the installation of a new two six-passenger vehicles) that would be rented out of “lx)w-speed vehicles do not take up space, they do not elevator-style boat lift to extend approximately 9.2 Suite 15 of the commercial building. harm the environment and they do not contribute to feet farther than the maximum permitted waterward “The applicant indicates that only seven carts will be traffic fatalities,” he said. extension, and allowing the boat lift to be located closer rented out at any given time, and that if all carts have After fielding questions from several members of the than 15 feet from the extended side property lines. been rented, no additional carts will be brought onsite commission, DeBmce reiterated that there had been no The request was submitted by property owners Randy and made available for rent,” the planning department indication from her communications with the planning Wayne White and Wendy Webb for their dock parcel staff report reads, in part. Vehicles would only be department that their proposal would conflict with located at 6428 Pine Avenue. rented to drivers age 21 or older, and drivers would the Sanibel Plan, and that she had spent in excess of “Although the reduction of the terminal platform be informed to only operate those vehicles on city $10,000 towards the planning of the business. width would further reduce the variance to the roadways (i.e. not on the shared use path or off-road). “We’ve been told that sometimes the planning waterward extension, staff finds that the proposed lift Josh Ooyman, city planner, stated during his commission does not agree with the planning does not project into the waterway or obstruct the presentation of the application that the planning department staff,” said DeBmce. “1 turn to you, the nawgable channel more than a boat moored adjacent department had several objections to items proposed planning commission, and hope that this will be one of to the existing dock,” the staff report concluded. by DeBruce and Blackman. “Staff finds that the those times.” The White/Webb variance request was approved, 6 proposed low-speed vehicles contain similarities to the Gibson noted that the planning department staff to 1. means of transportation discussed in this statement, reviews every application “page-by-page,” and that At the beginning of the meeting during public and therefore should be viewed in the same light as their report is “prepared objectively” and independent comment, several residents spoke out in objection of a having the potential to exacerbate traffic delays,” he of public comment received by the city. proposed subdivision action tor a property located at said. “The safety hazard aspect also bears consideration During discussions on the application, a number 3869 West Gulf Drive. The owner of the lot proposes as low-speed vehicles could create unsafe situations on of commissioners questioned whether any low-speed to subdivide the parcel for the development of four roadways with respect to faster traffic.” vehicle rental business could be approved on Sanibel, single-family homes. Another objection noted by Ooyman was that what protective devices and safety features are included City Attorney Ken Cuyler suggested that members the proposed business would not comply with the on the vehicle, and if the applicant had considered of the commission “not get too involved into this” since Sanibel Plan’s goal of reducing the volume of traffic on requesting a continuance of their proposal in order to the application is still being reviewed by the planning Sanibel. “Staff finds that the proposed rental vehicles, address the planning department’s concerns. department staff. although battery-powered and more environmentally- Commissioners fechard Johnson and Chuck “This is far too important for the planning friendly than the common automobile, will still Ketteman discussed the dilemma of allowing off-island department to handle by themselves,” said I>. Steve provide increased opportunities for automobile usage rental businesses - on Captiva and in Fort Myers - that Brown, a neighboring resident of the parcel, who also on-island and place additional demand on the natural use large commercial tmcks with trailers bringing suggested that the application be heard by the Sanibel infrastructure and roadway systems,” he added. street-legal carts onto Sanibel, but not allowing such a City Council. He added that approving the subdivision “Are we being too exclusive here with regards to the business to be based on the island. would “open Pandora’s box” since it conflicts with Sanibel Plan?” asked Commissioner Roger Grogman. Bmce Rogers, former director of Sanibel’s planning principles of the Sanibel Plan. Roy Gibson, senior planner and acting director of department, stated during public comment that he There is no timetable for the planning commission’s planning, stated that slower moving vehicles contribute objected to the application because it conflicts with the consideration of the 3869 West Gulf Drive parcel to traffic backing up on island roadways. Other vehicles Sanibel Plan. application.

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Volunteer Annette Pocyga, left, gave out replica Spanish gold coins to every student Volunteer Lynne Campean describing the process of vistole gas pump works In front “cracker-style” home 100 years ago. popular experiences featured during the of the Old BaHey General Store photos by Jeff Lysiok Built of hard Florida pine in 1913, the tour are how early settlers kept house, structure features a wide hallway and what clothes they wore and how they From page 1 American citizen over the age of 21 strategically placed doors and windows dealt with mosquitoes. could acquire as much as 160 acres of that allow for better circulation, keeping According to Alfino, the fourth Fourth Graders land, providing he or she resided on the the house cooler during hot summer graders are also interested to learn that uninhabited during the American Civil property for five years and paid proving months. Sanibel used to be home to several War. In 1868, William Smith and his fees,” a sign inside the village’s Rutland Emilie Alfino, executive director farms and plantations. “Some of the son arrived on the island to establish House explained. “Some women held of the museum, explained that the tools they used to use are positively a castor bean plantation. Around this title to land as their husbands had facility welcomes students from The prehistoric,” she added. “And all the same period, commercial fisherman fought for the Confederacy and could Sanibel School on a yearly basis. “We work used to be done with mules - Terevo Padilla opened fishing camps on not own land.” try and teach them the ways our island there weren’t any tractors back then.” Sanibel and Captiva. Inside the Rutland House, museum pioneers used to live, and how that Making their way through the village, “Sanibel was opened to docent Clevie Goodwin talked about differs from how we live today,” she the group visited the Morning Glories homesteading in 1884, and any what life was like inside a typical said, adding that some of the most Cottage, a Sears & Roebuck kit home

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All events held at American Legion - Post 123 Call 472-0497 or visit www.sanibeluce.org/preschool. 4249 San-Cap Road (Mile Marker 3), Sanibel, Florida For Details Call 472-9979 ISLAND SUN - MAY 25, 2018 11 purchased from a catalog and built in bring various items to create s’mores, island and surrounding communities are 1925. Youth Ministry such as chocolate-covered mint cookies, welcome to attend. “People would assemble these kit toasted coconut marshmallows, chocolate- Sanibel Community Church is homes like a puzzle, or like Legos,” End Of Schooi covered peanut butter cookies or some an evangelical, non-denomination Campean told the students. “And a lot of leftover Memorial Day treats. The evening congregation located at 1740 Periwinkle the people who built these homes only Year Ceiebration will wrap up with acoustic songs by the Way (next to Jerry’s Market).t> had a fourth or fifth grade education.” n Wednesday, May 30 from 6 fire and some time for students to unwind, At the Old Bailey General Store, to 8 p.m., S^bel Community chat and make plans for their summer Campean described to the youngsters Church H20 Student Ministries vacation. Volunteers what the experience of buying gasoline O H20 Student Ministries is a youth high school group will be celebrating the ministry program for sixth grade through for your automobile was like in the early end of the school year with a small group Needed July 4 20th century, demonstrating the practice 12th grade young men and women. The night at the beach. A fun-filled night is group meets on Wednesday evenings he Sanibel-Captiva Independence with one of the two visible gas pumps planned with beach volleyball, songs by Day Parade Committee is looking displayed in front of the building. Inside, from 5 to 7 p.m. for middle school the fire and roasting hot dogs and s’mores students and from 6 to 8 p.m. for for volunteers to help out with Goodwin told the group how the store over the fire. During the evening, students T high school students (Wednesday night a variety of tasks before, during and operated, with clerks assigned to pick will challenge the leaders to a game of meetings will be on summer break starting after the parade, which will be held on up items on a shopper’s grocery list and beach volleyball, plus a guys verses girls June 6), and on Sunday mornings at Wednesday, July 4. bag them for delivery to their homes. challenge. 11 a.m. at the youth center at Smibel For more information, contact Mary Students also asked questions about High school students are invited to Community Church. All students on the Bondurant at 839-3633.tJ some of the antique grocery items on display. According to Goodwin, the original Bailey’s store was destroyed by the 1926 hurricane. It was later rebuilt on higher F.LS.H. OF SANCAP DONORS land next to San Carlos Bay. Later, the group visited the 1926 Post Office, Miss Charlotta’s Tea Room MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN! and the Sanibel School House for White Children, where they saw what a typical classroom - open to all grade levels - looked like in the late 1800s. have always known aixMit F.I.S.H., but “I just love seeing the wonder in their eyes that things were actually never really understood about all of the many very different in the olden days,” said programs they provide. We knew about the Campean. Wappes also explained that her class food pantry, and would donate any leftover is studying a curriculum based upon food when we were leaving for the summer. the history of Sanibel and old Florida. “They learn all about the people that When a friend told us about the backpack were here before us,” she said, “and that technology has changed so much in a program, we truly started to realize just how rather short amount of time.” many lives are touched each day by F.I.S.H. Following their visit to the Sanibel Historical Museum & Village, fourth graders will write a reflection piece "All members of our community have better about their experience, what they saw and what they learned. lives because of F.I.S.H. It does our hearts good to learn that F.I.S.H. “The kids are old enough now to ride has programs and services that help the conmiunity as a whole. F.I.S.H. their bikes to places all over the island. We’ve also ridden to SCCF and the shell IS FOR EVERYONE. museum,” added Wappes. “It’s a real bonding experience for them.”0 So many programs come under the umbrella of F.LS.H. And how they provide so much assistance with such Fun Facts About Sanibel History minimal administration costs is amazing. F.LS.H. is 500 BC to 1500 AD - Native Americans inhabit Southwest truly a labor of love —‘Neighbors helping Neighbors’!” Florida, including the Calusa Indians 1500 to 1700 - Spanish explorers Sherry and Doug Gentry, island residents. discover Florida’s Gulf Coast 1833 - A group of New York investors sell farm land on “Sanybel” 1884 - Sanibel Lighthouse (Point Our Generous Dortors Are Cna ■ybel Light) arrives via schooner, but sinks two mites from land 1896 - First schoolhouse on Sanibel opens mat A-e do 9 2 .4 -: do-atc's gc : 'e::, :d c'ogrs— -g OUR NEIGHBORS NEED 1899 - Telephone service activated YOUR HELP. 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wildflower of the aster family photo by Gerri Reaves can be up to a couple of inches across, appear on long branched hairy stalks. Golden Both the tiny disk flower and the surrounding ray flowers are yellow, and Crownbeard the rays are three-toothed. by GerrI Reaves The ovate or somewhat triangular leaves are grayish green and hairy on the olden crownbeard (Verbesina undersides. They are toothed and mostly encelioides) is a common non-nor opposite in arrangement, Gnative wildflower that once This wildflower is a fast-grower and cultivated in Horida and has become requires full sun. naturalized. Native American tribes in the Many people consider it a weed, for southwestern U.S. use this plant as an it can be invasive. It’s commonly found emetic and to treat stomach and skin submitted by Leah Biery educator Johnny Rader. “It’s fun to see in disturbed areas and undeveloped lots, problems and spider bites. the same teachers return year after year, n April and May, Sanibel Sea School and the kids are always so excited to be growing two to three feet high. It is toxic to some grazing animals hosted groups of students from eight It is found in most of the continental such as sheep and goats, and it is deer outside.” Ilocal schools for marine biology Visiting schools included Orangewood U.S. and is a problem plant in Hawaii. resistant. centered field trips. Each program was A member of the aster, or daisy, Sources: Florida Ethnobotany by Elementary, Allen Park Elementary, carefully designed to complement the Manatee Elementary, Cape Elementary, family, it is also called skunk daisy, Daniel F. Austin, The Guide to Florida students’ classroom-based learning, and cowpen daisy and butter daisy, the latter Wildflowers by Walter Kingsley Taylor, the majority of participating schools St. Francis XavJer School, Canterbury because of ite rich yellow color, ,regionalconservation.org, \ requested and received partial or full School, Tanglewood Elementary and klt blooms i ­ mostly in spring and summer sagebud.com, and www.wildflower.org. scholarships, which are made possible Villas Hementary. A total of 825 students were able to attend, up from about 650 by the nonprofit organization’s donor- last spring. supported scholarship fund. The field trips were held at Causeway “We are thrilled to see our field trip Islands Park, aS students rotated through program growinggrowing,” saiasaid uire^rDirector oiof stations that included activities such ^ Educabou Nicolo Fuinicum. The time between Easter and the summer, when surfing, seining, a squid dissection and, our camps begin, is usually very slow for in some cases, a boat trip to a snorkeling location. us. It’s amazing to be able to stay busy exploring with school groups and put our “We love hosting field trips,” said scholarship funds to great use.”^^

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Should Eden Oak Preserve Eden Oak be permitted to construct a major in a wetland zone like this?” residential development off Shell Point On May 4, the Lee County Boulevard, traffic congestion for the Department of Community lone evacuation route - affecting the Development submitted its staff report residents of the retirement community recommending denial of the rezoning along with people who live on Sanibel, application, “fegardless of the density Captiva and in South Fort Myers - proposed by the request, the request could prove to be catastrophic. is inconsistent with Lee Plan goals, “This area is in the evacuation zone objectives and policies intended to for the most minimal of storms, so limit density within the Coastal High permitting additional development in Hazard Area,” the report reads, in part. wetlands in this flood prone region is in “Moreover, the request, if approved, conflict with public safety,” said Wessel. will adversely impact environmentally “Evacuation and flooding risks are critical and sensitive areas and natural substantial before the addition of the resources.” proposed additional units.” In addition to concerns about habiat For additional information or to loss for several marine species including submit comments on the Eden Oak the smalltooth sawfish, diamondback Preserve development, send an email to terrapin and manatees, birds like [email protected] or rsweigert® mangrove cuckoos and American bald leegov.com, call 533-8100 or write to eagles would also be affected due to Lee County Community Development increased boat traffic. & Zoning, 1500 Monroe Street, Fort Myers, FL SSOOl.^l' 14 ' ISLAND SUN - MAY 25, 2018 on the beaches. These fish are now Rainy Season making that annual move out through the passes to the beaches, bringing Has Begun anglers some of the most outstanding by Copt. action of the year as they stack up in Mott Mitchell huge numbers to spawn. Dirty stirred- up water in the passes from all the rain is just what we have been waiting on for our catch-and-release snook bite to go off. Target these snook in all the local passes until you work out which tide they are feeding better on. Pinfish and grunts are becoming the bait of choice now in the passes as we get closer to our summer months. Fishing for the next few days will bring some challenging slow-to-no tide patterns. My go-to during lousy tides is \ ^ L d T lo w ^ to target the passes as these will be the BV V pressure only places that we may see at least a weather system little water movement. Another option sit right on top during bad tide days is to target channel of us for more markers with structure to catch both than a week. It gag grouper and a few tripletail. During has brought rain these slow tides, it’s also possible to daily coming both fish the rocky structure in our deeper day or night. With passes as you can hold the boat right a lot more moisture funneling in lots on top of it. Although gag grouper of tropical moisture from the south, season is closed, these hard-hitting fish dodging rain has become part of the quality snook caught while fishing with Copt. Mott Mitchell this are still a challenge to catch. Use just photo provided game if you want to get out and go enough weight to get a live pinfish to fishing. These prevailing south winds the bottom and try to fish straight up If we do get a few calmer wind days, live crabs several times. Once you do did bring some higher than normal tides and down to increase your chances of it should still be relatively easy to locate find tarpon, that’s half the battle, the and some good mangrove and oyster getting them away from the structure. tarpon both out along the beaches and other half is getting them to bite. Some bar redfish action. Catch-and-release in the sound. Weather is the biggest days they do it, some days they just snook fishing in and around the passes factor in this fishery as options get less is finally getting fired up, although and less the harder the wind blows. Capt. Matt Mitchell has been fishing tarponSend fishing unfortunatelyUs Your has notFish Tales While running and covering lots of local waters since he moved to Sanibel been great emost would days like this to hearweek from due anglersto about their catches. water this week, 1 did manage to locate in 1980. He now lives in St. James gusty southSend winds us that details made including locating taclde, bait and weather conditions, date of some rolling tarpon in the middle City and works as a back country/ fish tough ifcatch, not impossible species and at weight, times. and include a photograph with identification. and northern sound, but we were fishing guide. 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Sea turtle tracks on the sand photo provided ea turtle nesting is heating up on Join other sea turtle enthusiasts every island beaches. The Sanibel-Captiva Thursday at 10 a.m. at the SCCF Nature SConservation Foundation (SCCF) Center, located at 3333 Sanibel-Captiva Sea Turtle Program volunteers are on Road for a Turtle Tracks program Wildlife Society the beach at dawn every morning finding presented by volunteers of the monitoring nests from the night before. Did you program. SCCF has been monitoring sea Announces know that 50 percent of the tracks they turtle nesting since 1992. find are false crawls and not a nest? In Learn about these amazing creatures. Staff Changes these cases, something just wasn’t right Admission is $5 per adult, with SCCF he “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society- and the female turtle returned to the memters admitt^ free. Visit www.sccf. Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) water without depositing her eggs. org for more information.^^ Trecently announced two permanent staff changes. Philanffiropic coordinator Carrie Alexander resigned her post as of May 17. Alexander, who began as an intern three yecirs ago, has held her current of Clemson Sierra Hoisington position for two years. A geology University and environment science student with a b^helor’s degree in wildlife and from Hanover College in Indiana, she fisheries biology, began in the position grciduated in May 2015 and joined of DDWS intern in fall 2016. In her new IL(^L0 DDWS in September of that year. position, she will be assisting with events, Alexander will be moving to educational outreach, donor stewardship, Sydney, Australia to pursue her love of photography contest and all fundraising conservation in an entirely new habitat. efforts. “While bittersweet, we are excited “Sierra’s passion for ‘Ding’ Darling about this next step in her life and and conservation overall is infectious,” wish her all the very best,” said DDWS said Sarah Lathrop, DDWS associate Executive Director Birgie Miller. “She has director. “She has become a crucial part grown into a vcilued member of our team of the ‘Ding’ team and we are ^ happy and will be missed a great deal.” she will be joining us fu" '

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Logging reading time and registration is required. activities can be done via paper or Sanibel Public Library cards are online with Beanstack (a link is on the available to all residents of Sanibel children’s page at www.sanlib.org). This and Lee County, Florida at no charge. year, Beanstack is now offered as a Visitor library cards are available for a smartphone app. Last summer, more $10 annual fee. For more information, than half of readers used Beanstack to call 472-2483 or visit www.sanlib.org.^^ track their summer reading and earn awards. The app not only logs reading time, but also delivers personalized ISLAND SUN BUSINESS book recommendations. NEWSMAKERS Summer reading programs encourage children to enjoy reading and give them opportunities to spend lots RE/MAX Of The Islands of time with books to develop strong reading skills. Children also benefit from the rich literacy experiences afforded by the special events and organized programs the library offers. Summer Reading and teens. The kick-off party takes Family Storytime is scheduled for 11 place on Saturday, May 26 at 10 a.m. a.m. on all Wednesdays in June and Kick-Off Party Participants will receive a special gift July. This family storytime is a baby- (quantities are limited). to-age-5 program that encourages the This Saturday As in years past, kids can earn development of pre-reading skills with books for their home library and for singing, reading, writing and playing. patients at Golisano Children’s Hospital On Fridays in June and July, stop by of Southwest Florida. Children who A u f the library at 2 p.m. for family-friendly Kimberley Andrews Chuck Bergstrom li.prc-oject continues, half of the facility participate in the Summer Reading musical movies. If you know the words, s open for normal operating hours. Program can receive free books for then sing along. imberley Andrews was the top sales Summer Reading program registration is their own personal library. The Sanibel Incoming sixth through 12th associate in April for RE/MAX of open for babies, preschoolers, children Public Library Foundation matches graders are invited to VIP After-Hours the Islands. Chuck Bergsrtom was each book “earned” with a book for the K the top marketing associate in April.^ Planning a trip this summer? Let A ir Trek be the .wingSithaWa'kl t - , - - -■ - —■ ■ ...... - 28 ■ ISLAND SUN - MAY 25, 2018 Book Review Choosing books gets more School Smart complicated when kids are older and The Great Alone have developed more definite tastes I by Di Saggau - including, for some, an established aversion to reading. Recommendations from librarians can still be helpful here, since they see a wide range of kids and know all the resources the library I unpredictable, concerned about provides. Remember, traditional stories I unforgiving and my second grader aren’t appealing for everyone. Lots of I untamed. In Kristin losing her reading kids who avoid traditional books find I Hannah’s new er the that they enjoy reading comics, which I book The Great ■ vacation. still offers a solid reading experience. I Alone, it’s about a She worked so hard Graphic novels for kids like the hugely I family in crisis and all school this year, popular Diari,) of a Wimpy Kid series the ultimate test of and 1 don’t want her to regress. What have converted many an indifferent survival. Ernt Allbright, a former POW, are some fun ways to help her keep his reader. Books about computers, came home from the Vietnam War a reading skills? astronomy or wars will sometimes changed and volatile man. His daughter Tammy D, Estero capture attention when a novel does Leni barely recognized him. He was Tammy, moody, distant and quick to anger. You are wise to think about possible A great way to expose kids to books They moved again and again. Upon academic regression. Regression occurs that are slightly outside their range losing another job he decides to move with most children but they usually is by reading more difficult books his family north, to Alaska, where they can recoup any lost skills within 12 aloud. As a rule, it is good for kids will live off the land in America’s last weeks of the new school year’s start. to read things at their independent true frontier. It’s much better to avoid this regression level and be read to at a higher level Ernt has inherited some land and a 18 hours of night, Leni and her mother by keeping your child engaged during because it helps to build vocabulary cabin from a war buddy. When he gets learn the terrible truth. They are on her time off from school with activities and makes the listener a better reader. there, he liked the nothingness he saw, their own in the wild, with no one to that support the skills she has already Learning and educational specialist the vast emptiness. It was what he’d save them but themselves. learned. Summer doesn’t need to harm Susan Schwartz says reading aloud is come for. His wife Cora and 13-year-old The townsfolk say, in Alaska you your child’s progress, and it can even one of the best ways parents can help daughter Leni are not as pleased with can make one mistake. One. The be an opportunity to gain more reading improve reading skills. “Never stop the place but they make due in order to second one will kill you. When Ernt fluency and enthusiasm. reading to your kids,” Schwartz says. please Ernt. Leni is caught in the riptide starts bonding with Mad Earl, a white The first thing is kids need to keep “You should read to your children every of her parents’ passionate, stormy supremacist survivalist and nut-case, reading during the summer, and there is day, especially during the summer. Not relationship. She dares to hope that a things start to escalate in a bad way. easy access to books. During the school only is it a fun, immersive experience new land will lead to a better future for Another character, Tom Walker, year, most of the books they read may for your child, it’s also a learning one.” her family. She is desperate for a place the local rich guy, tries to help the be assigned for class. Summer gives Schwartz recommends The Read-AIoud to belong. Cora, will do anything and Allbrights but it is not well received by kids the chance to choose books that Handbook by Jim Trelease as a great go anywhere for the man she loves, Ernt. The Great Alone is a portrait are more” fun” and aligned with your resource for parents looking for good even if it means following him into the of human frailty and resilience, the child’s interests. The library is always a stories that lend themselves to being unknown. indomitable character of the modern good place to start looking for children’s read out loud. In a wild, remote corner of Alaska, American pioneer and the spirit of a books. Many libraries keep lists of good So, whether you decide to practice they find a fiercely independent vanishing Alaska. It’s a daring story books broken down by reading level to vocabulary or just join the library community of strong men and even about love and loss, the fight for help guide you. Reading experts also reading challenge, the most important stronger women. Large Marge becomes surviva, and the wildness that lives in suggest following the “five finger rule” role of the parent in summer reading is their close friend and protector and both man and nature.<^ when choosing books. Have your child to be encouraging. Help your child have she’s a strong character, a big, rough­ open a book and read the first page. enjoyable, positive reading experiences, looking woman who looked like she For every word he doesn’t know, have and you’ll see her skills mastery and could fell a full-grown cedar tree and Volunteers him raise one finger. If he has more confidence grow. sling it over her shoulder and keep than five fingers raised at the end of the Shelley Greggs is adjunct going. At first, Alaska seems to be the Needed July 4 page, the book is probably too hard. faculty at Florida Southwestern answer to the Allbright’s prayers, but Summer reading books shouldn’t be State College, where she teaches their lack of preparation and dwindling he Sanibel-Captiva Independence so easy that they are boring, but they psychology and education courses. resources cause huge problems. As Day Parade Committee is looking also shouldn’t be so challenging that She is also a nationally certified school winter approaches and darkness Tfor volunteers to help out with they frustrate a child. It is important for psychologist and consultant for School descends on the state, Ernt’s fragile a variety of tasks before, during and kids to experience the confidence that Consultation Services, a private mental state deteriorates, and the family after the parade, which will be held on comes from succeeding with a book. educational consulting company. begins to break apart. In their small Wednesday, July 4. The best part about summer reading Questions for publication may be cabin, covered in snow, blanketed in For more information, contact Mary is that it gives kids the opportunity to addressed to [email protected]. Bondurant at 839-3633.0 build up positive experiences - reading Not all questions submitted can be doesn’t always need to feel like work. addressed through this publication.^^

have found this childhood activity a Checkers - June 1 through 30. Listen to jazz music and create your own June Programs refreshing way to reduce anxiety, create Available during normal library operating jazz art using watercolors. focus or bring about more mindfulness. hours: Tuesday, Thursday: 10 a.m. to Snakes Can Have Hissy Fits - At Captiva Please join in this fun, relaxing activity. 6 p.m.; Wednesday: Noon to 8 p.m.; Thursday, June 28 at 2 p.m. Learn Participants may bring their own Friday, Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. about snakes and the sounds they create. Memorial Library materials or use those prowded. Play classic checkers or try other Make your own rattlesnake rattler to take Captiva Memorial Library is Checkers - June 1 through 30. versions such as Fox and Geese, Give Available during normal library operating Away, Shifting Pyramids, Corner The Captiva Memorial Library is 1 foi 5 and children in June: hours: Tuesday, Thursday: 10 a Checkers or &ban. Instructions included. located at 11560 Chapin Lane in Adult Programs Alternatively, reverse the field and play Captiva. For more information about a Coloring for Grown-ups - June 1 Tic-Tac-Toe or Super Tic-Tac-Toe. program or to register, call the library through 30. Available during normal Play classic checkers or try other Make Your Own Instruments - at 533-4890. Check the Lee County library operating hours: Tu^ay, versions such as Fox and Geese, Give Thursday, June 14 at 2 p.m. Create Library System website at www.leelibrary. Thur^ay: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Away, Shifting Pyramids, Corner instruments out of recycled materials. net to find out about programs at Wednesday: Noon to 8 p.m.; Friday, Checkers or Goban. Instructions included. Kids can have a jam session with their other locations. Call the host library, Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Alternatively, reverse the field and play own instruments. or Telephone Reference at 479-lNFO The repetitive motion involved in Tic-Tac-Toe or Super Tic-Tac-Toe. Great Jazz - Thursday, June 21 at (4636), for more information about a coloring has a calming effect and adults Children’s Progitims 2 p.m. Hear stories about jazz greats. specific program.^i^ ISLAND SUN - MAY 25, 2018 : 29

III Erickson and Miles Priestley reviewing the list of ingredients at The Community House’s Culinary Junior Chefs Education Center, under the leadership of Resident Chef Jarred Harris. This year, Resident Chef Jarred Harris working with cooking class participant Ronan Maughan Have Fun In they explored the tastes and recipes from The Community House Kids “1 like to eat the food we make. a different country every month. These Cooking Class gives us the opportunity Everything you get to cook you get to The Kitchen excellent young chefs have exceeded all to learn about and cook new foods. eat!” states Alexander Erickson, also submitted by Preston Hanni expectations in their enthusiasm to learn Kayce Nette, from kids cooking class, from kids cooking class. This week, we how to become proficient in the kitchen. states “I love learning about food from visited Thailand. Some food we made uring the 2017-18 school year, Armed with the recipes, they have been different countries.” This is true! Every was: Thai Spring Rolls, Thai Green (once a month, the kids joined able to recreate what they learned in class cooking class takes you to a different Curry, and Banana Spring Rolls with a Ditheir friends for a cooking class in their homes. country. continued on page 34 ISLAND SUN - MAY 25, 2018

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Pink Panther Strikes Again, where Inspector Jacques To that end, if you decide to give jewelry that is ^eady covered by an insurance rider, OClouseau (played by legendary actor Peter Sellers) inquires make sure that you remove the rider from the policy after the gift is completed. of the innkeeper, “Does your dog bite?” I have known some who use modern surveillance equipment to record video of While reaching to pet the animal, Clouseau is viciously those who work in the home. While I don’t believe that this is the best option, it attacked causing him to yell in shock, “I thought you said that could catch a thief red-handed, so to speak, and lead to the recovery of the item if your dog does not bite!?” discovered soon enough after the heist. “THAT is not my dog,” the innkeeper calmly replies. 1 believe that the t^eaway from all of this is that those who are vulnerable should I Despite seeing it hundreds of times, 1 still laugh at that scene. work to minimize the opportunity of those who might be interested in taking x^uables As most of you know, the plot of the Pink Panther movie by not having them arouhd to begin with. series revolves around the heist of a famous large pink-hued diamond and Clouseau’s After all, most of us don’t have a trusted manservant like Clouseau’s Cato Fong - ensuing shenanigans pursuing the thieves. who would never steal anything. 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The normal waste I’m not, l3y the way, accusing all health care workers of committing theft. I’m sure City Memorial collection schedule will resume on Monday, many such caretakers have been accused of taking items that were long ago lost, June 4. If you have any questions, call but faulty memories led to false accusations. With that said, enough valuables have Day Schedule Advanced Disposal at 334-1224. disappeared from the homes of those being cared for or from the rooms in assisted he City of Sanibel administrative The Sanibel Recreation Center will be living facilities that residents should consider taking precautionary steps to avoid the closed in observance of Memorial Day on heartache of losing an item near and dear to their hearts. offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 28 Monday, May 28 and will resume re^ar So let’s review what steps you may want to consider before moving yourself or T operating hours on Tuesday, May 29. If another loved one into a residence where others are readily present. aixi will resume re^ar operating hours on Tuesday, May 29. you have any questions, call the Sanibel First, if one owns valuables that one doesn’t often wear, consider storing them in a Recreation Center at 472-0345. bank safety deposit box. The annual charges are well worth the investment to ensure Refuse, recycling and vegetation waste that your valuables aren’t prone to those who may have sticky fingers. When you have collection by Advanced Disposal scheduled Center 4 Life/Civic Center will be a safe deposit box, it is usually a good idea to have a trusted relative as a signor on the for Memorial Day will be one day later. closed in observance of Memorial Day on box, and for you to advise of the bank location and box number that you have rented, Therefore, if your normal pick-up day Monday, May 28 and will resume re^ar as well as where your key is stored. is Monday, May 28, your waste will be operating hours on Tuesday, May 29. If Second, if you have already considered giving some or all of your valuables away picked up on Tuesday, May 29. The you have any questions, call the Center 4 to loved ones now (as opposed to bequeathing them in a will), you may get the added altered schedule will remain in place for Ufe at 472-5743.

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have any questions, call 472-5743. to lead the investigation, but you’re free Cost is $5 for members and $20 for Island Seniors Page Turners with Louise to do a tittle detective work yourself. non-members. Advance registration is Fitzgerald & Ann Hartman - If you Become piart of the action or just $it required. At Center 4 Life are not on the Page Turners list, and back and watch the mystery unfold while Fitness Classes - Island Seniors, eet your friends and make some wish to te, email [email protected] or having dinner. Inc. members piay $4 per class, visitors new ones at the Center 4 Life. contact the center. Pri^s are awarded to the person that pay $7 pier class. Annual membership Browse through the following The featured book for Wednesday, solves, or comes ctosest to solving, the is $20. Sanibel Recreation Center M June 13 is Grapes of Wrath by John mystery. Price includes dinner and show, members must show their membership activities, then stop by to sign up. card to attend. Fitness class schedule is as The Center 4 Life will be closed Steinbeck. The movie will be shown but does not include drinks and gratuity. on Monday, May 28 in observance at 12:30 p.m. followed by the book Carpool arrangements will be made for follows: iscussion at 2:30 p.m. Bring your own transfXDrtation. Advance registration is Happy Hour Fitness - Monday, of Memorial Day. Normal operating Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m. Keep hours resume on Tuesday, May 29. lunch. required. Center 4 life Scheduled Facility Leisure Lunchers - University GeUi Printing with Bea Pappas - your brain fit and your heart, lungs and Maintenance Closure - The Center Grill & Bob Rauschenberg Gallery Fridays, May 25, June 15, 22 arid 29. muscles strong. Hand weights, stretch cords and your body weight will be used. 4 Life will be closed from Monday, June at FSW Tour - Wednesday, May Cost is $20 for members and $25 for 4 to Friday, June 8 in order to complete 30. Cost is $5 pier pierson with lunch non-members. Beginners welcome. The format is 40 minutes of cardio, numerous maintenance projects. The on your own. This is a docent-led tour You can do mono typ)e or make 20 minutes of balance exercises, core through Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at papiers for coBage use. Supplies needed: strength, flexibility exercises and mat facility will reopen and activities will work. Athletic footwear is required. resume on Monday, June 11. Some FSW State College of works by Steve papier towels, acidic points, water Keene called 57 Miles or 455 Furlongs. container and one-inch bmsh. The Connie DeCicco is the instructor of the projects include repairing and Essential Total Fitness - Monday, replacing kitchen flooring, roof repair, Keene is known as the “World’s Most instructor will provide all other supplies. deep cleaning and painting of the facility. Prolific Painter.” Time magazine called Games Wednesday and Friday at 9:30 a.m. him the “Assembly Line Picasso.” Keene Cost for aB games is $2.50 for Cardio, muscle strengthening and All of these projects have been schedule flexibility training with hand weights, during this time in an effort to minimize estimates that he has aeated enough members and $5 for non-members. pjaintings since the 1990s to exterd more Prizes wiB be awarded. stretch cords, chairs and stability balls. the inconvenience to our patrons. Athletic footwear is required. Mahnaz The Sanibel Recreation Center than 57 miles or 455 furlongs, hence Bridge - Monday and Wednesday. the name of the exhibit. Lunch is on Registration begins at noon; the game Bassiri is the instructor. offers 35 land and water fitness classes Power Hour Fitness - Tuesday each week which are included in your your own at the University Grill. Advance begins at 12:30 p.m. registration is required. Meihjongg - Monday and Thursday at and Thursday at 8 a.m. Hand weights, Sanibel Recreation Center membership, stretch cords, stability baBs and mats are "^ e Sanibel Recreation Center is Murder in Paradise at Broadway 12:30 p.m. Palm Dinner Theatre - Thursday, May New: Rummikub - Tuesday at 1 used. Improve core strength and balance. located at 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road. Athletic footwear required. Mahnaz Daily, weekly, semi-annual ard annual 31. Cost is $45 for members ard $50 p.m. for non-members. Hand Sc Foot - Thursday at 12:00 Bassiri is the instructor. memberships are available. For more Gentle Yoga - Tuesday and Thursday information, call 472-0345 or visit www. 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Sperry, Anne Walter and Amy Brown photos by Jeff Lysiak by Jeff Lysiak ine members of the Island Seniors group, along with NCenter 4 Life Senior Program Recreation Assistant Amy Brown, traveled off-island recently to take part in a paddlewheel cruise, a relaxing 4.5- hour excursion between Fort Myers and the WP Franklin Lock in Alva. Boarding the Captain JP, a 500-passenger, three-story paddlewheeler departing from the downtown Fort Myers Yacht Basin, guest traveled slowly up the Caloosahatchee and along the Intracoastal Waterway that connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean through a series of five locks. Throughout the late morning and early afternoon, passengers viewed picturesque points along the 33-mile journey. Passing underneath the Edison Bridge, the crew shared information about some of the manmade islands dotting the northern side of the to open and drain two to three feet Caloosahatchee. “After Hurricane of water (about 178,000 gallons, at a Some of the Island Seniors dancing to the sounds of Motown Charley, some of those islands were rate of 28,900 cubic feet per second) devastated,” the narrator explained, through its gates. More than 15,000 attends shows at the Florida Repertory the dance floor and gave the singer a noting how full of roosting birds the vessels travel through the lock every Theatre, visits some of the city’s newest reason to keep the party going.” islands were today. “As you can see. restaurants and has participated in Upcoming Leisure Lunchers Mother Nature has made quite the After lunch, on the way back to historical walking tours of the area. outings with the Island Seniors include comeback.” Fort Myers, entertainer Jerry Burton “I thought it was really interesting, Tuesday, June 19 at Cip’s Place and During the next 90 minutes, the performed for two hours, singing songs and good food,” said Deborah Butler. Tuesday, July 10 at Sweet Melissa’s vessel slowly meandered past several made famous by The Rat Pack, Elvis “Our group really had a good time Cafe. Advance registration is required; landmarks including the FPL Power Presley, acts that popularized “The singing along, and dancing.” separate checks will be provided. Plant, where hundreds of manatees Motown Sound” and pop, rock and “I loved the cruise. Going through A special lunch excursion to The Off ^ congregate every winter while seeking country singers of the 1950s through the locks was interesting. The weather Broadway Palm Theatre will be held on warmer waters, the mouth of the 1980s. Passengers sang along and was nice, too,” added Veena Vajani. Wednesday, July 18. Following lunch Orange River and the historic Tice danced throughout Burton’s act. “We all danced together. That was at Cristof’s on McGregor Boulevard f Railroad Bridge, built in 1903. “They “The paddlewheel boat always really fun.” in Fort Myers, the group will take in a keep the bridge open most of the day. seemed like something the group Another member of the Island production of The Savannah Sipping only two trains pass through there would really enjoy,” said Brown. “If Seniors, Eileen Kehoe, talked about Society. Cost is $39 for members and every day,” the narrator noted. the whole package - a day out ( how the group from Sanibel got $49 for non-members. Limited seating Just before the buffet lunch was water, live narration, fun entertainment other passengers out onto the dance is available and advance registration served, the paddlewheeler arrived and, of course, food.” floor. “Many people on the boat were is required. Transportation will be via at the WP Franklin Lock. Becoming According to Brown, visiting sitting in their chairs after lunch, and carpool. operational in 1939, the lock is 400 downtown Fort Myers is something we Center 4 Life exercise enthusiasts For more information about these * feet long, 56 feet wide and 14 feet the Island Seniors do quite often. decided to liven up the scene,” she outings or to sign up, call the Center 4 deep. It takes approximately 15 minutes Between October and May, the group said. “One by one, we headed out to Life at 472-5743.<> 44 ISLAND SUN - MAY 25, 2018 Celebrity Net Worth. She is proving it is okay to go out on top - a lesson other athletes Pro Racing Driver Provides Lesson could learn from her. Finally, if you watch Sunday’s Indy 500, don’t be surprised if you see Green Bay That it's Okay To Go Out On Top Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers nearby as the two have been in a relationship in by Ed Frank recent months. 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M e m o r i a l d a y The American Legion - Veterans Stile serving America Choosing fresh, healthy foods The Sanibel Captiva Lions meet on and maintaining healthy weights are Lions Continue the first and third Wednesday of each Keeping Your better for your brain. High cholesterol, month at 6 p.m. at The Community elevated blood pressure and obesity Collecting Used House. Visiting Lions are welcome. For Brain Sharp all increase the risks of dementia. more information or to get involved, Engaging in exercise during midlife Eyeglasses contact membership chairman Steve Schulz at [email protected] or can significantly reduce the risks of he Sanibel Captiva Lions dementia and cognitive impairment Club continues to collect used 233-6261.0^ later in life. Increase your intake of T prescription eyeglasses and fresh, real foods and colorful vegetables, sunglasses as part of its Recycle For and try to avoid fake, processed and Sight program. The club reports Barre Fitness sugary foods. collection in April slowed slightly from Exercise reshapes the brain. When an exceptional March, but still relatively Classes At we don’t use our muscles, they atrophy. The brain is no different. Boost the In April, a total of 296 eyeglasses Rec Center health of brain cells, stimulate growth were collected and includes 67 cases. egistration is now open for summer of new blood vessels in the brain and Year-to-date items collected have sessions of Barre Fitness classes encourage new neuronal connections. exceeded 3,000 - at 3,142 - and last at the Sanibel Reaeation Center. When your kids and grandkids year’s 12-month total has been exceeded R A Barre workout combines functional are playing video games, consider with two months remaining. strength, dance, Pilates and yoga joining them for a few. You will learn “We greatly appreciate the efforts of concepts into a series of movements he saying, “Use it or lose it!” something new and stimulate different our community in donating their unused designed to strengthen the entire actually holds true for the brain. To areas of the brain. Why let kids have glasses and cases,” said Lion Tom Nachazel. “It allows our club to provided body. Participants will primarily utilize Tkeep it sharp, the brain needs to be all the fun? Join them in some physical bodyweight for resistance while focusing stretched and exercised. FTiysical exercise activity too, like taking a walk while them to those in need.” Lions deliver the eyeglasses, on alignment and posture with the is great for both the body and the enjoying the sights and sounds at the goal of enhancing body awareness, brain, as exercise nourishes both. Brain beach or along a beautiful local nature sunglasses and cases to the Bonita Springs Lions Club, where they are coordination, balance and strength. exercises, or “neurobics,” are important Cost is $27.50 for members and to challenge your brain. We tend to get Staying active both physically and further categorized and sent on to a Lions Recycling Center to be cleaned $36.50 for non-members Qass size is into routines and do things the same way mentally boosts brain function and limited to 10 participants. Register in over arxl over, but changing things up keeps your brain sharp. and categorized by prescription and prepared for distribution in the United advance to reserve your spot. can help exercise the brain. Try taking a This information is not intended to June Summer Session: different route instead of the same one treat, cure or diagnose your condition. States and throughout the world. To donate us^ glasses, including Mondays, June 4, 11 and 18 at 8:30 when driving to familiar places. Using all Caring Medical Regenerative Medicine a.m.; Tuesdays, June 5, 12 and 19 at 7 Clinics has two locations: one in Oak reading glasses, place them in the five senses can challenge and exercise speciaily marked Lions Recycle For Sight a.m.; Thursdays, June 7, 14 and 21 at the brain. For example, those who are Park, Illinois, and one in Fort Mi/ers. collection boxes located at the following 5:30 p.m.; and Fridays, June 8, 15 and right-handed can try to use the left hand It was established in 1991 by Ross businesses: 22 at 8:30 a.m. for various activities. Smell, taste, touch, Hauser, MD, and Marion Hauser, MS, Sanibel - Ace Hardware, Bank of the July Summer Session: listen to and look at new things. RD. They can be reached at info® Islands, Bailey’s General Store, Island Mondays, July 9, 16 and 23 at 8:30 caringmedical.com.^ Pharmacy, Joey’s Custard, Sanibel a.m.; Tuesdays, July 10, 17 and 24 at 7 Captiva Community Bank (Library Way a.m.; Thursdays, July 12, 19 and 26 at and Periwinkle Way locations), Sanibel 5:30 p.m.; and Fridays, July 13, 20 and Community Church, Sanibel Public 27 at 8:30 a.m. Library, Sanibel Eyecare, Santiva General The Sanibel Recreation Center is Is your Estate Plan providing Store, Senior Center - Center 4 Life. located at 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road. Captiva - Captiva Memorial Library For more information, call 472-0345 or you COMFORT CONFIOENCE and Bank of the Islands. visit www.mysanibel.com.<> & CLARITY? VASANTASENERAT CPA, PA.

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