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1997 ABC Sale Will Benefit Sea Turtle Research, Planners Give Go Every week we mail to every home and business on Sanibel and Captiva, subscribers throughout the United States, and... Karen Valentine Washington Depot, CT VOL. 4, NO. 33 SANIBEL & CAPTIVA ISLANDS, FLORIDA FEBRUARY 14, 1997 FEBRUARY [SUNRISE/SUNSET: 14 7:0418:21 15 7:03 18:21 16 7:0318:22 17 7:0218:23 18 7:01 '18:23 19 7:0018:24 20 6:59 18:24 "J1ZXL 1997 ABC Sale Will Benefit Sea Turtle Research, by Pamela Gllteif WoTtzeT electrical items, books, clothes, baked goods, shells, jewelry and assorted he 1997 ABC sale will Be held odds and ends. on Saturday, February 22/aj; the / According to Ron Gibson, who is TCaptiva Civic Association. An"*-.- co-chairing the event along with Jeff island tradition dating back 31yea?s,"~s the annual ABC auction and Kummage \ Shuff, ten percent of the gross sales sale is widely known as^great place ^from4his,year's event will go towards to find good stuff, f "\| sea turtle research. Loggerhead sea turtles, which are listed as threatened One of the major| items taat will be under the Endangered Species Act, auctioned off this year is a l»980 nest on Sanibel and Captiva from May Morgan sports carjdqnated DJ; Nanelle to October? The Sanibel-Captiva and Fred Wehmahn. Theian%nd Conservation Foundation monitors the brown Morgan, which has 30,^587 nesting arid conducts research geared miles on it, is worth arpund $17S|>0Q. ^,4ow"ards ensuring the sea turtles' sur- The Wehmanns, wficfare the origtrtal-" vival. " / owners, are in the process of having "Eadvyear the board of the Captiva the car officially appraised. ^ -—; Fred and Nanelle Wehmann and Victor Mayeron with 1980 Morgan sports car The car is made by the Morgan . Civic Qfenter selects the charity which Motor Company, which is4he oldest " • ^wilLbene-fjt from the sale," says raffle items available are vacation Music will be provided by Satin Jazz. privately owned compan^ in the world. 'HSibson. "Last year the ABC sale packages, restaurant and gift certifi- The community dinner is free for all The company builds eadh car by hand; donated~$5.t300 to Hope Hospice." cates, tickets for theaters and sporting ABC volunteers. Non-volunteers can consequently, few^r than 500 are pro- T-shirts with a sea turtle motif are events and original art donated by purchase tickets for $10. duced each year./Consiaered a "mod- also being soldXas part of the fund rais- local artists. If you have items you would like to ern antique," the^Morgan is made in ing effort. The £olorful blue shirts, From 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. the donate, contact Ron Gibson at 472- MalvernL'ifik, England, -\ which were designed by Sis Ketcher of Taste of Captiva will take place. The 6179. Drop off times for donations for the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Taste of Captiva features an assort- the ABC Sale: Friday, February 14 Other* major items! dofaated for auc- Center, are currently being sold in tion include a 1992 $aylfner open ment of delectable foods from island from 10 a.m. - Noon; Saturday, front of the Mucky Duck on Fridays restaurants such as the Mucky Duck, February 15 from 8 a.m. - Noon; fishing boat with a !?2 force engine and Saturdays. The Mucky Duck is and boat trailer. A' sailfish and a"w1n#". Sunshine Cafe, The Beach, Tween Monday, February 17 - Friday, surfer are among the many other gen- •. Jpeated at the end of Andy Rosse Lane Waters, Green Flash, Bubble Room, February 21 from 10 a.m. - Noon. erous contributions."••. / • and Royal Windsor. Hot dogs will also Please deliver baked goods on The ABC sale will held from 9:00 be available. Friday, February 21 to the CCA Additional donations for jthe sale a.m. to noolji. The auction and raffle, are still being spught. The ABC auc- The Captiva Cocktail Party at 5:30 kitchen from 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. (If which will b£ conducted by Victor p.m. will be followed by dinner and absolutely necessary, you may deliver tion and sale committee is spll looking Mayeron, yMll begin at noon and con- for specialty items, furniture\(no sofas), dancing from 6:00 p.m. till 8:00 p.m. at 7 a.m., February 22). tinue till $:Q0 p.m. Among the many - Continued on page 7 for the 3,260 square foot restaurant Planners Give and the 560 square foot shop were suf- Gala- ficient when Bangkok House was built in the mid 80s, a further seven parking Of' Go Ahead spaces are required under the current code. Sauibel's Wew Selfehi Performance HaM To Brew Pub Owner of Bangkok House Robert by Wendy Humphrey Priborsky wants to establish an 86 seat I /At" j restaurant and a place where hand- he Sanibel Planning Commission crafted beers can be produced on the gave the go ahead to a new former Bangkok House site at 1547 February llr - February 2>Z Trestaurant and micro brewery to Periwinkle Way. The new establish- replace Bangkok House on Periwinkle ment will be called The Sanibel Brew Way at its meeting Tuesday. Pub. ^ Marefe .To, BIG Arts A second hearing of the application Priborsky explained that a brew pub will be heard on February 25 but is considerably different from a bar. February 16 at 2 p.m. meantime commissioners directed the Only wine and beer are sold in a brew city attorney to draw up the variance pub. No liquor is consumed. from Bailey's JLot On Tarjpoti Bay Road with certain conditions. "I'd describe it as a cross between a The new restaurant required a vari- And Jthafc m&rWemr W^tMimg Facilities ance because the Sanibel code has Continued on page 4 changed. While the 42 parking spaces Page 2 Island Sun - February 14, 1997 Island Sun - February 14, 1997 Page 3 a fan belt to a rear wheel. From on the spot to householders who mmmrnmsmsmmmmmmmmmmmm Settlers this energy he drove a paddle rushed the ice home to their ice boxes. San-Cap Weather History wheel for washing clothes or a Commercial fishermen in that era Seven Day Weather Forecast Created Their circular saw blade for cutting unloaded their daily catch directly into by Jim Blocker Date by Jim Clarke, Chief Meteorologist, WBBH-TV wood. "fish houses" built on stilts out in the February High Low Precipitation Date Temperature Rain Own Solutions Although it happened before bay. The fish company sent boats sev- Wind Gulf his time, Herdon tells of the eral times a week to collect the seafood 4 82 60 0 February Low High (Chances) (Knots) Temp lectricity - or the lack of it - is a floating hotel called "Sanibel and restock the fish houses with ice to subject frequently asked of 14 63 84 30% S/SW 10-15 67 House" that Reed's widowed sis- preserve the next round. Since the 5 81 65 0 docents at Sanibel's Historical 15 66 E ter, Lucy Daniels, put ashore at company has access to manufactured 81 50% SW/W 10-15 67 6 81 65 0 Village and Museum and the answer their landing in 1907 and which ice,in Punta Gorda their boats deliv- 16 57 74 10% NW/N 10-15 66 that electricity came to the islands in 7 81 66 0 became a popular hostelry. It ered to retailers such as Bailey's store 17 50 73 - NE 10-15 65 1941 is somewhat misleading. Power boasted a generator so it too along the route. 8 80 67 lines carrying electrical service first .20" 18 54 77 - E10 65 had electric lights long before its Among the attractions at Sanibel's marched across the bay that year, but neighbors. 9 74 60 0 19 58 80 10% E5-10 65 the pioneer families who settled Historical Village are the Reed post Modern refrigeration was office where Paul Herndon's grandfa- 10 72 60 0 20 62 84 20% SE5-10 66 Sanibel and Captiva prior to that were an inventive lot dedicated to solving non-existent prior to the power ther processed the mail and the old their own problems. lines crossing the bay, so the Bailey store that was a hub of island old-fashioned oak ice box with activity for decades before the cause- Julia Dickey Scott who is a volun- Caribbean and eventually hit Belize; its traditional zinc lining was the way. teer docent at the historic complex only food cooler known to early The historical village is open "Anna" or and, in 1965 in August, Hurricane recalls growing up on Captiva in the "Anna" spun harmlessly in the mid- Q&A islanders. Wednesday through Saturday each '30's with electric power generated by week from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and "Ana" What's Atlantic. Now, if you happen to believe A week or so ago we were contacted by a part-time resident a series of Delco batteries fueled by 50- Julia Scott relates that ice was that there's some relationship between brought to Captiva on the mail Sundays 1 to 4 p.m. The address is of Sanibel who was curious about the shelf life of canned gallon drums of kerosene, all rigged for 950 Duntop Road.# In A Name? names and numbers, or whatever, foods and spices. We contacted Brian Benham, Manager of home use by her father Carl Dickey. boat, as actually all of their sup- plies were. A shopping list was none of the storms named "Anna" or Jerry's Supermarket, and here's what he found out for us: Julia's grandparents, Dr.
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