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New ladder truck coming along for Sanibel fire d istrict Outside agencies considering buying old one By TIFFANY REPECKI [email protected] With the Sanibel Fire and Rescue District’s new ladder truck currently undergoing its equipment installation, the district has two offers on the table from departments interested in the old one. At the May 9‘ commission meet ing, Fire Chief Matt Scott explained sland youth are encouraged to come out for that the replacement truck is starting to the Youth Bike Safety Course and Rodeo. have the apparatus and accessories I added to it in the process of being com pleted. Free and open to the community, it will take place on May 17 at 2:30 p.m. at the See NEW LADDER TRUCK, page 35 pavilion at The Sanibel School. Organized by the Sanibel Recreation Center, Sanibel Police Department and Billy’s Bike Shop, the event ISLANDERIHSIDE will give children the chance to learn about and practice safe biking skills. “It’s something we do every couple years,’’ S A F E B O A H N Sanibel Recreation Director Andrea Miller said. “The goal behind the event is to dissem ViBBK COMBS inate information regarding bike safety to the T O T H B youth on the island.” “Obviously, we have miles and miles of »LAN bike paths,” she added. See BIKE SAFETY RODEO, page 14 Rezoning request would bulldoze mangrove land 1 8 Eden Oak seeks to build 55 Foundation reported on where a written request to postpone was May 9 that the applicant changed at the last minute, so they cannot LETSBOINTIEISIANDER homes near Shell Point had filed a written request guarantee the applicant’s response on that Retirement Community for a continuance. day.” AISOINSIDETODAY “Despite the applicant “If they (the applicant) do proceed, this is Letters to the Editor...... 4 By JESSICA SALMOND submitting a written request our one opportunity to put our concerns on [email protected] Word on the Island...... 4 to the county to continue the record,” she added. “If we are not present Shell Point Boulevard could be growing. and the hearing proceeds, we are prohibited Business...... 8 Appmximately 307 acres of enviainmen- the hearing to a future date, they must appear in person firom engaging in the process and our con Preserving Paradise...... 39 tally sensitive land, owned under Eden Oak 1 Rae Ann before the Hearing cerns will not be heard.” Island Living...... 40 IXC, is slated tor an upcoming hearing Wessel Examiner to make the Wessel encouraged those with an opinion Island Faces...... 41 before the Lee County Hearing Examiner for to attend the hearing despite the possible request.” Rae Ann Wessel, policy director Sports...... 42 a rezoning request. postponement. The hciiring was set to take place on May for the SCCF, said. “The office indicated to us that in the past there have been occasions Obituaries 44 18, but the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation See ZONING REQUEST, page 38 U n O |iJ |ijls l” Classifieds 45
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Lori Matthews Kristie Anders Erick LIndblad Gillian Bath Stan Bunsick executive director volunteer volunteer paralegal education director Wisconsin Sanibel Fort Myers Sanibel Fort Myers “No.” s ‘‘I did go to Islands Night last “1 did. It was an honor to be “No, I’m afraid I didn’t. I was “No.” 0 night.” able to throw out the first disappointed because usually u pitch.” we do.” 1 e I > island Letters to the Editor ■a a criminatory, but if we are to create an n Sustainability thing more colorful but unprintable, and island that is sustainable not only for the w To the editor. put their houses on the market. No one rice rat, but also for us, the folks who live CajrtivaSaniSif i ^ a t u i e r For the past few weeks. I’ve been read seems to be keeping count, but trust me ing articles and letters concerning the work there are lots of them. Probably a good rea here, we must. (USPS 813580) son why there are always so many houses Sam TIshler in progress at the Bailey tract, and it got Sanibel 2,340 Periwinkle Way me to thinking about sustainability in gen for sale here. Sanibel, FL 33957 I’ve always been a fan of our city coun Phone: (239) 472-1587 eral. l av (239)472-8398 Doesn’t it seem strange that we, (the cil. These are people who in general do a Sales tax increase V Web: eaplivasanihel.com good job of governing Sanibel, who do it t Feds actually), are willing to spend mil bad alternative lions to re-create a sustainable environ out of the good of their hearts, for no pay, To the editor: Publisher 0> ment for a rodent, and yet we, (our City and who take an enormous amount of crit The proposed half-cent sales tax increase, Scott Blonde icism with grace. However, it is hard to Monde&hrrezrnrwspapers. com Council this time), doesn’t seem to be able to aid County schools, discussed in the -a to spend any serious time or money to re take seriously their attempts to control the May 8 edition, is a bad alternative. A sales e Flditor traffic problem. Especially when they Tift'any Repeeki create what was once a sustainable envi tax is a retrogressive tax. That is, while the lrei>ecki(Shrrezenen’SiHti>rrs.com ronment for those of us who live here, but encourage, or at least don’t discourage, the few dollars extra cost per month has no effect are not dependent upon tourists to make a placing of blinking electrified signs before on upper incomes and minimal effect on the Reporter/lslander Cover Design the causeway encouraging even more folks Michael Pistella living. middle-class, it can have serious conse mpi.ttelta (ithrrezrnewspapers. com 1 mean, a roundabout? A few signs? to become festive with our shells and our quences for the poor. For example, losing Please. Brenda and I have owned a house art and food scenes. those few extra dollars per month can deprive Design & Layout So, who benefits here? Certainly mer Susan Wilhelm on Sanibel since 2000 and have lived here the children of a poor family of an occasion swilhelm 9 breezenewspapers.com full-time since 2005. Every year the traffic chants, restaurant owners, hotels, etc. al glass of milk or an older poor person of a during "season” has become more and Who are the losers? The rest of us. medical prescription. The logical alternative, Advertising Director Something serious must be done. It is Jim Konig more outrageous. By my reckoning, we proposed by Lee County Commissioner jkimift ® breezenewspapers.com lost sustainability sometime around 2004 all well and good to try to control the traf Frank Mann, is to reinstate all or part of the fic with roundabouts, but we need to elim Advertising Sales and have been putting up with overload impact fee on new construction. Not to do so Mark Martens ever since. One proof of unsustainability inate the traffic jams. That can only be is another example of helping the affluent at mmartens9breezenewspapers.com could be the number of people who every done by limiting the number of vehicles on the expense of the poor. the island at one time. Surely, we can find Obituaries year finally throw up their hands, say “I Robert and JoAnn Hilliard Debbie Carletti give up” or ’Tve had it” or perhaps some a way to do it. Sounds very harsh and dis Sanibel obils9breezenew.spttpers.com Ctassifled/Displav Advertising (239) 574-1110 Subscriptions 1 year, $40 (Continental USA) We want your opinion M M lNII 1 year. $95 (Canada) Previous Web Poll Question Circulation The views expressed on the Opinions Pages are just (239)472-1587 Do you support the half-cent sales tax Displav Advertising that — opinions. These pages are intended to convey a sought by the Lee County School District?; (239) 472-5186 range of viewpoints; opinions printed on these pages ■ Yes, 38% t do not necessarily reflect the views of The Island ■ No, 62% The Islander and Island Reporter Reporter. Opposing views are welcome. All letters must ■ Have not decided/do not know, 0% are published every Wednesday be signed and must contain a phone number for verifi Current Web Poll Question CusUniRf savKC iKiuts aa' Mondav thnaigh cation purposes. Letters considered for publication Did you attend the 25th annual ( Hnday, 8:,V) a m «> 5 p.m .. except majt»lR>l>
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Jewelers on Sanibel returned as a Grand a ally calm as markets Slam sponsor for the fundraiser this year and donated s moved steadily higher a Beny Sofer 10-carat diamond tennis bracelet for the throughout most of 2017 auction. with minimal interrup For more information, visit online at www.madis- tion. In fact, 2017 was Craig Hoston ensmatch.com. t : ' PHOTOS PROVIDED the least volatile stock market year since the CBOE’s Volatility Index was established in the early 1990s. With that context, we Sanibel financial assistance available for youth programs view recent stock market movements as rather normal. The city’s Financial Assistance ter training camp, volleyball camp removed from the application when t We encourage our clients to avoid focusing on the short Program assists financially eligible and teen camp out programs. determining the amount of assis I5 r term market “noise” and instead look to the fundamen island - Sanibel and Captiva - Applicants are awarded financial tance. Qd tals of the economy and the companies we follow. From residents’ and island workers’ chil assistance on a sliding fee scale. Financial awards range firom 60 our perspective, corporate earnings were quite strong in dren to attend youth programs at the The Financial Assistance percent to 80 percent. ■§ the fourth quarter of 2017, which portends well for this Sanibel Recreation Center. Committee, in a public meeting, For more information, call 239- year and next, particularly when you factor in the tail Individuals may apply for assis makes an objective award determina 472-0345 or visit wind of corporate tax reform. tance for the youth after school pro tion upon review of the application www.mysanibel.com. On March 21, the Federal Reserve Board announced gram, fun days, holiday camps, sum packet. The name of the applicant The Sanibel Recreation Center is their decision to raise the federal funds rate by another mer camp, youth basketball, babysit and identifying information is at 3880 Sanibel Captiva Road. 0.25 [lercent. The Fed will also continue to reduce the size of their balance sheet by letting Treasury and mort gage-backed securities mature over the next few years. Business Notes This was largely anticipated by most market partici pants. Nonetheless, it is another signal that monetary Winners crowned at 23rd Beach Grill more user-friendly for patients and “tightening” clearly is tx;curring. Other broad market ■ Best Chicken Entree: Bongo’s the public. Annual Taste of the Beach The website at interest rates have responded this year by moving high The Fort Myers Beach Chamber Beach Bar and Grill er. In the near term, higher interest rates will put price ■ Best Seafood Entree: www.ppcswfl.com has a cleaner of Commerce hosted its pressures on dividend-paying companies as the relative Castaway’s Bar and Grill format and more contemporary 23rd Annual Taste of the Beach on design with patient testimonial value between income-producing stocks and bonds read May 6. The food festival held ■ People’s Choice: Nervous videos, educational videos, and justs. Though we continue to view higher interest rates included approximately 16 restau Nellie’s information about the practice’s as a symptom of a positive overall economy, we will rants plus promotional vendors and ■ Best Decorated Booth: continue to watch the shape of the yield curve. An physicians and offices. live music provided by Jo List and Nervous Nellie’s inverted (negative sloping) yield curve generally por The Taste brought back the The site has a secure patient por Friends. tal that allows patients to access tends poorly for economic activity. We have seen some Local restaurants served up sam beloved ‘Vendor Village’ that was flattening in the curve over the past year as short-term centered around the always spirited their medical records, schedule ples of their best signature dishes appointments or request prescrip interest rates have risen faster than long-term rates. available for purchase. They also Server Competition. The second For the first time in years, bond investors are starting runner-up server team was La Ola, tion refills. competed for the top Taste of the Physicians’ Primary Care of to feel the impacts of higher interest rates. 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Shocking to us metaphors and images in the psalms also these days, Copernicus’ theories were Ir- feed my heart and soul with the knowl actually placed on a “blacklist” of forbid near Sanibel edge of the creative power of the God den books because Christian thought at who surrounds us in holy mystery, and that time had Earth and its humans as the Causeway who is beyond my human comprehen center of the universe. How enlightened aI sion. he was to attempt to dispel those insular The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man from the % An image in Psalm 139 captures that beliefs and prove that we were simply one water after his canoe overturned near the Sanibel & Causeway over the weekend. sacred mystery with the verse: “How small part of God's great design of cre ■-C deep I find your thoughts, O God, how ation. We could go on and on with the At 12:05 a.m. Saturday, Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach received a Maritime Emergency great is the sum of them. If I were to Rev. Dr. Ellen M. Sloan human hunger to comprehend the uni count them, they would be more in num verse - through Galileo and Newton, on Response Team activation for an overturned kayak ber than the sand.” That image of the tril to the Hubble Telescope, or the latest with a person in the water. After swimming to land. lions of particles of sand lying on any of Faces Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer! Ahh ... Dean Story reported to the Lee County Sheriff’s our beaches has always been my image of humanity’s attempts to comprehend that Office that he and Stephen Bivona were in a canoe K» on Faith when it overturned and reported Bivona missing. © the universe as well. Trillions of stars and which is so incomprehensible — in the 00 planets and other cosmic bodies — as physical universe and in the spiritual Sector St. Petersburg launched a 29-foot impossible to conceive of, or to count as the sand - realms as well. response boat from Station Fort Myers Beach. and as mesmerizing a sum as the thoughts of God. How As the full moon continued to envelope my yard in When the crew arrived on scene to the canoe at in awe I continue to be of all creation. light, I also reflected on the thoughts of some of the 12:23 a.m., they heard someone yelling for help. In awe and reverence again, I stood outside last week great mystics who wrote that our lives were “rooted in The crew located Bivona in the water without a life as the full moon lit up our little lake and backyard. As mystery.” They believed that the deepest level a jacket. Bivona reported he was fatigued from tread many times as the full moon appears, it persists in being human could attain would be when they stopped trying ing water for about 30 minutes. He was transport ed to the Sanibel Boat Ramp, where Lee County N such an incredible sight to experience. That exquisite to understand the mystery of God in human terms and B reflected light from the hidden sun permeating the land focused on trying to be in the presence of a living God EMS awaited. ft scape in the stillness of night on the island. In awe of here among us - a Kingdom of God on earth — not “I’m glad he was still able to yell out to us, so . Vi my Creator I felt a slight catch in my throat trying to just in the heavens. Sage advice for me to seek less the we could find him quickly,” Petty Officer 3rd comprehend the beauty and immensity of the moon and understanding of the mystery, and to seek more how Class Jonathan Harkey, a crew member who res spangle of stars overhead. It’s actually been since child God’s mysterious and powerful Spirit works in us cued Bivona, said. “We recommend every boater hood that I’ve had this persistent thirst to comprehend it through the sacredness that resides in each one of us wear a life jacket, especially if you’re going out at n all and the essence of God within and around it all. I — part of the sacred es.sence of Creation. And most night. Also, we urge boaters to attach a strobe light o was reminded of Karl Rahner’s description of God: importantly, the mystery that is truly discovered and sound producing device, like a whistle, to their “That incomprehensible Mystery” — so like the unfath through our sacred care, compassion, and love for one life jackets.” omable mystery of the universe. another. The Maritime Emergency Response Team con And how humanity has longed to unlock the myster sists of multiple federal, state and local marine ies of the universe! From Aristotle’s cosmology that The Rev. Dr. Ellen M. 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Registration includes lunch, activity IB The leadership program is designed participation, compression-only CPR f] ioritlii Solti ht to prepare teens to become a camp certification and field trip admissions, <1-1I counselor. when applicable. Cost for program is O The C.I.T. students will gain work $30 for members and $38 for non-mem inveM usit 8< Outdoor experience, compression-only CPR cer bers. tification and community service hours. Register in advance by May 29 and The Sanibel Recreation Department’s the cost is $25 for members and $31 for D i n i n g Summer Day Camp is a traditional non-members. eight-week day camp, which will run The Sanibel Recreation Center, is at from June 4 through July 27. 3880 Sanibel Captiva Road. An application must be completed For more information or to register, and returned to the city of Sanibel’s call 239-472-0345 or visit Recreation Department for review and www.mysanibel.com. The Sanibel School Citizens of the Week The Lion King Jr.’ Kindergarteners and first-grade stu The Sanibel School’s Performing Arts dents earn Sea Horse tickets for good will present Disney’s “The Lion King Jr.” behavior, a helpful attitude and an eager on May 17-18 at 7 p.m. in the cafetorium. ness to learn. Each week, the school Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for stu selects a Sea Horse ticket winner from the dents. Students in grades K-5 will receive classes. The wiimers get to select a prize one complimentary ticket. The from the prize cabinet. The following stu Elementary Choir and Seahorse Chorale dents are the recent Citizens of the Week: will serve as the opening acts. Dillon Barron, Keeva Clark, Regan Gould and Grant Muddell. NOW.SERVING FULL LIQUOR Bike safety rodeo From page 1 - The event is designed for kinder I TROPICALXOCKTAILS’ garteners through fifth-graders. it There will be a safety inspection and If You Go: OC children are encouraged to bring their T3 i . t l m o s l ) ! l^clm ^v I rii bicycle and helmet. What: “They will have staff present to do Youth Bike Safety tiS 1 R l l the safety inspections,” Miller said. Course and Rodeo A ^M ooo sphero!) “They will also have a little bike safety course set up,” she added. When: There will be a series of skills sta May 17 at 2:30 p.m. Fresh Soafciod tions directly related to everyday bicy cling situations. Participants will prac Where: tice starting and stopping, exiting a The Sanibel School, Dinner Sn^ial.^ driveway, looking for traffic, negotiat 3840 Sanibel Captiva Road ing an intersection and avoiding com mon road hazards. Equipment will be Who: provided for children unable to bring Designed for kindergarten theirs. to fifth grade Miller explained that the youth will Details: learn about not being on a cell phone or Free and open to the community wearing ear buds while operating a bicycle, why they should wear a bike [LQUUSOK] helmet, how to use their bicycle bell and Children attending who are not more. enrolled must have a parent or guardian “And being aware of cars, pedestri accompany them. M9.4/2.()(t()0 ans and bikes around them,” she said. “It’s open to the public, but they will There will be some giveaway and need a parent or guardian with them,” ,S(1 n i It e 11 s I island i. 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As National Safe Boating Week marks its 60th anniver o 1 took a deep breath. “What do the tests show?” sary, and leads into the Memorial Day weekend, island BOAT RESPONSIBLY: n WEAR A LIFE JACKET There was a long pause, a deep sigh, and finally authorities highlighted the importance of safety on the water he said: “You’re suf- and offered up some basic tips. fering from terminal Running from May 19-25, the nationally-recognized TAJ r fiDAT eo mortality.” week promotes water safety awareness. “Give it to me “The goal behind the week eQ straight, doc. How is to promote safety on the much time do 1 have water and try to prevent acci a left?” dents and drownings,” Fire “You’ve got 25, Chief Jeff Pawul, with the maybe 30 years left.” Captiva Island Fire Control This is not what I District, said. o expected. 1 thought I Capt. Tim Barrett, the would live forever so Sanibel Fire and Rescue getting such jarring District’s training officer, news caught me by agreed. surprise. Art Stevens “The main goal of boater “So, doc, what safety week is, as the name you’re telling me is Shell implies, to make everybody that 1 now have to Jeff Pawul sit back and think about squeeze in all the Shocked boater safety,” he said. “So B things 1 have left to do when people go out on the water, they’re prepared.” 0 in 25 to 30 years? This According to the U.S. Coast Guard’s 2016 Recreational 'H news changes everything.” Boating Statistics, the most recent figures available, there The doctor put his hand on my shoulder and said, were 4,463 reported accidents that year. They involved 701 •1 mm s “1 wish 1 had better news for you, but you have deaths and 2,903 injuries, plus approximately $49 million enough time to put your affairs in order. Use your of damage to property as a result of recreational boating acci remaining time well.” dents. •c As 1 walked out of his office all kinds of thoughts In 2016, Florida was the top-ranking state with 70 fatal a went round in my brain. How can 1 possibly squeeze ities and 684 accidents. s in all the things I want to do - and need to do - in “Florida has been and always is - as of late — the num my remaining time? What a cruel blow. Here I’ve ber one state for boating accidents and drownings in relation been thriving in my novice senior years and sudden to boating accidents,” Pawul said. ly there’s a time limit. Terminal mortality is what he According to the U.S. Coast Guard, 80 j»rcent of boat called it. Well, doc, I thought to myself, I’m going to ing deaths nationwide were due to drowning in 2016 and 83 l1 use my remaining time well. percent were not wearing a life jacket. Two-thirds were a> "O When 1 got home, 1 told my wife that I had some described as good swimmers. c sobering news and that she needed to sit down. C4 One in three boating injuries occurred in boat operators “I’ve been at the doctor’s and after reviewing over the age of 35. some tests I took he told me that I had terminal mor In addition, 77 percent of the deaths occurred on boats >01 tality.” where the operator had no boating safety instruction, and in My wife just sat there. “What are you talking 15 percent of the deaths the primary cause and leading fac 'tA about? Everyone has terminal mortality. We have it tor was alcohol. U the day we’re bom.” The top-ranking factors among boating accidents, injuries “But you don’t understand. The doctor told me I and deatte during 2016 were operator inattention, operator i had a finite amount of time to live.” inexperience, improper lookout, excessive speed and dcohol Now my wife started getting concerned. “How use. C/5 much time did he say you had?” “Florida has the greatest “He gave me 25, tops 30 years.” number of boats and boat “You’re joking, right?” my wife said. “Twenty- owners and - not surprising five to 30 years? At your age? If the doctor had said ly — the greatest number of two to three years that would be shocking and sad. If boating accidents,” Pat he said five years that’s still bad news but tolerable. Schmidt, commander of But 25 to 30 years? Is he willing to sign an affidavit America’s Boating Club of promising you all those years?” Sanibel-Captiva, said. “In the 1 was confused. “But aren’t you saddened that vast majority of these acci NATIONAL SAFE BOATING COUNCIL he’s put a time frame on how much longer 1 will dents, the b ^ t’s captain has chart before you hop on a boat and go.” live?” had no boating education.” Pawul echoed that My wife started to laugh. “Saddened? I’m thrilled “For our organization, “Boating wise, we have the same issues to deal with as that your doctor gave you a life span that is longer that’s worrisome,” she added. Sanibel does with people running aground because they are than most people have. 1 think your doctor was Fire district officials inexperienced with a boat or inexperienced with our area,” pulling your chain. He probably saw that all your Pat Schmidt offered the boating communi- he said. tests came back negative so his way of telling you ty some tips on how to stay safe. Pawul explained that local boating is not like boating in a that you’re a healthy specimen was to tell you that “The best thing is to take a boating safety class,” Barrett lake up north. you didn’t have long to live - like 25 to 30 years. said. “You see water and you think you can go there, and “He gave you good news but in a very different Pawul agreed, noting that there are even online courses quickly go from 4 (feet) to 10 feet of water to a foot or less,” way. Can’t you see that?” available to take. he said, adding that several factors play into how big of a 1 sat there thinking about it for a while and still “It’s almost like a driver’s ed course for the water,” he problem it is at that point. couldn't quite understand the big smile on her face. said. “Depending on your speed and the type of vessel you’re I said, “And I thought he was being serious and giv America’s Boating Club has an array of classes. in, it can be a small incidenf” Pawul said. “You get in a big ing me bad news. I’ll kill that doctor next time I see “We pride ourself CMi offering the finest boating education ger boat with higher speeds and that’s when people can real him.” in Southwest Florida,” Schmidt said. “Our program offers ly get injured.” And the bucket list I had begun to organize in my courses for everyone, ftxim beginning boaters to highly expe Barrett also suggested that mc«e than one person be able mind of things 1 wanted to do before I left this earth rienced boaters.” to handle the boat was put on hold. I figured I now had a bit more time Barrett and Pawul pointed out that most calls come from “Make sure at least one other person knows how to oper and could start putting that list together 20 years boats running aground. ate the boat” he said. “Everyone should have a good basic from now. “There’s really shallow water around here,” Barrett said. knowledge, or if something happens they’re kind of stuck He recommended that boaters study the charts before with no way of operating it” Art Stevens is a long-time columnist for The leading out Pawul recommended knowing how to use GPS in case of Islander. His tongue-in-cheek humor is always ‘To get from A to B, you may have to go through C and an emergency. offered with a smile. D to get there,” Barrett said. “If you’re not local, get a good See BOATING SAFETY, page 22 ns SB 90 island « IBSUH PlfASBS Report your news to CAPT1VASANIBEL.COM yrftI Cryptoquip Bridge Crossword ACROSS 35 Sly 2 Slugger 20 Light a ERTJL ANJHDY OGHXG IGR 3 GOREN BRIDGE 1 Air-show 36 Bedouins Mel brown ft a LGHB’L XTBITHD OTL stunt 37 Deli meat 3 Man- 21 Author os WITH BOB JONES THE ROAD 02018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 5 High 40 Hearty mouse Wiesel HLLNHDY WTDE AHLIJRLL 2 East-West vulnerable. 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They won the diamond lead in hand 24 Regret master 19 Indy 34 Builds with the king and either led a spade to the queen or a tably Paul circuits 36 — Romet CAl high club from their hand. The defense was able to cash 3 AFTER THE PUTCH 5TARTEP a heart and play a second round of trumps, or ace and a 25 Protective 37 Pop S. trurrip, and declarer came up a trick short. MAKIN6> WOOPEN SHOBS, barrier STORES WERE When Zia Mahmood, the Pakistani expert now living Solution time: 21 mins. 38 “So be it” K STAGEK -r in the USA, was South, he gave the opening lead a lot of 28 Chill in 39 Faucet o Now arrange the circled letters thought. He finally decided to rise with dummy’s ace at to form the surprise answer, as the air problem suggested by the above cartoon. trick one, cra.shing his own king, in order to lead a club from dummy at trick two. 10 tricks would have been 29 Big rigs 40 Mater easy had East risen with his ace, but East made the fine P rint answ er here: play of ducking. 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For more information, visit sanibel- communityhouse.net or call 239- 472-2155. The Community House, at 2173 Periwinkle Way. FHO rO PROVIDED Powderpuff. & 0 Powderpuffs 1 c in paradise PHOTOS PROVIDED TOP LEFT: Maureen Bahn, The powderpuff tree (Calliiindra haematocephala) Rosemary Evans, Mary a is a small ornamental tree, blooming with a variety of Hardwick, Betty Thomas, S colors ranging from red and pink to white, with strik Patty Middleton, Ruth Ann ing brilliant powder- Thompson, Debbie Martino, puffs. The flowers Cindy Adams and Maureen appear on and off all Bahn. ABOVE: Mary yeiir, but tend to bloom Hardwick, Betty Thomas and more in the summer Patty Middleton. FAR LEFT: u Debbie Martino, Cindy "O months. e The hardy branches Adams and Maureen Bahn. _« LEFT: Rosemary Evans create an interesting works on her shell crafting. M crown of the tree. >cs Forming almost a bonsai •c a lot)k, it branches wide e« 10 feet to 15 feet and U stays fairly low at 10 feet to 15 feet tall. The V,I‘Y - I leaflets are small and whimsical, helping provide 5 os great character and interest to the tree as a whole. C/5 Great places to put a powderpuff are in a butterfly garden attracting honeybees, butterflies and even Rolling River hummingbirds. Placing them in an open lawn area to sprawl out and really bring some color and interest Rampage into a space is another great option. Even placing VBS planned them along your front entry will provide iuiy guest with the wow factor of a great specimen ornamental Sanibel Community Church will tree. host the Rolling River Rampage Prune the powderpuff back in spring and give it a Vacation Bible School on June 4-8 light trimming anytime throughout the year to main from 4 to 7 p.m. at 1740 Periwinkle tain the tree's shape. Powderpuff trees are unique and Way, Sanibel. Designed for children love the heat and humidity, which make them the per age 3 through fifth grade, the com fect ornamental tree for your yard to allow it to grow plimentary week of fun is open to all. in all its glory. The white water rafting adventure includes a themed dinner, music, sci In The Garden is a joint effort by all at the local ence and crafts, recreation and Bible garden center, at 3889 Sanibel Captiva Road, Stories. Pictured are paddle captains Sanibel. For information, contact 239-395-5859 or Emma Hall. Amy &lby, Christine visit wwwfacebook.com/rswalshinthegarden. Szymanczyk and Evette Zurbriggen all geared up for the fun. PHOTOS PROVIDED Shell Find did not get too hopeful because other shellers have Junonia, more found on Sanibel been looking for years and have not found one. She Kristin Merritt, of Chelsea, Alabama, found her also found other “firsts” during her visit, including first junonia on May 4 near the Sundial Beach Resort two alphabet cones, red Florida cone, two yellow & Spa on Sanibel. It was her third trip to the island, horse conchs, shark’s eye, couple of apple murexes, and she had wanted to find one since last summer’s lace murex and small king’s crown. Merritt explained visit. She observed that there was one spot on the that she studied pictures of Sanibel’s shells so she beach where shells were accumulating every night. knew what to look for, and she had to dig a little for Merritt found the junonia sitting on top of the pile. She some of the shells as they were partially exposed. She reported that she was so happy she almost cried and called the junonia the most special find during her could not believe it. Merritt had hoped to find one. but stay. it The Community House 9Qn N> The Community House, at 2173 and delicious. The menu will include: car Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, presents: rot and orange cupcakes. Cost is $35 for BAILEY-MAnHE the first two family members, and each Chef Jarred Cooking Demo additional member is $10. Advance regis Resident Chef Jarred Harris will teach tration required by June 4 at noon. NATIONAT T~ healthy Asian cooking techniques on May 0—* 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. Demonstration to Hands-on Cooking Class include: shrimp and vegetable summer rolls Resident Chef Jarred Harris will teach SHELL « and spicy peanut sauce, simple pho noodle a hands-on cooking class on “Farm to 1 3 soup, and roasted bananas, coconut and Table Dinner” on June 15 from 10 a.m. to ■re- honey custard. For beginners and experi noon. The menu will include: fig goats enced foodies. Cost is $25. Advance regis cheese and caramelized onion tart, tradi Bi tration required by May 17 at noon. tional coq au vin, and lemon and caramel cream puffs. Cost is $40. Advance regis b: Alcohol Inking tration required by June 8 at noon. Anita will teaching Alcohol Inking on May 23 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Practice all Baking Series the different styles, such as sticker, stamp French baker Andre Gratesol will teach O ing, swiping, blowing by straw/aircan or the second session in a four-part progres QC dabbing. Minimum of three participants sive series focused on baking on June 14 needed for the class; maximum of 10. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $50 per Cost is $35. Advance registration required session or $175 for the series. Advance by May 18 at noon. registration required; limit of 16 partici pants. o Community Potiuck b; The Sanibel Community Association Chef Jarred Cooking Demo T) will host its monthly Community Potiuck Resident Chef Jarred Harris will teach on May 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. The speaker how easy it is to prepare delicious meals will be Love Boat Home Made Ice Cream. in minutes with only five ingredients on Those planning to attend should register June 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. The menu will online or email info@sanibelcommunity- include: crispy calamari salad, tuna ginger sr house.net. Attendees are asked to bring a and lime cakes, and orange polenta cake h with citrus and honey syrup. Cost is $25. o dish - appetizer, entree or side dish - 3 that serves six to eight people. Advance registration required by June 15 at noon. Parent, Child Cooking Class Resident Chef Jarred Harris will teach To register, contact info@sanibelcom- a parent and child cooking class on June munityhouse.net or 239-472-2155. CAN'T COME TO THE MUSEUM? 11 from 10 a.m. to noon. Learn simple For more information, visit online at interesting recipes that are healthy, fun sanibelcommunityhouse.net. WE CAN BRING THE BYE G O L D . MOLLUSKSTOYOU! HELLO MONEY. Lily & Co. is paying cash tor gold, silver, platinum, loose diamonds, tlatware. new' and used Rolex watches! Always private and secure, we never re-sell your precious memories. Empty that jewelry box and fill your pocket book today! Call Dan at 239.472.2888 to make an appointment. LI LYfCoi JEWELERS ON-SITE CUSTOM DESIGN & REPAIR CENTER M AY 2018 Golisano r:.0 TARPOr; BA, ROAD MUSEUM A'-PO- . FROi.i BAIl E'. S Children’s Hospital S.ANiBEL, r L of Southwest Honda 239-472-2888 SPONSOR »N ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ at Theatre Conspiracy was must-see performance “A Raisin in the Sun,” penned by how the Younger family will spend a try of origin. Here is an American document that res Lorraine Hansberry, took the title for her $10,000 insurance payment they have onates with time, place and relevance. Perhaps the great award-winning play from a poem by received after its patriarch’s death and est tragedy of the potent play and its message is not how about whether the family will move into a much the world has changed, but how much it has X Langston Hughes’ titled “Harlem.” The original Broadway production opened in now affordable new home in a hostile, pure remained the same for so many poor blacks. o IN March 1959 iind starred Claudia McNeil white neighborhood. But Hansberry’s real “A Raisin in the Sun” was one of those must-see per as Lena “Mama” Younger, Ruby Dee as drama is the battle for the soul and identity formances with incredible actors that make “live theater” Ruth Younger, Sidney Poitier as Walter of Walter Younger, the family’s son. a thrilling experience. I must credit each and every actor Younger, Diana Sands as Beneatha Walter (Derek Lively) is a chauffeur in his in the production by naming them, as well as their superb Younger, and Louis Gossett as George 30s who wants to get rich by opening a director Sonya McCarter: Murchison. I only mention these iconic liquor store. Without quite resizing it, he ■ Patricia Idlette as Lena “Mama” Younger (Q theater and movie celebrities to assure you oppresses his wife Ruth (Cantella Canady), ■ Derek Lively as Walter Lee Younger ■S that the wonderful local actors who per a domestic helper, and mocks the ambi ■ Rose Thomas as Beneatha Younger c formed this final play of the Theatre Marsha Wagner tions of his younger sister Beneatha (Rose ■ Cantella Canady as Ruth Younger Thomas), a fledgling activist and future ■ Keehnon Jackson as Travis Younger ■S Conspiracy’s season had big shoes to fill. But, fill them they did with one of the Center medical student. “I’ve got a dream,” says ■ Lenec Bernard as Bobo most powerful, well directed performanc Walter early in the play — but his dream is ■ Janes-Robinson as Karl Lindner es (Sonya McCarter) that will live long in Stage not to be confused with Dr. King’s. Walter ■ Sandra Dixon as Mrs. Johnson the memories of any audiences that attend, wants “things,” and as he tells his horrified ■ Peter Lange as George Murchison including me. Mama, who*no longer regards money merely as a “pass ■ Kenneth Jones as Joseph Asagai The stirring drama that has been produced throughout port to freedom” but as the essence of the “good life.” In Only playing until May 13, hopefully you got to the world is set in Chicago during the 1950s. The story this sense Walter is not just the victim of white racism but spend an evening seeing a meaningful play performed by unfolds as three generations of the Younger family envi also a victim of the materialistic American dream which superb actors. And hopefully when you phoned the box sions divergent paths to a better life. At the plot level is can and does victimize all of us regardless of race or coun office, you reminded 'em Marsha sent you. B Boating safety From page 18 0 “Fxlucate yourself on your boat and your tion and life jackets. State law requires one extra food and water, as well as sunscreen, boating advocates to create a safe boating surroundings. If you get in trouble, know life jacket for each person on board. hats and such. culture 365 days per year. Called Boat Live 1 how to convey your location to rescuers,” he Schmidt explained that there is a Life “One of the last important things is don’t 365, it features a range of resources, fiom said, referring to using landmarks or reading Jacket Loaner Program in place with the drink and drive out there,” Pawul said. accident reporting and cold water, to pro latitude and longitude. “We notice that a lot Sanibel fire district Residents and visitors He explained that boat operators are peller strikes. - people can’t convey where they are at.” can borrow the jackets from Station 171, at responsible for themselves and the passen “While National Safe Boating Week is gers on their vessel, along with any other important, it’s purpose is to underscore the -aa Filing a float plan or mini itinerary with 2351 Palm Ridge Road, on a daily or week family or friends before leaving is also key. ly basis. Supplied with a Sea Tow boaters out on the water. importance of s^e boating 365 days,” s “Make sure somebody knows where Foundation grant the sizes range from infant “If you’re driving and operating a boat, Schmidt of the campaign. you’re supposed to be at, so we know where to extra large. you’re putting everybody’s life in jeopardy,” Fot more information, visit the campaign to start looking for you,” Pawul said. “People can come get a life jacket and Pawul said. website at boatlive365.org. There is a minimum equipment list of use it for the extra people they don’t nor While National Safe Boating Week is Additional safety information can be what every vessel should have, which mally have (on board),” Barrett said. only one week, a recently launched national found at www.safeboatingcampaign.com. includes a cell phone or way of communica Boaters are also encouraged to bring campaign aims to empower recreational I t 2 N o t ic e t o a l l S a n ib e l p a r e n t s a n d w o r k e r s >•c« WHO HAVE PRESCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN Your Preschool Children Deserve the Best. Our school offers an excellent Preschool Program. Fort Myers Beach Kiwanis Our Preschool offers: THRIFT SHOP ^ Outstanding Instructors ^ An Excellent Education Program GREAT BARGAINS! ^ Arts and Music Our Thrift Shop makes it ✓ Bilingual (Spanish) Training possible for us to do projects ^ Small Class Sizes which benefit the Our Preschool follows the Lee School District Calendar. Children of our community. Hours are Mon-Fri. 8 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Additional aftercare is available until 5:15 p.m. Thank You for Your Support! Programs are offered for 2, 3 and 4 year olds/VPK. Corner of Pine Ridge & Summerlin Financial scholarships are available for qualified candidates. 11050 Summerlin Square Dr. Sanibel Christian Preschool is located at 2050 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, and is an outreach of Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ. OPEN: Mon-Sat 9am - 5pm Register by May 30. 2018 and be entered into a drawing for a $100 Jerry’s Gift Card. 239-454-8090 Inquire and enroll now. © Q O ffl Call 472-0497 or visit www.sanibelucc.org/preschool DCFLICWfsa C02LE011S www.fortmyersbeachkiwanis.org -e CtQ ft Scmi6€l Cajtiva i s ^ m c Q r Report your news to CAPTIVASANIBEL.COM lE r S G O % T- 2. a a BS U 9\ K> O Annual Ride of Silence aims to raise awareness 00 he 10th annual Ride of Silence will be between cyclists and motorists.” held today. May 16, from 7 to 9 p.m. on The eight-mile ride will be done in silence 4 T Sanibel. and at 10 mph to 12 mph. Hosted by the Sanibel Bicycle Club, Billy’s Those interested in participating should be on Q Bike Shop and Matzaluna, participants will start site by 6:4.“i p.m. T3 out at Matzaluna The Italian Kitchen. The route Cyclists will be required to wear a helmet and will proceed from the restaurant to the bike shop, sign a wavier prior to the event. then circle back to include the first two bridges Matzaluna will provide discounted hxxl and of the Sanibel Causeway, before heading back to drinks before and after it. 3 the restaurant. For more information about the Ride for I “The Ride of Silence is a way to memori Silence. email Mike Miller at h alize those people who have been killed or [email protected] or any of the other o injured while biking on public roads,” Mike organizers at [email protected] or B Miller, past president of the Sanibel Bicycle [email protected]. Club, said. “And to remind the community Matzaluna The Italian Kitchen is at 1200 and nation that it’s important to share the road Periwinkle Way, Sajiibel. t/j K S I n 69 MM S’ s a ft "1 LORI ARON SCHULZ HUBERS Top Ttor Condo Living * Bontto BMoh | Tho Bott of Both Worlds BROKER • OWNER ^ AVMwm« 11th>Ploor Vi«m In thli No-Exp«nt»-Sptrtd RtnovuMon j 2-8tory. Cotnar-Unil TPwnboma wAh 3 Lanaia on Canal SALES mRKElG ; PeroMin Tilt. HlQh-End Kltchtn AppItinoM. Nwm A/C Sytl«m. Privata Dock Outaida YOur Door. taKa Ybur Boat to tha Outf fPnKIVM WlHir Hm Iw . Hurfiopn* BhuHtrt. Eltctno Sun ShadM. | or WalK Aoroaa tha Straat to tha Baaoh Direcl:23M95» ; Pnnnium Boat SHp/lllt. Undar Building Pandng and Much Mora En|oy lha Pnvacy of a 2 Floor Plan. Tannia, Swimming Pool REALTOR" Loii$SanCapGaleway.coin Direct 2 » 9 1 LHuberstSanCapGalewaycorfi BIko to th« Botch Stnibtl't Coquint Bttch on tht Oulf Ouiat 3Bh/3BA aingla laval apiA plan In Spaotacular ZBRfSBA Comar Unit Stapa to Baach. 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FACE 2 FACE BRYAN HULING Points Drive, 6 to 10 p.m. 6 to 10 p.m. WORKMAN 6 to 10 p.m. 6 to 10 p.m. 6 to 10 p.m. 6 to 10 p.m. 6 to 10 p.m. Ie Fort Myers CQ C/3 Sundial “MARGARITA Beach Resort MONDAYS” 1451 Middle Gulf LIVE ISLAND STYLE Drive, Sanibel ENTERTAINMENT 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. DANNY Traders CHRIS DANNY MORGAN AND 1551 Periwinkle WORKMAN MORGAN AND FRIENDS Way, Sanibel 7 to 10 p.m. FRIENDS 7 to 10 p.m. 7 to 10 p.m. Traditions on the Beach DUSK DUO BARBARA DEXTER WOODY & MARVILLA DUSK DUO WOODY BRUBAKER 3111 West Gulf 6 p.m. - DUO 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Drive, Sanibel 6 p.m. ISUNDOAIENDAR t o d d V n i d V 1 6 artistic interest or talent, but who also The Community House, at 2173 $20 and $18 for members; limited props Art k th Hi ARl EH financial need. All sales go directly Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. Use of asana provided for free. For more information, A rt Dy th e dlSABLEa (o the aspiring young artists. For more (postures), pranayama (breathing tech call 239-472-2155 or visit sanibelcom- Art by the disABLEd is on display in information, call 239-395-0900 or visit niques), mudra, philosophy, meditation munityhouse.net. the Phillips Gallery at BIG ARTS, at 900 bigarts org and guided relaxation techniques. Candidates forum Dunlop R_^ad Sanibel The exhibition gailey Homestead tour Instructor is Dr. Susan Pataky. Cost is The Democratic Club of the Islands features about 50 paintings by partici- a h - . f .u n i $20 and $ 18 for members; limited props will host a candidates forum on May 17 at pants in Lee Health’s Arts in HeaW are ^ rv « 5n r o provided for free. For more information, program, which is designed for individu- 7 p.m. at The Community House, at L with disabilities o f physical limita- " blends SCCF s mis mn^dnven work call 239-472-2155 or visit sanibelcom- 2173 Periwuikle Way, Sanibel. It will munityhouse.net. tions. Proceeds from s^es benefit the «n the histone property, he histo^ of he feature Charles Dailey, Karen Putnam- lulists,..rtictc as well as _the_____ program._ For ___more_ „ Itself ^ ., and some • stonescc r about the Chi Yoga Watson, Betsy Vaughn and Mary Fisher, noon t Bailey family. Cost IS $5 for non-mem- Chi Yoga from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 intormation, call 239-395-0900 or visit . ,u , who is seeking re-election to the District hioarts nro Conservation Gateway p.m. at The Community House, at 2173 1 seat - a couple of the candidates run Kiosk at the head of the Shipley Trail, at Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. Utilize a free ning for the Lee County School Board. It Open Doors 3333 Sanibel Captiva Road, Sanibel. For form meditative approach. Class may is free and open to the public. For more Open Doors is on display m the information, call 239-472-2329. include active as well as restorative information, e-mail Founders Gallery at BIG ARTS, at 900 J a m * H "f asanas, as well as other modalities. [email protected] Dunlop Road, Sanibel. The exhibition l i l U r S U a y , 1 1 1 9 / 1 # Students who have physical limitations or Ttirtle Tracks features work through an art program AII-LevelS Yopa other special challenges can benefit. designed for children who demonstrate All-Levels Yoga from 10 to 11 a.m. at Learn about the life cycles and habits Instructor is Dr. Susan Pataky. 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X C L p t X V U o CQ VN 0^ CCP sets summer schedule for updating Code 1 Panel to touch base with county on funding, iguanas o By TIFFANY REPECKI : ',iS?bri ■ ■ «n 'Rie Captiva Community Panel approved its summer plan and an additional consultant fee for the Captiva Code at its recent meeting, as well as agreed to reach out to Lee County on two issues. On May 8, the panel voted unanimously to pay local planner Max Forgey <»n extra .$3,000 to provide options for addressing the high-priority concerns identified as part of the E Code update. President David Mint/ explained that the alter 0 natives will be based on how other conununities handled similar issues. 1 .Some of the comparable areas cited included Boca •a Grande, Sanibel imd Fort Myers Beach. “How they have dealt with it and give us options,” Mintz said. TIFFANY REPECKI Over the summer, l(x;al planner David Depew will Captiva Community Panei President David Mintz outiines for the rest of the member the proposed a review the new Captiva Plan, current Code and county ordi summer pian for updating the Captiva Code at the May 8 meeting. s nances on land use and development, then propose any addi is a first cut.” presentation to the panel in November. tional steps that the panel can take to protect the Plan and He added that the cuts will most likely involve preemp Panel Member Mike Kelly suggested sharing the com zoning from any future amendments that increase density tive legislation that the panel cannot change, concerns that pleted report with the public in pieces, like breakout ses iind intensity. ranked lower on the list of priorities for the public and issues sions, rather than all at once. He stressed the need for com Mintz noted that some of the new language in the Plan no one cared about. munity feedback on all parts. may be too general. Once the list of high-priority concerns is established, “Otherwise, it will be a conglomeration of stuff,” Kelly V said. “It has to be workshopped all the way along, so the T3 “We may have an obligation to mtike it a little more Gooderham will better define each one, while Forgey will B review existing local, state and federal regulations and com community’s as involved as we are - we’re a planning A detailed,” he said. “Between now and June, we’re going to flush all this stuff out.” pare similar situations. In addition, Depew will present any group, that’s our situation.” In the meantime, panel administrator Ken Gooderham regulatory options on the issues and identify the best possi Also during the meeting, the panel decided to approach will propose to the piuiel which issues raised during public ble fits. the county about funding for community planning, like it has “So that’s sort of the overview of the plan for the sum received in previous years, and controlling the island’s igua O. workshops and iui online community survey to eliminate R from the updating project. mer,” Mintz said. na population. “Ken will eliminate about 30 percent,” Mintz said. “This A report is expected to be prepared in September, with a See CCP, page 29 1 X CEPD discusses renourishment project, assessment process By TIFFANY REPECKI study, taken in February and March. tr ; . ' t . ; •..“wspo. jr:. rom For the study, official roving surveyors The Captiva Erosion Prevention sought data from island beach-goers. District continued its discussion on the According to CEPD documents, annual island’s future beach renourishment proj beach attendance and spending numbers ect and proposed assessment methodolo assist in obtaining grant funding for beach gy during its recent meeting. nourishment and provide a basis for the On May 9, the board reviewed the recreational benefit calculation for a pro project apportionment and referendum ject’s assessment. timeline. Administrator Damon Grant The board expressed interest in seeing explained that APTIM Coastal Planning drafts of the reports prior to June in order to prepared. TIFFANY REPECKI & Engineering is expected to present a Captiva Erosion Prevention District Chairman Dave Jensen, ieft, and Vice' report outlining the engineering, storm After the meeting, APTIM will coordi nate with Stronge on an updated report for Chair Mike Muiiins, right, discuss one of the agenda items during the May damage analysis and project cost to the 9 meeting. board at its June meeting. July. He noted that a methodology is being Vice Chair Mike Mullins voiced con ment, it’s based on the next eight years, placed along the shoreline from Redfish developed for the assessment process. cern over the recreational use millage not the last eight years,” Mullins said. Pass to Blind Pass, rehabilitation of Prior to the presentation, staff will try rates and how rental properties are Since 1988, island-wide renourish dunes, installation of 318,750 native to set up local meetings with the Boca assessed. He pointed out that any proper ment projects have taken place about dune plants and 80,823 cubic yards Raton-based firm. ties not homesteaded - single-family every eight years. The upcoming one is pumped onto northern Sanibel as part of “We’re going to work on bringing homes or condos, currently rented out or planned for 2021, with a ballot referen an interlocal agreement. some of those meetings here,” Grant said. not - are rentable and should face a dum to go before voters in March. Chairman Dave Jensen suggested cre Also in June, economist Dr. William higher assessment for that. The previous ballot referendums pro ating a future video on the referendum for Stronge will pre.sent to the board the By law, properties with a homestead posed to voters passed. the public. results of the recent Recreational Use of exemption cannot be used as rentals. The most recent project took place in Mullins agreed. Captiva’s Beaches and Economic Impact "When we come up with an assess- 2013 and involved 783,369 cubic yards See CEPD, page 29 ■c St JG CCP From page 28 ■ ‘Where were you on May 8,1945?’ n K* The panel typically receives $50,000 seen the study.” (Previously featured on NPR's “Latitw USA") se in funds from the county for projects and Brown added, however, that he has such. been told it contains the best options for a Playing hooky at the New Amsterdam Mintz noted that it did not receive any central sewer system along with a cost movie theatre on 42nd Street funding for next year. analysis, the means for public regulation and coming out after sitting through 7T “I think it’s important we make a of existing septic systems and more. “Behind the Rising Sun" O request to the county to put it back in the “The per parcel long-term (cost) is and "Commandos Strike At Dawn." budget,” he said. equivalent to each person operating their blinded for about ten seconds by sunlight ft Gooderham suggested that the panel own septic system,” he said he was told then saw that Times Square draw up a proposal outlining the reasons about the central system. “But I have not was filling up quickly with people. why it needs $50,000, adding that the seen any of the data underlining that.” lots of them women and servicemen I panel may also want to include other sim Brown said Lee County staff has and the news.stand guy shouting, B9 ilar entities that rely on the county funds. reportedly reviewed the study. “Hitler Caput, Germans Quit! Joe Pacheco “If it’s just Captiva, it puts a bit of a “I’m hopeful that the next steps will be Read all about it!” — bullseye on our back,” he said. that Lee County will allow TKW to share the cops directing cars the study with members of the away from Times Square Poetic With the iguana situation, the panel ps discussed if the species is a problem, how Wastewater Committee,” he said. and all the people into it, License Sanibel handles its population and where the women grabbing I—i they can be found on Captiva, with Turner In other news every soldier and sailor oe Beach and South Seas noted. ■ Mintz reported on the Captiva Drive and kissing and even French kissing “I think the question now is whether or project that CenturyLink has no equip the living daylights out of them, next stop - Tok-y-o!” not we actually go to the county at this ment in the path, so pricing for moving the men looldng for women reminding us that only half the war point,” Mintz said. the existing equipment has been obtained. to kiss and finding them was over ;uid reminding me He voiced reaching out, as well as con The next step is sitting down with Lee and before 1 knew it, that it had already been over tacting the Captiva Erosion Prevention County and outlining the plan, as well as the women kissing me, for my brother rs District. obtaining easements from the involved one after the other, who was killed in '44; 69 “See if the county will be willing to property owners. 1 had never kissed strange women take responsibility for culling the iguana The Lee County Department of before, grownup or young, pushing my way out of the square, population on Captiva and keep it under Transportation has assigned a project man 1 became excit^ but you really 1 walked the two miles downtown control,” Mintz said. ager. couldn’t do anything because against a tide of wildly cheering girls 3 The panel heard a short presentation on “Everyone seems to think this is doable, it was too crowded iind beer-guzzling teen-age boys so there we go,” he said. with more and more people rushing to the square I the proposed re-platting of two adjacent h plots. ■ Secretary Mike Mullins reported that a shoving into the square, to get drunk for victory, O Austin Turner, with Henderson draft of the panel’s new website is out. holding their fingers high found no one at home, l(x>ked in tlie mimtr, B Franklin Attorneys at Law, explained that “At this point, we’re trying to get it in V for Victory signs — saw my face ;ind mouth covemd one plot has a residential structure released in the best condition that we can,” by the Red Cross War Fund booth with the lipstick prints of the stnmgers encroaching on the adjacent boundary he said. in the middle of the square, with whom 1 had shared line, which is being resolved with the re Mullins anticipates that the site will the loudspeakers began playing a moment of public intimacy, launch over the summer. “There’ll Be A Hot Time wiped them till oft' platting. c/: “Arrange the lot lines so the encroach “Over time, we’ll be adding to it,” he In The Town Of Berlin” with my mother’s cold cream fii ment is entirely in our client’s property” said, citing videos and such. by Frank Sinatra, just in time - my mother came in 3 he said. The panel debated if hurricane informa a girl in a dmm majorette outfit and 1 atuld see she had been crying - Russell Trout, also with the firm, tion should be posted on it. It eventually was lifted on top of a Red Cross truck “Did you he;ir the news'?” she asked me, I and led the crowd around her in cheering: “Yes,” 1 answered, o explained that it is a few inches and a roof decided that the distribution of information 3 overhang. during a disaster may fit better with the fire “two down, one To-jo, “They let us out of school early.” X) “So instead of a straight line - it’s district and moved to suggest that the com a. going to be a little jagged,” he said. mission assign the duties to a district In addition, the most recent donation letter Collaboration Grant initiative. Panel Member Jay Brown gave an employee or hire a public information offi has brought in almost $5,000. ■ The ptinel will aim to hold its summer update on the wastewater alternatives cer. “It’s off to a great start,” he said. meetings as scheduled. study. ■ Vice President Mike Bonis reported ■ The panel is a recipient of a $5,000 For more information on the Plan iind a n “TKW (Consulting Engineers) has that Monday After the Masters raised more grant from the Charitable Foundation of the Code, visit ■1 completed the study,” he said. “I have not than $ 17,000 after expenses were deducted. Islands’ 2018 Capacity Grant and www.captivacommunitypanel.com. CEPD From page 28 ■ “Maybe a comparison of the handwritten notes that changed “1 see nothing but positives in In other news get them to agree to funding previous before and after beach the access to less than 10 years. what they want to do here,” ■ Grant reported that staff is this.” renourishment projects,” he said, John Bralove, CEPD assistant Mullins said of the project. looking to fund a CEPD beach ■ Grant reported that the recommending the addition of to the administrator, volunteered Jensen agreed. vehicle through the TDC. April budget reflects an increase graphics showing the rise in to examine the documents. “I think it’s all good,” he said. “It will have to be a middle- in parking lot revenue — about property values after their com He noted that there are only Grant also provided an update of-the-year request,” he said. $40,418 compared to the budget pletion. 100 to 300 shoreline properties on rope and bollard repairs and Gator Sports has provided a ed $28,833. Staff attributed the Mullins also expressed con that will need review. replacements along the beach, $10,798 estimate for a 2018 change to raising the fee from $4 cern over proper easements not “It’ll be a fairly simple thing which were installed during the Polaris Ranger 570. to $5. being in place for the project. to do,” Bralove said. 2013-14 renourishment project. Grant suggested that a part- “'rhere is a noticeable increase They provide the CEPD with Also at the meeting. Grant Following an inspection and tour time monitoring employee be in our revenues,” he said. the right to access any involved reported that the CEPD was of the area, staff roped off posts brought on to use the vehicle and In addition, the CEPD’s debt properties for the renourishment. reimbursed by the U.S. Army and ropes that required attention, travel the shoreline, identifying service s Uk x I at $700,000 as of “I did a random sample of one Corps of Engineers for a down and they next will gather con any issues that involve the dunes, the April budget. and guess what? It’s got some payment that it had provided to tractor estimates. vegetation, rope and bollards, and “But each year we give an issues,” he said. the agency five or six years ago. He asked the board how quick such. additional $100,000 to pay that “I really think we need to pull “We did receive a little over ly it wanted the project finished. He added that the person off quickly,” Grant said. out every easement and eyeball $29,000,” he said. “If we want until Oct. 1 (the could educate the public and He also noted that the Federal them,” Mullins added. Grant provided the board with next fiscal year), it makes our remove trash or even fish kills Emergency Management Agency Hans Wilson, president of a a Turner Beach Shoreline life a lot easier,” Grant said. found. is offering $1,139 million for marine engineer and environ Stabilization Project update, The board agreed, asking that “It gives us eyes and ears on reimbursement for storm dam mental consultant firm that has reporting that Sanibel has the public be notified closer to the beach on what’s going on,” age. 'I’he as.sessment was passed worked with the CEPD for sev applied for Lee County Tourist the project’s start. Grant said. “1 think that could be off to engineers for a review. eral years, explained that the Development Council funds to A discussion of if and how to packaged up and presented to the “To make sure that we’re CEPD was granted “perpetual” move forward with it. control the island’s iguana popu TCD.” comfortable getting back that,” easements for any of the renour The city is also working on lation also came up at the meet Wilson noted that a mid-year Grant said. ishment projects and none of the securing an engineer for the proj ing. The board debated briefly request may work with the coun “The FEMA money goes toward the next beach renourish related paperwork for the proper ect. before agreeing the Captiva ty- ties should say otherwise. He noted that staff will likely Community Panel has rightfully “This year they have a surplus ment,” he added. He recommended a review for reconunend APTIM. taken the lead. of funds,” he said. “You might O) oc ee 0k 9 0 ISLAND FACES o «Q A win for the islands, Fort Myers Miracle each year to several local organizations and also helps to support scholarships. The idea of Sam Bailey, Islands Night was renamed in honor of him in 2004. ^ PHOTOS BY ANITA FORCE MARSHALL Lee, Kirk, Jonathan, Kristin, Mona, Brian and Lana take advantage of the Sanibel Captive See iSLAND FACES, page 31 Community Bank's taiigate party. Island Faces =5? a tt o\ 00 9 K h o C/5 ■5 LEFT: Giana and Debi get ready to watch the parade — and maybe catch some treats. a ABOVE: Macintosh n Books and Paper making sure every one gets something. ABOVE RIGHT: The Bubble Room and its popular sweets make an appearance, with Britt, Tiffany, Cariie, Garrett, Rachel, Taylor and Camryn. RIGHT: The island Seniors from the Center 4 Life have some pre-game fun with a tailgate party. The Sanibel City Council members have a ball as parade participants. Jim, Sue, Bill, Isabelle and Rich secure great seats before the start of the game. on 00 0 ONGOING EVENTS S m iB d Ct^niva CQ CAUNDAR Report your news to CAPTIVASANIBEL.COM 1 Have an event you want to appear in The Islander’s majestic in its scale and moral vision, elemental yet plain- calendar section? E-mail it to the editor, marked as spoken, tragic but ultimately stirring in its human dignity.” s “Calendar Item” to [email protected]. — Goodreads o Island Worship Center 4 Life Center 4 Life Fitness Class Schedule ■ Bat Yam Temple of the Islands The Center 4 Ufe is located at 2401 Library Way. Fitness Classes Island Seniors, Inc. members pay $4 Rabbi Stephen Fuchs per class or visitors $7 per class. Island Seniors, Inc. Bat Yam-Temple of the Islands meets for Friday The center will be closed on May 28 in observance of Reform Shabbat services at 7:00 pm (May thru Memorial Day. Normal operating hours will resume on annual membership is $20. Sanibel Recreation Center October) or 7:30 p.m. (November through April) at the May 29. members must show their membership card to attend. Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ, 2050 Island Seniors is currently accepting donations for the Fitness class schedule is as follows: Periwinkle Way. Visit batyam.org annual Trash & Treasures Sale. Donations of clean gen ■ Happy Hour Fitness - Monday, Wednesday & ■ Historic Captiva Chapel by the Sea Friday at 8 a.m. The Rev. Dr. John N. Cedarleaf tly u.sed items are sought; books, clothing, shoes, com Services every Sunday 11 a.m. 0E puters and TVs are not being accepted. A tax deductible Keep your brain fit and your heart, lungs and muscles Nov. 12, 2017 through April 29, 2018 receipt will be provided. Donations can be dropped off at strong with a combination of aerobics and muscle con 11580 Chapin Lane, Captiva (239) 472-1646 the center from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. ditioning exercises and balance. Hand weights, stretch www.captivachapel.com cords, and your body weight will be used to keep you ■ First Church-Christ Scientist 1c For more information c^l 239-472-5743. Meet your friends and make some new. Browse strong. We will begin with a joke and end with a posi 2950 West Gulf Drive, Sanibel, 472-8684 Sundays, 10:30 a.m. and Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. through the activities listed below and then stop by and tive thought for the day. Athletic footwear is required. Reading Room: Fridays at 10 a.m. to noon and dur V3 see us! Instructor Connie DiCicco. ing season (Jan. to March) on Mondays, Wednesdays, a (>ames: Cost for all Games: $2.50 for members and ■ Essential Total Fitness and Fridays 10 a.m. to noon. Located in rear of church S $5 for non-members. Prizes are awarded. Essential Total Fitness building. ■ Bridge- Monday and Wednesday - Registration Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:30 a.m. Cardio, ■ Sanibel Community Church 1740 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, 472-2684/sani- begins at 12 p.m. Game begins at 12:30 p.m. muscle strengthening and flexibility training with hand belchurch.com ■ Mahjongg - Monday and Thursday at 12:30 p.m. weights, stretch cords, chairs and stability balls. Athletic Sunday Worship Hours: Traditional Service with ■ Rummikub - Tuesday at 1 p.m. footwear is required. Mahnaz Bassiri is the instructor. Communion, 8 a.m.; Contemporary Service with kid’s ■ Hand & Foot - Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ■ Power Hour Fitness - Tuesday & Thursday at 8 church, 9 a.m.; Fellowship in courtyard, 10:15 a.m.; La Adult and Youth Sunday School classes, 10:45 a.m.; ■V ■ Cana.sta - Thursday at 12:30 p.m. a.m. Hand weights, stretch cords and stability balls, a ■ Hearts - Friday at 12:30 p.m. along with mats, are used to strengthen your muscles. Traditional Service with choir, 11 a.m. Childcare S9 available at all services. Improve core strength and balance. Athletic footwear is ■ Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ Events: required. Mahnaz Bassiri is the instructor. a 2050 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, 239-472-0497, > ■ May 18 - GelliPrinting with Bea Pappas ■ Gentle Yoga - Tue.sday & Thursday at 9:30 a.m. sanibelucc.org '■¥* Stretch, tone and strengthen while improving flexibility, Rev. Dr. John H. Danner, senior pastor; Rev. a $20 members/$25 non-members proper alignment and circulation. Mats are used to meet Deborah Kunkel, associate pastor n Do mono tyf>e or make pajiers for collage use. Beginners Sundays at 7:45 a.m. chapel service and at 10 a.m. U welcome. Bring paper towels, acrylic paints, water contain the needs of varying experience levels. Bring a towel. worship service, with Sunday school and nursery care er and 1-inch brush; instructor will provide all the other Kim Kouril is the instructor. available at 10 a.m. Programs and services are free and i supplies needed for the class. ■ Chair Yoga - Tuesday’s and Thursday’s at 11 a.m. open to the public. For more information, call 239- ■ May 22 - Sunset social on the Causeway at 6:30 p.m. Similar to gentle yoga, but all poses are done in a chair. 472-0497 or visit sanibelucc.org. C/5 (weather permitting) Kim Kouril is the instructor. ■ St. Isabel Catholic Church 3559 Sanibel-Captiva Road Enjoy an evening relaxing and watching the sunset with For more details regarding our programs or on 472-2763 friends. Food served at 7 p.m.; bring a side dish to share and becoming a member of Island Seniors, Inc. contact the Communion Service: Monday and Tuesday at 8:30 a beach chair. Those interested in participating are asked to Center 4 Life at 472-5743 or stop by 2401 Library a.m. contact Island Seniors for directions to the viewing area. Way, Sanibel. Daily Mass: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at ■ May 25 - CielliPrinting with Bea Pappas 8:30 a.m. $20 members/$25 non-members Saturday Vigil at 5 p.m. Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum Sund^ Masses: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. May Do mono type or make papers for collage use. Beginners The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum offers through October only at 9:30 a.m. welcome. Bring paper towels, acrylic paints, water contain educational programming for all ages. Holy Days: call for schedule er and 1-inch brush; instructor will provide all the other Learn about the mollusks that make the shells found ■ St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church supplies needed for the class. 2304 Periwinkle Way on the beach during Tank Talks held at 11 a.m., 12:30 ■ June 12 - Kayaking at 8:30 a.m. (weather permitting) Rev. Dr. Ellen Sloan, rector p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. daily. Make souvenir treas $5 members/$20 non-members Saturday Eucharist at 5 p.m. ures during Shell Crafts held from noon to 3 p.m. daily, Sunday Eucharist at 9:30 a.m. There is space for 16 people on eight two-person kayaks Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. (until May 20) and limited space for those who own their own kayaks. with Shell Jewelry on Wednesdays from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Included in museum admission and no reservations are Tuesday Morning Prayer at 9 a.m. Island Seniors Inc. will provide kayaks, paddles and life Wednesday Healing Eucharist at 9 a.m. jackets. Bring water, a small snack, sun lotion, bug spray, required. Prayer and Potluck at 6 p.m. on first Wednesdays of sunglasses, towel, hat and change of clothing. Advance reg The museum also offers daily beach walks from 9 to the month istration is required. 10 a.m., departing from the lobby of the Island Inn, at For more information, call 239-472-2173 or visit ■ June 13 - Movie and book discussion on “The Grapes 3111 W. Gulf Drive, Sanibel. They are led by knowl www.saintmichaels-sanibel.org. edgeable shell experts and space is limited, so reserva ■ Unitarian Universalists of the Islands of Wrath,’’ by John Steinbeck 2050 Periwinkle Way, 433-4901 Page Turners with Louise Fitzgerald and Ann Hartman tions are required. Cost is $ 15 for adults, $9 for ages 12- Service on secemd Sunday of each month at 5 pjn. at the (email [email protected] or contact the Center 4 Life to 17 and $7 for ages 5 to 11; children under 5 are free, but Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ. be added to the list) still must be registered. To register, visit (Dawn Schumann/dawn.schumann@gmail The movie, “The Grapes of Wrath,” will be shown at ShellMuseum.org or call 239-395-2233. .com) 12:30 p.m., followed by a discussion of the book at 2:30 The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum is at p.m. Participants are invited to bring their lunch. 3075 Sanibel Captiva Road, Sanibel. “First published in 1939, Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize Have an event you want to winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust The Botanical Gardens Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one at Sanibel Moorings appear in The Islander’s Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, driven from their home The Botanical Gardens at Sanibel Moorings offers 90- calendar section? stead and forced to travel west to the promised land of minute walking tours to the public on Wednesdays at 9 California. 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A final inspection for the vehicle is expected in August. ft Scott noted that the truck could be in ft service by September. An update was also provided on the El ladder truck that the new one will replace. Scott explained that he found compa I nies to list the sale with, with one that provided the service on consignment. to He provided them with the information PHOTOS PROVlDIiD < on the truck and it was listed for The Sanibel Fire and Rescue k $75,000. District’s new ladder truck Is cur 6» “That’s what they thought we could rently on the line getting equip get out of it,” he said. ment, apparatus and accessories pv Since the listing went up, Scott has added on. District officials expect It will be In service In September. been contacted by a few agencies. “1 have two departments who are 00 interested,” he said. One agency in Montreal will not have an answer until May 17. Scott explained that the second department is offering a cash payment upfront of $61,5000 — not the listed asking The commissioners voiced support from the federal government for use in i price. for getting the highest payment possi rural and wildland fire protection pro ftN “So right now, we’re in a holding ble. grams. Most of the items are from mili fts pattern,” he said. 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THEY ARE ALL WINNERS OF The :all Mark at 239.4 Z2 . 1587 [for^pdVertisIng iplormation •V K New ladder truck From page 35 TQ to make a request. viding mutual aid for wildland fires. sued Waterside Inn over the refusal for During public comment, one man Scott said the district is converting Also at the meeting, Sanibel Fire access, but it ended up losing the law asked which seats were coming up for the military vehicle into a high water Marshal Rick Tassoni pointed out a fire suit. He said Waterside Inn is now suing election. brush truck. access issue. Breakers West for $100,000 over the The commissioners serve four-year “The truck has been painted,” he He reported that there is no access suit. terms, with Seat 1 and 2 on the same I said, explaining that the front end is road to the Breakers West Tassoni said Breakers West must cycle and Seat 3 following two years T- being attached at the Bayshore Fire Condominium. It had been using the modify or add an access road to be in later. Seats 1 and 2 are expected to be 0“n Protection and Rescue Service District Waterside Inn on the Beach’s access compliance. on the list for the upcoming November in Fort Myers. road, until the Waterside Inn no longer “The city has to approve all that,” he election. The truck is expected to be in service allowed it access. said. Commissioner Mike Lawrence holds a1 in June. “We can’t access it correctly,” The Sanibel Public Library may not Seat 1 and Commissioner Bruce 5 a . Scott explained that the conditions of Tassoni said of Breakers West. fully reopen in the fall as expected. Cochrane holds Scat 2. Si the program include turning over the He noted that the law requires fire “It’s going to be postponed,” Tassoni Seat 3, held by Commissioner Jerry vehicle if the federal government needs access. said of it. “There’s major issues they’re Muench, will be up for election in it — which never happens — and pro According to Tassoni, Breakers West running into.” 2 0 2 0 . 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'i-nepii r ; Office: 239-472-2601 Cell: 239-410-6932 520 Tarpon Bay Road [email protected] CGC 059097 (Across from Bailey's) (239) 472-2888 Sanibel, FL 33957 lilyjewelers.com Report your news to THE ISLAND REPORTER: captivasanibel.com Zoning request From page 1 oc cs An application dated December 2016 seeks to rezone the 0. acreage from agricultural zoning to a residential planned development, “Eden Oak,” using about 45 acres to accom 00 modate 55 new single-family homes and a canal to the o Caloosahatchee. fhigtKttiQ repUMt lof The LLC is registered to Romas Kartavicius of Um M I ac Iran Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Neither the property owner 119 nor his attorney, Wayne Arnold of Grady Minor and (8 Associates, could be reached for comment. A Lee County Department of Community Development Prai»n9i> il9 fti a Zoning Section staff report recommends denial. “Staff recommends DENIAL of the applicant’s request. I The request, as proposed, is inconsistent with the Goals, B Objectives, and Policies related to the protection and enhancement of wetlands, the protection of wildlife habitat, I the protection of life and property, the limitation of public expenditures within Coastal High Hazard Areas, and devel opment within a>astal planning areas established by the Lee aN W. DtXTfD nm>m l AltOCMrXI, MC. Plan. The request, if approved, will adversely affect envi Flgur* 1. Location Map CtSMUlMb I ronmentally critical and environmentally sensitive areas and natural resources, and presents compatibility-related con The Eden Oak property boundary Is shown In the cerns to adjacent uses as a result of the.se adverse environ shaded portions: approximately 307 acres to be rezoned. The red area shows the proposed proj mental impacts,” staff said in its 135-page report in advance ect boundary for building 55 homes — 51 on the of the May 18 hearing. west side of Shell Point Boulevard and four Of the 45 acres, there are 13 acres of mangrove swamps along the road on the east side. This map was a and 5.8 acres of spoil area. part of the application package. A summary of the acreage lists 2.47 acres of mangroves, JESSICA SALMOND 8.58 acres of wetland hardwtxxl, and .9 acres of saltwater scale of what it originally hoped to develop to what is cur Shell Point Boulevard Is lined with the Lee marshes as “invaded by exotics.” rently on the table. County “Zoning” signs that let the public know An environmental impact statement prepared for the The Eden Oak subdivision now will impact approxi the property Is being considered for a rezonIng applicant by W. Dexter Bender & Associates, Inc., of Fort mately 37 acres of wetlands. The applicant has purchased request. The signs caught the eye of San Carlos Myers concluded that the 45 acres for development have mitigation credits in the Little Pine Island Mitigation Bank Island resident Roger Ruddick, who opposes the already been disturbed by past clearing for Shell Point to compensate for the destruction of mangrove habitats. It is destruction of mangroves. Boulevard, ditching and diking and that the wetland func a system set up by the county that allows developers to build, have something to say about the project must appear at the tions are “substantially degraded from their historical base and if they cannot mitigate their mangrove impacts on site, Hearing Examiner meeting first and speak on record in order line function.” they can pay for another area’s mangrove protection. to be allowed to speak about the project at the application’s But this area has a history - and Wessel disagrees with “That’s 56 more yards, 56 more lawns of fertilizer county commissioner hearing. the assessment of the wetlands. runoff, 56 more concrete blocks, they can’t address that,” If that procedure is not followed, members of the public I'he SCCF sent a letter to the county dated April 13 Wessel said. cannot s p ^ on pubUc record and have their voices heard expressing concern for the proposed development. According to the application, the remaining 261 acres of one way or the other about Eden Oaks. Wessel, who signed the letter, pointed out that the devel the property will remain in preserve land — although, the Local residents are making sure they will be heard, and oper counts piles of soil left over from mosquito trenches rezoning applies to the entire property. are letting their neighbors know the process, too. dug into the mangroves as “uplands.” It was a technique “Development on this property has been proposed and Mary Tracy Sigman is a resident of Palm Acres, the used in the 1950s to try to control mosquito populations, but appropriately rejected repeatedly over the pa.st 40 years due neighborhood just to the north of the proposal. There are was found to be ineffective and is no longer used. to the critied location, services and functions of these wet about 120 homes there, she said. “This land involved is all mangrove wetlands,” she said. lands,” the letter states. “Environmentally, it’s not sound,” she said. “You’re fill It is not the first time a developer has .sought to build in The property provides public protection from storm ing it in and adding a new road, adding new traffic.” V this section of l-ee County. Forty years ago, Wessel said surges, flooing and provides critic^ habitat used by many Sigman’s two main points of opposition are the detri Qtf another developer attem pt^ to build a development called native .species, Wessel says in her letter. mental effects to the mangroves and also the threat to human The Estuary, a large, Cape-Coral canal concept subdivision. Wessel said the use of the mitigation bank, which is in an lives in case of an evacuation. The county denied the application, and the developer entirely different area of the county, will not mitigate the “The chances of another evacuation, it will happen. appealed, culminating in a 1981 Florida Supreme Court impact of adding another 55 homes to Sanibel’s only evac That’s 100-plus more people, more cars,” she said. case, Graham v. Estuary Properties, Inc., which established uation route. Eden Oak first applied for the water management permit protection of mangroves. With Hurricane Irma fresh in people’s minds, Wessel jast a year or two after Sigman moved to the community, “Development interest in this parcel has a history of 40 hopes that concept is thoroughly thought-out. The and she has been following it ever since. She is grateful the years,” Wes.scl .said. McGregor-Summerlin route is the ordy way for the 9,000 proposal is scaled down from the original, but is still against And she has been honed in on the next attempt since island residents, and other residents of Shell Point it She and other neighbors scheduled a community meeting 2011. Boulevard, to leave during a storm. on May 7. While Fxlen Oak is Just now getting closer to a rezoning “This is such a bad idea,” she said. “You bought it as agri Sigman has never gotten involved with community hearing, it made an attempt to get a development through by cultural zoned critical wetlands. What gave you the idea you activism concerning development before, but she is keeping starting with a permit to the South Rorida Water were entitled for a rezoning?” her focus on Eden Oak. She worries, too, about adding new Management District. The plan at that time was much larg Her letter said more than half of Lee County’s wetlands homes with the threat of a changing climate and sea level er, Wes.sel said, with more homes and also a large marina. It have been eliminated for development, increa.sing the storm rise in the not-so-distant future, as well as the lasting impacts did not make it through. The developer also submitted a surge hazard. destroying the mangroves could have. comprehensive plan amendment to Lre County, but with “This development proposes to permanently eliminate “The Caloosahatchee has problems, this would not help,” drew it and opted for the rezoning, instead, shrinking the 36 acres of wetlands/suiface waters and dredge 3 to 4 foot she said. “So many developments in Lee County have b ^ n canals in an area that cuirently serves as approved already. I’m fearful they won’t be too concerned the front line in protection of private and about this one.” public property absorbing the detrimental Roger Ruddick, a San Carlos Island resident, was driving Public participation effects of flooding and storm surge,” to a garage sale on Shell Point Boulevard when he saw the Wessel’s letter states. rezoning signs. The boulevard was lined with them, so he Lee County code restricts public participation to a very specific The applicant also claims the wetlands figured it must be something big, he said. When he got process for a rezoning case. Zoning cases are quasi-judicial. are no longer viable because of previous home, he looked it up — and immediately started contact Code says that county commissioners are not allowed to speak, disturbances and clearings — but Wessel ing people to let them know what was going on. email or communicate with the public or the applicant about a rezon points out those disturbances were illegal Recently, he saw a picture from the very birth of Shell ing case, except in the public hearing. and unpermitted in 1984, and the land was Point Boulevard, when it was just two men who wanted to Rezoning cases go before the Hearing Examiner and then the coun partially restored later by the U.S. Army build a church and care for the elderly, building a new road ty. If someone wants the chance to express their opinion about a case Corps of Engineers. to their retirement community. Now when he drives on that to the county commissioners, they must attend the HEX meeting to Since the applicant has asked for a road, he sees a golf course, homes, town houses, and high have their name on the public record in order to speak before the coun rezoning, there is a very strict quasi-judi rises. ty commissioners at the catse’s board meeting. cial procedure the county has to follow. Ruddick was among the effort to estabUsh Lee County’s Letters of opinion can, however, be submitted to county staff to be County commissioners are not allowed to Conservation 20/20 funding, and the purchase of Bundle sent to the Hearing Examiner for her consideration. Submitting a let speak to residents or to the appheant about Beach Preserve. So, he keeps a close eye on local develop ter in lieu of attending the HEX meeting does not allow you to speak ctetails of the rezoning case. Letters of ment - and he is not in favor of paving over preserve land. before the commissioners. oppasition or support do not count toward “They’re destroying mangroves, that’s lifeblood,” he the public recort — instead, those who said. "V B |30 (T Ul SO ft PBESEBWINe PABABISE TT 0 CROW releases young bald eagle following treatment for anemia 1 The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife released a fledgling bald eagle in the area of its nest in Fort Myers on the morning of May 11. •< The eagle was rescued by CROW volunteers in the same area on April 27 after it was observed on the ground for over 9C 24 hours without being provid ed food by the adults. When admitted to CROW, the eagle was thin and a blood sample showed it was mildly anemic. Veterinarians provid i ed the eagle with iron and B12 N for the anemia and plenty of 3 food. After a week, the eagle’s . ^ blood was re-checked and showed the anemia had resolved. Once it began making flights to the top perches in the large flight enclosure, it was deemed ready to be released. PHOTOS PROVIDED For more on the treatment, ABOVE: The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife released a fledgling \isit www.crowclinic.org/patient bald eagle in the area of its nest in Fort Myers on the morning of May 11. -detail/juvenile-bald-eagle-18- RIGHT: Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife volunteer Ed Hawk and stu dent Tori Field released a juvenile bald eagle on May 11. 1408. ‘Ding’ Darling leads island in Just Water movement 5T There is a new drink in town, cent to 74 percent reduction in and it is helping to save the earth greenhouse gas emission as com 73 and its creatures. pared to PET plastic bottles. The Seven years ago, J.N. “Ding” sturdy container stands up to Darling National Wildlife Refuge repeated use, and its wide mouth 1 led the island movement to “kick makes it easy to clean. the bottle.” In 2011, “Ding” “Already we’ve received calls Darling Wildlife Society-Friends from various island businesses of the Refuge made the economi and organizations interested in cally unsound decision to stop carrying Just Water,” Miller said. selling bottled water in its “Ding” Among those making the change Darling Nature Store. have been The Sanctuary Health The decision cost the store & Wellness Center, CROW, thousands in annual revenues. Captiva Cruises, Cast About Instead, the store began selling Charters and Adventures in reusable Kick the Bottle contain Paradise. ers at cost. The refuge installed a m For the “Ding” Darling store, filtered water refill station for fill which sells chilled Just Water for ing the containers, and Tarpon $2 a bottle, the reward also comes Bay Explorers, the refuge’s recre in sales proceeds to benefit refuge Tagged, ation concessionaire, followed m research and education programs. released for suit. In sales, the Just Water has proven 2.5 “It wasn’t a perfect solution, but it was times more popular than the previous research the best one available at the time,” DDWS green Kick the Bottles. In collaboration with the con Executive Director Birgie Miller said. “Again, it’s not a perfect product, but servation efforts of the National “The reusable bottles were still made of again, we are at the cutting edge of respon Oceanic and Atmospheric plastic, which uses unsustainable and sible merchandising,” Miller said. “Plastic Administration’s Apex Pr^ators earth-unfriendly petroleum to produce. is taking over our world with toxic effect Program, Elliot Sudal caught a Plus, they were flimsy and difficult to on wildlife and humans alike. We are 12-foot male hammerhead shark clean.” always looking for ways to improve our on Sanibel near Blind Pass on Earlier this year. Miller and her staff carbon footprint and are proud to lead by May 6. He was joined by CJ discovered Just Water, a start-up business example.” Floyd, Morgan Matson, Kathy by an eco-conscious group that includes Thanks to DDWS’ efforts, the refuge Fjeldstad, Liz Lombardo and actor Will Smith. Its container consists of eliminated plastic shopping bags in the Merrill Taylor. Sudal also caught 82 percent renewable resources — prima store and transitioned to compostable a female hammerhead shark at rily paperboard sourced from forests where plates, cuf>s, and flatware for event use. Blind Pass on May 5. Both new trees replace those harvested. Plastic straws have also been eliminated. sharks were quickly tagged with research data, then released safely. Suday has The cap and shoulder components are The J.N. “Ding” Darling National worked with the NOAA for years. The 12-foot hammerhead was named after derived from sugarcane, a renewable Wildlife Refuge is at 1 Wildlife Drive, Sudal’s Instagram account “AckSharks.” PHOTOS PROVIDED resource. The materials represent a 47 per- Sanibel. 4^ 0£ cd islan d 00 0 ISIAND UWNG Report your news to CAPTIVASANIBELCOM so «* Safe at Sea Tarpon Bay Explorers hosts Dr. Jerry ea 1 Jackson for WGCU Fundraiser a Next is the On May 5, Tarpon Bay Explorers hosted renowned ornithologist Dr. Jerry Jackson and 19 other wildlife I enthusiasts for a combined birding trip fundraiser through IM 0 Tarpon Bay. ‘boating bag’ Tarpon; Bay Explorers provided kayaks in order for Jackson to lead visitors through Commodore Creek with {Editor’s Note: This is part II in a three-part series. in the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Part I ran in the May 9, 20IH, issue o f the island 1 Sanibel. Fundraisers like this help support WGCU pro Reporter and can be found online at www.capti- grams, such as Dr. Jackson’s “With the Wild Things.” va.sanlhel.com under “Opinion" then “Local The fundraiser raised over $ 1,700. Columns. ” Educating the public is of importance to Tarpon Bay Explorers, the refuge’s official concession. The tour not By PAT SCHMIDT only included information about birds, but the ecosystem I.ast week’s col AMERICA'S PHOTO PROVIDED in which they inhabit; Mangrove Estuary. Tarpon Bay Dr. Jerry Jackson, his wife Bette and their feiiow umn discussed the B^IATING Explorers’ naturalists and Jackson stress the importance paddlers. most important of mangrove forests and the benefits they provide for “We were happy to provide Dr. Jackson and WGCU “bag” on your ves CLUB humans and wildlife alike for Florida’s coastal communi with the needs for their fundraiser,” Wendy Schnapp, sel; the first aid kit. B ties. Tarpon Bay Explorers’ general manager and part owner, 0 This week’s dis U “Mangroves are one of the most important protectants said. “Education is part of Tarpon Bay Explorers’ and the cussion is about the For B o aters, B y B o a te rs" ' we have,” he said. Refuge’s mission. Who better to raise funds for WGCU “boating bag,” whose contents are based — to an 1 Jackson has been birding since he was a kid throwing and go birding at the .same time, than Dr. Jackson.” extent - on personal preference. That said, there •a newspapers at dawn. Visitors can learn even more about mangrove estuar are essential items that every boater should have on “‘Ding’ and I have similar backgrounds,” he said. “He ies, their significance and the wildlife that inhabits them board. > was a syndicated cartoonist and I was a paper boy.” on any guided tour Tarpon Bay Explorers offers. Tours ■a The following is a list of items a “well-provi a Beyond his occupation as a former paperboy, Jackson range from kayaks, pontoons, paddleboards, trams and sioned” boating bag contains: has been a professor for 50 years; 30 years at Mississippi more. S ■ Inflatable life jacket with a whistle and spare State University and another 20 at Florida Gulf Coast For more information, visit www.tarponbayexplor- air cylinder University. ers.com or call 239-472-8900. ■ Kill Switch with a lanyard ■ Handheld VHP Radio with spare batteries ■ Binoculars (for spotting buoy numbers, F.I.S.H. receives new van with help of grant, private donor shapes and outlines) F.I.S.H. of Sanibel-Captiva 4> ■ Handheld GPS acquired a new cargo van thanks to a t: ■ Cell phone grant from the Charitable Foundation S, ■ Charts of areas you plan to boat of the Islands and The Sanctuary Golf V ■ Boat registration Club, along with a donation from an 0^ ■ Spare keys for the boat and your house anonymous donor. TJ e ■ Sunscreen, hats and sunglasses The grant and donor funds covered cd ■ Rain gear (good for reducing the chill from the cost of the van, tags and transpon spray) der. ■ Plenty of water The van’s signage will be donated PHOTO PROVIDED ■ Energy bars by a private donor. F.I.S.H. of Sanibel-Captiva recently acquired a new cargo van. At this point, the following contents become a According to President Maggi “The procurement of food from In addition, Jamie Layne and “Big” matter of preference. If you are a fisherman, you Feiner, the new van will be used to pick local sources is a critical part of feeding Mike Marlow, both of Fort Myers will most likely want your “bag” to include: up products from the Harry Chapin our neighbors as we have a hard time Victory Layne Chevrolet, threw in ■ Fishing license(s) Food Bank and Midwest Food Bank keeping pace with the always increas some extras such as a wire partition and ■ Fishing regulations (updated as they change and donated food from sources around ing number of chents coming through wired windows. yearly) the island and will be used for weekly our doors,” Feiner added. “This long- “They were wonderful to work ■ Copy of “Fishing Lines,” by the Florida Fish shopping trips. awaited addition will help us keep our with,” she said. “There is really no and Wildlife Conservation Commission “It will cut back on multiple trips by pantry stocked. And, when not in use way to truly thank everyone that ■ Non-slip gloves to grip volunteers or renting of a larger tmek, for the Food Pantry Program, we will made this dream become a reality. ■ Regulations for fish measurement which is more costly,” she said. “Until use the van for our Equipment Loan We are extremely grateful and ■ Fish identification card the recent van purchase, all pick-ups Program, our Holiday Food Program thrilled to have this addition to our Then, the list of items in the boating bag reflects and drop offs were com plete using and more. It will prove to be an incred agency.” the interests and needs of your passengers. volunteers’ personal (and smaller) ibly valuable resource for everything For more information, visit fishof- Certainly, if children are along, a good “bag” will vehicles.” we do.” sancap.org or contact 239-472-4775. include plenty of snacks and even a few games or toys. If you are a day cruiser and your boat has sever Center registering youth for Fun Days, Half Day Fun Days al passengers, you might consider a spare set of The Sanibel Recreation Center a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Half Day Fun are as follows; binoculars as the surrounding waters are filled with is now taking registrations for its Days run from noon to 5:30 p.m. ■ May 25: Register by May 18 unique birds and sea life. Fun Days on May 31 and June 1, The Half Day Fun Day option is ■ May 29: Register by May 22 Of course, a well-stocked galley makes every along with its Half Day Fun Days available to families seeking child ■ May 30: Register by May 23 trip even more enjoyable! on May 25, May 29 and May 30. care on school half days; however, ■ May 31: Register by May 24 For more information, contact 239-985-9472 or They will offer a variety of ath they are included at no charge for ■ June 1: Register by May 25 [email protected]. letic games, craft projects and spe children who are currently enrolled The Sanibel Recreation Center Pat Schmidt is a member of America’s Boating cial entertainment. in the After School Program. offers daily, weekly, semi-annual Club of Sanibel-Captiva. Enrollment is available for The cost is $30 for members and annual memberships. kindergarteners through eighth and $40 for non-members with For more information or to reg grade. early registration. ister, call 239-472-0345 or visit Each child needs to bring a The cost is $36 for members www.mysanibel.com. Keep Sanibel beautiful.. swimsuit and towel; light snacks and $48 for non-members after The Sanibel Recreation Center, Please recycle! will be provided. early registration passes. is at 3880 Sanibel Captiva Road. The Fun Days operate from 8 The early registration deadlines “T3 K ISIAND fACES QTQn T" 0 Baking at 1 its best I The Community House hosted the first class in a four- part progressive series on baking on May 10, featuring &9 master French baker Andre Gratesol. He owns Aux Delices Artisan Bakery and Cafe and Mon Paris Coffee Shop and Bakery, both in Fort Myers. The first class cov ered sweet and savory puff pastries, including pate a O choux and St. Honore. The second one is set for June 14 90 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., with the remaining classes sched uled for July 12 and Aug. 9. The cost is $50 per session or $175 for the series. Advance registration is required at [email protected] or 239-472-2155. For more information, visit online at sanibelcommunity- house.net. The Community House is at 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. ftN s Al t. PHOTOS BY TIFFANY REPECKl ft C/) ■c RIGHT: Isabella Rasi and the others learn about the different smell and color of artisanal flour. BELOW: Some of the artisanal bread forms that o can be made Include an alligator, heart, crab and more. u D a rtJtt ABOVE: Kathy Samson and Fred Bondurant. RIGHT: Jllane Stevens and Nancy Kula taking notes. BELOW: Rob Bender with Master French baker Andre Gratesol. ABOVE LEFT: Master French baker Andre Gratesol adds eggs to the dough mixture. ABOVE RIGHT: Isabella RasI and Nancy Black. RIGHT: Master French baker Andre Gratesol with his artisanal alli gator bread. r4 01 oc islan d 00 SPORTS Report your news to CAPHVASANIBEL.COM A windy start to the month of May a •V Like much of April, the noon high water yielded a £ first week of May continued few larger fish up to 23 inch s with more windy days. ITiere es while targeting oyster bars were a couple nice days in the Sound near Buck and mixed in, but often north or Cabbage keys. (M east winds hampered anglers. o Not much to report on Tarpon are around in redfish over the week. A few good numbers and at times came off the eastern shore of hungry over the week. On Charlotte Harbor on high the windy days it was diffi water and in the creeks of cult to both IcK-ate and fish “Ding” Darling Wildlife many areas inshore and off Refuge. Once we drop the the beaches. Fish were easterly wind, the bite should reported in good numbers improve. off the southwest tip of Capt. BUI Russell Offshore, the fishing is Sanibcl in 20-foot depths. pretty good when weather The best bite was at first conditions allow. Limits of light, mid-day, then again On th e red grouper were found in late afternoon. Anglers W ater depths from 80 to 110 feet. found a good bite in Boca A mix of snapper, porgy, Grande Pass over several grunts and African pompano days both on the morning and afternoon were also caught. Nearshore artificial reefs tides, l^rge sharks often harassed hooked are holding good numbers of barracuda and fish both in the pass and off Sanibel. If some big sharks, including hammerhead and you get a big shark going after your bulls, plus lots of Spanish mackerel and a hooked fish, it’s best to break it off and few king mackerel. Mangrove snapper and give the tarpon a fighting chance. In Pine gmnLs, plus out-of-season gag grouper were Island Sound, pods of tarpon were report hooked over ledges and patch reefs 3 to 6 ed off both sides of the intracoastal water miles offshore. way; look for them rolling on the calm Starting to .sound like a broken record, but days or free jumping. Best baits over the enough with the wind! A strong north or week included small crabs, thread herring, easterly wind is counter-productive for Just pilchards, pinfish, cut mullet or ladyfish, about all fishing on our coast. It worits catfi.sh tails and DOA Bait Buster lures. directly agaiast the incoming tide keeping O) For fun times, the Spanish mackerel our water out or lower than normal and it Just t; action heated up over the week. Fish were in isn’t fishy. good numbers near the Gulf passes, outside Soon, we have to get into our typical pre- V Q^ the Sanibel Causeway and Charlotte Harbor. summer pattern, it’s Just not right to wake up T3 From shore, both the Sanibel and Bokeelia in May with a cool brisk wind form the piers, plus the Matlacha Drawbridge yielded north. mackerel. Best baits included live shrimp or If you have a fishing report of for charter pilchards, plus small shiny lures or spoons information, please contact us at: Gulf Coast with a fast retrieve. Guide Service, phone: 239-283-7960, Big ladyfish and bluefish were often Website: www.fishpineisland.com or email: caught with the mackerel. gcl2fish ©live.com Sea trout numbers were good on mast Have a safe week and good fishin’. days, but the average size dropped from weeks previous. Steady action with fish As a native o f Pine Island, Bill Russell PHOTO PROVIDED ranging from 12 to 14 inches was found has spent his entire life fishing and learning over grass flats through Pine Island Sound the waters surrounding Pine Island and as a For his bachelor party, Justin Wentz of Pine Island, along with his father and north Matlacha, with an occasional professional fishing guide for the past 18 and buddiess, spent the day catching fish. The group stayed busy hauling keeper measuring up to 18 inches. The after- years. in a mixed bag whiie fishing offshore in Gulf waters with Capt. Sean McQuade. 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Today, May 16 the inner workings of our hospital and the treatment per person. Photography opportunity available fol ■ Wildlife Walk with Rehabilitators and Staff process. The program has two parts: an introductory lowing tour with Animal Ambassador. Advanced QO from 11 a,m. to 12:30 p.m. presentation covering our medical and rehabilitation registration required; to register, contact David O methods; and a guided tour through treatment areas Waszmer at 239-472-3644 or dwaszmer@crowclin- n Southwest Florida is filled with fascinating wildlife, and CROW provides a unique opportunity of the hospital, concluding on the rehabilitation ic.org. to look into wildlife rehabilitation and meet the staff grounds. Wildlife Walks take between one and two ■ Why Animals Come to CROW at 11 a.m. responsible for their care. Wildlife walks are the best hours; a 45-minute presentation and a 45-minute Do you wonder how and why animals become CQ opportunity for visitors to get an in-depth look into tour. The program is open to all, but it is not recom patients at CROW? Whether animats are sick, s the inner workings of our hospital and the treatment mended for children under the age of 13. Cost is $25 injured or orphaned, CROW aims to lead in their per person. Photography opportunity available fol recovery. From fishing line entanglement to abduct R process. The program has two parts: an introductory ■a presentation covering our medical and rehabilitation lowing tour with Animal Ambassador. Advanced ed babies, the presentation will address the most like methods; and a guided tour through treatment areas registration required; to register, contact David ly reasons patients are admitted to the hospital. c of the hospital, concluding on the rehabilitation Waszmer at 239-472-3644 or dwaszmer@crowclin- Adults are $12; ages 4-12 are $7. grounds. Wildlife Walks take between one and two ic.org. is - hours; a 45-minute presentation and a 45-minute ■ Patient Profiles: Birds of Prey at 11 a.m. Monday, May 21 O tour. The program is open to all, but it is not recom Raptors are birds that prey on other animals in the ■ CROW Case of the Week at 11 a.m. mended for children under the age of 13. Cost is $25 wild to survive. Their specialized beaks and talons CROW’S teaching hospital offers externship, fel as per person. Photography opportunity available fol make them some of the most effective hunters. The lowship and internship opportunities for natural sci lowing tour with Animal Ambassador. Advanced presentation discusses the unique adaptations of the ence and veterinary medicine students. While on site, registration required; to register, contact David native and migratory raptors of Florida. Adults are students learn the ins and outs of conservation medi Waszmer at 239-472-3644 or dwaszmer@crowclin- $12; ages 4-12 are $7. One of CROW’s Animal cine and wildlife rehabilitation and are excited to ic.org. Ambassadors will be present. share their favorite patient stories. Adults are $12; ■ CROW Case of the Week at 11 a.m. ages 4-12 are $7. One of CROW’s Animal CROW’S teaching hospital offers externship, fel Friday, May 18 Ambassadors will be present. lowship and internship opportunities for natural sci ■ Wildlife Walk with Rehabilitators and Staff ence and veterinary medicine students. While on site, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 22 students learn the ins and outs of conservation medi Southwest Florida is filled with fascinating ■ Patient Profiles: Snakes of Southwest Florida at cine and wildlife rehabilitation and are excited to wildlife, and CROW provides a unique opportunity 11 a.m. share their favorite patient stories. Adults are $12; to look into wildlife rehabilitation and meet the staff Florida is home to 46 species of native snakes, ages 4-12 are $7. One of CROW’s Animal responsible for their care. Wildlife walks are the best only six of which are venomous. Although there is a Ambassadors will be present. opportunity for visitors to get an in-depth look into widespread fear and misunderstanding of the animal, the inner workings of our hospital and the treatment most species are harmless to humans and form vital Thursday, May 17 process. The program has two parts: an introductory links in the ecosystem. Snakes are extremely valu ■ Wildlife Walk with Rehabilitators and Staff presentation covering our medical and rehabilitation able because they are efficient at monitoring pest from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. methods; and a guided tour through treatment areas populations without relying on chemical pesticides Southwest Florida is filled with fascinating of the hospital, concluding on the rehabilitation which can degrade the environment and harm other wildlife, and CROW provides a unique opportunity grounds. Wildlife Walks take between one and two animal species. Adults are $12; ages 4-12 are $7. to look into wildlife rehabilitation and meet the staff hours; a 45-minute presentation and a 45-minute One of CROW’S Animal Ambassadors will be pres responsible for their care. Wildlife walks are the best tour. The program is open to all, but it is not recom ent. opportunity for visitors to get an in-depth look into mended for children under the age of 13. Cost is $25 t Warren Rivera, 82, of Cape Coral, FL passed away on I May 7, 2018. Arrangements entrusted to Fuller Metz V OBIT’S Fort Myers Cremation and Funeral Service, www.fullennetz.com 06 T3 Mary A. Bryant, age 88 of Ft. Myers, FL, passed on Tracey Lemoyne, age 56, of Cape Coral, FL passed Sanibel May 9, 2018. Harvey-Engelhardt Funeral and away on 5/3/2018 at her residence. Harvey-Engelhardt Cremation Services are handling the arrangements. Funeral and Cremation Services are handling the Paul McLaughlin, age 57, of Ft. Myers, FL passed arrangements.______Frederick B away on 5/2/2018. Harvey-Engelhardt Funeral and Charles Alan Wunder, Jr, 60, formerly of Cape Coral, Wightman Cremation Services are handling the arrangements. FL passed away on May 3, 2018. Arrangements entrusted to Fuller Metz Cremation and Funeral Service. Frederick B. Wightman; www.fullermetz.com______loving husband of the late Pine Island lary Ellen; beloved husband Ivan Gonzalez, 57, of Cape Coral, passed away Kay (Manion) Wightman; Anne Laura Elder, 92, of St. James City, died 5-9-18. Sunday, May 6,2018. Mullins Memorial Funeral Home loving father of Barb (S^cott) & Arrangements by www.fullermetz.com______& Cremation Service, Cape Coral, is entrusted with final Sandra (Randy); dear step care.______father of John (Lorelle), Sue Jean Joan Cetta, 95, of Cape Coral, FL passed away [Rich), Ginny (Dan), & Mike on May 3, 2018. Arrangements entrusted to Fuller [Sarah); cherished grandfather Metz Cremation and Funeral Service, www.fuller- 3f David, Taylor, Olivia, metz.com______Jocelyn, Nathan, Zack, Elise, Danny, Meg, Jane, Lucy, Cape Coral Grant, Brett, Kent, Emma, Emmett, Tommy, Pierson, Mark AUen Krieger, 58, of Cape Coral, FL passed Katie, Alex, & Ted; fond brother of Henry (Joyce) Ray S. Conley, 103, of Cape Coral, passed away away on May 4, 2018. Arrangements entmsted to Wightman & Winifred (the late David) Webster. Friday, May 4, 2018. Mullins Memorial Funeral Home Fuller Metz Cremation and Funeral Service. A service was held on Monday, May 7 at Hallowell & & Cremation Service, Cape Coral, is entrusted with final w w w .fuU erm etz.com ______James Funeral Home, 1025 W. 55th St., Countryside, care.______IL. Interment Bronswood Cemetery, Oak Brook, IL. Memorial donations to Rock Steady Boxing, 7440 N. Robert Lynn May, 61, of Cape Coral, passed away Other Areas Shadeland Ave., Ste. 202, Indianapolis, IN 46250 Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Mullins Memorial Funeral (https://www.rocksteadyboxing.org/donate/) appreciat- Home & Cremation Service, Cape Coral, is entrusted Nancy Carolyn Walker, 81, of Enfield, IL passed ed. Funeral info: 708-352-6500 or hifunerals.com with final care.______away Tuesday, May 8,2018. Mullins Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cape Coral, is entrusted Rose Marie Cubello, 80, of Cape Coral, passed away with final care. ______North Fort Myers Monday, May 7, 2018. Mullins Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cape Coral, is entrusted Arthur Avery Alexander, 95, of North Fort Myers, FL with final care.______passed away on May 8, 2018. Arrangements entrusted to Harvey Engelhardt Funeral and Cremation Service. Mary Elizabeth Gent, 88, of Cape Coral, FL passed www.harvev-erigelhardt.com______away on May 7, 2018. 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