PRSRT STD. U.S. Postage Paid i Sanibel, FL Permit #33 Postal Patron Since 1961 MONDAY NIGHT IS PRIME TIMES! THURSDAY STEAM POT SPECIALS Overloaded with an array of your favorite crustaceans Served with baked Idaho potato and more, steamed in the Heron's special brew & corn on the cob 11/4 Pound Maine Lobster served with i.- Fri, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. corn on the cobFrench Fries, & Coleslaw^ EVERYDAY! 2330 Palm Ridge fid. Sanifeei island (while supplies last) Shrimp Crab 3? items on-the "Consider the Kid*" menu. • ... <<nn MM, spacMji subject to a*aii«MlItf, : Saturday 7:30 - 11:00 a.m. Served with French Fries & corn on the cob Master Card, Visa, Discover Credit Cards Accepted ; Su nday 7:30-12:00 noon 2 • Week of March 5-11, 2004 • Islander Elinor Eschman Dunham ally got to Sanibel \ia Abe and Kathleen Lerner, convenors of FISH and 'almost' fam- A life of warmth and love was fulfilled with the death of Elinor Dunham at age 87 ily members... Kathleen shares a grandchild with the Dunhams.) "Elinor was so dear on Feb. 25, 2004 in Cypress Cove Lodge. and sweet and gentle... But I was also privileged to know the wonderful and wild The Granville. Ohio School System provided secondary education, prior to her Elinor that was underneath — so open and uninhibited, such a delight." enrollment at Denison University in. the Class of 1938. At Denison, she was a member '"Elinor was an absolute love," her friend Anne Bellew said. "I considered her my of Phi Beta Kappa. Mortar Board honorary, and Delta Omicron, music honorary. She second mother. She and Hal 'adopted' me years ago when we were all campers. Among played cello in the annual Messiah performances directed by her father, Karl Eschman, her other talents, she was a superb seamstress and could manage to keep my clothes fit- in the Licking County Symphony and in other groups. For 18 year she was an elemen- ting me, despite my eating habits!" tary vocal music teacher in both in Granville and Jacksontown, Ohio. Elinor was a life-" The Dunhams became permanent residents of Sanibel in 1986, after selling the home long member of the First Baptist Church of Granville where she was baptized, married, they had lived in for 43 years in Granville. and, sensibly, having their kids convene and and a member and director of the choir for a decade or more. claim whatever they wanted from it before the house went out of the family. "That was A resident of Periwinkle Park for almost 20 years, she was active in the Sanibel the house they grew all-the way up in," she said. "That's pretty unusual now — first, to Congregational Church, FISH of Sanibel, Audubon and P.E.O. Until she gave her cello have four kids and, second, to have all four of them go all the way through school in to a young relative, she continued to play it for fun and loved participating in informal their hometown." (and formal) chamber music concerts. Elinor is survived by her husband of 65 years, Harold J. "Hal" Dunham of Sanibel; Elinor started a Sunday five children — Thomas, and his wife, Barbara Davis Dunham, of Prospect, Ky.; . night singalong in the park and his wife. Mary Eaton Dunham, of Troutdale. Ore.; Sarah, of Berkeley and Martha that eventually drew 30 or June, of Pleasant Hill, Calif., and Rose Tanner, of Springfield. Ohio; one brother, more participants to sing old Donald and Dorothy Nelson Eschman, Ann Arbor, Mich.; five grandchildren — June favorites, a few pop songs and and her husband, Michael O'Connor, of East Lyme, Conn.; Sylla. and her husband. some "camp songs" written Peter Zarov, of Madison, Wise, Ted Dunham and Jordan Lazovic of San Francisco; by one of the group's mem- Yarrow Dunham of Cambridge, Mass.: and Anastasia Dunham of Parker, Calif.; five bers just for these events. great- grandchildren — Samuel Dunham and Ethan Thomas Zarov. of Madison; and Visiting (and resident) gui- Evan Harold, Anna Elinor and James Thomas O'Connor, of East Lyme; and 14 nieces tarists and other instrumental- and nephews. ists often lent accompaniment Elinor was preceded in death by her parents, Karl and Agnes Eschman, and two sis- to the Sunday night gather- ters — Barbara Eschman Rounseville, of Newton Center, Mass.; and Alice Eschman ings, occasionally even being Rankin, of Portland, Ore. persuaded render solo num- % A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 6, at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary of the bers or duets; and visitors Sanibel Congregational United from other countries would Church of Christ on Periwinkle bring songs from their native Way. lands to share. On Christmas In lieu of flowers, memorials Eve the group would go car- can be sent to FISH of Sanibel, oling through the Park. Post Office Box 854, or to the "We've been friends for 30 First Baptist Church, 115 West m years," Kathleen Lerner Broadway, Granville, Ohio 43023. Elinor Dunham mused. (The Dunhams actu- Patricia Roberts Neitzke Patricia Neitzke. 69, died peacefully at home in her sleep from heart failure on Feb. 24. 2004. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on Nov. 3, 1934, Pat was the daughter of the late Henry Baker Roberts and Helen Watson Roberts of Golf & Tennis Glub Kalamazoo, Mich. Pat graduated from Michigan State with honors in 1956. During her years there she served as cam- pus and national president of American Women Students, was a proud member of Sigma Kappa Sorority and earned a degree in English. She and Edwin met there and were married in 1956. After marriage Pat and Ed Patricia Neitzke Neitzke, see page 4 Come play golf or tennis and see all the wonderful changes in progress at our dub. You'll enjoy 18 holes on a championship golf course wrapped around the scenic beauty of the Sanibel River. Our award winning state-of-the-art Hydro-Grid tennis courts make you Green Mansions feel like a pro, no matter what level you piay, »Full Service Pro Shop BUTTERFLY GARDENS • PGA Pmfe$$t&miAv®U&bk • USPTM Tmnk PrnfessimmlAvmi&bfa BIRD ATTRACTANTS • Toumamtnt & Lmgtte May EXOTIC DESIGNS WITH NATIVE PLANTS To Cetebrate our New Look, we are offering '; I.XTW0K PLANTSCAPING MEW MEMRERSHI!^ AT ft REMISED RATE (For A Limited Time) Call for Consultation - 472-1286 110©PmVfi^ Drive, Sartfbel Island - OiM2S9.4722626'lmnh2i9A72-Wm DESIGN INSTALLATION CARE Islander • Week of March 5-11, 2004 • 3 TOO Much Sun INSIDE: CHECK It OUT, DON IS DOING THE COMB-OVER. HEE HEE.' Environment HA Service Clubs Kiwanis by Bob Wimbush 14A Diivc Health: Fit W Trim lloiloll by Claudia Burns 16A Health Notebook by Carol Simontavchi 1GA Community Concerts Review by Charlotte Heimann 5B Police News 13A Center Stage by Marsha Wagner LIB Music Scene lloiton by Harold Liebermun <IB Performing Arts Calendar 17B Coming up this week- March 5 Herbal Gardening at ECHO ECHO stands for Educational Concerns for Hunger ECHO in North Fort Myers will host a three day Organization. It is a Christian farm where plants, trees 67th Annual Sanibei Shell Show & Fair herbal gardening celebration on March 5-7. The week- and animals are grown to gather seeds and information to The 67th Annual Sanibei Shell Show and Fair will be end will begin on Friday, March 5, with a tour of the send to third world countries. ECHO also offers training held at the Sanibei Community House, 2173 Periwinkle ECHO farm at 10 a.m. The ECHO farm is a demonstra- and education to people interested in helping improve the Way. Sanibei Island, opened yesterday and continues tion and experimental farm designed to develop tech- lives of people in those countries and ours. Friday. March 5 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Saturday, March 6 niques for family gardens and farms in the third world. (9 a.m. to 4 p.m). Farmers, missionaries and others working in third world 11th Annual Garage Sale Co sponsored by the Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club and countries train at ECHO. At 1:30 on Friday, the ECHO Faith United Methodist Church will hold their llth the Sanibei Community Association, the event features a staff will conduct an "Edible Landscape Workshop" Annual Gigantic Glory-fied Garage Sale on Saturday, juried shell show (with scientific and artistic exhibits) demonstrating trees, shrubs and plants that can be used March 6. starting at 7 a.m. There will be appliances, fur- inside the Community Center and outside tents with local in the South Florida landscape to produce food as well niture, antiques and collectibles, bikes, tools, sports shells and sheUcrafts for sale. There will be tables with as beauty. equipment, dishes, clothing and more. There is a live authors signing books, specimen shells and award-win- The main event for the weekend will occur Saturday. auction at 9:30 a.m.; a one-half price ;>ale at II a.m. and, ning shell art, including Sailor's Valentines. There will be guided tours of the extensive herbal- gar- at noon, a "buy-the-box" sale (buy a box for $3 and fill it Outside tents will feature local shells and sheUcrafts for dens at ECHO and demonstrations on creating container up with your choice of items). sale; food and drinks will be available. There is also a live herbal gardens, building nature gardens, propagating There will be a bake sale and breakfast and lunch will shell exhibit manned by Sanibei School students, who are with cuttings and transplantings, growing and using gin- also be available. Proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity, eager to share their knowledge about the live shells and gers and cooking with herbs.