March 12,1976 ISLAND REPORTER Our kind of people 3 SECTIONS 80 PAGES March 19, 1976 C ABLEVISION - SAN I BEL is an A fact: interesting people go to interesting places where they do interesting things. . Robert Schnitzer and Marcella Cisney have spent a lifetime as performing arts administrators recruiting and NOW] complete, well-rounded exporting American talent. They talk about themselves and the people they have known, including Thornton Wilder, VOL. 3 NO. 19 SERVING SANIBEL-CAPTIVA AND THE, ISLANDS FROM ESTERO BAY TO BOCA GRANDE PASS 20c beginning on page 1-BV Cayo Costa is one of the last barrier islands in Florida that television coverage is available to you. has managed to elude man's colonization. The virgin beauty . of Cayo Costa's animal and plant life is detailed by George Campbell, starting on page 1-C. Through the marvel of microwave Lots of people find Sanibel an interesting place, including a group of nomad campers who prefer to ignore conventional quarters in favor of sleeping on a bed of pine needles^ Problem is, it's illegal. Their story on page 3-B. technology we've added four distant People here do a lot of talking about the way things used to be, and the way things are now. For a photographic, look at what bustling Fort Myers Beach used to be like, turn to page21-A. signals and we're now • Some people come to Sanibel with the. expectation of building their "dream" retirement home here or of making a living in the development business. Encountering the Sanibel land-use plan, they end up asking questions about A~ . 12 CHANNELS what they now can and can't do. For some of the answers see 12-A; •.'•'. ' • ' • "'. •"•.:. Finally, what do you •think the author of Jonathan Living- STRONG! ston Seagull would do with a boat he had just purchased? He would take it flying, of course. Richard Bach's story is right here on page one. Entertainment, Education, Business News, National and International News from Reuters, Public Service Why do SanibeVs campers endure noseeums, possible eviction and the cold morning dew? Broadcasting and 24 Hour News They tell their story on 3-B. Service. PLUS. Stock Quotations, only ISLAND REPORTER Photo By Angus Thuermer. Jr. 15 minutes delayed, from Wall Street. Council approves partial Mariner Pointe build out

Robert. Taylor, president of Mariner benchmark." He pointed out that the a tennis court at Mariner Pointe and that to Several Councilmen commended Taylor Properties, Inc., came to Tuesday's Council proposed land-use plan not only established move the proposed building back to 100 feet for his cooperative attitude and agreed with- meeting seeking permission to construct a a density of six units per acre for the area in would-place it in the middle of the approved the position stated by Butler and Goss that 25-unit building as the final phase of the question, but also required a 100-foot tennis court. he should be given "every consideration that planned 102-unit Mariner Pointe condomin- set-back from the Bay and an elevation of Mayor Goss said that the recent plan the law allows." ium complex. '•..;..• < 13.5 feet. He urged the Council to follow the change requiring both a 100-foot set-back Goss was emphatic, however, in his With Vernon MacKenzie excused from standards set forth in the plan. and the 13.5 foot elevation came as a insistence on a distinction between approval attendance at Council sessions while he is on Taylor replied that he could not possibly surprise to him, adding that since Taylor's for "a building and a project," stating thai medical consultations in Washington, D.C., comply with the 100-foot set-back require- application had been submitted before the permits were given for specific buildings and . the four-man Council ended up giving Taylor ment, pointing but that he had recently change in the requirements he believed that permission to build only 16 units and to come received a permit from the City to construct should be taken into consideration. • continued on 14-4 back when a full Council was present to seek approval of the remaining units. .•'... The action came after the Council, in a rare 2-2 tie vote, failed to approve a motion Bach buys Jonathan Livingston sequel by Councilman Zee Butler that Taylor be granted permission to build at 24 units. The 24-unit figure was chosen - rather By Mark Twombly harness while suspended in air, he, newly acquired boat by sending it than the 25 originally requested by Taylor ~ the crane operator, could not be skyward before testing it in its after Councilman Francis Bailey had sug- Just before he began pulling the held responsible. natural, watery habitat. gested that such a density of approximately gears and levers- that would ex- The boat owner winced, then Hopelessly in love with flight nine units per acre at least conformed with tend the boom and lift the fragile struck up a concerned pace as the since his high school days, Bach an early proposal by the City's planning consultants. In" the present version of the trimaran off its drydock roost of 50 three white hulls, glistening in the has made a living out of flying, and . land-use plan the density allocation for the gallon drums, the crane operator dull light of the full moon, groaned writing about flying. Once an area is at six units per acre, allowing a total walked over and told the anxious under the strain of the harness. editor for Flying magazine, Bach is of about 16 units on the remaining 2.6 acres. owner that if anything happened It seemed appropriate for Rich- better known to a grounded public Bailey and Butler voted to approve the and the boat slipped from its ard Bach to begin life with his as the author of "Jonathan Living- request at 24 units, but Mayor. Porter Goss ston Seagull," a little novel about a and Councilman Charles LeBuff cast nega- thinking, talking seagull. Like tive votes. ' ; The first-77 units of the Mariner Pointe Bach, Jonathan is driven to probe complex, located on San Carlos Bay on the the limits of flight, darting and east end of Sanibel, have been completed for wheeling and perfecting maneuv- well over a year and are completely sold out, ers that other gulls can't and won't Taylor told the Council. attempt. Taylor, emphasizing the "transitional Bach is ready to try a new kind character" of the case, pointed out that the project had been in process for three years, of freedom. Weary of living on that it was 75 percent completed, and that land, he has decided to take up the pilings for the final phase had been in the housekeeping on the water. His CABLEVISIOIM doesn't cost ground for some, 14 months. . new home will be the Tonkay, a 32 "We have waited throughout the planning foot trimaran purchased from process," Taylor said, "while others — such Tony Lemus, who has kept the as Loggerhead Cay and Island Beach Club - boat docked at Timmy's Nook -itpays! have been perniitted to proceed." He added that the Mariner Pointe project niet or Marina on Captiva/ exceeded all of the criteria "that are the From his home in Winterhaven, underpinnings of the plan." Florida, Bach and his companion, Keep pace with CABLEVISION and the world. Earlier the Planning Commission, by a 5-2 Dee Boatman, scanned the Tampa 1 vote, with Commissioners George Tenney area for a suitable trimaran. A We re on the move! and Don Marshall dissenting, had recom- skilled sailor ~ he owns*a 47 foot mended denial of Taylor's request. trimaran -- Bach discovered On Tuesday Commission Chairman Duane White told the Council that "after months of Richard Bach, dedicated pilot and author of Jonathan Livingston Lemus and his boat, and according Tojoinupcall472-47S7 study and debate" the Council had approved Seagull, shoves off from Timmy's Nook Marina aboard his new to Ms. Boatman, the "good vibes? a land-use plan for review by the state. trimaran, the Tonkay. • continued on 15-A cents per day-currently available only East of Rabbit Road.) The plan, he said; "is not in limbo. It is a

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IN BRIEF Tlie Sanibel City Council held its final Some last minute changes in Sanibel's proposed compre- densities as much as possible. "But we're not going to do it," public hearing on the Comprehensive Land City files appeal hensive land use plan prompted the City's Planning he cried. Use Plan Thursday, bringing the total public Commission on Monday to reject proposals for two new Kucharski's statement ranked as the most impassioned input time to an estimated 180 hours. Notice of intention to appeal the Circuit island shopping centers, leading one developer to denounce . criticism the commission has yet heard, but White refused to There were few new. faces in the audience Court decision in the Sundial case was the commission for "defiling my rights as an American." enter into a debate with Kucharski, who was just barely able of about 55 Sanibel residents and property filed by the Sanibel City Attorney on During final planning workshops held last week, large to contain his anger. Owners. The public microphone was domin- Monday, March 15. Within ten days chunks of commercial and restricted commercial zones along A number of people took their turns at the microphone to ated, for the most part, by some of the thereafter, according to City Attorney the north side of Periwinkle Way and Gulf Drive were either support Kucharski's statement or line up in the Plan's most outspoken proponents and Frank Watson, it will be necessary to file slashed to permit only residential use. commission's cainp. critics. ... an "assignment of errors," pointing out Both Joseph Kucharski and Dale and Linda Beatty had • When the commission voted to deny Kucharski's petition Arthur Hunter, said to be the only private the legal acts of the Circuit Court that are planned to build shopping plazas in areas that were affected for permits to build the shopping complex, he uttered a vow citizen to attend every meeting of the City by the change. When their plans came up for hearings to file suit against the commission. Council and Planning Commission while the deemed to be in error. Briefs would be Monday before the Planning Commission they were told the The commission also turned down a request for approval plan was being formulated, commended the slated to go to the. appellate court in change in zoning made it impossible for the commission to of a subdivision containing nine duplex lots on Camino del city for seeking, "to control its own destiny." Lakeland in late May or early June, recommend approval of permits for the projects. Mar Drive north of Ocean's Reach condominiums. "I have heard public complaints that this Watson said. Joseph Kucharski was making his fourth appearance Owned by Outer Islands Development Corporation, which or that individual has not had opportunity to before the commission in an attempt to develop property also built Ocean's Reach, the project was also to include a express his opinions and concerns and to represent his specific interests," said Hun- Driver believed dead between North and South Yachtsman Drives. An II shop three-quarter acre water-filled borrow pit. M commercial complex; was slated for the site, but under the The commissioners said the density allocation assigned to ter. I feel is proper to put into the record a Property owner. Nancy The body of a man whose car plunged final version of the plan Kucharski will be able to build only the land in the proposed plan would not permit the statistic which all should note. I have been informed that including the last public Bruce, above, asks for into San Carlos Bay at the foot of the two single family homes. •' development of the subdivision. City law also prohibits cqrnpensaiion. Sanibel Causeway before dawn on Febru- The Beattys have an option on 4.4 acres across from dredging for fill, they said. hearing in February there has been a total of ary 28 has not been found, according to Periwinkle Place, and had drawn up plans for a six building In other action the commission: . 176 hours of public input." Sanibel police. Harry Stewart, of 1715 shopping complex built around a plantation motif. The land • approved a request from the fsland Water Association to The retired engineer urged property was zoned for commercial use until the zoning change was build, a 20 by 50 by 12 foot storage shed at their main plant owners to "focus on their potential overall Park Avenue in Fort Myers, apparently made. . . on Sanibel-Captiva Road. . gains in the long run," rather than on was fishing at the Blind Pass bridge before The Beattys' project, named the Palms Plantation, was • tabled a request from Robert Potts to expand the immediate hardships. If Sanibel's growth the incident occurred. Stewart's red 1967 designed to preserve the "feeling of closeness with nature," .Huxter's Market building on Periwinkle to add a liquor store rate can be held to three percent .a year," Mercury convertible was pulled from the explained Dale Beatty. "The project was put together based and lounge. Potts was asked to produce more complete plans said Hunter, "SanibeLmay well still be saved; bay with the top down. Police are going on on the original version of the plan," he noted. "I hope the" fdrtherprbject."•.... - : • -- as the wonderful place it is in which to live."- the assumption Stewart drowned as a Planning Commission is strong enough to look at individual Ruth and Philip Hunter, speaking individ- result of the accident. projects and make individual decisions." ually, complained of inadequate beach access Commission Chairman Duane White said the land was along Gulf Drive and asked questions downzoned to eliminate impact problems "we could not regarding the setback requirements for a Stunt jump denied tolerate." ; :^ The Beattys say they scoured all of Florida searching for City of Sanibel Planning Commission Meeting of .March The movie scene that was supposed to "an unchanged Florida environment" to build the shopping 22,1976 - City Hall More information on be filmed on the Sanibel Causeway last center. After their hearing they expressed frustration at not 9:30 Approval of Minutes Saturday was cancelled after authorities being able to build oh the original site, but said they would 9:45 Hearing on request of Robert Hollopeter to construct land use plan on A-12 learned that Palo Alto Productions plan- hunt for another location on the island. ••;!.'. a shopping complex, comprising four shops, two offices, and Ruth. Hunter, concerned by future beach ned to have a car leap over an open Kucharski's blast against the commission came after he a restaurant of the fast service type on a parcel of land access, received this plaque from the City- drawbridge and plummet into the water was told the restricted commercial zoning of his property located on the south side of Periwinkle Way west of Donax was eliminated because it would have created, commercial Street. Council during last Thursday's hearing. restricted commercial property on Purdy below. Thomas Marvel, manager of Lee zones where none existed before, and it was not adjacent to 10:15 Continuation of hearing on request of Dave Road. County Toll Facilities, said that the stunt any other restricted commercial zones. "This was spot, Holtzman to construct a restaurant at Shell Harbor Inn Architect and Sanibel resident Frank could have damaged the bridge. The scene zoning," White noted, "and it could affect the plan." (Lindgren Blvd. and Gulf Dr.) and to continue the hearing on. .Vallake earned audience applause when he was a part of a movie called "Thunder and . Pacing back and forth in front of the commission/ his request to construct three additional two-story building recommended the creation of an architectur- Lightning." Kucharski said he questioned the legality and the (42 units) at Shell Harbor Inn. al control board. Such a board would conscientiousness of the. entire commission. "The Planning., 10:45 Hearing on request of Donald J. Anderson to WMRT consultant, Bill Roberts, explains the density Commission has defiled my rights as an American," he construct a single-family dwelling on lot 32, Tradewinds • continued on A-18 allocation formula to Robert Houser. Parking ban passes stormed. "If you don't want me to build, then buy my subdivision (Gulf Dr.) property. But don't steal it; that's what you're doing." 11:15 Continuation of hearing on request of Mr. and Mrs. An emergency ordinance prohibiting The verbal whipping was greeted with applause from Robert Potts to construct a building at the Huxter's Market, automobile driving or parking on the new some people in the audience. White smashed his gavel down Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, Lee County, Florida, to house a Periwinkle Way-bicycle path was adopted and threatened to clear the room if there were more retail liquor store. Tuesday by the City Council. The law also outbursts. 11:45 Commissioners' reports prohibits the use of unsafe bicycles, and Labelling the scientific basis for the plan "ridiculous," . 12:00 Chairman's report Kucharski accused the commission of trying to force 12:15 Adjournment : requires bicyclists to remain on the bike property owners to "crawl on our knees" by reducing path where possible. Bicyclists on roads TONIGHT: MARCH 19 & TOMORROW: MARCH 20 other than Periwinkle must ride single file. The law is a watered down version of REAR OF BAILEY'S STORE one proposed earlier to the Council. A ISLAND Sanibel Island 8:00PM . more comprehensive ordinance is being 472-1701 drafted for Council debate. CINEMA 472-2192 Photo-verse show SANIBEL COMMUNITY HOUSE Tickets for Mario Hutton's photo-verse program tonight and tomorrow night will be available at the door of the Sanibel Community House, where the show will start at 8:00 p.m. All proceeds will go to Winter Home Sanibel Bike Paths, Inc. to boost the Hi PANAVISIONVTECHNICOLOA* ' program to build a network of paths on the Laboratory, Botanical Gardens PREMIERE OF island. Hutton will present, five new features in ;the.show, including a fascinat- Friday & Saturday and Museum ing story on the Children's;! Center, a report on the birth and early days of three March 19 & 20 Black-necked Stilts, and take-offs about "Of Pelicans - And Paths" 7:00 & 9:00 " owls and raccoons. by This week

(winner of 4 awards - Cannes Film Festival) Arts and music Sec. A, Pages 23-26 Sunday -Tuesday MARIO HUTTON Business and real estate Sec. B, Pages 12-17 AAarch21 -23 Church calendar Sec. C, Page 22 Classifieds Sec. C, Pages 24-27 7:15&9:00 all proceeds go to Crossword puzzle Sec.C, Page 23 Editorial Sec. A, Page 4 Letters Sec. A, Page 5,16 JANES CAAN ROBERT DUVALL THE SANIBEL BIKE PATHS COMMITTEE Library report Sec. C, Page 6,7 United Sports and outdoors Sec. B, Pages 2-9 "THE KILLER ELITE" Artists Things to do Sec. A, Page 27 DONATION: $5 PER PERSON Tide chart Sec. B, Page 2 Wedn esday - Satu rday March 24-27 SPECIAL FEATURES (Tickets Available At The Door) World was their stage Sec. B, Page 1 7:00 & 9: JO Cayo Costa revisited Sec. C, Page 1 •LAST CALI LAST CALL^BMLAST CALL) ILAST CALL) SEE MOVIE SYNOPSES IN "THINGS TO DO 2350 McGregor Blvd. Fort Myers t ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 A5 perpetrator of this ugly slander is encourag- a formidable weapon against those who shelling beach-In the world..On picturesque EDITORIAL ed by a group of dissidents presumptuous would despoil and depart. Sanibel Island../ speak out enough to »name themselves "Concerned Suits against our'city are proliferating. •"...on the shores of serene unspoiled Property Owners of Sanibel." Each suit has a common base: personal Sanibel Island..." ./ Reader outraged Grown men use the columns of the public profit. Each plaintiff seeks to build whatever • •"...on the Gulf-washed shores of fabulous News-Press editorial endorses Petaluma growth ceiling press to indulge in childish bickering and' he wishes on vacant land he purchased for and quaint Sanibel Island..." [The following letter, addressed to Sani- snide racial slurs. Paint:throwing and other investment. 'Isn't it time you escaped to a relaxed bel City Council, was submitted to ISLAND kindergarten temper tantrums are directed And this, of course, is reasonable except island?' In the March 5 issue ISLAND to communities trying to preserve in its progress through the courts orderly and deliberate pace." REPORTER for publication.] N> against our city government.and officials. on an island. with finite boundaries and "' •'This is Sanibel as it was meant to REPORTER published a detailed their size and character. by communities with similar inten- This is precisely the purpose of Emotions are reaching the boiling point. limited capacities. What the developers analysis of what is popularly To the Sanibel City Council: A Note and be...Brilliant sunrises, lonely beaches, soft Locally, the city of Sanibel can tions and developers who charged Sanibel's comprehensive land-use We silent citizens are no longer willing to be extol is what they are suing to be legally hued sunsets..." . . known 'as the "Petaluma case." feel more secure in its attempt to it was "exclusionary." . plan, now undergoing finishing (another)"Vote of Confidence. bamboozled by Dworetskys, Kucharskis, permitted to destroy. What they extol is If there isn't enough "community involve- •"Live, play and unwind in your owii Below we publish an editorial on limit development. One judge ruled that the plan touches. The Sanibel plan would Condons, Gisselbecks and their like. To what we are determined legally to preserve. island paradise..." the subject, entitled "Communities ment, in the planning effort," to quote our date, we have stood by and allowed our Here axe ad quotes: The Supreme Court, in letting created "a substantial deterrent to limit dwelling units to about 7,800 new planning director Sam Shannon, it's Clearly, this is adorning the virgin before can discourage growth," which an appeals court ruling stand, gave travel and commerce" and that it or a population of something like valiant City-Council to man the bastions of •'.'Sanibel Island is clearly the most sacrificing her to the great god Moolah. because of those of us who keep to our Sanibel virtually unassisted. *' . beautiful island in Florida. A small town appeared in the March 8, 1976tacit approval to ordinances in the encouraged other communities to 20,000, as opposed to former homes' and/or businesses and follow the It would seem to be pertinent for us to file True, they have our mandate and know kind of place. With miles of unspoiled a class action countersuit against threaten- issue of the Fort Myers News- small town of Petaluma that limit do the same. projections of up to 90,000 people. action from a safe distance. We're grateful what is expected of them in our behalf .Yet beaches...And an amazing absence of noise new dwelling units to 500 a year to the ISLAND REPORTER for keeping us ing developers. We are being deprived of Press: But the appeals court concluded theirs is a lonely, fight. They, should have and crowds and traffic..and now Sanibel the use of our tax money intended to and establish boundaries beyond that "the concept of the public Neither the Petaluma nor the informed. We read about what's going on, constant reaffirmation of our support and Island has a place to live that's as beautiful we are mad or glad. But we say nothing and improve and maintain Sanibel. Our monies which growth can not take place welfare is sufficiently broad to Sanibel plan constitutes a no- reassurance' of our faith. They are, after all, and peaceful as the island itself..." are being diverted perforce into legal and do nothing. '••'... simply five fellow-citizens who have been A recent U.S. Supreme Court for about 20 years. • uphold Petaluma's desire to pre-growth policy. They simply try to 0 •"...The setting is nature at her best, court fees to fight the very thing against Now, it is time for a civic revolt. Our welded together into a spearhead. We are uncluttered, uncrowded, unbelievably love- decision not to review the Peta- Taken to court by a builders serve its small town character, its preserve the community's special beloved arid beautiful island city is publicly which we incorporated: exploitation to the the spear; we must let our Councilmen know point of the death of our chosen island home. luma, Calif .plan of limiting growth group, the Petaluma Plan became open spaces and low density of charm and character, which is an called "a one-lung, jerkwater town." The that spear and spearhead are firmly united, gives encouragement everywhere a celebrated case, watched closely population^ and to grow at an •"...15 miles of the best, uncrowded If we are not strong, we will all be altogether reasonable goal. accessories in a patent case of islandicide (see Marco Island, Miami Beach, Clear- water, etc.). We citizens of Sanibel, through our trusted City Council, serve notice now that this island will remain as unspoiled, un- crowded, uncluttered and undeveloped as it is today. Sanibel has already been "develop- ed" (desecrated) to an unfortunate degree. Let us hold the line in strict accord with our hard-won Land Use plan, with no exceptions to the tandem growth/services projections. It is commendable that some proposed complexes have been thoughtfully designed to preserve and blend with vegetation and earth contours. But they come too late. There are many unsold condominium units; surely therB-are enough multi-shop centers. It is to be hoped that Sanibel's -eco-system and services can be kept compatible with increasing individual units, both homes and shops. - ; But we must be prepared to fight construction of any more multi-unit dwell- Small Black-necked Stilt peeks out from ings or shopping centers, with their enor- the weeds as its mother stands like a mous strain on water", power, sewerage, towering sentinel over three unhatched facilities and their compounding of our already frightening traffic problems. Our City Council has our support. Each Councilman knows this. Theirs is a sobering job; their responsibility to the future is awesome. But it is also our responsibility, and we must keep reassuring our elected represent- atives, that we stand behind them. We approve heartily of their strength as leaders of this "one-lung, jerkwater town" which can Stalks of sea oats frame this romantic view of a Bowman's Beach -and indeed must ~ stop destructive island growth. - Persons and couple lingering for the day's final touch of beauty, the slow descent of We are Florida's Petaluma.. We, too, will a blood red sun. . win./s/Charlotte He imann Published by: Island Press and places — # continued on A-16 Publicity. Inc. Editor: readers respond Don Whitehead Associate Editor: Mark Twombly Business-Advertising Manager: Fred Valtin Associate Advertising Manager Fred Williams Director of Design-Production Mark Williams

Editorial Offices (813) 472-1588 Business Offices (813) 472-1587 Published every Friday at 2075 Periwinkle By Grace Whitehead space to St. Louis, which I believe Way, Sanibel Island. Florida, 33957. Second is the capital of Oklahoma and was class postage paid at Sanibel Island, Florida. Subscriptions: On Sanibel and Captiva I feel guilty as all get out andfound by some Frenchman who Islands, $6 per year; All others. $7.50 per I've just got to apologize. In last didn't know enough to stay home, If you had your choice would you rather gomery, Alabama: "Obviously we'd rather year. . week's column I completely forgot fight the English, and drink wine. have reached Sanibel via the bridge and come by ferry boat. We missed using the to mention St. Patrick's Day. My research did turn up one causeway or by ferryboat? ferry by one year." A4 March 19,1976 This week, on March 17, I made interesting thing though. I found, up for it a bit. I wore my green after examining many old musty, Mrs. Peg Botamer, Elyria, Ohio and Fort Mrs. Betty Welch, East Fort Myers: "I Myers: "I think the bridge is lovely. Never slacks, looked green with envy whiskeyrsoaked documents and live in Fort Myers, but this is my first time having experienced the ferry I couldn't several times, practiced my green maps, that it was an Irishman by but.herein two years. It's the toll that keeps make a judgment." thumb on my gravel yard, had a the name of Sam O'Bell who me from coming - that bridge has been paid REPORTER REPEATERS green salad for lunch, and ate discovered Sanibel. for many times over already. I prefer Mrs. Robert Walsh, Elyria, Ohio: "I like green split pea soup for dinner. It seems there was a big drought coming over on the bridge - the drive is the bridge. I think it's wonderful." ISLAND REPORTER, MARCH 21,1975 I didn't really say anything in Ireland and all of the potatoes beautiful." nasty about the English, but I diddied off. So old Sam set out to Mrs. Sally Bethard, Media, Pennsylvania: • In March, 1975 the Sanibel City Council had completed the benchmark ^first 100 days" of challenging the special legislative act that created the City. , Pam Lycett, Fort Myers Beach: "The "Not having reached the islands by ferry, I its existence. In a special report, ISLAND.REPORTER devoted a section to a review of manage to avoid saying anything discover a new land where pota- bridge. I don't like boats." really can't say. The causeway seems safe problems and accomplishments. . • • [ . County Commission Chairman L.H. "Bob" Whan threw cold water on the hopes of some nice. toes would grow. and pleasant. I imagine the ferry would have that Lee County would sponsor a multi-million dollar proposal for the control of erosion on As a matter of fact, my irritation He arrived in San Carlos Bay Mrs. C.K. Frederick, Auburn, Indiana: "I been a picturesque way to travel." Two citizens were singled out for the honor of "Most faithfully following Council Captiva. He said he could not support the proposal. at our erstwhile English cousins and spotted Sanibel Light. Putting don't know. I like the ferry but it's a lot sessions" - Claire Walter and John Clark. mounted when I started looking his dinghy ashore, he proclaimed slower." Jane Carter, Sanibel: "By ferry boat! I The Sanibel Planning Commission continued its efforts to narrow down the field in the for St. Patrick in my Encyclopedia "The is henceforth the Island of wish the causeway wasn't ever there." selection of a professional planning firm to aid the City in development of a land-use plan. Marilyn Frederick, Columbus, Ohio: "The BrMnnica. Can you. believe it Sam O'Bell." Jferry might be fun for a change. It would be In an interview with Mayor Porter Goss he was asked what he thought would be the Six firms were slated to appear before the Commission (but at that time Wallace McHarg jumps right from St. Pancras, Over the years it became cor- Mrs. Dean Shannon, Fort Myers: "just, focus of the Council's attention in coming months. He replied that "Land use planning is an Roberts & Todd were not in the running.) V nice to have a waterway to the island so you depends On what you've come for. This which sounds like a santified wouldn't have to travel through crowded 'undeniable must..." ' . rupted to San OBell and finally morning I came to work to help my husband The Rev. Bruce E. Milligan was given and accepted a call to become the new minister at sweetbread, to Saint Paul, which ended up as Sanibel. And that is Fort Myers to reach Sanibel." and the causeway is speedier. The ferry the Sanibel Community Church to succeed Dr. A. Ray Cartlidge, interim pastor who had is presumably a city someplace. how this island got its name. would be nice for a treat if you had the Naples attorney. Walter Condon filed a suit in Circuit Court against the City of Sanibel asked to-be relieved by May 15. Naturally, they give all kinds of So, eat your heart out Elinore! Mr. and Mrs. James Rutherford, Mont- time." A6 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 A7 AAacltitOSh PEOPLE in the news Macintosh

Make reservations here for BIRD TOURS conducted by Griff ing Bancroft. Knowledgeable Ornithologist PEOPLE Make reservations here for BIRD TOURS conducted by and Author of Snowy, the Story of an Egret, The ' Griffing Bancroft, knowledgeable Ornithologist White Cardinal and Vanishing Wings. and Author of Snowy, the Story of an Egret, The in the news White Cardinal and Vanishing Wings. Following the flight of the eagle has taken Vic Banks on travels from the frozen lands of 22,000 Paperbacks, Alaska to the sunny shores of Florida. including paperbacks for Children This week Banks was on Sanibel and

Best Seller Lfet • • Captiva taking a look at birds of prey, including the osprey. Banks is chief of script development in the Personalized in stock • on order Department of Exhibition of Field Museum - Stationery of Natural History in Chicago. At the by Based on reports from more moment he is working on an exhibit Crane or Eaton than 250 bookstores in 110 communities featuring the bald eagle, which will be part

of the Smithsonian extravaganza for the •'••••• •'•••' throughout the United States. celebration of the nation's Bicentennial. A Chicago resident, Banks has travelled 1976 Calendars for Office or extensively doing still and motion picture Home, desk or wall photography, as well as writing, for Field Museum, and also freelancing. On Admiralty Island near Juneau, which Fiction he described as "one of the hist undeveloped islands in all of Southeast Alaska," he found many eagles, and "in some cases the trees were so loaded with the birds that they Paperbacks CURTAIN, by Agatha Christie. (Dodd, Mead; looked like Christmas tree ornaments." $7.95.) Dame Agatha at top form in this Poirot, Patrolman Ray Rhodes of the Sanibel his overall ability, public contacts, enforce- written in the 40's. Even there, however, the eagle's exist- Police Department has been nominated as a ment action, interpersonal relations and his ence is threatened, Banks said, particularly Bestsellers THE CHOIRBOYS, by Joseph Wambaugh. (Dela- personal appearance," added Butler. corte, $8.95.) Funny, raunchy novel about some candidate for the Lawman of the Year award by loss of habitat and some shooting. off-duty L.A. cops. sponsored by the Fort Myers News-Press. The News-Press.began a Lawman of the In Southwest Florida, Banks found one 3 RAGTIME, by E. L. Doctorow. (Random House, Month award program last, year, but Police Chief John Butler nominated site .where he hoped to photograph a • on order ^ in stock $8.95.) Fact and fiction of turn-of-the-century dropped that.in favor of an »nn"wl award. America, briskly tossed. • . • Rhodes because of his work on the Casa del southern bald eagle nest. The one that did News-Press "Managing Editor Sanders La- tS A SAVING THE QUEEN, by William F. Buckley Jr. Mama restaurant robbery that occurred oh exist on Captiva is now inactive. (Dbl(Doubledayd . $795.$7.95.) Heroic CIA. man involved in Mont said the newspaper's editorial board Mass Market Paperbacks February 9. . - , Also Banks planned to do some camera- a bit of friendly lles e majestejte. will review, all nominations at the end of the Mass market paperbacks are sold on newsstands, in supermar- Rhodes was not on duty the night of the shooting on the islands of the more plentiful, ket* and variety stores, as «peB as bookstores. This analusls U SL/IN THE BEGINNING, by. Chaim Potok. (Knopf, year and announce a winner. based on report* from representatite wholesalers and chains $8.95.) A young man's struggles of faith in the hold-up, but joined police investigating the but endangered, osprey. irtth ijwre than 9.000 outlets in the United States. modern world. - . ; •, ;. .. incident shortly after the robbery was Special citations are sometimes awarded 1 THE MONEYCHANGERS, by Arthur Hailey. (Ban- 6 THE GREEK .TREASURE, by Irving Stone reported. After 26 hours of non-stop investi- in unusual cases, he said. ' * .vv - (Doubleday. $10.95.) Plodding fictionalization of • tarn. $1.95.) How a big bank works; reported as . the life of Heinrich Schliemann. gation Rhodes came across the first clues Rhodes, 26, was appointed to the Sanibel fiction. 7 NIGHTWORK, by Irwin Shaw. (Delacorte, $8.95.) that eventually led to the arrest of a suspect, Police Department on May 5,1975. He lives 2 RICH MAN, POOR MAN. by Irwin Shaw. (Dell, Drab clerk finds 100 grand, goes off on a tear, $1.95.) The vicissitudes of a Hudson River valley sophisticated entertainment said Butler. .-.'-. with his wife, Men, at 144 Skiff Place on family: basis of the current TV series. V 8 AUDREY ROSE, by Frank De Felitta. (Putnam's, . "Our decision to nominate Patrolman Sanibel. A native Floridian who has.spent 3 HELTER SKELTER, by Vincent Bugliosi with , $8.95.) Is she the daughter of another in a previous Rhodes is based on the quality, of his criminal most of his. life on Sanibel, Rhodes is a Curt Gentry. (Bantam, $1.95.) The bloody trail incarnation? -.-••••• investigation, his interest and enthusiasm, graduate of the University of South Florida. of Charles Manson's "faftiily" is traced by the 9 THE EAGLE HAS LANDED, by Jack Higgins. prosecuting attorney in the case. (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, $8.95.) W.W. II plot to kidnap Churchill. 4 CENTENNIAL, by James A. Michener. (Fawcett. 10 THE SWISS ACCOUNT, by Leslie Waller. (Double- SEWING MACHINE RENTALS $2.75.) 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This is a photograph of Frank P: Bailey's home ' • *„ r if *S r ' i f ,| on what is now Periwinkle Way. The father of Sanibel City Councilman Francis Bailey, Frank Bailey moved to Sanibel in 1894 at age 21. Two years later he signed a contract with T.M. Park of Fort Myers to build a house. Park agreed to do the job for $570 , or $530 How do you without a front porch. Bailey decided to leave off the porch. The original house still stands, and is the home of Francis Bailey. Two wings and a screened-in front porch were later added. When the house was built the Bailey's could.sit on the front steps and see the Gulf of Mexico. measure The woman in the photograph sitting on the steps is thought to be Mrs. Samuel Bailey, Francis Bailey s grandmother. _

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PINE ISLAND SOUND Sanibel Plan: questions and answers Commercial zoning RESIDENTIAL* 5 Mangrove Question: Is the use of septic tanks in any 5 percent impervious surfaces -allowed way restricted in the comprehensive land 1 Gulf Beach Ridge and the Mid-Island No unnecessary veg. clearance allowed use plan? - In this column we will attempt to SAN CARLOS/BAY answer the questions of readers con- Ridge Answer: The Plan stipulates that no 20 percent impervious surfaces allowed septic tank shall be permitted within 200 cerning the proposed Sanibel compre- 30-percent vegetation clearance allowed . hensive land-use- plan. Questions feet of an open body of water. The Plan COMMERCIAL further defines, an open body of water as should be addressed to ISLAND RE- 2 Interior Wetlands PORTER, Attention: "Plan," Postal 10 percent impervious surfaces allowed 6 Interior Wetlands. Mid-Island Ridge. follows: "An open body of water is a natural Drawer R, Sanibel, Fl, 33957. 20 percent vegetation clearance allowed ' ! and Filled Land or artificial area that is inundated with In this issue we deal with some of the • 50 percent impervious surfaces allowed water three or more months within the commonly asked questions, but we 3 Filled Land - .. 70 percent vegetation clearance allowed calendar year. Such bodies include, but are welcome queries of all types from 20 percent impervious surfaces allowed not limited to, lakes, ponds, rivers, creeks, readers. 50 percent vegetation clearance allowed.. marshes^ slues, ditches, canals, bays, inlets, It is emphasized that while ISLAND lagoons, swamps, bayous, cuts, gulfs, and 4 Bay Beach retention ponds." ' . . REPORTER will make a serious effort 10 percent impervious surfaces allowed • Ht Includes "restricted commercial" GULF OF MEXICO to ensure that the responses are as No natural vegetation clearance allowed Where such permitted use exists. Question: How does this affect the specific as possible, they should not be provisions of Ordinance 76-1 which has taken as official- City- policies or heretofore permitted septic tanks within 200 requirements. Those intending to build feet of an open body of water? or make other decisions governed by Answer: Section. 5 of Ordinance 76-1 Question: There were some recent chang- the plan are advised to consult the plan permitted single-family detached residence es in the areas where commercial and itself or seek definitive answers from on any lot or land parcel not included in the restricted commercial uses are permitted. City Hall. Wetlands or Mangrove Zones or the Gulf Where are those now located? Beach Ridge, which met several standards Answer: In the course of workshop including the following: "C. Adequate provi- sessions on the land-use plan last week, the _J sions for sewage disposal must be made Planning Commission eliminated five areas Question: I've read a lot about "perform- are allowed to clear from the property, and will be allowed to clear from your property available." . previously designated for commercial and ance standards" contained in the Sanibel how much of the land can be covered by and what percentage of impermeable sur- Now that the Comprehensive Land Use restricted commercial use. This decision was face you_can _put_on your property when land-use plan. What does that mean and, impermeable surfaces (that is, surfaces not; Plan has-been approved-by the Gity Council based on earlier studies that indicated that- RC-l specifically, what does it mean for me if I penetratable by water, such as the roof, developing it. ' for review, that definition has. been estab- the draft plan contained an excessive area Question: I understand commercial use, cement or asphalt driveways or parking lots, There are.also requirements for revegeta- permitting commercial use on Periwinkle but what is "restricted commerical?" want to build a house, a store, or put in.a : lished as providing that no septic tank may shopping center on the island? or similar hard-surfaced areas. ' tion on your lot if you have to remove an be permitted within 200 feet of an open:body - Way and Gulf Drive, given traffic congestion Answer: "Restricted commercial" is de- amount of vegetation that exceeds the of water. The City Manager has instructed and other problems. signed to take into consideration island-type RC-2 Answer; "Performance standards" basic- There are seyeral such "performance percentage allowed. the Sanibel Building Department that no" • ,The .plan, as finally approved by City individually or family-owned shops in which ally, means the rules and regulations that standards" and they vary according to the It should be added that while there is a .Council for .forwarding to Tallahassee, the owner-manager sometimes lives on the square feet and be at least 30 feet apart. The you have to follow in building -- the types of ecological zone in which your property is limit on how much vegetation can be contained the commercial and restricted second floor. number of dwelling units included with the- things usually covered in building codes. ' located. We can't cover them all in detail in cleared, this does not apply to such so-called • more on next page commercial areas indicated on the accom- The plan provides that such, restricted commercial structures cannot exceed the this article. "weed" trees as melaleuca or Brazilian panying map. commercial buildings be no more than 1500 density allocation permitted for the area. These would include such rules as how far pepper. You are required to remove such further building permits will be issued for your house or store has to be set back from ' The accompanying chart will give a good vegetation when preparing your site for construction which do not conform to this I lie property line, how much vegetation you idea, however, of how much vegetation you building. . standard. .••••'

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We for ship prepaid, UPS, COLLECTORS in continental U.S.A. 3 years for $10 Name:_ 1974-1975-1976 Address:. City:_ State:. Zip:. a limited number mm of 1974-1975 posters 507 Broad St. Phone:. IR still available. Shrewsbury, N.J. 07701, phone (201) 741-5862. Sales Center Open For each poster • . . send $4 plus $1 mailing charge,to: Or if you're around this M-F: 9:30 am til dark S & S: 1:00 pm til dark way, stop in. Garden State 8401 Estero Blvd., Ft. Myers Beach FL (813) 463-5764 Sanibel/Captiva Conservation Foundation Parkway, Exit 109. - - 2133 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel /Florida 33957 A14 March19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 A15 Council approves partial Mariner Pointebufldout Bach's boat takes flight • fromA^l problems with the proposal besides the bers. Later, as an Air Force pilot density factor. Disturbed over Council • /mm I-A he flew F-86 and F-100 jets, but not for over-all projects. Thus, he said, he comments, Oster abruptly withdrew the had concern about the whole concept of. request. generated by the ship sealed the never saw combat. "I was lucky." : "transition cases." In other action, the Council: deal. In Bach's view, military flying Taylor argued that it was uneconomic for • heard a report from an ad hoc committee The efficient design of the blue represents a chance to fly the him and for the present owners of the 77 on a plan to install fire hydrants on Sanibel trimmed Tonkay, which Lemus" fastest, most sophisticated mach- existing units to build less than the units and Captiva. The Sanibel portion of the plan built entirely from scratch, will inery in the world. "Nobody is provided for in the original Mariner Pointe would cost about $900,000, and would put a allow Bach to sail it by himself. there because they like killing," he plan, but he did request that Council at least hydrant within 1000 feet of all but a few explains. "They're there because approve the 16 units, while specifying that isolated homes on the island. When he sold the boat Lemus he could return to seek approval for the Installations of the hydrants could lower arranged to have a crane haul the they like high performance air- additional eight or nine units when a full fire insurance ratings from 10 to seven or boat out of the water so the bottom planes." Council was present. eight, with a corresponding drop in insur- could be cleaned and inspected. Even combat flying offers a A motion to that effect was approved ance rates. The first flight of the Tonkay took challenge that thrill-thirsty men unanimously by Council. Even with the hydrants, insurance ratings place Saturday afternoon under a like Bach find hard to ignore. But A petition to subdivide a 27.15 acre parcel would not be lowered in areas that are more steady sun and the curious gaze ot it's the old pilot-to-pilot dogfight- of land straddling the Sanibel-Captiva Road than three miles from a fire station, ing that excites him, not the grim, near the western tip of Sanibel was according to the report submitted by the a crowd of Timmy's regulars. withdrawn by John Oster, Jr. when it committee. The Blind Pass area of Sanibel is With Lemus clinging to the steel impersonal air to ground bombing. appeared certain the Council was prepared beyond the three mile limit, but the Sanibel mast, crane operator Don Carroll The closest Bach came to a gun to deny the request. Fire Control District commissioners are hoisted the boat from its slip and was the trigger of a camera Oster said he disagreed violently with the planning to purchase" land in the Wulfert deposited it gracefully on a bed of mounted on his fighter. planners' opinion that the land is unstable area to build a manned fire house. 50 gallon drums a few feet from "Over in Europe it was a terrific Bach and his companion, Dee Boatman, boarded the Tonkay Monday and subject to change from storm action. "In The report also concluded that the : the 50 years we have owned that property it financing of the hydrant project on Sanibel is Powerful "Ditch Witch' tractor churns dirt prior to installation of an the water's edge. thing to spot a squadron - they night. On Tuesday they set sail for Tampa. Word is, they ran aground hasn't changed "one bit," he declared. beyond the means of the Island Water underground telephone cable at Mariner Pointe condominiums. Bach arid Ms. Boatman arrived could be Canadians .-- and swoop but managed to find a tow to deeper water. Objecting to the density allocation assign-_ Association and the fire district, and would on Captiva Monday to pick up their down to see if you could take out ed to the parcel in"the~pTari,7which woulcl ~m6~st~likely~fallliTthe lap of "the city. -Mariner—Propertiesr-the-developer—of-ihe—Gaitseway-Road—project^ floating home. "They planned to their tail man. "The only ammuni~ allow 2 homes to be constructed, Oster said • listened to developer Keith Trowbridge received the go ahead Tuesday to complete 16 of the 25 units planned launch under a full moon, spend tion directed against the hapless as owner of the land the Deltrol Corporation explain the concept of interval ownership as in the final phase of the development. the night at anchor near Timmy's, Canadian fliers was film. No harm "It took eight years to come up attuned to his interests: airplanes. planned to sell 22 lots, which represented 20 he practices it in his newest project, the and sail for Tampa early Tuesday done, everybody had fun, and the with a total of about four hours at Five of them, including, a midget percent of the buildable potential under the Sanibel Beach Club: Trowbridge is taking return will enable them to pay higher land ownership condominiums. "The state condo- film recorded the success of the county-assigned zoning. reservation deposits from customers inter- costs, he argued. The year-round occupancy minium laws were made for traditional morning. the typewriter." - _ jet for air show performances, a fat Pointing out that surrounding land had ested in purchasing at least one week's, and paid-up vacation nature of the concept condos," he said, "not interval ownership." But first, the Tonkay had to mock encounter. "It was a psychic book for me. long distance "cruiser, an amphi- been assigned a higher density in the plan, ownership of a unit in Sanibel Beach Club.. will also help local businesses, he said. make the return mid-air jaunt After his regular tour Bach All of us have many parts," Bach bian, a twin that is up for sale, and h^4DllI had- 2H0 people have paid over $800,000 Several councilmen complained about the Goss also reasoned that owners who rent from land to saa. Carroll's explains, and the part of him that a 1929 barnstorming biplane used been placed in an incorrect environmental to reserve a unit, said Trowbridge. "We're increased load on island services because of their units should be assessed some fee that was unavailable Monday nights cran, soe saw years of experiencing first- for occasional landings in cow zone. . , selling to people that are here already, folks the maximum year round use of the is not presently spelled, out in the occupa- an off-island boom was secured. hand the freedom of flight, whet- pastures make up his stable. "It may not be the right one, but it's.in the that you know now," he added. condominium. tional license ordinance, and Trowbridge When the crane arrived at about 'Bach has soared to the same her in a barnstormer or supersonic With the first draft of a new plan," argued Councilman Francis Bailey. Interval ownership will enable developers Mayor Goss also voiced ah uneasiness agreed to work with the City on finding a level of understanding Jona- Mayor Goss added that there were other to live with lower densities because the high. about the lack of state regulation of interval suitable formula. 9:00 p.m. Monday, people started jet, demanded expression. "Jona- book completed, (it's the story of a gathering in the parking lot beside than Seagull discovered by that was given to me. All I had to messiah who coriies into the world the restaurant, guzzling beer and simply opening his eyes, trying do was write it down." and discovers he doesn't like his yelling encouragement. and doing.' "What he had The idea of a talking seagull job; airplanes are mentioned but At first the crane operator didn't excite editors much in the are not the focus of the book. Bach seemed skeptical. Where Carroll's once hoped for the Flock, beginning, and the manuscript was is ready to set sail on the Tonkay' mammoth machine had disposed of Jonathan Livingston Seagull rejected by several publishers and poke around Florida to see the task easily, this new crane was now gained for himself alone; before an editor at Macmillan what there is to see. The voyage smaller and had 12 feet less of Company read it and promptly could well produce another book he learned to fly, and was not that looks deeper into the struggle boom length; "No problem," sooth- sorry for the price that he had drew up a contract. ed Lemus^; "There s no lead in her. Bach felt certain the book would to shed life's artificial restraints in She's lighter than she looks." paid." do well, but he was not prepared the search for personal freedom. "Well, we'll give her hell," spat for the near, hysteria it generated. It's a voyage that Bach has been the crane operator. Minutes later Just four years after it was first on for some time. Bach has soared long sections of fire hose were served in the National Guard, until published n 1970, the 127 page to the same level of understanding wrapped around the center hull, he was thrown out for refusing to book, much of it photographs, had Jonathan Seagull discovered by and the crane hook was attached. trim his moustache. From the sold 15 million copies in 28 langu- Simply opening his eyes, trying Watching the proceedings with close-cropped National Guard, ages. . and doing: ' obvious concern, Bach darted back Bach moved to New York, where The financial returns from the and forth between crane and boat he was hired as an editor of Flying, monumental sales swelled Bach's "What he had once hoped for the until the scrubbed bottom finally the aviation world's largest month- bank account at a time when it Flock, he now gamed for himself please kissed water once again. Before ly magazine. needed inflating. "The day I got alone; he learned to fly, and was don't boarding the Tonkay he found a That tour didn't last long either. the word that Macmillian was not sorry for the price that he had few minutes to talk about his book "I get bored easily," he admits. going to publish the book, the bank paid. Jonathan Seagull discovered pick the and his life. The longest Bach has stayed in repossessed my car. It's funny, but that boredom and fear arid anger Bach's airborne career was one job is"11 months. a couple of years later I could have are the reasons that a gull's life is sea grapes launched in California just after Bach began writing Jonathan bought a whole fleet of cars." so shorthand with these gone from graduation from high school. "I Livingston Seagull in 1959, but the Instead of cars, Bach has assem- his thought, he lived a long life was crazy about it,' he remem- book wasn't completed until 1967. bled a fleet of vehicles more indeed."

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.' .:':• --5 A16 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 A17 reverse, you dummy!" Hence the strain. est in public input from us in matters that Anyway, my thanks to the guys who concern our island. worked so hard and allowed me to be a part We understand, too, that probably mainly speak out of the work party, /s/ Bill Covington. for the sake of convenience, you contact ^the President of the Captiva Civic Association our appreciative customers. when you wish to get a reading of Captiva Police thanked I must thank you all but since space is sentiment on any particular issue. He, of (The following letter to Chief John Butler limited I can but mention the names of my course, then polls his membership. and the Sanibel Police Department, dated co-chairman Amy Meyers and Dorothy May T respectfully suggest that this March 9, was submitted to ISLAND Putnam, and my right hand indispensible procedure, no matter how convenient and REPORTER for publication.) girl Friday, Helen Godfrey. Heartfelt thanks well-intended, is questionable? My family and I wish to convey our to all the guys and dolls who not only worked The Captiva Civic Association is a private, together so well, it was a real "fun" project, Is your home as safe sincere thanks to the entire Sanibel police organization. It does not represent the force for their untiring efforts in solving the but also satisfied our customers' desires and entire population of Captiva, nor does it robbery at Casa del Mama Restaurant. We contributed so much to making the reality of have any governmental function even with especially want to thank Chief Butler for his a new Community building a step closer. its own membership. outstanding leadership, Sgt. Trefny, Ray As long as a single Captivan remains and secure as these? Rhodes, John Metz, Lewis Phillips, Betty You should all be named individually but outside the association — and many more Weir, and all the others who labored day and since this is impossible -- my thanks, my than one do remain outside - the County night without rest in order to bring the love, and God's blessing to a "Real Wonder- should use more public means of communica- matter to a successful conclusion. ful Gang." /s/ Margaret Krueger, 1976 Shell ting with the island, perhaps a public We can truly say to the people of Sanibel, Fair Driftwood Shop Chairman. hearing on the island, perhaps the use of "we have a police force whose equal will be media to ask for opinions, perhaps a mailed hard to find." /s/ Sam Price, Casa del questionnaire. Mama. Drill dilemma As an example of the pitfalls of going the Civic Association route, I cite the consterna- To ISLAND REPORTER: Thank for the tion within the association when you asked Praises volunteers picture, gang, but you must have printed our president, Brian Kirby, to take a straw the negative. At the time of this writing, I'm vote of the membership on the question of To ISLAND REPORTER: It is always still laughing -- and blushing. nice to set new records, but when it is done the proposed groins at South Seas Planta- by and with a dedicated group of men and It all began with Steve Reynolds very tion. Mr. Kirby complied. A long and bitter women that make it fun, too, it is something innocently asking me if I would help him drill Not representative argument followed. Bad feelings were generated that have not yet died down. always_to_remember and cherish. _ _ "a couple of holes." After he_drilled the first [The following letter addressed to Lee r For ten weeks over 100 people (a list so four, he handed me the drill-and said: "Be County Commission Chairman L.H. "Bob" The same~isTikely tcThappen as a result~of~ long it was impossible for the paper to print) my guest." My first efforts proved to be Whan and dated March 15, was submitted to your request to Mr. Kirby to obtain a list of gave freely and generously of their time and ineffective and we changed bits - alas, to no ISLAND REPORTER for publication.] projects from the Civic Association member- considerable talents. That these were in- avail. I finally asked Karl Wightman for a ship as to how to use the causeway deed great is shown by the public acceptance professional opinion and after a couple of Dear Commissioner Whan: We in Captiva refinancing money that will be earmarked of the items produced and sold so readily to spins of the bit he said: "You're drilling in appreciate the County Commission's inter- for Captiva. /s/ Theodore Strongin

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~ A20 March 19, 1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 A21 Columnist supports federal funding for land planning Estero Island: early photograph reveals pristine beach front By Paul A. Howe programs for these past sixty planet's limited space and resourc- available living space. He reminds years. He duly decries the dead es to the moment when human us that the nearest other habitable Two learned articles arrived on hand laid on those efforts by the astronauts actually went beyond planet would take four centuries to my reading table during the first grafting and self-aggrandizing pol- the earths boundaries and took reach even travelling at the part of this our Nation's Bicenten- itician and his wheel-dealer favor pictures of the whole planet. fantastic rate of seven million nial Year. Each in its own way was seekers. It was then, he says: "they miles per hour. His calculations Leaning on that human foible, suddenly view their home in from present population trends however, he readily surrenders all perspective. They saw with their arid inefficient land-use practices hope for the hardworking and own eyes that its area is limited. reveal that by the end of the 21st here's howe sincere professional planners to They realized that the resources of c&ntury's first quarter each human ever implement any land use plan that area must also be limited," He will be crammed on less than a half or zoning regulation. He tortuous- significantly recognized the wel- acre for all his needs, such as remarkable for clearly exposing its ly casts the typical land developer come signs that: "Young people dwelling, crops, transportation, author's attitudes when examining in the role of a public benefactor predominate among those who are and recreation. the pressing problem of how to who is being put upon by the aware that mankind is faeing a improve the quality and prospects "ordinary citizen," thwarting his problem. More than their elders, It seems that an acceptable of living on this planet Earth. every effort to make a dollar. in general, they are concerned synthesis of the views of the two Together they recalled to me the Gloomy predictions are made of about the environment and that learned men can be made. It might wisdom of parental advice given the courts taking a dim view of this conservation of nonrenewable re- consist of the acceptance of federal me in my salad days: "Always thwarting in the name of preserv- source." He appropriately con- and state financial help to get on plant roses instead of stinkweeds ing the quality of living which the cludes that: "Their concern is more with the task of planning the in that wonderful garden called the ordinary citizen takes as his own than commendable; it is essential." sensible use of the land at "the local human mind." vested right. He makes a half- The ebullient Dr. Park's article level with only a general overview Law:, professor Bernard H. Sie- hearted attempt to cast such is replete with scientific facts by the higher levels of govern- gan of Califorma/s University of developers in the additional role of pulled together from recognized ment. That type of "butting in" San Diego, who is also a newspap- "the" meek who are destined~~tcF lddT^jected seems a fairway to insure-that-the er columnist, chose for his treatise inherit the earth." ' into the future to produce his plans are not unduly warped by an attack on a current Congress- The heavy feeling of impending imperative, for improving our the avarice of unscrupulous dev- ional proposal to financially, stimu- calamity imparted by the profes- quality of living through systema- elopers, the power or graft lust of late state and local land-use sor was happily lightened by the tic planning. He is persuasive in unfaithful politicians, or the ex- planning. The locally hand-distri- first few paragraphs of the current his quiet insistance that we must cesses of misguided environment- buted copy of his article opened Exxon house-organ's reprint of abandon a hand-wringing, do- alists. with a stand-pat repudiation of Dr. Charles Park's "Man and the nothing policy if we are to survive those who admit being concerned Earth!" That essay is the first as humans on this planet. He As to the future of land-use vthat "we can no longer live with chapter of his recently published presents specific and convincing planning, I share Dr. Park's policies of the past." .• "Earthbound Minerals, Energy, facts about the rapid depletion" of optimistic view that a preponder- That opener is followed by a and Man's Future." nonrenewable resources. ance of civilized human beings has series of generalized condemna- Dr. Park opens his first chapter World population ^ figures are a goodly supply of energy which he tions of mainly .the administration by attributing the awakening of "reasonably projected to prove the defines as "the capacity to take of American planning and zoning the publics' awareness of our urgent need to better utilize our action."

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•I' ISLAND REPORTER March 19, 1976 A23 A22 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER WHAT COOKS Dr. Lemon to exhibh at Artisan Shop Souffle a Captivafavorite Richard "Dick" Steele will be making his Noted oil painter, Dr. Don Lemon, is and invitational shows, including The Art second bid for a Lee County Commission returning to Sanibel Sunday, March 21, to Club of St. Petersburg, The Winter Park art & music seat this year, visit the Artisan Shop and display some of Sidewalk Festival, The Fine Arts Promen- ByTwinkUnderhill Bring the water to a boil and add Steele, 46, announced Tuesday that he Steele to vie for his work. ade, and the. "October Palette" in Chicago the salt. Slowly stir in the grits. will seek the Democratic nomination for the Dr. Lemon has received countless awards and many others. This recipe came from a friend Cook in double boiler over boiling District 5 commission seat currently held by in the Midwest arid Florida and is currently . Dr. Lemon is represented by Merrill water until thick, about 1/2 hour. George Goldtrap. ' . commission seat listed in "Who's Who in the South and Chase Gallerys in Chicago and the Brown who lives on Captiva. It is a local . The North Fort Myers businessman said Southwest." County Art Association in Nashville, In- Art classes offered \ • •' favorite, and once you try it, you'll Add the butter, cheese and garlic V —Vf* *t If • His work is regularly, exhibited at Long- diana. . and cook until all is melted in, he will move his wife and four children General art lessons by Vincent Brodeur, know why. It is almost a souffle, across town to East Fort Myers to run boat Key Art Center, where he is a member, The artist' will be at the Artisan Shop from Tuesdays at the Island Arts Shop. 1446 but is not finicky. Do not buy the stirring now and then. against Goldtrap. Steele was the Democratic as well as at the Sarasota Art Association 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The public is cordially invited to come, meet Dr. Lemon and view Periwinkle Way. The charge is $5 per instant grits. Like most shortcuts Put the eggs in a two cup candidate for the Districts commission seat "and Art League of Manatee. lesson. Call 472-1516 for details. Dr. Lemon's exhibits include many juried his work; in cooking, you'll lose a lot of the measure and add enough milk to in 1974, but was defeated by Betty Bowen. Watercolor classes by Jack Wilson, flavor. "make one cup. Beat and add to Mrs. Bowen has two years remaining in her Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon grits. Cook all this a few minutes term. at St. Michael and All Angels Church, Active in civic affairs throughout the Hibel featured at Naples Gallery Periwinkle Way. The charge is $5" per Glorious Grits longer. county, Steele is presently the President of Pour into a greased casserole Edna Hibel, -an artist termed by Foster Essentially painting, drawings, and litho- lesson. . • the Suncoast P;T.A. and .Vice Chairman of Harmon as "America's most universally graphs are her mediums of expression and Drawing classes with Mary Stolz, 4 1/2 cups water . and sprinkle the top with sesame the Suncoast Advisory Board. He is Presi- beloved and successful woman artist," will have gained worldwide fame for her talents. Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. The group meets in 1 Tbsp. salt seeds. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 dent of the North Ft. Myers Democratic have a one-man show beginning Monday, Foster Harmon stated further: "We are the parkinglot of the Sanibel Community 1 cup grits, regular, not quick hour. Let stand out of the oven for Club and serves as a member of the County March 7, at tfte Harmon Gallery. The especially honored in being able to present House on Periwinkle Way. Students are Executive Committee and Steering Com- asked to bring a newspring pad, pencils, cooking 10 or 15 minutes before serving. mittee. Gallery is located at 1258 Third Street each March, Edna Hibel's largest and finest 1 stick margarine or butter Serves 6 to 8. South, in Naples. exhibition of the year and are displaying pen, and charcoal. The charge is $2 per He is also the past President of the The artist was persuaded to enter the only her original paintings. We do have lesson. 6 oz. sharp cheddar cheese, cut Suncoast Civic Association and served on Sarasota Artist Don Lemon will international collectors china plate field just available a selection, of her hand colored Basic painting course by Helene Sparke- in pieces. the Board of Directors. Steele is a member visit the Artisan Shop in the four years ago. 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irnj A24 March 19, 1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 A25 artists such as Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente 10:00 p.m.; Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 >•'•-• Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Roberto p.m.; and Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tribute to Latin America Matta and Wifredo Lam," said a Museum The Ringling Museums are located on 68 spokesman. tropically-landscaped acres three miles glass sculpture to highlight art show The Ringling Museums will celebrate the 1930's have been assembled for the show "The Museum's Bicentennial exhibition of north of Sarasota on U.S. 41. The unique close cultural ties between Florida and its from each of the Latin American nations. contemporary Latin American art acknow- cultural complex includes the Ringling One of the important art "exhibitions of the Wright, Walter Meigs.^Fred Messersmith, neering contemporary, solid glass sculpture Latin American neightbors with the special ledges this continuing influence and inter- Museum of Art, Ringling Residence and season will take place at the Harmon Gallery Eliot O'Hara, Herb Olsen, Carl Schmalz, (rather than blown) and for bringing "The cultural influence the United States change of culture," he concluded. Museum of the Circus and Asolo Theater. in Naples when the 20th Century Water- Raphael Soyer, Valfred Thelin, Loren "modern art" to Venetian glass. His work is has had on the development of the Latin • The exhibition will be open to the public Admission is three dollars for adults; colorists exhibit will be combined with a Wilford, Robert Willson, and Andrew exhibited in museums and galleries in Countries can be balanced by the outstand- beginning April 9 during regular museum children under 12 are admitted free when one-man show of Robert Willson's glass Wyeth. Venice and throughout Europe. ing artistic contributions to this country by hours, Monday throuth Friday, 9:00 a.m. to accompanied by an adult. sculptures. , Willson's work is also exhibited in The exhibition will run from Monday, Robert Willson is a professor of art at the galleries across the country from Florida March 22, through Saturday, April 10^-1976 University of Miami. Since the early 1960's and New York to California. His sculptures art & music from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Gallery is he has been going to Venice, Italy each have been cited as "distinguished - each a located at 1258 Third Street South in summer to create glass sculpture in the unique piece of fine art to be enjoyed and Ocean reefs topic of Auduboti slide show Naples. There is no admission charge. famous glass furnaces on the Island of treasurgd-fepever in art's most endurable Work of the greatest names in this Murano. He is highly honored there for pio- man-made medium - glass." Bicentennial exhibition of contemporary The colorful, mysterious world Ocean Reefs" at the regular Sani- Philippines, off the Great Barrier century's art world are included: Milton Latin American painting and sculpture. of underwater ocean reefs will be bel-Gaptiva Audubon Society Reef, and in the Seychelle islands Avery, Byron Browne, Charles Burchfield, 9 "Latin American Horizons: 1976" will be the subject of a slide show pre- meeting on Thursday, March 25, off Tanzania in Africa. Alexander Calder, Adolf Dehn, Julio De- presented April 9 to May 16, in the sented by a man who makes his at 8:00 p.m. at. the Sanibel Com- Diego, Lamar Dodd; William Henry, Win Series screens 'CMoe Museums' New Wing Galleries. Dr. Meyer teaches paleontology Jones, Hari Kidd, Stanton MacDonald- The exhibition has been made possible living exploring that world for the munity House. at the University of Cincinnati, Eric Rohmer directed "Chloe in the in the Ringling Museum of Art Classic Film through the generosity of the Florida Smithsonian Institute. A professor of geology at the and is the curator of the science Afternoon," the witty and sophisticated Series at 2:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Bicentennial Commission in Tallahassee University of Cincinnati, Dr. Mey- museum there. A Woodrow Wil- comedy.about a young couple whose lives in the Asolo Theater. . ' with matching funds from the Southeast Dr. David Lachlan Meyer, nep- er has conducted underwater re- son" Fellow, Dr. Meyer is also a Robert Willson is credited with are upset by a leading French film star, Admission is one dollar to the color film Banking Corporation of Miami. hew of Sanibelite Francis Saxin- search in the Caribbean islands, member of the American Society \ produced in 1972 with French dialogue and Fifty-seven works of art dating from the ger, will talk about "Exploring the bringing modern art to Venetian The film will be shown Monday, March 22, English subtitles. the Molucca islands south of the of Geologists. glass sculpture. 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Located at 1625 Periwinkle Way 2761 West Gulf Drive ALL ITEMS 472-1033 (across from the Heart of the Island) On Our Menu Are Prepared est of Tarpon Bay Road) in Nutmeg Village Fresh Daily In Our Kitchen 2075 Periwinkle Way Sanibel Island, Florida 33957 472-2525 Closed Sunday and Oyster Bar - It A26 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTED Marcli 19,1976 A27 Tahitian Garden merchants to host League show things to do Thirteen Tahitian Garden shops will be co-sponsoring an Current activities: annouced at approximately 12:00 noon on Birdlng Tours by George Weymouth. Morning and The "First Annual" Tahitian Garden Art Oil paintings by Louise Chamberlain, watercolors by Sanibel Volunteer Fire Department! meetings second outdoor art show March 27-28. Saturday. Artists are asked to arrive at the afternoon. Reservations made through Bailey's General and fourth Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. at the Fire House, Palm Show and Sale will be held Saturday, March Jessie Woods - an exhibit sponsored by the Sanibel-Captiva 27, and Sunday, March 28 at the Tahitian exhibit at 9:00 a.m. The opening hours will Store, 472-1516. Ridge Road. be from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on both Art League - at the Sanibel Public Library during their regular opening hours weekdays, including Saturdays, 10:00 Nature adventure* afloat, "Wet Pants," Captain Dick days. Frieman, 472-1315. Charter. Each artist is limited to six entries and a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Sanibel Fire Control Commissioners will meet the Sailing Lessons at the South Seas Plantation Sailing must pay an exhibition fee of $2. First annual art show at the Tahitian Garden Shopping second Tuesday of the Month at 1:00 p.m. at the new Fire School, Paul Taylor, instructor, held every week-end at 10:00 The committee in charge of the First Center, Periwinkle Way, Saturday and Sunday, March 27 and House Addition. The public is invited. a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Beginner, intermediate and advancea Annual Tahitian Garden Art Show and Sale 28, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in cooperation with the Sanibel- sessions. Call 472-1551 for information. art & music is Helene Sparkes and Wilb Snyder, exhibits Captiva Art League. Sons of the American Revolution Caloosa Chapter chairmen for the Sanibel-Captiva Art Lea- Duplicate Bridge every Friday evening, 7:30 p.m., meets second Wednesday of each month. Fort Myers Country gue. City of Sanlbel's Bicentennial Landmarks Art Competi- Sanibel Community House, open to all. Club, 12:00 noon. Tom Kelleher is over-all chairman of the tion award winners now on view at the Bank of the Islands, Periwinkle Way during the regular banking hours - Monday show and sale, assisted by John Zambuto Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce meeting of the Lions Club of Sanibel-Captiva: meetings first and third through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Garden Shopping Center on Periwinkle and Alan Davis. Board of Directors, second Tuesday of each month at the Wednesday of each month, 6:30 p.m.. Island Beach Club. Chamber building on Causeway Road, 8:00 p.m. Way. The show and sale is co-sponsored by The following participating merchants Boat trip with Richard Beebe and George Campbell with Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting at St. Michael and the Sanibel-Captiva Art League. from Tahitian Gardens will each have art breakfast at Cabbage Key, walk on Cayo Costa, shelling at Bingo (Murex), every Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., American All Angels Episcopal Church, Periwinkle Way, every Friday exhibits outside their shops on the day of the Johnson Shoals, a barrier island. Call 472-2180 for Legion Hall, Sanibel-Captiva Road. night, 8.00 p.m. For information call 332-1300. The works of artists who are members of show and sale: Shoes 'n Stuff, Charlev, The information. the Sanibel-Captiva Art League will be Needles Eye, Shalimar, Shell, Bath and shown. If, however, artists wishing to Linen, Zamboanga Furnishings, Daniele's, Art exhibit of the recent works of Maine artist, Robert Eric Bird Photography..X)ay long individual instruction by All member art shows of the Sanibel-Captiva Art exhibit join ihe League by paying the The Cedar Chest, The Pink Turtle, The Moore sponsored by the Schoolhouse Gallery at the working professional who instructs on subject at University League at the Captiva exhibit board are held the first nominal annual dues of $2 they will be Watering Can, Garden Snack Bar, Island Lighthouse Point condominium reception Center through of Delaware. See Hank Bunker, space 39, Periwinkle Trailer Thursday and Friday of each month. elgible to enter and exhibit their works. Produce, and Get Together. tomorrow, Saturday, March 20, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Park. - There will be a panel who will judge all rct Further information can be obtained by South Seas Sailing Club open to all sailboat owners. For Fashion Show every Wednesday 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.; Pirate Playhouse prop sale for charity, every Thursday works shown and cash"" awards will be calling 472-3217. membership and meeting information contact Brian Webb at and every Friday 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m., at the Sanibel Inn stage properties will be sold in the Founders Lounge at the 472-1551. Restaurant, Periwinkle Way. Playhouse on Periwinkle Way from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Call 472-2121 for information. Klwanls Club: meeting every Wednesday morning at 8:00 Exercise daises by Mary Kay Berres every Tuesday a.m., Scotty's Pub, visitors welcome. Purple and white evening through April 23. "Yoga - the Haltha method" from Regular meetings: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.; "Working Women Slimnastics" from 5:30 Santiva Teen Club meets every Thursday evening at Sanibel-Captiva Art League meets the second p.m. to 6:30 p.m. St. Michael and All Angels Church, 7:30 p.m., For information about meeting place phone Mike Wednesday of each month at the Sanibel Community House, review to tap Periwinkle Way. There is a small fee. Call 332-0808 for Trowbridge at 472-4303. Club is open to teenagers of information. Sponsored by the Lee County Recreation 10:30 a.m. Sanibel and Captiva. Department. Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club: regular meetings are held Sanibel Community Association: monthly meetings at island students Purple and White Review staged by students at Cypress on the third Wednesday of the month at the Community 6:30 p.m.; first Tuesday of each month, Sanibel Community Lake High School, Fort Myers, Saturday, March 27, 7:30 p.m.. Jane Ann Ireland of Sanibel and Gretchen House, 6:00 p.m. House, members and guests welcome, (dinner, business Wilson of Captiva will appear in the Purple High School Gym. Adm.: adult, $1.50, student, $1. Call meeting, program). 472-2435 for information. Captiva Civic Association Board of Governors meeting, and White Review to be staged by the first and third Tuesday, 10:00 a.m., Captiva Community students at Cypress Lake Senior High "You Can't Take It With You" presented at the Pirate's Center. School in Fort Myers. Playhouse, tomorrow, Saturday, March 20, and Sunday, Island Cinema: City of Sanibel Bicentennial Landmarks The Review will take place Saturday March 21, 8:00 p.m. For reservations call 472-2121, or stop City of Sanibel Council will have regular meetings the evening, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the by the Playhouse on Periwinkle Way. first, third, and fifth Tuesdays, 9:00 a.m.. City Hall. Special Three Days of the Condon Stars Robert Redford, Faye art competition winners works are now on school's gymnasium. Admission to the meetings will be announced. Dunaway and Cliff Robertson. It is a suspense thriller about a view at the Bank of the Islands. Shown is performance is $1.50 for an adult ticket and "Of Pelican — and Paths," a new photo verse program by CIA researcher who is plunged into a harrowing chain of Kay Foster's "Summerlin-Towles House" $1 for students. Further information can be Mario Hutton, Friday, March 19, and Saturday, March 20, Sanibel Community Association Board of Directors events that exposes covert action activities within the obtained by calling 472-2435. Sanibel Community House, 8:00 p.m. Donation to benefit the meetings every third Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m., Agency. Rated R. Friday-Saturday, 19-20 March, 7:00 & 9:00. Bike Paths Committee of Sanibel, $5 per ticket. Jane Ann and Gretchen, both cheerlead- Community House. ers at the school, will appear, appropriately Elvira Madlgans A Scandinavian film of great beauty. enough, in a sketch about cheerleaders. Regular activities: Sanibel City Planning Commission meets every Monday Newsweek said: "It may well be the most beautiful movie at 9:30 a.m., at City Hall. All interested parties are invited to ever made." Rated PG. Sunday-Tuesday, 21-23 March, 7:15 & Sanibel Public Library on Palm Ridge Road now open attend and to participate. Special meetings will be 9:00. Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. announced. The Killer Elite: Stars James Caan in a story of a Captiva Memorial Library, open Tuesdays and Satur- Sanibel-Captiva Motel Association meeting, third world-wide killer organization, directed by Sam Peckinpah. days, 9:30 a m. to 12:00 noon, Fridays, 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday of each month, 8:00 p.m., Chamber of Commerce Rated PG. Wednesday-Saturday, 24-27 March, 7:00 & 9:10. I FOLLOW THE LEADER Captiva CIVIC Center, Gore Road. Building. Noah's Ark Thrift and Consignment Shop at St. Michael Sanibel Captiva American Legion: meeting or members |H|3|l|l V •LESSla[~3[¥| V 1 1 and Alt Angels Episcopal Church, Periwinkle Way, Tuesday the second Tuesday of each month. [ a j j.! v| a 3 0 N H33 - < dioe I 3| Altfh through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to l:00*p.m. h v a n V NHlihlo'i N V S [ A|A| V| o88888! 31 9| U! VISES V N 1 Bird Tours of the Islands by Griffing Bancroft. Leave Captiva Erosion Prevention District: meetings the i o ofes(FT N 1 w second Tuesday of each month, 4:30 p.m., Captiva Civic WoTWf 1 Vi d Cinema Plaza at dawn. Reservations must be made at a oik 31A1 1 Center. «BM"il a YilB i a 31 HI oW n H Answers Macintosh Bookstore- 472-1447. Ni_0 0 r1 rasa u 31 1 H V 1 0 Al Anon meets weekly on Fridays at 8:00 p.m. at St. rsl to Natural History Field Trips to Sanibel's wildlife habitats •HTO WIT !i V' HI 1 d 11 Michael and All Angeles Episcopal Church in Sunday school 1 H 189j 31 Hi 01 HiVll 3 by Richard Beebe, George Campbell. Tuesdays and Thursday 3 8 room in rear of building. Call 472-2491 for information. 3| | N 3| Si 1 [ 6' dftra A !) c -i by appointment For reservations call 472-2180. Wednes- 3 0 N V 1 vldBa OiilN V y V 1 puzzle day's Open Trip, meet at Sanibel Elementary School parking Captiva Fire Control District Commissioners Meeting, 1 N V T V 1 3 A 0 1MBi|*! H3q lot, Sanibel-Captiva road at 9 00 AM. Wednesday fee, $4 per second Tuesday of every month at 8:30 a.m., Captiva ® 3 Wf) H "fiftm l s y person —• Community Center, Gore Road.

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NORIO AZUMA JACQUES HNIZDOVSKY MARGARET PHILBRICK Sometime in life, everyone needs a little Scandinavia HELEN BARNES FRANKMENNINGS MICHAEL PHILLIPS ARTHUR BAUAAAN BLANCHE JOSEPHSON MAGGY PRESTON A four-country paradise of fjords, mountains, rivers, ROSE BRITVA DR. GLADYS KASHDIN HELEN QUAT CONRAD BRAYMAN TOSH I KATAYAMA JOHN QUINN lakes and forests, where life is a little e>dra special EVELYN CARLSON LARRY KIRKWOOD DENISE RILES ALICE SKIDMORE CULBRETH REGIKLEIN CARL RANTZ MARILYN DAVIS GEORGE LEWIS SYLVIA RANTZ Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland OLGA DE SALVO JOHN LORENCE RANDOLFOJ?OCHA DONN DE VITA CALVIN LIBBY ALICIA SCHMIDT WHEN YOU THINK TRAVEL J. EVERETT DRAPER, A.W.S. CAROL LUMMUS JUDITH SHAHN A curious group of countries showing the influence THINK ORLOFF TRAVEL JIM EGLESON J. THURSTON MARSHALL ADELAIDE SPROULE SANDY EHLERS IKKI MATSUMOTO MAC SQUIRES of both the East and West, the Scaninavian world RICHARD ELLIS ELIZABETH MAY SUE STEPHENS SUSIE GARLINGTON NANCY MILLER NORA UNWIN combines the best and derives the most from all GERALD HARDY ROBERT ERIC MOORE, A.W.S. CHARLES WADSWORTH DICK HARTMANN CARL NELSON CLAUDIA WAKEFIELD outside sources The people, the food, the architec- PHILIP HICKEN NANCY NEMEC MARY WHERRETTE ANNE YOUKELES ture, the scenery, all will astound and delight you

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Marcella Cisney, left, visits Gregory Peck during the 1946 filming of "The Yearling." At right, Robert Schnitzer dis- embarks in Paris with Helen Grand Opening Hayes during an international tour in 1958. ffl Phase iv island Section B March 19, 1976

,>**•" All the world ... was their stage

By Peter Larson the performing arts has been port, Connecticut where they his meteoric career as an actor. largely administrative. The serve as consultants to the Univer- During the depression he travelled . You've undoubtedly heard of Schnitzers have' been unseen sity of Bridgeport. Introduced to the country with a troupe starring their friends: Thornton Wilder, prime movers behind drama, Sanibel over a decade ago byWalter Hamden and Katherine Helen Hayes, Isaac Stern, Leo- dance, opera and music for more Thornton Wilder (see accompany- Cornell, often playing one night nard Bernstein, Beverly. Sills, than three decades -- making their ing story), the couple began win- stands in one horse towns as well Gregory Peck and George Balan- influence felt as dreamers, direc- tering here in 1971. , as big cities. Those were theatre's chine. tors, producers, teachers, entre- They currently reside in a lean years, Schnitzer recalls, But if you haven't heard of preneurs and leading exporters of memorabilia-filled Villa at Light- "when stars didn't mind touring." Marcella Cisney .and her husband, American talent. house Point. The photographs and Realizing he had a talent for professor Robert Schnitzer; it's Cisney and Schnitzer, now semi- posters, document a string, of administration, Schnitzer moved because their role in the world of retired, make their home in West- triumphs Cisney and Schnitzer rapidly into stage management have achieved separately and as a . and was soon directing and pro- husband-wife team. • ducing 'summer theatre produc- Phase Cisney, (a name she retains for tions. In 1935 he joined the professional use), began her career Federal Theatre program, one of IV Thornton *s'Thonibel as a Broadway actress. Shortly the "make work" art projects that afterw:ard she became director of flourished under the WPA um- the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasa- brella. dena, California. The move proved "It was an amazing seedbed for ^stepping stone to njational fame new ideas and hew people," notes when, in the late 1940's, she Schnitzer, who served as: the became chief of talent for Warner program's Assistant Deputy Dir- Announcing the fourth and filial phase of Sanibel's Brothers Studios. ector in Washington. "We staged She was hired away from Warn- everything from vaudeville to modernized Shakespeare. More most prestigious bay side residential community. er Brothers in the early 1950's by than 30,000 people were employed CBS, becoming one of the first by Federal Theatre - 10,000 in women directors to break into net- New York City alone." work television. According to Schnitzer an entire In 1958, at the request of the generation of actors, artists and U.S. State Department, Cisney playwrights emerged from the became associate coordinator of WPA era, including theatre titans Special $2,000 discount to the first ten pur chasers. America's performing arts exhibit John Houseman and Orson Welles. at the Brussels World's Fair. For From Washington, Schnitzer two years she tirelessly recruited moved into the academic world, top talent, introducing many of America's leading singers, danc- Visit our sales information center today ers, actors and actresses to contin- ental Europe. At the close of the It was Thornton Wilder who first Teeth," staged shortly after his death t and discover why discriminating buyers told Schnitzer and Cisney of Sanibel. at the Kennedy Center: fair, Belgian judges conferred top The date, Cisney remembers, was "He was hoping the director would honors to the exhibit, awarding 1961; the place was die Palm Beach stage it like an animated cartoon, with the United States a gold medal in live at Mariner Pointe. all the characters in Maggie and Jiggs the performing arts division. y Theatre. "We were frantically preparing for type costumes," says Cisney. "He Contemperanious with her work an international tour of 'Skin of our became certain that it should be staged like a cartoon." for the fair, Cisney established a Teeth'," she recalls. The constant new beachhead in her camelion pressure seemed to wear on Wilder Wflder became increasingly restless as bis health began to fail, say the career as a director of the New and one day he fafled to show up for Schnitzers. The prolific genius was York City Opera. rehearsals. often heard to remark, "Too many "When he reappeared he told us of a It was Cisney, in fact, who songs unsung, too many books unwrit- wonderful little island on the West ten." ' •"••.' •.: : '.••••• : •.•.:.••. :'-' • directed Beverly Sills in her first Coast name Thanibel;' Thornton had a The Schnitzers last saw the play- coloratura role; "The opera was m pronounced lisp, you know." wright in December of 1975. Scheduled 'Mignon'," she notes. "When Bev- The playwright's description of an for diagnostic tests in New Haven, erly sang the opening aria...it was island accessible only by ferry intrigu- Connecticut, Wflder threw an intimate absolutely remarkable." ed the couple. "There's nothing there farewell party in the Coconut Grove Cisney's mushrooming achieve- I but a General Store, a post office and restaurant on Sanibel; - shells," Wilder reported; .1 enjoyed "Doctors had limited Thornton to ments hadn't escaped the attention perfect peace until I became terribly one drink a day," Schnitzer recalls. "So of the State Department. When bored." the Brussels World's Fair ended Schnitzer and Cisney finally visited he took one pull on a bottle of Scotch fe;t: Sanibel in 1972. In 1974 they purchased and gave the rest to me." she was signed as artistic director serving on theatre faculties - at a condominium and spent a good deal of Schnitzer and his wife also received . for a proposed international Thea- yassar, Smith, Columbia and New time with the aging playwright during the 40-volume library Wflder had tre Guild tour. Her colleague in the School in New York City. his last two winters on Sanibel. accumulated during his years on Sani- project, then head of the State He spent the war years on bel. Though, several of the books bear Department's International Cul- mainland China as head procure- Wflder was working on several personal dedications, one is cryptically inscribed, "Goethe Loves You." tural Exchange program;'was also ment officer for thie American RedT projects at the tune, including an her husband, Robert Schnitzer. Cross. V ; Mariner Pbinte Condominiums exhaustive scholarly work on James "Thornton's father used to say 'God Joyce's epic, "Finnegan's Wake." He Loves You'," explains Cisney. "Goethe The two married in i958 while After the war Schnitzer acted as; Loves You,' was Thornton's equiva- Visit our on-site sales center on Causeway Road at San Carlos Bay. also made frequent references to a Cisney was still with CBS. r Bicentennial production of "Skin of Our lent." ~ Schnitzer, like his wife, began % continued on B-10 graph is Pr, * J. .

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'm' • • B2 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 B3 II ers skirt law to become nature's tenants Tide chart Fishermen land kings, grouper . Several boats, with Fritz and Norma Stoppelbein's Fous, all members of the Southwest Florida Anglers Club "Misty" leading the way, headed for more southerly waters (SWAC). ~ • . March last Sunday as the Sanibel Flotilla again tried some off-shore The "Redelen" - with a crew of Red Summerlin and John weekend fishing and cruising. Frank, also SWAC members, - boated one king, and the "TBK," with Tom Kyle, Fred Biglow and Bob Muhlig Day .Date The informal Flotilla was kicked off to encourage "buddy" aboard, brought in three kings. Herb Ferguson, aboard his Fri. 19 2:53 AM H 7:57 AM L 1:31 PMH 10:05 PAAL boating off-shore - for the sake of more fun and greater "Dai* es Salaam," boated one king, but had several more at safety. Sat. 20 4:10AMH 8:12 AMI 2:33 PMH 11:15 PM L boat-side. Sun. 21 - Last Sunday the mini-fleet took a 185 degree heading off The following day the "Misty" went out again, this time at 3:23 PM H Marker 3 and fished largely for kingfish off Naples in about 190 degrees off Marker 3, and boated 17 kingfish up to 8 22 Mon. 12:37AM L 4:20 PM H 42 feet of water. - . pounds. '-

•••'"=-.'! 23 Tues. 1:59 AM L 5:58 PM H The "Misty" boated two kings up to 13 1/2 pounds, three The plans for a Sanibel Flotilla are uncertain this 24 Wed. 3M2AML 10:35 AM H 1:54 PM L 7:29 PM H grouper and one bonito. Aboard, in addition to the weekend, with most boaters likely to join in the SWAC Stoppelbein's, were Walter Emmons, Ed Connors, Ernie outing tomorrow. 'Blessed with good weather, Thors. 25 4:04 AM L 10:40 AM H 3:32 PM L 8:46 PM H the campers draw spiritual Bold Face denotes strong tides nourishment from long mid- •TV., night walks on the beach Fleet to meet and waking to early morn- Tomorrow morning between 8:00 and ing mist weaving through 8:30 a.m. a fleet of boats is expected to the pines.' • rendezvous in San Carlos Bay between the Sanibel Marina channel and the fishing pier.

,*•"!' The occasion is an offshore invitational fishing trip sponsored by Southwest Florida Anglers Club. By Mark Twombly "'.;••$• The boats will proceed offshore via the technically illegal, punishable by a or because they are not interested agrees another camper. "It's quiet, channel and "marker 5" off Fort Myers Photos by Angus Thuermer, Jr. $50 a day fine or three days in jail, in working long hours to make a lot peaceful. There's no place like it on Beaclj. Tucked in among stands of but they know that by keeping a of money. The low wages, coupled the island. Just total silence." Information boat for the cruise will be a green pine, back away from the low profile they can probably with the high prices landlords can Like more conventional tourists 33-foot Chris Craft, "Misty," captained by beach where they are shielded escape notice for weeks, and extract for island apartments the campers are primarily winter Fritz Stoppelbein of Sanibel. His boat from the bright sun and the hard sometimes months. - make it difficult to find housing. visitors. Cool, breezy nights and stare of the unsympathetic, live U Fishing Out-Island Trips carries a citizen's band radio and he will The law is not the only obstacle I like being on the beach," sunny, temperate days add up to Sightseeing monitor channel 11. groups of young nomad campers campers encounter iii their pursuit declares one former Bowman's ideal camping conditions. Blessed Skiing who believe in experiencing Sani- -V: Shelling Trips to Cabbage Key The event is:being held to encourage of nature. There are a good crop of Beach camper who was discovered with good weather, the campers "buddy" boating in offshore waters and Sailboats await opening of the Fort Myers bel at its most natural. draw spiritual nourishment from the dub hopes it might become an annual Beach swing bridge. Dark-skinned and mellow from long midnight walks on the beach OSPREY CHARTERS affair. weeks of living under the sun, and waking to early morning mist f 22 foot fully equipped MAKO these pseudo-residents often trav- weaving through the pines. -SPORT FISHING- FISHING SIGHTSEEING SHELLING el thousands of miles for the simple But there are drawbacks. "Bugs with exhilaration of sleeping a stone's sports & outdoors ..'•.••.• Captain Alex Payne are the biggest'blight,"" winces one 800 E. Gulf Drive SNOOK - TARPON -TROUT ' Trips to Cabbage Key throw away from the therapeutic veteran camper. "You have to Sanibel Island, Florida 33957 lapping of the Gulf of Mexico. carry water; there is no shower; as Phone: 472-2913 SIGHTSEEING Most set up housekeeping some- Sanibel residents who feel the and shooed away by police. After far as toilet facilities go, no sweat, Cjotabiyun where along Bowman's Beach on campers are responsible for erect- several months of bunking with the tide comes in and out." CAPT.TED the northwestern flank of theing monuments of garbage on what friends in various apartments, he They admit that garbage is a NATURE ADVENTURES Captain Baughn Holloway island. Their camps are little more is just about the last remaining is returning to Bowman's with his problem, but they lay much of the "LUCKY LADY' than a couple of sleeping bags stretch of undeveloped beach on sleeping bag. blame on "day trippers" — people Bay Sanibel Marina Res. tossed on a bed of pine needles, or the island. "To rent a place you need more who come to the beach for an South Seas Plantation U.S.C.G. Approved a hammock stretched between two A lifestyle characterized by long bucks," he reasons. "To get more afternoon. "I can't say campers 472-2723 472-1258 Captiva Island Phone: 472-2802 Australian pines. Some erect hair, beards, and casual nudity has bucks you have to work more, and don't litter, but they probably do it CHARTS WET PANTS SKIFF tents, but tents can be easily also earned the campers a ques- that takes away from time in theless than the day trippers." ration- spotted by police. The campers are tionable reputation for fostering sun and the sand and the wind. alizes one. "When we go home to SHELL • BIRD •EXPLORE Sail Boat Rentals . especially, careful to conceal their "hippie communes'' on the beach. And that's the reason for being Doane's outpost because^city law makes it Campers admit that the living is here." DREDGE FOR SEALIFE Hobi cats - Aqua cats - Sunfish • continued on 10-B SPLIT CHARTERS ARRANGED Cottages t illegal to camp anywhere on Sani- loose, with new people constantly "It's a perfect environment," Dick Frieman Phone 472-1315 bel without first securing written wandering in for a few days and Blough Beach permission from the police chief. then moving on, but they reject . motors, sailboats 10 routes from Redfis Chief John Butler has said he the notion that they are little more "''toff Boat Rentals will permit camping only under than irresponsible beach bums unusual circumstances, and then with nothing better to do than •-call ahead-**<-tfx* -we'll prepare The Colony, Sanibel only for recognized organizations indulge in decadent dallying in the ',''-.-, your boat. near Lighthouse 472-4293 eves. such as the Boy Scouts. A request sand all day. . for a permit to camp on Bowman's The long-term campers make 'tween waters marina Beach for several weeks will not bread money as waitresses, wait- get far with Butler. In the year he ers, busboys and dishwashers in Fishing & Shelling - Rental: Boats & iV\arine Enterprises has served as the chief of police Guides Available Motors -Rod & Reel island restaurants, by cleaning Fishing Shelling ELECTRONICS Butler has never been asked for condominium units, and by picking Guy McRae, Mgr. - Captiva Island 472-1784 : Luncheon Trips to Cabbage Key permission to camp at Bowman's. up odd jobs here and there. All Your Fishing Needs - Bait, Tackle, etc. CB Most of the campers are aware They are forced to work menial BOB SABATINO MIKE AVERY RDF that what they are doing is jobs because good jobs are scarce, RADAR day charters DEPTH SOUNDERS ph. 472-1451 Authorized UNIMETRICS warranty & service. The FUN WAY to see the Islands 15 yrs. 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B4 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 B5 m fish which has the ability to strip REGISTER NOW FOR SCUBA DIVING CLASSES reels completely in a single stroke. * j , ;4 Coastal fishing I do believe he was a confirmed Bonefisher after only his first fish. fromB-4 can match this brutal adversary. These fish "have this ability also. Capt. Duke Sells fish guide, Capt. John Priyble who After the battle is engaged you As for myself, I had a deeper EDUCATED SHRIMP 75c A DOZ. Charier Skiff "Whee Three" fishes from Duck Key marina on fish were spotted and the present- find there is another factor that is abiding respect for all of the many Captiva Island, Fla. Grassy Key which lies roughly ation must be low and soft. open to failure, which is your arm, Sharks, Barracuda and Bones that between Islamorada and Mara- Armed with this we started bur as it is necessary to hold the rod inhabit these crystal clear flats and SKIPPURD1 "O.K. two fish coming i» at thon, halfway down the Key chain. safari and the above event is high above your head to keep the provided us with this unforget- 472-2674 about two o'clock!" Last week I received an offer to pretty, much like it happened, long stretched line from chaffing table sport. followed by five more fish on the * With these words your hands cover a Bonefish trip for four days on the coral. Next week an exclusive inter- ICE tighten on the light rod as three from my good friend and client Pat trip, all being released except As for Pat, the first fish was like view with a little lady who terribly TENNIS & GOLF EQUIPMENT men pole lightly across a foot deep DeCastro of Sanibel Island. He had Pat s first, which was a monster of a balm that swept away all of the harrassed a bunch of fish in Belize, RAKTS-UEACH TOWELS-BAIT eight and one half pounds, kept for CASTING NETSSPEARGUNS-TIPS& IJAN[)S Bonefish flats in the Florida Keys. booked John in the hopes of executive cafes and instilled a Central America. i MEN'S SWIM TRUNKS-FILM-SL'NTAN LOTION-MASKS. KINS. SNORKLES catching that most sought after a mount. deep respect for this streamlined Good Fishing, Capt. Sells RODS. REELS & FISHING TACKLE-ISLANDS ONLY SCIJ&A AIR STATION- The tough dark man with the SCUBA RENTALS-TENNIS-WATER SKIES angels touch on the pole is obvious- ghost of the flats. I have always prided myself at ly in command as he alerts his Business being what it was and being able to spot fish long before Sanibel Center Bldg., Periwinkle & Casa Ybel Road clients to the green transparent the drifter that I am, I readily others, but such was not the case ghosts searching the flats for food. accepted. Besides, wasn't my wife with John who was always the One rises his rod at a low angle in Central America having fun first to spot, and even then I had for a soft presentation as'-the fish fishing, and who is she to have all trouble discerning what was fish f are very spooky and ever vulnera- the fun? and a grass or sand mound. ble to Shark and 'Cuda attack. The After a very enjoyable five hour Believe you me, this is no game for UNITED fish smells the shrimp in front of trip down U.S. 1 we arrived at amateurs. himand grovels in the sand for the Duck Key Marina and the Indies Watching John at his trade on a I morsel, the angler's pulse quickens Inn, which would be our home for Bone flat is pure poetry as he SPRING as the line moves off and he lifts four days. poles, cocks his head for full the rod. The next morning found . us Polaroid benefit, then goes on What follows is the scream of a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed at searching everywhere at once. SAVINGS TIME! tortured reel in agony as it strains the marina to get going, but first Suddenly he surges ahead or (Left) John Prybil grasps a Bone- to cope with the lightning run of John layed down a few ground locks his pole in a staked position fish by the tail just before releasing the Bonefish in a headlong rush to rules for the sport, such as no then announces in that calm sure it. (Above) Capt. Sells, (left) helps f: reach the deep water at the edge stomping on the boat or loud tone that you are being approach- ed and to prepare yourself. Pat DeCastro hoist a formidable of the flats and safety. noises, ho quick movements when Barracuda. Translated above is a scene You cock your bailspring and repeated every day from the % continued on next page hope to God that the little buggy- twenty foot skiff of veteran bone- whip and puny eight pound line

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By Jack Koontz and in a while boated a nice 49 pound striper. CABLEVISION-SAIMIBEL One of the things that makes Albert was real pleased, and fishing worthwhile is a good fish- that eel looked as tasty as ever. A ing yarn, and a proficient spinner fishing contest was-going on at the NOW, complete, well-rounded of yarns is a revered figure in the time so Albert entered his fish and fishing world. Last week we read it won him $100. That made Albert about Danny Bryant, a man who smile even harder. television coverage is available to you. takes his bait eels personally. This He then took the bass and sold it week Koontz writes about another at the local market for a nice price, of his character friends, Albert the went home, took that same eel and efficient. ate him for supper. Yessir! Al- Through the marvel of microwave bert's an efficent sportman. Another good hunter and fisher- . I went out grouper fishing last man friend of mine is Albert weekend with a friend. We had technology we've added four distant Fischer, brother of local Captiva good luck, caught some nice blacks guide Doug Fischer. and reds, and made a nice profit at One of Albert's strong points is the market. signalsand we're now that he's very efficient; doesn't Later on I looked doyen into the like to waste anything. A year or baitwell to see we still had some so back he was fishing live eels for nice sand perch, or squirrel fish as striped bass. He reached down sonie call them. They were still 11 CHANNELS into his bait bucket and spied a alive and well and I got to thinking particularly nice fat specimen. about Albert and his eel. "This 'un sure does look good to Let me tell you^ they were some you've got bait left over remember STRONG! me," says Albert. "I don't know Then I startecl thinking about good eating. > Albert and his eel and the efficient how any fish could resist a plump how those perch would look all angler. critter like this." smashed up hanging out of a So next time you're out bait Fishing sure produces its share Albert heaved the beauty over grouper's mouth and remembered fishing arfd you get bored, think of characters, and they've got Entertainment, Education, Business and drifted along until he felt a Danny Bryant and his eel. Well, I about Danny Bryant being an eel, some good things to say. Food for nice strong tug on the line. He filleted those perch, dipped them swimming around with his face all the mind and food for the body. reared back, set the hook real good into a nice batter and fried 'em up. twisted up and scared. And if Amen. News, National and International Sanibel Marina, Inc News from Reuters, Public Service f PORT COMFORT Welcomes you to our Service at Sunrise From 6:30AM to 6:00PM Broadcasting and 24 Hour News • Gas • Diesel •• Fishing Tackle Fishing Guides MARINA • Live Bait * # Ramp • Charts •• Dockage MECHANIC ON DUTY Service. PLUS. Stock Quotations/only The full service marina with Taml-Uft hauling • Refreshments • Supplies up io 60'sail and power yachts. • COLD BEER Ph. 472-2723 Periwinkle Way at N. Yachtsman Dr. 15 minutes delayed, from Wall Street. THE SAILORS CENTER By boat: %mlloE. m of the Causeway k Chrysler 22 Chrysler's outstanding new 22' trailerable family sailer, sets a new standard for versatility and per- >;••# • formance in small cruising-racers! Amazing stability — • a result of her The Island's wide 7'9" beam and 3,000 lb. displacement. Safety for families Complete and racers includes foot-gripping deck surfaces, self-bailing cockpit, Tennis Shop self-righting capability and foam flotation. She's just right for a family of five or the single-hander. Tennis may be just a game, but... It's our love match.

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holiday / Tennis ladder Record boating Golfers wise words Rent-A -Car J-"' \ By Glessie Creagh 18. June Muench 472-2865 . Infmsttonsl \ "The two most essential requirements for consistency in golf is to start the backswing Four matches were played on the women's Men's Ladder slowly and the downswing slowJy!"-Ben. i UNLIMITED MILEAGE ladder this week, including two singles and two 1. Brad Barry 472-2828 class completed Hogan doubles. 2. Leu Clements 472-1551 Benedict defeated Swats 10-7, and Creagh 3. Brian Webb 472-1551 The grades are in for the 1975-76 free "In order to be a winner...you must 00 beat Taylor 10-2. The doubles team of Gostanzo 4. Bud Brilhart 472-1568 boating course offered to the public by the develop your instinct to k0I.n-Babe Zaharius '76Per and Sabatino won their match over Swats and 5. Tom Kendrick 472-1748 SanibelrCaptiva unit of the United States Horak 10-7. Coyle and Byers downed Benedict 6. BillRiley 472-4006 Power- Squadrons, according to Harley "I play my best golf when I am 1976 Brown, local squadron commander. and Weinberg 10-4. 7. Joe B>wen 472-4536 LOOSEr-Lee Trevino 472-1451 Of the 58 men and women who took the GREMLIN OR VEGA rt ,, , , ,,. ' „ . , , _. , 8. Bob Sabatino final exam on February 16,55 scored a grade Low rates on other 1976 cars. Un the men s ladder Riley lost to Clements 9 R Pave^a 472-1551 # ay 472-2867 of 80 percent or better. "You don't bit a golf ball...you swing a golf FREE AIRPORT 6-3, 6-2, but later beat Sabatino. Joe Bowen_io Rick Kraft Some 70 people signed up for the course, dub! The ball must be in the proper position challenged in to'beat Bob Sabatino 6-3<63JT~ ii' Brian Npwhprrv 472-2693 which began in early November, of last year. PICK-UP AND feverytime in order to be there when the Please call Tennis Anyone?, at 472-2993 if {% Bob GravYs 472-3239 The classes were held in the Sanibel clubhead is swung thru the same groove RETURN SERVICE you wish to drop from the ladder or are leaving 13 * jj jj Taylor 472-1028 Community Association building. every time ."-Ronnie Fenton . 14. Georgo e Schlotterer ? One of the Squadron's principal activities 472-2351 is conducting the free boating course for the 15. Horace Loomis general public. Boaters do not have to SINGLES belong to the Squadron to attend the "A very important thing to remember DOUBLES classes. when you're past 40 years of age...is to make Women's Ladder Although these classes have been taught Sphinx is golfer's choice a full body turn."-Arnold Palmer 936-6400 1. AnnCostanzo 5402 Cleveland Ave. 472-1206 Women's Doubles on Sanibel for several years, this is the first 2. EUie Sabatino ' 472-1451 time the course has been conducted by the . Many people translate an interest into the Glyfada course in Athens, Greece. Mrs.. Across from Airport on US 41 1. Wadkovsky and Winsor 472-2580 Sanibel-Captiva unit, which just became a "The only way to play good golf is through 3. Linda Horak 472-2583 some kind of casual hobby such as painting, Fenton finished in fourth spot in the practice. No one ever attained perfection in FT. MYERS 4. Renee Wadkovsky 2. Costanzo and Grinnell 472-1206 squadron late, last year. Previous sessions collecting sea shells, or writing poetry. women's division in that tournament. 472-2580 3. Swats and Horak were conducted by the San Carlos Bay any sport without a constant repetition of Most Major Credit Cards Honored. 5. Joy Benedict 472-4353 Bettie and Ronnie Fenton are two people • Two years ago Ronnie won, and Bettie the basic mechanics.n-Gaiy Player 6. Marty Swats 4. Taylor and Gillingham 481-5189 squadron, headquartered in Fort Myers who are interested in playing golf, and their finished second in a match at the 12,000 foot t- :•» • 5. Byers and Coyle 472-4004 Beach. hobby consists" of sampling golf courses high Las Palmas course in the Canary 7.MaryDeHon_ The next boating course will begin in around the world. Islands. Tomorrow the Fentons will join 50 8. Merrill Rushworth or 472-2555 October, 1976. A wide range of topics will be "The most important requirement for good 6> Weinber and The Fentons have toured the famous St. other golfers from the Midwest and fly to golf is confidence. You must think positive. 9. Terry Weinberg 471-2029 S Benedict 472-2029 covered, including boat handling under Andrews and Glen Eagles courses in. Morocco to play in a tournament there at the varying conditions, rules of the road, If you think you're going to miss—you've got 10. Marilyn McCann 472-4392 »*'»'• Scotland, England's St. Anne's where the invitation of King Hassan. two strikes "against you.-Sam SneadS 11. Terri Blackmore 472-2671 navigation "aids, -required equipment, dis- Ryder Cup matches are played, Estoril in The five day match will be staged at the 1 12/Mary Mather 1. Copeland and Winrow 472-4166 tress signals, boat trailering, use of the Portugal, and have discovered little known Casa Blanca golf course, whose 45 holes are 472-4825 compass and elementary charting and courses in places like Spain, Mexico, 13, Glessie Creagh 472-2993 or 472-2662 considered among the finest and most "You must begin at the beginning and that 2. Horak arid Swats 47^-2583 piloting. Luxembourg, and the Orient. challenging in the world. 14. Linda Taylor 481-8663 The U.S. Power Squadrons is a private is putting. You cannot play Beethoven until 472-1451 This rates as one of their most outstanding The Sanibel couple recently returned from you learn chop sticks and patting represents. IS.Pat'Raitt 334-1473 3. Sabatino and Pavelka organization begun over 60 years ago. Today finds a course near the Sphinx in Egypt. a golfing holiday in Yucatan, Mexico where there are about 400 local squadrons boasting 50 percent of the allotted strokes on all golf: 16. Mary Hildalgo 472-1551 they found only two small golf courses. courses!"-Ronnie Fenton 17. Joann Peceri 472-4176 over 80,000 members. One of the three main' Occasionally the Fentons enter regional "They were as rare as junonias on Sanibel," purposes of the Squadron is boating safety tournaments at foreign courses. Four years remarked Fenton, who is the golf pro at through education. . ago Ronnie took a third, in a tournament at South Seas Plantation on Captiva. ^SSSSSSSS^SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! 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Then to Valdez, Anchor- • For Minor Burns and'Bruises, Cuts, etc. Unique Little Shell Island age, McKinley Park, Fair- banks.- Super-comfort- shells and candles •V. -••• ,'.= .'-•--- VISIT Beautiful Cabbage Key able motorcoach to Se- • For Relief of Minor Soreness Due to Bites.of Non-Poisonous attle through Canadian Insects, Bees, Gnats, Mosquitoes, Chiggers, No-See-Ums, etc. on Captiva Island. Rockies. 25 days. 472-3305 Refreshments • % day-all day • 4 to 8 Persons Contains: 30 percent Pure Tropical Aloe Vera Gel, Vitamins SONG OF THE SEA ISLAND A-E, Panthenol (Vitamin B-5) and Benzocaine. ' Gulf Drive, Sanibet Phone (813) 472 2220 Call: Capt. Chic Kennedy Available at: Drugstores, B-Hive, The Reel Eel, Ship's Store TRAVEL at Plantation, 'Tween Waters Marina, Blind Pass Marina, San ibel Ma rina 472-4087 Tennis Anyone?, Periwinkle Trailer Park Store. 472-1521 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! 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Baby care products. Pet supplies. Just call us... Florida's Most Beautiful and Modern Dry Cleaning Plant ISLAND APOTHECARY the Cape Coral's Oldest Established Business NICHOLS We9 ll call on you. Shaklee $4.00 1 s* ARINE Family Palm Ridge Road 472-1519 PHONE: NAPLES-MI2-2360 CAPE CORAL 542-2024 CaUyour island distributor - MEMBER 4723 DEL PRADO Across From GAC Building 860 Twelfth Ave. So. 813-642-33O4 (Across from Library) (After Hr. Emergencies 472-2768) Naples, Fla. 33940 813-649-4242 Jeanette Bretzke 472-4512 Monday-Friday 9-5 Saturday 9-2 J B BIO March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 Bll Campers skirt law to becoitie natiire's tenants beach access areas. Motor home • from3<-B owners sometimes find that the Mortgage money m one trailer park on the island is II the woods we don't want to go full, and the only thing to do aside home to beer cans." from leaving the island is bed •*. • < The man admitted that when his down in the nearest out-of-the- § camp was broken up by police, he way parking place. hard to find? ;". made no attempt to return and pick up the garbage. Others say The long term beach campers •; they buy plastic bags to collect are existing v in a state of flux. ' their trash, and even scoop up There are abuses of the law that | rubbish wherever they find it. deems it illegal to just pitch a tent | When a camp is uncovered by and break out the marshmallows, j~ police, the campers are asked to but the problem has not become so | pack up immediately and leave. If acute that major police surveil- | no one is around, their gear is lance is required. , ., | confiscated and taken to the police In fact, some campers who make I station where proof of ownership an annual trek to Bowman's say I is required to reclaim it. there are fewer campers this year -I-, _•••.••...•• . than in the past, probably becau'se I Since the first of the year police of the increased presence of police. ave investigated 43 separate Still, they would like to see some •m i complainti s of illegailll l campini g on official tolerance of their desire to § Sanibel. Although most of it is ...,.,,. _. . .enjoy Sanibel.au naturel. "We | reported on Bowman's Beach, skills who4ive e islaiid and riot get hassled," lie don't want every bum in the state | people do. camp in other spots, yhh. Otte^man JIBS' jpicked/-oli#;fl2 boasts. out there in a tent," comments one | Two tents recently sprouted on a /different sp^bts where heyeWjpark committed camper, adding, "On ^private lot near the Tarpon Bay / his car^ for;tHe-hight: Hechellb ;& Police aisa hayerfoVdeal with all the other hand people say this land t Road beach access. different Ibcation^each nig'hfp' "J night snbbzin^ in parking lots, is your land, this land is my lanjS, f There are even a few . hearty 'tan camp just about anywhere on overgrowii country lanes,-and at but you gotta live indoors. " COLOR TV REPAIR LOCAL AUTHORIZED RCA & ZENITH SERVICE CENTER

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•UmpfMMMionql HmnwMtoooMofitpMna—^. taMrMNdi not impactod by a TufMbM DM Mr. m Call your Tuff-Kote Dealer today erai SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF FORT MYERS Pointe Santo de Sanibel 332-3690 or 332-2153 The Family Financial Center" 2445 Gulf Drive Sanibel Island, Florida 33957 TUFF-KOTE DINOL SANIBEL ISLAND EQUAL HOUSING 2449 Periwinkle Way POINTE SANTO RUSTPROOFING de Sanibel LENDER 2531 FOWLER STREET 472-1537 % FORT MYERS, FLORIDA 33901 Open 9:00a.m. -4:00p.m. AAon.-Thurs. • 9:00a.m. -6:00p.m. Friday 84 fov B12 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 B13 meodows textiles Solar home funded EVERYBODY'S Mortgage interest rates go down On an island where almost everyone . Burt, Hill and Associates, a Fort Myers employs a 700 square foot collector; water The Island's only complete linen & carpet shop. Everything watches the Gulf tides--fishermen, shellers, architectural firm, and Innovative Building heated by the sun flows ^through the and boaters — there's another sort of tide from mattress. protectors. & pads, bedpillows, Chatham Systems, developers, have been awarded a collector and into a 2,000 gallon storage BUSINESS blankets, Gannon Royal Family sheets & towels. All cotton tank. : that often goes unnoticed: mortgage interest 1 thermal or quilted bedspreads, even table cloths £ beach grant from the Department of Housing and By Peter Larson rates. . Urban Development to build a demonstra-v The system should supply 70 percent of business 1 J accessories. Graber shades, Wamsutta drapes. Venture the space heating and 55 percent of the Fluctuating frequently with the ebb and / - I carpets. We estimate, install or ship. Ask about our "Linen' tion home using solar energy. Business at the Mucky Duck, the authen- flow of the economy, mortgage interest L Furnishing Plan". Exclusive Captiva & Sanibel. T shirts. domestic water heat say the designers. rates are a prime indicator of financial / • =8" The prototype house, one of a number of Construction of the house is expected to tic British pub that opened on'Captiva in late / begin within 90 days. January, is simply ducky, reports co-owner conditions in the nation at large and to a & real estate such projects being funded by HUD, will be • Don.Mayeron. . greater extent, the economic climate of a I Palm Ridge Rd. across from Library. built in Hamburg, New York. The house will According to HUD Secretary Carla A. Hills, this will be the nation's first large "We've been greatly accepted by.the particular state or locale. . use a solar-assisted heat pump system for island people," said Mayeron of the pub's Right now, with, the Dow Jones Average space and water heating. The system. scale test of solar energy in housing. a short term mortgage who planned to make 1 hovering around 1,000, the mortgage pic- • A - •'.' Bank Americard. success. "People comment all.the time on our service, warmth, dart board and player ture is particularly rosy. Banks on Sanibel use of other bank services, Bank of the Ph. 472-4519 piano." ' currently report mortgage rates ranging Islands would consider a lower rate, possibly m A Mecca for beer connoisseurs, the Mucky from 8 to 9 percent, almost a full percentage 8 percent, says Hermes. • Duck boast four draft beer selections and a point lower than interest rates at this time a Though interest rates are generally better ' stunning array of bottled exports including year ago. " for short term loans (less than 20 years), Guinness Stout, Bass Ale, Harp Lager and A constellation of variables influence. most islanders have chosen to "mortgage Beck. interest rates, says . James. P. Hermes, themselves to the hilt," notes Hermes: "A Watney's Red Ale, a top drawing card Executive Vice-President of Bank of the long term mortgage offers a favorable tax Want investment information? during the pub's first weeks; of operation, Island. But the single most important factor shelter, particularly when you have a lot of will soon'be- replaced by Whitbread Ale, is the Federal Fund interest rate. income and few expenses." says Mayeron. • . - "Since the Great Depression, banks have First Federal Savings and Loan of Fort Apparently, the British have decided to been required to deposit a certain amount of Myers deals almost exclusively with long keep a good thing to themselves; Watney's their assets into the Federal Reserve," he term clients. "Most people in Sanibel want a is no longer exported to the United States. explains. "Banks borrow or sell money 20 or 25 year mortgage, but we're prepared ¥ through this Federal pool, known as the to offer shorter terms," remarked Charles Federal Fund." As the demand for money Kime, vice president of First Federal. increases, the Federal Fund interest rate Kime said interest rates at First Federal I . increases proportionately, says Hermes. currently range from 8 1/4 to 8 1/2, ' To borrow from the Federal Fund during contrasted with the 9 and 91/4 rates offered Defying his own budget makers, Presi-. .the height of the recent recession, banks a year ago. "There's plenty of money to be dent Ford recently gave his personal were paying as much as 13 percent interest, lent right now and we're looking to Sanibel guarantee that funds would not be cut off for notes the vice president. "It's silly to lend as a prime lending area," he added. n purchase of land in the Big Cypress Swamp. A number .of banks seem to view Sanibel Florida has allocated $40 million toward as an exceptionally good lending area. purchase of lands in the 570,000 acre "Generally speaking, the pep- . "Generally speaking, the people who come preserve north of everglades National Park pie who come to Sanibel and. to Sanibel and Captiva are very good credit and the federal government is committed to risks," observes Hermes. put up $110 million more. Ford's budget Captiva are very good credit But even on Sanibel banks take pains to 334-6828 OFFICE makers sought to cut off spending beginning : risks.'' determine a client's ability to repay a loan. October 1. They routinely check a borrower's financial SUPPLIES The budget now provides $15 million for statement and credit background — the purchase of 41,000 acres and Department of money out at 9 or 10 percent when you're latter being obtainable at the Fort Myers Merrill Lynch's wide range of the Interior officials hope for $75 million in paying 13 percent to get it," he adds. Credit Bureau. Bank officials, maintain a investment services is just a phone SPECIAL! additional appropriations by 1979.. In marked contrast to last year's peak, constant vigil for phony financial state- call away. Federal Fund interest rates have* dropped ments. One of our account executives will mom tax pwpwiatiw hi H&R BLOCK LETTER RULED recently, dipping as low as 5 percent. "But basically our clients are -affluent be glad to answer your investment ( WHITE PADS According to Hermes the shift occurred people; they bring along records of credit," questions. Give you a .current quote on gradually; he pinpoints the. start .of the noted Hermes. any stock or bond. Send you any (fiaufciot SKxll reversal to July of last year. Mortgage rates can vary according to the Vacation Investment Properties, Inc., Though money is more available now, age or. variety of housing being financed. Merrill Lynch research literature 50 SHEETS exclusive sales agent for Mariner Properties you're interested in. . . banks are hardly offering blanket endorse- Banks generally charge a slighter higher has chalked up 70 sales during its first six ments of mortgage applications. "We weigh interest rate for condominiums: Give us a call. Htaftigage $ 95 months of operation. every application on its own-merits," says "Single family homes are owner occupied, 4. D0ZEN The sales, consummated between October Hermes. "But standard terms-on a twenty whereas condos fall into a rental pool. An Merrill Lynch 1 and March 15, include total sellout of year, 70-80 percent loan would average owner-occupied home is generally a better Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. Phases I, II and III of Mariner Pointe around 8 1/2 to 9 percent. risk," remarked one bank spokesman. Condominium, South Seas Beach Homes and For a 10 year, 50 percent loan the interest • "It's also harder to appraise the value of a Boulevard Plaza Shopping Center '•••'• South Seas Marina Villas. rates would range from 8.1/4 to 8 1/2 condominium," said the same source. "You McGregor Boulevard & Altamont Avenue Card 'n Party Bob Rauscheriberger, VIP President, and percent, says Hermes. For a client desiring have to rely on a price or cost'approach." Fort Myers, Florida 33901 Shoppe Bob White, vice-president, attribute the 1711 PwawMfefe Way KCotfgoge success to. "excellent products in a wide 1626 range of prices, an aggressive marketing SwM Mmi Ffic 33957 (813) 472-1439 (JCaacaal 8 Bwcded) Periwinkle program, a brightening economic climate and the increasing availability of mort- AAon-Sat 9-5 gages." Eye-opening look at Blind Pass 472-2995 Rauchenberger and White also believe the anticipated land use plan has encouraged people to., "buy now while prices are still "Blind Pass condominiurns held its grand reasonable:" opening last weekend, attracting legions of Why you should prospective buyers. let H&R Block worry Ahead of our time Though net income at Southwest Florida since 1887 Banks fell .5 percent in 1975 and per share income dropped 5.1 percent, Southwest about your President Alfred M. Johns says he received the year-end figures with "enthusiasm." A.G. The company's performance, said.Johns, income taxes. was "most satisfactory" in light of the severe Edwards loan losses some banks sustained during the depressed year. If you should qualify for Members New York Stock WHY GIVE YOUR MONEY AWAY! ' Johns points to expansions as a second the Short. Form, well Exchange, Inc. reason for the marginal loss; the recently The interest you earn on bank quality municipal bonds is all yours merged bank acquired three new members • to keep so why let your interest income be subjected to Federal in- prepare it for you at a Stocks, Bonds, during 1975. New members include the come taxes? : very low price. At H&R North First and South First Banks in Fort Mutual Funds, Myers and the South County Bank near If you're like most of us, you've paid income taxes all your life. Block, the simpler the Options, Commodities, Venice. Nowis the time to start keeping more spendable dollars by in- return, the less we charge. Tax Shelters, : vesting irv tax-free municipal bonds. Financial Planning Geta little peace of rhirid. •FREE FROM ALL PRESENT m ®. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES H&R BLOCK $1 "For Information Call" The Department of Natural Resources ~ Send coupon below for free information: — THE INCOME TAX PEOPLE recently announced the discovery of new EDWARDS A G & SONS ING lobster beds 70 miles northwest of Naples Henderson, Few 4 Company ••••' IR 3-5 j #3 (approximately 45 miles west of Sanibel- Priced from $46,900 to $51,900, the new 9600 Gandy Blvd., Suite 102, St. Petersburg, Fid. 33702. j SANIBEL CENTER BUILDING Captiva). Phont 576-7500 The lobster grounds cover a 150 square condominium units feature cedar shakes, Tahitian[Gardens - mile area in the Gulf of Mexico and should 1711 Periwinkle Way 1995 Periwinkle Way provide work for 25 to 30 of the 150 verandahs, a pool, tennis court and private m Sanibel, Florida American lobster boats which fished Baham- access to Bowman *s Beach. 472-3121 r ian: waters until the ban last August. •m State , Zip . Open - 9am-5pm weekdays, 9-5 Sat. Phone 472-1439 PhelpsSwift m Registered Representative Home,. .,.:.-. •;-•-• • • -'• Bus.Ph...... Bus.Ph . •...... »,.:,, .,...., . I B14 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER March 19, 1976 B15" shopping the islands _ "ML JM- ^ ^, With AnnAnnaMiinile Marshi ^-.. PERMITS With .many winter visitors thoughts turning to home souvenir hunting is replac- Seven SaniSel building permits were issued during the ing sand and sunning. Visitors and residents week ending March ,11. Permits went to: are sure to find some not only intriguinK.but Improvement F.T. Carmody, Esq., for a home to be built by Sanibel practical gifts for their frozen Northern kith. Homes at 3699 Gulf Drive in Seaside subdivision; and kin... Although all our gleanings are not Patter platter Sanibel Moorings for remodeling of recreational and strictly gifts this week we thought you laundry, facilities at 800 E. Gulf Drive; should be aware of their availability... Sharon Kraft's Tiffany Parlor -in the W. Brundage for a swimming pool to be constructed by Periwinkle Place Shopping Center has some Home improvement. Bahama Pools at 477 Surf Sound Court in Sanibel River fertile ideas for plant-partial friends. The Estates; - electronic answer to talking to your plants to David Joffee for a swimming pool to be built by Tnton- More than medicine make them grow is now available with the Create. Poql at 1163 Kittiwake CHrcle; <\ . Sandy and Len Kessler's Island Apothe- phonograph record: "Music for Your Jerry Muench for a swimming pool to be constructed by cary on Palm Ridge Road across from the Plants," $5.95. For would-be owners of Triton Pools at 676 Anchor Drive; - Library has much more to offer than just prolific plants there are two books with the. Ken M. Husler for a home to be constructed by Robert medicines. Nationally known cosmetic lines, promising titles of "Practicing Plant Parent- *-. Stevens at 214 Hurricane Lane in Kerns subdivision; Hallmark greeting cards and wrapping hood" and "House Plants for the Purple Rebuilds • Martin Grasgreen for a swimming pool to be constructed paper, sun tanning preparations, and even Thumb." Each book is $4.95 per copy. To by Bahama Pools at 569 Chert Court in The Rocks . cameras for rent. We were especially taken keep your flowers healthy and dewy fresh, subdivision, ' '.-. •:'.-,%:.''/-: " .;••;• . with the complete hair care line they offer... mist watering is a must. To help you mit the Enlarge. sh&mpoos, hair coloring kits, hair condition- mist, Tiffany Parlor has spritzers -.- or ers, hair setting liquids, hair pins, hair sprayers ranging in price from $1.75 to, $5. rollers, shower hats, swimming .caps^^and. Go ahea^l .^improve. hairnets.-' ,. . •• . : ^J};:? t^"' The Island Apothecary is openaMonday" through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Saturdays their regular hours are . Eight deed dcsiacs were recorded at Lee County 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., but in this^ busy Courthouse during the same week: Closings included: season you'll probably find them there 'til Arts, crafts agogo 5:00 p.m. The emergency number, for At Bank of the Islands we have rnohey for your home A Sanibel Moorings condominium sold to Brerida medications is 472-2768. •* Adelaide Bailey's Thetan Crafts Shop is Lawrence by Anna M. Gardiner; featuring a hanging shell lamp^.completely irriprt)vement loans. See us for a change. handmade to your order, and delivered to A Sundial of Sanibel condominium sold to Charles E. your home for $65. This charming shop is Butler, Jr. by Hugo J. Willerns; Gas to garbage bags located on Periwinkle Way, next to the B-Hive and contains a lovely art gallery with A Sundial condominium sold to Tony R. Gayle by Adolph Betty and Jim Robson's Three Star many island-theme oils, acyrlics and water Convenience Store at the curvey corner of Reinhardt; . colors. Also' featured are some handsome Tarpon Bay and Palm Ridge Road is open shell and coral decorative art accessories from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. It could well be from Wohl of Shaker Heights. Green Tiger A Sanibel Siesta condominium sold to Milton J. Fineberg termed the Islands' general store, dispens- by J.T. Eickhoff; greeting cards and wrapping paper made of ing everything from gasoline to garbage recycled paper, and nature color photo- bags 16 hours a day, seven days a week. graphs by Fleur Weymouth at a special low A Sanibel Siesta condominium sold to Connie C. Rogers by They have a bountiful selection of frozen J.T. Eickhoff; price of $1 each are two items you should see foods, fresh vegetables, fresh baked goods, when you visit. . A Sanibel Siesta condominium sold to R. Bruce Townsend in addition to a generous line of groceries by J.T. Eickhoff; and beverages including fine wines and Thetan Crafts and its adjoining Garden A Loggerhead Cay Phase I condominium sold to Herbert Gallery, Clothes Closet and Tacky T's shops beers: We were pleased to find inexpensive are open Monday through Saturday from L. Yankee and William R." Yankee by Sanibel Associates, styrefoam coolers priced from $1.29 to LTD.; 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and on Sunday from $2.29. Also material for make-your-own '2:00 to 5:00 p.m. A Nutmeg Village condominium sold to Edith H. Laoi.by redwood signs. The prices for the sign Rochester Realty Corporation. frames, depending on the size are $1.98 and $2.98 in addition to 49 cents for each letter.

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••3 loatnn i$tnfe?r, 532 PARK ST. You can have everything you need for the shell lamp you SANIBEL AND NAPLES, FLORIDA 33940 covet for just FINE PIPES & CIGARS $45. OPEN 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Monday thru Friday Hilo Steiner ships it, prepaid . and 4:00 pm -6:00 pm Friday . UPS. Unfinished mapleJiase, t r. EQUAL HOUSING Drive-in Window Hours: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm TEL, 64-CIGAR KEN UMPENHOUR hurricane glass, socket,, pipe, LENDER Monday - Thursday, and 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Friday EXPERT PIPE REPAIR TOBACCONIST cord, finial, beige linen pleated Shade, instructions, for 30" Member Federal Coming Soon- lamp. Add shells and gloat. : 472-4141 Send $45 (in New Jersey, please Over 3,000 Floor covering colors to choose from. The best values from ••$*• Reserve System add 5% sales tax) to: the very best Manufacturers. See the whole beautiful world of Floors at Bendele's Carpet Gallery.

BENDELE'S '/a Mile South of the Airport 5718 South Tamiami Trail HOURS: Fort Myers In Fort Myers 507 Broad Street, PHONE 936-7176 Shrewsbury. N.J. 07701. Watch for Announcement Ourphone. (201)741-5862. Exit 109, Garden State Parkway.

\t-i • ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 B17 B16 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER The importance of water in support- system, plus the* surrounding salt ing the myriad of bird life on Sanibel water of San Carlos Bay and the Gulf of Murder of police officer stirs memories^on islands will be the topic of the Sanibel-Captiva Mexico, are important in attracting Trees aided Audubon Society meeting, Thursday, birds to the islands and in sustaining Water's role in April 1, at 8:00 p.m. at the Sanibel them once they arrive. : By Anne Marsh Deputy Michael Yawl, at the age of 24> was Community House, Periwinkle Way. "Birds and Water Systems" will be pronounced dead on arrival at Lee Memorial • presented by Richard Beebe, president It was a brilliantly beautiful Saturday Hospital at! approximately 2:30 p.m. last on Causeway Sanibel, a barrier island is unique in of the Society. There is no admission bird life studied afternoon in Fort Myers last week. White Saturday. having a fresh water system. This charge. clouds silhouetted against an unbelieveably In the afternoon I had heard there had . The late Grady Edmondson, just prior to clear blue sky were pierced only occasionally been a shoot-out in Fort Myers but I didn't his death, had expressed a desire to institute • m by Eastern or National jets landing or taking learn the victim's names until they were a Lions Club project to rejuvenate the palm off from the airport. • announced on the 6:00 p.m. television news. .. trees on the Causeway. Fund set up in memory of slain Deputy Yawl _ Vividly colored private aircraft arrived IT was shocked and saddened because I The trees had been planted in 1967 by and departed as Lee County Deputy Michael remembered meeting Michael Yawl on Norman Chambers of the West Wind Inn. • froml6-B ioners of St. Isabel's who remembered him. "Yawl was well-known and respected by all Yawl, who regularly patrolled Sanibel arid another sunny Florida afternoon last Dec- .Chambers had' noted that he had' planted the car and when we reached the airport I had been pleased to learn the Tuesday members of this department." The Chief and Captiva, sentried Page Field and the ember. . ; trees at the Inn after the Causeway planting Bishop McLaughlin shook Yawl's hand and all sworn personnel of the S.P.D. were surrounding area'. .". . ' The occasion was the visit of Bishop and they were very tall while the Causeway said he would say Mass the following day A fund for the family of Deputy among the large honor guard assembled ^_The burglary alert came through at Charles McLaughlin of the Diocese of St: . road trees still lacked growth. and offer it for the Yawl family. Michael Yawl, of the Lee County from all over-the state: of Florida at the approximately 1:45 p.m. Petersburg to Sanibel Island to dedicate the It was clear, fertilization and trimming On the way back to the island we Sheriff s Office has been set up at the 'funeral service which was held Monday Yawl quickly responded and was the first rectory of St. Isabel's Church. Deputy Yawl were in order, Grady told lions Club continued our conversation, which ranged Barnett Bank in Fort Myers. The evening at the F6rt Myers Funeral Home. on the scene at the Purolator Security came to the rectory to escort Bishop members. Following Grady's death the from the fact that I had just learned that no address for contributions is 3210 Cleve- ' Revenend Thomas Anglim of St. Francis Corporation, an armored car firni, -which McLaughlin back to his private plane in Fort group decided to fulfill one of his last wishes. matter how seasoned the lawman is ~ fear is land Avenue, Fort Myers, Florida. Xavier Church conducted the scripture was being burglarized by two men- Myers. I was going along as the ride A collection was made and Kerry Slay was always there when they approach the scene Yawl was slain last Saturday when service. -— When he arrived the men were leading a provided the. only opportunity for an engaged for the project. of a crime or possible crimes. • •_•:'•'• he responded to an armed robbery On Sunday, parishioners of St. Isabel's hostage to a parked car. Mike Yawl quickly interview with His Excellency. Lee. County donated 300 pounds of He said that as soon as he finished his alert. He regularly patrolled. Sanibel Church recited prayers for the Yawl family. dashed around to the back of the building While we were waiting Mike and I chatted fertilizer and Slay trimmed, fertilized, and assignment that afternoon he would work at and Captiva. In a call to the Chancery office of the Diocese and came upon the men from the opposite about our families and we were joined by weeded the area around, the trees. his regular part-time job which had become of St. Petersburg, Father.Keith Symons, side. By then, he was joined by other other guests. He said he was a bit anxious "Next time you're driving over the Cause- a necessity because of. heavy medical the Chancellor for Bishop Charles McLaugh- deputies. Exchanges of gun fire ensued and because his wife, Carol, was scheduled for a way, slow down a little and note the expenses. . after our meeting that the Yawl family had lin informed us that the Bishop is sending a as he came closer to the car he was felled by Caesarian operation the next day to deliver appearance of the trees," a Club spokesman Michael Yawl, a handsome sandy-haired added another girl to the family. Cynthia letter of tribute to Michael Yawl's young a shot fired by one of the armed bandits, a their second child. Lee County and other state lawmen's badges are^covered with a black said. "The Lions hope you'll be reminded of quiet and level headed deputy impressed Lee joined Michelle Lynn, 5. widow and his family. former Marine rifleman. " "• I relayed this information to the Bishop in ribbon to mourn the death of one of their fellow lawmen, Deputy Grady and his many civic contributions to many very favorably that day, I was to learn Deputy Yawl was a familiar figure to Yawl's funeral and interrment will take •*"• The afternoon sun continued to provide a the islands - even after death." after speaking this week to several parish- Sanibel policemen — Chief John Butler said place in Missouri, his home state. brilliant aura around Fort Myers when ••'• • continued on next page Michael Yawl, slain last week in Fort Myers. 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During his 13 years with the State Department, Schnitzer sent THE PRESTIGE . . . like the Drydens have done CONDOMINIUM some 3,000 performing artists overseas. Here Schnitzer IN FORT MYERS converses with actress Dame Judith Anderson during a "An elegant place! Alamar offers more than any other condominium we've ever heard of - it certainly has television interview. everything that's important and essential to us. A beautiful River view, close proximity to shopping, restaurants, takeover at the time. The tense modest fee he earned to the music Schnitzers staged productions hospital and our church. The complete security is very im- • fromB-1 political climate was greatly im- department at the University of throughout the Midwest and later, portant to us. We are tired of all the yard work and house proved by the visit of Martha Reykjavik." . in New York City. m maintenance and we're anticipating the carefree living at general manager for several Graham's dance troupe: Another anecdote concerns Leo- "The University sent 22 major Alamar and look forward to making it our home." Broadway producers and was sub- "If this is American Imperial- nard Bernstein's 1958 visit to theproductions, to Broadway and off- sequently hired by the State ism," wrote one Indonesian news- Soviet Union with the New York Broadway," Cisney observes. A- Will and Evelyn Drvden Department where he founded the "paper columnist, "let's have more Philharmonic. Schnitzer, who mong these successes were, "You International Cultural Exhange of it!" helped negotiate the historic Sov- Can't Take It With You," starring Program. Dizzy Gillespie, performing in iet-American cultural exchange Rosemary Harris; "Private Lives," "That was in 1950," Schnitzer Athens, single-handedly quelled treaty, accompanied the orchestra starring Brian Bedford and Tam- •••OL •>•'. \ Private relates, "at the height of the Cold student riots engulfing the Ameri- at the invitation of the Soviet my Grimes; and the much-loved A/C W/H z . y Laundry War. The Soviets were already government. "Harvey," starring Jimmy Stew- (Jo dress in w '' Room O sending accomplished musicians .j[ yo "You know Lenny is famous for art and Helen Hayes. wi^h.) BATH BATH and the Bolshoi Ballet across # 2 his dramatic conducting," says Regional Theatre has since FOYER Europe to promote goodwill. We Schnitzer. "People jokingly ask spread to some 125 colleges and had to prove that America could universities. The movement has MASTER BEDROOM (Greet him who does his choreography." 1 offer more than bubble gum and 17 X 12M" guests HALL "The Soviets were already On his opening night in Moscow, helped spread America's profes- properly) flush toilets." sending accomplished music- however, the flamboyant conduct- sional theatre talent. The great (Very, very large with total . WALK-IN There seems to be every indica- dispersion has done theatre and privacy, and an impressive view.) CLOSET ians and the Bolshoi Ballet or vowed to restrain himself. The Simply spacious)^ \E\IilMI tion that Schnitzer "won" the vow, Schnitzer reports was quick- the American 'public a world of General} cultural Cold War for the United across Europe to promote ly broken: good, say Schnitzer and Cisney. I States. During his 13 years as goodwill. We had to prove that "During the finale of a work by Broadway and Hollywood no long- Electricl administrator of this Exchange he KITCHEN I America ha~d more to offer Shostakovich, Bernstein jumped er monopolize the talent pool; 8 x 10 sent some 3,000 performing artists so hard that he shook the organ aspiring actors have dozens of new overseas including Dizzy Gilles- than bubble gum and flush toilets." pipes of the Moscow Conserva- outlets for their ambition. BEDROOM ff 2 pie, Benny Goodman, Leontine tory. After the performance Bern- The Schnitzers retired officially (Relax with a (Surround, yourself with 12' X 13* " Price, Helen Hayes, IMtary Martin, stein had no recollection of thefrom the University of Michigan in a sunset.) luxury and magnificent ' river views.) (For guests or a Isaac Stern, Balanchine and the jump. Fortunately, the Russians 1972. Since that time they have BALCONY den, possibly). New York City Ballet Company BEDROOM « 3 loved it;" • , . remained active consultants to the 14' XT . LIVING-DINING BREAKFAST 18\X 23' 8x56 11" X 18"6"' and orchestras conducted by such The State Department's Thea- University of Bridgeport, Connec- (At last!) (With the bath so giants as Eugene Ormandy, Leo- tre Guild Tour, launched in 1960,ticut. Schnitzer also remains a convenient, it's hard Bernstein and George Szell. can Embassy. Banner "headlines in was the first husband-wife effort guiding force in the University like a private suite] Also recruited for tours abroad th,e Athens newspapers, says undertaken by Cisney and Schnit- Resident Theatre Association, a the Premier Apartment were playwrights Tennessee Wil- Schnitzer," proclaimed: "STU- zer. Together they mounted the coalition of the forty leading liams, Thornton Wilder and Ar-DENTS DROP ROCKS TO ROLL most formidable talent invasion regional theatres. Schnitzer co- (Watch sailboats go by here) 3 bedrooms/2 baths thur Miller. WITH DIZZY." ever staged by the State Depart- founded the organization several The artists enlisted by Schnitzer When Iceland threatened to oust ment. years ago. breakfast room were sent not just to Europe but the American military from its The cast, performing a three The couple's accolades continued . around the world, often visiting crucial listening posts on the play repertory, included Helen to mount after their retirement. In countries where anti-Americanism island, the State Department urg- Hayes, June Havoc, Leif Erickson, 1974, Schnitzer was made a fellow was rampant. ed Schnitzer to send Isaac Stern to James Broderick, Barbara Barrie, of the American Theatre Associa- the belligerent nation. Stern's visit Rodney Brent and Dorothy Sands. tion, one of the highest tributes You'll feel 'Right At Home' when you sit down and enjoy The target of one goodwill tour helped turn the anti-American Halfway through the tour, en an American artist can earn. « = the exquisitely planned surroundings in our model was Indonesia, a country believed tide, says Schnitzer: "Stern was route to Trieste, the plane carry- Schriitzer and Cisney have also apartments, on display at the Model Pavillion on the River. to be on the verge of a communist . remarkable; he even donated the ing the Schnitzers and their pre- earned inclusion in the "Who's cious cargo was struck by lightn- Who" of American Men and Wo- Experience the unsurpassed river views that will be part In 1961 Schnitzer and Cisney left the State ing not once but twice. The pilot men, respectively. . of the everyday life at Alamar. Department to head up an experimental theatre lost radar and radio communica- Their current preoccupation is program at the University of Michigan in. Ann tion with the ground- Finally, the University of Bridgeport pre- The Premier affords that rare luxury of large rooms - three flying through a narrow hole in the miere of "Girl of the Golden West," huge bedrooms - or if you prefer - a den or formal dining Arbor. • storm clouds the pilot managed to featuring the Boston Opera Co' .-" room and two large bedrooms. We'll design it to fit your ease down the electrically-charged pany, conducted by Sarah CJ .- personal lifestyle. plane. well. Cisney is largely responsible "If he hadn't set us down gently, for Caldwefi's appointment as con- Join the Drydens — select your apartment today! half the actors and actresses in ductor-producer in residence at Ji-J-1 American Theatre would have the University.-The opera pre- gone up in smoke," smiles Cisney. mieres May 1. "We staggered off the plane and Schnitzer and Gisney are en- ft-: kissed the ground - with the couraged t>y the growth of the arts i- exception of Helen Hayes. She was in America. "There is a tremenr characteristically regal, unflap- dous interest today even in ballet., pable." which makes me feel very san- ALAMAR .A BEAUTIFUL NEW OUTLOOK ON LIVING In-1961 the Schnitzers left the guine, very hopeful," remarks State Department, accepting the isney. . invitation of the president of the They are less enthusiastic about Civicl Furnished Models Open Pre-seliing for a May construction start . Center! University of Michigan to head up America's cultural contributions 10 to 6 Daily - 1 to 5 Sundays an experimental theatre program, abroad. "The State Department in Ann Arbor> The two were program is much less active now," jrd Plaza PRE-CONSTRUCTION Alamar^ Shopping Center pioneers in what is now known as admits Schnitzer. "The Cultural Royal Palm Yacht Club "regional theatre." Exhange budget has been cut Thomas Edis 1900 VIRGINIA AVE. Winter Home / WEST. OF W. FIRST ST. ON THE RIVER "We brought Broadway profes- drastically, I'm afraid." DISCOUNT sionals to the campus as artists in Reflecting his personal dedica- Now in effect for a limited time only PHONE (813) 332-2200 residence," says Cisney of the tion to the arts, Schnitzer shared revolutionary concept. Supple- this old Chinese proverb: "If you menting a predominantly profes- have two loaves of bread, sell one DEVELOPED and OFFERED BY - FORTINER REALTY COMPANY/REALTOR -, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA sional cast with student actors, the and buy a flower."

% B20 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 B21 Wide gift choices offered by Zambutos at Cedar Chest Silhouetted against an unblemish- Art works can be By Anne J. Marsh the island for 14 years. His family shares, amazing maze of selections," he shudders at design hot pads, ceramic candle holder with ed sky, a lone fisherman tosses a ownership and interests in the By the Sea, the memory. the same floral design imprinted on the billowing casting net over the A young man with an unbridled enthus- West Wind Inn, and Sanibel Cottages The Cedar Chest - the results of that candle as on the holder, with matching railing at the Sanibel fishing pier. viewed at Bank iasm for the future of his new island business complexes. He originally came tovthe island foray into "Southern giftland, U.S.A." — pottery matchholders. and with a wide bushy moustache is John several years ago to manage the By the Sea attests to the couple's skill at selecting Zambuto who, with his wife, Pat, owns the motel. ... appealing gift, items. • Brass paperweights in the shapes of Winning art works in the recent City of John and Pat were born and educated in A short inventory of the store was made lobsters, crabs, turtles and alligators range Sanibel Bicentennial Islands Landmarks Art Rochester, New York.. Pat i.s a dental with wind chimes of every description in price from $4.95 to $14.95. Another Competition are now on view at the Bank of hygenist who is now working in a dental tinkling in the background. They are handsome paperweight features a floating the Islands, Periwinkle Way and Casa Ybel office in Cape Coral where the .couple make' suspended from the ceiling for thorough sea urchin on a base of gravel at $22.95. Road. know your business their home with their dog, Linus. • viewing. John. point with pride to their The exhibit includes the. "Best of Show" Following the management position at the newly-installed center jewelry section John happily reports that the response to award winner, "Fish Houses," a watercolor motel, John was first an auto mechanic, and where lovely island-themed jewelry is the new shop has been "Fantastic," and says by Kay Foster. Mrs. Foster of Sanibel also then a finish carpenter for Pate Construction -displayed under lights. Gold plated and "it was worth the long wait to get into the won a first prize in the watercolor division Cedar Chest, a gift shop in the Tahitian in Fort Myers. When the construction slump pewter shell shaped pendants and earrings business." . for her painting of the Summerlin-Towles Garden Shopping Center on Periwinkle hit he decided to fulfill a life-long ambition duplicate King's Crowns, Sand Dollars, House in Punta Rassa. Way. ••- ' ' .. and open a gift shop. ... Clam Shells, mini "Horseshoe Crabs," The Cedar Chest is open Monday through The Bank of the Islands main lobby, The Cedar Chest was the second shop to How does one learn how to open and Starfish, Seahorses — even a shark. For Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Cedar where the exhibit is on display, is open open in the shopping center on October 10, operate a gift shop? John knocks on wood gentlemen there are shark belts and buckles, Chest and other Tahitian Garden enterpris- -Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 1975 and Jbravied the whirrs of the electric and said "I don't know how anyone else in a pewter finish. es are looking forward to an,Art Show and 2:00 p.m., and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to r & % saws and other construction equipment would go about it but we tried the old school With the Bicentennial in mind the shop Sale they're sponsoring in cooperation with 2:00 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. putting together the additional shops now of hard knocks." has stocked commemorative Bicentennial the Sahibel-Captiva Art League next week- The Bicentennial exhibit will remain on open there. "We went up to the Gift Show in Atlanta pendants in four themes ar $9.95 each. end. John is an enthusiastic member of the. view through March 26. . John and his family have been coming to and trailed through eight floors of an Other interesting items are Oriental- sponsoring committee.

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IS Bay Beach is deeply involved in created so that Bay Beach's resi- dwellers lived. Artifacts (tools, By George R.Campbell 'Cayo Costa is truly a lovely island which is still largely unspoiled. The invading weed a friendship with nature -- to dents can enjoy all this beauty to pottery, ornaments) found there assure lasting beauty. Tropical International Coordinator of trees, however... are becoming ever more prevalent there.' li the fullest.-- when on the beach for authenticate their use of the. area the Fund for Animals ; warmth and matchless waters sunsets; 'birdwatch' tower on the ISLAND MOUND many centuries ago. provide a soul-stirring environ- bay for close view of birds and fish; ment. Last week I joined twostaff members of 'starwatch' tower at bay point for HERE All these are now at Bay Beach ISLAND REPORTER for another visit to Glorious sunrises and sunsets the heavens at night and sunrises -- to be seen, feltand enjoyed - by our" northern neighboring island of Cayo bless Bay Beach hundreds of days at dawn; several 'conversation many people of many tastes -- Costa. every year. And clear nights areas' for incredible trees; 'shell eYery day in the year. Bay Beach Although I have visited Cayo Costa provide much greater brilliance to finger' for ancient shells; 'recrea- And, Bay beach has preserved a is nice-- today. It" will become the stars. tion center' to house impressive Caloosa Indian Mound - a "kitchen moreso ~ every year — for many Winter mildness, the bays and displays of all this. years to come islands attract wondrous tropical midden" area where, these key- island birds ~ water birds, wading Birds, shore birds, song birds. Some nest on the site, some nearby. Some stay all year, others a few days or <: March 19, 1976 months. many times over the years, I have not BAY BEACH SHELL GUIDE AVAILABLE been able to do a complete inventory of the animals and plants that exist there. It is a Atl-YEAR To assist the casual or serious, This Shell Guide is yours for the continuing task, for my notes are incom- shell collector of ancient sea shells asking. Stop in at our. Reception plete. To do as thorough a job as has been in our Bay Beach area, we have Center or write - Bay Beach, 7401 done on Sanibel would take a very long WARMTH prepared an illustrated but simple Estero Blvd., Ft. Myers Beach, time. Guide covering 48 types of shells. Fla. 33931. Cayo Costa is truly a lovely island which All - year warmth and enough A-typical example of one shell , is still largely unspoiled. The invading rain enable Bay Beach to grow description and illustration fol- weed trees, however, that are common to beautiful and fascinating tropical lows; . " • other regions in Florida are becoming ever trees, - flowering and nonflower- more prevalent there. For example, the ing, fruits and palms. Over 150 skyline that Cayo Costa presents near the varieties have been planted to south end and for some part of the provide beauty every month. northern portion is largely the Australian Nature has also blessed Bay Pine or Causarina. One does not have to Beach withattractiye sea shells ~ look at all far to find that other common Cayo Costa purchase moving thousands daily along the beach.; trouble-maker, the Brazilian pepper. CHINESE ALPHABET (Conus spurius atlanticus) Cayo Costa does not have a large central More interesting,, however, are 2" - 3"; smooth; white with orange spots; long . The long-awaited state pur- the DNR staff is pressing vig- of the major property holders millions of ancient shells excavated aperture; low spire. • '. fresh water slough system as does chase of lands on Cayo Costa— orously for speedy action on and said that he found them from ponds on the site and piled Sanibel, although there is indication that as well as property on North the purchase and adds that he very cooperative. nearby. When processed their fresh water does exist for periods of time Captiva and Punta Blanco sees "no roadblocks." Although McMillan didn't beauty is breathtaking. sufficiently long to enable amphibians to islands -- is "going forward There was a considerable want to be; pinned down to a J Special facilities have been breed. In proof of this, I can confirm the with all deliberate speed." variation between the first precise time-table on when the existence of the green treefrog, [Hyla . This is the word from Nor- and second appraisals of the final package would go to the cinerea], and suspect that there are other man McMillan, in the land property and DNR is now "up- Governor and Cabinet for ap- species as well. acquisition division of the De-dating" the appraisals, McMil- proval, he agreed that it Gopher tortoises are very, common in partment of Natural Resourc- lan said. He has been in certainly should be within the the upland ridges of the island and es in Tallahassee. He says that contact recently, with several next two months. . coachwhip snakes and black racers are not rare. The two^phased red and dark green sea turtles can be found in the bays often these great endangered symbols of mangrove water snakes can be found in during the summer. our country can be seen wheeling above the lush mangrove forests on the Bay side. There are two Southern Bald Eagle the island and nearby waters. Sometimes The loggerhead sea turtle nests on the nests on the northern end of thje island, they are observed when resting on bars, Gulf beach of Cayo Costa and sub-adult one old and the other rather new. Very either on the Gulf side on the Johnson Shoals or on spoil islands of the Bay area. It is the latter area of Cayo Costa waters that one can see the great White Pelican which winds its way here all the way from ON A TROPICAL ISLAND IN THE the northwest part of the United States, Bay Beach to spend its winters. Last week, on March 12 we found only one remaining White ... SO MUCH MORE GULF OF MEXICO... ON ESTERO BAY Pelican", the others having started on their long journey back to the nesting grounds. FOR YOU TO EN JOY Near Cayo Costa, one can sometimes GULF WARMED IN WINTER...BKEEZE-COOLED IN SUMMER... COMFORTABLE YEAR ROUND... see Oystercatchers and, not infrequently, 1 Complete and planned condominium living...with a palm- loons. On some of the channel markers studded private beach on the Gulf...and two island-dotted miles nearby are the nest of the Fish Eagle, or on the Bay. Osprey and careful observation at this Shopping center...restaurants...theater...marina...Holiday Inn... time of year sometimes reveals young medical clinic...all next door...churches nearby. birds cautiously showing their heads over Golf at Bay Beach is fun...an 18 hole, challenging, the sides of the nests. "Executive" (Par 64) course.;.all ages and both sexes compete At the north end of the island lies a more equally—Lake studded...beautified by 1,500 tropical (77 County "park" where a number of .exotic types) trees and shrubs...special groves..."palms," "hard- animals have been introduced, including woods," "fruits"...a "garden of golf"... African guinea fowl, domestic swine and one horse.-The swine can bring nothing Have lunch at Bay Beach in our new "19th TEE but problems to the environment through RESTAURANT" overlooking die beautifully landscap- their disturbance of vegetation and wild- ed Golf Course. Daily greens fees available. . life. It is not uncommon for example for Two and Three Bedroom residences are ready for occupancy gopher tortoises to disappear from areas now. See the furnished model designed for "ISLAND after hogs are introduced. • LIVING'' by Robb & Stucky. Open daily from 9 to 5. Come see The northern end of Cayo Costa has a and live at Bay Beach...On Esterd Island, South Fort Myers large forest of pines ~ the same pine that Beach. Friendly, casual, fun-filled living...amid many "nice 'A few hundred feet north the Bay you see on the mainland, in other parts of 1? places "...for many nice people. ~ beach* ridge achieves a certain Lee County (Pinus eliotii densa.) Among these long leaf pines can be seen the appreciable elevation, allowing for cabbage palmetto; our. Florida state tree; some plants which prefer a "e" cocoplums - those glossy-leaved shrubs sert" or xeric habitat.,.' with the rather delicious though dry seeming fruit; live oaks laden with their An island resort and condominium community epiphytic burdens of bromeUads, including 7401 Estero Blvd. Ft. Myers Beach, Fl. 33931 463-5708 • continued on 14-C

•Ji" ••i|>>'.,^', •j-.; ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 C3 C2 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER plastic ziplock top bag and put that, in the bucket. How else. are you going to keep them dry? Tips for the first-timer on shelling, beachcombing 'The mind expands, the So now you're all set to go, loose horizons broaden, what was cool clothing, bucket, stick, ice Dear Rhonda, The thought has the water, either to catch a shell or yesterday's problem re- cubes in plastic bottle, cigs in crossed my mind several times to cool off. cedes into the Gulf...' plastic bag, hat, dark glasses. If lately that there are a lot of people Carry a bucket. They hold more you think hunger will overtake you for whom shelling and beachcomb- than plastic bags and don't split drop an orange in the bucket. open. Garry a long stick for poking Great source of energy and a thirst about and digging a bit. Those quencher. Make sure it's a Florida shells can get awfully rough on the orange! . letter from a fingertips and a good stick saves What you pick up for shells the manicure. If too much sun depends on your personal taste. If beachcomber bothers you, wear a broad brim- you see something "eye-attrac- med straw hat. It not only keeps letter from a tive" then that is for you. You will the sun off your head but if a beachcomber find that you will get ideas as you ing is a first time thing. It really sudden shower should pop up it go along, one shell might look so also keeps the rain off your face. pretty as a display piece, a few came to my attention the other day more grouped together might de- when a young man from Wyoming And if 5ryou wea?r glasse>s as I do, • from 2-C (and you know there aren't any there^s- npthirig- -v^br§e than rain- corate a mirror. Another would seashells there) came in The Green drops all over the lenses when you do) with ice cubes. Drop it in the serve as an ash tray or a soap dish. Flash and wanted me to point out have just spotted something spec- bottom of the bucket and as the Another might be attractive as a all the Florida shells to him. This tacular, as a Junonia. day wears on you will have a nice piece of jewelry. was his first visit to the' Islands, he Just picture that Junonia wash- cool drink of water. Glass contain- The mind expands, the. horizons wanted to go shelling, and he most ing back out with the surf while ers are out. The shells you drop in broaden, what was yesterday's of all wanted to know what he you're desperately trying to get the bucket could break the glass. problem recedes into the Gulf with should look for. the raindrops off your eye glasses. Water is a must, as anyone who that never ending surf as it washes Wear a hat! Wear dark glasses too, has walked the beach for hours on in and out. Proper perspective My first suggestion is to wear especially if you're not used to the end, lpoked at all the salt water in does return, if you let it, and after something cool and loose as you glare of the Florida sun on that the Gulf, panted for a drink of all, isn't that why you are going are going to be spending a lot of white sand. water and can't drink the salt shelling? '...there are a lot of people for whom time in the hot sun, bending over Another good tip, before you water, will tell you. Do remember to throw back the shelling and beachcombing is a first time to pick up a shell that catches your start out fill up a plastic bottle - Nancy Simonson and her hus- Green Flash Shell Shop on Palm If smoking is a must with you, live ones. Happy Shelling. With thing,'writes Nancy Simonson. The beginners eye, squatting down to get a (even a baby's nursing bottle will band, Byron, are residents of Avenue, the road on which the drop cigarettes and lighter in a love, - _ . o better look, sitting down to sift Captiva where they operate their Island Store is located. • continued on next page '.hru a shell bank, and walking in. Professional Building (813) 472-2583 The Island's Complete Ladies Shop Dresses & Caftans of Distinctive Fashion THETAN GRAFTS SERENDIPITY Beachwear, Lingerie, Bernardo Shoes f/r^sh Flowers can say next door to the Sea Horse Shop Hours 10-5 Mon.-Sat. 1624 Periwinkle Way a thousand words. CLOTHES CORNER 'Robert A. Horuk 472-1354 New & Almost New Clothing & Gifts Imports-Gifts-Clothes Gifts From Round-the-Wo rid "Tastefully Selected & Nicely Priced" 1 norma s i Exotic Plants • . Nature Gems ® Embedments Under Glass also . Commercial & Residential Signs Whimsical Planters Sewing - Alterations - Handmade* . 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"He shot ducks on the Caloosahatchee... then made the trip A rather elegant young man was photo- mother. They arrived in February and put graphed in 1920 attempting to lead an up at the old Royal Palm Hotel. His uncle downriver to Sanibel to cook the ducks." alligator over a wooden pier in Fort Myers. had left a Model T Ford at his. disposal and He shot ducks on the Caloosahatchee, with that.they explored the surrounding fished a little, and then made the trip down countryside. . the river to Sanibel to cook the ducks and "We would take Uncle "Hi's" Model T fish on the beach. An aging photo reveals a Ford and drive down to the beach at Fort wine bottle perched in the sand on that Myers," he writes. "Where the ferry crossed lonely beach. over to Sanibel Island at Punta Rassa there The young man was Albert W. Erkins, was a little cafe-shapk operated by a tiny whose book "My Early Days in Florida, scrawny old coal-black negro woman, a fine From 1905," was published last year. It was character who called herself Salene. She dfaie in collaboration with August Burghard. prepared themost succulent seafoods which Burghard, who visited Sanibel rather were famous in the Ft. Myers area. Her There's never recently for a short stay, is a veteran clams were out of this world and we enjoyed Floridian in his own right— a newspaper them often." editor and civic leader of Fort Lauderdale, They would voyage on down to Marco and chairrnan of the Everglades National Island - then wild and undeveloped, and . Park Commission that "brought the" big park, described by Erkins as a place that attracted into being..." . botanists and zoologists from "all over the i a worse Burghard has authored several books, but world to study its plants, wildlife and he clearly enjoyed the collaboration on the history?' • : "memoirs" of Albert Erkins. This is a book that rambles about over the • Erkins was one'of those men who seem to state of Florida for about three decades — have done everything, and from the time he just as Erkins did. It will be of real interest time to put ef f arrived in Palm Beach in 1905 --at the age of to those with a liking for the lore of early eight -- he began travelling through the Florida days. wild, raw lands.of Florida. . It was published by Wake-Brbok House, ' A year after. Erkins first visit to Fort Publishing Division, 960 Northwest Fifty- Myers in 1920 he came back over with his third Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Lindsay., Agnew forsake politics to pen novels Reconquest of Mexico by Matthew In any other year but the J. Bruccoli. With such a recom- Bicentennial, Gore Vidal's 1876 By Hal H.Harrison and thereby shortening the war by mendation, we bought the book. would be little more than a best many months. It is a true story of sanibel library Briefly, the story is about the selling novel. In fact, the book is 1876election You have always thought of the clandestine war of intricate author's adventures following in the last in a triology [Washington, John V. Lindsay as the former deceptions that hid the secrets of • fro.m'6-C the footsteps of Cortes in his D. C, in 1967 and Burr in 1973, mayor of New York City, just as D-Day from Hitler and sealed the expedition to conquer Mexico. both concerned with the history of subject of new you have always remembered Allied victory. For World War II insight and literary ability. Bruccoli's revelation of his trip is the U.S.] but 1876 promises to be buffs and other historians I should In The Running of Beasts by Bill witty, informative and eminently the book of the year. think this book, albeit a long one Pronzini and Barry Malzberg we readable. Prepublicatiori reviews have Gore Vidal book (947 pages), would be "must" have a modern version, of Jack the Hammett is an unusual story. It been all to the good. And so have reading. Ripper on the prowl. The tale is is a book by one former private the financial figures..;the hard- sanibel library And speaking of history, we laid in a depressing Adirondack detective, Joe Gores, about anoth- back and paperback publishers have another, a 'miich shorter but resort town of Bloodstone. The er earlier private eye, Samuel [Random and Ballantine] paid also important book, The Hinden- mixed group who go about search-, Dashiell Hammett. It is part Vidal $1 million advance, the Book burg by Michael M. Mooney. "This ing forthe Ripper" are filled with. thriller, part fictionalized history, of the Month Club paid $85,000 to Spiro Agnew as that fellow who is a minute by minute account of Hitchcock-like delusions and an-part biography, and all suspense; make it the main selection for used to be Vice President-of the the final flight of the Nazi airship. xious glimpses into the human nil. The setting is San Francisco March, and the second printing United States. But times have The suspense in "this story is psyche...both criminal and neuro- and Chinatown where Hammett's has now topped 100,000 copies. changed and you should update., created when :Luftwaffe officers tic. The identity of the "Ripper" famous Sam Spade lived his classic Furthermore, Vidal and his book your thinking. These men areand the <*rew aboardiry to prevent will not only unsettle you but will adventures. made the cover story of the March novelists, writer of fiction. the sabotage of the great zeppelin also catch you unaware. If • you enjoyed Carola Salis- 1 issue of Time. Agnew's book will be in the,while the passengers casually go, Sanibel Planning Commissioner bury's The Pride of the Trevallions With all that going for it, 1876 library in May but Mayor Linday is about their' lives unaware of the Ann Winterbotham, who is an avid last year, I am sure you will like had better be good. It is! The out right now with his The Edge, a deadly game about them and the traveller and a devotee of Mexican her latest, Dark Inheritance. It is a suspense and plot are built around story of the United States on the disaster that threatens. art and culture, suggested to mebrisk, satisfying Gothic about the the election of a president in 1876. edge of anarchy . and economic recently that the best book on tangled lives of the Dewaines, a Samuel J. Tilden, with a plurality Cornish family. The long road that stagnation (he should know some- For those who believe that the Mexico that she had ever read was of 250,000 popular votes, was thing about that!), with civil separates a tavern-keeper's beaten by his Republican rival, old-fashioned novel is dead and daughter from the gilded beings ; government powerless and themust give way "to the foibles >and Rutherford B. Hayes, when a military ready to take over. The who live in the palatial Landeric is dispute over the electoral votes tricks-that mark so many of. our one that the heroine,- Susannah book has its moments but let's recent fiction offerings, we have, 'Reconquest of Mexico' re- resulted in a Congressional com- face it, John Lindsay is not a good Button, travels from England to mittee's decision in favor of Hayes. in Searching for Caleb by Anne commended as a 'best book' Venice and back again. The exper- writer. The novel starts at such a Tyler, a story that will renew your The story is a sobering reminder high pitch that the plot has no on the subject by Ann Winter- ience is frought with suspense, that our political past may have "faith that a book that .can be high emotion and danger. where to go but down. His outstanding and still tell a strai- botham, devotee of Mexican been as bad as or worse than some insider's account of a politician and ghtforward; heart-warming and aft and culture. To enhance our library of Susan of our present day problems. It is a his associates rings true and is entertaining story of a family, past Howatch's splendid Gothic nobels, tribute to Vidal's imagination and probably, the . best part of the and present, In Searching for we have just purchased two older writing talent that he is able to story. Caleb, Anne Tyler has invented but highly successful stories by take historically known, facts and Anthony Cave Brown's Body- the Peck family, a Baltimore this talented writer: The Waiting weave them into a suspenseful guard of Lies is undoubtedly one of dynasty that is so conventional Sands and The Devil on Lammas novel. the most important works on that it borders on the eccentric. Night. For those of you who have Library patrons will be happy to enjoyed , reading. Penmarric, The know that we have two copies of World War II ever written. This Ms. Tyler's ability! to portray her ,_.. ... Shrouded Walls and The Dark documentary translates the ultra characters" is a tribute to her $« '):ih •£**•'-si this book, a fact that cuts the secret ... the British feat of Shore, some happy hours await waiting time in half for those who breaking the German military code % continued on next page ~ ' ' "" **** ' you in these two additions. Both place reservations on books in are included in a single voluitie. circulation. GALS LEGALS LEG PUBLIC HEARING . - SANIBEL PLANNING Private I abet ' COMMISSION SAIL PIPE CITY OF SANIBEL. FLORIDA Tobacco and Pipes: TOBACCO candy 3/$ 1.00 The Sanibel Planning Commis- • Dunhilt siorTwill hold's public hearing e Chartan on Monday, March 22, 1976, •at 10:45-a.m. in City Council • Jobey specializing In children's wear Chambersi-City Hall, to hear a • BBB abbey Magazines, Out- request by. Donald J. Ander- • Hilson of-Town News- son to construct a single-fam- • Abbey papers, Paper- Palm Island Swimsuits ' ily dwelling on lot 32, Trade- tobacco back Books, Kate Greenawdy Dresses winds Subdivision (Gulf Dr.),' Polly Flinder's Dresses Cards - Forget Section 19, T 46 S, R 22 E, & news Billy the Kid Jeans & Jackets Sanibel; Lee County, Florida. Me Not line, Sundrin for your Smokinf Nods. Baby Togs Contemporary Izod Shirts Homemade Fudge Said hearing is in compliance Cards, Wrapping . 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Turn right 3-10 of a mile *'..<..% First & Hendry, Ft; Myers m. -;••:'••• 16 Periwinkle Place Shopping Confer Rabbit. Also Available: Mouse, Lamb, Hippo, Horse, Dog, Sanibel Island. Fla. 33957 on Gulf Drive Alligator, Cow. ' Monday-Saturday 10-5 ' , • 472-1062 In Periwinkle Place Shopping Center West off Tarpon Bay Road 472-1171 C8 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 C9 Men's Fashions Tough deal leads to few successes AT PERIWINKLE PLACE - SHOPPING CENTER .... 472-2515 Competitiye'biddingand,sharp defensive play, five of the eight pairs that played the hand. along; with good declarer play, are the things ; Two spades are easily made. Three hearts that make duplicate bridge a popular game. can be set one trick with good defense. ne other side of renta The hand below was one of the interesting There will not be a game on Friday, March 19. The Community House will be used by Monday - Saturday 10-5 Mario Hutton who will give one of this delightful programs, this time for benefit of seated - bike paths on the island. Our next bridge game coin is will be on March 26th. . . southwest The winners last week were: North-South 1. Mr. and.Mrs.'M Strassner 2. Mr. and Mrs. By J. G. Winterrowd Harry Kinzelberg 3. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Duncan East-West 1. Charlie Wilson and Don ers Brown 2. Mr. and Mrs. Webster 3. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Porter boards played in our Friday night game. Dealer -'..West , - Vulnerable - Both North S-119 62 H-87632 D-J4 C-KJ . West East S-J8 S-53 H - A K J 5 H-Q1094 D-A3 D-Q10975 c 1975 Hallmark Cards. Inc. C-A9765 C-Q.4 South Writing ^Papers S-AKQ74 Make letter-writing a pleasure. Great gift, too! 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• froml-C shook the bushes and in the matter of a elevation, allowing for some plants which mens for future reference and identifica- few seconds, she picked up thirteen ticks. prefer a "desert" or xeric habitat to tion, we worked our way back to the the -familiar Spanish moss; and, perhaps, I believe these are of the, genus Dermacen- maintain themselves. I refer here to tumble-down public dock and sailed off to three other. species of Tillandsia some- ter, and they are the ticks which Yucca, two species of Agave, and some Cabbage Key for some well-earned re- times called pineapple airplants. occasionally cause paralysis in dogs in this prickly pear cacti or Opuntia. Also there freshment. There are also orchids in the live oak region. Apparently they are not vectors of were a few struggling gumbo limbos in After lunch, we approached another trees, the one most commonly seen being any disease-causing organism but in fact this area and an abundance of grey part of Cayo Costa, after passing through Epidendrtun tampense. In this forest also occasional individuals produce a toxin that nickerbeans in full fruit. We took advan- Boca Grande Pass and down the Gulf shore may be seen the Say/ Palmetto, the other puts a dog into a paralytic state from tage of the opportunity to collect enough past Johnson Shoals to a littoral area near common native palm of this region which which he only recovers a day or two after the center, of the island. There we saw a can always be recognized by its seriated the tick is removed. lone coconut, numerous Agaves, many etiole. The technical name of this plant is On March 12 two ISLAND BEPORTER On March 15, at 11:00 a.m., in cacti, and large fields of sea oats, together gerenoa repens. The latter term no doubt staffers, a couple of friends, and I tramped the company of Captain Doug " with Scaevola and Yucca. At this point, refers to the fact that its trunk is usually two areas of Cayo Costa. W& started at the Fischer, we watched -- at a two dozen beautiful white ibis flew reclined arid underground — obviously a south end, on the Bay beach side, a few distance of no more than 100 feet -- overhead offering us a spectacular view of defense against fire. hundred yards below Pejuan Point and an adult southern bald eagle swoop their graceful flight. Often on the trunks of the oak trees can proceeded to investigate the mangrove down on a fish in Boca Grande Underfoot were many small glossy: be seen the familiar little American forest. Then . we walked up the Bay Pass, just north of Cayo Costa. leafed bushes with bright yellow fruit, "chameleon," [Anolis carolinensis] some- : beach ridge,to Pejuan Point. The bird circled about 360 Ernodia littoralis, the golden creeper. times hiding among the curled fronds of The mangrove forest is very well degrees and then approached the Here the sea grapes were very low, the resurrection fern. This lively -little developed at the south end, there being water, talons extended, and grace- apparently unable to attain full develop- member of the iguana family^ can change red, black, white and button wood man- fully flew off with a fish; We could ment in the full blast of the wind coming in from a deep dark brown to arbeautlfullight groves present' In fact the largest white not decide whether the fish was off the sea. green in just thirty seconds. mangrove I've ever seen is at that site. dead or alive, a mullet or a Altogether we had a pleasant day on a Wild coffee [Psychbtria undata] is We had heard that there might be a houndfish. lovely island, and this experience only common in this, forest and already the fresh water pond in the center of the makes me want to do a more thorough invasion of the Brazilian pepper [Schinus island in this region. We worked put way of these beautiful beans to make some study of Cayo Costa's living things. terebinthifolius] is readily apparent. One through the prop roots and pneumato- jewelry. * Crocodilians arealleged to exist on Cayo can only wonder what will be the future of phore "beds of nails" of this thick On the Bay beach we saw the familiar Costa. One would suppose there to be this lovely pine woods as a result of this mangrove forest to find a salty mudhole pen shells, cockles, horseshoes crabs, alligators if there is any fresh water at all destructive interloper. filled with organic mud many feet deep, in fighting conchs and large numbers of sea but this has yet to be thoroughly explored Recently, while walking through this which it. was easy to become stuck.. slugs. There was one large patch of what by me. If not - if there is only salt water - forest, I observed an abundance of ticks Perhaps a loner could carelessly enter is called Bryozoa. We could not under- it may be that the rumored crocodile is crawling on my companions' clothing. This such a "quick"-mud hole and, unable to stand why these had all been cast up on truly just that, the rare endangered created a lot of excitement which lea to an extricate himself, lose his life. the beach at one spot. American Crocodile. The American Croc- The beautiful gray-colored nickerbean lies like eggs in experiment to see just where the ticks It seems apparent that the Bay beach The horseshoe crabs, or Limulus, were odile has been known to range as far as a prickly nest. come from. We learned, not very surpris- ridge is being eroded away at this point as not cast skins, but had been eaten, which Cape Haze which is rather north and east ingly, that they lie about two feet up on the mangroves are right on the beach. of Cayo Costa and it is known in the had been feeding on raccoons. ;. led us to believe that raccoons are present One would hope that after State the bushes at the side of the path and are While today they are still very healthy and and this was soon confirmed when we waters around Sanibel, so - there's no simply waiting for some warm-blooded strong, one could postulate that" if more reason why there should not be one or two acquisition of this island, appropriate . found many tracks. on Cayo.Costa, but this will have to be controls could be established in an attempt • „ . . ¥ . , ,. j D • D •• * prey to walk by to brush the bush, when substantial erosion takes place in this Only a hundred feet or so beyond the Quiet, area,, these mangroves could be lost. proved: to restore it to its completely natural " shallow bay is tucked awaybehind Pejuan Point they latch on. plaqe where the Bay beach ridge had been original state; Though it is Unspoiled as on thesouthern end of Cayo Costa. We experimented with a member of the A few hundred feet north the Bay beach washed away, we began to see the ridge achieves a certain appreciable Recently the talented young artist, compared with Sanibel or other varrier group who was wearing light clothing - Brazilian pepper and the Casuarina inva- Molly Eckler Brown, told me of a spot on islands, it stU has serious invasions of two sion. Here also we found -sea pxeye, Cayo Costa where a large number of weed trees and the feral swine. These Pithecolobium or cat's claw, and a lot of raccoon bones had been accumulated, three species should somehow be elimina- sea purslane, on which we hungrily much as though some animal had been ted and. strong efforts should be made to . breakfasted since most of us had not yet'consuming raccoons there. A study of the. insure that other invaders are not intro- had anything to eat. Florida Panther has revealed that one of duced. A beautiful Casassia clusifolia or Seven the principle items of their diet is the The swine problem should be relatively Year Apple tree was found on this ridge as raccoon; '..'.„ easy to handle and the Casuarina is not yet Do beachfront condominium prices on well as railroad vine, Scaevola, wild lime, so abundant as to be impossible to joe wood, and a Spartina grass which I We have long felt that the Panther that eliminate, although there are many thou- believe to be. Patens, although I must is sometimes seen on Sanibel must range sands of trees. But the Brazilian pepper Saitibel £righten you? confirm this. these islands arid swim the passes, for it is presents a formidable problem indeed Soon we came to Pejuan Point and were known that the Florida Panther has a very because it has invaded many areas and able to penetrate the mangroves to the wide range, including up to fifty square exists in great numbers. shores of the interior Pejuan Bayou where miles of territory- Also, Bill Piper has It is my ,hope that after the State many beautiful and large red and black 5000 ESTERO BLVD. FT. MYERS BEACH, FLA. 33931 (813) 463-4535 demonstrated conclusively its aquatic concludes its purchase that this lovely mangroves were present. skills. I,.for one, believe that Molly Eckler island can be maintained in a natural state Screened Patio After gathering numerous plant speci- Brown described the site where a Panther in perpetuity. 21!xr V A Beautiful Gondominium More wildlife than people Priced From only $39*5OO that offers the Bd.Rm. A simple Sunday boat trip is all trol fish the coves, while black finest in south that's needed to convince a skeptic snakes lounge comfortably in the i.Rm. that Cayo Costa is both history and hot breath of the sun. • ' Florida living ' beauty. Protected by a salt water On the southern tip of the

% moat and a legendary annual island, near Pejuan Point, giant \ t'V ~ with. only.35' harvest of mosquitoes, the island black mangroves careen their way bath has been spared the development skyward, towering over a younger private resort that has decided the future of generation still fighting for space practically every other Florida to grasp the muck. . . ' apartments • barrier island. Stands of battered sea oats on Lacking the fresh water system the Gulf beach, defeated in a of Sanibel and the accessibility of struggle with the wind, dejectedly kitchen Captiva, Cayo Costa has played sweep the sand clean, obliterating • No land or • B host to a wide range of wildlife the shallow prints left by feeding ?gfe^ ^ rather than homesteaders. sandpipers, egrets, and herons. Except for the up to date On nearby Cabbage Key, steamy recreation lease garbage that lies trapped in man- Stone crab claws and cool Plan- £ack apartment grove roots and baking, in the sun, ter's Punch quickly bring over- the island looks about the same as heated boaters back to the on tke it did years ago when hearty 'real' world. But Cayo Costa leaves Model Now Open, fishermen whacked out a settle- its mark. In the cooling shade of ment in tlje island's interior. the old Mary Roberts Reinhart Freed from human habitation house on Cabbage Key, the skeptic now, Cayo Costa is left to tend to will lean back, cast an eye back towards Cayo Costa and admit to its own. Abandoned ghost crab v 1 nests mix with new burrows to the true beauty of the largest, undeveloped barrier island in Flor- The old gnarled trees on Cayo Costa offer pleasing studies in make swiss cheese of the bay ; :;;/ : /: ; ; ;; beach; Overhead, pelicans on pa- ida. /- .'.'' • "• : : -v' ' ".•. texture and design,. •. .' C16 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER p. March 19,1976 C17 •' > • ISLAND REPORTER FOR YOUNG READERS won't sell seashells but makes a happy swap "Isn't this wedding bouquet of shells lovely," too late. It closed at five today." 1/Itebb &/lucky By Betty Garrabranfc . said Sharon. The visitor, hiding her disappointment, 2235 East Colonial -8541 9 to 5'.30 Mon. thru Sat. "You would go for that. Just like a girl," turned to the boys, "Let me see your exhibits, "I'll trade you my biggest shark's eye for that teased Dan. boys;" - tiny horse Conch," Doug said to Teddy. Well, I like the chess set of shells best," big Doug crowded neat to explain why he had You can count on Rpbb & Stucky for lower prices — and "No way. I like that one. I want to keep it." brother Jim decided. used a horse conch idea. "I framed our horses better service —• every day of the year, on everything you buy. Doug and Ted were arranging shell exhibits, "But we didn't win, Daddy," moaned Teddy. picture with horse shells." for the Fair. Doug's was an assortment of horse "Sure you won," said Dad. "Having a good "And I made a pinwfreel picture of my shells conches ranging from the tiniest which was no time collecting, the shells and doing a good job because a shark's eye grows 'round and 'round larger than a pinky finger nail to a beautiful of getting them ready--that's winning." and 'round like a pinwheel," Teddy told the orange one several inches long. The disappointment of not winning was soon lady. Teddy, with an eye on Doug's work, was forgotten in the fun of watching the live "Could I buy your exhibits?" she said. "I gluing his collection of shark's eye shells in a exhibits. promised to bring my grandchildren something pin wheel fashion. Doug's big shark's eye would "Look at that little horseshoe crab in the from the Shell Fair." look good at the center, Teddy thought to tank," exclaimed Teddy. "He's on his back and "Oh no - we couldn't do that," said Doug. himself. he can't turn over-Look at him kick." "But we'll let you have them." v "Oh, aw-right, I'll trade," mumbled Ted with "Never saw one that small," Doug remarked, "We can make more," said Ted. feigned reluctance as he reached hastily for the as everyone crowded around to watch the little "I couldn't do that," said tfieir new friend, large shark's eye. ' - fellow's futile attempts to right himself. "but maybe you would, like to trade. I just came "Hey, your exhibit is real good, Dougie." The "I love to watch the seahorses," said Mom, back from out west. I have some real Indian . -••? horse conches were arranged around a photo of "and just think, Mrs. Seahorse makes 'papa' do arrows and other things made by Indians. Pepper, the family horse, who was being cared all the work of bringing up the babies." Would you like to trade?" for by a cousin up north. "Aren't; you glad you're not a seahorse, "Your pin wheel of shark's eyes is good too," Dad," laughed Doug. The boys were delighted. admitted Doug magnanimously/ "Hey, Mom," Ted said, as they traveled back On Saturday, when the fair was over, the to camp. "Now we have really truly Indian On the day of the fair the children woke early children went to collect their exhibits and were things and we've never been out west." Server and were in line waiting to get in, wKen the carrying them back to the camper. A car pulled "It was like really winning a prize," Doug chairman opened the doors and.announced: up next to them and the lady driver said, "I'm decided. *212 "Welcome to the 1976 Shell Fair." There new in Sanibel. Is this where the famous shell "Sure was," Teddy added. was so much to see. 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ISLAND STUFF Thumping mullet startle hotel visitor Tall yarns were spun, legs were •e • ' ~ . • dangled from the side of the dock and eyes were fixed on that v By Marie Dickey Kalman porch. There was the bay Tight where it should have been, and the channel where the boat would be Grandpa and Grandma had a sand by the building was only first visible. It was peaceful wait- friend come to visit them, and she slightly damp. -,.__' : ing-for-the-mail, and yet there was insisted on staying at the "hotel." She was dumbfounded. •• always an undercurrent of excite- . Just then, a very calm proprie- ment, for only the mail boat tor stepped out on the porch and brought civilization's news to the • continued from last week said he hoped that dang school of island, and not until the lines were mullet hadn't kept her awake: any made fast, did one know just what She said that aside from being less last night. Seems like every time that news was to be. As time went on, Captiva actual- Marie Dickey Kalman, and trouble to them that way, she Ithey got a high tide the mullet had ly became ' a spot of civilization preferred being farther away from! .••to', come along with it, and bang on herself. A bridge was built to join Dottie Wakefield in their row- the Gulf. The surf made her so the floor; all night, but after you'd "Meals were served as the fish ran. For Kingfish, breakfast was before boat. nervous. been there awhile you got used to Sanibel and Captiva at Blind Pass. dawn..." . • , , A solid hotel was built, and as the m The next morning she arrived at it.' . • .:•. ;••;••: ••.;.. .w->. • chugged, purred or putt-putted up the house on the verge of a It was a good thing the sun? was guests poured in, the social life of large, craft can find a safe harbor the island began to flourish. the channel. Oh well, that was nervous breakdown.*Jt seems that so bright arid shiny that morning, Gaptiva's way of doing it. in the middle of the night, she was or the family's guest would have behind Captiva, without the fear of Oh a Sunday, every one dressed running aground getting to it. whitely, and put on their best Of the more simple pleasures, of awakened by strange bumps left on that day's mail boat. course fishing was all right to pass against the floor boards, and when Instead, she stayed all winter', but Captiva's post office was then behavior, for it was a day of great she listened carefully, she could just a corner in a frame and importance.-Some times it was a the time away, if nothing better the "hotel" was gone with the first swimming race that drew them to came along. The sun only rose and : : palm-thatched house, which set hear water gently lapping under gale. . ••••••;. ".;;• .: /:-y '.•.••. = -\- ;. :'•• v ISLAND STUFF the docks, or some times, a motor set with the fishing schedule, the floor. There she lay all night Partly because of the family's right on the bay. The mail was that's all! Meals were eaten as the afraid to go to sleep because she Friday-the-13th experience;, and unloaded on what one would call a boat race. These were really v wanted to be able to strip and "dock" if one stretched the imagin- something! There were no classes fish ran. For kingfish, breakfast partly because Gaptiva's inhabi- • froml8-C and the only requirement for entry was before dawn, lunch was a swim as soon as the water reached tants were sick and tired of.having ation a bit. It was really a packed-up affair. For tarpon, her, and if she did happen to drop to go to the Captiva bulkhead southern point•• of Buck Key, and foot-paneling held up by toothpick was a motor of some sort aboard. off to sleep accidejitly, one of those between Buck Key and Captiva to pilings, but there the mail was Even if that motor was run by a breakfast, was late, lunch was every day for the mail, they got rubber band, the boat was still light, and dinner was at five awful bumps would awaken her together and hired a Mr. Harvey the Captiva bulkhead.' After that, brought in and there was, and still o'clock, and a few onion sandwich- again. When the sun finally came to dredge a channel from the both the mail boat from Ft. Myers is, the core of Captiva's society. eligible. You can imagine the effect up, bright and shiny over Buck and the fish boat from Punta as the contestants took their place es were packed for the midnight Wulfert bulkhead, around the Four Captiva bathing beauties model ladies' beachwear Every one gathered at noon iii the line-up - every one a dark snack in the pass. Key, she wrapped something fashionable shortly after the turn of the century. Gorda made regular runs to the every week-day to talk and wait around her and stepped out on the • continued on next page island, and now sailors of fairly for news from the outside world. horse - then on the given signal • to be continued

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Take it or leave it, Max Baer did pation in a world wide information campaign ben persecuting the Witnesses because of Recently as I browsed through give us a moral for everyday. directed at alleviating the persecution of .up their refusal to join the national political some old material I found an Perhaps he never had the will to to 30,000 Witnesses in the east African movements begun in the early sixties. Rebel anecdote concerning the two in country of Malawi. liberation movements achieved world recog- be a great champion. Yet he did The 2,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in the nition for their cause of throwing off colonial Sanibel Light mum their fight for the heavyweight tell us, "The last one up is a sissy!" greater Fort Myers area will share in a rule by terrorism and anti-government championship. special distribution of their March 22 issue of activities. Jehovah's Witnesses would not T%e camera captures Sani- y JPfe^B When both were about exhaust- the "Awake!" news magazine which ac- join with them and so were warned that ed from swinging, they both aimed counts "the murder, rape, internment in someday the rebels would succeed in bel's major historic land- - \w> jflW roundhouses at each other and concentration camps and State custody of becoming the government and would in mark in yet another mood. ^clsSsiklffl missed. Both lost balance and fell children being undertaken against the group effect 'get them'. to the floor facing together. The in Malawi." "The Malawi Congress Party," said Han- befuddled referee stood first over The Witnesses claim that their own sen, "has insisted that the Witnesses Everyday moral reports of atrocities against the group have purchase Party membership cards and one and then over the other with now been confirmed by wire services, news- break their politically neutral stand. With- H^-^'T • •- ' raised arm to count, and didn't paper and radio-television reports. In a out the cards the Witnesses are set upon by know which to start counting out. In a Jonathan L. Seagull letter to the headquarters of Jehovah's Wit- government-inspired mobs, women and girls mood, Dr. Cartlidge, in 'To- II. nesses in New York City dated January 23, are raped and beaten, men lose their jobs Baer, ever the comedian, looked day's Living,' suggests the K 1976, Senator Frank Church of the Senate and are murdered and tortured and children at his huge Italian adversary and Committee on Foreign Relations said: "In are either taken by the State or left to said with a grin, "The last one up is need to keep on trying in life's my continuing efforts to bring attention to starve as their parents are put in concentra- battles. P the persecution of Jehovah's "Witnesses in tion camps." [jiiiir^iin a sissy!" Malawi, I made a statement recetly before "We want to identify ourselves with our I the Senate regarding this intolerable situa- persecuted brothers, showing that we are in The incident reminded me of the tion." full agreement with the stand that they have words of Edmund Cooke: Swire said that "the United States taken, and that we too are worshipers of Department of State has also made know the Jehovah, and separate from the world's s "You are beaten to earth? Well, church / calendar concern of • this country to the Malawi 'political squabbles as Jesus Christ instruct- ! "*^fe, 1 well, what's that? Government in Blantyre and in Washington, ed in the Bible at John, chapter 17, verse Episcopal Holy Communion Service Sunday, Beauregard, Pastor. Sunday Mass 8:30 & 10:00 The Bible Reading Fellowship. St. Michael D.C., but, that the Malawian officials deny 16," said Hansen. 7:30 a.m. South Seas Plantation Conference a.m.; Saturday evening Mass 5:30 p.m., Friday and All Angels Episcopal Church, meets Come up with a smiling face. Room. Mass, first Friday of each month, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m., in the parish hall. the persecution in spite of eye witness Daily Mass: 5:30 p.m.; Holy Days: 10:00 a.m.; reports from numerous sources. This is why R.A. Swire said that the publicity we must mount a world wide effort to inform It's nothing against you to fall Sanibel Community Church Rev. Bruce E. Vigil: 7:30 p.m.;-Confession before each Mass. Evening Bible Study • classes under the campaign hopes to accomplish bringing Milligan, Pastor. Sunday Worship 9:15 and direction of Al Hartley meets Thursdays at 7:30 persons of what a member in good standing world pressure to bear on Malawi to live up down flat, St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church of the U.N., British Commonwealth and the 11:00 a.m. (nursery provided to age 7); Sunday Rev. James D.B. Hubbs, Rector. Sunday - Holy p.m. beginning January 22 at the Sanibel to its own constitution guaranteeing reli- Church School 9:15 a.m. (ages 4-12). -Communion, 7:30 a.m.; 9:30 a.m. on 1st and Community Church, Periwinkle Way. western democratic block is doing to honest, gious freedom. "Also," he says, "we would But to lie there, that's disgrace." 3rd Sunday's of the month; Sunday - Morning First Baptist Church will be open for moral and law abiding people just because particularly like to have persons every- Baha'l Group of Sanibel Island Informal Neither a boxing bout, nor can Prayer, Church school and Kindergarten, 9:30 personal prayer or meditation Tuesdays, Thurs- they^ wish to remain neutral in Malawi where, regardless of their religious affilia- discussions about the teachings of the Baha'i a.m.; Wednesday - Holy Communion, 9:00 a.m. days, and Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. politics." tion, write letters expressing their senti- life, be victorious from a prone Faith. For information call 472-2141 or Captiva Chapel by-The-Sea Service 11:00 Andreas Hansen, presiding overseer of ments to Malawi, U.N. or even U.S. position. We will always have to 472-1322. a.m. Dr. H. Ganse Little, minister. "Sing-spiration" at First Baptist Church on the Iona Congregation of Jehovah's Wit- vrovernment officials." win on our feet. In fact we will Greek Orthodox Church of S.W. Florida Sanibel, last Sunday night of every month at 1 First Baptist Church Rev/Gerald Frost, Pastor. Sunday-churchservices held 11:00 -12:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. followed by a social period.. -always be hra battleTifnot in the Sunday Service: Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; ring then in the world of business, at Redeemer Lutheran Church, corner Canal Bible Study group of the Community Church I Sunday worship, 11:00 a.m.; Evening services, and Broadway, Ft. Myers, Fla. Reverend meets every Monday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 our own bodies, our daily bread. 7:00 p.m.; Wednesday evening prayer meeting, Nicholas Sitaras 542,3025. SANTIVA Robert Louis Stevenson said that 7:00 p.m. Open for meditation and counselHng, p.m. at the home of Mrs. John P. Glass (3025 if desired, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:00 a.m. Gatherings Gulf Drive.) Call 472-1154 if transportation is his whole life had been a battle to 11:00 a.m. needed. All interested in attending are with the medicine bottle and the First Baptist Church Bible Class every welcome. Tuesday morning, 9:30 a.m. Everyone is MINI MART bed. He had written in sickness, Christian Science Service Sanibel Public The Ladies' Guild of the Sanibel Commun- pain, and discouragement." Yet he Library, Sunday 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 8:00 welcome to attend. ity Church, open to all women of the church p.m. Bible Study Group. St. Michael and All meets at 1:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of had written on. Angels Episcopal Church, meets Monday, 7:30 each month. For further details phone 472- One who expects to have a St. Isabel Catholic Church Father Gerard p.m. in the parish hall. 2425. FOR CONVENIENT SHOPPING battle, who expects to fall down INTERSECTION OF- again and again, and expects also WULFERT & SANIBEL- Open 7 Days A Week 7AM to 9PM CAPTIVA ROADS [5301] .SLEGALSLEGALSI Phone [813] 472-1550 or 1559 Groceries - Meats - Cold Beer & Wine PUBLIC HEARING ' CITY OF SANIBEL, FLORIDA Magazines - Post Cards - Hats The Sanibel City Council will hold a Public Hearing at 10:30 Health & Beauty Aids Fishing Tackle a.m., on Tuesday, April 6, 1976, at City Hall to hear a ROY E. BAZIRE request by Robert R. Hollopet- er and David G. Thompson of Registered Real Estate Broker \ Outer Island Development 1 Corp. for subdividing a parcel ASSOCIATES: E.G. Konrad, Violet 0. Jones, NORTH END OF SANIBEL of land into 9 duplex lots and Eva Pearl "Scotty" Clark a lake of approximately 3A acre in Section 36, T 46 S, R 22 AT THE BLIND PASS BRIDGE E, Sanibel, Lee County, Florida (Camino del Mar Dr. off Casa Ybel Rd.). Said hearing is in compliance with Ordinance 76-1, as Well Known Island adopted by the Sanibel City Naturalists Council on January 2, 1976, RICHARD G.BEEBE and Ordinance 76-6, as 1 fOmiihologitt) adopted by the Sanibel City ! GEORGE R. CAMPBELL • A' I (H«rp«tologist) Counci4-®n February 6, 1976. Offer ATTEST: William B. Nungester City Manager - City Clerk 3-19 Natural PUBLIC HEARING History CITY OF SANIBEL. FLORIDA CONDOMINIUM The Sanibel City Council will Field Trips hold a Public Hearing at 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, March 30, FURNISHINGS Inc. to Sanibel's Wildlife Habitats 1976, at City Hall to hear a Visits To Three Different Habitats request by Island Water Asso- Now, select complete furnishings for Phone for more information from the Tuesdays and Thursdays ciation, Inc. to construct a 20 your Florida home the fast, thrifty, specialists in Florida furnishings of By Reservations Only ft. x 50 ft. x 12 ft. high steel storage building on its main convenient way. fine taste. Out-of-area and out-of- Wednesdays - Open Trip plant site located on the state calls are welcome "collect." One Sanibel-Captiva Road on land contemporary in the tradition of good taste We supply every single thing (includ- of our experienced representatives is Special Trips By Appointment lying in Section 28, Township ready to assist you, today. FOR INFORMATION 46 S, Range 22 E, Sanibel, Lee ing carpet, draperies, furniture, County, Florida, comprised of CALL: 472-2180 Thayer Coggin • Founders • Dux • Directional Flair • and many more bedding, linens, kitchenware, part of Government Lot 1 of appliances, accessories, etc.) We put We decorate your Florida home to Inquire about Our 1976 Wildlife Field trip to Africa. said Section. it all in place with the dishes washed, please your particular taste. Condo- Amphibian. Said hearing is in compliance Boyon with Ordinance 76-1, as the beds made, windows and your minium Furnishings is the new idea in koch.t residential /l&WCU/X business Mrdi adopted by the Sanibel City Colic entire home is in fact, spotlessly TOTAL FURNISHINGS SERVICE Edlbl.Pionl, ! Council on January 2, 1976, Ml NTERItTERIORS J Flthst cleaned and living ready. that allows you to move-right-in and Hammock* and Ordinance 76-6, as start living! adopted by the Sanibel City iungl.s Manmolt Council on February 6, 1976. Morln.lll. ATTEST:William B. Nungester 3324 Cleveland Avenue, Fort Myers, Florida, Bryan Mclnnis ASID 1742 Commercial Drive, Plont CommunHI.t lUplll.. City Manager - City Clerk Naples, Fla. 33940 (813) 77S-U77 Spiel... 3-19 Socio-Econotmc Environmental Impact

"k ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER Prayerpenned Stoop lampooned by young reader CROSSWORD PUZZLE The atmosphere of the islands seems to Edited by WILL WENG inspire creativity at all age levels. Some take to shellcrafting, others to poetry to ACROSS 39 Undermuied 12 Surround describe their vivid impressions of the yoor 41 Rich source 14 Astaire-Rogers ' beach. 1 "Scarlet Letter" 42 In a fufik film Shelters body expressions inspired the girl — 43 Camping item 16 Went through sketch shown by Terry High, a ten-year old but; tnev/er -7—Receiving 46 trice an infant stage winter visitor. He brought it to the offices of company 47 Topkick 21 Not in, in the ISLAND REPORTER and said he reads io 13 Break one's diet 48 Guinea pig Scotland our paper weekly in Oberlin, Ohio. Terry u shell 15 Leakage 49 Healing plant in 24 Footman's wear says, "I like Sanibel better than Oberlin " preventer folk medicine 25 Sprang up 17 Italian port 51 Dice thiow 26-Secreted except in the summer when there are too a 18 Jack of films many mosquitoes here." 54 Surrounded area 27 Cornflour 19 Irritable 55 Manage 28 Slanted A fourth grader, Terry stayed at Sundial tides ftreuer ru«\ 20 Carriage during his visit and said, "I remember going 56 Wet, as eyes 29 Authority 22 Never, in Berlin 57 Shred 31 Baseball deal to second grade here on Sanibel." 23 C.S.A. hero DOWN 32 Shifthke dress 24 City of Pakistan 33 Meditative 26 Comedian 1 Convention c 36 Ordained V Wheeler setting 37 Rita of "West 27 Pittsburgh 2 Circumvent Side Story" athlete 40 Scold 28 Leave in the 3 Suit fabric 4 Waiter's need 42 Medicine-chest 29 Piece of the 5 Imitation fabric: item fairway Suffix 43 Jewelry weight 30 Germ-free 6 Turn informer 44 Egg-shaped 32 Hags 7 Has ambitions 45 City in Texas 34 Made a pokeT 8 Pester 47 Rocky cliff move 48 Brusque 35 Indulged 9 Edward Everett 37 French painter 10 Palm leaf: Var. 50 Rhodesian native 38 One of the 11 One with 52 Inclined Brontes affectations 53 Assam specialty island wind Latest Arrivals!! Answers on page 27-A COIFFURES Chinese Porcelain Ganden Seats,

Owner: MARION MELVIN Garden Seat Lamps, Lamps, Vases, shell net lick lien Operator: JEANNE MELVIN Ph. 472-2591 SHELL & LINEN Ginger Jars, Cookie Jars, Night Lights, ISLAND ART An Import Boutique PAINTINGS gifts - clothing - toys BATH BOUTIQUE and Ashtrays. Come and see!! SHELL CREATIONS SUPERSALE . STYLE CUTS on a wide assortment ot our FOR MEN & WOMEN i comfortable, colorful and NOW OPEN - BROWERS WELCOME TAHITIAN GARDENS SANIBEL 472-3431 SHELLS - CORALS -SHELL CANDLES terrific clothing In The Island Fair Shopping Center SANIBEL ISLAND 1711 Periwinkle Way (Sanibel Center Blag. - Next to Dotti's) ISLAND SHOPPING CENTER Punta Ybel Plaza Across from the New Library (around the corner on Buttonwood Lane) OPEN 10-5 Monday-Saturday ' 472-1387 at the Lighthouse end of the Island 9-5 MONDAY-SATURDAY 472-1702 •" Mon.-Sat. 10-5-472-4561 ™ EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT Everyone's Going to Press I P.O. Box 92 Printing Stop neglecting your heating system! he, Real Company Find out about our new Walk on the quiet side. 3601 Hanson Street zstate Fort Myers, Florida preventive maintenance Corner (813)334-1238 plan., Add years to your Lots For Sale • Homesites system's life...can save • On Golf Course, from $12,000 TRAVEL AGENCY • Canal Lots, from $17,500 • Beach Access, from $15,000 The full service Travel Center for everyone! up to 10% on your fuel • Duplex Lot $16,500 f Travel arrangements for airlines bills this winter. r-rjt • Motel with Pool, priced to sell, ICC approved motor coach tours canal setting, walk to Gulf Cruise tours Call today • Island Homes from $37,000 Car rentals Discriminating purchasers have chosen Mariner Pointe A wide selection available Hotels/motels Bayside Condominium for its private peninsula CALL COLLECT FOR INFORMATION Trip insurance I location and quiet residential atmosphere. Foreign currency pre-packs Laughrey & Holtz We service all models and makes. Representing the fourth and' final phase of a Island ... everything to make your trip complete. 'I quality community by Mariner Properties, Inc. . . . I Plus a few select resale listings. Real Estate, Inc. cumare conTROL VACATION AND INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, INC. REG. REAL ESTATE BROKER PENINSULA MOTOR CLUB Registered real estate broker Located in Sanibel Center Building, 1711 Periwinkle Way 1421 Colonial Blvd. CALL 334-1660 Telephone (813) 472-4383/2606 Sanibel Island (813) 472-1123 Florida 33957 <813) 472-1441 Fort Myers, Fla. 33901 (813) 936-8161 SANIBEL • CAPTIVA • FORT MYERS After Hours 472-2435,1129,2241,1846 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976

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CLASSIFIED FOR RENT: Modern furnished FOR SALE - 1970 Camaco, HELP WANTED Seamstress FOR SALE - 15' Starcraft with FOR SALE - Pool tables, FOR RENT - 6 months new 3 INFORMATION one bedroom apartment. blue, 6 cyl., stick, air, excel- for occasional alterations. 85 hp Mercury engine. No complete line, new & used. bedroom, 2 bath home._Stu- Quiet location close to gulf AVON lent mileage, good condition. 472-2728. trailer. $900. Call 472-1171 Palm City Music, 731 N. Del dio, family room, central heat and bay beaches. Available REPRESENTATIVE DEADLINE: ~ 472-4382. TFN (10-5) Prado, Cape Coral. 995-0242. and air, nicely furnished. THOMAS H Furnished from March 29. Attractive rate FOR SALE Noon Tuesday TFN TFN TFN Season or Yearly lease. Avail- for long-term occupancy. Call PRICE REDUCTION - Owner HELP WANTED - Desk clerk for able July 1. Phone 472-1229. EDE STOKES Apartment 472-2609. \ BROWN must sell 2 br. home in Rocks DISPLAY: FOR SALE - 1968 Ford LTD. Saturdays & Sundays 8 to 4r- TFN FOR SALE - Seacraft 1973 20 TFN~ DEMONSTRATORS Sub. Beach Access. $51,000 $1.75 per column inch. Inser- Good running condition. An- The Colony 472-1424. For Sale xious to sell - make offer. Call foot cuddy cabin, fully rigged, SAMPLES Realtor [ Make offer. ted for 4 times or more TFN FOR RENT - 1 br. completely New large one bedroom (10-5) 472-2724, evenings many extras 140 OMC stem- FOR RENT - Unfurnished cond- Call Evenings 472-2965 without change, $1.50 per furnished. $150. wk. or $550. apartment, decorator furn- 472-2765. drive. 1975 Evinrude electric ominium on the Bay, 2 br., 2 TFN Unique wood piling and HOME & INCOME - Piling column inch. mo. plus utilities. Available frame home. 3 bedrooms, 2 ished across the street from 3-19 HELP WANTED - Experienced auxiliary available, 1975 Har- baths, all electric appliances, type duplex. Realistic Price. ding Trailer available. Boat carpet & drapes included. March 15th thru April. Call baths, divided into two pods. Gulf at Spanish Cay apart- RATES: Real Estate salesperson. Con- FOR SALE - 3 br. 2 bath, living 964 Palm St. 481-7217 or 472-1170. One pod consisting of living ments. Back porch overlooks FOR SALE - "73 Toyota Land dominium & single-family- only. Reasonable offer over $400 per month on yearly room, family room, double $1 50 minimum for 25 words 3-19 room, dining room kitchen, lake. Priced at low $39,900. '"• I Cruiser, 4-wheel drive, air, homes. Successful Sanibel De- $4600.00 Call 472-1519 or lease. Immediate occupancy. garage, 1300' to gulf with HIGH LAND-LOW PRICE - or less. Over 25 words 7 master bedroom and bath, By owner. Call 472-4854. 44,000 original; miles, excel- velopment. Contact Blind Pass 472-2768." 472-2013-472-1613. edsement. Under construction 100' x 115" HomeSite. cents per word. PARCELLS and utility area; other pod TFN lent condition. 472-4597 after Condominium for appoint- TFN 3-26 & under $50,000. 472-2583. FOR RENT - Mariner Pt. Town- and has 2 bedrooms, and 1 bath, SPECIAL RATES: 5. ment. 472-1585. Two responsible young wo- TFN house. Available May thru plus 635 sq. ft. of wood 3-19 TFN men wish to house sit in GE1VTRY Inc. RENTALS Regular classified ads of 25 Dec, monthly or bi-monthly. decking. On canal with dock words or less inserted 4 or exchange for rent. Anytime FOR RENT - Spectacular gulf - REALTORS 2 br home near beach -$650 Newly furnished, 2V4 baths, 2 FOR SALE - Beautiful water- G and access to Bay. All this May through Sept. Will per- views, 2 br. 2 bath condo, all more times without change - porches. 472-4004. for ONLY $69,500 with as- mo. Season. form maintenance, upkeep. appliances. Tennis, pool, front custom built CBS home White Space $1 25 per week. Over 25 POSITION OPEN TFN sumable 'mortgage of References. Send replies to $290. per wk. Available 4-4 on large corner lot. 3 br. 2 words 6 cents per word. bath. Florida room, fireplace $49,500. JACK Susan Richter, Box 42, Gwy- thru 4-14 & after 4-25 on. Call WANTED - 37 year old male Executive Home - Three, THOMAS, CITY OF SANIBEL redd. Pa. 19436. Or contact Mr. Witter (312) 251-1449. in living room, solar-heated bedroom, two bath, heated Increases w;* i Blind Box $1.00 extra. requires room in private' Privacy - serenity: All this Mrs. Bobbie Schumacher-at pool, dock, many extras. At- pool, fenced with separate INC The City of Sanibel is accept TFN home, Mon. - Fri. only. Please and more can be yours on a 472-2219 for references. tractive terms. Asking dog run, on canal with direct REALTOR ing applications for a Secre- call 472-2371. large, tree shaded, lot adj- $88,300. Owner 472-2580. access to Bay, minutes from Readership 2039 W. 1 st St. tary to the Planning Director 4-9 3-19 acent to a tranquil bayou TFN Gulf beach. Complete priv- Ft. Myers, Fl. 33901 Shorthand or speedwriting FOR RENT - House, beautifully frequented by many beauti- acy and priced Right. 334-0680 and a minimum typing speed furnished, 3 br. Michigan, ful birds. The improvements WANTED TO RENT - year after hours 472-1168 WORK WANTED - Dog sit or of 50 wpm required. Must be walk to beach, 600' private include an attractive quality FOR SALE - King Size Deluxe round, 1 br. preferably unfurn- FOR SALE - Water Shadows lot TFN house_sit - reliable couple - able to organize workload easement. Available now & Lots built Michigan home with 2 Royal Comfort Southern Cross ished. 472-3361 - 472-1198. FOR RENT - Available April No. 24, 300' seawall, 2 docks, local references. 472-3361 - and office procedures. Must for 1977 winter season. 472- 2-28, tastefully furnished 2 br Shell Harbor Unit 3 $39,000 bedrooms and 2 baths, liv- Mattress & Frame. $125. or TFN deep and wide canal, no 472-1198. - have a congenial personality Best Offer. 472-4545. 1107. 2 bath duplex apartment on bridge, V* acre lot. $75,000, Shell Harbor Unit 2 $35,000 ing-dining area, glass en- TFN and be able to work with the TFN TFN West Gulf Dr., complete pri- Terms. See your broker or C. Shell Harbor Unit 2 closed Florida or family NEW FOR SALE public. Beginning salary WANTED - Someone to share vacy, central air-heat, private " Holland, owner. Corner Lot $35,500 room, and a 2 car garage. HELP WANTED - for Bait, (all above on sewerage $6500 per yeqr plus fringe FOR SALE - Bahama beds and 2 bedroom duplex on Sanibel. beach access. Call 472-1705. TFN All rooms are spacious and ON BOULDER DR. IN THE ROCKS Tackle & Sporting Goods benefits. Apply' o7.City Hall corner table. Green woven Call 939-0688 (daytime only). 3-19 system) inviting, central heat and air Store. Semi-retired gentleman FOR RENT - Secluded Captiva 3BR., 2B. MICHIGAN HOMES Monday thru Friday 8-5 at covers. Excellent condition. TFN Sanibel Harbors $37,500 conditioning. Only minutes to work Sat. & Sun. 3:30 - 6:00. home 150" to beach, private FOR SALE - twin diesel trawler Open for your inspection (Job no. 801) on large lot the City Manager's Office. $65. After March 15 call no. Castaway $25,000 away from the beach by car WANTED Write P.O. Box 359, Sanibel, road. Two br. 2 bath, washer- -style cruising houseboat. 38' with ample space for pool. House has 2,312 sq. ft. Equal opportunity employer. 411, Sanibel Moorings. RENT FREE - efficiency for NOW RENTING January 1977 - Las Conchas $10,000 or boat. This home can Fl. 33957. dryer, dishwasher, screen 1 br. apartment, piling type custom built by Temple Yachts total area. Nice view at rear along length of ODD JOBS 3-19 3-19 honest, reliable, older single Sanibel Estates $27,000 provide pleasurable living TFN porch. Available Feb. & March for Florida and island cruising. waterway. Easy walk to beach via permanent ' man with independent in- beach house. Completely furn- Tahiti Shores - Gulf Drive for you and your family for Hove tools & Know How. I 1977, $1,100 mo., $2,000 for 2 ished, beautiful gulf view from Economical to operate. Ideal easement. FOR SALE - Heavy duty steel come for property mainten- $36,000 only $75,000. will do the smallest jobs - if it months. Adults only, no pets. private sundeck. Adults. Spec- Sanibel live-aboard. Price re- Call owner, R.A. Sounders, M.D. desk $50. Amana Upright ance, Captiva. Call C.F. Rep- The Rocks Unit 4 at head of takes a few minutes or WORK WANTED - Experienced 472-1167. P.O. Box 16, Cap- ial summer rates. 472-1107. cently reduced to $23,500. (Sanibel) 472-1693 _ (212)666-4631 Freezer $95. 472-1001. logle 472-1461. waterway. Walk or bicycle to Shop- or hours. Free estimates. No Secretory seeks employment tiva, Fl. 33924. 472-4669. Mature, 3-19 TFN TFN ping Centers from this lovely obligation. on Sanibel. Skills include TFN TFN SEE YOUR ISLAND REALTOR custom built home located in (Permanent Resident) shorthand, typing, use of well maintained small Sub- FOR DETAILS 3-19 dictaphone & other general Qualified FOR SALE - Westinghouse FOR RENT - Furnished apart- NEED A HOME CARETAKER? FOR RENT - House with 200 ft FOR SALE BY OWNER - 2 br. division. 3 bedrooms and 2 472-2891 off ice.duties. Call 472-4615. Solid State Record Player. ments $200. - $225. per month PARCELLS Sanibel middle-aged couple on Clam Bayou (natural sanc- CBS with Florida room fully baths, paneled Florida Ro- TFN TFN Perfect for the kids - to keep Call Lou Niper 995-5481 ext. Mechanic need temporary summer tuary). Fully furnished, 2 bed- landscaped, central air & heat, and om, electric kitchen, utility them off your good equip- 34 or 995-4269. home sitting arrangement. rooms, 1 bath, central air appliances & drapes. VA ap- area, garage, central heat- VACATION ACCOMMODATIONS Many years experience, ment. ONLY $25.00. "Such a 3-19 GENTRY Inc. Call 472-4669. proved assumable mortgage. knowledge of air condition- conditioning, TV, large screen- air conditioning. Assumable Deal." 1 only in stock. Won't 472-4597 evenings or week- REALTORS Condominiums & Homes ing. Excellent references, TFN ed porch, dock, and boat slip. D 7% percent mortgage. Only Part-time last. Hurry!! Call 472-1587. Contemporary Sleeps 6. One mile from ends. $60,000. desires to invest in auto or Ask for Dianne. shopping facilities, marina, TFN or full time marine repair shop. Also TFN FOR RENT THOAAAS H. BROWN, Concepts FOR SALE - 4 Commercial lots restaurant, and beach at Blind 1628 Periwinkle Way Beautiful home on large interested in working on » approx. 6,000 sq. ft. 2 story Pass. V* mile by boat to Gulf COMFORTABLE, NICELY DE- P O Box 384 corner lot in Gumbo Limbo kitchen help. commission in local garage. FOR SALE - 3 matching tables, REALTOR & Turquoise bldg. on Sanibel-Blind Pass. inlet and secluded areas of CORATED 3 BDRM, 3 BATH FOR SALE - Mobile Home, with approx. 2,000 .sq. ft. of Write Box AAR, c-o Island walnut & simulated slate - Sanibel, Fla Call A.M. or after 9 P.M. Turner's Beach. Available HOME ON DEEP WATER CA- Periwinkle Trailer Park, Lot Call Nutmeg House Restaur- Reporter, Drawer R, Sanibel, (813) 472 4100 living area including 3 bed- H 2410 Palm Ridge Rd. Mediterranean styling - coffee NAL WITH A LOVELY OPEN no. 76, call 472-2380 after 6. by appointment ant. Fl. 33957. 472-4684. April 15 - Nov. 15 ($350. mo) rooms and 2 baths, living RRALTOR* p.o. Box 142, Sanibel, Fl. 33957 52 x 20 - end 28 x 22 - 25 VIEW. PRIVATE GULF BEACH TFN TFN and Dec. 5 - March 1 ($500. room with separate dining Eves. REALTOR Associates 472-4138 TFN square $100. Call 472-2306. ACCESS NEARBY. AVAIL- Village Emporium 472-1141 mo.) Pets permitted. Phone area, family room, electric V.R. Brown 472-2450 Eves. 3-19 ABLE THRU MAY 15 AND 1223 Periwinkle Way TFN (61 5) 483-9509 after 6 p.m. or IMPOSSIBLE DREAM? No - kitchen, large utility room, J.M. Reed 472-1663 P.J. Bretzke 472-4513 write 125 Westlook Circle, NEXT SEASON TO ADULTS LOT FOR SALE - Gulf Pines you CAN buy on Sanibel for double garage, screened po- (behind Scotty's Pub) Real Estate License Required FOR SALE - Slack rack-holds GeorgeS. Slay 472-2557 C.R. Smith 472-1027 RENT Oak Ridge, TN 37830. ONLY AT $375. A WEEK, Phase II 14,900 sq. ft. OK for less than $50,000 f rch, central heat-air condit- - to sell in two beach front 100 pr. of slacks $90. Wrou- MONTHLY OCCUPANCY. building. $17,500. Write to ioning. $64,500 with only condominiums on Sanibel ght iron spiral display rack GULF FRONT - 4-9 Real Estate LONGER OR SHORTER PER- 4389 Gulf Pines Dr., Sanibel, We have unimproved build- $21,000 down and assume FREE - 7 mo. old, part Calico, Island. This top paying com- $40. Card racks with storage SANIBEL ISLAND SANIBEL ENVIRONMENT can be found with this 3 br.>2 bath IODS AT ADJUSTED RATES. Fl. 33957. ing sites beginning at mortgage. 3 female cat. Housebroken. Call mission position could lead drawers also available. Call Our beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 FOR LEASE - Sanibel Home on located on the Sanibel River with over /i's acre prpperty. Salesman NO PETS! 203-268-8741 or 3-19 $12,000 in Gulf Pines; after 5 p.m. 472-2391. into the most profitable Dotti of Sanibel 472-1070. bath apartment at Sunset the Gulf 3 bedrooms. 2 bath, $59,000. 71 N. PARK AVE. EASTON, $14,000 in Gumbo Limbo; 3-19 future imaginable. Exper- TFN South Condominiums. Com- central heat & air condition- LOGGERHEAD CAY CONDO- Wanted CONN. 06612. $28,000 in Sanibel Isles on a ience not necessary but pletely furnished, miles of ing, completely furnished. Be- MINIUM, CORNER GROUND GULF FRONT COMPLEX 1 br. condominium. $35,000. 5-7 navigable canal: Harry G. Kair D.C.P.A., The call 472-1 549 diligence to learn and sell a sandy beach. Season, month- ginning May 1976. R.C. Lake, FLOOR, EXCELLENT VIEW OF Practice of Chirporactic - Sani- new concept is. ly, 2 weeks. Don Fase, 4236 Box 4203, Dearborn, Mich. GULF, Beautifully furnished VESPA MOTOR 6 Unit Complex in a good rental area. Call today. bel - Mon., Wed., Fri. 455 For appointment call Hunsberger NE, Grand Rap- 48216. EDISON Ready-built dwellings: 2 bed- 2 bedrooms and 2 baths, Surf Realty, ids, Mich. 49505. 1-616- room 1 bath inland condo- electric kitchen, washer-dry- Periwinkle - 472-1824. Ft. 472-1581 ' SCOOTERS TFN Myers - Tues., Thurs., Sat. - Realtor TFN 361-9167. Unique and exciting, with minium on navigable canal er. $79,500, with assumable RENTALS- 2 br. 2 bath condominium. Rent by week or month 3949 Broadway - 936-1112. TFN every convenience. This 4 for $37,500 furnished; 2 mortgage. $900. month in season. FOR RENT - Furnished 2 TFN MOTOR BIKES Office Space -bedroom custom cedar bedroom 2 bath home (plus bedroom, 2 bath cottage with family room) for $42,000 WORK WANTED: Need some Lee County Franchise for home is secluded on more Beautiful lot on wide canal beach access available 1977. partly furnished; 2 bed- typing done? A substitute sale. Full selection of models than V* acre with water in WATER SHADOWS - Only ANNOUNCEMENT - Fibber Mc- Write Box ABW, c-o Island For Rent rooms 2 baths in Sanibel secretary? Experienced secre- plus parts stock. view. $36,000, with EXCELLENT Wyman B. Atkins Jr.. Realtor Gee's Closet - Punta Ybel Reporter, P.O. Drawer R, Moorings condominium tary would like extra assign- Terms! 1473 Periwinkle Way Plaza, Sanibel, will take your Sanibel Island, Flo. 33957. (rlear beach) $45,500 furn- ments. Can take dictation. Will sell assets at cost. Every Amenity. This 2 bed- Call Collect (813) 472-2194 antiques, good junk, hand- TFN 472-2946 ished. LAKE JMUREX. LARGE COR- Reasonable fees. Call even- room condominium has boat i TFN crafts and collectables on NER LOT. 1'/, BLOCKS TO REALTOR • 472-2901 • 472-1736 ings, 472-3257. Call Dave dock with Bay access, tennis, consignment. Stop in...Tues. - DEEDED BEACH ACCESS. TFN and golf privileges, excel- Call us for appointment to Sun. 10-5. $17,000. 463-6137 3-26 lent rental program. $49,500 see any of the above. TFN A generation plus TAHITI SHORES Subdivision HELP WANTED - Part-time GULF FRONT Quiet and seclusion on Home Site: Very Desirable "CALL FOR CALL" large heavily wooded lot. K of islands experience WILL BUILD - Custom profes- positions available. Apply at FOR SALE - 20' Suncoast Open Fiberglass bath tubs w-walls CONDOMINIUM RENTALS Large Lot on Lagoon, within sional building to suit your the Chamber of Commerce, Fisherman with 5 month old Three bedroom, 2 bath CBS 530 Ft. of Gulf. Private Ease- $49 & up; Sulfur & Iron FOR RENT - New six room 813-472-4127 needs. Residential & .commer- Causeway Road. 472-3232. 85 hp Johnson, 2 live bait Shell Harbor Area home just a walk from ment to Beach. $35,000, Filters $129; Barnes Pump condominium, Sanibel Beach. cial. 4 yrs. experience on i 3-19 wells, teleflex steering, spray Periwinkle Way. WE EXCHANGE YOUR UNWANTED PROPERTY FOR SOME- w-tank $99; 24 x 20 Sliding Beautifully furnished. Fully CASH OR TERMS. Sanibel. Robert A. Horak, hood & Bimini top. $2,800. Call No openings until March 1, THING YOU REALLY LIKE! ALSO SALES AND RENTALS. Door Med. Cabine't $17; equipped. Private laundry. El- PRI'SCIIICI Contractor 472-2583. Bob Sabatino 472-1451. a few scattered thereafter ALMOST AN ACRE in these Marble Tops w-bowl $39; 4" evator. Sports. Near shop- TFN NEW - TEMPORARY SERVICES - until May 1. Very little open, TWO CONTIGUOUS high and 1 TFN Sewer Pipe .35c per ft. IREALTORB ping, restaurants and Nation- Uluuphy for Easter. Only two-week dry lots on Bowmans Beach RETO* Stenographer, Typist, Recep- Present ad for prices. al Wildlife Refuge. Apply: 2410 Palm Ridge Road BOAT FOR SALE - National 16' minimum booked in ad- Road WITH BEACH ACCESS. RALPH A. CALL. REALTOR tionist, & Retail Sales. Person- Milton Tucker, Shell Point Realty. Inc P.O. Box 142 with 1974 Chrysler 75 hp out- vance, unless less time is FOR RENT A top buy, asking $18,000. al Assignments. $3.00 per hr., Village, Ft. Myers, 33901. Sanibel Island, Florida 33957 EXCH ANGOR - COUNSELOR minimum 3 hrs. Call Lynn board. Good canvas & new Between Ft. Myers & Punta available between book- ea. Buy subject to obtaining Main Office: Gorda 3-19 OCEAN'S REACH a building permit. 472-4669. bottom paint. Fully equipped. P.O. Box 57 472-4138 Pee P.O. BOX 232 • 1471 PERIWINKLE TFN $1,600. or take over pay- Periwinkle Way, m. SANIBEL. FLORIDA 33957 ments. 472-2295 after 5. LAUREL'S NOW RENTING 76-77 season - On-island CONDO REALTOR Associates reservations ph- EDISON REALTY. Inc. Sanibel island 472-1511 IREALTOBR new 2 br. 2 bath duplex Call Evenings TFN Between Ft. Myers & one Mrs. Clark 472-4228. Branch Office: apartment tastefully furnish- Available April 1 REALTORS Member MLS ALSO SALES AND RENTALS CONDOMINIUMS WORK WANTED - Retired & Punta Gorda Off-island reservations: Mc- Adjacent Chamber V.R. Brown 472-2450 ed, all-electric kitchen, central GULF FRONT Periwinkle Place licensed practical nurse de- FOR SALE - 60 HP Chrysler On HWY 41 Cormick Enterprises, 1201 air-heat, washer-dryer, priv- 1 br. apartment $250. wk. Shopping Center Of-Commerce P.J. Bretzke 472-4512 sires position taking care of motor, late 74; including con- 995-5043, 995-8290, Orchard, Chicago Heights, FOR SALE, '73 Suzuki, 250 ate beach access. West Gulf 472-4116 Causeway Rd., J.M. Reed 472-1663 Gulf front and Gulf view elderly on Sanibel Island. For trols and 2 props. Excellent 995-0809 III. 60411 . Phone (312) 755- MX, fair cond. Plus Extras, Dr., monthly, seasonal - call After Hours Sanibel Island, 33957 C.R. Smith 472-1027 more information call 472- condition. On boat at present (l)TFN 1600. (305)271-2870 472-4208 472-1825 $250. 332-4649 after 5:00 472-1705. 472-4121 George S. Slay 472-2557 Sanibel Island 3296. time. $650. Call 472-2001. TFN TFN p.m. TFN TFN 3-19 TFN C26 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER ISLAND REPORTER March 19,1976 C27 detached commercial struct- Council on. January 2, 1976, the Lighthouse Restaurant is NOTICE OF INTENTION 1963. LEGALS LEGALS - ures to be 1,500 square feet and Ordinance 76-6, as as follows: John Vroman-Vro- TO REGISTER or less, with two (2) structures adopted by the Sanibel City lyk - 100 percent. FICTITIOUS NAME Witness my hand, this 3rd day PUBLIC HEARING Council on February 6, 1976. of March, 1976 Beatrice Shel- containing living quarters a- SANIBEL PLANNING It is my intention to apply to The undersigned does hereby park. bove the commercial units on COMMISSION ATTEST: William B. Nungester the Clerk of the Circuit Court certify that she is conducting a 2.2 acres, lying north of Peri- CITY OF SANIBEL. FLORIDA in and for Lee County, Florida bath and linen business at Sworn to and subscribed to by winkle Way between North City Manager to register the said name of 2015 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, Beatrice Shelpark before me Yachtsman Drive and South service directory The Sanibel Planning Cpmmis the Lighthouse Restaurant un- Florida, under the fictitious this 3rd day of March, A.D. Yachtsman Drive, Sanibel, Lee m sion will hold a public hearing 3-12. 3-19 der the provisions of Section name of Shell, Bath & Linen 1976. County, Florida. WRITE P.O. DRAWER R, SANIBEL ISLAND, FLORIDA 33957 on Monday, March 22, 1976, 865.09, Florida Statutes, 1963. Boutique and that said frim is Dianne DeRose Said hearing is in compliance at 9:45 a.m. in Council Cham- NOTICE OF INTENTION composed of the following NOTARY PUBLIC bers, City Hall, to hear a TO REGISTER Witness my hand this 15 day persons whose names- and with Ordinance 76-1, as adopted by the Sanibel City request by Robert Hollopeter FICTITIOUS NAME of March, 1976. John Vroman- places of residences are as 3-12.3-19,3-26,4-2 Creative . to construct a shopping com- Vrolyk. follows.: Beatrice Shelpark, Council on January 2, 1976 CARLSON CRAFT Cab Service WOOSTER'S HOUSE CARE CUSTOM REMO (RIP) CABACCIA The undersigned does hereby and Ordinance 76-6, as FRAMING PLUMBING CONTRACTOR plex, comprising four shops, 951 Sand Castle Road. Owner- Air Conditioning certify that he is conducting a adopted by the Sanibel City Complete Wedding Year round resident will done on the premises two offices and a restaurant of STATE OF FLORIDA: ship of Shell, Bath & Linen and retail restaurant business at Council on February 6, 1976. Accessories Now on island for your close your home when you Licensed • Insured - Bonded the fast service type on a LEE COUNTY: Boutique is as follows: Beat- PUBLIC HEARING Refrigeration parcel of land located in Sanibel, Florida, under the Call Fannie Kyte transportation needs. Call leave, check it during your Island Arts Captiva-472-2518 rice Shelpark - 100 percent. CITY OF SANIBEL. FLORIDA Sales & Service Section 19, T 46 S, R 23 E (on fictitious name of the Light- ATTEST: William B. Nungester Islqnd Cab Company 463- absence, take care of your tfn Sworn to and subscribed to by CORRECTED NOTICE 472-2642 Electrical Contracting i ,54 Periwinkle 472-2893 the south side of Periwinkle house Restaurant and that City Manager - City Clerk plants, give you monthly John Vroman-Vrolyk before It is my intention to apply to 9466. Electrical Service Way west of Donax Street), said firm is composed of the me this 15 day of March, 1976. the Clerk of the Circuit Court The Sanibel City Council shall TFN reports, & prepare home for Sanibel, Lee County, Florida. following persons whose na- in and for Lee County, Florida hold a Public Hearing at 1:30 3-19 your arrival in the fall. mes and places of residences Elliot Gelberg to register the said name of p.m. on Tuesday, March 30, Wells. 472-1133 EXPERIENCED - REFERENCES DIRTY COMPLETE LAWN Said hearing is in compliance are as follows: John Vroman- Notary Public Shell, Bath & Linen Boutique 1976, at City Hall to hear a Pumps, & Sprinkler Sys- Call Marcia 472-1475 MAINTENANCE with Ordinance 76-1, as Vrolyk, 719 Periwinkle Way, under the provisions of Sec- request by Joseph L. Kuchar- tems. Save up to 30 Air WINDOWS! percent. All makes & Mod- Mowing - Trimming adopted by the Sanibel City Sanibel, Florida. Ownership of 3-19.3-26,4-2.4-9 tion 865.09, Florida Statutes, ski to construct eleven (11) els guaranteed. Installa- Conditioning Call Crystal Clear TRACTOR MOWING tion & Free Estimates. Light hauling Equipped to handle SALES Island 481-0167 or 936-6094. TFN Spring Yard Work all households, Tom Hines, Jr. SERVICE ON ALL MAKES p: Locksmith Painting businesses, stores, etc. Commercial Refrigeration Call 472-1088 after 1 p.m. ice Machines Washing & waxing Cars 472-3451 k P & B Marine Licensed - Bonded Call Mornings 472-1779 TFN Construction ISLAND AIRE DON HUMPHREYS Robert Ramsay - Phone 472-2394 Tracey Dalton Wooden Docks & Sea Walls INC 4-9 WM "MAC" MCARTHUR classified advertising 472-2487 472-1260 &SONS Sanibel \ WRITE P.O. DRAWER R SANIBEL ISLAND, FLORIDA 33957 472-1587 ^^ 472-1869 TFN Painting & Paperhanging f Licensed-Bonded-Insured 472-2979 Maintenance Light Hauling Local References 3ALS LEGALS LEG Odd jobs. Call Before 7:30 am Service or After 7:30 pm Air conditioners Edward J. Eurell TOTAL HOME CARE - FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR RENT The Spectrum Corporation FOR SALE PUBLIC HEARING Terra Verde hauled away. 6014 Los Colony Road offers CITY OF SANIBEL. FLORIDA Call Bob Sanibel, Fla. 33957 Large SeawaMed Canal Front Interior & Exterior A Full Service Pharmacy Lawncare 1 Bedroom Cottage near Two motel rooms, 2 eff. 2 Bedroom - 2 Bath Home Lawn PO Box 293 Lot with Patio Dock One apartments, attractive, clean Featuring becich with access to swim- Coquina Beach with loft, with access to ' The Sanibel City Council will 472-2487 Painting Block from Gulf Beach - quiet, restful & reasonable. Prescriptions ming pool and tennis court. 472-1581 swimming pool and tennis hold a Public Hearing at 10:00 Maintenance Painting Window - Washing $36,000.00 Walk to beach. Hallmark Cards "Your Home $34,500. and court. Located near the a.m., on April 6, 1976, at City or472-1869 Fanny Farmer Candy Villa Sanibel beach, this quaint Sanibel Hall to hear a request by Dale Sod & Toro Contractor Bod fOiefwt Driftwood Hudson Vitamins Is Our Castle" San Carlos Realty 472-2998 styled home is nestled on a P. Beatty, President, The Com- Robert L. Dormer, 472-4303 or 472-4212 well landscaped lot on a For Sale Revlon - Lanvin - Pantene ^^^_ TFN 472-2568 Selective, Beachfront mons, Inc., to construct a Sprinklers large & small pieces Reg. Real Estate Broker fFN Island Condominiums paved street. 9.5 elevation. commercial complex of six Box 252 TFN OPEN 9-5 Mon.-Frl., 9-2 Sat. (813)472-1011 472-1581 for details write: Priced at $49,500. Call two-level wooden plantation- After 5 pm 3-19 style buildings (to include a 472-2228 472-2542 Cdptiva,Fl. 2398 Palm Ridge Rd. - TFN SANIBEL (across from the library) Coquina Beach 472-4303 or restaurant, lounge and dance AL POTE BONHEUR Tulipa Way floor) on parcel of land in TFN 472-1838 . 472-1519 REALTY, INC. Emergency 472-2768 Sanibel Island, Fla. 472-1581 S.W. V4 of N.W. V*. Section 25, 4-9 PAINT & ROOF COMPANY T 46 S, R 22 E, Sanibel, Lee The DUPLEX FOR SALE IN THE Huxters Market Plaza 33957 TFN Lovely income property overlooking a afresh water 1207 Periwinkle Way County, Florida (Periwinkle Trouble- Reroofing - Repairs lake. Both units total 1,650 sq. ft. 472-1S66 Way, starting 300 ft. south of FtORfDUS APT. 1 - 3 br 1 bath kitchen with built-ins, living Dunlop St.). shooter TV MAN LEASING Tile-Gravel room, washer, dryer, freezer, refrigerator, range, THE FIRM THAT TAKES CARE HOUSE FOR SALE Full Landscaping fireplace & air conditioning. OF ALL YOUR Said hearing is in compliance Service Carpentry 1223 Periwinkle Way Bonded Shingle Repairs REAL ESTATE NEEDS! FOR RENT Maso'nry APT 2 - 1 br. 1 bath, living room, kitchen with with Ordinance 76-1, as adopted by the "Sanibel City Design • Maintenance Additions built-ins, washer, dryer, refrigerator, range, air In Sanibel Bayous A PIECE Anvil Acrylic Coatings Council on January 2, 1976, • Sod # Sprinkler Systems Remodeling conditioning. Asking $65,000. short walk or drive to gulf HOMES OF PARADISE and Ordinance 76-6, as Licensed - Bonded - Insured beach. Tastefully decorated Free Estimates 542-7965 472-1616 Shannon's Real Estate adopted by the Sanibel City William C. Shannon 3 br. 2 bath - all modern TFN Council on February 6, 1976. Call Anytime 472-2537 RENTALS Registered Real Estate Broker CONDOMINIUMS appliances. Available April ELEVEN ACRE 24, 1976 to Jan. 1,1977. Captiva. Fl. 33924 ESTATE ATTEST: William B. Nungester 481-2619 Please Call 472-1149 And again April 1, 1977 on. $800 a month - Nov. 15 to On Pine Island in Gulf of Gty Manager - City Clerk 3-19. & 4-2 COMMERCIAL 481-7323 April 15, $400 month rest Mexico (Fort Myers Area). 472-4626 3-19 TFN FIRST TIME IN THIS AREA PROPERTY of year. 2 week minimum. Write Dr. E. Scott, 23 Hamill Once in a Life Time Offer to **" SEMMER •< NEW ZENITH 19" Ct., Baltimore, Md. 21210 or a Discriminating Seeker of ^ ELECTRIC " Small desirable the Ultimate in Florida Liv- FOR SALE SOLID-STATE RENTAL Madam Marie, Spirifual INVESTMENT phone (301) 433-4373 after business - excellent loca ing. Three Houses (one built Quality Printing Serving the IsJands 6 p.m. A House With A tion - shop space with in 1911 atop Indian burial WHILE YOU WAIT Radio Dispatched Trucks Reader and Life Adviser PARCELLS PROPERTY mound). Three Ponds, Two Difference TFN for just pennies Complete Maintenance living quarters - reason- Wells, Mangoes, Oranges, and Service IS IT TIME TO BRIGHTEN YOUR If you're in need of spiritual guidance, put all able. Long term lease - Grapefruit, Papayas, Banan- 3 bdr 3 bath custom built BEAUTIFUL BAY FRONT problems in her hands and let her show the way. She GENTRY Inc. as, Rare Tropical Flora. home with large Fania a- Residential Priced to sell. LOT 150' on the bay with ISLAND HOME? will help you with marriage, business, health, love REALTORS round pool on three sides, Commercial G lovely Island wood construc- affairs, problems of all kinds. If you need peace of living room with fireplace, tion home, nicely furnished. $ 150,000 by Owner. Industrial CUSTOM DRAPERIES & BEDSPREADS separate dining room, all QUALITY RE-UPHOLSTERING, SLIP COVERING mind with these and many other problems, she can rofessional Ideal Artist home. Asking Send $3.00 for Color Photos help you. See MADAM MARIE today. 1628 PenwinkleWay D large rooms, landscaped. Lot AND FLOOR COVERING WORK $125,000. "PIECES OF and Resume. 472-2588 P.O Box 384 uidance on canal in quiet residentjal PARADISE" area. Price in seventies. 472- 463-2588 Sanibel, Fla Lovely 3 bedroom home, 2 Richard Hawkey, One to a thousand printed Call: 334-4695 Permanently located: for all your Real 2289. Estate transactions baths with pool. Only Pineland, Fla. 33945 copies in minutes! (813) 472 4100 G 4-9 or Collect (813) 629-0556 $52,500. or call (813) 283-1243. 1872 Colonial Blvd. 2 percent down, 1 percent 1327 Lafayette St. per month, Lakeside lot with Cape Coral, Fla. ALL WORK GUARANTEED For more information call: 936-041 1 Gulf Front Homesites deeded access to Gulf of BUSINESS 542-4315 TFN Mexico. $15,000. 3-19 Estate Sized - High Elevation PROPERTY BABYSITTER REGISTER Qualified purchaser may build with Attractive 6 unit Motel with 200 feet waterfront on Clam AS A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY ISLAND REPORTER approval , Excellent Terms extra large lot for resident- Bayou which flows into Gulf, IS PROVIDING THIS REGISTER OF BABYSITTERS ial Building of nice home. $69,000. Why not sign up now so you MEMO THOMAS H.BROWN,REALTOR Two fine Gift shops at- 2410 Palm Ridge Rd. 479-4138 $36,000 and $47,000. Canal lot in Sanibel Estates, Barbara Stokes - 472-2965 (weekend any time, Please Begin My Subscription $17,500. weekdays 6:30 on) can have your pwn piece E P.O. Box 142, Sanibel, Fl. 33957 * ' -* "** ' ° ° Karen Hughes (Ret. RN) - 472-4616 (any time) To ISLAND REPORTER tM» ' Eves. CONDOMINIUMS Janice Watterson - 472-2336 (after 5:30 or on weekends) Eves* REALTOR Associate* P.J. Bretzke 472-4512 Truly tropical cottage on Christ Stokes - 472-2965 (after 5:00 and weekends) of Sanibel every week for a year? V.R. Brown 472-2450 C.R. Smith 472-1027 SPANISH CAY - 2 bedroom, 2 Clam Bayou, $65,000. NAME J.M. Reed 472-1663 George S. Slay 472-2557 bath lovely. Just reduced, Eric Vartdal • 472-1267 $5,000. Pqm Purdy • 472-1485 (young mother) ADDRESS. Lovely lot with many trees, Laurie'Kearns - 472-1696 (weekends) Subscribe today. Multi-Cottage Complex MOORINGS, 2+2, well 100 x 140, $12,500. Sanibel Dorothy Pate - 472-2537 fdaytime and some evenings) furnished asking $47,000. Bayous lot, large lot on lake. Janice Price- 472-1054 (after 2:00 p.m. and on weekends) CITY $14,500. Cash. 133 ft. on Roxane Costanxo - 472-1206 (after 6:00 p.m. and on 6 Cottages on Beautiful Captiva Island Gulf of Mexico 500 ft. depth, weekends) STATE. Ideal For Several Owners, Or A Small $115,000. 10 percent down. Joyce Olson - 472-4151 (ext. 186) anytime. .ZIP. Company To Use As Employee Vacation Area. Boating, Fishing, Shelling, Swimming Mary Payne • 472-2913 (anytime) mREALTOR I enclose my check for $. Near Everything. For Sale By Owner Robert F. Buntrock and Please Bill Me Banks G. Prevatt ANYONE WISHING TO BE REGISTERED SHOULD W.C. Shannon CALL 472-1587 Brokers 975 RABBIT RD., SANIBEL ISLAND, On Island - $6.00 Captiva, Fla. 33924 Associates: Robert B. Potts FLORIDA (In providing this service, ISLAND REPORTER assumes no responsibility vis-a-vis those who use it) Off Island - $7.5p Wilbur C. Shannon EPEALTOR («3) 472-1349 3-19 ISLAND REPORTER The Island's ONLY award winning weekly.

1 March 19,1976 ISLAND REPORTER

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City seeks early answers on sewerage issue Captiva choice «?! A provision in the Sanibel Land-use plan Missimer in early April, the earliest date ment plants on the island. While off-shore fishermen were beginning requiring that septic tanks be located no Missimer is available. Evans told ISLAND REPORTER that he to get their kicks out of an increasing closer than 200 feet from an open body of Mayor Goss comments that the Council believes a holding tank system, with number of king mackerel [3-B], an ISLAND water has stirred up the biggest controversy has directed Nungester to arrange for a periodic servicing, to be a "completely REPORTER staffer boarded the 'Joy Van' since the plan was shipped off to Tallahassee study on the effects of the individual septic feasible alternative" to the septic system. at Estero Island to make battle with the for state review. systems in order to determine "just what He states that on the basis of his experience more humble trout, catfish and blowfish. Opponents of the rule say it is unreason- negative impact septic tanks have." the cost of installation of a holding tank U-Bl able and unnecessary and that it will "What we want to know," Goss continued, would not be significantly greater than for It was an active week on Captiva, with a prevent many potential homebuilders from "is whether we are getting some benefit for the septic system. No cost figures for Civic Association annual meeting [9-A], buying a lot and make it impossible for some the community in exchange for the trouble' servicing such holding tanks have been returns in from a questionnaire on how to present lot owners to build. we might be causing by insisting on a 200 developed as yet, Evans stated. spend $450,000 [1-A], announcement of a foot setback." Some islanders have argued that the "best new political organization on the island Those sympathetic with the provision "If we are getting something," he conclud- solution" is a central sewerage treatment [9-A], and a dispute over an apartment .>»-'*>&• argue that protection from pollution of the ' ed, "then we should stick to our guns. If not, plant, either using the Jamestown-Beach- building going up on the beachfront [3-A]. : !>'>>«»*« < •.-^•-^ island's water system is vital to health, then perhaps we can work out a rule that is view plant or supplementing it. A former Communist completes a new .11 .>' safety and welfare, and that proliferation of somewhat more lenient ~ so long as there is It appears agreed, however, that this book on Sanibel [12-C], a kite flying foray , septic tanks on the island would inevitably an understanding that we are not changing solution is too far away to- satisfy the provides a challenge for the Cub Scouts lead to more pollution. our policy of seeking an eventual fully-con- requirements of some who want to build in [9-A], an historic landmark is up for They contend that Sanibel is already in tained sewerage system on this island that is the near future. Furthermore, there re- foreclosure sale [15-B], and impressive V- violation of state and federal laws, particu- sensible and compatible with the natural mains to be resolved the question of disposal doings are slated for the Chamber of environment." of effluent from such central treatment Commerce [13-B]. ' ",' 1 "-? -" -' • *r> '' \' ' "'* '"•• '•' " " >2 larly Chapter 10D-6 on "standards for <. */>, ! . In the .meantime Planning Commission plants, including • Jamestown-Beachview al- The hottest debate of the moment deals , « %;- 5 individual sewage, disposal facilities." They ; - , !>.' /' t'{ -"v '.''-','"'•':<.. ''" "SI. \,'f ' chairman Duane White has been consulting though that problem is now getting serious with septic tanks on Sanibel, with the story add that, in any case, the 200 foot regulation study. C>4u \ need not stop building "because there are on alternate methods of sewerage disposal. on this page and editorial comment on 4-A. Still others point to several "composting" * *••.'> Among others, he has talked with Pete A talented artist captures some historic ',^ y' other workable alternatives to the septic V* system." Evans,.head of Utility Systems, Inc., the toilets or "humus" toilets that are on the sites on Captiva and Sanibel and the photos C'lJv ; firm that now manages the Jamestown- of the paintings turn out like photos, as ^f /^ Still others say the whole debate should at # continued on 8-A least serve to focus attention on theBeachview plant and several package treat- readers "will note on this page and on 15-A. ;-iO.. •>'•;" ». H; ?*«." This is a favorite argument of Bob Taylor, How would you spend a $450,000 windfall? be spent on projects that will benefit all county president of Mariner Properties, Inc., a firm residents. that has taken the initiative in installing That's the question Captiva voters and such water-saving devices in jts"projects. property owners were asked recently in a The Civic Association questionnaire listed S questionnaire distributed by the Captiva Civic six options for use of the funds, and asked the Sitting in the middle of the hot debate, Association. respondents to arrange the list in priority City Hall officials are taking an "all we Their answer? Give priority to beefing up the order. want's the facts" position, although they feel meager police protection on the remote resort According to Don Seymour, the Civic there is already enough evidence to justify a island. Association board member who managed the tight control over further use of septic The poll was drawn up to find out how poll, increased police protection, road repairs 1 systems on the islands. islanders would prefer to dispose of the and improvements, and improvement of Gulf 1 Sanlbel Beach Club On the recommendation of the Planning Drive from the Post Office curve south were ti 626 Nerita Street Commission, the Council has instructed City anticipated $450,000 they will receive from the m Resort refinancing of the Sanibel Causeway. the top three projects singled out for priority $! Sanibel Island, Florida 33957. Manager Bill Nungester to contract for a treatment. '^I new field investigation by a qualified expert to determine the state of existing water The bonding resolution controlling the Seymour called the results a "good repre- Address damage traceable to septic systems and to disbursement of the $18 million the county sentation of the desires of the people on s^^^mm^^mWv my^mm^m^^^^^ i«v"j - judge the risks inherent in additional septic expects to receive from the sale of bonds on the .''" -'! oi';:;-r, i~ -* • I Clty/State/ZIp 1 , • tanks. _ Causeway also mandates that the money must • continued on 10-A '>•*.£,•* • -.. Nungester plans a meeting with Tom