PORTER Week of Jan 25-31,2001 SANIBEL & CAPTIVA, FLORIDA VOLUME 28, NUMBER 4, 75 CENTS
Committee crisis At die fiisl Sanibel Wildliie Committee meeting of the No vote for Captiva yeai, committee members discussed the city council's decision not to leappomt would leact to the pioposed leieiendum. Stuart Stauss, last years chair- Delegation rejects "I'm very optimistic about today — man we've done out homewoik and met all the —See page 2 referendum bid guidelines," said Bill Fenniman, ClCI'b chauman, pnoi to the tevtew By Mason Laderer "The study by the [Florida] House .staif County fobs Undblad Staff writer Enck Lindbald, executive utised some questions and concerns that duector of tlie Sanibel- Captiva incoipoialion efloits weie wete answeied, and 1 see no reason why Captiva Consei-vation biought to a halt by the Lee County the delegation would not suppoit a refer- Foundation, has been named Legislative Delegation on Fuduy, Jan 19. endum " to Lee County's 20/20 The delegation voted 4-2 against the Paul McCarthy ol CPOA explained Committee He will help the sponsoiship ol a bill in Tallahassee that the reasons why he felt the leferendum county acqune enviionmen- would place a leieiendum on November's was bad lot Captiva tally sensitive land ballot "This (the ciowded council chambers, —See page 5 Moie than 200 Captivans uovvded the loimal settings, and all the attitudes that old Lee County Comthouse s county accompany the political arena) is the tea commission chambet beyond its seating son that 1 am opposed to citjhood,' he capacity to jcpiesent then lespective sides said on the goveinance issue * City hood would bung this soit ol pol- iticking and envuonmenl onto the island Warmer is better On bchall ol the mcoipoiatton piopo- nenls, the Capti\a Incoipoialiun C oninut and it wouldn t he |usl a one-tune Capt Tim Bry
•»•' liland News Wildlife committee in turmoil Brown then suspended the meeting Sanibel politics, member Dick Walsh voted against Stauss Members furious agenda and opened the floor so the com- and this com- at the Dec. 19 city council meeting. mittee could "ventilate." mittee has Gopal Pati, identified as one of the two over Stauss ouster While the feeling that the city council become part of members who complained to the council, acted irresponsibly in not reappointing Sanibel poli- defended his actions, stating his evalua- By Pete Bishop Stauss was almost unanimous among tics." tion of Stauss had been distributed to all Staff writer committee members, much of the discus- Committee the members of the committee and calling sion also centered on the lack of trust cre- members Layne accusations that he violated the Sunshine The Sanibel Wildlife Committee met ated by committee members who com- Hamilton and Law "dirty politics." for the first time this year on Jan. 18, but plained to the council. Molly Krival According to Pati, dissension on the put discussion of wildlife on the back Committee member Bev Postmus said also mentioned committee arose last year from "structural burner in order to talk about the turmoil she was upset because "members betrayed the possibility of and communication barriers" rather than surrounding the Sanibel City Council's the trust of the committee by not airing resigning. Stauss politics, and he asked that the committee decision not to reappoint Stuart Stauss, [grievances] here in the committee, where Hamilton said hold a meeting to form a consensus con- last year's chairman, to the committee. it belongs. The city council made an arbi- she was "flab- cerning its agenda and goals. "There are Talk of dissension, distrust, Sunshine trary decision and did not investigate both bergasted" by the city council's decision pressing issues that affect this island," he Law violations and the possibility of res- sides." and was considering resigning because said, "and we need workers out there." ignations dominated the session and the Postmus also said, "I frankly don't "the committee is not functioning." Brown said he has tried to find out why selection of a chairman and vice chairman know how this committee will get any Krival called the council's action "out- Stauss was not reappointed at two differ- was delayed until the Feb. 15 meeting. work done" with the dissension resulting rageous," saying, "the person who was ent council meetings, but "we may never The committee did decide to forward a from the situation. "Maybe we should punished was the person who tried to hold know why." Still, he said, "We need to rise letter to the city council objecting to its keep the newcomers, and let the rest of us things together. I'm not committed to stay- above this and start talking care of these decision not to reappoint Stauss. bow out; there's a lack of trust." ing on unless something is done about it." animals. I think we can build a trust." City Coimcilmember Steve Brown Committee member Mark Westall said Krival also stated that the two mem- After the committee agreed to send the conducted last Thursday's meeting in the he thought the city council's decision may bers who complained to city council letter of objection to city council, Brown absence of a chairman, opening the ses- have been driven by personality conflicts, "could not have gone to council without said it was time for members to think sion stating the committee has "a lot of and, "Council has brought us into what's speaking to each other" in a way that vio- about their roles on the committee and healing to do." happening every other Tuesday at council lates Sunshine Law. "But the response of decide if they wanted to continue. Noting the city council's decision, meetings. two council members was worse," she "It's time to lighten up and get on with Brown said, "We just have to pick up the "I'm seriously thinking about whether added, "to accept the complaints of only it," he said. "We've ventilated. I want pieces and go forward. The important I want to be on this committee," said two members." everybody to stay, but if you can't, we thing is the wildlife itself." Westall. "I don't want to be part of Mayor Nola Theiss and Council- wish you the best."
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audience 1 wonder if there is anybody still service Florida. on Captiva." State Rep. Jeff Kottkamp (R-Cape Green explained that the pro-incorpo- Coral) made mention oi this when he ration representatives would have 15 min- explained why he felt the leferendum utes to present their case, then an opportu- should be put on hold. nity to field questions from the delega- Following Ortel at the podium was tion. The anti-incorporation side would James Costellow, legal counsel appearing receive the same 15-rainute opportunity for island artist Robert Rauschenberg. followed by a series of questions. Then Costellow, who dealt primarily with the pro-incorporaters would be given a pointing out the places where Captiva fell three-minute rebuttal. short of the state-prescribed guidelines for Fenniman then approached the podium incorporation. and, as he did, supporters of the referen- Costellow, Ortel and Dave Depew, the dum all donned their hats to show their CPOA-hired community planner, then numbers to the delegation. fielded questions presented by the delega- Fenniman delivered a summary of tion, mainly focusing on the CPOA's Mu hael Phtdla CICI's reasoning behind the referendum efforts to create a community land use Proponents of incorporating Captiva wore white hats with yellow rib- proposal and gave the reasons why plan. bons during their presentation to the Lee County Legislative Captiva was qualified for a November For the CICI's three-minute rebuttal, Delegation Friday afternoon. vote for incorporation. Bill Fenniman quickly gave some closing "The Captiva Incorporation Committee efforts of the land use plan short." the Lee County Legislative Delegation remarks and then turned the microphone Carlton then proposed the referendum not Lo move this incorporation request for- understands [the plans of the opposition to over to Joe Mazurkiewicz, who did the ward to the legislature. I hope we can all present petitions] and believes the issue of efforts be delayed and said she would not research involved in creating the CICI support the bill. still be able to walk out of this and shake incorporation should be brought before all feasibility study. eachother's hands." voters on the island to determine their Kyle then moved to approve the bill Mazurkiewicz, who has 22 years of "as is." Bill Fenniman commented after the will. It is the American way; it is the right experience with community study, pre- decision was handed down, "I'm very dis- way; we request that it be your way." Voting for approval of the referendum sented his figures for the study and bill were Rep. Kyle and Sen. Saunders. In appointed — we did everything we were Beverly Grady, legal counsel for the advised the delegation that incorporation supposed to, but the timing was just CICI, then took the podium and presented opposition were State Reps. Lindsay was feasible. Harrington (R-Punta Gorda), Green, wrong." the delegation with the state's guidelines The delegation then began expressing Rep. Kottkamp explained his position of incorporation and how Captiva related Kottkamp and Sen. Carlton. State Senator after the delegation adjourned, their thoughts among themselves. Tom Rossin (D-Royal Palm Beach) did to those guidelines. Grady also provided Rep. Kottkamp began the discussion. "I just want what's best lor Captiva. I reasons why certain guidelines, such as not attend. was vciy concerned about Ihc inloimation "I commend Bill Fenniman, Bob Lloyd With the failure of the leieiendum pro- population, could be waived in the case of and the rest of the group for bringing that had been provided by the mcoipora- Captiva. posal, many of the incorporation propo- tion proponents and I think moie lime has Captiva's future to the forefront," he said, nents immediately left the chambers in After Grady's presentation, the but then went further to say he thought it to be spent leseaiehing the idea," he said 15-minute time limit was up and the dele- loud protest despite Green's banging of "1 hope they can work together and Lorni was a mistake to rush into a referendum. the gavel. gation had no questions so the CPOA rep- State. Sen. Burt Saunders (R-Naples) a land-use plan with the county, but I'm resentatives were able to take the podium. Al'lei the meeting, Hal Millei com- sure eithei everyone will be satislied 01 disagreed and said he favors referendum they'll be back next yeai." First to take the floor for the opposition when it comes to home rule and said he felt mented, "We appicciule the decision of of incorporation was Hal Miller, CPOA Captiva had enough wealth to support president. As Hal took the podium, CPOA itself. Saunders evoked a large round of member Julian Miville presented the applause from the pro-incorporation atten- 1,722 petitions to the delegation. dees. Miller, in his presentation to the dele- Green then asserted that the delegation gation, arrived at the conclusion, had not received the feasibility study from "Coming to consensus, then seeking Tallahassee until 48 hours before the del- action is the way that Captiva should egation and said she "found it troubling INVEST with the BEST. work, not seeking action then reaching how much had been waved in respect to consensus." the cityhood guidelines." Miller further implied that the CICI's Green also echoed Kottkamp in stating effort to "rush a referendum through" was there was no need to rush into referen- seeking the action before all of Captiva dum, Jmnres FINANCIAL could reach a consensus. State Rep. Bruce Kyle (R-Fort Myers) Following Miller was Ken Ortel, legal then agreed with much of what Saunders counsel for MeriStar Properties, who had said and moved that the bill be member NASD/SIPC promised the delegation, "Let [Captiva] accepted with the provision it be resub- pursue the comprehensive land-use plan mitted to the delegation after it was dis- and, if that doesn't work, then South Seas cussed in Tallahassee. is pleased to announce the opening of our newest office at: promises not to come back to oppose a State Sen. Lisa Carlton (R-Sarasota) referendum next time it goes to delega- said that a provision to resubmit the pro- tion." posal could not be added because once the 2407 Periwinkle Way • Suite 9 Ortel also referenced some past issues delegation supported the bill it could not that have gone to a vote before there was revoke the support. ample time for them to be discussed such Carlton also said, "Rushing into refer- as the recent high-speed-rail system to endum sells the growth management
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If you need more information please call Physical Therapy of Sanibel at 395-1097. 4 • Week of Jan. 25-31,2001 • ISLAND REPORTER I iihing & BoaH You want the good news or news? have to be honest -—I'm getting a lit- Opinions vary but the general consen- tle tired of talking about the weather. sus seems to be: "Might be the water tem- IJust when you think you know what perature" or "the fish are migrating" or it's going to do, here comes another cold "who the heck knows?" front with 15- 20-knot winds. This report seems to hold true from The bad news is pietty obvious: This Naples to Englewood. Since the weather weather dilemma makes it difficult to plan has been so cold and windy, it doesn't a fishing trip. The good news — I noticed break my heart that the offshore fish the water temperature has risen 10 Although most folks are opting to use aren't biting. degrees from three weeks ago and allshrimp (a good choice); others are cover- species of inshore fish seem to be hungry. ing more water with lures. I had a pretty Around the islands good day on Sunday. Not only did I catch Snook fishing continues to be hit or North of /all a limit of trout and a nice redfish, I also miss. Your best bet is still the warm water found a school of mangrove snapper For those of you who would like to from the power plant up the river. This is stacked up in a Peace River channel. "head north" and deal with Charlotte also the local manatees' "hot tub," so be Harbor's waves, your trip should be I was surprised when a 20-inch snook careful when you are motoring around worthwhile if you are seeking trout or red- decided to get out of bed and mangle a this area. fish, Check your tide chart closely. shrimp rigged on a 1/8-ounce jig. What Speaking from experience, a 500- The high winds are pushing the water better way to end a day? pound manatee will spool 300 yards of Total Fishing Adventures out of the canals and off the shorelines. Out yonder 15-pound test line in about three seconds. Pompano on a fly. Although many of the redfish are "rats," So if you are fishing with lures, try not to Offshore reports have not been very use anything with a treble hook. points when the tide is moving and you the trout are all over 18 inches and attack- will probably catch a few redfish as well. ing just about anything you cast at them. good. Reports from numerous skippers With the wind howling either out of the Many anglers have been catching lim- indicate they are having trouble getting north or west, a good location to try for its in the Pirate Harbor canals, grass flats grouper or snapper to bite. Charter cap- trout is the grass and potholes along the south of Burnt Store Marina and the chan- tains have tried water as close in as three channel, south of Little Pine Island. t> See Fishing nel edges in front of Bokeelia. miles and as far out as 25 miles. Concentrate on island page 20 Weather lisland CORRECTIONS High Low Rain The Island Reporter wants to correct mistakes Jan. 18 79 66 0.00 as soon as possible Jan. 19 77 67 0.00 Jan. 20 76 68 0.01 Catch us every week! after publication. Jan. 21 70 46 0.13 For a subscription, call Shirlene, Should you spot Jan. 22 62 45 0.00 a factual error, 472-1587, or mail in the coupon in Jan. 23 60 46 0.01 please call: Jan. 24 58 51 0.00 this week's paper. — Only $25! Lee County; Note: Rainfall levels are recorded from the The Editor morning of the day given to the following morning. $31 USA; $90 foreign. Source: Island Water Association 472-1587
ROVING REPORTER Sanibel-Captiva By Michael Pistella Tides Question: The question this week is from one of the Reporter's Jan. 26-Feb. 1 - loyal readers who asked, 'What is happening at the Sanibel Public Boat Ramp this week?' Eri Sal Ssai Men lug Wed Thu Punta Rassa Hi 12:56a 1:39a 2:25a 3:15a 4:12a 5:19a 6:46a The boat ramp Lo 8:19a 8:48a 9:17a 9:45a 10;13a 10:40a 12:26a is being used Hi 3:25p 3:43p 4:04p 4:29p 4-56p 5:27p 6:03p as a staging Lo 7:30p 8:19p 9:1 Op 10:07p 11:12p ~_ 11 ;05p area and spoil site for the Sanibel Lighthouse SteMic marine Hi 12:07a 12:50a 1:36a 2:26a 3.23a 4:30a 5:57a Construction Lo 8:26a 8:55a 9:24a 9:52a 10:20a 10:47a 12:33a and dredging Hi 2:36p 2:54p 3:15p 3:40p 4:07p 4:38p 5:14p company Lo 7;37p 8:26p 9:17p 10:14p 11:19p — 11:12a while they dredge the Blind Pass Shell Harbor Hi 3'06p 1 20a 2:06a 2:56a 3:53a 5:00a 6:27a Inlet for the Lo 9'41a 10.10a 10:39a 11:07a 11:35a 12:02p 1:48a city of Hi — 2:24p 3'45p 4-1 Op 4 37p 5.08p 4.44p Sanibel. The Lo 8'52p 9-41 p 10:32p 1V29p 12:34a 12:17p SteMic crew — started last Redfish Pass week but have Hi 1.02a 1.45a 2 31a 3-21 a 4:18a 5'25a 6'52a been delayed Lo 8:24a 8:53a 9.22a 9:50a 10:18a 10:45a 11:10a by the weath- Hi er. They hope 3-31p 3 49p 4:1 Op 4'35p 5:02p 5.33p 6'09p to finish in Lo 7:35p 8:24p 7:35p 10'12p 11:17p — 12-31a about 10 days. Boats can still use the ramp Have during this a news item? Call 472-1587 time. or e-mail [email protected]
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By Pete Bishop committee," said Bob Janes, a former Staff writer Sanibel city council member and mayor. "He has a wealth of information, not only Since being named executive director about the environment, but about the process of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation [of acquiring and restoring land] and the sys- Association (SCCF) in 1986, Erick tem. He'll be a valuable addition." Lindblad has helped the foundation The committee is made up of 15 citi- secure many environmentally sensitive zens who recommend environmentally properties for preservation, including sensitive property for the county to buy , recent purchases like Buck Key, Frannys preserve and restore through its Preserve, and Pick Preserve. Conservation 20/20 program. The seven- While Lindblad will continue SCCF's year program was established by referen- good work on the islands, he will now take dum in 1996. A 50-cent tax per $1,000 of his expertise to the county level as well, property value was created to fund the pro- helping Lee County acquire environmental- gram, which lias raised about $46.6 million ly sensitive lands as a member of the coun- for land purchases so far. ty's 20/20 Conservation Land Acquisition Since the first committee meeting in Muhttd Pislella and Stewardship Advisory Committee Feb., 1997, the program has helped the Erick Lindblad is looking forward to serving on Conservation 20/20. (CLASAC). county buy 2,850 acres of land at a cost of Lindblad was appointed to the commit- about $22.1 million. Another 1,065 acres will not use its power of eminent domain on the mainland, the program helps main- tee by Commissioner Bob Janes at the Jan. are under contract, and the county staff is to acquire land in the program. tain the ecology of barrier islands like 16 Board of Lee County Commissioners negotiating with the owners of another Similar to SCCF's policy to raise an Sanibel. "Any open space that can be pre- meeting. 3,941 acres. extra 10 percent of a property's value for served means less infrastructure," "Erick Lindblad is an extremely capa- The county will buy only from restoration, the county reserves 10 percent Lindblad pointed out, ble individual who will add a lot to the landowners who are willing to sell, and of its land conservation funds for land Less infrastructure means less roads, management, including removal of exotics he said, which bring fertilizers, pesticides and providing passive recreation facilities. and petroleum-based products into an No airport in Everglades Lindblad said he is happy to be work- area, endangering a region's water sup- ing with the county and eager to start. "I ply. The National Wildlife Federation was very pleased when the referendum Lindblad said he has not received any (NWF) is praising the Clinton passed," creating the program in 1996, he Administration's order to halt the proposed said. "I've always looked at land acquisi- materials from the county yet and is unsure exactly what his duties on the development of a commercial Homestead into an international hub to rival Miami tion as one of the surest and best ways to preserve wildlife habitats, I'm interested committee will include, but is looking Airport, situated on the edge of the International Airport. With one flight Everglades and Biscayne National Parks. in looking at [the county's] patterns of forward to his first meeting Jan. 25. .almost every minute, the airport and "sur- "President Clinton has done the right acquisition," he said. "I'm not sure which subcommittee I'll rounding development would emit seven thing for America's Everglades," said "I'm real happy to be Working with the be assigned to, but I'd be interested in NWF President and CEO, Mark Van tons of toxic pollutants into the air every county and the county staff," Lindblad both,", he said. Patten. "Our government clearly recog- day and spur industrial sprawl that would said. "They're real committed and have The Criteria and Ranking Sub- nize's the harm that has been done to the reach virtually to the parks' borders. done a real good job. People have moved to committee screens and evaluates proper- Everglades and the need to restore it." Everglades National Park protects the this area partly because of the great open ties that have been offered to the county After the former Homestead Air Force heart of the Everglades ecosystem—the spaces, and it's great this county and its res- for sale, while the Management Base closed down in the early 1990s, the largest remaining subtropical wilderness idents are committed to keeping some Subcommittee studies properties once Air Force initiated plans to transfer the areas open for everyone's enjoyment." they are purchased, recommending base to Dade County for development [> See Environews, page 8 In addition to providing open spaces restoration priorities.
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A A A 6 • Week of Jan. 25-31,2001 • ISLAND REPORTER looking Back CROW crows evacuation protest of injured birds
(The Island Reporter celebrated its 25th 20 years ago though it was apparent there was little marina owner Myton Ireland, was injured anniversary in 1999 and the city of Sanibel sympathy for their causes among council. in the accident, suffering minor burns to celebrated its 25th anniversary later that year. Jan. 23, 1981 his face and severe burns to his hands. The following news items are taken from the 10 years ago pages of the Reporter over the past 25 years.) Execs explain drilling Jan. 25, 1991 City: Protect dunes 25 years ago Concerns about the appearance of sev- Despite some misgivings about the eral wildcat exploratory oil rigs off the Laws keep out pepper need for a beach furnishings ordinance, Jan. 23, 1976 shores of Sanibel and Captiva prompted Rules requiring development proper- Sanibel planning commissioners believe a Claire Walter, director of Care and Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation ties to be permanently kept free of nox- conclusion can be reached by the end of Rehabililalion of Wildlife (CROW), Executive Director B.G. Olson to invite ious plants may cause development costs February. appealed before the city council Tuesday lepresentatives of the oil firms and the to skyrocket, create costly city battles Commissioners agreed protection of to protest the forced evacuation of some press to a meeting at the foundation against Brazilian pepper and could inhibit the dune is a necessity, but remained 50 injured birds from the organization's Wednesday. land donations to island conservation unsure as to whether or not beach furnish- shellei in the Rocks subdivision. Tenneco began drilling operations on groups. ings should be limited. In a presentation that briefly outlined Dec. 12 some 80 miles offshore; Shell Oil Proposed land development code After nearly three hours of discussion, CROW's purpose and history, Walter began drilling Jan. 3 about 40 miles west changes approved by the planning com- commissioners believed a solution relat- objected to Lhe city attorney's contention of the Tenneco rig. A Mobil well will be mission Tuesday will require property ing size of beachfront and number of units that the nonprofit organization was a busi- drilled in an area 140 miles west of Bonila owners to keep Brazilian pepper and to the amount of beach furnishings could ness and claimed "personal opinion and Beach. Melaleuca permanently off all land used be reached by the end of the new meeting. ignorance of the law were instrumental in At the meeting, Shell executives reas- to calculate density, coverage and cleai- formulating the allegation against sured the audience it was unlikely the ance, regardless of whether the parcel is CROW." amount of oil probably beneath our part of built upon. One year ago Evacuation of the birds came two the gulf would justify building refineries Jan. 27, 2000 months after a council motion declaring on Florida's southwestern coastal shores. Five years ago the organization in violation of Lee Jan. 26, 1996 Caught after 21 years County zoning regulations prohibiting the 15 years ago breeding and raising of insects, reptiles or Jan. 23, 1986 Twenty-one years ago, a partially Boat burns at marina decomposed body was found in front of a animals other than customary pets. The A foggy morning turned disastrous Jan. Casa Ybel resort on Sanibel at about 9:40 council acted in lesponse to complaints Land for city use only 21 for a Naples boatowner after a gas leak a.m., clad in a weighted scuba diving belt from several Rocks' residents. Part of the 22-acre Sanibel city hall on his boat ignited in flames while at the and wearing a wedding ring. site, eyed for a shell museum and arts cen- fuel dock at Sanibel Marina. Police Within 51 hours, Sanibel police had tei, can only be used for structures needed reports show the fire may have been identified the woman. Her husband was City is focus of article for city government, the Sanibel City caused by a spark from use of an electric charged with murder, but he disappeared. Sports Illustrated magazine this week Council maintained Tuesday. bilge pump used by marina employees. Last Thursday, Alan Rhodes, living in published their second article on Sanibel's In adopting a policy which would nei- Glenville, N.Y., under an assumed name, efforts to control runaway growth. The ther preclude moving historical buildings The boat, operated by J.R Ireland of was arrested by Lee County Sherifl 's Sgt. first .story appeared in the Feb. 3, 1975, to the site noi outlaw the existing Island Fort Myers, was tied to the gas dock at the Charles Ferrante of the Fugitive Warrants issue. The latest story is in the Jan. 26, Historical Museum owned by the city, the marina when an explosion occurred ignit- Squad. 1976, issue, which should reach island council affirmed the aiea's use for low- ing the boat in flames. Ireland, son of newsstands next week. intensity projects. Written by Gilbert Rogin, the article Advocates of a "first-class shell muse- focuses on the city's early legal and finan- um" proposed by the Sanibel-Captiva Have a news item? Call 472-1587 cial troubles and describes the develop- Shell Club and a 300-seat theater pro- ment of the land-use plan, Mayor Porter posed by Barrier Island Group for the Arts or e-mail [email protected] Goss is quoted extensively in the story. (BIG Arts) for the site were heard even
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Deeds recorded for more than $120,000 $258,000: Mangino, 888 Rabbit—single owner. at the Lee County Courthouse during family residence w/impact fees by $21,600: Harman, 1449 Tahiti; and the two-week period ending Dec. 29 Cavalier Custom Homes. $22,800: Goodwin, 3359 Barra—pool & included: $6,665: Halabis, 543 Boulder; and deck by Barnes Pools. (Addresses are Sanibel unless otherwise $4,580: Wagner, 549 Lake Murex—le- $2,390: Hanner, 1050 South Yachtsman- indicated.) roof; $6,773 each: Ciriello, Ristow, solar pool heater by Advance Solar & Non-Condos Permits issued by the Sanibel Building Stephenson and Richter, 1350 Middle Spa. $780,000: Ann Treacy Canavan and Department for the two-week period Gulf; and Ball and Miglio, 1351 Middle $5,280: Curtright, 896 Angel Wing; and Robert M. Canavan Estate to Robert ending Jan. 19 included the following: Gdlf (Moon Shadows)—re-roof individ- $11,550: Chambers, 5834 Pine Tree- Grabe—885 Limpet. $8,500: Walsh, 9445 Beverly—roof for ual condominium units by Infinger roof by Essley Roofing. $780,000: Louise B Blauvelt; William R. porch; and $10,300: Spencer, 742 Professional Roofing. $2,350: Demchick, 1214 Par View; Withrow; William R. Withrow Trust; and Nerita—roof by Ad-Ler Roofing. $13,500: Samsel, 3131 Twin Lakes; $2,485: Gornick, 1035 Blue Heron; William R. Withrow, Trustee, to Richard $31,400: Sheperd, 5301 Ladyfinger $9,950: Hinsch, Beachcomber-Unit 204; $2,425: Pesci, 556 Kinzie Island; and H. Hulit Trust and Richard H. Hulit, Lake—roof by Robert W. Campbell. 'and $4,200: Zitomer, Sandpiper Beach- $2,415: The Wolter Group, 1333 Eagle Unit 204—shutters by Rolsafe. Run—screen enclosure by Fabri-Tech. Trustee—978 Oyster Court. $2,000: Dietz, 735 Sand Dollar; $1,000: $800: Dombroff, 428 Bella Vista—roof $475,000: Norma G. Thompson; Norma Crowe, 835 Angel Wing—partial re-roof $5,000: Dietz, 735 Sand Dollar—screen enclosure by Hansen Screen Enclosuies. repair by John R. Price Buildei. G. Thompson, Trustee; Walter S. by Colonial Roofing. No value given: Dunes Golf & Tennis Thompson; Walter S. & Norma G. $278,000: Daniel Wayne Homes, 815 $5,000: Maityn, 949 South Yachtsman; and $2,450: Payne, 930 Kings Crown- Club, 949 Sand Castle—temporary tent Thompason; and Walter S. Thompson, Birdie View—single family residence by owner. Trustee, to James L. Sharpe—2143 w/impact fees by owner. boat dock & lift by A-Salo & Salo. $100 each: Leonard, 2276 Starfish; and $13,000: Lombardo, 5256 Punta Caloosa; Periwinkle. $750,000: Mark, 4340 West Gulf—single and $10,000: Seaward, 3150 Harbour $350,500: Donald F. & Bonnie A. Begraft family residence w/impact fees by Millard, 1266 Par View—LP tank by Amengas. Cottage-Unit 18—boat dock & lift; and to Bonnie Begraft-—6351 San-Cap. Sandcastle Construction. $5,680: Pilcher, 6136 Henderson—boat $276,500: Metzler, 654 Sea Oats—single $5,100: Hogg, 1603 Sand Castle—en- lift only by Sunray Marine. Condos family residence w/impact fees by Daniel close porch by Ahrens Construction. $258,000: Nachazel, 1199 Par View- $625,000: Jeffrey P. & Selisa S. Jenks to Wayne Homes. $27,000: Cristo, 450 Leather Fern—pool single family residence w/impact fees by Andrew J. & Barbara J. Andrikos—Pointe $4,170: Boone, 922 Main; and $9,061: & deck by Blu-Aqua Pools. Gulf-to-Bay Construction. Santo de Sanibel-Unit B23. Sanibel Inn—re-roof by Camp-Rigby $2,300: Minsky, San'dollar-Unit B101— $346,100: Cynthia Mantzoukas to Sandra A. Roofing & Sheet Metal. condo patio repairs by Winfield Con- Karakoosh-Blind Pass-Unit D102. $6,000: Weston, 2711 Wulfert—cosmetic tracting. l> See Permits and Deeds remodel by Kearns & Sons. $750: Walton, 936 Main—roof repair by page 20 Surf for your sweetheart for Valentine's Day What about roses? Do you know what that red, pink or graphics and web browsing than many adults. yellow rose means? Or tulips or violets? How about a There is a history of the day, party activities, riddles primrose or pansy? Do you know what the flowers them- and software for the various projects that need to be selves mean? There is a page here to tell you that, too. done. So give the kids something to do: Set them tree on You can't forget the kids on this day, either; the this site. ne for Altvista, one for Webcrawler, one for schools won't let you—one for each member of the class. Are you are the type that likes to "create" your own HotBot, one for Lycos. Oh, hi. I'm making up my For them we have
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~ln Fort Myers- Anderson Theatre The Orpheus Theatre ~0n the Island- Summerlin @ Matthews Drive @ The Orpheus Cafe 1165 Estero Boulevard island Cinema Barbara B. Mann Hall Bishop Verot Campus 274-6706 Fort Myers Beach Bailey's Shopping Center 8099 College Parkway • Always... Patsy Cline 466-4033 472-1701 481-4849 Through Jan.-28th, 8pm David Mamet's Speed the Plow • Chocolat (PG13) • Beauty and the Beast • Uncle Tom's Cabin Jan. 26th, 27th, Feb 2nd, 3rd, 9th & 10th • Castaway (PG13) Jan. 24th-Feb 11th, $26-$66 Feb. lst-llth, 7:30 p.m. Gotham Hall Call for times & prices • Fame — The Musical Saturday/Sunday matinees/early curtains 1502 Hendry Street Feb. 16th-18th, $25-$45 BIG Arts $20-35 Downtown Fort Myers 900 Dunlop Road Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre Jan. 28th, Feb. 4th & 11th 395-0900 1380 Colonial Boulevard Covenant Presbyterian Church Fridays & Sundays, 8 p.m.; Schein Performance Hall 278-4422 2439 McGregor Boulevard Saturdays, 7 p.m., $10 • James Sewell Ballet • Funny Girl 334-8937 Under 18 not admitted Jan. 27th, 8 pm.,$30/$15 Through Feb. 17th, $20-$39 Augustana College a capella Choir • John Pizzarelli Trio * 3-in-l Musical Celebration Feb. 2nd, 7:30 p.m. Koreshan State Historic Site Jan. 28th, 8 p.m., $35 ~BJ's Big Band Orchestra~ US 41 @ Corkscrew Road • Tokyo String Quartet ~The Neapolitan Quartet~ Centennial Park Estero Jan. 31st, 8 p.m., $30 ~An Evening with Danny Morgan~ On the River (941) 992-0311 • Ragtime & Early Jazz Monday, Feb. 5th, $20 City of Fort Myers String Band Marion Rogers, Pianist Terry Waldo Quartet Hors d'oeuvres @ 6:30, Concerts @ 8 Feb. 4th, 2 p.m., free Jan. 28th, 2 p.m. Feb. 3rd, 8 p.m., $25 Benefits Alliance childien's programs Rain location: Hall of 50 States On the 1885 Bonnell Steinway Grand BIG Arts Film Society Off Broadway Palm 2254 Edwards Drive Fitzcarraldo Stardust Memories TECO Arena Feb. 5th, 7 p.m , $4.50/$4 Through Mar. 3rd, $18-$3O 10900 Everblades Parkway -Round AbOUt- Estero Old Schoolhouse Theater Florida Repertory Theatre (941) 948-7825 1908 Periwinkle @ The Arcade Cultural Park Theatre Sting in Concert 472-6862 First & Hendry Streets 528 Cultural Park Boulevard Jan. 27th, 8 p m., $59.75 • Millennium Madness 2001 332-4488 North Cape Coral Through Feb. 3rd, $25 •Art 772-5862 Fishers of Men Lutheran Church • Broadway on Periwinkle Thiough Jan 28th, 8 p.m. Steel Magnolias 10360 Stringfellow Road 10th Anniversary Gala & Auction • You Can't Take It With You Jan. 26th-Feb. 10th, 8 p.m. St. James City, Pine Island Feb. 4th, 6 p.m., $150/person Feb 9th-March 4th, 8 p.m Sunday matinees @ 3 p.m. 283-0303 $22-$26, students 1/2-price $14/$ 12 Music on Pine Island Concert Series • Feb. 4th Steve Blackwell Band J. Howard Wood Theatre 1 2200 Periwinkle Theatre Conspiracy Chapel by the Sea • Feb 18th Windsong 472-0006 Foulds Theatre 100 Chapel Street • March 4th: Eidolon • Groucho. A Life in Revue 10091 McGregor Boulevard Fort Myers Beach • March 18th: The Dennis Hill Quartet ThioughJan. 27th, $25/$15 936-3239 463-3173 Sundays @ 3 p.m., $10 • The Mystery of IrmaVep • House of Blue Leaves' Chapel Bell Festival Conceits Benetits ECC music scholarships Feb. 2nd-24lh Through Jan. 28th Feb. 3rd, 3.30 & 5:30 p.m. Pirate Players Children's Theatre Woild piemieie: Maisha Lee Sheiness's Complimentary tickets at Chapel office Cinderella Becoming Eleanor must be picked up hqlf-hour belore Watch for the Final Blues Bash Jan. 27th, 10 & 11:30 am., $5 Feb. 15th-Maich 4th peiformance later this month at 8 p.m., $14 Island Hardware & Marine
the Homestead Air Force Base, stating that the option of that has points where the participants will learn, through a commercial airport poses unacceptable risks to the handout sheets and viewing the surroundings, different ENVIRONEWS resources in the area. aspects of the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary. From page 5 Traveling by canoe or kayak the participants will use Paddle rally at Tarpon Bay simple navigation with compass to visit these points. in the lower 48 states. Biscayne National Paik is the Tarpon Bay Recreation will host a paddling and estu- When all sites have been visited and all educational largest marine park in the country and preserves a tropi- ary education event on Satuiday, Feb 17 beginning at 10 handouts have been collected the participants will return cal marine ecosystem containing mangrove shorelines, a.m. The event will be held on the Tarpon Bay portion oi to the base and use the sheets to answer a short multiple unspoiled islands, more than 200 species of tropical fish the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Cost is choice quiz about estuaries. Those who successfully and the third longest coral reef in the world. $10, with all proceeds from this event to benefit the complete the course and quiz will be entered into a draw- The Air Force released its record of decision today on Exhibits Fund for the lefuge's Visitor Center. ing for Duck Stamps, posters and other items. The event will feature a course set up on Tarpon Bay Participation time should be about two hours. Canoes, kayaks and all other necessary equipment will be provided. Those who own canoes and kayaks are welcome to bring them. There will be short introductory classes given during the day for those who would like to learn about or review the navigating with compass por- tion of the event. Space is limited so please call Tarpon Bay at 472-8900 for registration and information. Marine Science camp set for summer Children can enjoy a we&k-long camp oi exploring oceanography through participation in classroom ses- sions, daily outdoor activities and boat trips at the Ostego Bay Marine Science Center this summer. At the camp, five state-certified teachers Will teach three one-week sessions that will include 'beach and coastline studies, water quality testing, specimen collec- tion, shorebird identification and marine arts and crafts in a structured fun-filled atmosphere. With each session limited to 20 students, and no more than seven students per teacher, the camp will offer highly personalized instruction. January 22"" - February 3 — Dorothy Gillcspie The camp will be located at 718 Fisherman's Wharf, on San Carlos Island under the north end of the Fort Myers Beach Sky Bridge. The Elementary School Camp, ARTISTS REPRESENTED: for children aged 6 to 9, will be held June 25-29. Barbara Adrian David Coolidge Balcomb Greene Eliot O'Hara Advanced Camp, for children up to age 16 and have gone Richard Anuszkiewicz Adolf Dehn Milton Hebald Rick Olson to camp before or have advanced knowledge of Milton Avery Judith Dolnick Tobi Kahn Richard Segalman oceanography, will be held July 9-13. Advanced Camp Sam Barber Clara Duque Bob Kane Hunt Slonem includes kayaking snorkeling and a more in-depth study Will Barnet Jimmy Ernst Robert Kipmss James TWitty of the marine habitat. Stanley Boxer Richard Florsheim Ibram Lassaw Robert Vickrey Cost is $225 per student, with all instructional materi- als and a graduation cookout provided. John Briggs Igor Galanin Josef Levi Carol Wald For information contact Ostego Bay Foundation, 765- Byron Browne Dorothy Gillespie Herman Manl Joyce Welnstein 8101. Colleen Browning Winifred Godfrey Walter Meigs John Wilde Clarence H. Carter Lorric Goulet William Nichols Discovery Day at Manatee Park From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, Lee County Manatee Park will give visitors the opportunity to learn about manatees and Florida native plants and butterflies HARMON-MEEK GALLERY during a special event. There will be interpretive natural- Call or write for a 32-page season schedule ists stationed throughout the park, guided walks, kayak rentals, achildrens' activity area and programs and enter- 6dl FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH • NAPLES, FLORIDA 34102 '941-261-2637 tainment every 30 minutes, Manatee Park "is located on State Road 80, 1.5 miles east of 1-75, exit 25. Cost is $3 per vehicle. ISLAND REPORTER • Week of Jan. 25-31, 2001 • 9 Opinio City Vision Statement needs community input, backing n the next few months, know what the majority of the words "Shared our citizens want because IVision" will be heard in of what we hear from peo- every organization on the ple who voice their con- island, or at least that is the cerns. But others of us may city council's hope. not be quite so certain what We are asking every the "island consensus" is island group and organiza- on any given issue. tion to discuss the Sanibel A good example is hur- Vision Statement and to ricane preparedness. Some prioritize the issues it seeks teel that most citizens want to address, particularly as hurricane shelters built on they relate to the needs and this barrier island. Othcis interests of each of these feel the emphasis should be groups. on safe and dependable Every organization on Commentary evacuation routes, because the island is invited to send Sanibel is the last place 'a representative to our ini- Nola Theiss they want to be during a tial meeting (Feb. 5 at the hurricane. Community Center) to learn more about After attending two state hurricane our Shared Vision effort. All groups can conferences, I would tend to favor the lat- then participate in a discussion of the ter approach. But I cannot say with any Vision Statement. real degree of certainty that mine is the Subsequently, a number of smaller consensus view. It is time to ask and meetings will be held, based on common arrive at informed answers to such ques- interests — community associations, pri- tions. vate and public agencies, businesses, When a group becomes concerned churches, arts and conservation organiza- about an issue, its members frequently fill tions, home and condo owners, etc.— to the council chambers and present their develop lists of issues that are important case. I am glad to listen, because I want to to each group. make informed decisions and need to Power havoc brings island life Finally, there will be a town meeting in know if there are any points I have not yet April, where all the lists will be reviewed heard. and a master list will be compiled. Once But I am also aware of the "invisible" back to realities of civilization the issues are agreed upon, then the real citizens — the ones whose interests also work can begin as we seek ways to imple- need to be represented, those who fear anibel's occasional with the song of birds. We ment the wishes of the community. offending their neighbors by publicly dis- loss of electric power delight in the running During the election campaign this past agreeing with them, the ones who, for Sis in sharp contrast waters swarming with fish, fall, I saw once again how important the whatever reason, cannot come to the with the reasons for which and laugh to the rhythm of Vision Statement is to us all. But I also meeting. many of us came to par- the gentle warming winds. saw differences in its interpretation, as I hope that, through the Shared Vision adise. It's a simpler world Our island is an escape well in the degree of emphasis that should process, the views of these people will be we seek here. The proximi- from contrivance and arti- be placed on various parts of the included, and that their input will be con- ty to nature liberates us, we fice, Unaffected reality and Statement. That is why, as one of my first sidered. hope, from human con- simplicity are the slogans acts as mayor, I proposed the Shared trivance and invention. . which govern our efforts to Vision Resolution. > See Theiss Here we find the peace that manage our environment. Many of us, myself included, think we page 10 only nature seems able to Here we escape the conta- inspire in our deepest minating pressures which would impose on nature 1 being. .f The encroachments of Commentary the inventions that bend it Walsh reflects on first 60 days civilization sometimes to human will. weary us. Our lives are so Murray Saltzman But we hardly escape dependent on a lustful contrivance, like electricity, imagination that compels only to be reminded at as council member in Sanibel nature to be at our beck and call. We want sharply experienced intervals how inextri- cably bound and dependent we are on n Nov. 21, 2000, I ment and strengthening of to see the beautiful in an unspoiled cre- ation. We are captivated by the image of manmade power. When the lights go out was sworn in as a our short-term rental law. we get a pain the neck, so to speak, member of the city Recent articles in the local nature that cradles life. O - Surrounded by water, the island's because nature isn't cooperating with us. council and elected by the press evidence the vigor- Council to serve as vice ous enforcement of that major population is dedicated to the law in the last 60 days, preservation of greenness and indigenous t> See Saltzman mayor. During the election plants and trees. Our inner ear is filled campaign, I had promised with more to come. page 10 to all the groups and indi- The city will not permit vidual voters I had spoken the destruction of our resi- to that I would keep an dential neighborhoods by open line of communica- those seeking profits Gore's final act as vice president tions to them. through violation of our And I had made a num- laws. In addition, at my ber of very specific pledges request, the city attorney ironic instance of poetic injustice to them should I be elected. and the planning depart- The close of my first 60 ment are revising a draft of he inauguration is will either put you right to a proposed short-term over, and a new mil- sleep or have you begging days on the council gives Dick Walsh me a chance to update rental law that will come Tlennium begins. Lots for the remote control. everyone on the progress before the council for con- of attention and fanfare After each reading, the made toward fulfilling those pledges. It sideration in the near future. accompanied the event and president of the Senate includes the following: 4. A review of the council's obligations even more is filling op-ed asks if there are any objec- 1. Placing Causeway Road property in under section 4.01 of the city charter, pages with opinions with tions which, of course, the Environmentally Sensitive Lands which states that "The city manager shall the opening act of a new there never are. Conservation District. The council passed be responsible to the council for the presidency. And so the ceremony my motion at our first meeting. Once the administration of all city affairs placed in But before moving on, I continues its repetitious rit- the manageris charge by or under this would like to comment on ual until one by one every legal description of the property is pre- charter." pared, an ordinance will be drafted, an event that took place state has read its results. reviewed by the planning commission and The council has begun discussions on two weeks earlier that was This year, however, the come back to the council for approval. its policy-making and managerial obliga- all but ignored by most of ceremony was anything but tions under the charter, coupled with the the media as an event of boring, even though there 2. Reauthorization of the Five-Year city manager's obligation to administer Commentary wasn't much coverage of Budget Projection Review Committee, so mere circumstance, as the city's affairs and employees. The indeed it usually is. the event. citizens of Sanibel could have direct input council agreed unanimously to hold a spe- Sandra Giovanna I watched it on C-Span, into the budgeting process. My motion to The last act of the most cial meeting devoted exclusively to dis- disputed election in mod- Giacomazzi the cable station that trans- do that was unanimously adopted by the cussing these matters. mits such public and politi- council and the seven members I recom- ern history took place on We seek to develop a clear policy for Capital Hill at the joint ses- cal events, allowing us to mended were appointed to that committee. management of the two city officials who witness the inside of gov- The committee has held its first meet- sion of congress for the certification of the report directly to the city council (i.e., the Electoral College vote. ernment activities without the filter of the ing, elected Armand Ball as chairperson city manager and the city attorney). media. and Caroline Hoisington as vice chairper- Normally this is a boring and formal son, set a schedule of future meeting dates ceremony during which a member from and is off to a promising start. > See Walsh each state reads the results of that state's t> See Giacomazzi 3. The commitment to seek enforce- page 10 electoral votes in legalese language that page 11 10 • Week of Jan. 25-31, 2001 • ISLAND REPORTER
should help us foresee problems and take only the second step in the visioning action, before they become disruptive. process. • • . TlllISS The council has received the idea of the First the community articulated its Shared Vision program with enthusiasm, vision. Now we are beginning the process From page 9 and all council members have given their of thoughtfully trying to implement it in input to help make the process work. an organized way. Be part of the process. Note: The first organizational meeting The council has frequently been criti- issues are important to us all, and what Now we need your enthusiasm, input and ideas. If you have ever thought that no will be held 7:30 p.m., Feb. 5, at the their priorities are. cized for addressing issues that seem irrel- one is listening to your concerns, this is Community Association on Periwinkle evant to the majority of citizens—and The council has been criticized for your opportunity to be heard. No one Drive. If your group has not yet been noti- "wasting lime" on them. The Shared being largely "reactive." Something hap- group will be allowed to dominate or will fied, call Barbara Anderson at City Hall, Vision process should help articulate for pens that upsets the community, and we any point of view be ignored. 472-4135. Or if you'd like to talk about us and for citizen groups that invest much react to it rather than taking pro-active Yes, this is a big undertaking, and one the Shared Vision Program, call me at time and energy on island projects which steps. Here, too, the Shared Vision process that will not be finished this year. This is •395-1737.
raise its lower parts out of the splash zone; Study Group in material ways. widened to provide shoulder breakdown Finally, let me say it has been my expe- WALSH lanes, not passing lanes; and bicycle lanes. rience that my fellow council members all The final presentation of the Lee County have a deep and abiding interest in doing From page 9 consultant's recommendations is scheduled what is best for our island. Opinions will, of to go before the county commission at 9:30 course, sometimes differ on what are the a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30. best means of achieving our goals. But a 5. The important over-arching pledge to in this regard. I will be keenly aware of the I will be there, and I believe the entire shared commitment to the welfare of prevent overdevelopment. threat posed by overdevelopment as matters council. It is important that as many Sanibel rises above these differences and I believe protection of the causeway par- come before us and will work diligently to Sanibellians as possible attend to voice enables us to move ahead with civility and cel contributes to that agenda. So does vig- protect our island. their opinions, since the commission will be mutual respect. orous enforcement of short-term rental 6. The promise to continue to work to making important and final decisions. This I look forward to four years of good rela- laws, the violation of which constitutes a keep the causeway. is particularly true since the final recom- tions among the council even as we vigor- kind of hidden development.- To date, no Substantially the same as it is now, mendations of the consultant differ from the ously debate the issues before us now and other issues have come before the council except for a new replacement bridge to recommendation of our Sanibel Causeway in the future.
suddenly the waters covered the land bani- lucky. The human inventions we sometimes er with rapacious salt and ate away the top- abhor protect us. The contrivances we JSALTZMAN soil. The remaining shells marked the island would escape are the fruits of human inge- thenceforth as a place for visitors to capture nuity, which bring ease and healing and From page 9 the dream of nature, in some small way, comfort to life. through collections of the crustaceans at the Perhaps both nature and humans must shoreline. experience the taming and discipline that a I can imagine people who live in The dream portrays a landscape, quiet higher power imposes — a power we only Arkansas, without electricity for more than and almost passive, pleasant and calm, shin- We who are all visitors on this barrier a week, how they curse the absence of arti- ing and gleaming with sunlight. island. In the course of time we, too, are des- sometimes intuit. ficial power that might inhibit nature's sov- But reality is neither so sweet nor so har- tined to learn about the underlying moral Perhaps both are tied to each other in ereignty. After nature's wild embrace of ice monious. Nature is not always benign. Its neutrality of nature. mysterious and anomalous ways. and snow, they sit shivering in cold and powers are sometimes unleashed to destroy We are instructed when the lights go out. Perhaps both need to be restrained in darkness. and rampage, insistin we are subservient to And then in mindless and capricious ways, their own inexplicable complexities, so they The dream and reality of the natural a will we cannot control. nature's other dimension — its wild and can permit the rainbow to offer hope for rec- world are seemingly two competing and Wasn't our paradise once a place of tempestuous power — demonstrates the onciliation, some day. incompatible impulses. The dream is about farms and soft zephyrs connected to the contradictory beauty and ill-tempered And perhaps there is an authority beyond nature: at its most benign — a haven for life* mainland only by boats that were slow and harshness that destroys and renews at the the power of both to impose the dream of a setting of beautiful colors and of mutually limited in the numbers they could transport? same time. peace and harmony so cherished by our supportive vegetation and animal existence. Then the lights went out. Starkly and And with gratitude, we count ourselves spiritual imagination. •
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Elegant Sanibel Dinners Rcw-tcd Garlic ttaqur. Risotto Cr.ib Cakes. w/Fnrklv Pt'jr Saute & Sliimip, P.nniosnn P)ov\l w.'Mlad" Iropuul Bc»^>.u-> cordiall) invites Condominium Presidents, Puiic I"i"b It fipm Angi'l Hair IMsia «v/suii-Diied rnm.uo Pt-sto, Olivi-s iS:' Board and Committee Members Capet-.: Nilmon Scaliippini KolK lialMinuc \iLiJ VV/CJOJI c heesf <>r Ciouiiins; r.mtiu Lotui Hors d'oeurvres & Appetizers t>pm-9pm Hrad'sPate; Ph>llo w/Bnt *e I'oachcdlruit Hummus; and Managers to a Grapei Wrapped in Bicad wAValnuti Sr Blue Cheese: Stulfed .Shnmp wfiice Noodles; Italian KmUs Saturdays at Bondurant's Paradise President's Breakfast Hands-On Pasta & Bread Fvb , 10am-lpm Hologiuiae LiNigna; Jdjfalle w/Proscuitto &r Pea;., nd PanzaiiclU Salad; Zabaglitine w/Frreh Bertie Friday, f ebruary 2 • Sundial Resort F'eh 17ih, lOam-lpm. Tjuelhm w/Tomato Cream Sauce, Seafood [ nigunu: Semolina Hard Rolls. Iuh,in Mlad Choi^olaLe Irulk-e t'fb 24th, lOain-lpm Gnorchi w/f u\nn S,iuce; Orohieira w/Tggplrfiit; Fncdccu. 8 ;00 Registration Gaidcn .^al.id SIOCIFS w/l.emon Cuid &r Berries Sundays at the Twilight Cafe Chinese Feast — Back by Popular Demand! 8:15 Breakfast, $10 per person lob ' Hrh, lpm-H-pm Pfkiug DULK. Hc w,Tiitip«.liiul (V: \vo(.ido Suiflc-J (..mil' 1 It'll'; W'ApiiLnL- M Wild Rin." Bini^hi- Dcbacn I irr. Walsh & Councilman Marty Harrity Ircsh Muzzarclla Hands-On Class Vlaith -ih, IJHU- Ipiu 1 L'.un ui nuki1 voui n'vn niozzau Iki '~iip( ^i1, ul It was moving, though embarrassing, to the unconventional manner in which he got see these blacks fighting for something we there and the posturing of his dynastic pre- GlACOMAZZI should all be fighting for. When Jesse sumption without the minimum regard for From page 9 Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.), reached the podium, he his uncertain mandate. declared in exasperation, "It's a sad day in He has already demonstrated the shal- America when we can't find a senator to lowness of his words in his first attempt to What an ironic instance of poetic injus- the Senate who was forced to use his gavel sign these objections." build his cabinet with Senate Democrats, tice: to be called upon to pound the last nail to silence everyone, including the man who When it came the turn of Maxime which woufd have tipped the scales in the into your own coffin. Yet that is the twist of was doing his best to make one last effort Waters (D-Calif.), before Gore even had a Republican's favor. He went on to appoint fate that awaited Al Gore when according for Gore's cause. chance to ask her the same question he had extremely controversial conservative to the dictate of protocol, he signed, sealed Then, the slow process began of reading repeated to everyone else, she answered Republicans, illustrating the insincerity of and delivered the results that awarded the the count for each state, and I was ready to emphatically, "And I don't care if I don't his promise to "unite instead of divide." presidency to his opponent. have the signature of a senator," with the reach for the remote. Thank goodness that It is evident the new Bush administration At the beginning of the session, with less arrogance of civil disobedience that Henry my mother insisted on seeing it to the bitter offers no return to the future but rather a than a third of the House members present David Thoreau had preached and Martin end. Soon they were giving the count for step into the past. Instead of a launching and less than half of the Senate, Florida. After the count was read, awarding Luther King had practiced. pad into the new millennium, his cabinet Representative Peter Deutsch (D-Fla.) tried the state to George W. Bush but before Then, after a pregnant pause, there was a to close down the session for a lack of quo- Gore could repeat the question he had put truly unforgettable moment when Gore lost appointments seem to build a bridge back rum. Then he tried to make a declaration in forward for every other state asking if there all the rigidity for which we have all been to the'80s. recognition of the still existing resentment were any objections to the certification of so critical for so long. He rebutted, "You The first American century ended with for what had happened in Florida. that state, the first of many protesters will be advised that the rules do care!" the fall of Communism, the end of the Cold "Theic are many Americans who still appeared at the podium — almost all mem- And everyone burst into laughter in a War and a third Industrial Revolution in the believe..,.," but his words were drowned bers of the Congressional Black Caucus. moment that was as bitter as it was sweet. field of communication technologies, out by an uproar of protests from All had their contestations in writing, as the Certainly anyone who heard him realized at accomplishments well beyond anyone's Republicans present in the hall. He tried law prescribes. All had signatures iiom that moment just how much we have lost by expectations. once again, and once again he was drowned members of Congress. Not one had the sig- not having him as our president. Al Gore had the intellectual wherewith- into silence. Those who watched with nature of a senator. For the next four years, we'll have to al and dedication to public service to carry awakened hope would soon discover disap- Notwithstanding their gesture, they pre- grin and bear a president with a much less on that propulsion. We can only hope the pointment. sented their objections all the same. And modest sense of self. We have already wit- new president's narrower vision does noth- With the paradox that sometimes comes when they had finished, they started all nessed his attitude toward the Oval Office ing to thwart what had every prospect of with destiny, it was Al Gore as president of over again. as something that was due him, oblivious to becoming the second American century. Charming Captiva Cottage DINING ON Call Trevor Or THE ISLANDS £>enice Today! 941/472/3121 IS A TROPICAL 800/232/6004 In the wart of Gapt/va's " V'llage" area. Tastefully decorated & immaculate JOHN NAUMANW condition Bamboo flooring Vinyl picket lancing, outdoor shower, dream decrc * ASSOCIATES EXPERIENCE pdlio with screened in not tun Landi Yes wrt bar lerfpct lor 2nd home, ot rental in turn-key condition. Walk to beach, snops b restaurants $895/000 Have PUBLIC HEARINGS CITY OF SANIBEL, FLORIDA a news The Sanibel Planning Commission will conduct Public Hearings on February 13, 2001, beginning at 9:00 A.M. at Sanibel City Hall in the Council Chamber (Mac- item? PUBLIC NOTICE Kenzie Hall), 800 Dunlop Road, Sanibel, Florida, to consider the following applications: The Sanibel City Council has adopted an ordinance Call prohibiting the following: 10:30 AM Consideration of an ordinance amending Chapter 82, Administration, Article IV, Development Permits, Division 2, • hand feeding of wild birds Procedure, Subdivision II, Short Form, Section 82-401, 472-1587 Application, of the Land Development Code of the City of • intentional disposal of fishing line, hooks, Sanibel by authorizing the use of staff-issued short-form permit- or e-mail etc. in the water, on the beach, or on all pub- ting for the relocation of existing structures for residential use lic property and marinas on the island. and for additions to existing buildings; providing for codifica- tion; providing for conflict and severance; and providing an SanCapNews Violations can result in a fine of $50.00 effective date. Submitted by the City of Sanibel. Application no. 00-601 LDC- - For further information or to report violations, @ flguide.com contact the Sanibel Police Department at 472-3111. 10:50 AM Consideration of an ordinance amending Chapter 118, Utilities, Article III-, Wastewater Disposal Systems, Division 2, Permits, Section 118-81, Required, of the Land Development Code of the City of Sanibel, by eliminating the requirement to obtain a wastewater disposal permit for expansion of existing structures in which there is a 20 percent or more increase in living area; providing for codification; providing for conflict and severance; and providing an effective date. Submitted by the City of ATTORNEYS AT LAW • FOUNDED 1924 Sanibel. Application no. 00-599 LDC. DAVID K. FOWLER ALL IN THE CITY OF SANIBEL, LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA BOARD CERTIFIED REAL ESTATE LAWYER If a person decides to appeal any decision of the body with respect to any mat- Offering a fall range of legal services for over 75 years. ter considered at such meeting or hearing, such person will need a record of the proceedings, and for such purposes may need to ensure that a verbatim business & tax • estate planning • family law • litigation • real estate • land use record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based. HENDERSON, FRANKLIN, STARNES & HOLT, P.A. In accordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act, persons needing a spe- 1715 Monroe Street, • Fort Myers, Florida • 33901 cial accommodation to participate in this proceeding should contact the City Manager Edward Sealover at 941-472-3700 no later than one day prior to the proceeding. If hearing impaired, telephone the Florida Relay Service numbers, Telephone: 334-4121 Facsimile: 334-4100 800-955-8771 (TDD) or 800-955-8770 (VOICE), for assistance. Email: [email protected] 12 • Week of Jan. 25-31,2001 • ISLAND REPORTER Emergency Blotter he took it from the restaurant. 3111. Connecticut police visit island She said that Baran had written a check to cover the Leave a message, including a contact number, if he is amount. However, Deanna Helton, assistant manger of unavailable. for investigation of two teens the restaurant, reported that when she tried to cash the check, it bounced. Helton also stated that Baran was Complicated 'joke' keeps The Island Reporter was visited by a couple of work- scheduled to work on Jan. 11 but had not come to work. ing "tourists" last week. Del. Sgt. Waller R. Conley and Dot. John W. Varone, officers from the Groion, Conn., police busy for a while police force, slopped by to gel a copy of the Repoilcr Arrest warrant issued for theft At about 8:40 p.m. on Jan. 21, Sgt. Anthony .sloiy (Week o1 Jan. -I-J0) coveiinjr (he arrest of two Thompson was patrolling Periwinkle heading west when Ciioton ieenageis on New Year's Eve. The two were he saw a man inside 7-Eleven east wearing a ski mask. charged with loitering, piowling and obstruction by dis- In anolher case, probable-cause-lor-an-arrest warrant Thompson continued to Schnappcr's before turning guise. has been submitted to the state attorney for issuing in the around, in order to not attract the man's attention. He Timothy Jordan Paprocki and William Garret Reed theft of Timbers' seven satellite cards. A white male had notified Sanibel dispatch of a possible robbery in were located by Sanibel officers in Bailey's parking lot posed as a Direct TV representative and stated to employ- progress. after 7-Eleven clerk Julie Nowling reported the two ees that he was there to service their system. He was sent Thompson then stopped his patrol car on the west side checking out cars in front of the store and watching her upstairs to do the work and apparently left with the cards. of the convenience store's parking lot where he could see closely from the front porch. She said that one perpetra- inside the store. He again saw an individual with a dark- tor had a stick or pole. Sea & Me employee charged colored ski mask facing the clerk behind the counter. When Sanibel police determined the young men's The other clerk appeared to be moving from aisle to identities, they found that there were outstanding with petty thert from store aisle. In addition, there were two individuals in a white car parked outside the store. Connecticut warrants for their arrest for robbery, battery In still another case, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, Det. and grand theft (auto). A companion of the defendants When Officer Bill Dalton arrived and situated his Ashby was called to Jerry's parking lot where Officer vehicle on the east side of the parking lot, Thompson told revealed that their plan was allegedly to rob the 7-Eleven. Ron Curry was confirming a Hillsborough County war- According to Conley and Varone, the two are "very the two people in the white car to move from the area and rant for petit theft on one Florence Ann Sharp of Fort out of harm's way. violent. They go up to a person, hit him or her with a Myers, an employee at The Sea & Me in Jerry's Bazaar. He and Dalton then went to the door, approaching on baseball bat and then rob the victim." Ashby had previously been informed by one of the Sanibel Det. Scott Ashby added that the Groton offi- an angle from the west, since the suspect was facing east Bazaar shop owners that employees were trading mer- and apparently unaware of their presence. cers had told him they are suspects in the intentional chandise and giving items away from store to store with- burning of a female victim and are known to be mid- to in the Bazaar. The two officers then entered the store with weapons in hand and approached the suspect. He was repeatedly upper-level drug dealers in and around the Groton area. His report indicates that he noticed two bags in They also expect that additional charges will be filed in told to get down to the ground, but he turned toward the Sharp's vehicle and asked her what they contained. She officers with his gloved hands held out. Connecticut. answered that it was clothes she had purchased that day Police found their carefully concealed car in the at Sanibel Surf Shop, a Bazaar store, and that she had the He was told once again to get to the ground and finally woods the next day covered with palm fronds off Island receipt. complied, whereupon he was handcuffed and searched. Inn Road, It had been stolen in Connecticut on Dec. 29 There was a stainless-steel coffee mug on top of some She took out (he bags and produced a receipt for boxes where the suspect, who was later identified as and driven to Sanibel. Conley was concerned that it $15.89, telling the detective she had been given an might have been involved in a previous incident in Richard Carl Jackson, a 45-year-old Sanibel resident, had employee discount. According to Ashby's report, the been standing. Connecticut, but extensive forensic testing provided no items in the bags still had price tags totalling $109. incriminating evidence. He then went to talk to the clerk who had sold Sharp He and both store clerks were questioned and the offi- The Grolon officers were enjoying their all-too-short the items. Anita R. Decrosta agreed that she had made the cers were told that Jackson was playing a joke and had no stay in the sunshine. They came to Southwest Florida sale and given Sharp a discount as well as a new pair of intention of committing" a crime. with a warrant for Paprocki's arrest and were most com- beach shoes. The officers explained to Jackson that being clearly plimentary about the assistance they had received from visible from the street wearing a ski mask and gloves and Ashby told Decrosta he would be contacting her standing directly in front of a clerk when the typical tem- Ashby, as well as the department's thoroughness in its employer because he thought, in the words of his report, handling of the case. perature inside a store is close to 70 degrees is not a wise "this was a very large discount." Store manager Joe idea. Reed had previously been released to his parents' cus- Spalding confirmed the items were from Sanibel Surf tody and taken back to Connecticut. Shop and informed Ashby that no employee had permis- Thompson contacted the on-call investigator for the sion to give that kind of markdown. state attorney's office, explaining what had happened and Mono Lisa employee charged A decorative Hag in Sharp's possession was from was told to release Jackson. Colleen Elias' store where Sharp worked. Elias said she with theft from restaurant had never given Sharp permission to remove any item Missing in action A warrant has been submitted for a former employee, with first paying for it. On Jan. 22, city employee Jerry Jin sky reported the Andrzej S. Baran, 23, in the theft of close to $700 from Following her arrest, after Sharp had been read her theft of two 6-foot teak picnic tables from the Sanibel Mona Lisa's Restaurant on Jan. 6. rights, Ashby's report indicates that she said that she boat-ramp area. The tables had been chained down and Restaurant owner Bobby Trivet told police that a wit- "wanted to make sure the flag looked good and fit on her the chains apparently cut with bolt-cutters. ness had seen Baran take the money that no one had flagpole." The tables weigh about 200 pounds each and are authorized his taking. Vallee Haverley, a part-owner of All the property was itemized and placed into evi- worth about $300. Stemic Marine is working on the ramp the restaurant, said she had confronted Baran on Jan. 10 dence to be returned to the appropriate owners. and seawall at the ramp, and police are checking with the about the money and Baran had, in- fact, confirmed that workers to determine if they saw anything. City police still looking into • Overnight on Jan. 20 someone broke into Beachview Golf Club's cart parking area , breaking four New Year's Eve burglary hasps to do so. RENT BOATS The New Year's Eve burglary at McT's is still under The refreshment cart had been stocked by the restau- investigation by Sanibel police. rant earlier in the evening with seven cases of beer, one Fishing and Shelling • Closest to Outer Islands Ashby is following leads but asks that anyone with bottle of vodka and a sleeve of splits, about $360 worth, information that might be helpful (perhaps sompone leav- all of which were taken. ing the restaurant who might have observed something • While Timbers owner Matt Asen's 1975 Caddy con- 472-9800 not-quite-right in the parking lot) give him a call at 472- vertible was parked in the restaurant parking lot on Jan. 19 with the top down, unknown persons took his Jensen's Marina • Captiva Island transponder from the windshield. ~-i.;, - Lee Way reported that the transponder Had not been THESANIBE used. Asen intends to prosecute. 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Meeting (O), Sanibel Saturday (941)466-3313 Community Church, 1740 Periwinkle (next to Jerry's). 9 a.m. Captiva Saturday : Visit Our Website at WWP:\\WWW.SANIBE|L.NET 7:30 p.m. Sanibel Wed- Morning Meeting (CD), E-MAIL sanihel@gu!fcoast.net nesday Women's Group next to library off Captiva (O, BB), Congregational Drive. ISLAND REPORTER Q Week of Jan. 25-31, 2001 Q 13 Small wetlands tract declassified by city By Pete Bishop By separating the 3.07 acres from the Jan Hyatt, representing CHR at the date for below-market-nlte housing units. Staff writer larger portion of the tract, the city can planning commission meeting, said one Ken Pfalzer of the planning department rezone the land for additional affordable goal of the Sanibel Plan is. to provide an said the staff "doesn't consider chopping The Sanibel Planning Commission on housing at a later date. adequate number of housing units at Tuesday decided to recommend to the city Although the property as a whole has below market rates. up zones to create parts" a viable way to council an ordinance that will remove a been classified as wetlands, the 3.07-acre Additionally, the state has notified the remove lands from particular districts, but 3.07-acre parcel of land from the portion of it does not meet the city's crite- city it should provide 95 such units by took the city's need for affordable housing Wetlands Conservation District so that ria for wetlands because it does not lie 2017, the year the island is expected to into account when deciding to support the Community Housing and Resources within 200 feet of the banks of the Sanibel reach buildout. request. (CHR) can use the parcel for increased- River, and 90.7 percent of the parcel has The city is "a little over half-way to the "Adoption of the ordinance is appro- density below-market-rate'housing. an elevation of more than three feet above goal the state wishes us to work toward," The small parcel of land was formerly sea level. said Hyatt. priate," said Pfalzer. part of an 8.6-acre tract but will be subdi- If less than 20 percent of a property lies "It is clear the property does not meet Commission Chairperson Phyllis vided from the larger plot if the city council below 3 feet, it does not meet the standard the criteria for inclusion" in the wetlands Bogen's motion to recommend approval passes the ordinance. for Wetlands Conservation Lands. district, Hyatt said, and is a good candi- of the ordinance passed unanimously. they've gone the extra mile ... to reduce sidered'smaller plans" and had "whittled the variance to the minimum." and whittled away" at their original plans DUPLEX Gargano stated the application failed to until the latest request. fulfill three of the city's variance stan- Samler said new drawings typically From page 1 dards in that Buruss and Conti failed to take three to six months to create and cost prove undue hardship that is not self- $5,000 to $10,000. "What are we doing to from Periwinkle but still needed the 15- print—something that resembles a mobile imposed by the plans the couple selected. our citizens when we can't give them foot variance on the Mitzi setback. home," Bean said. "They would like Commissioner Jack Samler pointed what's reasonable?" he asked. out, "The building would have to be 100- Burrus and Conti also agreed to create something that fits in with the other hous- Although Gargano made a motion to "an upgraded [vegetation] buffer," es in the subdivision," she added. feet wide on one end and narrow on the other" in order to meet the code. It could deny the variance request, the motion according to Bean, "with trees as well as Commission Chairperson Phyllis failed to receive a second. understory, so it's a visual buffer as well Bogen and Commissioner Marie Gargano be built, but the city wouldn't be happy, as noise buffer, something other lots in the were not convinced that the new plans' with it." Samler then moved that the commis- subdivision have not been required to do" changes were enough, however. Tim Murty, Burrus and Conti's attor- sion accept the application with Bean said the lot's multiple frontage "I'm very much opposed to this vari- ney said if built to fit, the structure Commissioner John Dillon seconding. and triangular shape place an undue hard- ance," said Bogen, "In my view, the "wouldn't conform to the rhythm and har- The variance was granted by a 3-2 vote ship on Burrus and Conti if they try to impact of this house on that road is mony of the neighborhood ... You would- with Gargano and Bogen disagreeing and build within the city's code, forcing them tremendous . . . We all agree they will n't want it next door to you." Commissioner Dick Downes and John to make plans for a "long, narrow foot- need a variance, however, I don't believe Murty also said Burrus and Conti "con- Veenschoten absent. Live Shelling Restriction When you feed an alligator you are training it to approach humans and are creating a life Florida law prohibits the taking threatening situation... especially for our of live shells on Sanibel Island children. Feeding alligators is a criminal act- to conserve this precious punishable by fines and/or imprisonment. City oi Sanibel Ordinance 75-29 • Florida State Statute 372.667 marine resource. Code of Federal Regulations 50 CFR 27.51 Home of . " .: THE 6ANIBEL GQMMEMQMIWE Sanibel Coin and of the numerous residents affordable luxury. Being aware the educated consumer. consumer can make. We strive to appeal to . charms to gold and silver range of beautiful items from unique choices for the to the more eclectic pieces. We have iminatjng shopper! The Sanibel Commemorative Coin Company ...,. , x K, .. A«r,j,.r Native Marine life, and Native Shell series of coins, de^crf Nj^e Wildlife, by local artisans. These collectable, limited edition series RaWa nana-cranea tradition. Each of the coins is accompanied by a Letter of ^w£com -. a- PProucl attest to it's integrity. nticity to Let your quest for something unique include a stop at our store. You'll friendly and receptive staff pleased to assist you in your search for that specr someone ! We're sure that you'll be glad you did !!! FREE JEWELRY CLEANING WHILE YOU WAIT ! WE SELL AND INSTALL WATCH BATTERIES 2439 Periwinkle Way 395-3899 In Bailey's Center next to the Video Scene 14 u weeK or Jan. ii&-3i, k!uui u ISLANU HtHUHI bH life & leiiur Native strangler fig: Friend or foe? extend to the same width. It can be identi- fied by leaves that are oblong and ever- green and about 4 inches long, and by its tiny orange-red figs that grow in pairs at the leaf axils. The sight of a mature strangler fig is spectacular — unless, of course, it is killing your Canary Island date palm or ~TTt sounds like the topic for a Jerry Springer ripping your septic tank apart. I show: "Strangler fig, friend or foe?" It Authors Robert G. Haehle and Joan JLdepends, of course, on whom you ask. Brookwell mince no words about their In Sanibel, where the native tree is a distaste for the tree. In their book, "Native prolific gjrower, the strangler fig is a, pro- Florida Plants," the strangler figs leads a tected species — meaning mature speci- list of villains in a chapter entitled "Not- mens cannot be removed without a permit. So-Nice Natives." The very word "strangler," points out Comparing the strangler fig to such Rob Loflin, Sanibel's director of natural noxious natives' as poison ivy, poison- resources, "gives people the connotation wood and spurge nettle, Haehle and of a bad tree that kills other trees. I would Brookwell write: "Nothing is perfect, and put in a good word for the strangler fig." not all native plants are wonderful. Some First some background: The strangler have some bad habits and we don't want fig is native to South Florida and the West them around." Indies. Its true name, Ficus aurea, is Latin That would send shivers down the for "golden fig." It is a member of the spines of Sanibel environmentalists, who Moraceae family, which also includes regard the tree highly, and thus have des- mulberries and hops. The tree is adaptable ignated the strangler fig a protected to practically any soil and is tolerant of species. salt except a direct spray. According to Loflin, that means they The most interesting thing about the can never be trimmed back more than 25 tree, however, is how it starts life — and percent. If they are threatening to destroy that's practically any way it wants. When your plumbing, however, the city will a fig seed is carried by bird or wind and issue a permit for removal. "If you have a deposited in any vegetative material, such good reason, it's simple, it just takes a as leaves in a rain gutter, the tree will couple of days," he says. sprout. And it is OK to remove a sprouting But the strangler fig is best known for strangler fig from your prized palm tree. starting life in a rJalm tree, most often in Any fig that is under 6 feet in height and the native cabbiage palm (Sabal palmetto), has a diameter of less than 2 inches can but also in the prized — and expensive — legally be yanked, Loflin says. exotic palms such as the date palm On the positive side of the strangler fig (Phoenix ddctylifera) ^a.nd the Canary debate,, Loflin points out how valuable Island date palm (Phoenix canarieiysis)* they are to wildlife, particularly migrating When'the «flg seed, lands in the palm's birds, which feast on the ripening fruits. thatch, and water and decaying matter The stratigler fig and the live oak, another accumulate, -germination takes place. native, are actually the two most valuable Leaves emerge rapidly and the strangler trees on the island as far as foraging birds fig starts sending aerial roots toward the are concerned, he says. ground. "They've got this bad reputation," These aerial roots, which eventually Loflin says, "but it's an extremely impor- grow thick and woody, will in short time tant tree." shoot off in many directions, taking hold {Ron Sympson has a bachelor's degree in in the ground at the base of the tree. journalism with post-graduate studies in Eventually, the strangler fig will wrap Florida horticulture. He has owned land- itself, around the palm tree, literally scape-design firms and retail plant stores in smothering it to death. The palm may sur- Lee and Brpward counties. If you have a vive for quite a while, but in the end, the question or comment, you can write to him fig will win. at P.O. Box 809, Sanibel, FL 33957, send a Michael Pistella At maturity, the fig tree will tower to fax to 472-8398" or send an e-mail to on a cabbage palm. 60 feet and its straggly branches will [email protected].) A stangler fig puts a choke Be a cop at the Four Way Stop!! HaVfo^news item? Call 472-1587 Have you ever sat at the four way stop waiting, watching the traffic cop, thinking, "I can do better than thatl" The Sanibel Captiva Optimist Club is pleased to give you the opportunity to Qnd out if you can do bet- ter. For a ten dollar donation, which supports youth activilies on Ihe islands, you can enter a drawing to be a cop at the four way stop and enjoy fifteen minutes of fame, tail [email protected] First, second and third place winners each get a chance to direct traffic for fifteen minutes at noon on ; February 25k2001. Or if you prefer, you may designate another person to direct traffic, or choose fror" list of local "celebrilies" and see how well they do. " " 1,i,ucCenturv^-/' VACATION RENTALS Bonus prize for first place Is three nights at 'iween-MCa'te'rs Inn on Captiva. Second plajrventrants mayimow Furnished 2 and 3 bedroom Gulf-front properties. etched wildlife vase. Third place wins a dinner for two at Sanibel Chowder Comg'ffary'2001. their ticket stubs at the Chowder Company for a ten percent discount ihroupb- Available weekly /monthly /Discounted Summer Rates ^ Ace Hardware, Needful Things, Tickets are available from any Optimist Club member, at Hank of Arcanci Sunday. -of the islands Johnny's Pizza, Bailey's hardware and in front of Bailey's on Sal'' Rental Accommodations • Rental Property Management ot of local "celebrities". For more information Local: (941) 472-5050 • Toll Free: (877) 388-5050 Watch for more information on ticket sale locations an/!2724. Web: sqnibelcaptivavacaHon.com « Email: [email protected] contact Earl Bicketl at 472-4127 or Randy Carson ?'' Celebrity Traffic Cops... ,' .. . , . , • «,. c people to direct traffic. (Partiallist.) designate one of tlK^J^-.^ jjj Wflf- Manager of Lazy Flamingo II, intro- Craig Albert - Bank of the Islands President, Co- Nola Theiss - Mayor of Sanibel, OptimW J%xe& personalized bar stools to keep track of pwner: Sanibel Island Chowder Company,«(a _ >ress Randv Canon - President, &"." ' /VirouMemikers Chowderhead) Johnny Castanzo - Owner: Johnny's Pizza Boh Dune - Bartender fo ihe Stars as Timbers nutty Chrb Villas Dave & Lee Ilorton - Owners: Sanibel Print & Kevin Pierce - NPR Radio personality ft tracilmai!, Co-o\pcr: Island Graphics, Cartoonist Publishers of Sanibel's Broadcasting pioneer :, Giants tittle I/iigue Coach, • Very own Cartoon Book, skilled at organizing . Francis Bailey - Owner of Bailey's a "Mayflower" BMJtSimn Bus-Boy onSaaiba trouble Sanibelian fata Von Ilarten - Principal, The Sanibel Barb Rich - Owner: Barb's Cleaning Service, Nancy McDole - Vice-Principal of Sanibel.School, /school (Really wanls to direct traffic) Realtor, Refugee Checsehead Academic Crime-Fighter Dick Mut'iidi - Co-owner Periwinkle Park and Tonya Squibb - Group Publisher • Hie Islander, Bob Fagaii -Watercolor Arlisl, TV Host of ."Pain- ut* Laxy Mamiiigo II, Baseball Commissioner, Island Reportep r & Shopperpp s Guide ting on location" Imperial Governor of Sjuftel Tony Lapi - 'Tween Waters Inn, Holiday Mini- Dave Owens- Island Financial Services, Co- MODELS OPEN DAILY 11-5 PM Located at TO 11 Wmkk-r Rd bL-Ween Gl-.ul.olus & (^tcss 1 .ike Di Besuy Ma\ -Tennis Pro, President ol San-Cap Go'lfPro owner: Simibel Island Chowder Company« - convenient SouUi-Fon Myers [ „...„,,„, Kiviums Club, Infamous TKT. (Another Chowder-head) Earl BiiieSt - San-Cap Optimist, broken down icy Hike Hi —Co-owner. Island House Restaurant, ex-Rugby player, die Knucklehead that thought Bany Gordon - Owner: Big Red Q Printing Coach of .Marlins Little League Champions, of Ihe Traffic Cop idea Tim Murlv-Attorney •Ma\'s Mentor J.T. Smith - Artist Director - <)ld Sclioolhouse Colleen Bauer - Saniliel PI'I President, Queen Theatre, widely regarded as the "Treasure of oCAccllaidnare the Islands" (941) 910-1882 ISLAND REPORTER • Week of Jan. 25-31, 2001 Q 15 COMPLAINT From page 1 OVER 400'ON THE RIVER Liles said his fhm might also sue for in Paiadise, and that he be piohibited damages later. "The city essentially shut fiom saving inspection warrants without our client down since Jan. 12," he said, 24-hour notice "keeping them from conducting legiti- Hendzel said Wednesday that, as far as mate portions of business, without a hear- he knows, he was authorized to make the ing and without due process." search and seize the records, and more The motion for temporary injunction searches could take place. states the search warrant Hendzel The city "will actively puisue these obtained from Circuit Court Judge Isaac things," Hendzel said. "Three candidates Anderson Jr. was invalid, and asks the for city council talked about enforcing the court to force the city to immediately regulation during the elections and what release and return all property seized you're seeing is a result of their following from Properties in Paradise Jan. 12. through. We're going to pursue all the "A code enforcement officer doesn't violators of all the regulations." have the authority to conduct a search Wyckoff said the city, "is not in the warrant," Liles said. Only the sheriff, a habit of trying cases in the press, but we sheriff's deputy or a special process serv- disagree," with the complaint. "A hearing er appointed by the sheriff or a Circuit has been set and we'll see what happens Court judge can legally serve a search there." warrant, according to Liles. Wyckoff did say that the Jan. 12 search "We've checked and Hendzel is not on and seizure resulted in the discovery of the list at the clerk of courts or the sher- "well in excess of 1,000 violations." iff's office," he said. Each day a property is rented illegally Liles also said the city's seizure of is consideied one violation. The fine for Exceptional 5 bedroom, 4 bath plus 2 half bath estate si?^ records constitutes an arrest, another renting a property outside the resoit- over 400' on the river! This gated estate has be**1" ^Qykfte'y power Hendzel does not possess. housing district for less than 28 days is on| tne finest "Code enforcement officers, by $500 per day, per unit rented. designed with attention to detail and ppv-/- y statute, do not have the power of arrest," Sealover and Hendzel both said they materials used as detailed by the -ijerb craftmanship! The , Liles said, "and if [they] can't arrest, they were unsure of the numbeof alleged viola- eriook tnenVe r and are can't seize property, which is an arrest." tionsr, but Hendzel said it was "substantial." huge pool with cabana and ^ «de3l The request for a temporary injunction Wyckoff would not say whether the city for entertaininq jh--^^1^ 500< dock Wltn water and also asks that the court prohibit any of the would hire outside counsel to handle the •'•"" '"^the boating enthusiast. seized records from being used as evi- case, oi if he would handle the case himself. dence against Properties in Paradise, that City Manager Ed Sealover said Wyckoff the court prohibit Hendzel from serving would represent the city at the temporary more search warrants against Properties injunction hearing. Sanibel Library AN ISLAND WITHIH To escape the hustle and bustle oftj 'an hour or two at the Sanibel Librar it, Its both few minutes to catch i :our firs are writing, learn more about this barrier island environment or browse through the latest magazines, Whatever you seek, information or Some of the amenities include state of the art sound system, expansive game room, formal living and dining rooms, gourmet reading pleasure, you're sure to find it in your home away fro i home, You kitchen open to family room plus security^ are always welcome.For more information, call 472-2483, furnished. Call Jim f 1 ^5L| —-— s The II l>> til Ireafment •• ROYAL GHillR Inventory in Stock •»• Immediate Delivery "M I FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL JIM HALL 941-472-5187 FORT MYERS •561-5656 EXT. 215 OI? www.denmorkinteriors.com Corner of ASID interior Designer on Staff Metro & Daniels NAPLES •513-1544 a «*«*<»^* *•» m jm. #» *» Greenlree Center IOTC HlOnS Corner of Airport & Immokolee BOAT SIMONELLI'S 16 Q Week of Jan. 25-31,2001 • ISLAND REPORTER TREES & SHRUBS aleline RIDES •Trim to Cabbage Key, Cayo Costa A Light to Remember and North Captlva • Shape N0I1CES • Remove Special event created to help raise awareness of Alzheimer's and related-memory impairments as well as 472-5800 FREE Estimates Hours of operation raise funds for the Dubin Alzheimer's Resource Center. Licensed-Insured Rec Center pool: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Lighted display of luminaries, purchased for $5 each by Jensen's Marina Office: (941) 369-2099 Captiva Island Friday; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. families and friends, honor or remember a loved one Cell: (941) 281-7308 Wildlife Drive. Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily with Alzheimer's. Event takes place at Centennial park except on Fridays. Visitor Center is opend daily. with ceremony near the fountain on Edwards Drive. Call Sanihel Refuge tram: Tours now depart from Tarpon Bay 437-3007 for information or to purchase a luminary. Recreation Inc. at the north end of Tarpon Bay Road at 10.30 Chtopractic a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Rates are $10 adults, $5 children 12 and Art League Paintout Call Anytime under. For information and reservations, call 472-8900. The San-Cap Art League Paintout this week and next Library: Monday and Thursday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; 9 kicks in at 9 a.m., ending at noon with a critique and 4720900 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday. lunch at Periwinkle Park, 1119 Periwinkle Way. Begin 1717 Periwinkle Way CROW tours: Tours of the outdoor portions of Care about 9 a.m. Call 472-9150 for details. (across from Jerry's) & Rehabilitation of Wildlife are offered 11 a.m., Monday DR. DAREN FITZPATRICK through Friday. A Sunday tour is offered at 1 p.m. during Learn French the fun way the winter season. Adults, $5; children under 12 free. • Headaches Neck Pain • Backaches Joel Katz returns to BIG Arts to complete the reading of Karen Blixen's letters from British East Africa, trans- • Arm/Leg Pain Tingling/Numbness Water restrictions in place lated from the original Danish into French. On display, WALK-INS WELCOME • IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENTS Even-numbered addresses: 4 a.m. to 8 a.m., Thursday Katz's collection of African artwork. The six-week series and Sunday; odd numbers.: 4 a.m. to 8 a.m., Wednesday runs 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursdays through Feb. 8. Cost, and Saturday only. $30. Call 395-0900. Be a cop at the 4-way stop! Weight Watchers meet HAIR KAIR For a $10 donation to San-Cap Optimists, you can Weight Watchers meets at noon at the Congregational enter a drawing to be a cop at the four-way stop and Church in Heron Hall. enjoy 15 minutes of fame. First-, second- and third-place winners will be able to display their traffic-directing tal- Art Smarts ents at noon on Feb. 25. You may designate someone A new program for art collectors and would-be else or pick from a list of local celebrities. Bonus prize docents at BIG Arts. Eight Art Smarts evenings aimed at for the first-place winner — three nights at 'Tween -, PATK/MQSYSLER OPEN Mon s wed. 9-7 pu developing insight and the ability to explain the various A HONEY lYNAKHEV.lJNDA Tue.Tfiur, Frl SSat.9-5PM Waters. Bonus for second place — a Luc Century vase. aspects of producing and exhibiting quality artwork. ', DAWS, SANDY GALES, KATHV 2248 PERIWINKLE WAY Bonus for third — dinner for two at Sanibel Chowder PBOSSER&JOAHGIW IN SANIBEL SOUARE U /J JLZiD January's instructors: Carol Rosenberg, Jan. 25; in }any. All entrants may show their ticket stubs for a i February, Peter Pappas, June Rosner and Charles Reina. p^1. m^«jQtdiscount at the restaurant during February, The series runs 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Cost: or RandyC^SaS^«»ntoct Earl Bickett at 472-4127 $45; single session, $7. Call 395-0900. Hooked on fly fishing Cf.- Harvest Time Ministries Fly fishers and wanna-bes can get together with oth- COWSTRUCTION CO Entertainment Books to support tKeu the 2000 ers hooked on the sport at 7 p.m., first meeting scheduled Michael J. Valiauette sities to farmworker families and ofheu!'V^I*^Qeces>" at the home of Norm Zeigler, 482 Surf Sound Court. This GENERAL CONTRACTOR r book's bargains are good through Nov. 1. loA -ohni!P- group is looking to form a local club affiliated with the VOTED BEST HOME BUILDER ON the $30 book or make a tax-deductible contribution e Jeration of Fly Fishers. Refreshments and slide show, SANIBEL & CAPTIVA ISLAND FOR 1999 this charity, contact Sue King at 472-5185. rfation, contact Peggy Henward at 561-8168 or New Home BUtang FMU Service Contractor BIG Arts also has the books available as does the - at 395-9442. Renovations"** i-x * " Design service Available American Business Women's Association. Call 395- <9*n 472-0200 sanibel, Florida 0900 for BIG Aits or stop by the office at 900 Dunlop LICENSE #CGCO56909 Road. To suppoit ABWA, visit the Chambej, Island JANUABI 16 Graphics, Three Crafty Ladies The American Legion sells the books as a lund-raisei as well. Inquiring Minds series ANTIQUES NEW Zonta fund raiser Popular offering of BIG Arts in a 45-minute pii^ lion with a 15-minute break and an hour-guided discus- SHIPMENT • San-Cap Zonta's fund raiser for the coming year is a raffle for "The Essence of Tuscany and Umbria Wine sion. The series costs $55 for 12 weeks or $6 a session. WEEKLY Tour." Air and land trip for two to Italy for 9 days and 7 Call to confirm, 395-0900. nights. Tickets are $20 or three for $50. Drawing held in FridayFest at Bell Tower g oil April. Available from any Zontian or call 472-5152. • Zonta is also collecting gently-used books for Featuring John Chapman and the Tity Boom Sing AH Candles • Literacy Volunteers of America's book sale, Feb. 16 Jazz Band. Proceeds from beverages go to Newspapers throu-ghJPeb.18., at Edison Mall Call 395-1737. in Education. Caloosa Clown Alley creates balloon including pilfers & tapers! sculptures and offers face painting for chidren. Sidewalk FEATURING ABC Salopians sale also on hand. Fest is 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Center LaurL,auni fi^ainianenKaihlanen' ss 200zuu1i ACLABC. 5ate~r*sk!i4suuicuiatSliu"e~T*skk4suuid hatss «~uunCourt. opuuSponsorea d by Cellular One, LAMAR, DeVoe Shell lamps • Candles • Antiques are now on sale at the Captiva Post Office and^Tle~~~~IllS5Jti/Volvo - WDRR Dream 98.5. New Selection of Teddy Bears • Tiffany lamps Confused Chameleon. Janice Smart is collecting major *"~" auction items. Call 395-3901. The sale is Saturday, Feb. lizzie High Dolls • Sanibel Afghans 24. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the "Ding" Byer's Choice Carolers Darling Wildlfie Society. 1446 Periwinkle Way 395-0888 Lindbergh Poetry Festival lATURDAW, !ANIIAHf II Mon.- Fri. 8-8, Sat. 9-5, Sun. 10-5 WE SHIP UPS Sponsored by The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation in collaboration with Florida Gulf Discovery Day: Manatee Park Coast University, the Anne Morrow Lindbergh Shell Discover the life and times of manatees and Florida Coast Poetry Festival is accepting poetry submissions native plants and butterflies, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. One Month Rentals Available from public, private and home-school students in kinder- Interpretative naturalists throughout the park. Children's garten through high school seniors through Wednesday, activitiesl information displays, entertainment every March and April 2001! Feb. 28. The festival publishes an anthology and poetry half hour. Manatee Park is on State Road 80 across from dedicated to "dreamers." A published selection will be the FPL plant. Parking $3. Gull Pines Homo: 4205 Old Banyan Way sulMrmi Crniis SW»M«! »l s»*t»5 read by students at a poetry reading on Saturday, April 28, at FGCU. American Sewing guild seminar Themes are available from Margaret Morgan at 463- 5633. No blood, gore, violence or obscenity. Mail sub- In celebration of the Guild's 10th anniversary, author, missions to Festival, c/o Margaret Morgan, 7000 Estero syndicated columnist, speaker and television personali- X ty Sally Cowan conducts all-day seminar at Sabal Blvd., Apt. 301, Fort Myers Beach 33931. Springs Country Club in North Foit Myers. Preregister Bands sign up by Jan. 19: mail a $20 check to Ruby Grant 1302 Melaleuca Lane, Fort Myers 33901. For times, direc- The City of Fort Myers String Band is signing up 3 bwtoonrtS laihiwmltcnw 3 btrrirtflBl' S beWKMi ttswlo tions and club information, contact Marlene Freshwater Ui8* sundetJi ami sewatwd m Mill summer members in February with rehearsals set for (993-6980). Learn the six facets of health, the meaning behind ]'() l)i>\ HO, Sdiiilral Islund, 11 U9S7 symptoms and how to prevent disease. Doctors answer 7625 your questions. Class time is 6:30 p.m. at Sanibel PLEASE JOIN US NOW! Chiropractic, 1717 Periwinkle. ,16806 McGregor Boulevard • Ft. Myers, Florida 33908, WITH YOUR HELP, s iiitiiif f C.R.O.W. PLEDGES TO ALWAYS BE Macintosh Book Shop New exhibit THERE FOR OUR Oldest Island Bookshop Established 1960 The Magic of the Mask, a display of ceremonial t HELPLESS FRIENDS masks used by native peoples from around the world, Featuring: Best Sellers, Children's, Local Interests, opens at Aboriginals: Art of the First Person in the OF THE WILD. Nature, Birding & Shelling Books, Cards and Gifts. Village Shoppes, and runs through Feb. 28. - Music Cassettes and CDs - PJ YES, i waiH to help C.R.O.W. by becoming ^ a member. Lnclosed is my contribution for: It's election night Be sure to The San-Cap Republican Club holds its monthly Q Individual $25 Q| Sustaining $250 visit our meeting 7 p.m. in the first floor meeting room of the Q ramily $50 Qj Donor $500 Music Sanibel Library at 770 Dunlop Road. Officers will be Q Supporting $100 Q Sponsor $1000 Department elected. Any questions, call Jim Jennings at 395-1208. Q Benefactor, over $1000 featuring Cassettes & Class for new natives Please List My Membership as: CDs Natives for New Natives. Class designed for the new Sanibel homeowner. Through Feb. 17. Cost: four ses- 2365 Periwinkle Way, sanibel • 472-1447 sions, $40. Call Beth at 472-1932 for reservations. 1'IL.UI ni.il.i- ilwils IMVJWI In ( I! a W Attendance limited to 25. .ill cltus and uiiilnbtiliuils Island Dining - _. • ,— I * • «• r- M •>* J. •*.!».»* - - ••. * .. •./ *" J TIMBERS RESTAURANT 703 Tarpon Bay Road. 472-3128. Dinner 7 days, 4:30-9:30 p.m. Manager Mark Blust. Head chef CHADWICK'S RESTAURANT BEACHES GRILL & BAR BEACHVTEW STEAKHOUSE & SEAFOOD Andrew Loesch. Call-ahead seating. Cash, 1451 Middle Gulf Drive, Sanibel. 472-4151. 5400 Plantation Road, Captiva 472-7575. Lunch 1100 Parview Drive, Sanibel. 472-4394. Lunch Mastercard, Visa, American Express. Average Located at Sundial Beach Resort. Open 7 days, Mon.-Sat 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday brunch 9 a.m.- and dinner. Happy hour, 4-6 p.m. Piano music, 2-12 p.m. Carryout available. Major credit cards. 2 p.m. Dinner 7 days 5:30-9:30 p.m. Entertain- Wed.-Sat., 6-9 p.m. Reservations accepted. Cash, dinner entree, $17. THE BEAN OF SANIBEL ment nightly 9 p.m.-l a.m. Buffet dining. Cash, all all major credit cards. major credit cards. Price range, dinner: $27-$40. TWILIGHT CAFE 2240-B Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 395-1919. 751 Tarpon Bay Road, Sanibel. 472-8818. Lunch, Breakfast and lunch, dinner in season,7'30 a.m- GRAMMA DOT'S DOLCE VITA 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Dinner, 5:30 p.m. Eclectic 10 p.m. Coffeehouse, deli-style breakfast. Cash, 1244 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-5555. Dinner, 634 North Yachtsman Drive at Sanibel Marina, check, travelers check, Visa, MasterCard. Price 7 days, 5:30-10.30 p m. Dueling pianos nightly in Sanibel. 472-8138. Lunch and dinner 7 days. bistro-style cuisine. Appetizers, $3.95-$10.95; range, $7-$10. Dolce Notte Bar and Lounge. European cuisine, Reservations accepted lor lobsters only. Cash, entrees, $14.95-$22.95. Owner-chef Robert Parks. MasterCaid, Visa. THE BUBBLE ROOM international champagne bar. Valet parking. Res- TRADER'S STORE & CAFE 15001 Captiva Drive, Captiva. 472-5558. Lunch, ervations lecomtnended. Cash, major credit cards. HAPPY SHRIMP CO. 630 Tarpon Bay Rd., Sanibel. 472-6300. 1551 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-8818. Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dinner, 5-10 p.m. Owner ISLAND INN and dinner 7 clays, 11 a.m.-lO p.m. Reservations 3111 W. Gulf Drive, Sanibel, 472-1561. Breakfast Bieakfast, Mon.- Sat., 7:30-11 a.m.; Sunday, Jim George. Head chef St. Paul Corgelas. Reser- suggested. Casual dining. Cash, all major credit vations optional. Cash, all major credit cards. 7:30-10 a.m., Dinner 6:30-7-45 p.m. Dinner reser- 7:30-noon. Lunch and dinner, Mon.-Sat. 11:30 vations required. Jacket and collated shirt re- a.m.-10p.m.; Sunday, 12:30-10 p.m. Reservations cards. Price range, $14-$30. not accepted. Cash, all major credit caids. THE BUNGALOW quired for dinner. Cash, major credit cards. WINDOWS ON THE WATER 975 Rabbit Road, Sanibel. 395-9502. Next to the THEJACARANDA ISLAND HOUSE RESTAURANT 1451 Middle Gulf Drive, Sanibel. 395-6014. Island House Restauiant. Monday-Friday noon- 1223 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-1771, Dinnei, 975 Rabbit Road, Sanibel. 472-8311. Lunch mid Bieakfast buffet, Mon.-Sat., 7:30-10:30 a.m. 1 a.m.; Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m.-l a.m. Res- 7 days. Nightly live entertainment. Reservations dinner, 7 days, 12 noon 9 p.m. Bar and takeout. Reservations not accepted. Price mnge: appetiz- Lunch, Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Breakfast bul- ervations not necessary. Happy hour 3-7 p.m. accepted. Cash, all major credit cards. fet, Sunday, 7:30-10 am. Sunday brunch, 11:30 Major credit cards. ers, $5-$9; entrees, $15-$20. Cash, all ma|or cred- THE MAD HATTER it cards. a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner 7 days, 5:30-9 p.m. THE CANOE & THE KAYAK 6467 San-Cap Road, Sanibel. 472-0033. Open Manager, Darlene Smith. Head chef, Chris JEAN PAUL'S FRENCH CORNER 15951 Captiva Road, Captiva. 472-5161. At daily for dinner. Lunch seasonally. Resei-vations Lackey. Reservations requested. Cash, all major 'Tween Waters Iim. Open daily 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; pieferred. Valet parking. Cash, major credit cards. 708 Tarpon Bay Road, Sanibel 472-1493. Open Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 8 p.m. Monday-Saturday, dinner only seasonally. French credit cards. THE PORTER HOUSE cuisine and wines served in addition to seafood Carryout available. Reservations not necessary. Entrance to South Seas Resoit, Captiva. 472- Cash and major credit cards. and steak. Proper casual attire. Reservations sug- 7535. Open daily for dinner. Resort casual. gested. Cash, MasterCard and Visa. CHEEBURGER CHEEBURGER Reservations suggested. Outdoor patio dining sea- 2413 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-6111. Open sonally. Non-smoking. Cash, major credit cards. THE LAZY FLAMINGO daily 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Carryout available. Reser- 6520 Pine Ave., 427-5353 and 1036 Periwinkle BAILEY'S vations not needed. Cash and major credit cards. VILLAGE CAFE Way, 472-6393, Sanibel. Lunch and dinner 14970 Captiva Drive (Captiva Village Square), Periwinkle Way and Tarpon Bay Road, Sanibel. THE CROW'S NEST 7 days, 11:30 a.m.-l a.m. Reservations not 472-1516. Open daily 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Complete Captiva, 472-1956. Upscale casual attire. Open required. Cash, all major credit caids. 15951 Captiva Road, Captiva. 472-5161. At daily for dinner. Carryout available. Chef-owner, deli with fresh baked goods daily. 'Tween Waters Inn. Dinner 5:30 p.m. Carryout Paul Minoui. Reservations .suggested. Cash, McT'S SHRIMP HOUSE & TAVERN BARNEY'S INCREDIBLE EDIBLES available. Reservations not necessary. Live music major credit cards. 1523 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-3161. Dinner, 2330 Palm Ridge Road, Sanibel. 472-2555. Open Tuesday-Sunday beginning at 9 p.m. Crab races 7 days. Tavern opens 4 p.m. Reservations not daily 8 a.m. with free delivery. Quality deli and Monday. Cash, major credit cards. VIVA GALLERY & CAFE Andy Rosse Lane and Captiva Drive, Captiva. accepted. Cash, all major credit cards. bakery treats, as well as ice cream and cappucci- THE DUNES 395-9494. Upscale casual attire. Open Monday- MORGAN'S FOREST no. 949 Sandcaslle Road, Sanibel. 472-3355. At the Saluiday for lunch and dinner. Tea time, 2:30-5 1231 Middle Gulf Drive, Sanibel. 472-4100. C.W.'S MARKET AND DELI Dunes Golf & Tennis Club. Open daily for lunch. p.m. Carryout available. Chef Gerard Pinault and Breakfast, 7 days, 7-11 a.m., Dinner 5-10 p.m. Entrance to South Seas Resort, Captiva. 472- Dinner Wednesday-Saturday. Dinner reservations owners Marvin and Helene Gralnik. Reservations Manager, Gil Perez. Head chef, Russ Unglesbel. 5111. Open daily required. Sunday brunch 10.30 a.m.-2 p.m. (sea- suggested. Non-smoking. Cash, major credit cards. Reservations suggested holidays. Cash, all major 7 a.m.-2 a.m. Delicatessen featuring hot and cold sonal). Cash, major credit cards. credit cards. Price range, dinner, $25-40. sandwiches and GlLLIGAN'S NOOPIE'S JAPANESE-SEAFOOD & a variety of freshly baked items. Breakfast spe- 2163 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-0606. Open cialties available. daily 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Carryout available.. Cash, STEAKHOUSE major credit cards. 1451 Middle Gulf Drive, Sanibel. 472-5161. CAPTIVA ISLAND STORE & LIQUOR BELLINI'S OF CAPTIVA Dinner 7 days. Seven teppanyaki-style shows Andy Rosse Lane and Captiva Road, Captiva. GREEN SLASH BAYSIDE BAR & GRILL 11521 Andy Rosse Lane, Captiva. 472-6866. 472-2374. Open daily 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Grocer- 15183 Captiva Drive, Captiva. 472-3337. Open (food cooked in front of guests) daily Dinner 5-10 p.m. Reservations suggested. Spe- 5:30-9:30 p.m. Reservations required. ies, salads, sliced meats and cheeses, and fresh daily for lunch and dinner. Carryout available. cializing in Italian cuisine. Entertainment Friday, baked goods. Cash, major credit cards. Reservations accepted. Cash, major credit cards. Saturday & Sunday. All major credit cards. OLD CAPTIVA HOUSE 15951 Captiva Diive, Captiva. 472-5161, ext. 420. DAIRY QUEEN HUNGRY HERON ISLAND PIZZA & PASTA 2330 Palm Ridge Road, Sanibel. 395-2300. Dinner 7 days. Head chef, Ted Jenkins. Proper 1048 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-1170. Open 7 1619 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-1581. Open days 11 a.m.- Lunch and dinner daily, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily 11 a..m.-ll p.m. Features steak and seafood casual attire. Reservations recommended. Cash, Saturday and Sunday buffet, 7:30 a.m. Carryout. in addition to Italian favorites. Reservations not all major credit cards. 9 p.m. Cash only. Call-ahead seating. Cash, major credit cards. necessary. Carryout and delivery available. Cash, PIPPIN'S EAST END DELI THE ISLAND HOUSE RESTAURANT MasterCard and Visa. 1975 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 395-2676. Dinner, 359 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-9622. Open 975 Rabbit Road, Sanibel. 395-3502. Open daily. JOHNNY'S PIZZA 7 days. Reservations accepted. Cash, all major Monday-Saturday and Sunday during season. Sunday breakfast buffet 11 a.m.-12;30 p.m. 2496 Palm Ridge Road, Sanibel 472-3010. credit cards. Free delivery Monday-Friday. Deli with home- Lunch 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Dinner 4-10 p.m. Reser- Lunch and dinner.daily. Free delivery 11 a..m.-ll PORTOFINO made Italian specialties as well as cold-cuts, vations accepted. Cash, major credit cards. p.m. Gourmet pizza, subs, salads, soups Cash.. At the Sanibel Inn, 937 East Gulf Drive, Sanibel. soups and salads. JERRY'S RESTAURANT _ LAVIGNA 472-0494. Breakfast 7 days, 7:30-11 a.m. Dinner HUXTERS MARKET & DELI 1700 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-9300. Open 1625 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel 472-5453. Open 7 days, 5-10 p.m. Piano, 4-10 p.m. Manager Val 1203 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-2151,472- 7 days 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Breakfast to 4 p.m. Lunch daily serving dinner. Carryout available. Call- Haverly. Head chef Martin Prochagha. Reser- 6988. Open daily 6:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Breakfast, and dinner. Carryout available. Reservations not ahead seating. Cash, major credit cards. vations recommended. Romantic dining. Cash, all lunch and dinner. Complete deli. Checks, major required. Cash, MasterCard, Visa and Discover. MAMA ROSA'S major credit cards. Price range, dinner: $25-35. credit cards. LIGHTHOUSE CAFE —Captiva Road, Chadwick's Square, Captiva. 472- SANIBEL STEAKHOUSE JERRY'S SUPERMARKET 362 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-0303. 7672. Open 7 days serving lunch and dinner from 1473 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-5700. Dinner Breakfast and lunch daily to 3 p.m. Breakfast a 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Reservations not necessary. 1700 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-9300. Open 6 7 days. Reservations recommended. Cash, all a.m. to midnight. Delicatessen, bakery and family specialty. Dinner served seasonally. Carryout. Captiva delivery after 5 p.m. South Seas Resort major credit cards. Call ahead seating. Cash, MasterCard and Visa. charges accepted, Travelers Checks or cash. restaurant. THE SEAFOOD FACTORY ROSIE'S ISLAND MARKET & DELI t> See Dining. Casual t> See Dining.Italian 2499 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-2323. Dinner 362 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-6656. Open 7 7 days, 5-10 p.m. Lounge opens 4 p.m. Happy a.m.-9 p.m. Island grocery and deli. Major credit page 22 page 22 hour 4-7 p.m. Reservations not accepted. Cash, all major credit cards. cards. SCHNAPPER'S HOTS SUNSET GRILL 6563 Pine Ave., Sanibel. 472-2333. Breakfast, 1528 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel. 472-8686. Open lunch and dinner daily 7:30 a.m.- rchase any of the photos 7 days. Reservations accepted. Cash, all major 9 p.m. Breakfast sandwiches until noon. Char- credit cards. grilled hot dogs and burgers along with French fries and ice cream. ... - • - e in our newspapers! TERRACE TROPICAL GRILL . . 11509 Andy Rosse Lane, Captiva. 395-1677. THE SHOPPE Orderd yours Lunch and dinner Sundial Beach Resort, 1451 Middle Gulf Drive, today... 7 days, 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Closed Wednesday Sanibel. 472-4151, ext. 3840. Open daily 7 a.m.- off-season. Reservations accepted. Cash, all midnight. Hot and cold deli specialties from pizza major credit cards. and salad to gourmet coffees. THISTLE LODGE WATERFRONT SUBWAY 2255 West Gulf Drive, Sanibel. 472-9200. Lunch 2496 Palm Ridge Road, Sanibel. 472-1155. Open and dinner daily 8 a.m.- 7 days, Happy hour, 4-6 p.m. at pool bar and 7 p.m. and Sunday until 6 p.m. Breads baked Full-Colo lounge. Reservations suggested. Cash, all major fresh four times a day special sandwiches and Reprints credit cards. salads. AVAILABL NOW!! BEACH 702 OLIVA Private, Charming and Peaceful - 3 BR., 2 BA., walk to beach or Beachview Golf Course. Lush, beautiful vegetation, screened porch view. Enclosed storage below, outside shower. For information regarding reprints of photos in the $475,500 i Sanibel/Captiva Islander or Shopper's Guide, call (941) 472-5185. Janie Westall, Realtor For information regarding reprints of photos in the (o) 472-1511 /1-800-233-8829 Island Reporter or Captiva Current, caW (941) 472-1587. A /FUSaRTQjJ 1ST E-Mail: [email protected] ISLAND REPORTER • Week of Jan. 25-31, 2001 U 19 members and two alternates Three legu- meeting If you lill out and tin n in a caul New bridges being liland lai members and one alternate weie before 9 30, you will be able to make a selected by the county and four legulai short statement recommended to Lee membeis and the other alternate weie —Jon Liljequist, Chairman To the Editor: selected by Sanibel. Sanibel Causeway PD&E Citizens In the old courthouse building in The study group's persistence achieved Study Group downtown Fort Myers (2120 Main St.) Please send your letters to: two of the expiessed desiies of the citi- shortly after 930 a.m. this coming Letters to the Editor zens of Sanibel: establishing not only that Tuesday, Jan. 30, the Lee County Board Island Reporter neithei of the causeway islands need be Budget review panel of County Commissioners will pass on a P.O. Box 809 removed, but also that the existing diaw- welcomes public input consent-agenda item from the Lee County Sanibel, FL 33957 bndge should be rehabilitated and To the Editor: Department of Transportation (LeeDOT). Or, fax to-(941) 472-8398. retained. LeeDOT ultimately acceded in That agenda item, if passed, compiises Letters must be signed and include a these and has included them in their rec- The Five-Year Budget Piojection not only an approval for LeeDOT to toi- telephone number for verification. ommendations. Review Committee held its first meeting waid to the Coast Guard the PBS&J engi- We reserve the right to edit letters for Howevei, LeeDOT disagrees with the on Jan. 11, 2001, and leviewed the charge neering study known as the "PD&E," but style, grammar and length. study gioup's iccommendalion to also given by the city council. also a request to begin competitive bid- rehabilitate the other two bridges. At its The committee set the following dates for the next seven meetings in MacKen/ie ding upon approval of the PD&E by the befoie the county commissioners on Nov. final regular meeting after listening for Coast Guard. nine months to all of the evidence pio- Hall. Monday, Jan. 22, 1 p.m.; Friday, 13 of last year, or wiote letters or made Jan. 26, 8:30 a.m., Tuesday,, Jan. 30, 1 That study recommends the rebuilding phone calls to members of the study duced by both LeeDOT witnesses and of two of the three causeway bridges. The group Sanibel's own citizen experts, the study p.m.; Thursday, Feb. 8, 1 p.m.; Fuday, recommended curb-to-curb width for The study group meetings generated group voted 7-0 to recommend the reha- Feb. 16, 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, 1 p.m., those two new bridges is expected to be at moie than a 3-foot stack of paperwork. Its bilitation rathei than the immediate and Friday, March 2, 8:30 a.m. least equal to the current width of portions hnal report measured two inches in thick- lebuilding of all three bridges. Even the We invite members of the public to of the four-lane roads on the causeway ness and approached 500 pages. one alternate member in attendance con- join us for any of our meetings and if islands. I also want to thank the study group curred. there are concerns about budget or city If this consent-agenda item is approved members themselves who spent the better Next Tuesday the fate of the causeway services to shaie them with us during the by the Board, and permits are issued, part of a year working to learn the truth will be put into the hands of the county public comment period at each meeting or LeeDOT will be well on its way toward about the condition of all elements of the commissioners. 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Cons Scams ©NOST What's It All About Combat The Brothers teie Room Heroes and Sheroes Bonanza Combat The Brothers ISLAND REPORTER • Week of Jan. 25-31, 2001 • 23 ppenangi Yellowstone slides to be shown at next Audubon Auction raises funds for power squadron Award-winning nature voking scenes in nature. photographer Michael His book "Impressions A Nauti-Auction at the monthly meeting of the Impellizzeri will present a of the Natural World: An Sanibel-Captiva Sail & Power Squadron raised more • musical slide program on Inspirational Journey," than $1,600 to support boating education, a major mis- his adventures in won the prestigious sion of the group. Members donated everything from life Yellowstone National Park National Association of vests to portable potties that were auctioned off with on Thursday, Feb. 1 at 8 Independent Publishers great fun to the highest bidders. p.m. at the Sanibel Book Award for Best Auctioneer Dale McGinley kept the action going Community Association, Coffee Table Book. under the guidance ol Lt. Bob Perlstein, Nautical 2173 Periwinkle Way. His latest book, Auction Chairman, and his committee: Ronn Downey, All are welcome to "Natute's Artistry: There's Charlene Timothy, Al Rubio and Charlie Sappcnfield. attend this program, pre- More to See," piesents Nautical items included a wide variety ot items, such as sented by the Sanibel- extraordinary images out of paintings, compasses, electronic gear, boat chaiis, and Captiva Audubon Society. the ordinary. anchois with attached rodes. Winning bids nmged from Suggested donation is $3. "Through my photogra- a $1 to more than $100. Before the bidding began For further information, phy, I exploie and record Squadion Commander Betty Boers inducted new mem- contact Audubon's pro- the world, its beauty, its bers into the squadron: Brenda and Dave Demarec, Above: Commander Betty Boers, at the micro- gram chairman David magic moments, and the Shhley and Dick Jewell, John Cestaro, and Joan and phone, swears in new members of the Sanibel- Meardon at 472-2346. endless varieties of land- Alan Klulch. Captiva Sail & Power Squadron members. (L Michigan native Imp- scapes and creatures Past Commander Bill Lucas presented the nomina- to r) Brenda and Dave Demaree, Shirley and ellizzeri has spent the last which inhabit it," he says. tions for new officers for the coming year, and the slate and Dick Jewell^ John Cestaro and Alan and four summers in Yellow- Impellizzeri &' program was unanimously elected. The new Bridge will be Joan Klutch. stone and will discuss his is the sixth of 11 weekly installed at the February Change of Watch meeting. adventures and observa- slide presentations during tions of the natural world. the winter season spon- From bull'alo stampedes, sored by the Sanibel- to a close encounter with a Captiva Audubon Society. grizzly bear, the sights and The Sanibel Com- sounds of our nation's first munity House is located national park come alive across from the J. Howard in this slide and music pre- Wood Theater. There is sentation by author and plenty of parking in lots on photographer Impellizzeri. both sides of the street. Impellizzeri has traveled People are urged to arrive extensively throughout early for good seating for North America photograph- this popular program ing unusual thought-pro- series. eatf Photos I Special to the Reporter Above: (1 to r) Enjoying the auction festivities Betty Marie Harrelson Griffith at the Power Squadron are members Barbara Betty Grilfith, formerly of Sanibel, died on Dec. 28, Foote, Barbara Jones and Lois Perlowski. 2000. She was 78. At right: Auctioneer Dale McGinley opens the Born in Kalamazoo, Mich., she moved fiom Paw bidding for a compass during the January Paw to Owosso, Mich, al age seven, attending Owosso Nauti-Auction of the Sanibel-Captiva Sail & public school and giadualing from Stephens College in Power Squadron. Columbia, Mo. Her graduate studies were done at the University of Michigan. On Sept. 12, 1945, she married Frank Wells Griffith TUESDAY PRIME TIME at Fort Dodge, Iowa and the couple lived in Sioux City, Iowa until 1986 when they moved to Sanibel. 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Orlando Combat Ozzle Room Ballroom Dancesport Bonanza Shanklin Combat Sanibel resident Margaret Jones died Jan. 8, 2001. ©NOST She was 98, Born in Oxford, Conn., she had lived in Southwest WEDNESDAY PRIME TIME Florida since the late '70s. She was a registered nurse, a developer on Sanibel, and loved shelling, collecting 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11 zOO1 11:30 antiques and, most of all, Sanibel. ©NBC Mews News Wheel Jeopardyl Ed (cc) (S) R The West Wing (cc) .aw 4 Order (cc) News Tonight Jones was preceded in death by her second husband, ©PBS World News NewsHour The Living Edens Jazz (Part 10 of 10) (cc) (S) Charlie Rose (cc) Otto Jones, as well as her first husband, B,A. Deximer, ©FOX Friends Friends Frasier Seinfeld 70s Grounded Temptation Island News (cc) 3rd Rock Married with whom she owned and operated a pharmacy in ©CBS News News Inside EXTRA Bette (cc) Welcome Movie: ** One Kill (cc) (S) News Letterman Connecticut. She is survived by several nieces, ©WNPL Star Trek: Voyager Carey Carey Dawson's Creek (cc) Jack & Jill (cc) (S) Date Smarts Heart Spin City nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews, including ©ABC News (cc) News ET Hollyw'd Be a Millionaire Carey [Spin City Once and Again (cc) News (cc) Nightline James F. Luskay of Southbury, Conn. ©WGN Full H'se Clueless Prince Susan Movie. ** No Holds Barred News (cc) (S) MacGyver (S) Memorial contributions may be made to the Florida ©TBS Roseanne Roseanne Prince Prince Believe It or Notl WCW Thunder Believe It or Not! Sheriffs Youth Ranches Inc., Post Office Box 2000, ©PBS NewsHour Business Served' The Living Edens Jazz (Part 10 of 10) (cc) (S) Kennedy Center Boys Ranch, FL 32064. ©SHOW Movie: Age of Innocence (5 30) (cc) Movie1 ** Payback (co) (S) Soul Food (cc (S) Movie ©HBO Movie: *** My Dog Skip (cc) (S) Movie. +** American Beauty (cc) (S) Oz (cc) (S) Movie Barbara W. Jones Movie, Young Hearts Unlimited |Hoops Movie ©DISN Smart |Boy. Movie. Horse Sense (1999, Children) (cc) Longtime Captiva resident Barbara W. Jones passed @TMC Movie Movie. ** Stepmom (650) (cc) (S) Movie. ** China Moon (S) Movie Notting Hill ®FAM Two/Kind Boss? Early Edition (cc) (S) Movie ** Dennis the Menace (S) Early Edition (cc) (S) The 700 Club (cc) away peacefully on Dec. 15 in Lacey, Washington. © CNN W'ldView Moneyline News Hr. Crossfire Blitzer The Point Larry King Live (cc) Tonight {Spin Rm Sports Mon'line Barbara made Captiva her permanent home from ©USA Walker, Tex. Ranger JAG (cc) (S) Nash Bridges (cc) Movie: Attila (Part 2) (2001, Mirasenes) (S) Movie: Attila (S) 1972 to 1990 and was very active as a volunteer at the 1 ©LIFE Golden Golden Intimate Portrait (cc) All Kinds/Families Movie What Makes a Family (cc) Golden Golden Captiva Memorial Library and the Sanibel Captiva ©ESPN SportsCenter (Live) College Basketball (Live) (cc) College Basketball (Live) (cc) SportsCenter (Live) Conservation Center. She also was a chairperson for ©TNT ER (cc) (S) The Pretender (cc) NBA Basketball (Live) (cc) In NBA Movie Captiva's "almost world famous" ABC rummage sale. ® AMC The Three Stooges H'wood Lives Leg, Movie *** The Desert Fox (1961 War) Movie **** Giant (1956 Drama) She is survived by her husband, Dewitt, of Lacey, ©NASH Rockford Files (cc) Miami Vice (cc) (S) Martial Law (cc) (S) Movie. ••* The Stone Boy (S) Magnificent Seven WA., her two sons and four grandchildren. ® A&E Nt Court N'Radio Law & Order (cc) Biography (cc) American Justice Investigative Report Law & Order (cc) 1 Memorials may be sent to: Sanibel-Captiva Sea ©NICK Pinky CatDog Arnold [Rugrats Thorn Brady Facts/Life Facts/Life 3's Co 3's Co. All/Fam. Jeff'sons Turtle Conservation Program P.O. Box 839 Sanibel FL ©TRAV Treasure Vaca Vid Curious World (cc) Six Days in Roswell Monster Mystery Creepy Destinations Six Days in Roswell 33957. ©NOST Cafe DuA Uggams Rat Patr Rat Patr Ozzie Room American Couples Bonanza Frenzy Rat Patr. Rat Patr. • Week of Jan. 25-31, 2001 • ISLAND REPORTER land CLASSIFIEDUpgrades - Per Issue S Private Party Upgrades - Per Issue NOTICE EADLINE I Item $50 or Less- 12 Words FREE 14 Point Word $1.80 Space Lines.. $1.10 TO CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS I Item $51-$ 100-20 Words $3.00 12 Point Word $1.65 Attention Getter $2.50 We reserve the right to properly MONDAY classify, eclil or reject any ad. Be Items SI01 - $499-20 Words $4.25 9 Point Word $1.30 Grabbers $5.75 sue to check you ad' the first FL 4 PM Items $500 - $ 1000 -Ads without Prices $5.75 Bold Boxed & Centered $3.75 Photo -1" ilncludes Boxed & Centered) $13.00 week it appeals. We will not be Carpet In Business Rate Ads (28 words) $6.75 responsible for eirois aftei HIP first & first Boxed & Centered $3.60 Logo/Artwork - 3/4" $12.00 publication- and must be i lotilied rooms OFFICE HOURS Call For Multi-Week Discounts sq. ft.), Capital Lettering $1.75 Color $20.00 within three days in oiclei lo row! 9E i:30 AM - 5 PM ~ Super Seller ~ secure any adjustment All ,~.iris aie First 4 Words Capital $1.00 pi iced ai a flat rate, no refund oi Daybed, Does not include personals, 900//S or Business/Service Direct™ ies Additional Words (per issue, per word) 25t IONDAY - FRIDAY afljusirnens for unused weels. die ant ALL PUBLICATIONS Centered Type $1.15 Blind Box Ads $6.25 New, s $285, C PRIVATE PARTY $45" BUSINESS RATE $70 BoldType $1.50 Each Blind Box Mail Out $3.00 G Phone: 472-1587 "FaK It: 472-S398* In Person: Offl 4O"> 3/4' PERSONAL SITUATIONS GENERAL PART TIME SALES SKILLS & TRADES SERVICE WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED HELP WANTED Start immediately!! Customer Alarm sales consultants needed to VER Service Reps, Account clerks, Aviation Ground Services become team leaders in Lee, CC HYPNOSIS SERVICES OFFERED clerical positions, all shifts. 24 hour Limited Collier and Charlotte county areas. BA STOP SMOKING National Co. w/ benefits. BAGGAGE HANDLERS Substantial sign-on bonus, salary PHOTOJOURNALIST WEIGHT LOSS Professional environment, good needed, & commissions :(40% add-ons INSOMNIA Is your office part-time hours. THE CAPE CORAL a mess phone skills, some computer plus) Full benefits. Wayne 941- SEXUAL ENHANCEMENT required. Apply in person Monday- Valid Florida driver's license. 939-1329 Fax 941-939-4189. DAILY BREEZE STRESS-ANXIETY and in need of Loading/unloading, HAS AN IMMEDIATE organization? Friday, days. FireMaster, 12800 GRIEF MANAGEMENT University Dr., Suite 400, (800) cleaning aircraft. OPENING FOR A PHOBIAS - ROAD RAGE I am available $7.00/hour. FULL-TIME for either a 548-3473 AGE REGRESSION Flight benefits. GULF COAST PHOTOJOURNALIST IT WORKS! one time set-up or Apply in person: WITH THE FREE CONSULTATION periodic visits. ABILITY TO SHOOT Years of experience. 11850 Regional Lane, WOMAN IV DR. JULIAN CAUCEGLIA HAIR STYLIST/ S.W.Reglonal Airport Are you ready to work in a EVERYTHING FROM ERTIFIED HYPNOTHERAPIST Cargo Bldg. challenging and rewarding FEATURES TO (941)481-5259 Call 395-3315 IMAIL TECHS 768-6696 career? . SPORTS. for a free evaluation Gulf Coast Woman is looking for DIGITAL SYSTEM an AND PHOTOSHOP RE Advertising Sales EXPERIENCE A PLUS. AUCTIONS& STYLIST SEND RESUME AND GENERAL FULL TIME/PART TIME Associate Is TOLLS PAID PROFESSIONAL CLIPS OR PORTFOLIO BAZAARS to join our dynamic team. TO: a HELP WANTED BENEFITS AVAILABLE VMC'A " PAT'S HAIR KAIR HELP WANTED BOAT S CAR AUCTION 'Absolutely Free Info*! internet The skills & experience you EXECUTIVE EDITOR I Users Wanted. Secrets to Internet SANIBEL ACCOUNT MGR. & ACCOUNT bring to this position will be n SATURDAY 2/3/2001 472-2425 REPRESENTATIVE. VALARIE HARRING, 9AM Wealth. $2500. to $5000. plus rewarded with base-plus-com- CAPE CORAL DAILY BREEZE monthly. www.4e2hojTiepay.cpm. Immediate FT openings mission and an Res for Naples & Ft. Myers attractive benefit package. P.O. BOX 151306, CAPE CORAL, Are You Connected? for Personal & MANAGEMENT Commercial Lines. Make your move to a FL 33915-1306. iM'ETlRY'- CRE" Internet Users Wanted Must be computer automated Unal $500-$7000/month brighter tomorrow FAX: Visits yyww.build-your-future.cpm. HELP WANTED and have Insurance experience. MATIOIM Excellent benefits today! ~ - _. (941)574-5693 Be "crypt, Memorial Gardens^ & compensation. - -E*mall olonlal Blvd. in Hall of the Last Are you earning what you're worth? Contact: Robin Calabrese Swfnewsi @Flguide.com Work from home. Full training. 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For information call: 941-574-3403 MISI 1-818-942-0200 ext.3040 •___.'. EXCELLENT Closet, 16731 McGregor Blvd., ADULT - CHILD STARTING SALARY, ATTN: Fort Myers. PRODUCTION MANAGER LAYOUT/COPY CARE GROWING BUSINESS NEEDS GENEROUS 437-0577 HG HELP! Work from home. Mail- BENEFITS PACKAGE, OR order/E-Commerce. $522 + /wk FULL PAY STOP IN AND FILL EDITOR 7O THROUGHOUT TRAINING, OUT AN APPLICATION THE CAPE CORAL P.T. $1000-$400Q/wk FT. AND VACATION APPLIANCES HY-< Trinity Christian www.FreewaypfDreams.com AT DAILY BREEZE TIME STARTING THE BREEZE NEWSPAPERS T Cnildcare ••V800-555-6435;--, "'•• HAS AN IMMEDIATE Woodburning stove, almost new, Now has both FIRST YEAR OF 2510 DEL PRADOBLVD. OPENING FOR A FULL-TIME V Full-time and EMPLOYMENT.., CAPE CORAL, FL 33904 with stove pipe and fire brick, $50. LAYOUT/COPY EDITOR TO 941/694-0568 ____._. Part-time CALL (941) 275-2002 PAGINATE PAGES FOR THE Positions available. ADVERTISING SALES FOR INFORMATION. DAILY, SISTER WEEKLIES We also have Work in paradise WE ARE AND SPECIAL SECTIONS HOME Openings for on beautiful Sanibel Island. RETAIL USING QUARKXPRESS. Children age We are looking for MUST BE FAST AND METICU- FURNISHING 12 months an energetic, organized, WENDY'S HELP WANTED LOUS. SEND RESUME AND through 5 years. self-starter for the GROWING CLIPS TO: A~Brand New Queen Mattress SeT - We are Centrally position of sales associate THROUGHOUT Never been used, still in plastic. Located at with our LEE, COLLIER, EXECUTIVE EDITOR Quilted Top. With 10/yr. Warranty. 12400 Plantation Rd. Island publications. CHARLOTTE, AND APPAREL SALES VALARIE HARRING, Cost $570., sell $199. 941-594- Between Colonial Blvd. Some professional experience SARASOTA CAPE CORAL 9369. CAPTlVA POOL HI and preferred. COUNTIES Full OR PART TIME DAILY BREEZE Daniels Parkway. Fulltime, AN EQUAL P.O. BOX 161306, Buy today, Install tomorrow!! Carpet ERS BEACH BOUTIQUE dealer left with many rolls of Air/Wi Enroll your Child base pay plus commission OPPORTUNITY WITH GREAT STAFFI CAPE CORAL, With this Ad and on established territory, EMPLOYER FL 33915-1306. _ Beautiful carpet. We will install any water/ $9/per hour- 3-rooms, up to 360sq.ft. for only old A/ Receive full benefits Including 401K. plus tolls- Free Registration. FAX: $395 tax included. 242-8444 ECO-E plus medical - world' For more information, Contact Tonya at plus more! (941) 574-5693 Please call Rhonda at 941-472-1587, 941-472-5185 Canopy bed, Black Iron with ortho- efflcle CALL OR FAX RANDY: E-mail pedic mattress set, (New in box) J- Ar (941)768-1300 > or fax resume to 472-3272 Swfnewsi ©Flguide.com 941-472-8398 Queen $250. King $350. 941-246- 24hrs/ 1859. -1120.. graphic designer Have a staff needed for marketing, ad design TYPESETTERS NOTICE states • Experience in QuarkXPress and page layout for offerei position you local newspaper group. beat I and/or Multi-Ad Creator on Mac. officia by a i need filled? shots • Newspaper background helpful. opportunity & ext< dance to work on extraordinary design public • Must be able to meet tight deadlines. accep Shirlene will and marketing projects. dogs < We provide an attractive salary and benefits roe t help you fill • • • • • • • * • • experience in QuarkXPress & Photoshop on Mac. D( it with a Fax resume* to: illustrator and Multi-Ad Creator experience Sf Production Manager at 941-574-3403 helpful, but not necessary. Background in classified newspaper and magazine a plus. • • -OR.**' Mo ad! fax resume———— Ai Stop in and fill out an application to: Production Manager @ 941-574-3403 at 2510 Del Prado Blvd., Cape Coral Call 4724587 attractive salary and benefits package ISLAND REPORTER • Week of Jan. 25-31, 2001 • 25 REPORTER CL/\SSIFIEDS HOME DOMESTIC AUTO POWER BOATS GENERAL REAL VACATION VACATION FURNISHING Pontoon Islander 1990, 24 hardtop ESTATE RENTALS RENTALS new steering deck newly Carpet Installer with many remnants '96 MERCURY replaced 90 hp Johnson runs & first quality rolls, great deal 3 GRAND MARQUIS GS and looks good, seats 20 $1,250, OCEAN'S REACH rooms installed w/pad $379 (360 463-4465 ATRIUM Gulf Front Leather Exclusive Gulf front condo resi- sq ft) Buy today install tomor- Power windows and locks. ISLANDER One Bedroom Condos rowi 997 6595 SeaRay Express Cruiser, 1998, dence Two weak minimum AVAIL- Each accommodates four $11,900. ABLE NOW (608) 363-7669 656-4543 after 6-00p.m 21 5Ft, stored indoors 75 REALTY Non-Smoking Daybed white and brass, with trun- or leave message. hours 250 Mercruiser I/O Cuddy Fantastic View dle and 2 orthopedic mattresses cabin, SeaRay warranty through Beach, pool, tennis, bikes New, still in box Cost $800 Sell 2004 New batteries, extra prop, PRIME SANIBEL Owner: $285 Cash 941 246-1859 dock-lines. $29,000. Call 454- VACATION HOME 941-395-1972 4854 ANOi 330-788-9329 "^CHEVY BERETTA AVAILABLE: GLASS TABLE TOP 1996 APRIL 40"X70",TAPERED ENDS 55,000 MILES SAILBOATS BOARDWALK TO BEACH 3/4" FULL THICKNESS V6 AUTOMATIC Look' 2 sailboats, 15 It Capri with PRIVATE LANE 3BR/2BAhome $175 obo COLD A/C trailer, fun easy to sail, $575 26 JUST OFF VERY PRIVATE 693-8158 AM/FM CASSETTE ft Hunter, good clean safe boat, in WEST GULF BEACH Fireplace, paddle fans, ABS AND AIRBAG the water Come look, $6,500 screened lanals, BBQ, WHITE EXT/GREY INT Must sell both_941-772_-8678 Four bedrooms, three baths. heated pool, tennis bikes NEVER DAMAGED VERY GOOD CONDITION Living Room, Dining Room, All amenities ORIGINAL OWNER REALTY Game Room, Lanai GREAT RATESIll COUCH & LOVESEAT EXCELLENT CONDITION! BOAT PARTS & BASSETT FURNITURE Call owner $7000 OBO 1-888-733-5299 314-842-2147 LIGHT BEIGE 941-225-1316 SUPPLIES UPPER CAPTIVA $300. FOR BOTH Mercury 25 EL O/B 1998 W/l-S/S & ISLAND OR BEST OFFER 1-alum prop CMC power trim & Beach Front Condo Two CALL 540-6759 tilt, less than 100 hours $2000 bedrooms plus two baths _ o b o _C_alLQreg 574-8727 SALES AND POINTE SANTO IF INTERESTED CLASSIC & RENTALS DE SANIBEL Washer/dryer Large kitchen Pool - tennis - bicycles Now ANTIQUE AUTOS booking weekly and monthly LOTS FOR SALE "GULF VIEW HOME" LUXURIOUS MEDICAL & GULF FRONT Owner 330-864^3094 CtievyBelair 1957 2 Doorpost Very 3 BR/2.5 BATH PENTHOUSE CONDO. HEALTH straight Needs restoration 350, 4 GREAT BEACH ACCESS DELUXE CONDO speed $10 000 (941)283-3947 DINKINS BAYOU GULF FRONT Widest $440,000 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, screened lanai with 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, Den RESIDENT CARE Open Water View. Two weeks minimum. TRUCKS & VANS Dock spiral staircase to CHECK "BAYFRONT HOWIE" Photos available. Legally filled 3 BR/3-1/2 BATHS private rooftop sundeck. Rent direct from owner Is your Loved One in allowing close to Gorgeous sunrise a nursing home or HARBORSIDE DOCK and save! 9 Bayou construction and sunsets. care facility (856) 985-0322 One lot from WORLD CLASS VIEWS Beautifully decorated Is your loved one Sanctuary Golf Course. GREAT BAY BEACH receiving the care, $475,000 and fully equipped. treatment, and Also available $1,100,000 Call owner TENNISPLACE Respect they deserve' SHARP Adjoining extra lot Substantial savings SANIBEL Do you Live with two bedroom "DOCKAGE INCLUDED" Water View. Out of State or Guest Cottage (610)664-2371 Two bedrooms. Unable to make frequent CALL OWNER WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL Pool, tennis courts, GMC 1978 PICKUP Gas grills, picnic tables, Visits to the nursing home 402 BIG BLOCK Brokers' protected. WELL LOCATED LOT or care facility' 305-872-3900 LOWEST PRICE IN Fishing dock. 12 BOLTPOSI, CHANGE OF PACE AVAILABLE- Are you wondering 373 GEARS, 400 TRANS., how your SAFETY HARBOR CLUB Beautiful vacation home 3 bedroom JANUARY 1 to APRIL 1. 4" REAR HOUSING, $125,000 2 bath Your own private tennis 941-472-3745 Loved one is being treated STOCK HEADS, When you are not present? WATERFRONT court and swimming pool 100 443-994-0997 3/4 LIFT CAM. yards to Gulf of Mexico Leave message If you answer is CHOPPED & CHANNELED "NORTH CAPTIVA DUNES Questionable or OUTRAGEOUS PAINT JOB PROPERTY LOT" (440) 338-8031 You have any Doubts Pine Island Bokeelia Barrancas "FLAMED" & MUCH MORE OVERSIZED & UNDER- (440) 338-5281 LET US FIND OUT $8,000. O.B O Avenue and Buccaneer Street WE REPORT AND WORK FOR CALL 95X90 Dock, davit base City PRICED LOGGERHEAD CAY YOU ONLYHllll (941) 283-8621 water Impact fees paid Wide GREAT VIEWS OF STATE SUNSET CAPTIVA LEAVE MESSAGE deep canal $135,000 Phone LAND STEPS TO BEACH RESIDENT CARE CHECK, INC. (941) 283-3947 _____ Elegant 3 BR/2BA Home 8695 COLLEGE PKWY., $47,000 In Private Fully Furnished SUITE 313 Beachfront Community Two bedroom, two bath FT. MYERS, FL 33919 VACATION Fully furnished Condo. RECREATION (941)472-3000 Pool - Tennis - Cable - VCR TEL. (941)415-8658 VEHICLES PROPERTY FAX: 2CATV's, VCP, FAX (941) 415-0019 (941) 472-9635 CD/Stereo, VWD RENTING: Pool • Tennis - Boat Dock "Serving Southwest COACHMEN SANTARA 2000, Call owner APRIL THRU DECEMBER Florida" 30.5 FT. TRITON ENGINE, FISHING CAMP 615-371-9029 7K MILES, on Klssissmee River. MANUFACTURED www members home BY OWNER 19" COLOR TV, VCR, 14 miles North of net/sallytom 1-S16-629-1801 CD PLAYER, Lake Okeechobee, HOMES ALTieAOL.com MISCELLANEOUS EXTRA VENT COVERS awesome fishing, 5 : AND GREAT FLOOR PLAN. FfFSFRiver's E¥giT Iffi~CuleTnver Hidden Acres Estates front, 3/2, awsome view and fish- HG-70HD Radio Tower CALL MIKE Prime Location, ing, dock, Jacuzzi , workshop , For sale 941-656-6586 Travel Trailer, screened large riverview family room, lots of 7O'(nested height 22') porch, furnished, storage First $16,000, 941-850- HY-Gain self-supporting storage shed, 8633 Telescoping tower ltasca-1997 Sunrise, completly amenities Include marina with Mosley TA-36 dressed, many extras, purchased w/boat slip * boat ramp, Beam Antenna new March '99,15,000 miles $15,000. TEAMSANIBEL.COM and Mechanically perfect Poor health (941) 561-4638 or CONDOS FOR Cushcratt 1382 forces sale Pay only balance (941)850-1163 ISLAND REAL ESTATE J">»™»< 2 meter beam $45,800, 941-466-3264 SALE $1,000. Will consider trade Sunline Solans, 25 ft, 1997 Mint Merchandise condition Rear bath Been used ~ FOR SALE BY Phone 281-S981 (3) three times $10,000 (941) $69,900 283-3947 JJWNER LAKESIDE CONDOMINIUM Cape Large 3Bdr72Ba home, on cor- Five minutes MOTORCYCLES & ner lot w/fruit trees Approx from Sambel. SEASONAL RENTALS 3200/sqft, large tiled lanai, storm Two bedrooms, two baths. POOL HEATERS/AIR CONDITION- MOPEDS shsutters Must see to appreciat- Fully equipped ERS - New - All Kinds - ed 1803 Palaco Grande, call for and furnished. PMR Air/Water/Hybrid. Free hot 505 ______New carpeting and tiles. Priscilla Murphy The Best Choice of Properties water/Pool/Spa heat Convert Tennis court. old A/C- Cut electric 50% $$. TulsaGL1500 Heated Pool. Realty, Inc. Available on the Islands ECO-ENERGY, INC. (factory) Mufflers for (941)437-8191 world's most Honda 1500 Goldwing efflclent/Dellver/Ship/lnstall by Motorcycles J Archie Gay CMC056968. Improves throttle response EAGLE RIDGE 24hrs/7days 332-5450 /800-474- Gives a deep throaty Executive Home! 7120. exhaust tone. MOBILE HOMES VACATION RENTALS UNLIMITED Like new. Convenient Location $125. Off Daniels Rd _FORSALE PETS & SUPPLIES 941-283-5928 Ft Myers, McSregor/Summeriin, For 1-800-727-9990 4 Bedroom/2 Bath sale/rent, 1br 50 plus park w/pool, Split Floor Plan, clubhouse Completely furnnished, DON'T SETTLE...CHOOSE! • * Pool, Fireplace, new central air/heat, good appli- THOUSANDS OF PROPERTIES AVAIL ABU EVERVPAY, NOTICE. Florida Statute 828.29 Large Walk in Closets, ance perfect location near states that all dogs & cats POWER BOATS Sanibe & Ft Myers 2 Car Garage, Beach $8,000 (41)542-0443 offered for sale in Florida must Laundry Room, be at least 8 weeks old, have an LARSON, 1997 19 1/2 feet 150 hp official health certificate signed Johnson motor Less than 100 Huge Fenced in Backyard, by a veterinarian, have proper hours Bimini top Ski tow Dock Custom Window Treatments, BUSINESS shots and be free from intestinal box $12,250 Call 941-395-2594 One of the Lowest FOR SALE & external parasites In accor- after 4 30 p m Priced Homes For Sale dance with this statute, this publication will not knowingly Boston Whaler 13Ft with 25HP In Neighborhood, •SANIBEL accept any ads advertising Johnson motor Bimini top and Home Warranty Offered, WHOLESALE/RETAIL dogs or cats for sale that do not trailer included Good condition $189,900. FLOWER MARKET meet these requirements $2000 OBO Call (941)283-4474 By Owner WELL ESTABLISHED Reservations MUST SELL Four Winns 1994 2150 DUE TO ILLNESS Sundowner, 5 0 EFI Zero time Call PHONE 274-5566 DOG KENNEL 10X10, remanufactured engine, recon- FAX 274-5575 Sambel & Captiva CHAIN LINK ditioned outdrive, new mani- (941)561-4638 SELF-DISASSEMBLE folds & risers, full mooring can- or CENTRAL AND PICK UP vas, Bimini top w/custom front S100 window curtain. Cuddy w/ (941)850-1163 RESERVATIONS, INC CALL AFTER 6 00PM bunks and porta potty. Runs Your ORIGINAL central reservation service on the islands with MONDAY THRU FRIDAY and looks like new. Very easy You could be OR on fuel. Great family boat over 5,000 one to seven bedroom homes condos, cottages, efficiencies. I ALL DAY SATURDAY Trailer with new hubs & bear- filling a rental and hotel rooms on and off beach Weekly, dail) and monthly icntals II AND SUNDAY ings Book value w/trailer SW Cape home Gulf access "Let us do the bemihingfoi you' j 941-945-2253 $14000 Must sell Sacrifice Pelican area 3/2 open plan, heat- vacancy with an $9750 OBO. Call 941-772-9941 ed pool, large dock with lift, $191,000,941-549-3448 ad here. I, Lie. Real Estate Broker, call (800) 325-1352 or 472-0457 A 26 • Week of Jan. 25-31, 2001 • ISLAND REPORTER island CLASSIFIEDS VACATION VACATION VACATiQIti VACATION BOCA GRANDE LEGALS RENTALS RENTALS RENTALS RENTALS HOMES LUXURY HOME RELAX SOUTH SEAS PLANTATION SUNSET CAPTIVA GULF-TO-BAY FICTITIOUS WHILE VIEWING 1-3 bedroom Bay Villas. Private Gulf and EXECUTIVE RETREAT BEAUTIFUL LAGOON. 2 bedroom & 2 bedroom Bay Front Community. NAME OCEAN FRONT Three bedrooms, two baths w/loft Beach Villas. Two bedrooms, two baths. LITTLE GASPARILLA SOUTH SEAS PLANTATION in Seasonal rates. Sleeps five. ISLAND PRIVATE POOL AND SPA GULF SHORES. Amenities optional. Beautifully remodeled 5 bedroom, 3 bath ONE ACRE FENCED IN LOT Very close to beach. 1-800-878-7495 and decorated. luxury Key West style home NOTICE OF RESORT AMENITIES AVAILABLE Fully equipped home. WWW.VacationVillasUSA.com Pool - tennis - boat dock. on 3 very private acres AVAILABLE: AVAILABLE NOW! adjacent to INTENTION TO A FEW WEEKS STILL AVAILABLE FEBRUARY and APRIL. Weekly or monthly. Don' Pedro State Park. IN Call owner: CALL OWNER: Docks and REGISTER FICTITIOUS FEB., APRIL, & MAY-OCT. 2001 703-860-0065 (734) 426-0050 boardwalk to Gulf. SOUTH SEAS PLANTATION Additional cottage and NAME WEEKS: SPECIAL RATES AVAILABLE 2 waterfront SANiBEL CONDO: Pool and tennis MARCH 30 to APRIL 6, 2001 . building sites. The undersigned does DIRECTLY FROM OWNER and FOR A LIMITED TIME. courts. One bedroom, one bath. Great for hereby certify that Best weeks still available. Call APRIL 6 to APRIL 13, 2001 WEST GULF DRIVE family compound. he Is conducting a Sue: 941-283-3058 Plantation Beach Club II: $1,650,000 Marine Consulting PHONE: (219)272-0889 Beach condo. FAX: (£191273-5973 OUTSTANDING HOME Impeccably furnished. and Instruction Beautiful Gulf view. WITH PRIVATE BEACH ACCESS. Owner. business at Two bedrooms, two baths. AVAILABLE: 941-698-1710 5830 Pine Tree Drive SEASONAL RENTAL Pool and Tennis. JANUARY - APRIL 2001 Sanibel, Florida JUST AVAILABLE Please call: $4500/MONTH under the fictitious name of ******** 2 bedroom, 2 bath 1-248-258-5367 BoatSavvy Ground level home + 941-995-0631 NORTH FT and that said firm is com- Find Your Place With Heated pool 941-982-4170 posed In mint condition. MYERS HOMES , of the following person Lots of privacy. SUNSET CAPTIVA Pobir"SpaclbTis""i ,512 sq.ft., "3br., whose name and place of Rates begin at BEAUTIFULLY eat-in kitchen, sunken family room residence is as follows: $4600/month. FURNISHED HOME. RENTAL w/fireplace, living room, privacy CAPTAIN MIKE MC MILLAN Agent for owner: AVAILABLE WEEKLY: fence in large backyard. Just 5830 PINE TREE DRIVE GLENN CARRETTA, 2 Bedroom, loft, 2 Bath. SHARING reduced to $79,900. Must close by SANIBEL FL 33957 Broker-Salesperson Screened Lanais. 2/1 /01 ,(941 )415-0626 Ownership of VIP John Naumartn 3 TV/VCR. WANTED; PROFESSIONAL BOATSAVVY L '., REALTOR":,I and Associates Pool - Tennis - BBQ Grill. FEMALE TO SHARE POOL is as follows: 800-784-2616 or Gulf Beach, Boat Dock, HOME IN CAPE CORAL. $375 SANIBEL/ STUDIO ELEVEN, INC. - (941)395-3100 And Morel PLUS ONE-THIRD OF THE UTILI- 100% VIP Realty Group g lennc @ coconet.com Call owner at TIES. 549-9220. CAPTIVA HOMES It Is my intention to apply www.teamsanibel.com 314-872-9990 to the Department of State, Division of Corporations, SANIBEL / CAPTIVA / APARTMENTS & State of Florida to register FT. MYERS BEACH / UPPER CAPTIVA the said name of FT. MYERS DUPLEXES FOR BOATSAVVY SEASONAL RENTALS SUNSET CAPTIVA TREEHOUSE Two bedroom under the provision of •RENTALS* Luxury RENT Chapter 90-267 Three bedroom, two bath. Secluded Seasonal * Annual STEPS TO BEACH Jungle cottage, officer-. (Fictitious Name Act), Short Term * Homes * Condos Gorgeous Large screened porch. S. Ft. Myers: Annual Rental, immedi- Laws of Florida Fully equipped. Tropical hardwood floors. Waterfront * Off Water 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath ate occupancy, completely remod- Awesome 360° views ---_ (Section 865.09, North Captiva home Private Gulf and eled, 3B/2 1/2 Bath townhouse, Flbrida.Statutes), 1990 Bay front community. from sky deck. $950/rno. Peppertree Point, cov- Lush landscaping. JANUARY 200,1 K SANIBEL: Pool - tennis -Boat docks - ered parking. Phase 111 Real SOUTH SEAS GULF FRONT Gas grills, and much more. Five minute stroll 941-472-1613 1 bedroom, 1 bath Estate, 433-1100. to beach. 800-237-7526 CALL OWNER. Condo 517-321-6324 Call owner: 395-1039 VIP Realty Group/ DISCOUNT THROUGH OWNER HOMES FOR Rental Division 1-800-567-6687 [email protected] RENT SUNSET CAPTIVA LOCKSMITH Rent my beautiful Three bedroom, two bath very nice LANDS END 2 Bedroom, 2.5 bath home. home in friendly Sanctuary. No Pool - Beach -Tennis. VILLAGE CONDO SOUTH SEAS PLANTATION Call (910) 457-9251. pets. Annual lease. $1450/month. At South Seas Plantation BEACH VILLA: 472-2382. 2 Bedroom / 2 Bath Two bedroom, two bath. Luxury Unit BEACH VILLAS: Fantastic Ocean Views One bedroom one bath. THE VACATION Weekly or Monthly Rentals BAY SIDE VILLAS: • *•*•*< your Book now for next season One bedroom, two bath. HOME Owner 800-897-0288 THREE NIGHT MINIMUM. YOU'VE ALWAYS REASONABLE RATES WEEKLY DISCOUNT $0 DOWN rentals SAVE THROUGH OWNER! WANTED OWN YOUR (800) 899-7327 ISLAND LOCKSMITH filled for Most private beach. HOME DUNES TOWNHOUSE NO CREDIT OKI 3 BEDROOMS, 2.5 BATHS Dock on Bayou. Heated pool. FIRST COMMUNITY MORT. 24-hour Emergency next* AVAILABLE: SOUTH SEAS PLANTATION LIC. CORR. LENDER MARCH and APRIL 2001 Wide porches. Service PLANTATION HOUSE Open sunning decks. 941-461-0499 BY OWNER Interval for rent. year? 908-276-7074 Chateau Sur Mer area. WEEK 14 Idyllic luxury and comfort. • *•*•* (April 6-13) Easy care, no effort 472-2394 $2,800. Ocean's Reach Gulf Front Condo. Vacation Home. . Two bedrooms, two baths. Three bedrooms, three baths. One bedroom. Sleeps four. Newly Sleeps four to six. Monthly rentals. decorated. "A" rated. Shelling, Cathedral ceilings. You can place your classified ad at the Island Reporter pool, tennis. Top floor for best Beautiful. Call for rates. - view of beach. Call owner: On Gulf. (941) 472-8248 Office until 10:00 a.m. Tuesday mornings. Just stop by! 612-472-7994 Evenings: (505) 982-9242 914-723-5653. SAVEME... MY SPECIES... Adopt-A-Manatee Contact: Save The Manatee® Club 500 N. Maitland Avenue Maitland, FL 32751 or call 1-800-432-JOIN Adopt a manatee and help make a difference for all endangered manatees. You'll receive an adoption certificate, a photo and biography of your manatee and the Save The Manatee® Club newsletter five times a year. Your contribution will go toward public awareness, education, research and lobbying for this unique species. ISLAND REPORTER • Week of Jan. 25-31, 2001 Q 27 CROSSWORD BRIDGE PREMIER CROSSWORD/ By Donna J. Stone CD COLLECTION ACROSS 60 Actress 112 Architect, 4 Miss 40 Covent 88 Tenor Sylvia Strikes Again 1 Pinza or Slezak for instance Muffet's Garden Georges Chaliapin 62 Stopped in 114 "The nemesis conductor 90 Auctioneer's But as time wore on, and as 5 Basilica one's tracks Descent of 5 Word with 41 Dernier — cry East dealer. feature 66 Singer Elvis Man" author cheese or 42 Grapefruit 92 43,560 North-South vulnerable. some of Sylvia's mistakes some- 8 Page 68 Scandinavian 120 Fumble roast serving square feet NORTH how miraculously worked in her 12 — pants 71 Handy bit of 121 Empty (of) 6 Homer's 47 Shimon of 93 Cassandra, • 76 favor, the membership grew more 17 Relative of Latin 122 Wagner's field Israel for one YQJ943 tolerant of her exotic approach to PDQ 72 — Jima "— 7 Bawled 49 Clear 96 Part of NB the game. In fact, her extraordi- 18 Crude cartel 73 Window part fliegende 8 Cover 51 "The Power 98 UK-honor • AK5 20 Comic 74"— Eyes" Hollander" 9 "Evil of Love" 99 Ruminate *AK2 nary talent for doing the wrong Radner ('79 hit) 123 Sneaks Woman" singer 103 Legendary WEST EAST thing at the right time eventually 21 It's down in 76 "New Look" peeks rockers 52 Opening Bruin • AQ10543 492 became a side benefit of club mem- 126 the mouth couturier Carries 10 Confuse remark? 104 Used a ¥K6 Y10852 bership. 22 Connecticut 80 Cambodia's 130 Removes 11 Lost luster 54 Tyson stat divining rod • Q93 One of Sylvia's earliest tri- senator Lon — the cork 12 Wheel 57 Crockett • 1074 106 High spirits *Q1094 umphs occurred on this hand 25 Cotonou's 81 Articulated 133 1974 Tony- part colleague 109 Nourished *76 country 83 Gridiron winning 13 "Hi, 59 TV's "My 111 Surprised SOUTH where she was West and led a 26 Swiss position actress Horace!" Living —" shout • KJ8 spade against three notrump. De- miss? 84 Art deco 137 "Killer 14 Puniest 61 Eyebrow 113 Terra firma VA7 clarer won with the jack and real- 27 Rustic sight name Tomatoes" pups shape 114 Misfortune • J862 ized that he had to develop the 28 Villainous 85 Clementi sound 15 Inventor 63 Aquatic 115 Hefty heart suit in order to make the Luthor composition 138 Fiddled Howe mammal herbivore •JS53 30 Bit 87 Fit neatly (with) 16 Actor 64 Former 116 Writer The bidding: contract. South also recognized 31 "Nightmare" 89 Philhar- 139 Screenwriter Patinkm African Rogers St. East South West North that his best chance by far was to street monic James 19 Stylish nation Johns Pass Pass 14 Dble rely not on a heart finesse but 33 "Pelleas et section 140Talbotor 20 Bathed in 65 Bring bliss 117 Factions Pass INT Pass 2 V rather to play for Sylvia to have Melisande" 91 He had a Naldi butter 67 Santa's 118 Sag specifically the K-x or K-x-x of 141 Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT composer gilt complex Like the 23 Corn holders problem 119 1492 vessel hearts, in which case leading the 38 Intrude 94 Pennsyl- kitchen sink 24 Actress 69 Mets' milieu 124 Brink Opening lead—five of spades. 43 About vania sect 142 Risked a Joyce 70 Singer 125 Pursue When Sylvia first joined the ace and another heart would ren- 44 Sky light? 95 Velvet finish ticket 29 Makes Maresca 127 The ChiD- club, which was soon after she der the defense helpless. 45 August 97 Tragic fate 143 Scrape by, one's 74 Fountain munks, e.g. started to play the game, the first Accordingly, he led the ace of one 100 They squeak with "out" mark order 128 Ferrara first reaction by the members was that hearts at trick two, planning to 46 Watchband for them- 144 Action 32 Swimmer 75 Luncheon- • family continue with a heart. Undoubt- 48 Say "Hey!" selves figure Biondi ette lure 129 Galaxy the Admissions Committee had 50 Drummer 101 Vino center 34 Multi- 77 Gentleman glitterer made a dreadful error in accepting edly, South would have made three Buddy 102 Crucifix DOWN purpose of leisure? 131 Short snooze her application. notrump had he been playing 53 Cold-war 105 Photo book 1 Big name in vehicle 78 "Pagliacci" 132 Hog It was not that Sylvia played against anyone else, but when he accord 107 Trams Baroque 35 Lamebrain soprano heaven? so badly — we had all seen lots of played the ace, Sylvia accidentally 2 55 Scrabble transport it '68 US 36 Pop 79 Pirate's 134 Caustic players who, despite years of expe- dropped the king on it! After this, piece 108 Subordinate Open 37 Joins forces quaff substance South found—to his great discom- 56 Ring site? Claus? winner 38 Different 82 Flatt or 135 Rock's — rience, simply hadn't grasped the 58 Hero's 110 Football's 3 Amritsar 39 Around the Pearson Zeppelin finer points of the game; rather, it fiture —that there was now no way horse Aikman attire corner 86 Indistinct 136 Diminutive was that the errors she committed to make the contract, and Sylvia, were of a kind that no one had ever in her own inimitable way, had encountered before. triumphed again. ©2000 King Features Syndicate Inc. norm ONIOO AVON S.3H 'AHNOJAt HtfOW 1HO OX A3HA\. v aNnoa ^aj-sravj AHiva HHJL HSELVDHH 1261 127 128 129 • I14° |144 #979 Average time of solution: 61 minutes. CRYPTOQUIP AWKDBYW LIW MDVUN CDUXWU CFBJM D RIWN LF HWL XFUW XFJWN, IW'Y JFR MFVJH XBKI ABLLWU. Today's Cryptoquip clue: X equals M © 2001 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. 28 Q Week of Jan. 25-31, 2001 • ISLAND REPORTER - •%"' 'i' **" Be first with the latest news and happenings on Sanibel and Captiva. 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