Barak soid Government Day page1A pageiB euaammiai JUNE 2, 1995 VOLUME 24 NUMBER 22 island 3 SECTIONS, 36 PAGES REPOR90 T Commuiiity id 3395? SPECIAL REPORT Barnett pays $17.2 million A week in Cuba By Matthew Miller tive deal to our shareholders," Frank StaffWriter said. Full banking including investment and trust loans as well as club and citi- zen accounts are all proposed new banking services presently unavailable. The new services could be available as early as November, Frank said. Certain details including the bank's name, employee futures and board of directors are yet to be resolved. "We have not decided on the name," Frank said. "We have every intention of retaining our present employees and the board may remain as it is, we haven't completely decided." CBOTI is considering a proposal by the Captiva Civic Association for a Community Bank of the Islands branch expansion to be located on at 2450 Periwinkle Way. Captiva Island. Frank said the board of directors will continue to consider the Barnett Banks, Inc. Florida's leading CCA's proposal. financial institution, announced "We have every intention of consid- Wednesday it will buy Community ering that proposal. Barnct, their goal is Bank of the Islands. to provide banking to'both-islands," The two Periwinkle Way locations Frank said. sold for $17.2 million in common Barnett Banks Inc. has $42 billion in stock. The transaction is expected to assets, lists stock on the New York close in the fourth quarter of the fiscal Stock Exchange and is ranked among year. the top 25 financial institutions in the "We're looking at a few weeks down United States. the road before paper documents and Community Bank of the Islands statements are settled," said Lyman established itself on Sanibel and Frank, president and CEO of Captiva in February 1988 after Frank Community Bank of the Islands. "This and chairman of the board James G. doesn't mean anything to our customers Lowman began operation out of a tem- until, sometime as early as November." porary facility at the corner of Community Bank of the Islands is Periwinkle Way and Tarpon Bay Road. the leading financial institution serving Bank of the Islands, the precursor of Sanibel Island, with approximately 43 CBOTI, was purchased in 1986 by percent of the area's bank deposits. Citizens and Southern National Bank. With two offices serving Sanibel and Bank of the Islands is now defunct and Captiva, CBOTI has more than $92 Citizens and Southern National Bank is million in total assets. now NationsBank. The seventh installation of a series on Cuba may be found on "We felt we needed to be in position "This is great deal for everyone page 1C. Above, dancers at the world famous Tropicana night- to bring more services to our clients envolved," Frank concluded. club in Havana still perform to packed houses nightly. and Barnett offered an extremely attrac- County aligns ordinances for Jory Dahmer remembered JetSki rental and operation By Matthew Miller By Mark S. Krzos and Sanibel. StaffWriter StaffWriter The county stated environmental concerns and the One year ago this For the past ten years or so, JetSkis and Wave increase of the watercrafts for the proposed ordi- week, Sanibel and Runners have been to many people, the highlight of nance, but that is all hogwash, according to Marcel Captiva lost one of its their beach going experience. But if Lee County has Ventura, owner and operator of Yolo Watersports on best friends, its way and adopts a new ordinance banning Jet Skis Captiva. A beautiful life from most of Captiva's waters, that high achieved "This is discrimination, pure and simple," Ventura ended in tragic death from zipping across the emerald waters will revert said. "The county wants to ban all Jet Skis around as Jory Leonard back to days of boring books, sand fleas and tired Captiva with the exception of South Seas." Dahmer was shot on a conversation. Ventura said he believes the proposed ordinance is Captiva beach in the The proposed personal watercraft vendor license targeting himself and his business. early hours of June 1, ordinance in Lee County would set a variety of "This new ordinance will only hurt my business," 1994. restrictions on the renting, operating and licensing of Ventura said. "The county claims that Jet Skis harm No one needs to be rental shop owners and their customers. The ordi- sea grasses, manatees and put swimmers at risk of Jory Dahmer reminded of the chilling nance also includes a ban of operating such water- crafts as JetSkis and Wave Runners around Captiva •please see page 3A -please see page 2K 2A • JUNE 2,1995 • ISLAND REPORTER Shell Point is creeping closer toward development as funds come together By Mark S. Krzos StaffWriter Stardial Investments Company, of Fort Myers Beach is moving ahead slowly with its plans to devel- op a large housing community on Shell Point Boulevard, despite the area being called a healthy and product salt marsh and mangrove forest. Although not much correspondence has taken place between Stardial and the city of Sanibel, the United States Army Corps o.f Engineers is currently investigating the vitality of the wetlands. Previously, the Sanibel City Council vehemently opposed the development by Stardial Investments at Shell Point Boulevard and McGregor Boulevard, cit- ing the potential building of 2,200 residences over 200 acres would destroy virtually all the wetlands in that area along with hampering Sanibel's and * ••*" !). Captiva's evacuation routes, i * "This is a wetland development and essentially what they want to do is build a small city on top of a mangrove forest," Natural Resource Director Rob I Loflin said. Loflin said the only thing Sanibel residents can do to stop this development is to rely on government agencies such as the Department of Environmental V _ Protection (DEP), the Army Corps of Engineers and There are no signs of construction and no one will say for sure what's next for the wetlands. the Water Management District. According to Loflin, Stardial also has an additional application for the installation of a park and boat quality and cause a loss of its current contribution to The United States Army Corps of Engineers is still rarhp right through the heart of the wetlands. marine fisheries and its function as a wildlife habitat, currently investigating the possible impact the devel- "This is a completely absurd project that could Loflin also explained a dangerous precedent could opment might have on the wetlands and according to eventually lead to an environmental catastrophe," be set if the development surges forward. Loflin, will be sensitive to the needs and concerns of Loflin said. "Other wetlands could go the same way until all the residents of Sanibel and Captiva. Loflin explained that the proposed site supports a the wetlands have vanished," he said. healthy and productive upper salt marsh community, Engineer for Stardial Investments Rick Barber of including many mangroves and that the destruction of Agnoli, Barber and Brundage, Inc. could not be this area may have a negative effect on local water reached for comment. •from page 1A details and the cowardly attack. The reality rings all too clear in the ears of those that loved him and those •"•".. --•••>'. ? that barely knew him, because by all accounts, Jory was someone special. "He was there for me, everyday he was there for me if I was in New England he would call me and be there for me," recalled Bobby MacDonald , Jory's best friend of 15 years. MacDonald and Jory go back before Jory moved to Captiva from Nebraska. Jory was an All-American Weather High Low Rain May 25 92 71 May 26 94 75 May 27 95 76 May 28 95 73 May 29 closed May 30 92 74 May 31 97 76 Rainfall for May so far is 0.8 inches compared with a trace for the entire month last year. Note: rainfall levels are recorded from the morning of the day given to the following morn- (Lto R) Rick Fratus, Paul Whittaker, Bobby MacDonald and Michelle Robinson huddle close togeth- ing. er in remembering their closest friend. Source: SanibelfCaptiva Islands Chamber of Commerce. swimmer at the University of Nebraska. Following MacDonald said. college, he was drafted by the Kansas City Royals. MacDonald laughed at.the prospect of. naming He then moved to Nantucket and became a lifeguard only one special occasion he and Jory spent together before he finally relocated to Captiva. It was then that because "there are so many." Editorial office: 472-1587 MacDonald really formed a tight bond with Jory. "I guess it was five or six years ago when me and Display advertising: 472-1587 Classified advertising: 472-1587 "He was making pizzas at a pizza shop on Sanibel Jory went to the Mucky Duck for lunch and had some Subscriptions: 472-1587 and I told him to come bartend at the Crow's Nest," Business of flee: 472-1587 drinks to celebrate his birthday. We drank and had a MacDonald remembered. "It was his first bartending good time and then we loaded up to go to the airport The Island Reporter (USPS 813-580) Is published weekly each job, he didn't know how to bartend. He soon became Friday by Gulf Coast Weeklies, Inc., P.O. Box 809, Sanibel, Florida where I had waiting a private plane with a private 33957-0809. the best bartender on the island. People went out of pilot that flew us to Key West for the night. We saw Subscriptions: Sanibel, Captiva and Lee County, S22 per year their way to come see him." Inc.