PRESORTED MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID Read Us Online PERMIT #18 at SANIBEL, FL IslandSunNews.com Postal Patron NEWSPAPER VOL. 17, NO. 29 SANIBELSanibel & CAPTIVA & Captiva ISLANDS, Islands FLORIDA JANUARY 22, 2010 JANUARY SUNRISE/SUNSET: 22 7:16 • 6:02 23 7:16 • 6:03 24 7:16 • 6:04 25 7:16 • 6:05 26 7:15 • 6:05 27 7:15 • 6:06 28 7:15 • 6:07 Opera And Community Celebrates Blind Pass Broadway Reopening And Renewal At BIG ARTS Shana Blake Hill Friday, January 29 at 8 p.m. Hill excites audiences and critics alike as she proves herself a multifaceted per- A group gathers to cut the ribbon for the official opening of Blind Pass, six months after former in both operatic and orchestral the sea broke through to the bay side following the removal of 150,000 cubic yards of repertoires. material between December 2008 and July 2009 She has appeared as a principal artist Ryan Taylor with the Los Angeles Opera, Savonlinna by Anne Mitchell Festival Opera (Finland), Cincinnati IG ARTS on Sanibel has booked Opera, Opera Pacific, Long Beach t cost $2.5 million to dredge open Blind Pass and restore what Mike Mullins, soprano Shana Blake Hill, and Opera, Santa Barbara Opera, San Luis chairman of the Captiva Erosion Prevention District, called “the heartbeat” of the Bbaritone Ryan Taylor with pianist Obispo Mozart Festival Opera, Berkshire Iecosystem. Brandt Fredriksen and violinist Peter Opera and Opera Nova. She has also And to mark the reopening – which occurred last summer – island and county Winograd for an evening of musical been featured as a solo artist with orches- officials, coastal engineers and well-wishers gathered Friday to put the official stamp delights from the worlds of opera and tras including The Philadelphia Orchestra, on the momentous occasion. It was an upbeat event under blue skies with balmy tem- Broadway. The group will perform in The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The peratures and even a large pod of dolphins came out to play just offshore in the Gulf BIG ARTS Schein Performance Hall on continued on page 34 of Mexico. continued on page 11 Bald Eagle Sculpture To Roost At CROW by Brian Johnson slanders Bob Wigley and Wayne Boyd presented an American bald eagle Isculpture, carved by Jim Sprankle, to CROW as a gift on January 14. The eagle carving, appraised at $42,000, will adorn the entrance of CROW’s Healing Winds Education Center, and enhance the experience of visitors. “It’s stunning,” said CROW Veterinarian Dr. PJ Deitschel. “We’re so grateful to have such a beautiful sculpture, plus the American bald eagle is such an inspiring creature, and there’s no one bet- ter to carve it than Jim Sprankle.” continued on page 21 Bob Wigley, Dr. PJ Deitschel, Jim Sprankle and Wayne Boyd 2 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 22, 2010 Hortoons American Legion Post 123 News ome in on to the Legion Sunday, January 24 for Dougie Fresh’s CBBQ ribs, chicken and shrimp dinner with all the fixin’s from 1 to 8 p.m. There will be live music at 6 p.m. Watch the NFL Championship games on the big screen. Every Thursday night is cards night at 7 p.m. Every Friday the Legion serves a six-ounce ribeye steak sandwich with French fries all day. Stop in and check out the entire menu. The public is welcome. Food is served all day, every day. Open Monday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 12 to 9 p.m., the American Legion Post 123 is located at mile marker three on Sanibel-Captiva Road. For more infor- mation call 472-9979. CARD OF THANKS he Sanibel-Captiva Lions Club would like the thank everyone for Tparticipating in this year’s golf tournament. Despite record low tem- peratures on January 10, the Lions held a successful event. Last year’s golf tour- nament raised well over $8,000. This year, despite the weather causing some to cancel, there was a great turnout and the tournament was still a success, rais- ing approximately $8,500. The Lions are very thankful for all who helped make this happen. Thanks again to the sponsors, the golfers, and, Read us OnLine at IslandSunNews.com of course, Beachview Golf & Tennis Club for making this all possible. ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 22, 2010 3 JEWELRY GALLERY 520 Tarpon Bay Road • Sanibel, FL 33957 • 239.472.2888 • www.lilyjewelers.com 4 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 22, 2010 Sanibel Historical Museum And Village Docent Profile: Barbara Broadhurst by Ray Buck his is Barbara Broadhurst’s second year as a docent at the Sanibel THistorical Museum and Village. If you listen to her talking to the guests, you soon get the hint that she’s had her feet on the island in one way or another for a long, long time... since 1978. Sanibel's Community Housing & Resources, Inc. Her parents built their retirement home on Sanibel in 1979. “I’ve been a visitor invites all islanders to a dual celebration: to the village for many years. Bringing my guests here and showing them life on the island before the causeway has always Th e Grand Opening of Centre Place: been an enjoyable experience. I love all the buildings for different reasons. Introducing Aff ordable Limited-Equity “The Morning Glories cottage brings back memories of a family retreat in the Home Ownership to Sanibel Poconos. Although it was not a Sears house, it was built about the same time. -and- The old Bailey store and packing house bring back remembrances of a a simpler CHR's 30th Anniversary lifestyle where everyone knows you, your family, and your needs.” When: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1 - 3 p.m. Barbara adds that she loves the old, or reproductions, of the food and sundry Where: Centre Place, 1500 Centre Street items (like those exhibited in the Bailey store). “One of my hobbies back in Docent Barbara Broadhurst enjoys the Located behind Billy’s Bikes Maryland was to go antiquing in the spring rocker on the Rutland House porch as she and fall with my husband. He was a collec- awaits visitors tor of 18th century primitive furniture and stoneware. I collected German Christmas ornaments (kugals) from the mid 1800s. Tour the beautiful new homes “I once lent the museum several of my ornaments and they ended up featuring Open to the public them on an antique show on NBC2,” she said. “I have also exhibited some old quilts in the spring quilt show at the village. Hooking rungs, the old traditional method, is another hobby I have pursued since retirement. I have created several island themes in my attempt to make an old art new and more reflective of my current interests.” In 1993, she and her husband, a retired Upjohn employee, purchased a house in The Dunes. Four years later, after her early Protection Located in Periwinkle Place • 239-472-3960 retirement from the U.S. Naval Institute, they had their first extended stay on 2075 Periwinkle Way Suite # 39 Sanibel, FL Sanibel. A year later her husband passed away suddenly. “It was a tough decision to continue to come back to the island,” she said, “but my good friends at BIG ARTS helped me through this difficult time.” She worked Maui Jim • Ray Ban part-time at BIG ARTS for six seasons and later became a volunteer. In addition to her Prada • Bolle docent time at the historical museum, she also volunteers at “Ding” Darling and the Oakley • Serengeti Sanibel Community Church. “While Annapolis, Maryland was my Costa Del Mar home for more than 50 years,” she says, “Sanibel has always been the destination of my heart.” Barbara also has bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Maryland. live outside. We Moved !!! 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Stand Against and if we can rid ourselves of getting oil tion to our problems.” He will tell them that for another $135 and gas from that source it would have Bernie Lubetkin, resident, said having or $196, their signs can remain on the Oil Rigs In Gulf a significant impact on our security,” spent much of his career designing and walls. by Anne Mitchell Denham said. developing oil fields, he could say that “oil Council gave its blessing for Roth’s Vice Mayor Kevin Ruane said the rigs require a lot of supplies” such as a idea, which could generate $15,000 or ome people wondered out loud on resolutions of the various municipalities in terminal and barges going up and down more. That money will go into the pro- Tuesday why the city council of Lee County are wide and various. “Lee the coast. There would also have to be a gram’s 2012 fiscal year. SSanibel Island would even need to County says (not) within 25 miles and storage facility. “Every time you hook one debate the question of whether to take a others say ‘not in our waters.’” Ruane hose to another you have the potential stand against offshore oil drilling in the noted, “If this moratorium were lifted it for an oil spill,” Lubetkin warned.