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PvT MB LJ Arts Reviews Marsha Wagner 21 IJj Dave & Lee Horton — Too Much Sun • Art Directions Cathy Taylor -25 island INDEX " W LJ Word Watching In our companion newspaper the Island islands through Ihe news covered by the Reporter, don't miss the following stories: Island Reporter. '_] How to contact us — 4 Vince Faraone M Sanibel and Capliva's only -• 26 H [slanders pack Committee of the Commentary pages — the voice of the 'Zl Island Scene — 11 Islands Candidates Night. islands. !J Sports - 13 • Councilman Andrew Reding exonerated Mission Statement: The Islander is the by State Attorney's Office. islands' favorite COMMUNITY paper; our LJ Business — 15 • City Council passes ordinance prohibit- sister paper, the Island Reporter, is the IJ Weather - 17 • Fatherhood ing the feeding of wild birds. islands' official NEWSPAPER. By work- IJ Arts Calendar - 23 • Police Beat. ing together, the two papers are comple- Jeffry Lindsay • Permits and deeds. mentary to one another and, together, pro- Q Classified Ads - 27 -.27. • Web and Gardening column. vide the full flavor of these fascinating G Business Services — 34 • Looking Back—the history of the islands. open NOW OPEN To The DRBILLFULK Public ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF THE SANIBEL MEDICAL CLINIC Embrace the Natural "Beauty ojSanl AT 1715 PERIWINKLE WAY (941) 395-2005 EACHVIEW APPOINTMENTS AND WALK-INS WELCOME GREENS FEES AS IX>W AS $22 AN ISLAND DOCTOR SERVING ISLANDERS Includes Tine Cart Championship Golf Course I AM AVAILABLE NOW FOR CONSULTATIONS Open 7 days a week 7am - 5 pm Voted Best AND HOUSE CALLS Call For Teeiime 472-2626 Golf Course CALL PAGER (941)999-4808 1100 Par View Drive in Beachview Estates r 4 • Week of October 20-26, 2000 • Islander Biking Sanibel offers many opportunities his commentary ends with a toises or marsh rabbits Coming back up Casa Ybel walking path were created near the "what if." It begins with memo- peeking through the Around to Billy's Bike Rentals, Sanibel River? The Sanibel-Captiva Tries. Some of my first memories bushes, pileated wood- where we'd picked up our Conservation Foundation and other of Sanibel and Captiva come from the peckers hammering a bikes, we crossed the organizations now own, or hope to own, perspective of riding a bicycle. From cabbage palm, alligator Our Town Sanibel River — for the a massive swatch of land that stretches -early on in my Sanibel life, since 1983, tracks across various third time on this short trip. from Casa Ybel Road to Tarpon Bay, I've explored the islands via bike. Long trails. I remembered the first and even further west and north up ago I discovered the hidden trails of the • Just this past week- week I lived on the island I towards Rabbit Road. The land was •end, I had the chance to had the pleasure of canoe- bought for numerous reasons, the top Lighthouse Beach, Sanibel Boulevard, 1 the Bailey Tract and the main part of the give a tour to two people ing with Bird Westall down one being creating a habitat for wildlife J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife from Fort Myers. We the river, past one-foot-long since we've affected its terrain so much. Refuge, I've given bike tours along biked through the Bailey striped .