WEEK OF JANUARY 13 r v.«;**.«;/• \^f1 *.; .V:^i'?». ^ !s '«\ I I- V DAY NIGHT IS PRIME TIME!* Served with baked Idaho potato KIDS EAT FREE!! & corn on the cob Snow Crab <%3tp Grouper EVERYDAY! Sfirfnip Open Mon - Sat @11 am Sunday 9:00am Servefrvfrith French Fries & com onjthe. cob.. 2330 Palm Ridge Rd. Sanibel Island With the Purchase of One M5** and Up Adult Entree You Receive One Kids Meal for Children 10 & under 37 items on the "Consider the Kids" menu. Not good wjth any other promotion or discount Ail specials subject to availability. This promotion good through January 20,2006 and subject to change at any time. Sunday 9:00-12:00 noon Master Card, Visa, Discover Credit Cards Accepted No Holidays. Must present ad. Auction by Sanibel Captiva Orchid Society The Sanibel Captiva Orchid Society will hold an orchid auction of noted orchids from the collection of Dr. Faye Granberry at the regular monthly meeting at 1:30 p.m. on January 16 at the Sanibel Library. The entire proceeds of the auction will be used to establish the Nancy Way Sheldon Educational Fund. She was an orchid enthusiastic, collector of orchids, an attendee at the Sanibel Captive Orchid Society and the Southwest Orchid Society and the fund in her memory will carry out her wishes for this type of orchid education on Sanibel. The fund will continue the work she had pro- moted in her lifetime. The proceeds will also provide a window of opportuni- ty for the Society to engage the services of noted speakers to provide extensive educational classes for the members of the Sanibel Captiva Orchid Society and the Southwest Orchid Society. Any remaining positions will be opened to the public. Anna Bralove will serve as Chairperson of the fund. Bob and Ann Busch, owners of Marilyn's Exotic Orchids, John Morris Road, Fort Myers donated their ser- vices to groom the collection of orchids for the auction. They also will serve as auctioneers with Granberry. Many of the orchids to be sold have been awarded by the American Orchid Society. The monthly meeting is free for Sanibel members, non- members $2.50. Checks accepted to the Sanibel Captiva Orchid Society or cash. No credit cards. Guests wel- comed. To be auctioned: BL Morning Glory "Hauserman's" (B. Nodosa x Laelia, purpurata) colorful, elegant, Christmas bloomer, Quality Quilt tall sprays, 4" spikes magenta lip. — see photo at right. By JANE VOS HOGG "It's wonderful" was Mardi Ponader's enthusiastic reac- tion as she unpacked the newly arrived quilt to be raffled off at the Sanibel Historic Village and Museum. Quilts have been a long-time love in her life which likely explains her having cuiated the Museum's show for the past nine years. Each new year has been ushered in with the arrival of the special quilt destined to become the wrap-up event at the yearly Quilt show. Mardi, born and brought up in northeastern Indiana, lived five miles away from Shipshewana, a tiny Amish com- munity. How tiny? About a quarter the size of Sanibel but still large enough to support a thriving quilt maker. J King-sized, the quilt is non-traditional, relying on a pat- 239.472.1771 tern instead of squares and using a white rather than dark background. Its design, Tree of Life, was provided by the 1223 Periwinkle Wav • Saisibcl Island quilter's husband, a well-known furniture maker, and then transferred to fabric. Reversible, the finished product allows for double enjoyment; solid colored on one side and "If It Swim,* In Florida \S'atet\*, handsomely appliqued on the other. Fully unpacked, Mardi will now re-locate it to the rutland Photo by Helane Smith House at the Museum for all to see. Raffle quilt begins the new year for Mardi Ponader hit,ui V . 1/Vn-ViV Pi/iiru) *'« i hif P.iiw. Serving Dinner Daily Cmuses 5-10jpm Sun - Thurs RenTul & TouKBoar Tnips Fri - Sat til 11 pm enpy pnolickmg dolphins, scenic narune TOURS Nightly Entertainment in the ]AC Sad and SanikeL's famous sunsers $anibel\* Social Scene r T r ,,->#]] j. jftj G Best Happy Hour 4 - 7 p.m. NIGHTLY! Call&> Well Liquor Draft & Bottle Beer Select House Wine (in lounge only) j "j r» / , j i || J •. r r < /•-' ' Presentation Sesame Encrusted Ahi Tuna, 1 \nd Tor I he 5" Year in a Row ..! I Crispy Fried Calamari, THF PEOPlt'S CHOICE WINNER! Chilled Oysters, Steamed Shrimp, Beer Battered Mozzarella, Dme dockside md enjoy mouthvvatermg delights from the sea Snow Crab Legs, Chicken Wings! It doesn't get any fresher! 472-8138 LUNCH wi DINNER 5 OOi'M I \KI (M I \\ Ml Mil I ISLANDER Week of January 13-19, 2006 • 3 Salvation Army thanks islanders for record 'red kettle' year It was a holiday season wedged with catch-up schedules. Christmas Cheer, the holiday assistance program, also Hurricanes Katrina and especially Wilma moved everyone's was staffed with volunteers who helped families select toys schedule around a few weeks. Despite the catch-up stage, and clothing. The donated warehouse space for distributions Sanibel and Captiva islanders again proved generous to oth- was a beehive of activity from mid-December until Dec. 22. ers less fortunate during the Christmas holidays. Lead by Volunteers also helped distribute the food baskets with the the volunteer island coordinators Clint and Sally Parsons, holiday meal for families to enjoy at home. bell ringers filled the schedule at Jerry's and Bailey's Major campaigns such as the Marines Toys for Tots and General Store each day of the campaign. Donations from the the U.S. Post Office helped commence the distribution to islands added up to another record-breaking year: needy families with the donation of over 35,000 toys in $16,116.26. That's up from the $14,912.29 collected in early December. Plus, turkey donations from key groups in .2004. Bonita Bay and designated food funding helped the Army With the help of Sanibel and Captiva, The Salvation provide food for holiday meals at home and for the commu- Army announces that they have exceeded the goal of nity meal at the shelter on Christmas Day. $350,000 for the red kettle program. The unofficial figure for the red kettles is $381,460.88. A few sources are still Corporate sponsors and kettle receptions sending in funds, so a final figure is expected later this This year, two campaign segments helped exceed the ket- month. The 2005 kettle income increased an estimated tle goal: corporate sponsors and kettle receptions. $60,000 over last year's total of $320,283. Corporations could sponsor kettle locations for a week at "We are grateful and humbled by the generosity of this the time. Businesses could select a top-ten kettle site to good county, and so thankful island residents continue to sponsor at $1,000 a week or any of the other 66 sites at $500 share their abundance with others in need," said Austruberto a week. The following businesses sponsored kettles in the Flores III, Corps Officer for The Salvation Army in Lee 2005 kettle campaign: County. Red Kettle Sponsors Merchant support Chico's $10,000 The 2005 red kettles were located at 66 community- minded merchant locations around Lee County, which Premier Land Title $2,000 Clint and Sally Parsons included Jerry's and Bailey's General Store on Sanibel. This Rib City Grill $1,000 year's top ten merchant sites for the campaign are as fol- $500 sponsors: shoppers were encouraged to support the kettle program lows: Bailey's General Store throughout the campaign. #1 Walmart — Six Mile Cypress — Fort Myers ABC-7 and Sweetbay sponsored the Toyland drive. Earthgraphics Chad Oliver from NBC-2 rang bells early one morning; #2 Walmart — Pine Island Road — North Fort Myers Eye Centers of Florida and Krista Fogelsong and Patrick Nolan, anchors for Fox #3 Winn Dixie — Stringfellow Road — Pine Island The Golf Shop of Fort Myers, Inc. 4 News, challenged each other on the bells one afternoon Keylime Bistro/RC Otters Island Eats to help raise kettle funds. #4 Publix — 24600 S. Tamiami Trail/Bonita Springs MBE (Merchants Barter Exchange of In 2005, the need in Lee County was even greater due #5 Sam's Club — Fort Myers Central and South Florida West) to the influx of families needing assistance after the hur- ricanes. Over 80 percent of the families who registered #6 Walmart — Del Prado/Cape Coral Michael Kim, MD for Christmas assistance were affected by Hurricane Oswald Trippe and Company #7 Publix — 15880 Summerlin-Fort Myers Wilma, and over 50 percent registered were new to the Sanibel Community Church program. #8 Publix — 21301 S. Tamiami Trail — Estero Tween Waters Inn / Rochester Resorts, Inc. Christmas Cheer, a community-wide effort, is The #9 Walmart — Colonial Blvd — Fort Myers In addition to corporate sponsors, kettle receptions also Salvation Army's largest outreach event each year. supported this year's outreach effort. Individuals or busi- Generous Lee County residents, businesses and groups #10 Publix — 306 Bonita Beach Rd — Bonita Springs nesses or clubs/organizations holding a holiday party could donate funds to the kettles along with in-kind goods and invite a kettle to their event for guests to support. Both the services to help struggling families and individuals have Other numbers behind the preliminary final kettle figure corporate sponsorships and kettle receptions made up about a brighter Christmas. The Army organizes an application speak the real results. Coins, bills and checks collected in $21,262 of the total $381,000+ figure.