Causeway toll Down Visitors guide —25A discussions -6 A on the Fishing tips — 12B Fund for strays -12A boardwalk —3B Shelling tips — 13B -In our 25th year covering \ Sanibel and .4 Captiva )L. 25, NO. 27 TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1986 52 PAGES, TWO SECTIONS 25 CENTS -•••* Head 'em up*. That was the battle cry of the 58th Annual Arcadia Fort Myers. Staff writer Scott Martell and photographer their own impressions of the occasion. See page 10B. fRodeo held last weekend in the little town northeast of Ricki Kosakow Cooper hit the road and came back with INDEX ALSO THIS WEEK Afts-Leisure 7B Bridge 7B 'Shell-shock' is latest Mayor Johnson Enough is enough Business 18A will not run again Cityside 12A Classifieds 20B Columnist Chefle Koster Sanibel Mayor Louise Oeorge Campbell says Clubs 9B Walton describes the malady Johnson cites personal reasons visitors have overstressetf Milestones 22A whose victims live for mud for her decision not to seek a these tiny but wonderful Police beat 19A flats, low tide and the Shell ** second term on the City islands in the Pacific. Recreation-Sports 10B Fair. Council. Service directory 17B CA dfr\ —12A cis(mdetv\ Tuesday 2A Island Shorts July 8,1986 \ High school senior gets WHAT IS IT? crash course in state government Florida has just passed a bill initiating a state lot- could cause explusion, tery to help raise money for the state's educational imprisonment or time in We don't want to know what it looks like or system. public works. Each day what it reminds you of. We want to know EX- In other bills presented last week, the Florida House followed a busy ACTLY WHAT IT IS. and Senate shot down a deposit on beer bottles and timetable from 6:30 The photos in this weekly stumper can be also said "no way" to mandatory vehicle inspections. a.m. to 11:30 p.m., extra close-ups or odd angles of things we all You thought the legislature had recessed? Sen. Peloso said. see every day around the Islands. They might Frank Mann and company might be in recess, but But the session proved be upside-down, reversed or a portion of the Sanibel's Scotch Peloso and 559 other high school both fun and enlighten- whole. , seniors jumped right into the capital — and into the ing for Peloso. Stephanie legislators' "big luxurious chairs" to take charge. For instance, both the Shehorn of Sanibel s Peloso took part in the 43rd session of the Florida young audience at the was the first to call American Legion Boys State at Florida State Univer- capital, and then their last week and iden- sity. Participants in the week-long session delved into elected representatives tify the stumper as all aspects of city, county and state government. As performed the first the sign on Meri- part of the program the high school seniors ran in an "wave" ever used at the dian Drive next to election for both the state's House of Representatives capital. "Waves" are Periwinkle Place and the Senate. often performed at ball Scotch Peloso shopping center. Peloso was elected by his peers into the House of games. No one else even Representatives. And Peloso's federalist party used "block" voting to ventured a guess "It was a crash course in government — I learned capture most of the elected positions in the city last week. more there than I did during a semester of civics," government structure. If you think you Peloso said. He was sponsored by American Legion Peloso said that while politics and government are know what this Post 38 in Fort Myers and was among nine Lee County not his scholastic focus, he did have some familiarity week's stumper is, seniors selected to attend Boys State. with how a goverment operates. First, he said, living call The Islander, Last week's stumper The session was fairly strict — a slide trombone on Sanibel it would be hard not to hear much about tb 472-5185. The first blasted a wake-up call every morning at 6:30 a.m., city's operation. And also, Peloso's good friend person to call with the correct answer and a list of 20 "felony" or "misdemeanor" crimes Charlie Dudley, son of state Rep. Fred Dudley. receives his choice of an Islander t-shirt or a one-year subscription to the newspaper. Sanibel man is new vice president of Red Cross association Sanibel resident Mike Miracle activities. Miracle is currently active in recently was elected vice presi- Miracle, a former manager of community volunteer activities on dent of the Association of the Red Cross in the Washington, Sanibel, including, the Committee American Red Cross Retirees. D.C., area, is a 30-year veteran of of the Islands, S^nibekPublic The 2,000-member organization the organization. He supervised Library and the SamBw Isles- based in St. Petersburg has as its American Red Cross activities in Water Shadows Civic Improve- goal maintaining communications Charlotte, N.C., and in Jackson- 'merit Association. He also serves between Red Cross retirees and ville and Miami, Fla. In addition as a consultant for the Red Cross the National Red Cross, as well as he undertook foreign assignments in Florida. encouraging retirees to par- in Europe, Cuba, Bangladesh and ticipate in volunteer community South America. This week's stumper Put your heart into Fitness Forum program The Fitness Forum on Sanibel will host a program Fort Myers Beach Rescue Squad. on body building for cardiovascular fitness at 7 p.m. Admission to the program will be $3, and there will next Thursday, July 17. be a raffle for a one-year membership in the Fit The program will feature Rob Smith, a former Mr. Forum. All proceeds from this event will benefit Southern States and the 1983 Southern States Power American Heart Association. Lifting Champion and a former Mr. Junior America. For more information call the Fitness Forum, Smith is an emergency medical technician with the 472-2628. 25 years ago, in The Islander's first year of publica- 5 Years Ago This Week tion, the newspaper was published only from July 7,1981 November through May. 98 motorists were cited by Sanibel police for illegal REMEMBER parking during the first week of the city's new beach 20 Years Ago This Week parking regulations. At least two daytrippers told July 7,1966 WHEN? workers at the Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Com- More than 200 tickets were sold for the annual merce "we won't be back" because of the citations. Sanibel-Captiva American Legion Fish Fry last weekend. Joe Wightman made his famous hearts of construction of an education building and living The $3.6 million beach renourishment project at palm salad. Others who helped make the day a suc- quarters for Pastor Jack Otis. South Seas Plantation on Captiva began July 1 when cess were Kenneth Bryant, Jo Musson, Ray Booth, contractors from South Carolina began pumping sa Carol Nix, Pearl Stokes, Clarence Rutland and Ella Capt. Bob Sabatino is now guiding fishing and shell- from a hydraulic cutterhead dredge through a: Kapitz. ing trips out of 'Tween Waters Inn. 18-inch pipe onto the plantation's eroded beach. The Island Inn's new swimming pool should be 10 Years Ago This Week Sanibel's shops enjoy a "healthy profitability" that ready to cool and refresh guests by this weekend. July 6,1976 exceeds the national average for retail stores, com- The Sanibel-Captiva Lions' Ladies defeated Fran- mercial consultant Scott MacDonald told the City Five Island residents have been appointed to the Lee cis' Foxes in women's Softball competition, 22-15, last Council last week. County Board for Low Rental Housing. They are: Ad- week. Debbie McQuade hit a homerun for the Foxes, miral E.G. Konrad, Elizabeth Adler, Leon Levy, Don and Isabel Gavin did the same for the Lions, 1 Year Ago This Weet Simonds and Joseph Green. July 9,1985 The Sanibel City Council last week adopted an or- The City Council last week approveda 12-unit Below 15 Years Ago This Week dinance establishing 2 a.m. as closing time for all Market Rate Housing project for 3.24 acres on Beach July 8,1971 Island bars. Road. Developer Warren Stringer argued that 16 units Two new Island post offices were officially opened were necessary to make the project economically last week. Dodie Booth is in charge of the facility on Walter Klie, executive director of the Sanibel- feasible. Captiva, while Alvin Mast is the Sanibel postmaster. Captiva Chamber of Commerce, has started a five- Commemorative stamps were on sale for 8 cents. minute talk show on radio station WMYR every Ninteen students and a handful of teachers from the Wednesday afternoon. On the show Klie talks about Maret School in Washington, D.C., are on Sanibel for A ground-breaking ceremony is scheduled for this items of interest to Island visitors and residents alike. four weeks as part of their summer study of marine Sunday at the First Baptist Mission Church on biology. Sanibel. The ceremony will mark the beginning of Th6 ISLANDER Tuesday, July 8, 1986 3A A check of temperatures in early July last year shows we're way ahead with rainfall but par for the course with temperatures this year: WEATHER HIGH LOW RAIN Monday, July 1,1985 88 75 .10 Tuesday, July 2, 1985 89 74 0 WATCH Wednesday, July 3, 1985 90 73 0 Thursday, July 4, 1985 00 00 0 Friday, July 5,1985 91 74 0 EDITOR: Cindy Chalmers The weatherman CilllS for more partly cloudy skies Saturday, July 6, 1985 91 77 0 ADVERTISING-BUSINESS MANAGER: Peter Cloud REPORTERS: Barbara Brundage, Scott Martell, Julie Niedenfuer with scattered mainly afternoon and evening thunder- Sunday, July 7, 1985 92 79 0 PHOTOGRAPHER: Ricki Kosakow Cooper showers over Southwest Florida this week.