Read Us Online at IslandSunNews.com NEWSPAPER VOL. 17, NO. 37 SANIBELSanibel & CAPTIVA & Captiva ISLANDS, Islands FLORIDA MARCH 19, 2010 MARCH SUNRISE/SUNSET: 19 7:33 • 7:38 20 7:32 • 7:39 21 7:31 • 7:39 22 7:30• 7:40 23 7:29 • 7:40 24 7:28 • 7:41 25 7:27 • 7:41 Sanibel-Captiva Cares Items Up For Auction anibel-Captiva Cares is celebrat- ing its 10th anniversary with San Old Florida themed gala this Sunday, March 21 at The Sanctuary. To date the group has raised $2.5 million to benefit The Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. Items will be auctioned off throughout the evening in both live and silent auc- tions. A Give-To-Give auction provides an opportunity to buy The Children’s Hospital the items it needs most. Two highlights of the live auction are an original painting by Darryl Pottorf and a hand-carved and hand-painted wood carving by Jim Sprankle. Pottorf was the featured artist of the first Sanibel-Captiva Cares event in 2001. Sprankle has contributed pieces to every year’s gala. While tickets are sold out to the event, bids can be placed in advance or via phone the night of the event. Call 472-2082 or email [email protected] before Sunday for more details and a full listing of auction items. Happiness Lives - Consequence of a Doc - a Hat - and a Cat by Darryl Pottorf American Goldfinches by Jim Sprankle Car Show Mystery Comedy Saturday Coming To The On Sanibel Schoolhouse he Royal Shell Companies and pening at The Herb Strauss Performance Plus join forces this Schoolhouse Theater March 25 TSaturday, March 20 for the 2nd Oand running through April 24 annual Tahitian Gardens Car Show at is the British musical mystery comedy 1975 Periwinkle Way. The show runs Something’s Afoot. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features Taking place in 1935, the show is many makes, models and types of about six guests who are invited to Lord vehicles. All Tahitian Gardens shops and Dudley Rancour’s retreat, is on an isolat- plays Miss Tweed, the amateur detec- restaurants will be open. ed island somewhere in the English lake tive. Rachel Miller is Hope Langdon, the The event is in support of PURRE district. Each guest thought they were naive ingenue who is instantly drawn (People United to Restore our Rivers & solely invited to spend the weekend with to Geoffrey (Kevin Rose) who has mis- Estuaries). PURRE works to keep our the mysterious (and missing in action) takenly, supposedly, sunk his rowboat water quality as pristine as possible so our Lord Dudley. The guests, three servants off the coast of Lord Rancour’s island. beautiful gulf and its shoreline continue and one wayward college student, then • Silent auction items: autographed Colonel Gillweather is played by Matt to be home to a wide variety of birds and begin getting picked off one by one in Daytona 500 caps, art – painting & Reed and Nigel Rancour (the black aquatic life which enhances both resi- surprising and astonishing ways while the sculpture, an ancient treasure coin, men’s sheep of the Rancour family) is played by dents’ and visitors’ quality of life on this survivors try to uncover who the mur- and women’s bicycles, and a $200 gift Kevin T. Murphy. Both are making their sanctuary island. derer is. certificate from March Performance. Schoolhouse debuts. Elizabeth Urbanczyk, All the proceeds from the following Kay Francis, who appeared earlier continued on page 7 benefit PURRE: continued on page 18 in the season in Unnecessary Farce, 2 ISLAND SUN - MARCH 19, 2010 Hortoons American Legion Post 123 News merican Legion APost 123 is holding a fish and shrimp fry on Friday, March 19 from noon to 8 p.m. The seafood fest is happening on Sunday March 21 from 1 to 8 p.m. with live musical entertainment in the evening hours. Card night is every Thursday at 7p.m. Cribbage tournaments start on Monday, March 29 at 6 p.m Stop in and check out the daily spe- cials or the entire menu. Dougie Fresh is now cooking lunches. American Legion Post 123 serves food all day, every day, to anyone and everyone. The doors are open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sunday from noon to 9 p.m. Post 123 is at mile marker 3 on Sanibel-Captiva Road. For more informa- tion call 472-9979. Read us online at IslandSunNews.com HandsARTS Across theH Water...OW March 20, 2010 5pm to 9pm to benefit “Doctors Without Borders” T OWER GALLERY Artist Cooperative of Fine Art 751 TARPON BAY ROAD, ph. 239-472-4557 ISLAND SUN - MARCH 19, 2010 3 the Venetian Collection JEWELRY GALLERY 18k Cobalt Blue Gold LECIL HENDERSON 18k Chocolate Brown Gold 18k Denim Blue Gold 18k Black Gold EVENT MARCH 19 & 20 Meet renown jewelry designer Lecil Henderson Friday Cocktail Reception 5 — 9 p.m. Saturday Designer Showcase All Day JOIN US For the Sanibel/Captiva Cares 10th Anniversary Celebration, Karen Bell benefitting The Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, Dan Schuyler Sunday, March 21, 2010 | 6:00 p.m. at The Sanctuary Clubhouse Lily & Gracie 520 TARPON BAY ROAD (ACROSS FROM BAILEY'S) SANIBEL, FL 33957 Voted BEST of the Islands 239-472-2888 | LILYJEWELERS.COM Three Consecutive Years 4 ISLAND SUN - MARCH 19, 2010 Pirate Lore At Sanibel Museum 1957 Chevy Friday Night Is ‘50s Night t’s ‘50s night at The Community House Friday, March 19. Doors open at 6 p.m. This 1957 Chevy will be parked outside with the owner sharing details how this Icar morphed from a $200 orphan to a spectacular vehicle that went everywhere from honeymoons to prom in the ‘50s. Glenna and Richard Talbot from Toronto, Canada recently visited the Sanibel Historical Museum and Village with their two children, Elizabeth, 11, and David, four Dinner begins at 6:45p.m. with grilled burgers and all the trimmings, coleslaw, potato chips, root beer floats and Cherry Cokes. The Del Prados will take you back in lenna and Richard Talbot from Toronto, Canada recently visited the Sanibel time at 7 p.m. with songs like Run Around Sue and Why Do Fools Fall In Love. Historical Museum and Village with their two children, Elizabeth and David. Call 472-2155 for reservations. Members are $25 and non-members are $35. This GThe children enjoyed searching for pirates’ treasure in each of the seven his- evening is sponsored by Sanibel Holiday. toric Sanibel buildings and then choosing a prize from the treasure chest. During March, the Historical Village is celebrating Caesar the Great, a legendary pirate who sailed the gulf coast of Southwest Florida in the early 1800s. For more information, call 472-4648 during business hours. Women’s be addressed will be the final draft of the Captiva proposed Land Development Code for Apparel & Sandals Captiva – the subject of years of work Community and months of meetings. Planner Max Sanibel Perfume Forgey with Morris-Depew Associates Panel Workshop Inc. will summarize the final draft and the he Captiva Community Panel will panel will initiate the final round of public Sanibel Island, FL hold another public workshop on discussions and revisions prior to submit- TWednesday, March 24, begin- tal to the county for review and approval. ning at 9 a.m. in the Cone Rooms of A copy of the final draft will be avail- Chadwick’s Square at South Seas Island able online at www.captivacommuni- Resort. The session will begin at 9 a.m. typanel.com, and other materials related and will be lead by planner Max Forgey to the draft will be available electronically with Morris-Depew Associates Inc. The if possible to help Captivans better under- Nic + Zoe, Tribal , Spanner purpose will be to review the latest draft stand the changes and improvements of proposed Land Development Code being proposed to the code language. (LDC) language, including changes The Lee County Land Code Andrea Lieu, Cheryl Nash made following the March 9 Community Development maps are available for pub- Panel meeting. lic view at the Captiva Memorial Library Be sure to attend the Wednesday, during regular library hours. For informa- Naot & Onex Sandals March 31 town hall meeting of the tion, contact librarian Ann Bradley at Captiva Erosion Prevention District, [email protected] or by phone at which begins at 10 a.m. in the Wakefield 533-4890. Room at Tween Waters Inn. Learn more Find your favorite about erosion impacts, matters affect- ing our coastlines and other areas of plus sizes here from 14W-24W concern facing Captiva and the CEPD. CEPD officials will comment on the 2010 Stop By & Florida legislative session, state funding for beaches, oil and gas drilling in Florida Our E-Mail address is Periwinkle Place See Our Latest waters. The Captiva Community Panel will [email protected] Shopping Center Arrivals meet on Tuesday, April 13, beginning 2075 Periwinkle Way at 9 a.m. in the Wakefield Room at ‘Tween Waters Inn. The main issue to www.PeachRepublic.com • 239.472.8444 ISLAND SUN - MARCH 19, 2010 5 Sanibel Historical Museum And Village tice as a counselor in 2007. In 1989 she bought at Ferry Landing Docent Profile: Sally Duffy “and have not regretted it for one moment.” In addition to her docent duties at the Historical Village, Duffy is active in Events at the fused class and silver classes at BIG ARTS, beach walking, and water pilates at The Community House the Sanibel Recreation Center.