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INSIDE San-Cap Style Home Improvement Guide Coastal Homes Anniversary -..'.# • '"•^Vii-JLis^' *. JS''. 1 £&"&'»$ 8:00 - 2:00 pm UL YOUCANEAT EVERYDAY!! ~MONDAY~NIGHflSPRiME Ait. P M1/4 Pound Maine Lobster served with *;P*SS>> 41 Served with baked Idaho potato lion.- Fri, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. corn on the cob, French Fries, & i & corn on the cob 2330 Palm Sldge Rd. Sanibel Island ; (while supplies last) Shrimp Grouper EVERYDAY? 3T items @n the «Consi?t@r the Kids" menu. AH specials syb|@et to awaitebslsty. Pi $16.85 $1S.$S Master Card, Visa, Discover Credit Cards Accepted Served with French Fries & corn on the cob 2» Week of March 25 -31, 2005 • Islander New Darling collection introduced By Anne Bellew Si, Staff Writer %j) f; • A temporary power outage greeted "Ding" Darling's grandson at the Thursday, March 17 lecture in the Education Center of the renowned cartoonist's namesake refuge on Sanibel. Power was soon restored and a full V house, including a busload of middle school students, watched and listened raptly as Kip Koss introduced his recently published A New Ding Darling Sampler — 200 of the 15,000 cartoons with which Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling chronicled "the history, trends, thoughts and poi- iiics of the United States" from 1912 to 1961." I*-, VfO-w The timelessness of the art of J.N. "Ding" Darling. Darling's ediloiuil cartoons otten appeared on the ty to spear unwary politicians. (Roosevelt purportedly iront page of the Des Monies Register and were syndi- appointed him to the Biological Survey to avoid further cated thioughout the country. A frequent island visitor, barbs.) Darling's way of painlessly inoculating common the Puht/cr Pn/e winning artist sened as head of the sense into the public consciousness was another of his U.S. Biological Survey (forerunner of the U.S. Fish & inimitable talents. Wildlife Service) and was designer of the first Federal A New Ding Darling Sampler is available for S14.95 Duck Stamp in 1934. through the "Ding" Darling Wildhie Society's bookstore Koss pointed out — and even the briefest glance in the Education Center at the refuge or by logging on to Kip Koss (rijjht) at a booksigning following his lec- through the new book verifies — the timelessness of www.dingdarhngsociety.org. ture at "Ding" Darling. many oi Darling's cartoons as well as his uncanny abili- Birding at the Preserves Upcoming Audubon outings Join birders on weekly outings to pre- also welcome to help identify plants along Saturday, March 26 at the Sanibel All birders are welcome. These outings serves owned and managed by the the trails. Walks begin at 7:30 a.m. On Fishing Pier and Lighthouse. Meet are open to the public and the suggested Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation. March 25, meet in the parking lot of the in Fishing Pier parking lot. $2/hour donation is $2. Call Malcolm Harpham at Both new and experienced birders will SCCF Nature Center. All outings are free parking. Note: This is the final trip 395-3804 for details. enjoy a variety of birds in a diversity of to everyone. Please call SCCF at 472- of the season. wildlife habitat. Botany enthusiasts are 2329 for more details. Kids: Take me to the river SCCF Shoreline Discovery Walks The Sanibel-Captive Conservation and Wednesday, April 6. Foundation will be offering an environ- An adult must accompany kids, so The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation tion to the animals in the Conservation mental education program for kids enti- kids, parents and grandparents, please Foundation will once again be offering Foundation's marine touch tank and then tled, "Take me to the river." dome to the Conservation Foundation's proceed to Gulfside City Park for a this weekly educational program. Learn Kids will have the opportunity to learn Nature Center and "Take Me to the River." Discovery walk. about the animals that live along and use about the fascinating aspects of wetlands Space will be limited so reservations are our shores, the life cycle of the sea turtles The Conservation Foundations by exploring and investigation Sanibel's required. The program will be free for that nest here and the natural forces that Shoreline Discovery Program will be interior wetlands. This interpretive pro- kids and $5/adult. For info and reserva- shape the barrier islands of Sanibel and offered on Thursday mornings at 9 a.m. gram will be geared for ages 5-12 and tions, call the Conservation Foundation at Captiva. This program is $/adult and free for chil- will take place on Wednesday, March 30 472-2329. Shoreline Discovery programs will dren. A beach parking fee of approxi- explore the fascinating marine creatures mately $2 may also be required. Call the that live in this highly dynamic ecosys- Conservation Foundation's Nature Center Butterfly House tours tem. Programs will begin with an orienta- at 472-2329 for info. Tour the SCCF Butterfly House on Tuesdays at 10 a.m., with a guide who will teach you about the life cycle and behavior of butterflies. $1 donation. The house is also open to visitors without a guide. Enjoy doc hide Dining and Mouthwatering delights from the Sea— _ It Doesn't Get Any fresherl % rt Gramma Dots •ft Serving Lunch 1 I :30 AM Seaside Saloon Dinner 5:00 PM Winner of 14 Taste of the Islands "Awards" Located at... Take mil Availa Our latest win for 'THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AV^K ">" Sanibel Marina 472-8138 4 Years in a row 634 N. Yachtsman Come See Why! Sanibei, FL Islander * Week of March 25 - 31, 2005 • 3 TMMUCM SUN Lions Arts & Crafts Fair The 22nd Annual Sanibel-Captiva Lions Club Arts & Crafts Fair will be held today, Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Sanibel HE HAS HIS Community Center at 2173 Periwinkle Way. There is plenty of free parking across the street at the Schoolhouse Theatre. This juried event features over 150 exhibits showing hand-crafted items. There will be a food court. $3 dona- tion. All proceeds benefit Lions charities: seeing-eye dog programs, Florida Eye Bank, Sanibel School, scholar- ships for the blind, training for the blind and support for local charities. Stars over Sanibel Learn about the constellations, our solar system and the Milky Way and indulge your natural curiosity about the mysteries of the universe. Wednesday evenings through the end of March at the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Nature Center. Meet on the porch; the group then proceeds to the trails. $5/adult; $2/child. Reservations are required. Call 472-2329. Si- SHOP ONLINE AT www.swedensfinest.com A Swedish AFFair The Finest in Scandinavian Handicraft Royal Palm Square 1400 Colonial Blvd. Leo Ft. 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Bert said of declining health. He was 87. of Industrial & Community Relations a bigotry as Quixote had of with a chuckle, "He was Born in Rochester, N.Y., in 1918, he year later. slaying his dragons," more popular than I was!" attended a one-room school in the After 22 years with Lederle, at age 53 according to a profile in The two of them taught Adirondacks, then Stuyvesant High he took early retirement to move into a the Island Reporter in many story-telling classes School in.