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Volume 19, Number 25 “By Islanders, For Islanders” June 21st, 2019 26 Students Receive Scholarships Beach Kids Foundation By Gary Mooney agua, Mindy Paniagua, Randy [email protected] Paniagua, Annie Salyers, Jack- sen Sudduth, Mason Sudduth, The Beach Kids Foun- Austin Tezak, Madison Tezak, dation hosted its annual Schol- Jordan Wallace, Sydney Wal- arship Awards Banquet at the lace, and William Holt Wallace. Lani Kai Island Resort on Mon- Each received a $1,000 scholar- day evening, June 17, where it ship to continue their education presented a record 26 “beach at various universities. Founded kids” with $1,000 scholarships in May 1985, the Beach Kids to continue their educational Foundation provides financial pursuits. Lani Kai owner Bob assistance for qualifying Fort Conidaris donated the banquet Myers Beach students through for the roughly 75 attendees at scholarships and educational the 6th floor Island View Restau- supplies. rant. In addition to scholar- The 2019 Beach Kids ships, the foundation hosts the Foundation Scholarship recipi- Spirit of the Holidays to en- ents are Sarah Bestrom, Cam- sure that all Fort Myers Beach eron Fancher, Bailey Faircloth, kids enjoy a Merry Christmas Ben Faircloth, Jacob Franklin, complete with gifts; presents Luciano Christian Gilberti, Alex- the Golden Coconut Award to is Gore, Keara E. Haataja, Ben the Beach Elementary School Hourigan, Summer Ray John- Teacher of the Year; originated son, Allison Jones; Aidan Kahn, the annual community Easter Josey Mayer, Samantha Muller, The 2019 Beach Kids Foundation Scholarship recipients, Egg Hunt now run by the Town with Foundation President Linda Beasley at right. Bridgette Myers, Andy Pani- Cont’d pg.10

Into the Rainforests of Belize A Darn Good Life! Mound House Adventure Travel Evelyn Mason Turns 100 By Gary Mooney rence were married for over 70 [email protected] years prior to his passing. They had three children – Jeff, June, In 1919 Woodrow Wilson and Dennis, who sadly has also was President of the United States passed away. Succeeding gener- but suffered a massive stroke that ations are female-dominated, as left him paralyzed for the remainder Evelyn has 7 granddaughters and of his term; former President The- one great-granddaughter! odore Roosevelt passed away in Evelyn never graduated his sleep; the 18th & 19th Amend- from high school, opting instead ments to the US Constitution went for secretarial school, then joined into effect that respectively prohib- General Motors for the start of her By Penny Jarrett Highlights included the Mayan sites ited alcohol and granted women almost half-century career with the Mound House Education Director of Lamanai, Cahal Pech, Xunantu- the right to vote; the Grand Can- automotive giant as a private sec- nich and Tikal. The weather, while yon became a National Park; the retary, but fate had another idea in The Mound House travel hot, was fantastic, since the only First World War ended; the Na- mind for her! “World War II broke program’s inaugural tour to Belize rain we had was at Tikal that cooled tional Football League began; the out and all the men left to fight, so and Guatemala took seven adven- things down for us before reaching Florida Keys Hurricane killed over I became a factory line supervi- turers on an exciting trip of a lifetime the Central Plaza. Our last stay was 600 people; the Chicago White sor in charge of the production of from June 6 – 13. Our group includ- at Jaguar Reef Lodge where the Sox threw the World Series; the ball bearings. General Motors was ed Gloria and Larry Abramoff, Gay- waters were a brilliant blue and the Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth very good to me, and that is why I le Crabtree-Pergoli, Kat and Jim snorkeling at the South Water Caye to the New York Yankees; and on stayed there for about 50 years – I Finderson, Ron Reum and Cherie Marine Reserve was out of this June 26, Evelyn Eviglia was born still receive a pension from GM to- Smith, eagerly led by Penny Jarrett, world with many colorful fish and in Meriden, Connecticut! day.” Mound House Education Coordina- corals. All of the sites were memo- While “Eviglia” was her Another almost 50-year tor. We were greeted at the Belize rable and our tour companions de- maiden name, she spent most of love affair for Evelyn is her time airport by Allan Chan, our in-coun- lightful! her long life as Evelyn Mason, as in Southwest Florida and specif- try guide, and our able driver, Hugh. Cont’d pg.4 she and her late husband Law- ically Fort Myers Cont’d pg.3

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Located Behind Publix at Snook Bight Marina Departs From 4765 Estero Blvd. Fort Myers Beach June 21, 2019 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news Page 3 A Darn Good Life! Evelyn Mason Turns 100 Cont’d from pg.1 use any excuse to have a party. I of those lucky people who never play bridge with the girls and poker seems to put on any weight.” with the guys, so if you have a few Evelyn offered sage ad- bucks, come on down and play and vice: “You can enjoy a little alcohol I will send you home broke!” but don’t overdo it. Stay physically active, enjoy your family and find LONG LIFE & GOOD ADVICE yourself a great group of friends you can trust, and if you can do Evelyn always looked to anything for your local communi- the future, judging almost all the ty, do it, as those benefits always changes she experienced in her life come back to you! I like to be treat- for the good, with very few bad. “I ed right and that is how I treat ev- love all the new technology, espe- eryone else.” cially flying, and if I could go to the moon or Mars tomorrow, I would! I PARTY ON! do miss driving, however, but fam- ily and friends convinced me a few For someone who has al- years ago that I should stop, and ways been the life of the party, one today I can say that was the right celebration for a 100th Birthday just decision.” won’t do! Neighbor George Repetti As to her secrets for a long organized the first get-together in life, “Despite all the parties, I drink May with 37 people, explaining that very little alcohol. I am Italian, “many of the folks who live here Evelyn Mason, with a photo collage from the first of her three however, and wine is important to head north for the summer, and it 100th Birthday Parties in May. Photo by Gary Mooney our culture, so when I was young was important to them that Evelyn Beach. “We first moved down to and they became one of its char- and wanted a glass, my Mother knows how much they love her, as South Fort Myers in 1973 but real- ter owners in 1981. “No sooner did would pour it into my soup! I had we are a close community. There ly wanted something on the water, we put down our deposit, then two heart surgery once but my doctor was a second smaller event about and became enamored with Fort seconds later, we had a renter,” she said I was a good candidate and I a week prior to her actual birthday, Myers Beach, but did not initial- recalled with a hearty laugh! “They came through it just fine. I remain hosted by those of us still here.” ly move here, actually driving the wanted to rent it again the next active and was a ‘tomboy’ when I Finally, on June 26, her daughter Florida coast to look at other areas, year, but we said ‘No’ because we was younger, being captain of the June is throwing Evelyn a centen- but everywhere else we saw paled wanted to move in ourselves.” school basketball team and an avid nial celebration at the Turtle Club in comparison. We would say to Today, Evelyn still lives at swimmer in our local river, until one in Naples, where she will see many people at these other places that the Island’s End with son Jeff, say- day I looked behind me and saw a old friends from Connecticut who they were nothing like Fort Myers ing that, “I have never wanted to bunch of snakes following me in the are traveling down for the special Beach and they would reply that live anywhere else since then, as water – you should have seen me occasion. is because Fort Myers Beach was you can’t beat the Gulf view and jump out and climb up the nearby Reflecting on her century special.” we have the nicest neighbors! I bridge at 100-miles-per-hour, and on Earth, Evelyn concluded that, “I It was around that time that had wonderful friends in Connecti- that was the end of river swimming have had a darn good life; I ought the Island’s End Condominiums at cut but even better ones here, for me! At our condominium parties, to write a book – I really should!” the very southern tip of Fort My- and that is so important. We have I would dance all night! I have al- ers Beach was nearing completion Cocktail Hours each Tuesday and ways been thin – in fact, I am one Page 4 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news June 21, 2019

Beach Botany Into the Rainforests of Belize PHOTO BY PENNY JARRETT. by Jim Rodwell Mound House Adventure Travel, Cont’d from pg.1

SCARLET CALAMINT

Scarlet Calamint, Calamintha coc- cinea, is a small woody perennial shrub that can reach a height of 3 to 4 feet. The main stem has a diameter of ¼ inch. Mul- tiple side branches are smaller. Leaves are arranged in pairs. Leaf shape is ellip- tic. Length ¼ to ½ inches. Leaf pairs are widely spaced. Margins entire, however, the margins tend to curl under. Color is a deep green. Coccinea is a member of the La- miaceae (Mint) family which has the com- mon two lipped, five lobed tubular flower. The upper lip has two fused lobes that Lamanai group pic – After an enjoyable boat ride to Lamanai and a picnic lunch, the group hiked to the Lamanai site arch over a deep tube. The lower lip has to see our first Mayan ruin. three fused lobes with a large dorsal lobe and two lateral lobes. Four stamens proj- (Left) Vermillion Fly- ect out of the tube. Female sex organs are catcher – A life (first deeper in the tube. Flowers originate in personal sighting) bird the leaf axils. The inflorescence is solitary. for all of us and here is The total length of the flower is around 2 the male in his bright inches. Color is a rich red. Fruit is a nutlet. red plumage; the fe- Blooming occurs all year. male is lighter brown Habitats are in scrubs, sand hills with a pinkish red un- and dunes in eight counties in the central derside. peninsula and the western panhandle. (Right) Laughing Fal- There are four species in the Genus Cala- con – Another life bird mintha. All are native to Florida. The spec- that had a wonderful imen in the picture was found in a very hot laugh to its call. Stayed scrub in Citrus County. long enough to for us to get a close-up look.

Robert was an excellent guide and the group really enjoyed our visit to the Community Baboon Sanctuary.

Cahal Pech – At our second Mayan site, we had the pleasure of meeting Antonio Beardall, a Belizean archaeologist. He has worked at Cahal Pech for 5 years. This photo is where the nobility would have lived hundreds of years ago in resplendent grandeur. June 21, 2019 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news Page 5

Into the Rainforests of Belize PHOTO BY PENNY JARRETT. Mound House Adventure Travel, Cont’d from pg.1

Roseate Spoonbills and Stilt – Crooked Tree Sanctuary were right outside the lodge and Hammocks - Resting after an early morning flight and drive to Bird’s Eye View offered a grand view of Gayle’s favorite bird along with many other shorebird species Eco-lodge. Don’t be fooled because a busy itinerary lay ahead. The food was that we also have on Fort Myers Beach. great and the birding even better.

Community Baboon Sanctuary – Belizean’s call the black From Belize, we traveled into Guatemala to experience the awe-inspiring site of Tikal. These ruins are the howler monkey a baboon, hence the name of the sanctu- Central Plaza. We saw many other structures at Tikal intermingled amongst a fabulous rainforest where we ary that was created by farmers to conserve the howler topped over 100 bird species during our adventure. monkey. Here, Cherie delights in getting a close-up look! Page 6 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news June 21, 2019 Library Treasures By Fort Myers Beach Library Staff remarkable methodology. This gift The Lost Traveller, (M CON) writ- is the perfect match for her impec- ten by Sheila Connolly is the sev- cable detection skills. Buckshire enth in the County Cork Mystery Estate inhabitants discover an un- Series. Family provision may bring usually decorated wedding cake abundance and chance. Imagine embellished with a human finger. inheriting the historic Sullivan’s Get out of the way, unleash the Pub in the charming countryside of young protégé! Ireland. Maura Donovan is the for- tunate heir and her new life away from Boston welcomes her with lush green rolling hills and lilting traditional Irish melodies. Maura’s great joy quickly turns into a com- plex murder mystery. A faceless body found just outside her door turns Maura into a deeply con- cerned fact-seeking sleuth.

Ancestral Night, (BEA) by Eliz- abeth Bear, is the first book in the White Space Series. On the edge of danger in deep space awaits the anticipation of war. Discoveries Brief Answers to the Big Ques- of treasure bring fortune seeking tions, (SCIENCE HAWKING) by The Golden Tresses of the Dead, teams to search for alien antiquities Stephen W. Hawking. If you are (M BRA) written by Alan C. Brad- and the artifacts of lost species. fascinated by the interactions of ley, is Number Ten in the Flavia De Come over to the Library and re- matter and energy and the proper- Luce Novel series. Flavia De Luce new your Library Card! Be the first ties of our universe, you may want is an adorable child chemist with to read this new series! to consider an explanation from a qualified authority. Hawking’s life- long expertise as a Physicist and Cosmologist provide the reader a quick peek into the phenomenon of the microcosm and the macro- cosm.

How to Be Well: The Six Keys to a Happy and Healthy Life. (HEALTH LIPMAN) Dr. Frank Lip- man considers his book to be your bold and beautiful wellness man- ual. He targets people of all ages that wish to avoid what he calls pharmaceutical or surgical inter- ventions. As you may have heard many times, health requires self- care, nutrition, and exercise. The keys are well discussed in each chapter: Eat, Sleep, Move, Protect, Unwind and Connect. Pick up this book at the Library on your way to Bay Oaks Recreational Campus. June 21, 2019 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news Page 7 Library Treasures book with your children. Bully is an illustrated storybook that demon- strates how the mean-spirited end up unhappily alone. Your young children can explore ideas about generosity versus bitterness and, in the event of the latter, what they may want to do about it.

and “What is on the inside is of greatest value.” Did you ever con- sider that a shark may have the Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declut- ability to share a bit of “Read to ter and Organize to Make More your friends” wisdom? Bring the Room for Happiness (PERSON- kiddos and check this book out! Always Look on the Bright Side AL GROWTH RUBIN) is written by of Life: A Sortabiography (BIO Gretchen Rubin. Each chapter de- IDLE) by Eric Idle. An autobiog- scribes her well-researched funda- raphy by Eric Idle that is as funny mental truth. Calm outer order pro- and absurd as you may expect duces inner calm is a mantra well known by great educators such as from the legendary co-founder of Maria Montessori and is the grand Whiskey in a Teacup: What Grow- Monty Python. Come along as he theory behind the Sacred geom- ing Up in the South Taught Me rubs shoulders with the cultural etry of “as above, so below.” Our about Life, Love, and Baking Bis- icons of the 60s and 70s. Do you (COOKBOOKS AMERICAN self-actualization of happiness and cuits remember Monty Python began WITHERSPOON). Reese Wither- success are essential steps to a their ground-breaking comedy fif- spoon has created a sentimental sense of calm and order. autobiographical photo essay of ty years ago? Always Look on the a young girl’s experience growing Bright Side of Life was also a num- (JE COL), Try a Little Kindness up in New Orleans. This book is a ber one legendary song written and written and illustrated by Henry ladies’ treasury on the themes of performed by Idle. This epic song Cole, is a pick-me-up for children home, family and friends, with mus- is, coincidentally, the most request- who may want to understand that Bully (JE SAT) by Jennifer Sattler. ing and an occasional Cool Whip ed song for United Kingdom funeral kindness is a valuable habit to en- If you would like to know what hap- recipe. Guest appearances from joy. Expect to receive some great performances. pens to a bullfrog that plants his Dolly Parton and Reese’s Grand- advice from a peacock, such as greedy grumpiness on top of all mother Dorothea make this collec- “Tell someone they are special!” the community waterlilies, read this tion of musings super sweet. Page 8 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news June 21, 2019 Fort Myers Miracle are Hot Miracle To Defend 2018 FSL Title By Gary Mooney at #28, with the speedy Baddoo [email protected] injured for the year. To illustrate this talent depth, the Miracle led the When sports fans hear FSL with 8 All-Star selections: 1st “printing playoff tickets,” you baseman Lewin Diaz, relief pitcher generally assume the end of the Tom Hackimer, Jeffers, Larnach, regular season is right around the Lewis, relief pitchers Alex Phillips corner. For the defending 2018 & Johan Quezada, and starting Florida State League (FSL) Fort pitcher Bryan Sammons, though Myers Miracle, the Single A affiliate Minnesota promoted Hackimer and of the Minnesota Twins, however, Sammons to Double A Pensacola their first playoff game is still 2-1/2 before the All-Star Game. months away! In addition to this bevy of No, the Miracle are not an players, the Miracle coaching staff, improbable 70 games ahead with owing to Fort Myers winning the 69 regular season games to go! 2018 FSL Championship, managed The FSL, celebrating its 100th the South squad that won the June anniversary, divides its season into Members of the Fort Myers Miracle celebrate after winning the First Half South 14 All-Star game in Jupiter, 2 to 0, two halves, meaning its two First Division Title last week. PHOTO PROVIDED. with Diaz driving in the winning run Half Divisional Winners qualify for #2 on Wednesday, September 4 15 players returning from last year’s and Phillips earning the save. This the playoffs held the first week of and possibly Game #3 on Thursday, squad, headlined by 20-year-old staff was different from the 2018 September. The Miracle won the September 5, with the box office shortstop Royce Lewis, Major one, however, as Minnesota as a South Division by three games each opening at 5:30 p.m. and first pitch League Baseball’s 2017 #1 overall reward, promoted manager Ramon over the Bradenton Marauders of at 6:30. They, however, may have pick that every scouting service Borrego to run Pensacola. the Pittsburgh Pirates organization briefly considered reversing that ranks as one of the Top Ten major Taking his place is manager and the Palm Beach Cardinals. strategy, as to date the Miracle are league prospects. Despite being Toby Gardenhire, who was a Twins These teams battled for South struggling mightily at Hammond a true five-tool player who can hit, farmhand from 2005 through 2011, Division supremacy throughout the Stadium at the Century Link Sports hit for power, run, field and throw, including stints with the Miracle First Half, with all three tied for First Complex, barely finishing their First as well as being an FSL All-Star, in 2007 and 2008. His Dad, Ron, Place on June 3, but the Miracle Half home slate at just over .500 at 2019 so far has been a struggle for managed the Twins from 2002 won 7 of their last 11 games, while 17 - 15, while being Road Warriors young Lewis, who hit just .226 with through 2014, currently manages the Marauders went just 4 & 7 and at 22 - 12, losing just one away 2 home runs, 17 RBI and 11 stolen the Detroit Tigers, and owns a Cardinals 3 & 6. series. bases. Fort Myers home. The younger The Miracle’s 39 - 27 record Joining Lewis on the Miracle Gardenhire is in his 2nd year was second in the FSL, behind WE’RE #1! are 7 members of the Twins top managing in the Minnesota system, only the 41 - 24 mark of the North 28-ranked “Baseball America” going 77 - 62 last year at Cedar Champion Dunedin Blue Jays. While ultimately winning the prospects, including outfielder Rapids while guiding the Kernels to Each First Half Champ can either First Half title, Fort Myers success Trevor Larnach at #5, pitcher Jhoan the Midwest League playoffs. begin September’s opening round was no surprise, as most baseball Duran at #7, catcher Ryan Jeffers best-of-three series with one home people felt the Miracle fielded an #9, 3rd baseman Jose Miranda at TERRIFIC TWOSOME game or the final two home contests, extraordinarily strong roster. The #13, outfielder Akil Baddoo #19, 2nd if necessary. Fort Myers, choosing 2019 Miracle had a distinctively baseman Michael Helman at #27 Diaz and Larnach to date the second option, will host Game are the Miracle’s one- 2018 Championship feel to it, with and centerfielder Aaron Whitefield Cont’d pg.11 June 21, 2019 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news Page 9

Editorial Letters OUR LITTLE TOWN PUBLIC RESTROOMS

All communities need rules. The more dense the community, the As the city of Fort Myers Beach took over and controlled parking more rules they need. Were everyone allowed to do whatever, whenever spaces from electronic meters to fees mandated to private business col- they please, there would be chaos. Out in wide open rural spaces, that’s lecting rent for parking on just a few spaces to a hundred, we were hoping not such a terrible problem because your neighbors are a long way off. In the city controlled public restroom facilities would improve with the signif- a small, densely packed community, it is. icant financial increases collected. Instead the facilities were eliminated In a perfectly balanced community, the rules are just enough in and the burden placed on private business even though the business number and strength to keep the peace and prevent neighborhood anar- were taxed or imposed a fee to collect money on their own private prop- chy, without leaving residents hamstrung over what they can do on and erty. with their property. Our little town, with approximately 7,000 residents, has a lot of Doug Shull trouble finding that balance. Fort Myers Beach There will always be some who chafe at any rules at all. Those folks will never be happy on our small, totally developed, cheek-to-jowl EXCELLENT GUEST COMMENTARY island. At the other end of the spectrum are those who want to microman- age every little detail of life on our island with a code or an ordinance. The op-ed article by Mayor Cereceda was excellent and timely. Most of us fall in the middle somewhere, but it seems that our town gov- ernment is on the micromanaging end of the spectrum. I would like to echo her comments from the perspective of the LPA The past few years, we’ve had a rash of ordinances passed. Over which spent a full day hearing for first time the Margaritaville proposal and fifty in the past five years. They range from outdoor displays, parking, the public comment. Most telling for me was the testimony of Bill Spikow- street performers and noise to more parking, special events, newsracks, ski, who as you know, authored our Comprehensive Plan. I think his testi- straws, survey requirements, electric bike rules and of course, short term mony helped greatly to allay the concerns of the community and address rental rules. the key question: Is the proposal consistent with the Comp Plan. That The rich irony of all these rules is that in most cases, they add to question was at the heart of LPA considerations. He stated unambiguous- or change the Land Development Code (LDC). The same LDC that the ly that it was and the LPA agreed. By the hearings end it became clear micromanaging crowd views as sacrosanct. that we were not (to paraphrase Hemingway) a town of broad beaches Our LDC, and for that matter, our Comprehensive Plan, are like and narrow minds. Thanks. out-of-date stilts supporting our community. As our community has grown and changed, instead of replacing the old stilts with stronger, more appro- Henry Zuba priate ones that serve the community we have now, our town has figura- Fort Myers Beach tively nailed thousands of pieces of paper to the old stilts trying to make them do the job of new stilts. There’s been talk of a thorough review and updating of the Comp Plan and LDC, but we haven’t seen it yet. Town staff was directed to look at LDC “glitches,” and that’s what they did. No comprehensive review, just glitches. So we have more paper nailed to the out-of-date LDC. All those ordinances, when combined with a Town Manager whose fervor for rule enforcement and high fines is rarely seen in a small town, plus abandonment of the town’s traditional complaint-driven enforcement, has led to a high number of cases for our Town Magistrate. In April and May, the Magistrate was faced with a combined 109 cases. Magistrate cases include, among a long list of violations, parking fines, sign violations and work without a permit. At least two of our Island churches have been called before the Magistrate this year. Recent en- forcement of new Short Term Rental rules tallied over half the May cases, with violations related to lack of registration, listings/signs without a regis- tration number and weekly rentals in a monthly zone. Our town needs to find a balance that is more in line with the small town atmosphere that we all claim to love about our community. If residents and businesses feel as if they are being watched, they are. Missy Layfield Editor

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All of this is made possible reation Department; hosts the an- through proceeds from our annu- TOUCHING LIVES nual Spirit of The Holidays Dinner al ‘Spirit of The Holidays Dinner & & Auction each December, along Auction’ that this year will be at the “Our main fundraiser each with the Spirit of The Holidays An- DiamondHead Resort on Friday year is the Spirit of The Holidays nual Pancake Breakfast in conjunc- evening, December 6, so we hope Dinner & Auction,” related Linda tion with the Fort Myers Beach Fire everyone in the community will Beasley. “In addition to the schol- Department; and new this year, buy tickets. We would love to have arships, those dollars allow the distributed Easter Baskets to every some of you students involved that Foundation to partner with the Fort Beach School student, along with night!” Myers Beach Fire Department to several other activities to benefit buy presents so every family on the the Fort Myers Beach community. “GO BEACH!” beach will enjoy a Merry Christmas. For more information, see its Face- We load up a fire truck with bicycles book page at www.facebook.com/ Lexi Gore, who attended and all sorts of presents, along with BeachKidsFoundation. the banquet with her parents, Hen- Santa and Mrs. Claus, and go from Prior to the students receiv- ry and Tracey Gore, received her home to home of those in need, ing their scholarship certificates, second consecutive Foundation and when you see the faces of the Captain Matt Herterick, Command- scholarship. The 19-year-old soph- parents who are crying and the er of the Lee County Sheriff’s Of- omore-to-be attends The University faces of the kids who are so hap- fice West District, addressed the of Central Florida as a dual Crimi- py, you know everything we do is audience. “It is truly an honor to be nal Justice & Forensic Science ma- well worth it! The Fire Department here with you tonight, to recognize jor. also cosponsors our annual Pan- all 26 of you scholarship recipients, “I am so proud to receive Scholarship recipient Lexi Gore, a UCF cake Breakfast each December, as it makes me feel good to be in the Beach Kids Foundation schol- sophomore-to-be, looks forward to giv- and when the firefighters sing, it is ing back to her community. a roomful of successful young peo- arship, as this recognition from my PHOTOS BY GARY MOONEY. delightful and hilarious!” ple! I know that education can be own community of my achieve- Another way the Founda- dollar we collect, 100% goes back hard and that it takes time, but ed- ments means a lot, and it is great to tion gives back, Linda explained, “is to the kids in our community,” he ucation is also exciting and I can’t know my hometown supports me…I through the Golden Coconut Award said. “When I see their happy fac- speak highly enough about it, as hope that one day soon, when I am to the Beach Elementary School es, those are the most rewarding it will set the tone for your future. finished with school and have my Teacher of the Year, where the times! I especially recall last year’s Thank you for allowing me to be a own career, I can give back to my other school teachers vote for the Spirit of The Holidays Dinner & Auc- part of this with you, and I wish you community in just the same way as winner. Last year, during that pro- tion when two of the scholarship all the best of luck, and I thank the it supports me now. All I can say is, gram, we presented the school with recipients here tonight showed up Beach Kids Foundation for making ‘Go Beach!’” a check for $8,000 for its Reading unannounced, just to see how they all of this happen for you!” John Albion was one of the Program. We also provided the could help us, and pitched right in, Following Captain Herter- founders of the Beach Kids Foun- teachers with a $1,000 contribution so that is fantastic! That type of in- ick’s remarks, Foundation Board dation almost 35 years ago, along to split amongst themselves, as we teraction will benefit them through- Members presented the scholar- with Fran and Tom Myers of the all know that every teacher pays for out their lives, and that is part of the ship certificates to the recipients. Red Coconut RV Park. He said supplies from their own back pock- advantage of being a member of a Foundation President Linda Beas- that the Foundation has “almost et. It is amazing how many doctors small town community, where we ley announced, “Tonight we award no administrative costs other than and lawyers and other profession- get to see and appreciate the re- 26 scholarships, each worth $1,000 paying for our annual audit and one als get their initial motivation from sults of our efforts.” so this is the most ever in our long or two other things, so out of every their teachers. Then there are other June 21, 2019 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news Page 11 Fort Myers Miracle are Hot Miracle To Defend 2018 FSL Title, Cont’d from pg.8 two punch! Diaz last season was impossible for a Miracle to have second in the league in ERA and Tickets range from $7.50 the Twin’s #10-ranked prospect, a better May, but Larnach did, strikeouts. to $12; purchase them on-line at but fell off the list after a devastating being named the FSL Player of www.milb.com, at the box office wrist injury cost him 2018’s Second The Month! Through the First Half, THE SECOND HALF that opens 90 minutes prior to each Half. Larnach was the Twin’s 2018 Larnach led the league in hits with game, or over the telephone at 239- #1 draft pick, after hitting the game- 73 and doubles with 20; is 2nd in The Miracle begins the 768-4210, though that has a $2 winning home run to lead Oregon batting average at .311 and total season’s second half with 7 of their processing fee. Monday, Tuesday, State to the last year’s College bases to Diaz at 110; 3rd in OPS first 9 games on the road, returning Thursday, and Friday contests start World Series Championship. at .849 and on-base percentage at to Hammond Stadium for 15 of at 7 p.m., Wednesdays featuring In the 2019 First Half, Diaz .381; 4th in slugging percentage at 21 games from June 27 through “Big Splash” attractions for children finished in 1st place in the FSL in .468; and 7th in RBI with 33. July 18. Monday home games are at Noon, Saturdays at 6 p.m., and total bases with 113; 2nd in home Getting hot down the stretch “Dollar Dog Days” with hot dogs Sundays at 1 p.m., with parking runs with 13, slugging percentage drive was Jeffers, who hit three big for $1; Tuesdays are “2-for-1” $5-per-car. They have two long at .538, and OPS at .873; 4th in home runs in the final week to finish tacos, domestic beers and sodas; weekend home stands coming runs at 34, 5th in RBI at 36; and 8th tied for 3rd in the league with 8; “Thirsty Thursdays” offer $1 & $2 up beginning Thursday, June 27 in batting average at .290 and hits outfielder Ernie De La Trinidad who domestic beers; Fridays have post- and again on Thursday, July 4. with 61. He set the Miracle monthly hit .391; and Whitefield who is third game fireworks; Saturdays special Experience that Championship home run record in May with 10 in the FSL with 19 stolen bases. giveaways; and Sundays are Feeling with the Fort Myers Miracle! dingers, becoming the first Fort The Miracle led the league in home “Family Funday” with local Dairy Myers player in its 28-year history runs with 53, including 31 for a new Queens providing ticket vouchers The Minnesota Twins to hit 3 in one game, on May 16 club mark in May, with that figure and kids 12 & under running the promoted Lewin Diaz to Double-A versus Bradenton. alone more than their pitching staff bases after the game. The Miracle Pensacola on June 19. With Diaz breaking the surrendered during the entire First will host a special fireworks display team home run mark, it seemed Half with just 30, with its pitchers on The Fourth of July.

26 Students Receive Scholarships Beach Kids Foundation, Cont’d from pg.10 things, like when someone stole a and this year is a new record of had no one apply under that cate- est thing about the Foundation Beach School student’s bicycle and 26,” Linda stated. “It seems to go gory, so we hope that will change Scholarship program is that as long that was their only way to safely get up every year because the need next year. The Board decided it was as they maintain their grades, these to and from school, so the admin- seems to increase every year. All best to make the funds available to students can apply every year they istration called us and told us that, a student needs to do to qualify is all outlets, to better the students’ remain in college, as most schol- and I went right over to Walmart to either live on Fort Myers Beach educations.” arships only award funds to fresh- and bought them a new bike!” with an immediate family member, “The Beach Kids Foun- men, but how do you pay for your or have one of their parents work dation is like my heart!” Linda ex- 2nd and 3rd and 4th year? But with WARMING HEARTS at an island business. This year, plained. “My husband and son are us, you can receive a scholarship for the first time, the Foundation of- both Beach Kids, and as I look for those years as well. We touch The Foundation has been fered scholarships to attend trade around this room tonight, I watched their lives and they warm my heart, awarding scholarship for over 20 schools, as a traditional college ed- many of these kids grow up, and and how do you beat that!” years: “Last year we provided 18 ucation is not for everyone, but we that means a lot to me! The great- PageWorried 12 about hurricanes The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news June 21, 2019 and flooding?

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There will be lots of treasures for Neighborhoods class at Lakes SWIM LESSONS sale, plus live music, the kids will Park Library, 15290 Bass Rd, Fort The Beach Pool at the Bay Oaks be there to show off some of their Myers. Learn the principles of Recreational Campus offers swim guitar playing skills, and the Tabar- Florida-friendly landscaping using lessons MO – TH from 8:30-10am June FREE rini Foundation Road Crew will be low-maintenance plants and envi- and Sunday at 10:30am. Call the there to answer all your questions ronmentally sustainable practices. pool for details 239-463-5759.The about how you can get involved! Learn the nine principles of creating Beach Pool is open from 10am The Tabarrini Foundation gives free and maintaining a “Florida-Friendly -6pm every day. The Children’s musical instruments and guitar les- Yard.” Class is free, but please reg- Pool will be closed June 26 -28 for sons to deserving kids in Southwest ister at FYNLL2019.eventbrite.com installation of a new play structure. Florida that want to play music, but or call 239-533-4000. The class will The rest of the pool will be open do not have the means to do so on also be presented on SA July 20 those days. their own. For more information, from 10am -noon. email childrensmusicoutreach@ ADULT KICKBALL gmail.com NAUTICAL VIDEO Get your team together now for FMB’S own Salty Sam’s Pirate Ship the Bay Oaks Adult Co-ed Kickball FMB PRIDE PARTY recently served as the main stage league on WE nights, beginning A Daily Guide to Fun on the Beach The Nauti Parrot Dock Bar at 19001 for a music video by The Moy Boys, July 31. $150/team, minimum of 9 A Publication of FortMyersBeach.news San Carlos Blvd, FMB will host a titled “Nautical.” The video released players per team. Register by July LGBTQ Pride Celebration on SA last week, garnered over 200,000 22. Call 239-765-4222 for more June 22 from 8pm - 2am. Everyone views within hours on YouTube. info. JULY 4TH FUN is welcome to come and support Florida natives, the Moy Boys be- There is no better place to cel- the LGBTQ community of SWFL at gan their careers as actors and ebrate Independence Day than SUMMER CAMPS this 21+ event. The celebration will are now working as musical artists. School’s out and it’s time for sum- Fort Myers Beach! Starting with an include drag shows, DJ Smokey They try to work in Florida as often old-fashioned family fun parade at mer camp! There are still spaces (fort Myers), DJ Pat Pat (Naples), as possible. Filmed in FMB and available at these summer camps! 10am. Do you want to be part of dancing, specials and a balloon pop Ocala, and recorded in Los Ange- the parade? Register now at Bay - Bay Oaks offers camp opportu- contest. $12 entry. A portion of pro- les, the video can be found at bit.ly/ nities from now through August 9. Oaks Recreation Center or at bit.ly/ ceeds will benefit Visuality LGBTQ MoyNautical FMBparade Registration is $40 for Camp meets MO – FR from 7:30am Youth Community Center. For more – 6pm with weekly field trips, swim- businesses; $20 for non-profits and details call 239-314-5667. FREE for families. Fireworks off the MORNING MEANDER ming, arts & crafts, sports and a Join an experienced Bird Patrol friendly environment for ages 5-13. pier begin at 9pm. For more infor- Guide in Lakes Park, 7330 Gladi- mation call 239-765-4222 or email BEACH POOL Beginning at $75/week for mem- The children’s pool at the Beach olus Dr, Fort Myers, on SA July 6 bers and $100/week for nonmem- [email protected] Times Square Pool will close from WE June 26 at 8am for Morning Meander, an will have live music all day starting bers. Registration and information through FR June 28 for the instal- easy walk along clear paths with at fmbgov.com under Parks & Rec at 1pm with Remedy playing from lation of the new Kiddie Pool Play an opportunity to see birds in na- 1-5pm and High Tide from 6-11pm and Youth Programs. Structure. The main pool will re- tive vegetation. Lakes Park is a 239-765-4222. courtesy of the Times Square Mer- main open during this time. The birding hot spot and crucial nesting chants Association. - Mound House Super Science Beach Pool, located at 2600 Oak area for many birds. Wear comfort- Camps offer a variety of one week St., FMB, is open daily from 10am able shoes and dress to be outside. camps through August 2. MO – FR MUSICAL GARAGE SALE - 6pm. Bring water, sunscreen and binocu- Attend the Lewis P. Tabarrini Chil- 9am – 4pm. Film, cooking, robotics, lars. For more information call 239- Calusa Kids, science and fun, of dren’s Music Outreach Foundation 533-7580 or 533-7576. Free with Garage Sale on SA, June 22 from FLORIDA YARDS course. $250/week. Camp descrip- Join the Lee County Extension Ser- paid parking. tions and registration available at 9am to 1pm at Gator Lanes locat- vices on FR June 28 from 10am- ed at 1901 Crystal Dr., Fort Myers. bit.ly/MHsciencecamps. 239-765- 12pm for a free Florida Yards & 0865 June 21, 2019 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news Page 15

- Ostego Bay Summer Camp and SA 9am-1pm. 239-765-8162. include: still has space available for camp Upcoming programs include: SA June 22: 8am-Mangroves by weeks beginning July 8 and July Kayak Tour; 11am & 2pm–Shell 22. Explore our barrier islands FR June 21: 10:30am-Family Mov- Mound Tour; 1pm-Guided Muse- and the waters of Estero Bay with ie, “The Lego Batman Movie” um Tour beach and field trips. Camps begin WE June 26: 10:30am-Pediatric TU June 25: 9am-Beach Walk at at the Marine Science Center, 718 Dentistry. Preregister by June 25. Newton Park (beach conditions Fisherman’s Wharf, FMB. MO – FR TH June 27: 10:30am-Rhine River permitting); 11am & 2pm-Shell 9am – 4pm. Cost $275/week. Reg- Cruise Discussion. Preregister. Mound Tour; 1pm-Guided Muse- ister at ostegobay.org or call 239- TU July 2: 1:30pm-Family Movie, um Tour 765-8101. “Secret Life of Pets” PG Free. WE June 26: 8am-Family Fun - The Fort Myers Miracle will offer Kayak Tour; 10am - Calusa In- two-day youth baseball camps to MOUND HOUSE dian Masks; 11am & 2pm-Shell help children learn the fundamen- The oldest standing structure on Mound Tour; 1pm – Guided Mu- tals of hitting, fielding, throwing and Fort Myers Beach with a histori- seum Tour running. Designed for all skill levels cal museum inside and beautiful TH June 27: 8am-Mangroves by ages 6-12. Session run from 9am – grounds outside including an ob- Kayak Tour (Museum closed) noon. Camp 1 will be held MO July servation pier, kayak launch and SA June 29: 8am-Family Fun FORT MYERS BEACH 8 & TU July 9. Camp 2 is on TU amazing back bay views. Grounds Kayak Tour; 10am-Cool Calusa NESTS...... 66 July 30 and WE July 31. $85/child open sunrise to sunset. Museum is Tools; 11am & 2pm-Shell Mound FALSE CRAWLS... 78 or $160/both camps. Call 239-533- open TU, WE & SA 9am-4pm. Lo- Tour; 1pm – Guided Museum Tour HATCHED...... 0 7675 or register at MiracleBase- cated at 451 Connecticut St. with ball.com overflow parking at 216 Connecti- LOVERS KEY STATE PARK BONITA SPRINGS cut. Call for exact times on kayak Guided nature programs are of- NESTS...... 140 BEACH LIBRARY tours, costs, reservations and ad- fered in the park. All programs FALSE CRAWLS.. 198 The Fort Myers Beach Library is a ditional information. 239-765-0865. require registration, are free HATCHED ...... 1 great place to visit. Browse the li- Save 20% on kayak tours for a lim- with park entry and take place at brary’s many collections, use the ited time when you use the code 10am. To register call 239-463- www.turtletime.org computers, read newspapers, vis- SUMMER20 during online regis- 4588. Upcoming programs in- it the Friends Used Bookstore or tration; 50% off Museum admis- clude: the artwork on the 3rd floor, all in sion when you mention MOUND- Chamber for registration information, air-conditioned comfort! The Li- HOUSE2019. Upcoming programs – Birding Beach Walk 239-454-7500. brary is open MO-FR 9am-5pm FR Jun 24 FR July 12 – Sea Turtle Talk TURTLE LIGHTS BOWLING BASH Anyone with property near or on the LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS The 6th Annual FMB Chamber beach should replace all exterior light Bowling Bash will be held on bulbs with amber LED light bulbs to Tuesday, 6/25 9:00am Public Safety Committee July 18 from 4-9pm at Beach comply with state and local laws de- 6:30pm Library Board, Bowl. Enter a team of up to 6 signed to protect nesting sea turtles. 2755 Estero Blvd, FMB players and play from 5-7pm or Amber lightbulbs can be purchased 7-9pm. Cost is $75/team or $14/ at Town Hall for $8.50 each during of- Wednesday, 6/26 6:00pm FMB Fire Board individual or $10 gallery ticket for fice hours: 8:30am – 4:30pm. Wildlife non-players. Open to the public. friendly lighting is also available from Prizes for each round, plus free the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commis- All meetings take place in Town Hall, 2525 Estero Blvd, Fort Myers sion at myFWC.com. Beach unless otherwise noted. Meetings are subject to change. food and a cash bar. Contact the Page 16 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news June 21, 2019 June 21, 2019 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news Page 17

“Hey Zazu, what on earth is that bald dude doing?” “Well Nigel, that’s what I call Carpe Diem.” Eric M. Huntsman

“Don’t go for it. I think it’s a trap” Mike Johnson

Snowflake Fish, identifying itself as a bird today William Kuhlman

“I told you I shouldn’t have had that last cocktail Ralph, now I’m seeing flying fish!” Paul Rothenberg

Country Joe & the Fish...1,2,3,4 What are we fighting for? Tim Ritchie

WHAT IS COMMUNITY COMICS Each week I draw a cartoon and put it up on my FB page (Mark List) on Saturday morning, and ask all my FB friends to contribute captions for the cartoon. I also ask that everyone vote for the ones they think are the funniest. The ones with the most Likes by Monday or Tuesday get printed in the funnies pages that week. We do it simply for the fun of it. Page 18 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news June 21, 2019 June 21, 2019 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news Page 19 Hurricane Prep Summer Concert Series Know Your Zone Aibou Duo Featured July 10

Shell Point Retirement versatile pair is dedicated to pre- Community’s 2019 Summer Con- senting chamber music to audienc- cert Series will welcome a perfor- es in Southwest Florida. Listeners mance by Aibou Duo at 7 p.m. on will be provided background infor- Wednesday, July 10, in the Grand mation on each composition and 2019 Evacuation Zone Map with Zone A in red. The circle numbers are possible shelters, opened at the discretion of the Lee County Emergency Operations Cypress Room at The Woodlands will have an opportunity to speak Center. FROM THE LEE COUNTY ALL HAZARDS GUIDE. at Shell Point, 14441 Woodsong with the musicians following the Lane in Fort Myers. The event is concert. Evacuation zones are la- waters. The water and the ground open to the public, with tickets To learn more about the up- beled A to E, with A being the most can be contaminated by chemicals available for $20 online at www. coming performance by Aibou Duo, susceptible to storm surge and wind and raw sewage. Power will be out damage. As a storm approaches, for a long time. Tap water may be shellpoint.org/summer or by phone or the final concert in the Summer the Lee County Emergency Opera- unsafe. Cell service will be patchy, at 239-454-2067. Series, an August 28 piano concert tions Center, will issue evacuation if available at all. If you choose not Comprised of Yoko Sata by Pietro Iannotti, visit www.shell- orders in phases, with the zones to evacuate, you may not be able to Kathari on piano and Ruby Berland point.org/summer or call 239-454- most at risk being first, often while leave after the storm due to storm on violin, Aibou Duo has performed 2067. Tickets purchased online or the skies are still clear and the sun damage. throughout the South Florida com- by phone will be held for pick-up at shining. Don’t let the clear skies fool Emergency response per- munity since 2009. The classically will call on the night of the perfor- you. sonnel are pulled off the roads when trained twosome presents an en- mance. The areas closest to the the wind hits 40 mph. That means gaging repertoire that draws on a Gulf in Lee County are in the A no ambulance, fire or police will be variety of musical styles, and the zone, including all the barrier is- able to respond to any call for help, lands: Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel, if your call even gets through, until Captiva, Pine Island. You might be after the storm when the winds drop surprised to know that Evacuation below 40mph and the roads have Zone A also includes areas along been checked for safety. the Caloosahatchee River up- Know your zone and plan to Holiday Deadlines stream to nearly Alva. Zone A also evacuate when directed to, before if extends all the way to U.S. 41 from possible. Your plans should include College Parkway to Bonita Beach more than one destination option Road, where Zone A reaches all the when evacuating, with county shel- July 4 way to I-75. Keep this in mind as ters your very last resort. Hotels will Due to the Fourth of July holiday, deadlines for the Island Sand Paper July you decide where to go when you fill up early. Talk to friends and fam- 5th issue have changed. All display ads, classified ads, event announcements evacuate. Do not move from one ily far inland now to see if you can and Letters to the Editor must be submitted by Tuesday noon, July 3. Events, Zone A area to another. go to their home when you evacu- classified ads and letters may be emailed to [email protected] Why evacuate? Storm surge ate. flooding can easily overwash our Learn more about hurricane The July 5th issue will be available Thursday, July 4th. island in a storm. Water comes up preparation with the Lee Hazards The Island Sand Paper office will be closed July 4 and 5. quickly, but recedes very slowly, of- Guide at bit.ly/LeeHazardsGuide ten hiding road damage under flood BEACH BUSINESSES Page 20 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news June 21, 2019

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SHOP LOCALLY June 21, 2019 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news Page 21 PUZZLE ANSWERS Page 22 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news June 21, 2019 Florida News Another Homestead Abuse Allegation child welfare agency in Gov. Ron February 2018. His office would not immediately respond to requests DeSantis’ administration, said it say whether the reports the state for comment. “erroneously accepted” the May re- has received about alleged sexual The South Florida facility is port, which has been referred to the abuse at the facility raised concerns the largest migrant shelter in the federal government. for the governor. His communica- nation, housing unaccompanied By Ana Ceballos “The report has since been tions director, Helen Aguirre Ferre, children between the ages of 13 News Service of Florida closed as DCF does not have juris- referred all questions to DCF. and 17 who crossed the border ille- diction to conduct child protective Of the seven reports re- gally. Seventy-two percent of them Florida officials received a are boys, according to the latest re- investigations at this federal facili- ceived by the state about alleged port from the federal government. report in May of alleged child sexu- ty,” DaMonica Smith, a department abuse at the facility, two involved al abuse at the Homestead migrant Florida Democrats in Con- spokeswoman, said. caregivers, one involving a staff gress and the Legislature have shelter, marking the seventh report Had the state not mistaken- member and another a legal guard- criticized the federal government of such abuse at the controversial ly accepted the case, it would not ian of a minor, state records show. for not allowing the Miami-Dade federal facility. have been disclosed in a public re- County school district to provide Homestead has received cords request by the News Service. FEDERAL OVERSIGHT educational resources to children an influx of migrant children as a “If it weren’t for our state’s in the facility and keeping hurricane result of the Trump administration’s open-records law, how would we “The Homestead facility has emergency plans under wraps. crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico know?” said Sen. José Javier Ro- discretion to allow DCF to conduct They also have raised concerns border. Along with that has come dríguez, a Miami Democrat who is child protective investigations as about a lack of transparency on scrutiny from advocacy groups and we do not have jurisdiction,” Smith the handling of child sexual abuse a vocal critic of the facility. “If they claims. Democrats who decry the facility’s are not going to do it themselves, told the News Service in March “prison-like” conditions and want it when the first six reports came to With the annual hurricane they are also not permitting others season starting this month, safety closed. to provide services to children and light. “Despite repeated reports DCF was allowed to inves- concerns about children in the facil- giving them what they need.” ity have drawn additional attention. of abuse and neglect, the U.S. Rodriguez called on De- tigate the reports alleging caregiv- government continues to deny chil- ers had sexually abused children. The shelter sits in one of the state’s Santis to use his influence with most vulnerable hurricane zones, dren in immigration custody the President Donald Trump to give the Those probes determined there basic protection, care and justice were no “indicators” of abuse, re- and the Miami Herald reported that Department of Children and Fami- U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, that U.S. and international laws --- lies jurisdiction over the child abuse cords show. not to mention our basic humanity When the state received D-Fla., has asked to look at the fa- complaints it receives. So it stops cility’s hurricane plan but has yet to --- demand,” Gaby Guadalupe, a being a “black box,” he said. reports of the five other cases, spokeswoman with the American which involved child-on-child sexu- see it. “I like to hope that it is not The Florida Division of Civil Liberties Union of Florida, told far-fetched, we are talking about al abuse allegations, including the The News Service of Florida when latest report in May, the allegations Emergency Management said the children,” Rodriguez said. “This facility “is not required to submit” a asked about the latest abuse re- would be a chance to show that were referred to the federal govern- port. ment because of the jurisdiction is- plan to the state agency. they are not tied at the hip and that “During an emergency, Records housed with the [DeSantis] can think for himself.” sues. Florida Department of Children and It remains unclear if the FDEM provides resources to all DeSantis, a close political Florida counties, as well as any Families indicate the May report ally of Trump, has been publicly child-on-child reports have been in- was sexual in nature, between two vestigated by the U.S. Department state or federal partner requesting supportive of the border crackdown assistance,” Jason Mahon, a Divi- minors, but no details were pro- that caused Homestead’s popula- of Health and Human Services, vided due to confidentiality issues. which oversees the Homestead sion of Emergency Management tion to swell to roughly 3,000 chil- spokesman said. The department, which is the top dren since the facility opened in facility. The federal agency did not June 21, 2019 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news Page 23 WHO’S PLAYING WHERE ON AND AROUND THE BEACH

CLUB FRIDAY 6/21 SATURDAY 6/22 SUNDAY 6/23 MONDAY 6/24 TUESDAY 6/25 WEDNESDAY 6/26 THURSDAY 6/27 CASTAWAYS Santini Marina Plaza CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED 463-4644

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SALTY CRAB ANTHONY WAYNE 12-4PM BERNIE HYLAND 1-5PM JEFF GREENE 2-6PM 1154 Estero Blvd JPH ENTERTAINMENT AARON SEYFFERTH ANDY ATWOOD 233-8224 6-10PM 6-10PM 7-10PM

SHARK BAR JOSH ROWAND 19030 Old San Carlos Blvd LAUREN ANDERSON COLLABORATION BAND 8-12 PITBULL OF BLUES 7-11PM 239-313-6012 5-8PM

SOBs Old San Carlos Blvd ANTHONY WAYNE WILL KAISER LEE HAGAN WILL KAISER ANTHONY WAYNE FRANK THOMPSON SHAWN RUSSELL 6-10PM 6-10 6-10PM 6-10 6-10 6-10 6-10 463-3474

WHALE 1249 Estero Blvd NEW VINYLS NOT GUILTY RADIO GHOST KARAOKE WITH BRENDA ROGER YOUNG TYLER KLUSNER 9PM 9PM 9PM 6-9PM 6-9PM 6-9PM 463-5505

Who’s Playing Where Page is a free service for current Island Sand Paper Advertisers. ALL LISTINGS ARE SUPPLIED BY THE ADVERTISERS. ALL LIST- INGS FOR THE MONTH ARE DUE ON THE 15TH OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WHO’S PLAYING WHERE. To qualify for listing, venue must have live music scheduled regularly on multiple days per week. CONTACT SANDY AT 463-4461 TO DISCUSS ADVERTISING OPTIONS! Page 24 The Island Sand Paper FortMyersBeach.news June 21, 2019 Use a rideshare to get to The Whale, we’ll give you a FREE “Whale-A-Rita”! With purchase of food.

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Live Music is Back Every Friday, Saturday, & Sunday! 9pm - Midnight! The Best Happy Hour on the Beach! Mon - Fri 2-5pm 1249 Estero Blvd. • 239-463-5505 • www.thewhalefmb.com

Local Gulf Shrimp & Great Views Live Music • Waterfront Seating • Island Mojitos Retail Fish Market Available

Award Winning Lee County’s Newest Flavors From The Waterfront Restaurant Caribbean Rim! & Fish House! www.dixiefishfmb.com www.DocFords.com 714 Fishermans Wharf • 239.233.8837 708 Fisherman’s Wharf • 239.765.9660