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WEEK OF JUNE 10, 2015 SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA. FLORIDA VOLUME 53, NUMBER 33 VISIT US ONLINE AT CAPTIVASANIBEL.COM Islands Night committee members Richard Muench (left), Barry Alan Roth, Charlene Kocinski, Deb Gleason and Richard Johnson. Islands Night is June 17. See story on page 10 Shell Shocked . Island Home . Island Reporter Calendar. Captiva Current Classifieds.............................53 Living S a n ib e l.......................13 Poetic L ic e n s e ......................44 What’s Blooming ................ 43 ■ Sanibel $ Captiva Pfeifer Realty Group is... SSMU03 PFEIFER jsuioisno lEiiuapisay SunnySanibel.com ZZIS# HUJjad REALTY Id ‘SU3AIAI Id 239-472-0004 aivd BO VISO d sn GROUP a is aisa d ...Your Island Home Team. ♦ ♦ ♦ Sandy Ham retires from Sanibel library SPECIAL TO THE ISLANDER The library outgrew its space, story-time kits to cooking Page 2 After more than 23 years so in 1994 the library moved kits; and cataloging all of it. M of service to Sanibel Public to its current location on Linda Uhler, Sanibel Library, Sandy Ham is retir Dunlop Road. Sandy and a Public Library Board of ing. Ham is responsible for team of staff and volunteers Commissioners chair said, cataloging ihe thousands o f moved the books from "Through it all, the thing that new items that circulate in Library Way to Dunlop using has been the same is Sandy’s the library, as well as helping grocery carts and private and commitment to quality that the Bailey-Matthews commercial vehicles. locals have come to expect ” National Shell Museum cata Ham has seen the library Ham’s role at the Sanibei log new items in their perma catalog go from typing on Public Library includes nent collection. paper cards to computer "original cataloging," creat Sandy Ham began work entry via batch uploading ing a catalog record for an ing at Sanibel Public Library with worldwide access to item without the aid of anoth in 1992, when the library bibliographic databases. er library’s record. Original was located on Library Way. She’s seen the transition cataloging is needed for The library in the 1990s still from 8-tracks, to reel-to-reel, unique items such as local PHOTO PROVIDED used cards to catalog books to cassettes, 8mm to 16mm history materials, archival Sanibel Public Library Board of Commissioners presented Sandy and other items in the collec to beta to VHS to DVD to materials, rare books, manu Ham with retirement gift. Included were Tom Krekel (left), Sandy tion. Space was tight, so BluRay to streaming movies scripts and maps. Zahorchak, Margaret Mohundro, Sandy Ham, Linda Uhler, Linda Ham’s office was in a closet. via the internet; from kid’s See HAM, page 43 Kramer and Gib Warren. I CANNOT TELL A LIE.JT'S SIMPLY THE BEST...I CANNOT TELL A LIE...IT'S SIMPLY THE BEST... Q: What do Sanibel Krunch®, t Dirty Sand Dollar^ & Lemon Meringue Gelato have in common? :MO COtATf coFfers captivasanibel.com___________Week of Wednesday. 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Maybe they were at the The kitchen chorus of Lutheran loonies are the Sodom and Gomorrah of the Plains” — time of Adam and Eve but certainly not these once again holding their own and wowing the St. Paul and Minneapolis, where if Satan days. delighted audiences at the Broadway Palm Dinner designed it, you will find it in the cities. This The air is free Theatre till July 4. What a treat to watch, listen and particular ditty gave the wonderful Jenny but in some coun tries you need to laugh as this fearless foursome tries to beat the Hollander her big moment to steal the show, devil at a subterranean level. which she did with wickedly witty panache. wear a mask that In this musical tribute to the tireless dedicated Another scene-stealer, Shannon covers the nose to filter out the gals who man basement kitchens everywhere, Connoly/Mavis, gets her due, as her hot whether that is Catholic churches, synagogues, flashes have her seeking cold in the most stench. Also free air comes at a price; Protestant churches, service clubs, and communi ridiculous of ways that are hilarious. Victor ty centers, any place where people gather to have Legarreta’s man of the cloth, Pastor tornadoes, hurri coffee and comfort food as they meet, mix and E.L.Gunderson, couldn’t be better, as he canes, blizzards, hale and acrid odors mingle. They are your moms, grandmothers, aunts finds solace and humor in the subterranean Art Stevens and others who devote time and energy making sanctuary, by drinking coffee, as he marvels from the neighbor impossible tasks possible. at these women who somehow seem to solve all the world’s hood slaughter Week Week ofWednesday, June 10, 2015 This is a sweet show that follows the lives of this fab four: problems over a cup of coffee and a few nibbles of some sort Shell house. Water was origi ■ Mrs. Lars Snustad of Scandinavian bread called lefse. Shocked (Vivian)/Jenny The rest of the cast consists of Mavis, a kooky farm wife nally intended to be Hollander. (with hot flashes) who’s always in danger of accidentally stab free but no longer ^ f a n c i e r ■ Mrs. Gilmer bing her friends as she casually flails a knife around while is. In fact, there’s not enough of it in various (Mavis)/Shannon telling tales of the various members of the church community. parts of the world. Our water bills are getting __________ Connolly. Then there’s Karin, the one lady who has been to the demon higher and yet we’re urged to drink eight is la n d glasses of water a day by health experts. In REPORTER Mrs. Elroy cities and now is just a tad more refined than the others, but by Engleson (Karin)/Alison no means is too citified to work in the church basement. some areas we need to ration water and in (LISPS 481 -400) Nusbaum. Finally, there is Signe, Karen’s daughter, who brings in not other areas there is too much water. In the 2340 Periwinkle Way ■ Signe Engelson only a sense of innocence, but a breath of youth from the out U.S., parts of California are undergoing severe Sanibel, FL 33957 (Mrs. Engleson’s daugh- side world along with a smidge of rebellion into the down drought while not too many miles east entire Phone: (239) 472-1587 ter)/Sarah Cammarata below House of God. communities are being destroyed because of Fax: (239) 472-8398 severe flooding. What’s wrong with this pic Web: captivasanibel.com (making an auspicious Sarah Cammarata could not have been better in the role of Broadway Palm debut). Signe. She not only has a fine voice, Cammarata has a witty ture? Free water? Tell that to the residents of California who must now cleanse themselves Publisher ■ And last but not sense of humor that has just the right amount of edge to keep it least is Pastor E.L. from being sappy. She moves like a dream and looks com with Diet Coke. Scott Blonde Love is also supposed to be free unless you [email protected] Gunderson/Victor pletely at home in the basement with this trio of ladies. Legarreta. Allison Nusbaum as Karin (Signe’s mom who once lived in happen to be paying $5,000 a month in alimo Sanibel-Captiva Islander Editor Now that I’ve intro “the cities”) is properly regal with just the right touch of ny to allow your ex-wife to keep up her karate Craig Garrett duced the cast of charac- lessons and her affair with the pizza delivery [email protected] See CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES, page 52 guy.

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