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SCCF Class Matzaluna Library art page 4A pageiB pageiC > i JANUARY 13, 1995 VOLUME 24 NUMBER 2 3 SECTIONS, 36 PAGES *• + '<. island R I-R 7 70 OUNLOP ••' -,. ;.'-:!i1. | Tourists Fishing farmer poisoned by clams By R. Thicker Abbott similis, from the sand Special to the Island flats in front of their Reporter motel on West Gulf In what evidently is Drive. In anticipation of another verified Florida a delicious clam feast, case of the potentially they boiled the clams for fatal neurotoxic shellfish four or five minutes and poisoning occurred on consumed the entire lot. Sanibel on the afternoon Within an hour both men of Jan. 2 when two 39- began to feel tingling in year-old tourists were their tongues and the stricken after eating extremities of their fin- clams they had collected gers. Two hours later one on the gulf shore beach- of the gentlemen became es. nauseous, weak and Mark Debban, visiting dizzy while visiting a from Kearney, Neb. and Sanibel shell shop. Thanks to the knowl- The cold weather of late has led many to rummage through their closets in search of Rick Mellor of Marion, clothes they wore "Up North," resulting sometimes in an interesting sartorial outlook. Iowa collected a dozen •please see page 2A live surf clams, Spisula County says no to nudes at Silver Key By Mark S. Krzos cially designated clothing optional beach according to as being advertised on the computer on-line service Staff Writer naturist Priscilla Ahlert, who said that they should Prodigy as being a clothing-optional beach used by No more naked people was the ay by the Board of have a safe place to get an all over tan without the nudists worldwide. Lee County Commissioners who on Monday nixed worries of being harassed by the police. Ahlert said Ahlert showed that the Hauloyer Beach in North nakedness on the beaches of Sanibel and Bonita that the clothing optional beach would have signs to Miami Beach has seen parking revenues more than Springs. warn those opposed to nude sunbathing. double since it switched to a clothing-optional beach. Commissioners unanimously and without com- Ahlert presented the commissioners with statistics Average revenues per month in 1991 were approxi- ment agreed with Commissioner John Manning's showing the profitability of nude beaches in other mately $30,000 while following the stripping of motion to refuse Sanibel Naturists' request for Lee" areas <of Florida: The na^^ clothes, parHng" revenuesincreased to $63,000 per County to provide for two secluded sections of coun- Key on Sanibel or a section of the Carl Johnson Park month in 1993. Ahlert said that designating such ty beach into "clothing optional" zones. near Bonita Springs as the place where they can let it beaches in Lee County could give the summer tourist The Sanibel Naturists have been vying for an offi- all hang out. Ahlert pointed to the Silver Key location •please see page 2A Police statistics reflect Commission give initial OK c rackdown on traffic to trimming mangroves ai inn By Mark S. Krzos gy at the University ol In dJdition. ihc By Matthew Miller reported, which include arson, simple Staff Writer Miami. "Less than 30 Signal Inn hopes id cut Staff Writer assault, drug/narcotics, fraud, counter- The Signal Inn and its percent ot the mangrove down M oi the 39 Well, the new year has begun and feiting/forgery, intimidation^ sex residents I eel a hulc bci- area is included in the AuMralian Pi no trees the old is behind us but a retrospective offenses, stolen property, DUI, destruc- ter after the Sanibel viewing windows and and seeks to do S(>i n of the year's police events help lend tion/vandalism and liquor law viola- Planmnp Commission not all trees in thai area one lump sum rather insight about the island's finest and tions with 101 cases cleared. jiavc its preliminary will have to be than tuning down one at worst. The.tdtal number of crimes "did not approval, l'ucsday, to trimmed." a time o\cr a two >car Records for 1994 Sanibel Police rise from last year but perhaps the most reduce the height ol s>ur- The windows accord- period Department statistics, furnished by alarming statistic is the number of roundiog mangroves. mg to planner Jim "The icnuwd! ol the Chief Richard Plager reflect police Uniform Traffic Citation (UTC) for the Cutting would provide a Jordan, arc the selective pmes is going i<i he dis- efforts, police effectiveness and a clear- past year since they increased by nearly view of the gulf for trimming ol the top* oi ruptuc and will be bet- er view about the state of the commuruV 50 percent. A UTC is any citation many of the inn's first the mangroves ifrr view* ter if n is dune in one ty. •' ;• " ' • :'..,' ' • :'..:. issued for a moving violation such as floor residents, who in ing of The Gulf ol shot, make the me«.s, There were 178 Part 1 crimes which speeding tickets, broken tail lights, fol- the past months emild Mexico from fu>i floor undo the mess and lowing too closely, etc. In 1993 1,004 include homicide, aggravated assault, see nothing but, an over- condominiums and will repair ihc cuoa as hcM as burglary, larceny and motor vehicle UTCs were issued compared to the growth df mangnne*. he aligned onl> with poviMi\ said Ui. theft with 32 cases cleared. One hun- According to Or Earl condominiums that have dred, sixty-eight Part 2 crimes were •please see page 2A Rich, professor ol biolo- a limited •please see page 2A 2A • JANUARY 13, 1995 • ISLAND REPORTER -POISONINGS . •from page 1A succumbed by the. .algae bloom, had served in Florida restaurants are per- of the Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum edgeable proprietor, Larry Strange, a been stranded along the beach front. fectly safe because their source is from and a world-renowned conchologist trained biologist, the stricken men were Rodriguez explained that the red tide certified dealers that harvest only in and malacologist. His column, "Shell alerted that they may have contracted is a massive, discoloring blooming of approved shellfish waters. Museum Musings," regularly appears paralytic shellfish poisoning, usually the single-celled dinoflagelate seaweed, (R. Tucker Abbott, Ph.D., is directorin the Island Reporter.,) associated with blooms of the red tide. Gymnodinium breve, that produces a The victims proceeded immediately nerve toxin that kills fish and can cause to the Lee County HealthPark Medical respiratory irritation and coughing in new Center on Summerlin Road in Fort humans. Clams, oysters, mussels and Myers where at 10:30 p.m. they were scallops that filter in these algae 1H11 feature ©xMMts on molltxs&s* treated for shock and eventually blooms loaded with the toxin, and medicine aad mm, including acedijj% released. Both clam-eaters continued to when eaten by humans can cause experience nausea, muscular pains, severe symptoms, sometimes resulting %bboti 'also;w'iarfls ..shell anxiety and diarrhea during the follow- in death. ing few days. Visitors to Florida's coastline are up ^ve cone shells. Two cases "This is the first time this has hap- warned not to harvest shellfish when a pened to us," said Mellor, who has l have beM repotted from west red tide is present. The DEP runs a 24- fj^i^^^^^^ life,snail pro- been a regular visitor on Sanibel for hour recording that reports the current eight years. "Next time I'll stick to status of all west coast shellfishing igectit * strong aerve toxin into W; chicken, pork or beef." areas (813) 255-0083. On Sanibel, both According to biologist Cesar inad of the victim* Although, paiaf&jh sides of the island are off limits to the SX^i cy& no,deaths such as' Rodriguez of the Shellfish Harvesting collecting of edible mollusks for eating Assessment Section of the Florida purposes at any time. Additionally, those recorded to the Department of Environmental there is now a total ban on collecting Protection (DEP), a recent red tide any live land, freshwater or marine |>8iirful bites coming warning had been issued for Captiva mollusks within the city limits of from small life pe&pisea sometimes and Sanibel. At the time the clams Sanibel. In emp# shellsJn Sanibel aaft were collected, numerous dead fish, Rodriguez added that clam chowders -NUDES sion ruled the way it did. in books or on a comput- •from page 1A "For 35 minutes they er information system, Naples man arrested for DUI trade a big boost while were bemoaning the people are going to go," By Matthew Miller restaurant. A strong alco- .201, all well over the .08 giving the Lee County financial woes of the Ahlert said. "Silver Key Parks Department a Staff Writer hol odor was detected by BAC (blood alcohol con- parks department, and is advertised in The Police arrested the officer as he tent) legal limit. much needed increase in then we come up show- World Guide to Nude revenues. Michael Ray Pike, 35, of approached the vehicle. Pike was transported ing what a clothing- Beaches and when nud- Naples, for driving under Pike was reportedly to the Sanibel Police However, Manning optional beach can do to ists see that, especially countered by showing the influence Saturday "very unsteady" when he Department for process- increase revenues and Europeans, they're going night Jan. 7. stood from his car. He ing where he urinated in some statistics of his don't even consider our to plan their vacation own refuting the Sanibel Police noticed Pike submitted to a field his pants and then to the proposition," Ahlert said.