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Discussing the beach plan Bruce Rogers speaks at CASI meeting Page 6 IS new subscribers this week Since 1961 Stilf first on Sanibei and ~ Captiva islands VOL. 34, NO. 5 TUESDAY, JAN. 31,1995 2 SECTIONS, 36 PAGES 50 CENTS Show Biz f~- As It Was By Frank Wagner A 1963 invasion of the Windy City The 1962 opening of Julius Monk's Plaza 9 - at the Plaza Hotel in New York had been most successful. Each night the club was sold out, wall-to-wall, for both shows. It finally became apparent that huge financial gains were being dangled in front of Julius as the main incentives for opening additional clubs in other urban areas. Julius resisted strongly while he bathed in the success of Plaza 9 - but the pres- sures grew insurmountable and he finally said "yes" to a new club in Chicago. But, wise one that he was, his "yes" was sur- rounded with a number of contractual commit- ments that had to be fulfilled before Julius would budge. Thejane: requisite^^toat heMM the list was _ the choice of locations for the club in Chicago and absolute final say on the design of the interi- or and stage area. 'Love Makes The Julius and his manager, Tom Hammond, made weekly trips to Chicago to check out real estate. World Go 'Round' And weekly Julius would return without having found any possible building or structure that These photographs show some of the cos- struck his fancy. Like a petulant child, he real- tumes that wilt be featured In Sanlbel ized that as long as he could find no suitable*"" Musicaf Festival benefit "Love Makes The premise, the opening would remain in limbo. World Go 'Round," Sunday, Feb. 5, at 1:30 and 4 p.m. There will be a reception at 3 p.m. After a certain length of time, and the impa- for both performances at the Pirate tience of certain investors, Julius realized the jig Playhouse. "Love Makes The World Go was up and he made a final choice. It was an old Round" includes a fashion show of spectac- Abyssinian church at 56 West Huron St. in one ular opera costumes, masks and head of the tackier sections of Chicago. Only one pieces from the Royal Opera House Covent block away, the neighborhood was dotted with a Garden, London and Cincinnati Conservato- string of strip joints and many bars with ques- ry of Music Opera and that city's Playhouse tionable reputations. in The Park. Additional costumes are on Julius had envisioned the Chicago club as an loan from Opera Theater of Connecticut. even more elegant club than Plaza 9 -. He dictat- This is a major fund-raising event for both the Sanibei Music Festival and WSFP-FM. Please see INVASION, page 10 The benefit includes a gala reception, cos- tume commentary by Nell Schaenen and musical direction by Andrew Kurtz, it will all take place at the Pirate Playhouse on Periwinkle Way. Tickets are $30 per person ($20 tax deductible donation). For further inquiries and reservations, please contact Arts & Leisure 16 Flo Walsh at 395-1616. Calendar 12 1 «' '• , * * li Classifieds 25 Photos by Ed Neitzke Cityside 6 Commentary 8 26 Crossword ». '" I ' .1 * * Recreation 20 What's Playing •11 2 THE ISLANDER Tuesday. Jan. 31. 1995 Tuesdav, Jan. 31. 1995 THE ISLANDER 3 All of the following information came directly from violation of the open container law and with posses- Sanibel Police Department reports. POLICE sion of a suspended license. Psychologist arrested on burglary charges Several Sanibel residents were told to stop setting Martin Villaneuva of Captiva was stopped on the By Steve Ruediger noticed that items belonging to them were missing Inside the suitcase in her car were found a missing off fireworks on Dixie Beach Boulevard at 1:42 a.m. BEAT Sanibel Causeway and charged Wednesday, Jan. 25, Islander staff writer from a conference room. paperweight and a missing clock. Friday, Jan. 27. They were celebrating somebody's with not having a valid driver's license. Pamela Barnet, 48, a psychologist at a Chicago One of the packages left by Barnet to be mailed In the closet of the room she had been renting at birthday. children's hospital and a guest at the Sundial Beach came open and was found by Sundial personnel to the Sundial were found a variety of items missing from the condo, including photographs, painted pic- rearview mirror. A cellular phone and two containers of prescrip- Resort, was arrested Saturday, Jan. 21, on burglary, contain items resembling those just reported stolen. Robert A. Zelten of Wayne, Pa., was charged Jan. tion medicine were stolen Jan. 25 from a car parked grand theft, possession of stolen property and six pos- Barnet was reported to Sanibel police who took tures, china containers and a stereo radio. 27 with going 63 mph on the Sanibel Causeway. A Sanibel man complained Jan. 26 that his wife, at the Sanibel Moorings. session of controlled substance charges. her to a room at the Sundial for questioning. She had Six bottles of controlled substances for which she whom he is divorcing, calls him several times a day An island couple returned to their Middle Gulf no explanation when asked why she was mailing a did not have prescriptions were also found in her Peter T. Kelly of Captiva was charged Thursday, at work harassing him. He was told to get a court David Mark Cornell of Chattanooga, Tenn., was Drive condominium that Saturday after being away telephone that was missing from the conference purse. They included prozac, ritalin, carisoprodol, Jan. 26, with going 55 mph on Sanibel-CaptivaRoad order that she stop. charged Jan. 25 with improper passing on Sanibel- since Jan. 13. They discovered numerous items miss- room. vikadin and diazepam. and with having an expired tag. Captiva Road. ing from their home and called police. Barnet let the police officers open the trunk of her The packages Barnet had attempted to mail were Linda J. Nielson of Fort Myers was charged Jan. Meanwhile Barnet, who was checking out of her car and they found in it a camera that was missing addressed to herself at the hospital where she works Ralph J. Falkestein of Brookfield, Ct., was charged 26 with going 54 mph on Sanibel-Captiva Road. Please see BEAT, page 3 Sundial room, had asked Sundial personnel to mail from the conference room and a vase that was miss- in Chicago. Jan. 26 with going 52 mph on Sanibel-Captiva Road. packages for her. ing from the condominium. A bedroom window at the burglarized condo was George David Kneram of Fort Myers was charged Just previously three people at the Sundial had Barnet was then arrested. found to be unlocked. Charles Albert Yudgehinus of Bokeelia was Jan. 26 with going 51 mph on Casa Ybel Road. charged Jan. 26 on Sanibel-Captiva Road with dri- Kubisz twins Beat continued from page 2 ving on a suspended license, having a switched tag Rissa L. Weitzman of Boca Raton was in. a car City recognizes and having improper equipment. His car lacked a stopped on Periwinkle Way Jan. 26 and charged.with Police called a locksmith Jan. 25 because a woman arrested for at Sanibel Elementary School had locked her keys and her child in her car. However, the child was able Arbor Day with armed robbery to get the door open before the locksmith arrived. seedling planting There was a report Jan. 25 of rude finger gestures By Steve Ruediger being made by the driver of one vehicle on By Anne Bellew Islander staff writer Periwinkle Way to the driver of another vehicle on Islander Staff Writer A pair of Sanibel twins and a Fort Myers that road. Continuing a tradition started several years ajo, Beach boy were arrested for armed robbery on students at Sanibel Elementary planted a live oak Saturday, Jan. 22, by the Lee County Sheriff's Michael Patrick Gallager of Fort Myers was seedling in recognition of Arbor Day on Friday, Department. charged Jan. 25 with going 69 mph on the Sanibel Jan. 27. The seedling is from the largest live oak in The boys allegedly Had gone driving around Causeway. the country located in Mandeville, La. looking for somebody to assault. When they The ancient Louisiana tree is named Seven found a man fishing alone on a bridge on John Sisters and is at least 1,200 years old. When it Kim A. Griffin of Cresskill, N.J., was arrested for Morris Road near Bunche Beach, the three boys sprouted, the Mound Builders were dominant in DUI and was also charged with failure to drive in a used a Club to attack the man and attempted to North America, the Aztecs held sway in Meso- take his wallet. The man grabbed the weapon single lane Tuesday, Jan. 24. She was stopped on America and the Incas were in power in South from the three teenagers and chased them off. Sanibel-Captiva Road and refused to take breath America. A short time later, Jacob Christopher Kubisz, tests. Sanibel's observance of this national day is 17; Joshua Carver Kubisz, 17, both of Sanibel; largely the result of encouragement by Berdenna A truck driver agreed to turn off his truck after - and John Tagtmeir, 16, of Fort Myers Beach Thompson, who was joined on the podium by r police received a noise complaint about its running Mayor Wally Kain, Principal Barbara Ward and it were arrested and charged with armed robbery. behind a Periwinkle Way shopping center at 6:02 several of students reading aloud their thoughts on k The incident happened at about 6 p.m.