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pro*, n, j, Happy annlversaryl. City of Sanibel to celebrate its 20th year Insert Postal Customer •-'-T ?L.-^.IZJZ»ZJ&J«I J Since 1961. Still first on &-:nifoeJ and Captlva islands VOL 33, NO. 44 TUESDAY, NOV. 1, 1994 2 SECTIONS, 36 PAGES 50 CENTS Sunrise over Estero The recent cool, clear mornings have been Ideal for beach walk- ers to watch the col- orful sunrises over Estero Island. Per- haps the best van- tage point is from trie lighthouse end of Sanibel. Photo by Tracey Mariwalter 30 by day, 60 by night Restaurant with varying number of seats OK'd by Planning Commission By Steve Ruediger Sanibel Planning Director Bruce Rogers said it is had agreed not to have carry-out. islander staff writer the first proposal brought before the Planning During the meeting, Sanibel Planning Director A restaurant with 30 seats during the day and 60 Commission in which parking is shared through one Bruce Rogers commented that without carry-out there seats at night was given initial approval by the use, and there has been an agreement that one busi- would be enough parking for 30 people during the Sanibel Planning Commission at its Tuesday, Oct. 25, ness will shut down at a particular time in order for day. meeting. another to use the available parking. The Bailey Hartsell quickly responded that his clients would The restaurant is to be a gourmet dining location Shopping Center PUD is similar in that it assumes agree to drop their request for 42 seats prior to 9:30 with both indoor and outdoor seating in the Forever that the Island Cinema movie theater will use parking a.m. in exchange for an increase from 20 seats to 30 Green - Ace Hardware center on Periwinkle Way on at different peak hours from the rest of the shopping seats for the period from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sanibel. center but there is no specific agreement restricting Steve Bronstein, who is developing the restaurant, There is not enough parking in the center during those hours. said he has been associated in the past with some of the day for the full restaurant plus the hardware store In contrast, the restaurant approval requires that the top restaurants in the country. ACE Hardware closes at 5 p.m. and the five other businesses in the center. Bronstein said the restaurant would be very high- Therefore the arrangement is that the hardware Initially the request had been that the restaurant be end gourmet at a reasonable price and there is cur- store and other businesses will close for the day at 5 allowed to seat 42 people from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., 20 rently nothing comparable to it on Sanibel. He said p.m. and the restaurant will expand from 30 seat max- people from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 60 people breakfast and lunch would start in the $7 range while imum capacity to 60 seat capacity starting at 5:30 after 5:30 p.m. That proposal would have allowed dinner would begin in the $20 to $25 range. p.m. During the early part of the day, the 30 unused carry-out. chairs will sit on their unused tables. Both the Planning Commissioners and planning Menus were passed out to the planning commis- Attorney Steve Hartsell, representing the restau- staff were skeptical that the number of patrons could sioners. One commissioner commented there were no rant, said it was a more efficient use of existing space efficiently be cut from 42 to 20 in the morning. The prices on the menus. Another said he could not read on Sanibel. staff also opposed carry-out and the restaurant owners what some of the food items are. f Nearing 2000 Arts & Leisure 18A Zonta/ABWA conference addresses women's issues Cityside 6A By Anne Bellew up to come." Classifieds 24A Islander Staff Writer The two organizations posed the question "Will you be Commentary 8A What was hopefully only the first of many annual confer- proud of the status of women when we celebrate the year On the Water 16A ences on women's issues sponsored by the Sanibel-Captiva 2000?", and top speakers addressed five of both the personal Police Beat 2A chapters of the American Business Women's Association and and societal aspects of that query in 50 minute sessions, sever- Shelling Tips 17A Zonta International took place on Saturday, Oct. 22, at Sundial al of which were held three times because of their popularity. Resort with close to 100 participants. Judy Hartner, M.D., director of HRS Lee County Public Weather Watch 2A Comments overheard in the halls and lobby after the ses- Health Unit, reporting her own survey of one month's worth What's Cooking? 19A sion ranged from "The sessions were too short" to "I could of women's magazines, was appalled at the absence in almost What's Playing 21A- -have spent the whole-morning on that subject" to "I was really surprised. I never expected this caliber program when I signed Pfease see 2000, page 6A Tuesday. Nov. 1.1994 THE ISLANDER 3A 2A THE ISLANDER Tuesday. Nov. 1. 1994 Historical village staff gears up All of the following information was taken directly from An Anchor Drive resident reported hearing a loud Sanibel Police Department reports. boom Tuesday, Oct. 25. Police could find nothing that MISS THE ISLANDS* MOST SATISFYING mESTAURANT POLICE might have made a boom. for city's birthday party Saturday Julie M. Alton of Sanibel was charged on Friday, Special to The Islander Oct. 28, with goftijf62-mph orr€auseway Road. operated a tea room on the bay side BEAT A UTS. mailbag was "foUnd in the parking lot at Joining in the city's birthday cele- next to Bailey's old store in its original Jerry's Oct. 25. bration on Saturday, the parade float Patrick J. Bakaitis of Hoosick Falls, N.Y., was location. The two formed a natural hub entered by Sanibel's Historical Village charged Oct. 28 with going 64 mph on the Sanibel charged with going 50 mph on the Sanibel Causeway of community activity framed by the A Canadian woman reported Oct. 25 that an alliga- and Museum will commemorate its county dock on one side and Kinzie Causeway. Oct. 27. tor came up while she and her family were cooking own 10th anniversary. brothers ferry dock on the other. out. Police determined the alligator is not aggressive. Christine Lynn Delancy of Cape Coral was Michele Nicole Vanvalen of Fort Myers was "Sanibel History Lesson" is the There Miss Charlotta served tea, soft charged Oct. 28 with going 55 mph on the Sanibel charged Wednesday, Oct. 26, with having an expired theme of an old-fashioned schoolroom drinks, light lunches and cakes and Gerard A. Joseph of Cape Coral was charged Oct. set on a flat bed trailer with "teacher" cookies. Both the store and tea room Causeway. driver's license and with failure to stop at a stop sign 25 with passing on the bicycle path. at Periwinkle Way and Lindgren Boulevard. Erica Jones putting lessons on the have been moved to the historic com- Captiira. An injured gull was taken by police to Care and blackboard for her pupils seated at plex on Dunlop Road, near City Hall. Carl A. Tandatnick of Punta Gorda was charged inkwell desks . Rehabilitation of Wildlife Thursday, Oct. 27. A parrot with a green body and a yellow head was Oct. 25 with going 57 mph on the Sanibel Causeway. When the parade winds to its final missing from the Periwinkle Way trailer park Oct. 26. Riding in the back of the pickup destination at City Hall, the historical Generous lunch James E. Walden of Helena, Ark., was charged truck pulling the float will be costumed village will offer a display of antique buffets dally On Oct. 25, it was reported that a cat had been docents Pat Karns and Ann Woll- with careless driving and with having an expired dri- Jose Nabor Jaimes was arrested Oct. 26 on East missing from its Periwinkle Way home since Oct. 20. cars, a surrey and an Amish cart. ver's license after being involved in an accident on Gulf Drive on an outstanding warrant on a suspended schlager having tea to celebrate the The island chapter of American Sanibel Oct. 27. driver's license charge. official opening of Miss Charlotta's tea Business and Professional Women will A rat was reportedly seen entering a dryer in a room on the village grounds that day. Unforgettable Sanibel home Oct. 25. Police could not find it in the serve dessert from the restored and Charlotta Matthews was a daughter decked out tea room in the afternoon. therned buffet dinners An island resident told police Oct. 27 he consid- C. Robert Christy of Fort Myers was charged on dryer. However, when turned on the dryer acted as if Tues, Thurs & Fri ered a 12-foot-long alligator in Lake Murex a nui- Oct. 26 with going 50 mph on the Sanibel Causeway. of Will and Hallie Matthews who came The tea room joins the former something was stuck in it. Police suggested an appli- to Sanibel in 1895 and became owners sance and a possible threat to his children. The report ance repairman be called. Clarence Rutland home (which is the was forwarded to Assistant City Manager Bill Mills Edward Francis Nickey of Panama City Beach was of a hotel that bore their name.