PRESORTED MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID Read Us Online PERMIT #18 at SANIBEL, FL IslandSunNews.com Postal Patron NEWSPAPER VOL. 17, NO. 31 SANIBELSanibel & CAPTIVA & Captiva ISLANDS, Islands FLORIDA FEBRUARY 5, 2010 FEBRUARY SUNRISE/SUNSET: 5 7:11 • 6:13 6 7:10 • 6:14 7 7:10 • 6:14 8 7:09 • 6:15 9 7:08 • 6:16 10 7:08 • 6:17 11 7:07 • 6:17 Annual Quilt Show At The Sanibel Historical Museum And Village A variety of quilts will be on display at the Sanibel Historical Museum and Village beginning February 10 ne of the most anticipated exhibits at the Sanibel Historical Museum Oand Village, the annual Quilt Show, opens on Wednesday, February Roseate spoonbill 10. Over 60 beautiful quilts, represent- ing all regions of the country and two centuries, will be displayed throughout the A Photographic Legacy museum in the village’s seven historic buildings. Stephanie Rahe, a volunteer and coordinator of the show, said, “These quilts were lovingly created by many hands by Di Saggau working for many hours. We are happy to display them once a year so our visi- t’s called the book John James Audubon would have made if he had used a cam- tors may enjoy them. People loan them to us for the show, and we acquire quilts era. I’m referring to Waterbirds by photographer Theodore “Ted” Cross. The that have been stored away in family hope chests and are brought to Sanibel and I344-page volume is part visual encyclopedia and part memoir of a nearly half- donated to the museum.” century pursuit of birds. It could well be the most gorgeous book of bird photogra- During the Quilt Show, the Village Gift Shop will offer a choice of two quilt design phy in print, with spirited storytelling that spans four decades and four continents in posters for $2 each. Customers may choose from Grandmother’s Fan or A Patch of one man’s journey of capturing on camera the world’s most beautiful birds. Blue. The Quilt Show will continue until March 20. Cross said, “It’s a labor of love, designed partly for my children and grandchildren The Sanibel Historical Museum and Village is open Wednesday through Saturday to encourage their love of nature and of these remarkable waterbirds. The birds are from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at 950 Dunlop Road (next to BIG ARTS). Admission is $5 extraordinarily beautiful, they do magnificent acrobatics in the air, and they are very for adults over 18, free for members. For more information call 472-4648. courageous in the sense that some of these little guys can fit in a tea cup and migrate 8,000 miles every year from Patagonia to the Arctic. One of these birds is the red knot, which is among the many featured in the book. This bird lives seven years and in that time it flies the distance of the moon, so it’s a very impressive little guy.” To capture the 179 color photos in the book, Cross traveled to Siberia, Christmas cal agreement made when the bond was Island in the South Pacific, India and beyond. It’s the quality of the photos that makes County Drops issued to build the new causeway. Waterbirds unique. “They show birds at peak action rather than sedentary pictures. “We understand the city’s position and The birds are flirtatious, imperial, ill-tempered, courageous, outrageous and even Toll Change Plan appreciate your review and comments. comical. The text is an intimate personal relationship of my feelings about birds. The bid by Paul Wingard, dep- At this point in time, based on your feed- memories of them help me accept the brevity of the time that lies ahead,” he said. uty director of Lee County back, we will not be pursuing this issue Cross, who is 85, had to fend off KGB agents in 1989. “The pink gull nests in A Department of Transportation, any further,” Wingard wrote. an area of Eastern Siberia, right in the middle of Stalin’s death camps. The Russians to eliminate the six-month Sanibel He also scrapped a plan to eliminate are very sensitive about having people in that area, especially people with cameras. A Causeway toll program, has been the motorcycle discount so that motorcy- KGB agent had to go with me, but a guide said the agent would leave as soon as he dropped. clists would pay the same as automobiles saw the gigantic mosquitoes in the area. He was absolutely right. The first sign of the In a letter to Sanibel Mayor Mick and other two-axle vehicles. mosquitoes the KGB agent took off.” Denham, Wingard said he had received Denham credited Vice Mayor Kevin Cross comes to Sanibel every year with his wife and two dogs. He introduced his the city’s January 12 correspondence Ruane for pressing the city’s case and daughter Amanda and her late husband Torpey to the area. opposing the proposal and stating that remarked, “I am pleased to see this is off continued on page 7 any such change would violate the interlo- the agenda, at least for now.” 2 ISLAND SUN - FEBRUARY 5, 2010 Hortoons Date Change For Lefty Kreh Show ue to unforeseen circumstances the outdoor show with celeb- Drity fly fisherman Lefty Kreh to benefit Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, scheduled for February 13 has been postponed until the fall. The Royal Shell Companies apologize to all Lefty’s fans and will announce the new date soon. Firefighter Calendars Are Half Price anibel Firefighters have sold over 750 of their 2010 beefcake cal- Sendars – and now they’ve reduced the price to $5 to try to dispose of the last copies. That’s half price. All proceeds from sales of the 13-month calendar go 50/50 to CROW and March of Dimes. The photos were shot at various loca- tions around the island by Luis Alfonso, father-in-law of John DeMaria, a fire- fighter/EMT. Calendars are available at Fire Station 1 at 2351 Palm Ridge Road. Read us online at IslandSunNews.com Hours: Find us on Mon. - Sat. 10am - 5pm Scrapbook Rubber Papers Stamping Quilting Art Supplies Fabric Shell Craft Beads Craft Supplies Notions Gifts Come See Us In Our New Location 1628 Periwinkle Way • 472-2893 • Heart of the Islands, Sanibel ISLAND SUN - FEBRUARY 5, 2010 3 This calls for a Celebration. Join us for the Grand Re-opening of our original Sanibel location and the new Congress Jewelers Rolex boutique. Participate in a silent auction to benefit Sanibel – Captiva Cares Come in and meet some of the world’s most renowned jewelry designers Friday & Saturday, February 19th & 20th Periwinkle Place Shops Sanibel Island 10 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Draw for Congress Cash worth $25 to $1,000 No minimum purchase required Entertainment, champagne and light hors d’oeuvres Back on Sanibel Island under family ownership. SANIBEL ISLAND Periwinkle Place Shops • 472-4177 2075 Periwinkle Way, #35 4 ISLAND SUN - FEBRUARY 5, 2010 Sanibel Historical Museum And Village 1926 hurricane, was found in the move to the village six years ago, and now sits Drilling Protest Docent Profile: up there in a new belfry waiting for chil- dren to pull the rope and give it a ring. Bill Bachman Bachman enjoys explaining the history of the school and the fact that Sanibel by Ray Buck was one of the first school systems in ocent Bill Bachman’s head is Florida to become integrated. filled with so much Sanibel his- He’s surprised at the number of visi- Dtory to share with visitors to the tors who attended one-room schools. Few Historical Museum and Village, it’s hard visitors, he says, link Brown vs. Board to imagine he was in the rough and of Education to integration of schools ready world of business in the years in the U.S. and how long it took some before 1998. school systems to comply with the U.S. It’s not hard to imagine his favorite Supreme Court mandate. building on the village campus on Dunlop Bachman was 30-plus years with a Road, next to BIG ARTS, is the hand- management consulting firm. Baltimore some 1898 island schoolhouse. He says remains his primary residence, but in the he’s fascinated with the one-room school- summers you’ll also find him up on the house and how the one teacher taught Maine coast in South Bristol. Bill and his (with student help) and how the students wife Gail have great coastlines for winter were seated from smallest to largest (1st Bill Bachman and summer, and in between, three chil- through 8th grades). He recounts the dren and eight grandchildren. stories that have come down through the a long period after the new integrated He has all that and the pleasures of years about snakes in the teacher’s desk Sanibel School was built on Sanibel- being a Sanibel Historical Museum and and about the over-active boys assigned Captiva Road, the schoolhouse was a Village docent too. Doesn’t get any better the job of keeping the stove going on theater, remembered now for its name than that. cool January mornings. attached to the playhouse across from he public is invited to join in a The old Sanibel schoolhouse has the The Community House. The school bell, statewide Hands Across the Sand same front blackboard since 1898. For blown off with the belfry in the great Tgathering on Sanibel and Captiva’s beaches on Saturday February 13 at 1 p.m.