SNOWY SCENES RETIREMENT ALONG WORK FOR THEM THE GULF c — PAGE 1B - PAGE 1C 3 SECTIONS 72 PAGES VOLUME 14 NUMBER ? island DECEMBER 24 18M SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA, FLORIDA The best A year-round seat In town spirit of giving Santa Clans (the tollable John Walsh) Refuge volunteers give their made Aw rounds Frt talents and their love day greeting Sanibel Elementary School JJy Matt Perez kindergarteners and Children s Center pre ou *ee volunteers at U e J \ Ding schoolers tilth ho-ho- Darling \V ildlife Refuge roving the wildlife has receiving their Y trails and drive and helping more than three- hugs and listening to quarters-of a million wildlife lovers at the \ wto* their g\fi. lists Pic Center each >ear ctured Kindergartener In a year round «pint of Christmas giving 102 *~ Andrea Chegut eon volunteers at the refuge this year have shired a fides tn Santa \f< total of more than 325 days to help the government Christmas photi staff Outdoor planner Khnstie Seaman who*oor page5A tC dmates volunteer activities at the refuge said their part time hours amount to having an additional three full time staff members Thev appreciate what you do volunteer Don Kilhefner Mid of the Ding Darhrtf staff Refuge manager Ron H ght and his five member team whole heartedly agrees hilhefner who comes across the causeway from Fort Mevrs donates about nine h< urs eich *etk to the refuge He also recently donated a incrowa\e -oven to the staff at the Visitoi % Center There is one circum tance wliere the staff is tough on volunteers he said They ha\e a policy The city found over there that if someone asks you a question and something fishy in vou don I know the answer then you have to find X " these rooftop decora out and mail the answer (ions tl The Timber* Among Kilhefner s luties as A volunteer are keep- ing the shelve1* stocked with current wildlife put licatir ns and handling bank deposits ind accoun • I ng chores for the re'uge man3gernent •*• Don will do anything you ask and dc it hajpilj outdoor phnncr Chnstme Zajicck said Hi" rises to the occasion Right now he is training on the coirputer here to help in tha regard also \ oluntef rs Flanor and Ld Davis also travel acrc^s the cau^ewav to donate their lime to Dirg Dar ing s legacy \\ e first saw ir the paper that they needed volunteer:, Elanor said That just triggered something hvr hj*baud ilded Ihe Davi«es like so man> other volunteers at the~ refuge said they came to love Sanibel s wildlife during vacations to the island years ago We ve been coming down here for 30 \ears Fd Davis said I used to work with the boy bcouts (m Olno) uses on its street graphic as a bird study counselor So this work just comes Christmas fish runs In the spirit of the season the CEB last week naturally found that indeed the fish were Christmas \olunteer Jein Edward* has been visiting banibel foul of city sign law lighting but the painted outlines - one white since 1951 and now joins other volunteers from the other the color of the undertong ply-wood - icross the causeway to share her gifts with the By Earl Hartman were not Both were visible during day! ght Ding Darling staf* As far as I m concerned t s Christmas is the time of Santa Claus good Asen was~>rdered to paint them 1 rown like hi« purely selfish Edwards said of her motivatii n to cheer and holi lav. lights It is also on Sanibel roof within two dayy He did so the same after volunteer I thoroughly enjoy that kind of work noon Fdwards and other volunteers who have watched when it least i ne mprchint goes astriy of the ci E ty s gnphiis ordinances A en comnunte i M nd i\ If it was i Ding Darling grow to one of the iro*t visited na tn nal wildlife refuges said "he has becone a pirl An 1 tins \ e ir it w is restaurateur Matt A=en Chns mas trLe with a fi h on it it w< uld be A holiday dcioration He caltenl the wh le thing a (f the refuge I belong there "he quipped v. astc of time She a 1 led that the initial six-ei^ht nours of Dick Baker ctl\ code enf( rcement officer aid wil ihfe orientation and safety traimrg that tV U t Chnstmis liL,htn g ordinance wiu] 1 be rtex vo'unteeri receive is onlv the beginning Vou karn fiU» al>out the refuse but its a continual process of forcement b< v 1 tVdefen 1 two li^hte 1 fsh amined with an eye tiward more sjieeific language to ehrmatc «u"h problem^ Inrninf, r dwan's said I can t think ot a,da\ outlined on the «! [ o of his rot f tint passes thit 1 don t learn someth nt, new from Ghnstnn sji b«H Wn munlaine i iliertis Next je ir I will mike s ire it s i holi iav disph) Asen '•ays but it will attnct mon at the questuns that come to us when WP have to fin! wgloL.ts mintamed tht cit> itt rnev The fish • please see VOLUNTEERS, 4A were in the hhaj e ft1 *e which The TimKr<: Untion to my bu=me«s thtn the fish ev«r di 1 o !$pg8|||Hfffliil?pSip 2A 0 DECEMBER 24.1986 • ISLAND REPORTER the island eye Osprey recovers, flies =-/r : ; "community home for the holidays ^ .-,..- •"calendar By Anne Mitchell ':'.-. " Fattened up at CROW like the proverbial _• I" Christmas turkey, a female osprey released back to ••=".•'"" DWEDNESDAY, DEC.24: the wild Thursday headed home for the holidays. " LIGHTING: Christmas Eve lighting of the The bird was rescued about two months ago by a * luminaries at dusk at The Colony, East Gulf Mr. Waters of Fort Myera Beach, who saw it fall - ' "' off a branch into the* waters of San Carlos Bay. • Drive. ^ .=•-..- •• . ^ -, , -; 1 SERVICES: Island churches will hold f "It came in pretty thin/* said Paula Reiss, of —t ,; * special Christmas Eve services. See listing ... Care and Rehabilitation of Wildlife, based on a ; . ^ elsewhere In this issue.. : •"- . ;/•';. Sanibel. "It started eating like a demon — about : '" : eight to 10 fish a day, which is a lot for an osprey DTHURSDAY, DEC. 25: • <* — and got plumped up pretty well. _ ...--, . --. The release was made by Reiss and Mark "Bird"~: SERVICES: Various churches will have ~ , L Christmas Day services. Sell listing ... : Westall, president of The Internationa) Osprcy elsewhere in this issue.. , Foundation, from a boat in Pine Island Sound/; -; ' . - Westall explained that released over water! a bird" : =• DSATURDAY, DEC. llv ' can more easily be located if it gets into difficulties than if it were released in an area where it.could . : FILMS: Saturday Film Series: Sound of ' perch and elude recapture. •• • ' .- ' •" A • Dolphins, 11 a.m., visitors center, J.N. Westall threw tin: bint high in the air and saw it > - ••Ding" Darting VVlldlile Refuge. r • " _~" fly strongly and climb higher. _, </ ~' MUSEUM: Christmas toys exhibit, Island ; Said Reiss, "It flew pretty much due east and you - Historical Museum, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., could almost tell it recognized where it was and it Dunlop Street, Santbel. • =, • - dp close and * a chance to get closer,' turned-to the south towards Fort Myers" Bsach.'' . to the animals not |; "••:• Westall and Reiss followed by boat until they ..' DSUNDAY, DEC. 28: persona! at r were sure the osprey could make it alone, noting ; . OPEN HOUSE; Care and Rehabilitation of CROW open " " otherwise afforded.' : that it could have rested on one of the mangrove ••_ ^ Wildlife's open house, 1 to 3 pm.; center on .. CROW volunteers islands in the bay; instead, it headed straight for . '. -" I' : Sanlbel-Capttva Road across from Sanibel house => .;. and staff will be on; ..- hD r" " ''" Elementary School. , - ; • An otter cage and a hand to answer ques-' ''•'•' \ • new pelican com- ... tions; ami camera . DMONDAY.DEC.29: "-•_* ; pound are among buffs and birders may WORKSHOP: Driftwood Workshop, 9 a.m. facilities at Care and find the open house a .. Christmas Counseling and •'.-.. to 3 p.m., Sanibel Community Center; Rehabilitation of rare opportunity for Growth Center on • - that "once-in-a; ; '\~P._ McGregor Boulevard preparation for Sanibel Shell Fair. Public In- Wildlife which will be r listen line cited. - •-•"'.! -." • lifetime" up close in Fort Myers ha3 =- open to the public : for lonely • -; BRIDGE: Duplicate Bridge, 7:30 p.m., Sunday. Dec. 28 from glimpse. ,- "•: established &•'• __ - ^. "Blue, Blue' :Sanibel Community Center. ^ :1 to.3 p.m. ^ CROW open houses Christmas Listen Christmas" and , Although the mis- will be held .through : Line. 337-XMAS "Wishing I Were.. -, -> DWEDNESDAY, DEC. 30: « sion of CROW is to ' April on the last Sun-, ('J627). Volunteer Home for Christmas" ., "DANCE: Sanibel Community Association's treat sick, injured and davof each month*!; counselors will be •5, r are more than song New Year's Eve Danw, 8 p.m. 'til, Com- ~ orphaned wild ; 'v CROW is located :• standing by 24 hours munlly Center. "^ ':• ,-• •"=" ° titles. Christmas can o a day from noon, Dec. • creatures and restore •••'- across from Santbel. be the loneliest time GALA: Barrier Island Group of the Arts New them to natural „ .,-. Elementary School on 24 until midnight : Year's Eve Gala with Sylvan Wind Quintet, of year. .'•."..:•. Christmas pay. habitat, without them Sanibel-Captiva Road." ' But talking with so- 7:30 p.m.