Read Us Online at A IslandSunNews.com SECTION NEWSPAPER VOL. 19, NO. 31 SANIBELSanibel & CAPTIVA & Captiva ISLANDS, Islands FLORIDA JANUARY 27, 2012 JANUARY/FEBRUARY SUNRISE/SUNSET: 27 7:16 • 6:06 28 7:15 • 6:07 29 7:15 • 6:08 30 7:15 • 6:09 31 7:14• 6:09 1 7:14 • 6:10 2 7:13 • 6:11 Jazz Legend Richie Cole Florida Panther Will Join Five By Design On Stage Biologist Coming IG ARTS welcomes alto sax legend Richie Cole and critically-acclaimed To ‘Ding’ Darling Bmusical group Five By Design this arry Richardson, biologist and pho- Saturday, January 28 for their Cool & tographer at Florida Panther National Swingin’ concert at 8 p.m. in Schein LWildlife Refuge near Naples, will Performance Hall. make a guest appearance to speak about \Combining warm, well-rounded vocals Where Photography Meets Science: Using with vintage style and a touch of comedy, Remote Cameras to Capture the Florida Five By Design’s signature harmonies have Panther. made them a favorite of BIG ARTS audi- His presentation takes place on Friday, ences. Set in the format of a Garrison February 3 in the Education Center at the Keillor-style radio broadcast, the production JN “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge. touches upon Cole’s 40-year career in music Richardson and his staff track and treat from his early days with Buddy Rich, to Doc Florida panthers within the 26,400-acre Severinsen’s Tonight Show Band to the pres- Everglades-area refuge in an effort to help ent day. A reviewer in All About Jazz writes, the endangered species survive. He assists “Richie Cole is the last of a breed – A fast with cat examinations and radio-collar tag- and competitive musical gunslinger acquiring ging, and will explain how new technology is legendary status for his willingness to dem- helping in the refuge’s mission. onstrate his command of Charlie Parker’s This year for the first time, due to their bebop language by taking on all comers at popularity, the free lectures will be held twice Larry Richardson will address new science in tracking Florida’s panther population any speed.” Richie Cole each Friday, at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Seating Cool & Swingin’ runs the gamut from photo Capture The Moment is limited and available on a first-come basis. “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of television’s I Love Lucy and Johnny Carson’s by Ben Johnson CIM Photography Admission is free to the event, which is the Refuge. Tonight Show theme, to hits such as What A Wonderful World, a swing version of Almost sponsored by The Sanctuary Golf Club and continued on page 5 Like Being In Love and a Latin-style treatment of Night And Day. The performance also provides a peek inside the Rogue and Jar, the Washington, DC jazz club where Cole penned the classic Harold’s House of Jazz and New York Afternoon. continued on page 39 Shell Museum’s Under The Sea Thodos Dance Chicago At BIG ARTS Luau On Sunday Lady in White by Janet Rogers Thodos Dance Chicago photo by Tiffany Rogers Demonstration By hodos Dance Chicago will perform at BIG ARTS Schein Performance Hall on Friday, February 3 at 7:30 p.m. General admission seats are $42, loge seats are Artist Janet Rogers T$47 and children’s tickets are $15. A reviewer for the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, “Thodos Dance Chicago has ascend- he Sanibel-Captiva Art League ed to a whole new level of excellence.” They will perform their Fosse Trilogy at BIG is sponsoring a watercolor ARTS, as well as other pieces from their repertoire. Fosse Trilogy is an adaptation of Tdemonstration by acclaimed Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum director Dr. works originally created by Bob Fosse in the early 1960s for television (a Bob Hope watercolor artist Janet Rogers at The José H. Leal, right, and Richard Johnson of special and The Ed Sullivan Show). Tony Award-winning choreographer and Fosse Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Bailey’s will take part in the Under the Sea muse Ann Reinking staged this piece – with its romantic, Latin-based music – for live Way on Sanibel, beginning at 7 p.m. on grand raffle prize, which is a private Luau performances and created the transition choreography. Thursday, February 2. for 10 catered by Bailey’s in the winner’s home continued on page 27 continued on page 39 see story on page 25 2 ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 27, 2012 osprey for CROW as a live auction item, CARD OF THANKS to Jim Sprankle, who donated two out- standing auction items – an osprey feath- he Ospreyfest Committee would er and an osprey head – which he carved JEWELRY TRUNK SHOW like to thank the Island Sun for for Ospreyfest and for which Congress Ttheir exceptionally generous pub- Jewelers donated slide necklaces, and to Featuring 4 Exciting Jewelry Artists licizing of Ospreyfest, a fundraiser for Luc Century for his gift of a crystal vase CROW. etched with an adult osprey and chicks, CATHY CONN • CHERYL GIBBS • JANE LEVY • ANDREA MORRIS We also extend heartfelt thanks to which proved to be a sought-after silent event sponsor Sanibel Captiva Trust ST ST auction item. JAN 31 & FEB 1 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM Company for covering the cost of the The International Osprey Foundation delicious three-course dinner at Traditions was particularly helpful to Ospreyfest in on the Beach, to Bailey’s General Store an advisory capacity and with their offer for donating wine, and to Holly Maiz and to coordinate the installation of an osprey Gini Jones for sporting sandwich boards nesting platform as a silent auction item. throughout the event to thank our spon- We would also like to thank silent auction sors. donors Jim Sprankle, Congress Jewelers, Ospreyfest committee members Luc Century, Ikki Matsumoto, “Bird” Debbie Friedlund, Ann Arnoff, Wendy Westall, Lily & Co., Rick Zurbriggen, Harriman and John Friedlund devoted Laura Ball, Dave Horton, Terry Baldwin, many hours to Ospreyfest and contribut- David Meardon, Timothy Parker and ed excellent ideas that made this CROW Cathy Cola of 50% Off Framing. fundraiser a success. Finally, we would like to express our Members of the Ospreyfest presenta- appreciation to Susan Gordon for serving tion team also merit special thanks: Dave as auctioneer, Rusty Farst for acting as Horton, who contributed his talent and technical advisor/supervisor, with prelimi- humor by creating a unique invitation and nary assistance from Jim Burns, Bank an impromptu on-the-spot cartoon that of the Islands for exhibiting Ospreyfest became a hot auction item at the event, auction items prior to the event, CROW’s and Mark “Bird” Westall, who enthralled executive director Steve Greenstein for more than 140 attendees with his amaz- emceeing the event, CROW’s president ingly lifelike renditions of osprey calls. of the board John Schubert for assisting Special thanks to Darryl Pottorf, who with logistics of the event, and CROW’s Find a wonderful piece of artist made jewelry for yourself or created a stunning depiction of a young staff for generating related materials. We are happy to say that attendees of someone equally special at our first ever Jewelry Trunk Show. Ospreyfest seemed to enjoy their immer- The gallery will be filled with fabulous jewelry from 4 award- sion into everything Osprey, and a good Where are you? time was had by all! winning artists. Come see the exciting new designs and unique On behalf of the Ospreyfest commit- hand-formed, heart-felt pieces as well as meet the talented tee, Amateur musicians who – Claudia Burns, event co-chair artists who created them. play jazz for fun, not as a job, are invited to join To advertise in the CURRENTLY ON EXHIBIT! small group at East end Island Sun of Island. ARTFUL Call 395-1213 HOMES Call 395-3765 NEW IDEAS Scrapbook Papers New Owne Rubber Stamping nder rship FOR SEASIDE Quilting U ! 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[email protected] Brown had a long career in manage- ment of large consumer-oriented busi- Jack Cunningham, Jerry McClure, Mike Kelly, David Rohn and Jay Brown nesses. Career highlights include serving as CEO of the nation’s largest wholesale baking company, CEO of a high technol- ogy food ingredients company, general operating partner of a private equity buy- out firm and service on several Fortune 500 boards. Cunningham was president and chair- man of Thermo Products, Inc., a manu- facturer of heating and cooling equipment. A full-time Florida resident, Cunningham is a volunteer with the Captiva Fire District, vice president of the Captiva Civic Association, and secretary of the Island Water Association. Kelly served as CEO of the real estate division of the Dayton Hudson Corporation (now Target Corporation), and also served as president of the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Land Institute, the premier international land use and planning organization.