lINDEX Arts & Leisure SB At Larae 5A Business 3Q Calendar 4B Classifieds 6C Cityside 11A Lulu of a luau Adoorable Commentary 8A Crossword 8C 200 brave chilly ABWA kicks Police Beat 2A Recreation 8B temps to attend off special chamber event IB fund raiser 3A 1961-1990 Still first on Sanibel and Captiva VOL. 29, NO. 46 TUESDAY, NOV. 13. 1990 THREE SECTIONS, 44 PAGES 50 CENTS Council wants boy dismounted from dolphin By Frances Adams Islander staff writer A community project enthusiastically but prematurely started without the consent of the city now is facing the harsh realities of city regulations and artistic compromise. Longtime Sanibel resident Michael LaTona's plans to install at the Sanibel-Captiva Islands Chamber of a fountain/sculpture of a boy ftffiffgH dolphin went awry when his idea was presented to the City Council Nov. 6. It started with a debate as to whether the sculpture should be considered a structure or a graphic (sign). It was pointed out that the red sculpture at Schoolhouse Gallery is considered to be a structure. If the sculpture is determined to be a graphic, it would only need a variance to the graphic ordinance so that the chamber would be allowed to have two "signs" instead of one. The request would be heard by the City Council. Please see related story, page 5B A county elections Code Enforcement Officer Dick Baker said it could be officer hand counts considered a street graphic, which he said is defined as "any city ballots, right. letter, number, symbol, figure, character, mark, plane, Voters mill about design, pictorial, stripe, light, string of lights, trademark the polls on election or combination of these which shall be so constructed, day, above. placed, attached, painted, erected, fastened or manufactured in any manner whatsoever so that the same shall be used for the attraction to the public to any place, subject, person, firm, incorporation, public performance, article, Photos by machine or merchandise whatsoever, and which exists in any manner whatsoever so as to be seen from the right-of- PETE SLOSSON way of a public street or highway or from a public access area from any lot or parcel of which there is residential development." If it's determined to be a structure, it would need variances from Land Development Code standards for Kain wins; Muench, Wegryn in run-off setbacks and coverage and clearance, and would have to be a joint application with the city because the chamber doesn't have enough land on its parcel and would have to include Some confusion remains over city election vote/ballot count the city's right-of-way in the calculations. That request would go through the Planning Department and be heard By Louise Henigman last year - a council candidate has to capture a majority of by the Planning Commission. Islander staff writer the votes from only the ballots that have a council vote That was only the opening discussion. In open elections that could cost Sanibel taxpayers as marked. Any ballots that contained no City Council All the councilmen liked LaTona's idea of a "true much as $10,000, Wally Kain secured a seat on the votes, or which were improperly filled out, were monument" for the island, depicting Sanibel's love for Sanibel City Council Nov. 6, while Mayor Jerry Muench disqualified. and candidate Roz Wegryn will compete for the remaining dolphins. They all liked artist James Bottoms' work. What Muench took second place in the election with 35.42 seat Nov. 27. they didn't like is that the fountain/sculpture depicts a boy percent of the ballots, which was 18.78 percent (1,012) of "bareback" riding a dolphin, holding onto its dorsal fin. Public confusion abounds over the city's new election the total votes. Wegryn placed third with 31.57 percent of procedures, the biggest concern being that under the new Councilman Mark Westall voiced several objections. He the ballots and 16.74 percent (904) of the total votes. said he was "a little bit embarrassed" that the community system, a candidate could be elected without receiving a Jim Levy followed in fourth place with 30.21 percent of majority vote. would spend $100,000 for this project rather than putting the ballots and 16.02 percent (863) of the total votes, it to better use to really help dolphins. For example, Kain won a council seat because his name while Alice Kyllo came in fifth with 22.02 percent of the was chosen on 52.01 percent of the ballots cast for the He also was concerned about the idea of installing a ballots and 11.67 percent (629) of the total votes. Gwen fountain in a time when the island is trying to conserve city council, although he only received 27.58 percent Zimmerman finished with 17.36 percent of the ballots and (1,486) of the total votes cast. That's because under the water. Even with reusing the water, some evaporates and new system — which was adopted by a voter referendum Please see ELECTION, page 8A Please see BOY, page 14A All the following information came directly from suspended license Saturday on the Sanibel Causeway. cc Sanibel Police Department reports. UJ POLICE Q Susan Joslin of Sanibel was charged Saturday with A suspicious person was reported Friday, Nov. 9 trying going 58 mph on Sanibel-Captiva Road. to get into the C&S Bank main branch on Periwinkle BEAT CO Way on Sanibel. It turned out to be an ATM machine John S. Iverson of Sanibel was charged Saturday with repairman who could not understand why the keys would going 70 mph on West Gulf Drive. not work. It turned out he was supposed to have gone to A woman was reportedly trapped in an elevator on the C&S branch on Captiva and the keys were to that Middle Gulf Drive Saturday, Nov. 10. The call was o bank. George W. Morrison of Sanibel was charged with referred by police to the Sanibel Fire Department. careless driving Friday after his car hit the back of a car driven by Betty R. Grant of Sanibel. Grant had stopped on Loud music was heard Sunday, Nov. 11 on Birdsong A Sanibel visitor reported Saturday that he had lost his Causeway Road at the Periwinkle Way stop sign. Place. People at a party shut all the doors and windows wallet. He told police the last time he saw it was at the after being told by police about the noise complaint. I toll booth when he came onto the island. A West Gulf Drive resident complained Friday that a tree service which had cut down some of his trees before A loose young I dalmatian dog was picked up Sunday on A bicycle was found Saturday at Gasa Ybel. by accident was cutting down more of them even though Nerita Street he had gotten a Sanibel city stop work order put up. T A group of 10 Australian pines fell across Donax Street tree cutting company had left by the time police arrived. A German woman at the Donax Street beach access was Saturday across from the pumping station. Police arranged told Sunday to put the top of her bathing suit on. She did. for the trees to be removed and asked the public works Patrick W. Clifton of Cape Coral was charged Friday department to evaluate the safety of the remaining trees. with going 53 mph on the Sanibel Causeway. Paul Joseph Fraley of Fort Myers was charged Sunday with driving 58 mph on Sanibel-Captiva Road. Manuel Perez of Captiva was charged with driving on a Edward Eugene Pawlowski was charged with going 58 — mph Friday on the Sanibel Causeway. • James D. Swiatcowski of New Jersey was charged Thursday with careless driving after an accident on Please see BEAT, page 15A CRABTREE & EVELYN CONSTRUCTION INC. PAUL OF S.W. 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