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ALSOMSDETODAY ALSOINSIDETODAY ALSOMSOETODAY ALSOMSDETODAY Shell Shocked ................................................4 C a le n d a r.............. .46 Living Sanibel.............................................13 Island Hom e ................................................. 14 Captiva Current 43 Poetic License .............................................39 Island Reporter......................................15-38 Classifieds . 49 What’s Blooming ....................................... 39 SSMU03 jaiuoisnQ lEjiuapisau This Week's ...1674 Bunting Lane 3/2 Old Florida Style eezs# i!Lujad Featured Property Southern Exposure Pool Home Id ‘SU3AIAI Id www. 674BuntingLane.roni aivd for Sale... 1 a o v is o d sn $569,000 Call Eric Pfeifer a is a is u d Pfeifer Realty Group 239-472-0004 Recreation center recognizes camp counselors Page Page 2 The Sanibel Recreation Center also been a great way to meet other camp is being able to help the chil­ a doctorate in psychology and M would like to recognize this sum­ volunteers his age and make dren have fun and make memories become either a psychologist or a mer’s Counselors In Training friends. De Groote enjoys playing at camp. behavioral analyst. O’Brien’s (CITs): Othello De Groote, Sofia tennis and soccer in his spare time Anna Kjoller will be a tenth favorite thing about being a CIT is Halbisen, Anna Kjoller, Michael and aspires to be a doctor. grader at Bishop Verot High engaging with the kids and being O’Brien, Nick Smith, Katherine Sofia Halbisen will be entering School, where she is a part of the involved in their day to day activi­ Strange and Madi Weigel. They the ninth grade at Edison Math Team, Chess Club and ties. have been volunteering their time Collegiate High School in the fall. STEM Team. She enjoys helping Nick Smith is an eleventh grad­ with the Youth Summer Day Her extracurricular activities with the campers and developing a er at Fort Myers High School Camp by assisting the counselors include cheerleading, performing great bond with the kids and coun­ where he plays on the varsity base­ with various tasks to ensure all of in various musicals, participating selors. Kjoller’s future goal is to ball team. His favorite part about the campers are having a fun and in STEM (Science, Technology, attend college. volunteering is interacting with all safe summer. Engineering and Mathematics) Michael O’Brien is entering the of the kids and being a positive Othello De Groote is entering PHOTO PROVIDED competitions as well as dancing ninth grade at Cypress Lake High role model to them. Smith’s goals Othello De Groote (top left), the ninth grade at KA Vijverhof in School. His extracurricular activi­ are to attend college and further his Nick Smith, Michael O'Brien . and singing. Halbisen’s goal is to Brugge, Belgium. His favorite part Bottom row (left): Madi attend college and obtain a degree ties include JROTC (Junior experience working with youth. about volunteering as a CIT is Weigel, Anna Kjoller, in a field that allows her to help Reserves Officers’ Training Katherine Strange will be a helping with the kids and seeing Katherine Strange. Not pic­ people. Her favorite thing about Corps), archery and fencing. He twelfth grader in the IB Program at them smiling and having fun. It’s tured: Sofia Halbisen. volunteering with the summer would like to graduate college with See COUNSELORS, page 42 I CANNOT TELL A LIE...IT'S SIMPLY THE BEST...I CANNOT TELL A LIE.JT'S SIMPLY THE BEST... 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