What's going on around the islands 2C, 3C FELINES: DEATHS MOUNT: PAWS' cat > Eight more population control sea turtles wash quest continues ashore on island 1961-1989 Still first on Sanibel and Cgptiva VOL. 28, NO. 13 THREE SECTIONS, 64 PAGES TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1989 50 CENTS A neutral party Council noncommittal to Naumann's request By Frances Adams Resources System line moved by the Department of Islander staff writer the Interior. The city council, however, decided at its March 21 meeting to remain neutral. After his emergency request before Sanibel's city Naumann's plans to build a 350-unit private golf ouncilmen, Wulfert Point developer John Naumann, course community on 415 acres on the northwestern "of BTS Development Corp., did not get the support he end of Sanibel have been delayed until the matter of had hoped for from the city. the CBRS line is resolved. Naumann had requested the city send a letter to the The CBRS line transverses a portion of the Wulfert Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation property, putting the northernmost area within the and the Environment stating that it had no objection to zone. Although all the homes still can be built, any con- his proposal to have the federal Coastal Barrier structed north of the CBRS line would not qualify for federal flood insurance. Naumann said Congressman Porter: Gqss would support his claims that the line was inappropriately s **• > drawn and would help him to delete or modify the cur- rent boundary. He said Goss wants letters from both the city and Lee County, however, stating they have no objections. Sheila Hoen, community relations consultant representing BTS Corp., said the Wulfert uplands should not have been included in the CBRS as it is on a peninsula connected to a developed area. She further said that it is altered land, is the highest point on Sanibel and has flooded only once in the past 100 years. Naumann pointed out that the Craig home and a Photo by JUDY CORRIGAN home on adjoining property also were north of the line, The Easter Bunny took extra care hiding this yet qualified for flood insurance because they were egg in the crook of a tree at Periwinkle Place grandfathered in when the CBRS was established in last week. The celebrated rabbit made an early 1982. appearance Saturday so island youngsters could Planning Director Bruce Rogers said the letter participate in an fun Easter egg hunt. For drafted reaffirms to Congress the city's position, additional pictoral holiday coverage, please see page 1C, Please see NEUTRAL, page 7A Chris Strine Photo by JUDY CORRIGAN CEPD seeks more sand for South Seas New editor named By Steve Ruediger regarding a previous CEPD meeting, which was Islander staff writer cancelled for lack of a quorum, and for what he Christopher Strine, a former Sanibel resi- described as a request by her that administrator 4 dent and long-time Breeze Corporation Allison Hagerup write a speech for Hoen not con- The Captiva Erosion Prevention District decided employee, has been named editor of The Wednesday night to ask for the stockpiling of 5,000 ad- nected with CEPD business. Islander. ditional cubic yards of sand on the beach for South Hagerup did not write the speech, he said. Strine, who officially assumed the post on Seas Plantation to use for severe erosion problems at The extra sand request resulted from a compl Friday, March 17, most recently held the posi- RedfishPass. by South Seas Plantation general partner Allen G. ten tion of managing editor for The Daily Breeze The district's board also moved the next meeting up Broek that the resort has been shortchanged on the newspaper in Cape Coral. to April 5, directed that fallen trees be removed from amount of sand it was to receive in the renourishment "I look forward to the challenge of helping the beach rather than buried under the new sand, project. the Islander remain a first-rate newspaper," heard that April 20 was the expected completion date Ten Broek, however, said the resort did not really Strine said this week. "Sanibel is a unique of the beach restoration project and directed that its need the sand where it was supposed to go. He wanted community and its residents require and staff look into whether "a pile of rocks" which has a way to be found that South Seas could get sand for deserve a good paper. been on the beach for years north of Turner Beach was the area at Redfish Pass, which was eroded during "The Islander's always been well-read and properly licensed and engineered when it was placed. Tropical Storm Keith. revered. I plan to do what I can to continue A number of requests for changes in apportionment After a long discussion, it was decided to ask the those trends in the future." were decided by the board and a resolution was passed agencies providing permits for the renourishment pro- A native of Ashland, Ohio, Strine moved to asking the Lee County Commission to do a study to ject to change a permit currently in the works from Lee County in September 1980. He joined the develop county funding for Captiva beach restoration 35,000 to 40,000 cubic yards, saying it turned out the project needed more sand than previously estimated. Please see EDITOR, page 8A projects. Near the end of the meeting, Commissioner Paul Garvey severely criticized chairman Sheila Hoen Please see CEPD, page 16A Obituary Marjorie Cloud UJ Q Sanibel resident Marjorie Cloud, 66, Elizabeth. 2 died early Monday, March 27, following Memorial services will be held at St. a long illness. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Formerly of Gisncoe, 111., she is sur- Church at 9 a.m., Friday, March 31. 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