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Page 2B I Vol.36, No. 19 Friday, May 9,1997 Three Sections, 40 Pages 50 Cents The Off (Beach) Season begins Tills Week Hemingway Festival Community leaders present ideas for festival in meeting with Hemingway family. 2A Crab Races The Community Association is holdings its annual Potluck and Crab Races. 5A Wild Mothers Mothers in the wild may not always need your help. 3B Grandpa's Odyssey Follow the exploits of grandpa Frank Wagner as he explores Disney World with his grandchildren. 9C Don't Just Flush Here's a new design for something we use every day. 3B Arts-Leisure C Service Directory 12C Cityside ...HA Classifieds 8B Commentary 13-14A Island Dining 3C NightLife 4C "Front Page" 3A Island Eye 6A Police Beat 12A Crossword 15C Business 13A Fishing/Shelling 6B Show Biz 5C Sports 5B Tide chart _^_ .26 Vince Kelly and June Koc invite you to join them in the Off Beach Players community theater summer season which begins tonight at the Have A Great Week! Old Schoolhouse Theater with the play, Talking With. Seepage 5C for more information. Photo/Scott Martell 2A • Friday, May 9, 1997 • ISLANDER ISLANDER • Friday, May 9, 1 997 • 3A Hie Front Page Charlie GG See George Wendy Angie Samfer Qsabeth Margk, Eaton o p g y^^c orothy e gy Humphrey Lapi Sobzak Robideau r ^,ii^ Smith Dawson Sprouse Miller .. „,„ Lori Loretta Linda McLaughlin McGowen Geiger David McLaughlin April Performance Leaders Grace Hemingway and Isabel Terrel near a plane which stopped enroute rom New York to Cuba. Photo, courlesey of the Sanibel Historical Museum. Island groups jump in to support Hemingway Festival l*§€0Mg>AIUIBI,E VIEWS PERFECT €ONVEN!INT LOCATION ByJILLTYRER bel-Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce and the Hemingway estate for Ernest's sons Jack, Patrick and Dramatic Gulf front, large island home in Gulf Pines on a private, pris- In this 3 bedroom duplex nestled in a centrally located community of tine beach...5 bedrooms, 4 baths, fireplace, loft perfect. Pools, tennis homes. Special features include an upstairs master suite with private Islander staff writer Lee Island Coast Visitor & Convention Bureau, Gregory. Whether the festival, planned for July 17- Mary Lou Bailey John & Elisabeth Smith court, winding waterways. sunning deck, large screened porch, ample closets, 2 car garage. Swim- Mariner Corporation, the Sanibel Historic Preserva- 21, will proceed in Sanibel depends on whether the ming and tennis amenities. $192,000 If the International Hemingway Festival comes Priced to sell $1,050,000 Furnished. Please call Dorothy Sprouse at 472-1511 to pass, there are only about eight weeks to pull it all tion Committee, "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society, heirs give it their OK. That decision likely will come Please call Mary Lou Bailey 472-1511 together. But leaders in Sanibel's arts, historical, Care and Rehabilitation of Wildlife and the Sanibel- within the week, Metzner said. business and tourism communities gathered Mon- Captiva Conservation Foundation. "This is the first I've heard about everything," day to let organizers and the family know the festi- They met with Hilary Hemingway, a Cape Metzner said. "It's exciting to see everybody in the val has their support. Coral novelist whose uncle was Ernest Hemingway, community involved." Among those greeting members of the Mina Hemingway-Adams, daughter of Ernest's Hemingway festival Monday were representatives brother, Patrick, and Maria Metzner of Fashion Li- (Continued, backpage) from Sanibel's theater groups, BIG Arts, the Sani- censing of America, Inc., which represents the Two ordinances may help City considers senior housing sites endangered sea turtles ROOM FOR LAUGHTER AND ROOM FOR A POOL! SUNSET CAPTIVA 1018 SOUTH YACHTSMAN ByJILLTYRER a price of about $205,000, is allowed only one unit of ByJILLTYRER Entertainment size living room accented by wood-burning fireplace. Large This two bedroom - 2.5 bath home is like new and has an excellent Charming canal home on the east end of the Island. Featuring, 3 bed- Islander staff writer screened lanai, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Priced to sell at $210,000 rental history. Community pool and tennis court, deeded beach access rooms and a nice living area and close to beaches Call us to see this Islander staff writer density and City Council would have to raise the den- The laws governing what people can and can't Please call Janie Prttchard at 472-1511 and docks on the Bayside. You must see this home. $292,500 one! $249,000 City Council was considering seven sites Tues- sity to hold the proposed 10-unitseniorhousingproject. Please call Karen Bell at 472-5154 Please call GG Robideau or Lori McGowen at 472-1511 do on Sanibel beaches got a little more stringent day night for a possible affordable housing develop- It was not among those Council discussed getting an evenings 489-2677 appraisal on until owner Bert Jenks made another pitch. Tuesday. ment for senior citizens when a property owner came City Council passed two measures dealing forward with another alternative. He has an option on a piece of property in Lei- sure Acres that is allowed nine units of density, he said. with beach activities, one which makes it illegal to Of the seven sites, City staff recommended get- leave boats on the beach overnight, the other pro- ting appraisals on two of them—the Paulsen property, That property is wetlands and has no roads or utilities running to it, but he offered to sell the City both par- hibiting lights that shine on the beach. The two are which lies off Periwinkle Way near Soon Come Land- designed to protect the beach and dune system as scaping, and the Bailey/Kontinos property off Tarpon cels, at a cost of $405,000. That way, the City could eliminate the density on that parcel and increase it on well as nesting sea turtles, and Councilman Wally Bay Road. Kain who sponsored them, was pleased with their Among the other five was the "Jenks" site, near the other property to get the 10 units of density needed. The Leisure Acres property presumably could be placed approval. "Those two ordinances are going to go a w r r the corner of Casa Ybel and Periwinkle behind 1~—alii • - , Tmr- -r ,^ | , . r ."y "ji*z.^rf[h ™™rvr* (Continued, page 4A) 7ABULOUS CAPTIVA GULF FRONT LQCATION-LOCATION-LOCATION NationsBank. That property, a little over three acres for (Continued, page 4A) in a word - exquisite. This beach front home is for the discriminating . This beautiful 3 bedroom-2 bath home is right across the street from THE EXCEPTIONAL GULF FRONT ISTATi buyer searching for an Island residence unlike any other. Specifics in- the deeded beach access. Lots of space, large family room with fire- Two hundred foot frontage on double lot in Gulf Ridge, Five bedrooms, clude 3 bedrooms - 3.5 baths, over an acre of land and so much more. place, loft could be used as office or 4th bedroom. Seller may consider billiard room, formal dining room. Separate pool house with 4 car ga- A special event inaugurates the 1998 Sanibel Music Festival View it today. selling adjacent lot in conjunction with house, if purchased together rage and pool. Storage plus additional 2 car garage under main house. Please call Peggy Miller at 472-5154 Lots of charm and priced at just $269,900 Pines and exotic palms offer exceptional privacy on this over four acre Gulf-front estate. Please call David or Linda McLaughlin at 472-1511 Please call Claudia or Ken Frey at 472-1511 An Evening CONDOMINIUMS CONDOMINIUMS LOTS & HOMESITES LUXURY APARTMENT-WEST GULF DRIVE BAYSIDE VILLA BIKE TO BEACH Large 3 bedroom-2 bath condo allowing weekly rentals. The income- New Listing South Seas Plantation-This Bayside Villa with 1 bedroom 2 with Kitty Carlisle Hart stream is exceptional! Six unit complex, pool, tennis .CALL NOW it Well vegetated lot within walking distance or biking to beautiful gulf baths has beautiful direct bay views and is a top rated unit in South Seas tinoon°n Beachview Country Club..Great Island neighborhood. won't last! $739,000 ' lucrative on sita rental program with full amenity package. Priced to sell at By FRANK WAGNER wonders of the island, the warmth and reception of Please call Mary Lou Bailey at 472-1511 $272,500. Please call Mary Lou Bailey at 472-1511 Islander staff writer the audience and the magnificent scope and goals of Please call Loretta Geiger at 472-4121. • BOATERS "AHOY"! An Evening with Kitty Carlisle Hart is the spe- SUNHIAL BIAQ4 & TENNIS MESORT I tils rare offering is located on the east end of Sanibel in a desirable neigh- the Sanibel Music Festival. Loesser then recom- One bedroom-one bath , "Garden Suite", top floor. Very well furnished pornood. Close to Sanibel Marina and Causeway very few of these choice cial event which inaugurates the 12th Annual Sani- mended to Hart it might be just a perfect spot for her SOUTH SEAS TENNIS VILLA lots remain...don t wait on this! and in good condition, this apartment offers "Guaranteed Income". Sun- Exceptional Tennis Villa at South Sens. New kitchen, all new bel Music Festival in March 1998. one woman show/4n Eveningwith Kitty Carlisle Hart. dial offers all resort amenities and has Golf privileges with rental pro- woodwork, doors, trim, etc. Definitely "A" rated unit. Second floor Please call Mary Lou Bailey at 472-1511 Special events come about in special ways. One Hart thought it was a good idea and the wheels gram. Call about this excellent offering. $229,000 furnished.