Island Reporter

Island Reporter

B20. October 8, 1976 ISLAND REPORTER » • .'•-•"' . ..'••' '•INC. Flu gun aimed at islanders By Mark Twombly there was very little physical pain and none, of the psychological trauma that accom- 23rd ANNIVERSARY panies a hypodermic needle injection. More than 1,000 islanders got a healthy shot in the arm Saturday at the Sanibel But there were sonie who were not so Community House as the nationwide lucky. One of the two guns used on program to vaccinate 215 million Ameri- Saturday occasionally misfired, and one cans against the swine flu reached into man received two shots from the air gun Southwest Florida; that failed to penetrate his skin. A nurse The four-hour session at the Community finally pulled him out of the line, grabbed a House was the first series of inoculations to hypodermic needle filled with the vaccine, CONTINUING. WITH MORE SAVINGS AT ALL 6 STORES! be administered in this part of the state. and stuck it in his arm. : Swine flu vaccination clinics which have "You're arm will probably be pretty sore been operating throughout the week in Lee for a few days," she soothed. County will conclude today. Others received needle injections when $ OS Glades and Hendry County residents are the vials of vaccine ran too low for the gun $ 05 SAVE 49 scheduled to take the shots on Saturday, to operate. Only one person refused to SAVE 69 October 23. Charlotte County begins its submit to the needle, and she waited until vaccination program tomorrow, October 16 the air guns were put back in operation. REG. $249.00 General Electric MULTI-TEMP- •and Collier County residents will begin Of the 1,224 people who filedthrough the ERATURE DRYER with PERMANENT PRESS Community House an estimated 10 percent REG. $329.00 General Electric 2-SPEED CYCLE . .. REDUCED, STARTING TODAYI 3 receiving the inoculations on Monday, HEAVY DUTY FILTER. FLO WASHER with temperature selections for NORMAL, October 25. were not residents of either Sanibel or BLEACH DISPENSER! — drastically reduced DELICATE and. FLUFF! End-of-cycle buzzer Tlier'e will be no further swine flii Gaptiva. Don Bissel reported that about a during our 23rd Anniversary! What a buy! 4 signal. Manual selection lets you set drying wash cycles '— Permanent Press, Normal, Ac- time up to 130 minutes. Up-front lint filter, immunization clinics scheduled in the half-dozen people stopped by his office tivated Soak and Delicate! Guaranteed GE too! White finish. Anniversary Sale price, county, according to Lee County Health Saturday morning at Laughrey and Holtz quality workmanship throughout — to give only .... Department officials. Islanders who did not Real Estate asking directions to the you YEARS of service!. White finish. receive a vaccination Saturday but wish to Community House. do so now will have to travel to a . "Another 10 carloads of people looked $ 95 neighboring county. like they were searching for the building," Six doctors and nurses administered the said Bissell. $259*5 199 shots to nervous islanders through space Health Department officials had brought age blow guns. The black Luger-like guns enough swine flu vaccine for 2,000 injec- use air pressure to shoot the vaccine tions, but by 1:00 p.m. the long lines of y Harvey Weihberg loads the air gun used to inoculate more through the skin. people had dwindled to a few stragglers. DE6200P Those who had never received a shot WA7300P than 1,200 people Saturday. with an air gun were relieved to find that • continuedon 17- A island REPORTER VOL. 3 NO. 49 SERVING SANIBEL-CAPTIVA AND THE ISLAND* FROM ESTERO BAY TO BOCA, GRANDE PASS 2 SECTIONS 52 PAGES OCTOBER 15. 1976 20c in seem o voter JBP22 Election laws make it; a felony to vote dence, 43 people who live on Periwinkle O5 By Mark Twombly corrected when voter -registration books S 05 $ O5 open again on Monday, November 8. after intentionally providing false informa- Way have failed to provide a house number SAVE 69 SAVE 69 SAVE At least 100 inaccurate registrations A preliminary scan of the voter list also tion on a voter registration form. or have neglected to change their address, IOOK AT THIS! REG. $329.00 General Electric POTSCRUBMR CON- REG. $429.00 General Electric 30-INCH RANGE WITH P-7 SEIF-CIEANINO O.E. 76 workers are checking the and another 45 list incomplete addresses, WHAT A BARGAIN! REG. $429.00 Ganaral EUctric 14.2 cubic foot NO- VERTIBLE-PORT ABIE DISHWASHER, rolls where needed now, con be built OVEN — drastically reduced! Porcelain enamel broiler pan, oven timer, 60- have been discovered among the list of turned up "at least two" names that are FROST REFRIGERATOR with BIG FREEZER plu. r.movabl. .gg bin, twin dairy in later! No more scraping encrusted pots and pons with this GE! 4 cycle mln. reminder timer. Hit-lock Calrod surface units, oven light, full width 1910 registered voters in Precinct 16, listed at an address outside of Precinct 16 Precinct 16 voter list against local tele- according to the O.E. 76 investigation. compartment! — and |u»t 28" wide (fit. a tiny kltch.nl) and 61" high. wash selection including Power Scrub! Wood cutting board top. Sound storage drawer. White. (Please add $10 for Avocado and Harvest). What a Whit*. (PUa». add $10 for HarvMt and Avocado). Anniversary Sole insulated. ' valuel which covers all of Sanibel. in the Fort Myers telephone directory, said phone books and property owner's lists for priced! accuracy. They, are also calling every 95 S 95 Most of the inaccuracies are apparently the O.E. 76 spokeswoman, who asked not People who move to a new address on 369 unintentional and involve old or incomplete to be identified. voter, although many are still on summer the island often fail to notify the Lee addresses, according to a spokeswoman for Another voter registered in Precinct 16 vacations. County Elections office. A spokeswoman at Operation Election 76 (O.E. 76), an ad hoc "has never even been here as far as I "So far we haven't detected any conspir- the Elections Office noted that "unless we MB9266LB committee of the Committee of the Islands know," the woman added. acy to pack the voter list," commented the are told of the change we have no way of that has been conducting the scrutiny. O.E. 76 committeemen plan to station O.E. 76 spokeswoman. knowing someone has moved." poll watchers at Precinct 16 voting The examination is being done "in the Islanders who have failed to notify the headquarters at the Sanibel Community Practically all of the errors in the list interest of good business and good county Elections Office of a change in their House on November 2 to challenge any involve outdated or incomplete addresses. government," explained O.E. 76 Chairman SAVE address will still be able to vote on vote cast by someone they suspect has Twenty-four islanders have listed their Jim Rbbsori. "It's not a witchhunt. That's, $4905 November 2, although the listing should be registered illegally. business address as their place of resi- not the intention." . REG. $289.00 General erformance Stmdial talks advance Electric 8.3 cubic foot TELEVISION CHEST FREEZER, plenty of room for* lots of A negotiation session held this week between; represent- food storage, yet. just atives of Sundial Associates and the City of Sanibel ended 35'/." wide — and at WHE52WWH convenient countertop High impact plastic cabinet with textured in a compromise agreement that could bring to an end height. Convenient litigation involving the two parties. lift-out basket, ad- justable temperature The City has appealed a Circuit Court ruling that would control, self-adjusting $ $ allow Sundial to build 354 additional condominium units, lid. In white enamel including 202 lock-off units, for a total of 556, and the finish. Don't miss this SAVE 7O SAVE 14O Anniversary ' Sale TOUR PERSONAL COLOR TVI REG. $269.95 GE 10" dlag. TV with the 3 only, to hurry! REG. $699.95 GE 25-Inch dlag. MODULAR COLOR TV, with litigation is pending. The large Gulf-front complex already bargain! Porto Color chaisls designed to give bright, sharp color pictures. In-Llne 100% solid stats energy tavar chassis — In an authentic Early American picture tube, pioneered by GE, pre-set VHF tuning, UHF click-In tuning. Country Style cabinet In distressed Liberty Pine! One-Touch Color system. has 266 completed units. • £ Convenient carrying handle. A beauty and a buy at ... Custom Picture Control . and morel What a buy at... After an initial negotiating effort last February aborted, CB-8D 9S Richard Vogel and Robert Gisselbeck, general partners of 95 $549 Sundial Associates, asked the City, in a letter of September 17, to revive the City's negotiating team. The City promptly gave a favorable response and a new team was formed, chaired by Vice-Mayor Zee Butler.- Your every purchase is backed by In the meeting on Wednesday, the Sundial and City t S.W. Florida's ' biggest and bast representatives agreed to the following: Oar EDISON ft -I Service Department — always at •The City's negotiating team will recommend to City YOUR service! — as close as your •ton stays open wi .phofiel _ ; Council on Tuesday a favorable response to permitting •ML, W«t, ft M. nights Sundial to construct an additional 185 condominium units, to • • • a clubhouse, and swimming pool facilities; - "On its part, Sundial will attempt to work out financing „_ APPLIANCES/AIR CpNDITIONING/TEUVISION and engineering plans that will ensure that the new construction fully conforms to the performance standards 9 EDISQN AAALL,near Mal!Theater;Ph.93(S-0807 of Sanibel's land-use plan; In this issue ISLAND REPORTER focuses in on two islanders on the go.

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