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VOL. 22, NO. 30
SANIBEL
& CAPTIVA
ISLANDS,
FLORIDA
Sanibel
& Captiva
Islands
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Award-Winning Everglades
Photographer To Lecture At Refuge
M
ac Stone, a natural history and conservation photographer from Gainesville,
spent nearly four years living and photographing in the Florida Everglades
while working on his book Everglades: America’s Wetland, which was
released in October, 2014. He will present two programs about his experiences and
photography beginning at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Friday, January 23 in the “Ding”
Darling Visitor & Education Center on Sanibel.
From Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay, from inside the bone-crushing jaws of an
alligator to the storms that sweep across the blackwater backcountry, Stone takes readers on a visual journey through Florida’s “River of Grass.” More than 200 striking photographs showcase the natural beauty of the unique wetland, capturing the depths of its
landscapes, the diversity of its wildlife, and the resilience of the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States.
Following his presentations, Stone will sign copies of his book, which is available for
purchase in the Refuge Nature Store, all proceeds of which benefit refuge conservation
and education programs.
Admission is free to the lectures, which are sponsored by The Sanibel Captiva Trust
Company and “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS), as part of
the 14-week Friday Lecture Series.
As usual, Wildlife Drive is closed on Friday, but visitors are welcome at the Visitor &
Education Center and the recreational opportunities at Tarpon Bay Explorers, the refuge’s official concessionaire located at its Tarpon Bay Recreation Area.
For more information on the lecture series, call 472-1100 ext. 241 or visit www.
dingdarlingsociety.org/lectures.
Future events follow; all lectures include two presentations at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
(*Book-signings will follow all starred presentations)
*January 30 Author Neville Williams, Our Solar-Powered Future
There are more than 200 photographs in Mac Stone’s new book
*February 6 – Author Jeff Klinkenberg, Alligator in B Flat
*February 13 – Authors Don and Lillian Stokes, Beautiful Birds of Sanibel
*February No – Lecture - Volunteer Luncheon
*February 27 – Author Gary Monroe, The Highwaymen
March 6 Sarah – Adams, Memories of My Grandfather, Ansel Adams
*March 13 – Author Frederick “Fritz” Davis, Banned: A History of Pesticides and the
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Shell Museum To Host Under The Sea
Under The Sea sponsors include, from left, attorney Janet Strickland, Rob Lisenbee and
Willy Ocasio of Bank of the Islands, and Kim McGonnell of Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille
T
he Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum will hold its annual Under The Sea
fundraiser on Sunday, January 25 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at The Sanctuary
Golf Club, 2801 Wulfert Road.
The event, which will be themed a 1960’s beach party, includes dinner by The
Sanctuary’s master chef, live music and live and silent auctions.
Tickets are $135 per person and help raise funds for the museum’s educational programs. Call 395-2233 or go to www.shellmuseum.org.
The principal sponsor of Under The Sea is the Sanibel Captiva Trust Company.
Happy Peekers leave on their 2014 tour bus, with guide Karen Pati holding the microphone
Zonta’s Peek Tickets Selling Fast
I
t’s time again for the annual excitement generated by A Peek at the Unique, the
signature fundraiser organized by the Zonta Club of Sanibel-Captiva to benefit the
club’s foundation and raise money for organizations that reflect Zonta’s mission of
improving women’s lives.
This annual event attracts support from hundreds of island businesses and individuals,
has traditionally sold out, and raises tens of thousands of dollars. Former attendees
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Looking Back:
Fishing From Blind Pass Bridge
American
Legion Post 123
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The History Gallery, developed by the Captiva Island Historical Society, tells the unique
and diverse history of Captiva. Interpretive panels and touch screen access to historic
photos are featured; sure to pique one’s interest. The History Gallery is accessed through
the Captiva Memorial Library located on Chapin Lane on Captiva. Open during Captiva
Library hours. This week’s image is Fishing from Blind Pass Bridge on Captiva. Date not
known. Can you guess?
photo archives of the Captiva Island Historical Society
n Sunday, January 18, American
Legion Post 123 will offer a fish
and shrimp fry from 1 to 8 p.m.
The following Sunday, stop by for barbecue ribs and chicken.
Every Monday, the 8-Ball Pool League
plays at 5 p.m. Stop in to cheer on your
team.
If you have an American flag that
needs to be retired, drop it off at Post 123
at your convenience.
Liver and onions will be served all day
on Wednesdays.
Texas Hold’em is played Thursdays
from 7 to 10 p.m. and Saturdays from
4:30 to 10 p.m. Players are welcome and
must be members.
Every Friday, a six-ounce ribeye steak
sandwich is available all day. There are
daily specials as well as the popular halfpound burgers. Food is served from 11
a.m. to 8 p.m. The public is welcome.
Ladies Auxilliary cookbooks are available for a $15 donation.
Hours are Monday through Saturday
from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from
noon to 9 p.m.
American Legion Post 123 is located at
mile marker 3 on Sanibel-Captiva Road.
For more information, call 472-9979.
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What’s Happening At
The House In 2014
SCA Events
Historical Women of Sanibel
Jan. 16, 2015 12 Noon
Panel & Tea
$25/Members; $30/Guests
Shredding
Jan. 17 9-Noon
Fun Fest 2015
Jan. 25 10-4 pm
CLASSES/PROGRAMS
Complimentary Shell Crafting
Lesson: Monday begins 10 am - Noon
Crafts on Sale Mon.-Friday until 3 p.m.
Advanced iPad/iPhone
Jan 29 9:30 am
$35 Members/$40 Guests
Beading
Our email address is
[email protected]
Jan. 21 9 am
Sissi Paint Party
Jan 26 7 pm
$40 members, $45 guests
Mardi Gras, Island-style!
Prese
nt ed
Ikki Matsumoto
Prints & Posters
Sanctioned Duplicate Bridge
Beginning January
Tues. & Thurs. 1 pm
Optimize Your Health
by
Jan. 14 4 pm
Meditation
Jan. 19, 20 , 23
Paint Your Pet
Jan. 29 3:30 pm
Yoga
Fancy-Footed Booby
Monday and Thursday
8:30 am
Available at:
Saturday, February 7, 2015 • 5–9PM
The Dunes Golf & Tennis Club
Two Islands Gallery
Chadwick’s Square
Captiva • 472-7633
Wondering how to celebrate
MARDI GRAS
in Southwest Florida?
Do it Island-Style on Sanibel!
>Cajun Food >Festive Music
>Games & Prizes >Auction
>and Fat Tuesday fun!
Sanibel Art & Frame
Tarpon Bay Road
Sanibel • 395-1350
TICKETS
$55
Event & Ticket Info at SanibelCHR.org
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Telephone: (239) 472-2155
[email protected]
www.sanibelcommunityhouse.net
2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL 33957
Whims
Bailey’s Shopping Center
Sanibel • 313-0535
“To enrich community spirit through educational,
cultural and social gatherings in our
historic Community House.”
The SCA is a 501c 3 Organization.
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Zonta’s Peek Tickets
“Since we are limited in the number of tour tickets we can sell, this strategy has
helped recognize our sponsors and expand the potential of the event,” said Zontian
Virginia Jones, who designs the program booklet.
Individual donations may be made at any time on the club web site, www.zontasancap.com. All contributions, tax-deductible per IRS rules, will be noted in the keepsake
program if made prior to the deadline of February 20.
The Peek relies on the talents and abilities of the entire membership, plus their
friends, spouses and often women from some of the club’s service projects, serving as
docents, greeters, guides and food servers on the day of the event and also as part of
planning teams, months in advance.
The Zonta Club of Sanibel-Captiva is a service organization of professional women
working together to provide hands-on assistance, advocacy and funds to strengthen
women’s lives on the islands, in Lee County and around the world through Zonta
International. For more information, visit www.zonta.org.
CARD OF THANKS
Zontians Ellen Strobel, Wendy West and Virginia Jones at the 2014 Peek
have received an early-bird notice and reservations are pouring in, according to Zonta
reservations chair Barbara Beran.
“It is clear our regular guests know to get their tickets early,” she said. “This year will
be no exception.”
Tickets for an assigned tour time are $85 each. Those who have not received the
early-bird mailing may send an e-mail to [email protected]. Reservations
through this method will open to the public on Thursday, January 22, and requests are
honored in the order in which they are received.
Set for Saturday, March 14, the event features a guided tour on air-conditioned
buses of four unique island homes, after tasty treats provided by island restaurants,
caterers and grocery stores. Departures for the three-hour tour leave every half-hour
from Sanibel Community Church, from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
This is the 14th annual Peek, which raises more every year through raffle ticket
sales, individual donations, business sponsorships and, of course, tour tickets. Through
the Zonta Foundation of Southwest Florida, grants will be distributed this month to
eight partner organizations totaling nearly $80,000, the proceeds from the previous
Peek. In addition, $22,000 will go to Zonta International to support its global initiatives.
Club members are busy soliciting donations from local business owners, to be recognized in a colorful keepsake program, and who may place a discount coupon in Peek
Perks, a gift envelope given to every Peek guest.
T
he Sanibel-Captiva Optimist Club thanks the following businesses for donating
to its annual holiday Jingle Bell Walk – with a Claus. This year’s walk was very
successful including a visit from Santa, and included TV coverage by NBC-2
News. Proceeds were donated to local charity FISH, particularly for the benefit of
kids in need.
Golden Bell Sponsors: Richard and Sally Ennis, Sanibel Captiva Community Bank,
Skitter Doo, American Legion Post 123
Silver Bell Sponsors: Nu Way Concrete Forms, Howboys-Las Vegas, Barrier Island
Title, Douglas and Sherry Gentry, Gulf Breeze Cottages, Bailey’s General Store, Steve
and Rita Jaeger, Island Paws, The Cedar Chest Fine Jewelry
Red Bow Sponsors: Sanibel Café, Mike Macray, Island Insurance, Dave Edwards,
West Wind Inn, Warren and June Brunton, Tarpon Bay Explorers, T-Shirt Hut, Coral
Veterinary Clinic, Yolo Watersports, John R. Woods Realtors, Over Easy Café, Bank
of the Islands, Mon Reve Lawn Care, Barefoot Charley’s Painting.
Friends of the Walk: Santa! HoHoHo!!, The City of Sanibel and Bowman’s Beach,
The Island Reporter, The Island Sun, NBC-2 News, Frans Kox and the Quebbie
Music System, Island Graphics, all the walkers and their dogs and all the volunteers
who gave countless hours!
The Sanibel-Captiva Optimist Club is a volunteer, not for profit organization with all
funds going directly to helping kids.
Credit Rebuilding
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ISH of Sanibel-Captiva, working
with Cheryl McConahy, manager
of Fifth Third Bank, is offering a
complimentary workshop for those who
wish to build or rebuild their credit. The
workshop will be held at the FISH WalkIn Center, located at 1630 Periwinkle
Way, from 6 to 8 p.m on Tuesday,
January 27.
Those in attendance will learn how
to deal with debt-related issues and
begin rebuilding or correcting their credit
report. The workshop will cover the following:
Debt collection issues, reducing debt,
bankruptcy as an option, Fair Credit
Reporting Act, how to get your free
credit report. Chapter 7 vs. Chapter 13
bankruptcy and foreclosure.
McConahy, who deals with credit
issues every day, will be available to speak
one-on-one about participant’s particular
credit issues.
For additional information or to RSVP,
contact Christine Swiersz or Jessi Zeigler
of FISH, 472-4775.
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colors!
This bumper sticker has a green color to
emphasize that almost 70% of Sanibel
is in conservation land and a whimsical
heart to signify our island lifestyle. The
peel off back has information about
Sanibel that you may not know.
They are available at:
They are available at:
Bailey’s General Store
CVS General
PharmacyStore
Bailey’s
Doc
Ford’s
CVS
Pharmacy
Island
Pharmacy
Jerry’s Foods
Jerry’s Foods
Suncatcher’s
Dream
Suncatcher’s Dream
Tuttle’s
Horse Shop
Shop
Tuttle’s Sea
Sea Horse
Sanibel Scenes calendars are also
available at these favorite island stores.
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
Saturday’s Run Aims To Bring A
Second Kids’ Care Mobile To Area
Ronald McDonald with supporters of Robbie’s Run
Bob Risch, Leilani Sivsov and Jim Castle of Grampy’s Charities with Ronald McDonald
G
rampy’s Charities will present Robbie’s Run 9-Hole Golf Course Fun
Walk, Run Or Crawl on Saturday,
January 17, at The Dunes Golf & Tennis
Club. The event will benefit the Ronald
McDonald Care Mobile, a program of
Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC)
of Southwest Florida. Proceeds will help to
fund a mobile pediatric office that travels to
schools, community centers and neighborhoods delivering dental care and medical
screenings to thousands of underserved
children.
Grampy’s directors Bob Risch and Jim
Castle have been working with RMHC on
a proposal to bring a Ronald McDonald
Care Mobile to Lee, Charlotte, Glades and
Proceeds from Robbie’s Run will help fund a
Hendry counties.
mobile pediatric office to serve Lee, Char“The program has been enormously
lotte, Glades and Hendry counties
successful in Collier County; we would like
to see it benefit even more underserved
children in the surrounding counties,” said Risch.
Castle added, “Grampy’s is absolutely committed to this project and contributing
$500,000 to help RMHC with the funding of the program. We’re hopeful more folks
will get on board when they realize these services will benefit children in their communities as well.”
Donations can be made by visiting rmhcswfl.org, Grampys.org or by going to The
Dunes to donate in person.
A golf ball drop will be another highlight. Tickets for the ball drop are available to
the public for $100 and can be purchased at the event. Up to 100 tickets will be sold.
Ronald McDonald himself will drop the balls from high in the sky and the closest to the
pin wins 50 percent of the loot. Participants need not be present to win.
The Dunes Golf & Tennis Club is located at 949 Sand Castle Road, Sanibel. Robbie’s
Run starts at 5 p.m.
Grampy’s Charities is a 100 percent volunteer organization with no paid staff. For
over two decades, it has donated more than $3 million to charities serving sick children.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southwest Florida’s mission is to create, find
and support programs that improve the health and well-being of children in the area.
Ronald McDonald House provides a “home away from home” for families of hospitalized children The scholarship program awards grants to deserving high school seniors;
and a grants program provided assistance to other local children’s charities.
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The Community House
nize social engineering and other methods of obtaining your personal information without your knowledge or consent,
how to protect your identity and how to
recover from identity theft if it happens to
you. There will also be a short tour-style
presentation of the Lee County Sheriff’s
Office Corrections Bureau, giving an
unseen look at the world of corrections
and corrections facilities.
The event is provided free of charge,
as a public service. So attend and learn
how to protect yourself from one of the
fastest growing crimes in the country.
perceptions to a world view characterized
by acceptance and joyfulness.
Orkin is a teacher of the transcendental meditation technique, and a student
and teacher of modern shamanism.
Art And Wine Parties
Master Your iPhone/iPad
Tea, tea sandwiches, mimosas and other
offerings will be served
Women’s Historical Panel
O
n Friday, January 16 at noon,
meet Eleanor Kinzie, who is 92
years old. Her family owned the
island ferry. Hear the story of the Sanibel
Lighthouse’s ferry crossing. Listen as local
historian Betty Anholt shares memories.
Then meet Sarita Van Vleck, a conservationist and one of the first on the Sanibel
Planning Commission. She also worked
to incorporate the City of Sanibel.
Tea, tea sandwiches, mimosas and
other offerings will be served, provided
by Sanibel Catering Co. Drinks will be
provided by Jerry’s Market.
Tickets for members are $25, guests,
$30. Call 472-2155 to make reservations.
Paint Your Pet partiicipants
Sissi Janku painting that will be demonstrating on December 12
Meditation Courses
but must pay an additional fee for the
extra sketching. Afraid you’re not talented
enough even with a sketched outline
provided? That’s okay, because instruction assistance is provided and there are
no skill barriers to entry. The class fee is
$65 via pre-paid registration for community association members and $70 for
guests. Register by calling The Community House. Cancellation fees apply; full
refunds are available if cancelled within
48 hours of class. Minimum number of
students required.
Crime Prevention
Seminar
Cheerful Turtle by Sissi Janku is the painting that the artist will be demonstrating on
January 26
Meditation is good for the mind, body and
soul
M
editation is widely accepted as
a pathway to better health and
greater happiness. Many people
have tried meditation by taking courses
or reading books. Some people stick with
it, but many feel that they have failed
because they couldn’t quiet their minds.
This assessment is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of meditation. With
proper instruction, success is guaranteed.
Eric Orkin will lead a three-day course
on January 19 and 20 from 10 a.m. to
noon and on January 23 from 1 to 3
p.m. Cost per course is $89 for members and $99 for guests. Pre-payment
is required and you must attend all three
sessions. Contact The Community House
for advance registration.
The workshop teaches meditation that
is at the intersection of ancient traditions
and modern science. The technique is
easy and natural and research has validated its effectiveness. In addition to many
health benefits, meditators experience a
pronounced shift away from fear-based
L
et local artist Sissi Janku encourage the artist within by guiding and
encouraging you to complete a
painting. Workshop dates are January
26, from 7 to 9 p.m., and February 23,
March 25 and April 24. Cost is $40 for
members, $45 for guests. No experience
is necessary. All materials will be provided. Bring your favorite wine and a snack
for sharing with fellow artists.
To register, contact The Community House at 472-2155. Visit Janku’s
website at www.sissijanku.com for more
information.
A free program on identity theft is scheduled for January 30
Paint Your Pet
H
ave a furry family member you’d
love to immortalize on canvas?
Join art instructor Jenny M. Licht
on Thursday, January 29, from 3:30 to
6:30 p.m. You’ll create a painting of your
pet based on any photo you may have.
No experience is necessary, as the clear
photo you submit with your registration will be used to provide a sketched
primer/design on your canvas. All other
materials are provided for in the class
fee, including; canvas, brushes, palette,
easel, paint, and samples. Students can
paint multiple pets on the same canvas,
G
erald J. Mcnulty of the Lee County
Sheriff’s Office will be presenting
a crime prevention program on
Identity Theft on Friday, January 30 at
10 a.m. with specific focus on determining your own risk. He will also detail local
instances of identity theft, how to recog-
iPhone/iPad workshops
B
eginner iPhone/iPad courses are
being offered on February 11 and
April 2 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. with
Q&A until noon.
The workshop is designed for the beginner wanting to master the basics. The
course covers set-up, navigation and safe
use. An extensive handout recaps the
course for further study at home.
Intermediate iPhone/iPad courses will
be held January 29 and March 12 from
9:30 to 11 a.m. with Q&A until noon.
This workshop will take your comfort and
skill with your Apple mobile device to the
next level. Coverage includes techniques
to improve efficiency, use of the Cloud,
exploration of specific high value apps,
and how to fall in love with Siri. An
extensive handout recaps the course for
continued study at home.
Cost for members is $35 per class,
guests, $40. Call for advance registration,
472-2155
Classes will be taught by Eric B. Orkin,
former business school professor and
department chair at the University of
New Hampshire, a successful high-tech
entrepreneur, author of numerous articles
and an inductee into the prestigious
HiTech Hall of Fame.
Orkin owned two companies that developed applications using MS-DOS, then
Windows. After two decades of dealing
with Microsoft idiosyncrasies, he migrated his family to the Apple world. He
is highly regarded as a teacher in many
fields. When presenting technology, he is
noted for making it accessible, practical
and memorable. Orkin lives on Sanibel.
The Community House is located
at 2173 Periwinkle Way. For more
information, visit www.sanibelcommunityhouse.net or call 472-2155.
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT
TRUST
Dan Weich and Terri Cummins were married on December 13
L
ongtime City of Sanibel employee and former Sanibel resident Terri
Cummins married her best friend Dan Weich on December 13, 2014.
Cummins is the daughter of Jack and Carolyn David and sister of Toni and
Paul Primeaux.
The wedding took place under large oak trees with family and friends.
Golf Cart Parade Proceeds Donated
Denice Beggs, chair of the Captiva Holiday Village Golf Cart Parade, center, presents a
$540 check from the participant entry fees to Kristie Anders and Erick Lindblad of SanibelCaptiva Conservation Foundation. The golf cart parade was sponsored by the Royal Shell
Companies.
Sanibel League
Of Women Voters
Monthly Meeting
W
hat you
need to
know
about human trafficking here and
now in Southwest
Florida will be
presented at
the Wednesday,
January 28 meeting of the League
of Women Voters
Nola Theiss
- Sanibel, scheduled to take place at the
Sundial Beach Resort.
Nola Theiss, former Sanibel mayor
and published author in the field of
human trafficking, will present the topic
during the program. Members of the
public are welcome to attend.
Theiss earned her MPA from Florida
Gulf Coast University and is listed in
Who’s Who in American Women.
Guests may make a reservation for
the LWV luncheon and program by
emailing Ellen O’Neill at eoneill1607@
yahoo.com or by calling 395-1019.
Payment of $25 per person will be
accepted at the door. Registration
begins at 11:30 a.m.
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INSIDE CITY HALL
Commission Okays Development
Permits For Pool, Boat Dock
by Jeff Lysiak
D
uring Tuesday’s planning commission meeting, a pair of development permits – one for an elevated swimming pool and deck, and another for a
replacement boat dock with two boat lifts – were unanimously approved.
The first application, submitted by homeowners Robert and Joann Glick, sought
permission to construct an elevated accessory pool with a deck higher than seven feet
above predevelopment grade. According to Roy Gibson, senior planner for the city,
the proposed residence (4235 West Gulf Drive) and pool are similar in size and mass
to other gulf-facing residences in the neighborhood. His report included 21 conditions
for approval, including:
• The height of the deck for the proposed elevated swimming pool and spa shall
not exceed 17.27 feet NAVD.
• A screen enclosure is not permitted for the elevated swimming pool, spa and deck
of the single-family residence.
Additional recommendations included restrictions for height, flood/FIRM requirements, native vegetation preservation/landscaping plans, drainage and outdoor lighting.
Commissioner Chuck Ketteman made a motion to approve the permit, which was
seconded by Chris Heidrick and passed with a 6 to 0 vote.
A second application, submitted by homeowners Louis and Lorraine Van
Haastrecht, requested approval for their plan to remove the existing non-conforming
boat dock and lift, to dredge an access canal and construct a replacement dock and a
pair of lifts. Their property is located at 1191 Bird Lane.
Following a brief presentation by Gibson and Butch Jones, a representative from
SteMic Marine Construction, the planning department proposed approving the application subject to 22 conditions. One of the recommended conditions was for the
homeowners to submit a written commitment recognizing their continuing obligation
to participate in a pro rata share of costs for any maintenance dredging of the canal in
the future.
“This commitment from the subject property’s current owners and all future assigns
and successors shall be in perpetuity and shall be approved as to form and content by
the city attorney prior to issuance of the development permit,” the development permit reads, in part.
Jones said that the Van Haastrecht’s would agree to comply with all recommended
conditions.
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Commissioner Holly Smith made a motion to grant the permit, which was seconded by Ketteman and approved unanimously.
Prior to the start of the meeting, the commission went through its annual reorganization. Dr. Phillip Marks and Heidrick were returned to their seats as chair and vice
chair, respectively.
“I can’t say enough for all that you do,” said Vice Mayor Doug Congress in his
address to the commission. “Thanks for your commitment to this community.”
Dark Skies Draft
Approved; Public
Hearings Next
by Jeff Lysiak
A
fter receiving an update to the
latest draft of Sanibel’s longanticipated Dark Skies Ordinance,
the planning commission on Tuesday
approved passing the legislation along
to city council with the suggestion of
adding incentives to come into compliance.
Given to the commission last month
by the council for “fine tuning,” the ordinance – created in 2000 and adopted in
2006 – had been established “to protect
the natural beauty of Sanibel’s night skies
as well as the habitat for our nocturnal
and crepuscular (active at dawn and dusk)
species, particularly our sea turtles during
nesting season.”
While all beachfront properties were
required to become compliant within 60
days following adoption of the law, and
all new construction is required to be built
in compliance, non-beachfront properties
had been scheduled to become fully compliant by January 1, 2015.
Late last year, however, the council
pushed back the effective date of the ordinance three years, to January 1, 2018.
Planning Director Jim Jordan went
through the newest adjustments to the
legislation, which included a number of
amendments, renumbering of sections
and repealing a previously introduced
appendix.
Among the definitions proposed by
planning staff:
• Full cutoff fixture means a luminaire
that does not emit any light, either directly or by reflection or diffusion, above a
horizontal plane running through the
lowest part of the fixture luminaire’s feature containing the lamps or lamps that
produces the actual light, including any
attached reflectors or diffusers.
• Unshielded Lighting means any artificial light emitted, either directly or by
reflection or diffusion, above a horizontal
plane running through the lowest part of
the luminaire’s full cutoff feature.
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
Art Auction To Benefit
Sanibel Christian Preschool
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he second annual Don Rogowsky
and Friends Silent Art Auction
will be happening January 25 to
31at the Sanibel Congregational United
Church of Christ. The auction benefits
the scholarships and educational development of the students of the Sanibel
Christian Preschool, a ministry of the
congregation.
Items available for bidding will include
paintings by Phil Hilton and Jim Byrd, as
well as a ceramic piece by Augusta Crane.
Bidding for the silent auction will start
Sunday, January 26 and will end with the
closing wine and hors d’oeuvres reception
on Saturday, January 31 from 4 to 6 p.m.
at the church.
The church will be open Sunday,
January 25 from 7:45 a.m. to 1 p.m
and Monday, January 26 through Friday
January 30. Contact the church office at
472-0497 for hours during the week.
Winning auction bidders will be cotact- A Prayerful Place by Jim Bird is one of the
ed.There will also be a short “live “auction paintings that will be available at the 2nd
of select pieces and a weekend away dur- annual Don Rogowsky Silent Art Auction
ing the reception.
Donald J. Rogowsky was a native of Chicago, later moving to Southwest Florida
and joining the Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ. Early in his career
he worked as a chemical engineer, but later he took up painting. He and his wife Jan,
also an artist, spent many years in Southwestern Connecticut, where they owned and
operated and art supply store. He specialized in landscapes and was sought after by
fellow Shell Point residents for his work in animal portraiture. His wife worked in a
variety of media, including oils, watercolors and needlework.
Sanibel Christian Preschool is open to students from all backgrounds. For more
information about the silent auction or the preschool, call 472-0497.
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Gerry Guyette, left, and Lance Luna of the Sanibel Department of Public Works install
the first 20 mph speed limit sign in The Dunes subdivision adjacent to an open lot on
Albatross Road. The crew installed eight signs in the neighborhood on January 9, three
days after city council approved a resolution to reduce the speed limit in The Dunes from
30 mph to 20 mph.
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From page 8
Dark Skies
• Uplighting means any luminaire that
directly or indirectly projects light above a
the horizontal plane of a 90 degree angle
passing through it’s the lowest point skyward of the luminaire’s full cutoff feature.
Jordan also noted a number of comments his department received from residents regarding the ordinance.
Commission Chris Heidrick asked
about the suggestion from one islander
that the city employ the use of light
meters to measure the amount of light
trespass. “We have the ability to do
that, but we don’t have the tools or the
training to perform that work,” replied
Jordan.
Commission Holly Smith made the
suggestion that since the ordinance
doesn’t require compliance, an incentive
– such as reduced permit application fees
– to bring properties into compliance be
offered. Fellow commissioner Tom Krekel
agreed, further suggesting that any grandfathering of non-compliant luminaries be
eliminated from the legislation.
According to the latest version of
Sanibel’s Dark Skies regulations, new
or replacement lighting must comply
with the ordinance; existing non-compliant luminaries are grandfathered until
replaced; and no grandfathering for
uplighting and unshielded pole lights will
be permitted.
During public comment on the subject,
resident Larry Schopp challenged the
definition of uplighting as written in the
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ordinance while David Bath suggested
that flood lighting which trespasses over
roadways not be permitted nor grandfathered.
Additionally, resident Claudia Burns
questioned the definition of low wattage
light bulbs while Karen Storjohann noted
her objection with a three-year deadline
for islanders to come into compliance
with Dark Skies. “Years is just simply
unacceptable,” she added.
Commissioner Chuck Ketteman balked
at the suggestion of having “light police”
taking meter readings, and stated that
safety should be the city’s number one
concern. “We have to be cognizant of
safety here on the island, but I also think
that we’re zeroing-in on something that
could be helpful,” he said.
“What we’re trying to do now is make
it more fair,” added Krekel. “I’d like to
make (the ordinance) mandatory, but I
can see that we’re not going there.”
Commissioner Jason Maughan offered
that the legislation focus on “the big
ticket items” – flood lighting and dome/
unshielded pole lighting) while chairman Dr. Phillip Marks agreed that safety
should be the city’s focus.
“Trying to reduce light pollution is
important, but safety is paramount,” he
noted.
Following some additional debate,
Krekel made a motion to approve the
ordinance as revised, as well as pass
along the suggestion to look into creating an incentive program for people who
bring their properties into compliance.
Smith seconded the motion.
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“There is nothing in this ordinance
that trumps safety,” added Jordan prior
to the commission voting 5 to 1 to
approve the draft ordinance. Krekel dissented due to disagreeing with other elements of the document.
The legislation will return to the council for approval and public hearings beginning on Tuesday, February 3.
St. Michael’s Women’s Lunch
Clockwise from upper left, Ralph Clark Norma Emerson Betsy McCullough and Liz Coffey
during the women’s luncheon at St. Michael and All Angels Church on January 12. Clark
was the guest speaker
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City Holiday Hours, Refuse Collection
T
he City of Sanibel administrative offices will be closed in observance of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday on Monday, January 19 and will resume
regular operating hours on Tuesday, January 20.
All garbage, recycling and vegetation waste collection by Advanced Disposal for the
week of Monday, January 19 will operate as scheduled.
The Sanibel Recreation Center will operate regular hours on Monday, January
19 from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. All regular classes will be held. The rec center will also
operate the Fun Days program. The rec center’s After School Program will resume on
Tuesday, January 20. If you have any questions, call 472-0345.
The City of Sanibel Center 4 Life/Civic Center will be closed on Monday, January
19 and will resume regular operating hours on Tuesday, January 20.Call 472-5743 if
further information is needed.
Election Paperwork Goes Digital
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andidate qualifying began at noon Monday, January 12, 2 for Sanibel City
Council elections and ends at noon on Friday, January 16. Any elector wishing to become a certified candidate must make an appointment with City
Clerk Pamela Smith to begin the process.
Two seats are up for re-election, those held by Vice Mayor Doug Congress and
Councilman Jim Jennings. Election day is March 3.
All treasurer reports due to the city clerk’s office during and after the election must
be submitted via email to [email protected] and will be posted on the
city’s website.
All election material and documentation deadlines will be available for review on the
city’s website at www.mysanibel.com/Departments/City-Clerk/City-of-Sanibel-March3-2015-Municipal-Election-Calendar .
For further information, contact Smith via email at [email protected]
or call 472-3700.
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Churches/ Temples
ANNUNCIATION GREEK
ORTHODOX CHURCH:
8210 Cypress Lake Drive, Fort Myers
Reverend Dr. Elias Bouboutsis. Orthros
Service Sunday 9 a.m. Divine Liturgy
Sunday 10 a.m. Fellowship Programs,
Greek School, Sunday School, Bible Study
www.orthodox-faith.com, 481-2099
BAT YAM-TEMPLE OF THE ISLANDS:
The Reform Congregation of Bat Yam
Temple of the Islands meets for Friday
night services at 8 p.m. in the Fellowship
Hall of the Sanibel Congregational United
Church of Christ, 2050 Periwinkle Way.
Rabbi Myra Soifer. For information call
President Martin Pokedoff at 239-395-2544.
CAPTIVA CHAPEL BY THE SEA:
The Reverend George E. Morris
Services every Sunday 11 a.m. through
April 26, 2015. 11580 Chapin Lane on
Captiva. 472-1646.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST:
2950 West Gulf Dr., Sunday 10:30 a.m.;
Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
evening meeting 7:30 p.m.; Reading room
open, Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10
a.m. to 12 p.m. (November through March),
Friday 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (summer hours).
472-8684.
NEW SANIBEL BAPTIST CHURCH
Join us for worship Sunday mornings
9 a.m. Bible Study and 10 a.m. Worship
Service at The Community House,
2173 Periwinkle Way. 239-671-5502.
SANIBEL COMMUNITY CHURCH
1740 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, 472-2684
Dr. Daryl Donovan, Senior Pastor
Sunday Worship Hours:
8 a.m. Traditional in historic Chapel. 9 a.m.
Contemporary and 11 a.m. Traditional in main
Sanctuary. 10:15 a.m. Courtyard Fellowship.
9 and 11 a.m. Bible classes. Childcare available at all services.
SANIBEL CONGREGATIONAL
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST:
2050 Periwinkle Way 472-0497
The Reverend Dr. John H. Danner, Sr.
Pastor. The Reverend Deborah Kunkel,
Associate Pastor. 7:45 a.m. Chapel, 9 and
11 a.m. Full Service with Sunday school
and nursery care provided. Elevator access.
ST. ISABEL CATHOLIC CHURCH:
3559 San-Cap Rd., 472-2763
Pastor Reverend Christopher Senk,
Saturday Vigil Mass 5 p.m., Sunday Mass
8:30 and 10:30 a.m., Daily Mass Wed.
Thurs. Fri. 8:30 a.m. Communion Service
Mon. and Tues. 8:30 a.m. Holy Days call.
ST. MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS
EPISCOPAL CHURCH:
2304 Periwinkle Way. Reverend Dr. Ellen
Sloan, Rector. Saturday Eucharist 5 p.m.,
Sunday Eucharist 8 and 10:30 a.m.,
Sunday School 10:30 a.m., Tuesday
Morning Prayer 9 a.m.,
Wednesday Healing Eucharist 9 a.m.,
Wednesday Evening Service – 6 p.m.
(Followed by Potluck Supper on the 1st
Wednesday) For more information call 4722173 or visit www.saintmichaels-sanibel.org
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS
OF THE ISLANDS:
Meets on the first Sunday of each month
from December through April at the Sanibel
Congregational Church, 2050 Periwinkle
Way at 5 p.m. A pot luck is held at a member’s home on the third Sunday of each
month. For more information call 433-4901
or email [email protected].
2015 Interfaith Shared Scholar Lecture
REDEEMING OUR SACRED STORY:
THE DEATH OF JESUS
AND
CHRISTIAN JEWISH RELATIONS
Dr. Mary C. Boys
Academic Dean, Union Theological Seminary (NYC)
OBITUARY
CALVIN LEE MCINTOSH
al was born in Leesburg, Virginia,
on February 12, 1950. He was
always proud of his country boy
upbringing. He attended Louden County
Schools and then went proudly to serve
his country in the U.S. Army during
the Vietnam War. He was stationed in
Germany in the missile defense program.
He returned to Virginia and managed
McDonalds restaurants for a few years.
Then he vacationed on Sanibel, and
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Aging In Place
Workshop
F
ISH of Sanibel-Captiva, Inc., in
partnership with the Zonta Club
of Sanibel-Captiva will host an
informative workshop, Aging In Place,
on Friday, January 23 from 1 to 3
p.m. at The Community House, 2173
Periwinkle Way on Sanibel.
This workshop is available to all islanders who are interested in learning how
to plan for aging in their home setting.
Aging In Place describes a homeowner’s
ability to remain in their home to the fullest extent possible by planning and imple-
moved there permanently in 1976.
Cal started working at Island Beach
Club, Sanibel, as a pool cleaner and then
as manager for the next 39 years. He
was a humble person who was kind to
everyone. He never spoke badly about
anyone even when provoked and he was
always willing and able to lend a helping
hand.
He is survived by two sons, Calvin
and Shad, grandson Shad, two brothers,
James and Charlie, and a huge number
of friends who loved him dearly. He
spent the last14 years with his loving
companion Diane Pulliam who considers
those years a gift from God.
A celebration of his colorful life was
held Saturday, January 10 at Hodges
Kiser Funeral Home, Fort Myers. In lieu
of flowers, donations may be made in
memory of Cal to the Wounded Warrior
Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS
66675.
Sanibel Baptist
Church Notice
S
anibel Baptist Church will hold
Sunday morning worship services
at The Community House, 2173
Periwinkle Way, on January 18. There
will be a 9 a.m. Bible study and 10 a.m.
worship service. The January 25 services will be held at Periwinkle Park and
Campground, 2173 Periwinkle Way.
menting changes that promote safety,
mobility, security and functional use.
Topics of discussion will include:
• Prioritizing changes that may need
to be made
• Understanding the best senior living
products, services and options
• Creating an Aging In Place plan
The first 20 individuals to sign up
will receive complimentary admittance.
Additional participants may reserve space
with a $20 registration fee, payable to
facilitator Stephanie Borden, CAPS,
Certified Aging In Place Specialist, AARP.
For more information or to sign up,
call 472-4775 or visit www.fishofsanibel.
com.
Worship With Us This Sunday Morning
Sanibel Baptist Church
Sunday, January 18, 3:00 PM
Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ
2050 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel
CO-SPONSORS
Bat Yam—Temple of the Islands
Captiva Chapel by the Sea
Christian Science Church of Sanibel
Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Churc
Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ
Traditional Worship Service; Biblical Preaching & Teaching
All Your Favorite Hymns and Gospel Songs
Warm And Caring Fellowship. World-wide Missions
MEETING JANUARY 18
AT THE COMMUNITY HOUSE, 2173 PERIWINKLE WAY
MEETING JANUARY 25
AT PERIWINKLE PARK AND CAMPGROUND, 1119 PERIWINKLE WAY
9:00 AM Bible Study • 10:00 AM Worship Service
Sanibel Baptist Church is associated with the Royal Palm Baptist Association
of Southern Baptist Churches
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
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LOGOS Winter Wonderland
At Sanibel Community Church
Burke White
Sofi Lee Varmuza
CHR Residents Volunteer
For Mardi Gras Fundraiser
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Lilly Doster, Lauren Macalka, Jessica McKee and Megan Markle have a snowball fight
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n January 7, the LOGOS kids from Sanibel Community Church imagined
the winter cold with a celebration based on the movie Frozen. After eating a delicious, warming dinner of tortelli alfredo with ham and broccoli
and blue jello, the youngsters enjoyed a chilly dessert which turned them blue:
snow cones!
Everyone made and stockpiled their snowballs and the action was fast and furious
as the tables of kids worked at getting all their snow on the other side.
Schumann Offers Lecture About
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple
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nitarian Universalists of the Islands will meet on Sunday, February 1 at 4
p.m. in Fellowship Hall at the Sanibel Congregational Church of Christ,
2050 Periwinkle Way. The public is welcome to attend. (Please note the
earlier starting time to eliminate conflict with the Super Bowl.)
Among Frank Lloyd Wright’s early career milestones is the 1908 Unity Temple
in Oak Park, Illinois. This unique structure was the first church to be built of monolithic concrete since the Roman era. It is located on Lake Street in Oak Park,
Illinois, about 10 miles due west from Chicago on the same road that thousands of
pioneers used to travel West in their Conestoga Wagons in the mid-19th century.
Wright had left Madison, Wisconsin in 1887 to start his architectural career in
Chicago and initially settled and established his reputation in Oak Park, Illinois. The
original Unity Church in Oak Park had burned down in 1905. Given Wright’s growing reputation and Unitarian family background, coupled with the strong backing
he enjoyed from Charles E. Roberts, a Wright client, engineer, inventor and church
board member, Wright not only received the commission to design the church, but
also its furniture and stained glass windows. The site’s elongated shape and constrained urban setting presented a unique challenge for Wright. What resulted is now
a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
“Because of its consolidation of aesthetic intent and structure through use of a
single material, reinforced concrete, Unity Temple is considered by many architects
to be the first modern building in the world” (Wikipedia).
George Schumann has extensive background in his topic. He grew up in Oak
Park, Illinois and pursued an early interest in architecture at Yale through Vincent
Scully’s course on the history of architecture that prominently featured Frank Lloyd
Wright homes from Schumann’s childhood neighborhood. Back home in Oak
Park, Schumann became intimately involved in the preservation and public access
to Wright’s home and studio, and the landmark Unity Temple. He was an active
member of the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the Unity Temple Restoration
Foundation, the Society of Architectural Historians as well as a board member of
the Bienenstock Library in High Point, North Carolina, the country’s largest furniture library. The skills he had acquired as a senior executive of Sears Corporation
were of great benefit in nurturing the objectives of these groups. Schumann shares
his active architectural interest with his wife of 25 years, Dawn Follett Schumann,
who is the founding president of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio
Foundation.
All are welcome to attend the lecture. Lively discussion, fellowship and refreshments follow the service.
t takes a village to put on a special
event, and the 3rd annual Mardi Gras,
the principal fundraiser for Community
Housing & Resources (CHR), is no exception. Set for Saturday, February 7 at The
Dunes Golf & Tennis Club and presented
by the Sanibel-Captiva Community Bank,
successful execution will require many
helping hands, both during the planning
stages and on the day itself.
One special group is stepping forward:
CHR residents themselves.
Since 1983, in partnership with the
City of Sanibel, CHR has provided affordable housing for individuals and families
who live and/or work on the island, plus
senior citizens and the disabled. CHR
residents are teachers, retail salespeople,
restaurant employees, bank tellers, artists,
technicians and office workers. They enrich
the island community and provide an available work force and essential services for
Janice Reguero at her usual work station in
island businesses and all who live here.
Now, CHR residents are showing their Bailey’s General Store
appreciation by giving back. Some help in
the planning stages; others have volunteered for the day itself, to help with set-up and
clean-up, greeting guests, organizing auctions, and more. CHR director of marketing
Dan Whicker commented, “It’s so great to have the willing support of our residents. In
fact, it’s hard to imagine pulling this off without them.”
One such volunteer is Janice Reguero, a familiar face at the checkout counter
in Bailey’s General Store, and she will reportedly be joined by other employees of
Bailey’s. Always ready with a smile and a cheery comment, Reguero is among dozens
of island workers who call Sanibel home, thanks to CHR.
“When I started work at Bailey’s about four years ago, I was living off island and
commuting,” Reguero said. “I thought about applying for a CHR unit, but I was needed at home to help care for my mom.”
Reguero eventually did complete an application and in March 2012, she moved
into a quiet one-bedroom on Wooster Lane. “I have everything I need, and no traffic woes,” she added. “I can ride my bike, I joined the Rec Center... I love living on
Sanibel. I could even walk to work!”
Happily single, Reguero is active in the Sanibel Community Church.
CHR executive director Kelly Collini said that funds raised through the Mardi Gras
and other outreach strategies are essential for CHR to balance its budget.
“We rely on community support to keep our rents affordable and ensure reserves
for maintenance, painting, repair and upkeep such as appliances,” Collini said.
“Residents of CHR homes provide diversity; they volunteer for island organizations;
send their children to The Sanibel School; join island churches; and are an essential
part of the fabric of community life.”
The 2015 Mardi Gras will be a fun night out and a chance to support our friends
and neighbors in CHR. Tickets at just $55 each, tax-deductible per IRS regulations,
are available through the CHR website at visit www.sanibelchr.org. Or purchase them
in person at the CHR office, 2401 Library Way on Sanibel; and at Bailey’s General
Store, The Sanibel Café and San-Cap Community Bank. For more information, call
472-1189.
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Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
Birding in the Preserves
must show the decision-makers we are resolved and united.”
The presenter will be Thomas Van Lent, senior scientist, Everglades Foundation
Panelists will be: Mark Anderson, Benchmark General Contractors and chair-elect,
Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce; David Schuldenfrei, realtor and
chair of the Florida Association of Realtors Land Use Committee; and Rae Ann
Wessel, natural resource policy director, SCCF
Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. and the program will begin at 7 at The
Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way. Reservations are not required.
J
oin experienced birders on outings on the second and fourth
Fridays. On Friday, January 23,
meet at Sanibel Gardens Preserves,
jointly owned and managed by
the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation
Foundation and the City of Sanibel,
and the Shipley Trail at the Bailey
Homestead Preserve.
Both new and experienced birders
may see a variety of birds in diverse
wildlife habitats. Botany enthusiasts
are also welcome to help identify
plants along the trails. All walks begin
at 8 a.m. but the locations do vary.
Walks are free for members and nonmembers.
Weeds and Seeds
W
e are a group of amateur
botanists who enjoy finding
and identifying native plants
on Sanibel. Our walks, visiting difRedbellied woodpecker
photo by Clair Postmus
ferent locations on Sanibel, last for
two hours, and are guided by a leader with a plant list. Depending on
the location visited, you may need
parking money. Bring a hat, water,
sun-block and comfortable enclosed
shoes with socks.
Meetings will be on the second and
fourth Mondays in January. The next
walk will be on January 26 at 9 a.m.
Meet at the base of the Nature Center
porch. Walks are free but donations
to SCCF are welcome.
For more information, contact
Candice Etheridge at 395-9498.
Everglades
Restoration
Caloosahatchee oxbow
S
CCF and the Everglades
Foundation invite the public to
a forum on January 27 at 7
p.m. to engage in plans to take the
next steps in Everglades restoration
to protect the estuary, local economy and restore the Everglades. The
opportunity is now to press state
and federal leaders to move forward
with projects to restore an outlet
Spanish bayonet
south out of Lake Okeechobee to
move water south.
As famed Florida author Carl Hiassen has said, “Florida’s natural environment is
its bread and butter, its tourist magnet, its lush and storied history and... its glorious
Tom Van Lent.
Mark Anderson.
David Schuldenfrei
Cruise the Historic Caloosahatchee
T
our the historic upriver Caloosahatchee on a 2.5-hour Caloosahatchee Oxbow
& Riverlore Cruise on Sunday, February 8 departing from the WP Franklin
Lock at 1 p.m. Explore the meanders of the Caloosahatchee back to a time
when a waterfall served as the headwaters of the Caloosahatchee and settlers
braved living amongst the wilderness.
The adventure begins by passing through the WP Franklin Lock in Olga. Heading
east toward Alva, enter the historic bends of the river and revisit the activities of the
pioneers who traveled the same river to find paradise. Stories of the settlements and
their adventures are blended with an understanding of the river’s oxbows, the wild
creatures that call it home and the challenges the river faces.
The tour is guided by Rae Ann Wessel, a river researcher, long-time river advocate,
historian and SCCF natural resource policy director. The vessel is the stable and spacious 47-passenger Manatee Rover pontoon boat that features daily manatee tours.
All seats have a great view for photographs and bird watching.
Cruises depart at 1 p.m. from the WP Franklin Lock & Dam off SR 80 in Olga.
Upcoming cruises will be on Sunday, February 8, March 8, April 12 and the last cruise
of the season will be on Mother’s Day, May 10. Private group cruises can be scheduled by appointment.
Advance reservations are required and payment is due at time of reservation.
Cruises return by 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 per person. Reservations must be made
by noon Friday, January 23 for the January 25 cruise. Space is limited.
Call SCCF at 472-2329 for more information on these programs unless otherwise indicated. Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation is located at 3333
Sanibel-Captiva Road.
Rae Ann Wessel
future.” The community is at a rare crossroads to protect that glorious future.
The unique, local, nature-based economy and the world-renowned Everglades bring
billions of dollars to the region and state every year. Clean water and healthy, resilient
ecosystems, and diverse wildlife are the basis for this economy and the people now
have an opportunity to move forward with meaningful restoration projects… “but we
Our email address is [email protected]
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
Shell Of The Week
Lighthouse
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Rusty Dove Snail
by José H. Leal,
PhD, The BaileyMatthews National
Shell Museum
Science Director &
Curator
The World’s Best Breakfast
and Now Dinners
T
he rusty
dove snail,
Columbella
rusticoides
Heilprin, 1886, is
not a common shell
on the beaches of Sanibel and Captiva.
Still, the Bailey-Matthews National Shell
Museum collection houses about eight
lots of the species from our barrier
islands, collected between 1958 and
1967.
The rusty dove snail has the outer
edge of the shell opening (the external
lip) lined with tiny “teeth” (denticles), and
the interspaces between the “teeth” are
of darker color. It belongs in the family
Columbellidae, which are usually carnivores or scavengers, with some species
feeding on algae. They live in sea grass
flats and a few in coral reef areas. Learn
more about the rusty dove snail at http://
shellmuseum.org/shells/shelldetails.
cfm?id=91.
Shell Museum Events
Daily Live Tank Demonstration 11:30
a.m. and 3 p.m: Get a closer look at live
mollusks (the shell-makers) with a staff
member or docent. Sights may include a
fighting conch using its foot for locomotion, watching a lightning whelk slam its
trap door shut for protection, or witnessing mollusks zip across the tank via jet
propulsion.
Mondays at 2 p.m: Staff favorites may
include: Carolyn’s Collection (a presentation of gem-quality shells) or giant and
colossal squids (An expert’s insights about
these mysterious creatures.)
Tuesdays at 2 p.m: What is a mollusk?
A marine biologist offers a fun and infor-
The rusty dove snail, Columbella rusticoides Heilprin, 1886
mative introduction to mollusks found
throughout the world.
Wednesdays at 2 p.m: Mollusk
Matinées. Scientific lectures by guest
speakers on most Wednesdays, ranging
from historical changes in waterways
to learning about cephalopods. Visit
Shellmuseum.org for schedule.
Thursdays at 2 p.m;– Shell ID: Get
mysterious finds identified by an expert.
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2
p.m: Tank University, a two-part program including a 20-minute presentation
and 20-minute hands-on experience at
the live mollusk observation tank. Learn
about the mollusks that make the shells.
Daily Island Inn Morning Beach Walks:
Join our marine biologist for a beach
walk near Island Inn on Sanibel Island.
Walks depart daily from the Island Inn
lobby at 9 a.m. The cost is $10 and parking at Island Inn is free for participants.
Space is limited; book online at www.
shellmuseum.org/events or call 3952233 to make a reservation. All beach
walk participants will receive half-off shell
museum admission.
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell
Museum is at 3075 Sanibel-Captiva
Road. Phone 239-395-2233 or visit
www.shellmuseum.org.
Rookery Bookery Sale January 25
T
he popular Recycled Book Sale at the Sanibel Congregational United Church
of Christ will be open to the public from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 25.
Included in the sale will be gently used books, DVDs, CDs, puzzles, games,
jewelry, small gift items and lots of other bargains.
Fiction is arranged alphabetically by author, and non-fiction by subject. Proceeds
benefit local non-profit agencies supported by the church.
The sale is held in the Rookery Bookery on the ground level beyond the courtyard
garden. The church is located across the street from Periwinkle Place Shops.
FISH Volunteers Offer Transportation
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ach year, many islanders trust FISH volunteer drivers with their transportation
needs. Volunteer drivers are men and women willing to share their time and
vehicle to help meet the transportation needs of their community. This service
is complimentary, and is a door-to-door transportation option to non-emergency
medical appointments both on and off island.
Advance notice is requested for all rides. While FISH will try to fill every ride
request, occasionally the demand for rides exceeds the supply of volunteer drivers.
Drivers confirm all ride requests the day before the appointment. Persons requesting
rides that cannot be arranged will be notified as soon as possible so that they may
make other arrangements.
Those in need of a non-emergency medical appointment ride either off or on
island, may contact the FISH 24-hour telephone service at 472-0404.
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Nightly Specials:
Light Bites,
Home Made Soups,
Fresh Fish & Seafood,
Ribs, Steak & Pasta.
Save room for our Fabulous Dessert Selections!
For Reservations Call
(239) 472-0303
Visit our online store
www.LighthouseCafe.com
Share yours comments, photos
or stories on our Facebook page.
www.facebook.com/lighthousecafeofsanibel
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
Life Of Audubon Topic Of Film
To Be Screened At ‘Ding’ Darling
T
he 3rd annual “Ding” Darling
Wednesday Film Series continues its
bi-weekly showings on Wednesday,
January 21 at 2:30 p.m. with John
James Audubon: Drawn From Nature.
‘Tween Waters Inn sponsors the free film
being screened in the “Ding” Darling
Visitor & Education Center.
The story of quintessential bird artist
John James Audubon holds drama and surprise. He saw more of the North American
continent than virtually anyone of his time
and came to stand for young America –
the America of wilderness and wild things.
This film tells the story of Audubon and
how he captured such extraordinary natural detail in his bird portraits, drawn from
nature.
Yet the film John James Audubon:
Drawn From Nature goes beyond the
man. It provides a large, clear window
into life on the American frontier; it shows
how Europe regarded the fledgling United
States and how people on both sides of the
Atlantic regarded nature. The documentary creates a meaningful portrait of the state
of art and science in the first decades of the 19th century. It reveals a person and a
people: the life and times of Audubon.
Admission is free to the 54-minute film, which is hosted by the “Ding” Darling
Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS). Seating is limited and available on a
first-come basis. Future film events are listed below. All films begin at 2:30 p.m.
For full descriptions of the films, visit www.dingdarlingsociety.org/films.
February 4: The 11th Hour
February 18: Sharkwater: The Truth Will Surface
March 4: Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?
March 18: Turtle: The Incredible Journey
March 25: The Gathering Swarms
April 15: Chasing Ice
To support DDWS and the refuge with a tax-deductible gift, visit www.dingdarlingsociety.org or contact Birgie Miller at 292-0566 or [email protected].
Calusa Indian Mounds Cruises
C
aptiva Cruises’ newest expedition in its Discover Southwest Florida History
tours will focus on the fishing cultures in Pine Island Sound, a story of fascinating characters and traditions. This cruise will depart from McCarthy’s
Marina on Captiva on Tuesday’s at 10 a.m. and travel to Pineland on Pine Island.
Along the way passengers will get an up-close look at historic fish houses of Pine
Island Sound and hear about the area’s diverse fishing cultures from the indigenous
Calusa, to Spanish Cuban Ranchos, to the Punta Gorda Fish Company and to the
spectacular tarpon and sport fishing of today.
Passengers will have lunch at the 1926 Tarpon Lodge with waterfront views of
Pine Island Sound and mangrove islands. After lunch they will walk across the street
to The Randell Research Center (RRC). The RRC, a program of the Florida Museum
of Natural History, aims to establish and maintain, at the internationally significant
Pineland archeological and historical site, a permanent facility dedicated to learning
and teaching the archeology, history and ecology of Southwest Florida.
An RRC educator will guide the group on The Calusa Heritage Trail to one of the
pre-Columbian mounds of the ancient Calusa while elaborating on this unique fishing
culture.
Captiva Cruises also offers cruises to Cabbage Key, Useppa Island, Boca Grande,
Beach & Shelling excursions to Cayo Costa State Park, Sailing Adventures, Sunset
Cruises, and Dolphin Watch & Wildlife Adventures with The Sanibel-Captiva
Conservation Foundation.
Additional information may be obtained by calling Captiva Cruises at 472-5300.
Our email address is [email protected]
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Labelle 4-H Group
Learns About
Shoreline Habitats
C
aptiva Cruises and the SanibelCaptiva Conservation Foundation
(SCCF) have teamed up in the
initiative No Child Left on Shore, an
environmental education outreach project. This experiential program provides
Southwest Florida’s young generation an
opportunity to cruise the back bay waters
of Pine Island Sound and to learn about
the importance of shoreline habitats.
For many of these students, it is their
maiden voyage on the water, and an eyeopening adventure. These marine excursions enable Southwest Florida’s youth to
enjoy the wonders and thrills of shoreline
environments as they gain first-hand knowledge of the vast and complex back bay
food chain.
On Monday January 5, a 4-H group
One of the youngsters with a fighting
conch
from Labelle was treated to such an outing
on Captiva Cruises’ motor catamaran, The
Santiva. They explored the shoreline of Cayo Costa State Park which is only accessible by boat. Sea stars, snails, hermit crabs and sea urchins were observed and held
for the first time. Sand was felt in between toes and waves were enjoyed by all.
Margaret England, the 4-H marine study group leader, commented that “it was an
amazing day of pure joy and learning with the No Child Left On Shore program. I
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Labelle 4-H group examine some of the sea creatures
don’t think most of them had ever had the opportunity before to explore the beach
and jump the waves, an experience they will always remember.”
Captiva Cruises and SCCF, in addition to joining forces in the outreach project, also
team up in offering daily dolphin wildlife adventure cruises. For information regarding
the No Child Left on Shore initiative or about sponsoring a local youth maritime outing, contact SCCF at 472-2329 or log on to www.sccf.org.
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
An Inside Look At
Wildlife Recovery
Baby blue jay with a worm in its beak
photos courtesy of CROW
T
he CROW Picture Show presents informative anecdotes about
the native and migratory wildlife
species brought to the Clinic for the
Rehabilitation of Wildlife, along with
photos of patients admitted to the
facility.
In 2014, CROW’s wildlife hospital
cared for 3,410 sick, injured or orphaned animals. Of the 200 different
species, 57 percent were birds, with
37 percent mammals and six percent
reptiles.
CROW is not permitted to display
its patients publically, so this hour-long
presentation offers the next best thing:
numerous candid snapshots of current
and past patients, with commentary by
Claudia Burns, a veteran clinic volunteer.
The next CROW Picture Show
will be held on Friday, January 16 at
11 a.m. in CROW’s Visitor Education Center at 3883 Sanibel-Captiva
Road, across from The Sanibel School.
Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for teens,
and free for members and children 12
or under. The entry fee also includes
access to the Visitor Education Center,
which exhibits CROW’s efforts to save
wildlife through care, education and
collaboration.
For more information, call 472-3644
ext. 228 or visit www.crowclinic.org.
Baby fawn being fed at CROW
Baby squirrel eating corn
Learn About The
Other Shells Of Sanibel
Diamond-backed terrapin
C
harles LeBuff and Chris Lechowicz will be the guest speakers at the
Sunday, January 18 meeting of the Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club. Their presentation, The Other Shells of Sanibel and Captiva: The Turtles, will feature the land, freshwater and sea turtles of the islands.
LeBuff lived on Sanibel for 47 years and had a 32-year career with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, retiring in 1990. During his federal tenure, he and his family
lived at the Sanibel Lighthouse for nearly 22 years. He was the last lighthouse resident to be assigned to work on the still functioning, 130-year-old historic landmark.
In 1968, as an avocation, he formed a loggerhead sea turtle conservation organization known as Caretta Research, Inc., and headed that group until 1991. By the
mid-1970s, this Sanibel-based organization included most of the loggerhead turtle
nesting beaches along the Florida gulf coast. Today’s successful sea turtle conservation efforts throughout this region of Florida evolved from LeBuff’s pioneering work.
Lechowicz is the director of the Wildlife Habitat Management Program and
the herpetologist at the Sanibel-Captiva
Conservation Foundation. He is responsible for compiling locality records and
documenting the amphibians and reptiles
that occur on the islands. He is a member of many professional groups and
oversight committees and is published
as a specialist on America’s map turtles.
He tags and studies Florida box turtles as
well as the ornate diamond-backed terrapins. They are two native species that
are undergoing survival problems on and
around Sanibel and Captiva.
The meeting will be held at The BaileyMatthews National Shell Museum and
will begin at 2 p.m. Door prizes will be
awarded and refreshments will be served.
The meeting is open to the public.
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472-5544
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CROW Case Of The Week:
Mexican
Free-Tailed Bat
by Patricia Molloy
L
ate last month,
a Mexican
free-tailed bat
(Tadarida brasiliensis) was found
lying on the ground,
quiet and terribly
weak. Upon arrival
at CROW, it was
manually fed a mixture of kyro syrup
and warm water then placed in a quiet
cage to rest.
“He was definitely dehydrated when I
looked at him,” said Dr. Heather Barron,
hospital director. She explained that
food must be warmed before feeding
the patient, because “these guys can get
really cold easily. He really needs to be
rehydrated and he needs his antibiotics
and he will probably be fine.”
When asked whether the bat was
male or female, Dr. Jennifer Riley, DVM
intern, replied, “It looks like a boy, but it’s
hard to tell because it is so tiny.” During
one of its feedings, Dr. Jen looked for
a tell-tale pouch which would indicate
that the bat was a female, but with a bat
weighing under 50 grams, she said gender can be very difficult to determine.
After only a few days of care at the
clinic, the bat was brighter and more
alert. When the round of antibiotics is
complete, the bat will be moved to a
special cage on CROW’s property that is
covered in a finely woven mesh. Bats are
nocturnal, so trying to monitor the flight
of a recovering patient can be problematic. “We will need to release him at night
to get an accurate idea of how he’s really
doing before he can be returned to the
wild,” noted Dr. Heather.
Bats are the world’s best bug police.
As the planet’s only true flying mammal,
they are one of Mother Nature’s most
efficient and environmentally friendly
methods of insect control.
All bats residing in Florida are insect
eaters, a natural alternative to pesticides
that pollute our water and soil. They consume nearly half of their body weight in a
single night: just one bat can eat 600 to
1,000 mosquitoes, termites and the notorious “no-see-ums” per hour.
If you would like to spend more time
enjoying the outdoors, bats provide excellent night-time protection against insect
infestation. By planting fragrant flowers
and night-blooming plants, homeowners
are giving bats an attractive place to feed
while enhancing the landscape of their
property. Bat houses are also a popular
and potentially effective way of attracting
the nocturnal creatures. Many companies
sell them on the Internet for a nominal
fee.
Patient #3340 is expected to make a
full recovery and be released to continue
its role in controlling the area’s extensive
insect populations.
CROW (Clinic for the Rehabilitation
Gramma Dot’s
The Mexican free-tailed bat, #3340, is a tiny patient weighing under 50 grams
photo courtesy of Dr. Jen Riley
of Wildlife, Inc.) is a non-profit wildlife
hospital providing veterinary care for
native and migratory wildlife from our
local area. The hospital accepts patients
seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. Mail donations to PO Box 150,
Sanibel, FL 33957. Call 472-3644 or
visit: www.crowclinic.org.
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Cold Weather
Turns Up
Fishing Action
would be much
lower than the tide
chart forecast and
would simply just
keep going out
for at least a few
more hours than
by Capt.
predicted. This is
Matt Mitchell
just all part of wincouple of
ter time fishing the
colder days
shallow waters of
this week
Pine Island Sound.
only slowed the
Wind direction can
catch-and-release
just basically blow
snook bite for a
all the water out of
few hours during
the sound, uncoverthe coolest part of
ing areas you only
the mornings, but
see high and dry a
really did wonders
few times a year.
for the rest of our fishing in general.
These “bone low”
After what was a 10 to 12 degree drop
tides are some of
in our water temperatures, fish returned
my favorite winter
Pam and Kevin Murray with a 26-inch redfish caught
in good numbers to the places they
conditions to fish
while mangrove creek fishing on a cold day with Capt.
John Sulivan from Santa Barbara, California with his first
should be this time of year. Sheepshead
Matt Mitchell
snook caught on a fly rod
as they drastically
and redfish fishing got much better than
reduce the places
the surface as they ate a shiner instead
rig for non-stop action on rat redfish.
it has been as both species got bunched
the fish can be.
of the usual explosive pop. Although
One nice surprise this week was that
back up in good numbers during the
During the cold and windy mornthe snook seemed a little reluctant to
mixed in with the usual rat redfish of
wind generated low minus tide cooler
ings we experienced over the weekend,
feed, if you were patient, you could
winter were a few real quality slot-sized
days.
live shrimp fished low and slow on a jig
still catch a few despite the cold water.
reds measuring from 21 inches to as
Many days this week, strong north
head was the method of choice. This rig large as 26 inches. Deeper corners and
Cooler water did not completely shut
winds over ruled and blew out the tide
caught lots of sheepshead up to as large bends with good tide movement in small the snook bite down, but catching one
chart predictions. Often, the water
as five pounds and was also the “go-to”
mangrove creeks were the places to find got a little tougher than it has been
for the last month of no coldfronts. As
a non-stop redfish bite. Once you found
one of these honey holes, often it was a things gradually warm back up, these
snook that are now stacked up again
fish, if not a redfish, coming on nearly
in huge numbers back in the mangrove
every cast.
he Island Sun would like to hear from anglers about their catches.
creeks and residential canals will start to
By mid-day as things began to
Send us details including tackle, bait and weather conditions, date of catch,
feed aggressively again and this bite will
slowly warm up, the bait of choice then
species and weight, and include photographs with identification. Drop them
really go off.
became live shiners and the snook and
at the Island Sun, 1640 Periwinkle Way, Suite 2, Sanibel, or email to
Deep sheltered creeks and canal
trout would slowly turn on. Chumming
[email protected]; or call 395-1213.
basins were all good places to wet a
live shiners during these cooler periline during the few cold days we experiods, the snook are just moving much
enced. Not only were these good places
slower, often only making a swirl on
to stay comfortable and get out of the
brisk wind, but they held a great mixed
bag of fish. If variety is the spice of life,
these warm water areas are the place
to be. In one such spot this week, we
had eight varieties of fish out of one
hole. After more than a month without
a major cold front, a little bit of cold
weather really helped out our fishing.
Capt. Matt Mitchell has been fishing
Fishing • Cabbage Key
local waters since he moved to Sanibel
Dolphin Watching
in 1980. He now lives in St. James
Captains Available
City and works as a back country fishing guide. If you have comments or
questions, email captmattmitchell@
aol.com.
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RESTAURANTS
The variety of dining options on Sanibel and
Captiva just keeps getting better. For their size, the
islands offer an extensive culinary array – all making
the most of the area’s fresh and abundant seafood
and local produce. You’ll find everything from burgers
to barbecue, bistro style, Italian, Mexican, American,
classic deli fare, organic, vegan, gluten-free, café food
and Caribbean.
In this column, each week you will be able to stay
updated on our local dining establishments and what
they’re offering and get the scoop on the island dining
scene, whether it’s fine or casual, take-out or frozen
desserts.
AMONG THE FLOWERS CAFE
Among the Flowers Cafe features local and
organic vegetarian/vegan fare. Some of the featured
items are fresh pressed juices and smoothies, fresh
organic coffee and an espresso drink bar, fresh housemade nut milks, raw protein gems and chocolates,
organic egg sandwiches and salads, Queenie’s local
ice cream, local beers and organic/sustainably farmed
wines, gluten free bakery with custom layered cakes
and complete party catering. You’ll also find original art
with uplifting messages as well as salt lamps, sage
wands, handmade jewelry, T-shirts and gift-baskets.
Open 7 days a week for breakfast, lunch and early
dinner until 6 p.m. Call-ahead for to-go orders, or sit
outside under a covered deck.
BAILEY’S GENERAL STORE
Bailey’s General Store has a full deli, bakery, daily
lunch specials, take out and catering for cook-outs,
picnics and parties. This is the oldest supermarket on
the islands, established long before a causeway linked
Sanibel to the mainland.
The bakery has freshly made donuts, scones
and breads. The deli offers a variety of hot foods
for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as catering
services for special events. Services include shopping
for your groceries and delivering them to your home
or vacation destination. If you are on a gluten-free diet,
pick up the extensive list of gluten-free products near
the entrance to the supermarket.
The Coffee Bar at Bailey’s serves espresso based
drinks, hot chocolate, smoothies and specialty coffees.
BENNETT’S FRESH ROAST
Bennett’s Fresh Roast at 1020 Periwinkle Way
prides itself on its fresh-from-scratch doughnuts made
daily and being the only Southwest Florida doughnut
shop offering fresh roasted coffee from the finest
beans. They also offer fresh desserts including praline
bread pudding and lemon bars, packaged whole bean
or ground coffees, breakfast muffins, oatmeal, breakfast sandwiches, strata (a layered baked breakfast
dish) and a large variety of Harney & Sons Fine Teas.
Lunch offerings including paninis, soups, sandwiches,
signature salads and Bennett’s Chicken & Donut,
Donut Dog and a Lobster Roll are available Monday
through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
BLUE GIRAFFE
Blue Giraffe serves breakfast, lunch and dinner
from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. This restaurant offers casual
island dining seven days a week from a menu featuring fresh local seafood, chowders, salads and steaks.
Besides dessert choices, you can get hand-dipped
Edy’s Grand Ice Cream.
Dine outside on the boardwalk or inside at handpainted tables decorated by a local artist, or sit at the
full liquor bar for a mixed drink, glass of wine or cold
beer.
Elissa Boling at the Lazy Flamingo
CIP’S PLACE
Cip’s Place is named for the late Jimmy Cipriani, a
longtime islander and owner of the property on which
the restaurant sits. Jimmy always made time for a
good conversation, good company and great food. In
Jimmy’s memory, Cip’s styles itself as a local watering
hole. A mural that takes up an entire wall shows lots of
islanders through the ages – including Cip – and if you
don’t recognize them all, ask to see the “key.”
Food choices range from “comfort” to culinary with
some Caribbean and island favorites as well. And do
try the home-made potato chips, the fried buttermilk
chicken with sage gravy and the snapper tacos.
Choose between the outdoor garden patio or front
porch. Indoor seating and full bar are also available.
Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily with happy
hour from 4 to 6 p.m.
CHIP’S SANIBEL STEAKHOUSE
Chip’s Sanibel Steakhouse has many great
options for locals and tourists alike. It is open seven
nights a week with daily happy hour from 5 to 6 p.m.,
featuring two-for-one drinks and $4.95 appetizers.
For early diners, there’s a three-course prix fixe menu
for $35 including a cocktail. In addition to an updated
wine list, seasonal house-infused liquors such as
strawberry-jalapeño tequila, blood orange vodka and
cucumber gin are available.
The menu features steaks and seafood, including
a six-ounce filet mignon topped with jumbo lump
crabmeat finished with Hollandaise and served with
of asparagus and choice of potato; Parmesan-crusted
seabass served with mushroom risotto and finished
with a creamy dill sauce. Save room for dessert
though, because whether you are a chocolate lover
or Key lime pie fan, Chip’s has something for every
sweet tooth.
CROW'S NEST
AT ‘TWEEN WATERS INN
The Crow’s Nest at ‘Tween Waters Inn is a more
casual place than its sister the Old Captiva House. It’s
home to the famed Captiva Crab Races on Mondays
and Thursdays and is a popular venue for live entertainment on Fridays and Saturdays.
There is a nightly happy hour.
DOC FORD'S RUM BAR & GRILLE
Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille is named for the Doc
Ford character in local author Randy Wayne White’s
best-selling mystery novels.
In addition to its Sanibel restaurant, Doc Ford’s
has a Captiva location in Chadwick’s Square.
It’s a well known gathering place and tropical
theme sports bar with indoor and outdoor patio seating. The combined menu offers all the lunch and dinner items from 11 a.m. until closing. It includes cedar
plank salmon topped with a mango chipotle glaze or
a marinated grilled chicken sandwich. The fish tacos
are an island favorite and there’s a well provisioned
raw bar. Tropical drinks are a specialty, notably the
signature rum drink, Island Mojito.
THE DUNES RESTAURANT
The Dunes Golf & Tennis Club is open to the
public and serves lunch daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Chef specials include an assortment of salads, wraps
and sandwiches, soup buffet Monday through Friday,
and the popular the Shrimp Po’ Boy.
Featured monthly events include Trivia Night,
Corks & Canvas, Comedy Night, dinner, dancing and
live entertainment, and bridge. There is a Friday a la
carte dinner menu with featured selections each week
such as fish fry, prime rib, seafood and pasta nights.
Take in the sunset views while sipping on your favorite drink. Happy hour is every day from 3 to 6 p.m.
GEORGE & WENDY'S
SEAFOOD GRILLE
George & Wendy’s Seafood Grille features live
music Fridays and Saturdays and Karaoke on Thursdays. Specials include barbecued ribs on Monday
for $18, prime rib on Tuesdays for $18, crab legs
on Wednesdays for $18, steak lovers special on Thursdays for $18 and Friday night fish fry for $15.
There is a live jazz brunch buffet on Sunday from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Happy hour is from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The full bar
has an extensive wine list, 20 beers on tap, local,
domestic and craft beer, mojitos, martinis and tropical
favorites.
Football food and drink specials are available in
the bar area only during all NFL and Saturday college
games. There are free Jello shots with each Chicago
or Buffalo touchdown.
Hours are 11 a.m. to midnight seven days a week.
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GRAMMA DOT’S
Gramma Dot’s, the only dockside dining on
Sanibel, offers a lunch and dinner menu seven days
a week from “Sanibel’s only Seaside Saloon” where
you can leisurely dine at the Sanibel Marina in view of
luxury yachts and modest fishing boats and watch the
comings and goings of seagoing folk and fishermen.
The menu features a full line of “only fresh” seafood,
salads, sandwiches and more. Appropriate dress is
required.
If you’re arriving by boat, check in with dockmaster
for a lunch slip, monitor VHF 16. You can tie up for
a night or two at the available dockage if you wish.
Gramma Dot’s is open daily at 11:30 a.m. For dinner,
arrive before 8 p.m.
GREAT WHITE GRILL
The Great White Grill is a sports bar featuring 29
beers on tap and a good wine list. It’s home of The
Steel Curtain Pizza. There’s free pizza delivery too.
The Great White carries the TV Baseball package
and the NFL package for sports enthusiasts and has
arcade games for kids of all ages.
The regular menu includes hand-cast fresh dough
pizza, wings, fries, chicken fingers, salads, gyros,
sandwiches and burgers. Check out the Pittsburgh
Salad, which consists of grilled chicken, French fries,
cheddar cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes and onions on
a bed of lettuce.
GREEN FLASH
The Green Flash has marvelous waterfront
views of Captiva’s bayside and Pine Island Sound.
The Green Flash was built on the site of the historic
Timmy’s Nook, opened in 1950. Fittingly, seafood
dominates the menu, although other options are
offered as well. The Green Flash is easily navigable
by boat and is located southwest of Marker 38 on the
Intracoastal Waterway.
Hours are daily from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for
lunch and 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. for dinner.
GREENHOUSE GRILL
The Greenhouse Grill has happy hour daily that
includes $2 off house wine, $1 off draft beer and half
price special of the day appetizer from 4 to 6 p.m.
There are vegan and gluten free options available.
Fresh, local, seasonal ingredients are used to flavor
steaks, seafood, pasta, salads and burgers. The
signature Bouillabaisse is a seafood lover’s delight
with fresh shrimp, mussels, clams, scallops, grouper
and calamari. Homemade lemonade and green tea
with pomegranate are a favorite among guests. Grand
finales include Chocolate Fondant, Tiramisu, Crème
Brule, Cannoli and other delectables. Pet-friendly patio
seating available.
The Greenhouse Grill is open daily from 10:30
a.m. to 9 p.m. Reservations are appreciated and carry
out orders are welcome.
IL TESORO
Il Tesoro serves authentic Italian food “with the
taste and feel of a Tuscan holiday,” according to owner
Chef AJ Black. He infuses flavors from the old world
to the new world of cooking using only fresh seasonal
ingredients to bring his dishes to life. Daily specials
focus on pairing authentic meals with a bold array of
fine Italian wines.
Il Tesoro (The Treasure) serves dinner seven
nights a week from 5 to 10 p.m.
ISLAND COW
The Island Cow is a family favorite with its colorful
indoor and outdoor seating and live entertainment.
“Come as our guests… leave as our friends!” is the
motto. The Cow serves breakfast, lunch and dinner
featuring fresh local seafood and meats and has an
extensive children’s menu. Starbucks coffee is also on
the menu.
Breakfast is served between 7 and 11 a.m. Hours
are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
JACARANDA
OVER EASY CAFÉ
SANIBEL BEAN
The Jacaranda Restaurant & Patio Lounge is a
Sanibel mainstay, with a reputation for fine seafood
and steaks. Dinner is served year-round Monday
through Sunday. You can eat inside or outside on the
pretty patio with its fairy lights and tropical vegetation.
During The Jac’s Summer Break, Monday through
Thursday, choose an appetizer, entree and dessert
from the featured menu for just $30. Wine specials
are also offered, along with the featured drink, The
Jacaranda Sangria.
The Jac Bar has live music six nights and is the
unofficial HQ for Sanibel’s social scene. The patio
lounge menu includes a selection of “happy apps” for
$5.95 and half price drinks during happy hour, 5 to 7
p.m. There is also a raw bar.
Over Easy Café is a pet-friendly place with
indoor and outdoor dining for breakfast and lunch.
The covered patio is a popular spot. Choose from 22
different Eggs Benedict, scramblers and omelettes, 11
pancakes and French toast choices, 15 egg specialties and wraps, eight salads and 26 sandwiches
and burgers, plus baked goods. Beer and wine is
available.
Breakfast is served all day. Hours are 7 a.m. to
3 p.m.
The Sanibel Bean coffee shop is java central on
Sanibel Island. With its indoor and outdoor seating
and free wi-fi, it’s a popular venue for laptop-toting
coffee lovers to relax and check their inboxes, have
breakfast or lunch or recharge the batteries in the
afternoon.
Besides a big selection of coffee from around the
globe and a variety of coffee drinks, The Bean has
tea and other beverages and a variety of hearty sandwiches, pastries and muffins, plus other light fare.
PECKING ORDER
SANIBEL DELI & COFFEE FACTORY
The Pecking Order, features tender, juicy, broasted
fried chicken and the fixins. The chicken is marinated
and seasoned, and the high-pressure deep-frying
system produces a crispy coating and holds in the
juices without allowing the fat to penetrate.
Homemade sides include slow-cooked collard
greens, sweet and spicy baked beans, cheesy shell
mac, rice and beans, cole slaw, red mashed and
gravy, fried pickles and veggie chili. Try the Black Betty,
a warm, dark chocolate cupcake filled with liquid
dark chocolate, sprinkled with sea salt flakes and
confectioners sugar.
Take out and outdoor dining available. .
Sanibel Deli & Coffee Factory offers a gluten free
menu in addition to regular choices, along with pizza
and wings, Boar’s Head meats, frozen yogurt and
ice cream. There is indoor seating as well as outdoor
tables shaded with umbrellas, and free wi-fi.
JERRY’S RESTAURANT AND DELI
Jerry’s Restaurant and Deli in Jerry’s Market is
the next best thing to dining in a tropical garden. This
family-style restaurant has large windows to view the
lush garden with caged tropical birds that are favorites
with visitors and residents. Daily specials are offered in
the spacious restaurant and you can order a sandwich
or hot food from the deli or help yourself at the wellstocked salad bar to take out.
The restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and
dinner from 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
LAZY FLAMINGO
The Lazy Flamingo is a famed island hang-out with
two Sanibel locations: one at 1036 Periwinkle Way, the
other – the original – at 6520 Pine Avenue, near Blind
Pass. “If our seafood were any fresher, we would be
serving it under water!” is the Flamingo’s motto. And
that includes, shrimp, grouper, oysters, conch fritters
and chowder as well as chicken.
The Flamingo Bread and the Caesar Salad are
signature items. Pull up a stool to the rustic bar or take
a high or low table. The interior feels like the inside of
an old pirate ship with its portholes and hewn wood
surfaces. The atmosphere is definitely casual and beer
is available by the bottle, on draft or by the pitcher.
MATZALUNA ITALIAN KITCHEN
POCOLOCO
Need a pick-me-up? Looking for some downtime?
Either way, your best bet is PocoLoco on the tropical
courtyard at Jerry's Center. Indoors or out you will
savor gourmet coffee, tea, signature sandwiches,
pastries, or a cone of the region's most popular ice
cream, Love Boat. PocoLoco is the Sanibel source for
this ice cream and always features a couple dozen delicious favors. Stop by, sit in the sunshine and chatter
with six cheerful parrots for a unique and memorable
experience.
RC OTTER'S, CANTINA CAPTIVA,
SUNSHINE SEAFOOD, KEYLIME
BISTRO AND CAPTIVA PIZZA,
YOGURT & GIFTS
In the mood for pizza? Matzaluna Italian Kitchen
has a wood-fired oven to bake authentic pizzas,
including gluten-free ones. That’s in addition to a big
selection including over 20 combinations of pasta dinners from $11.95 (including soup or salad and fresh
baked bread), affordable veal, tender chicken, choice
steaks and seafood (Italian style) in a casual marketlike setting. Gluten-free pizza is also available.
Matzaluna has craft beers on tap. On Wine
Wednesdays, every bottle priced $25 and over will be
discounted by $8 all evening. Hours are 4:30 to 9:30
p.m. daily and happy hour is from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Five Captiva eateries under the same ownership
– RC Otter's, Cantina Captiva, Sunshine Seafood,
Keylime Bistro and Captiva Pizza, Yogurt & Gifts –
offer a fun and casual dining experience with a tropical
flair reminiscent of Key West.
RC Otter's and Keylime Bistro have live music
outdoors most of the day. Cantina Captiva serves
Mexican food. Sunshine Seafood Cafe Wine Bar
specializes in fine dining with a very respectable wine
list. You have your choice of dining inside or outdoors.
MUCKY DUCK
Rosie's repertoire includes crab cakes, grouper
and shrimp entrees and steaks with all the trimmings,
Southwestern dishes such as burritos and fajitas, soup
and sandwich combos, and salads. Among the most
popular items is Rosie’s Famous Cheese Steak made
from shaved rib eye, grilled mushrooms, onions and
green peppers, Ultimate Cuban and Classic Reuben,
home-made muffins and cinnamon rolls and Key lime
pie, root beer floats and banana splits. A children’s
menu and carry-out are also available and outdoor
seating is available.
Breakfast is served from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and
happy hour is from 3 to 6 p.m. seven days a week
with two-for-one draft beer and wine and a menu that
starts at $4.50 for items such as nachos with cheese
and salsa and $5.50 wings and chicken tenders. The
ice cream bar has 20+ flavors of locally made Royal
Scoop ice cream.
The Mucky Duck may well be the most famous
restaurant on Captiva due to its longevity and quirky
name. Then there’s the fabulous sunsets. Patrons
gladly wait on the beach for tables. This place draws
crowds – sipping cocktails and beverages until they
can take their seats. Reservations are not accepted.
The Duck is open for lunch and dinner, serving
fresh seafood, pub-style food, sandwiches, steaks and
other items.
OLD CAPTIVA HOUSE
AT ‘TWEEN WATERS INN
Old Captiva House at ‘Tween Waters Inn, Captiva,
offers romantic sunset dining in an historic setting
with live piano music. Executive Chef Jason Miller
prepares New Florida island favorites, tropical seafoods, classic meats and daily fresh-baked breads and
pastries, served with an extensive selection of wines,
liquors and coffees.
First built as a one-room school for children of
Captiva’s pioneer settlers, the Old Captiva House
still reflects much of its original charm – from white
French doors to hardwood floors to the Gulf of Mexico
sunset that streams through the western windows.
Its collection of famed cartoonist JN “Ding” Darling’s
1930s whimsical vacation illustrations has led to its
designation as a landmark in Southwest Florida.
ROSIE’S CAFÉ & GRILL
SANDBAR
Currently serving happy hour from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
every day in the lounge only, and dinner from 5 to 9
p.m. Since opening in 2013, The Sandbar has become
known for its fresh seafood and choice cuts of beef
and pork.
SANIBEL FISH HOUSE
Find out why Sanibel Fish House is such a great
addition to the list of Sanibel restaurants. We offer
a wide range of fresh seafood as well as our great
alternative choices at reasonable prices.
Come and see us in our delightful tropical island
setting. Open 11 to 10 daily with excellent lunch and
dinner specials. Don’t miss the best happy hour on
the island 11 to 6 daily and all day on Saturdays and
Sundays in The Lounge! The Lounge opens 11 to 10
Sunday through Thursday and until 1 a.m. on Fridays
and Saturdays.
SANIBEL GRILL
The Sanibel Grill has 19 big screen TVs with satellite TV tuned to every televised sporting event. The
Grill shares a kitchen with The Timbers, serving the
same fresh seafood, along with burgers, sandwiches,
pizzas and salads. Crunchy Grouper and Crunchy
Shrimp are signature dishes.
SANIBEL SPROUT
The Sanibel Sprout is the island’s only vegan cafe
and organic juice bar. There is comfortable seating for
friends to socialize and taste Chef Nikki’s extended
menu of plant-based gourmet cuisine. The soups –
lentil, Vietnamese Pho, etc. – are popular year-round,
as are vegan lasagna, Mexican taco salad, kale salad
with avocado chipotle dressing and numerous desserts. The extended menu is posted on the Sprout’s
Facebook page.
The organic juice bar is popular with locals and
visitors of all ages. Kids love the Strawberry Kiss or the
Chocolate Bliss Smoothie, whereas adults favor the
Coffee Sproutaccino or the green Emerald Mermaid
Smoothie. Those are just a few of the juice bar favorites from an extensive menu.
The Sprout is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner
8.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
SUNDIAL BEACH RESORT & SPA
At Sundial Beach Resort & Spa, all restaurants
and bars are open to the public.
Sea Breeze Café offers breakfast, lunch and
dinner seven days a week, serving a combination of
classic tavern fare and innovative entrees, salads and
sandwiches. Sit in the dining room overlooking the Gulf
of Mexico or on the outdoor terrace for an al fresco
experience. Breakfast is served from 7 to 11 a.m. and
an all-day menu is available from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Pool & Beach Bar is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
daily. Food, tropical drinks, imported and domestic
beers, and an array of popular wines are available.
Happy hour is daily from 3 to 5 p.m. at Pool &
Beach Bar and from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Sea Breeze
Café with appetizers from $3 to $8 and beverages
from $3 to $5. Stop by for Margarita Monday, with
$5 margaritas from 4 to 10 p.m. plus live island-style
entertainment from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The taco bar is
open from 4 to 6 p.m., priced at $12.95.
Waterview is available for private functions.
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Island Fare
TIMBERS RESTAURANT
& FISH MARKET
The Timbers Restaurant & Fish Market and the
adjoining Sanibel Grill are mainstays of the island dining scene, boasting 35 years of fresh fish on Sanibel
Island. The restaurant offers 13 dinners for $15
daily before 5:30 p.m. plus a large selection of local
seafood such as grilled shrimp, fried grouper, oysters,
clams and crab cakes.
Besides specializing in fresh local seafood, the
restaurant has a seafood market that opens at 11 a.m.
(except Sunday, when it’s 2 p.m.)
TRADITIONS ON THE BEACH
Traditions on the Beach is one of the few Sanibel
restaurants with beachfront dining. Located in the
historic Island Inn, the recently updated restaurant
sits on 10 acres with gulf views, perfect for watching
the sunset over the water while you dine. The menu
features Italian and Mediterranean cuisine prepared
by Chef Aziz and his team. Traditions’ dishes are made
with fresh ingredients, from seafood and meats, to
produce from local vendors. On the menu you will find
the classics and specialties including Moroccan lamb,
roast duck, lobster and veal. Pasta, grilled items and
a raw bar are also available. In addition to the regular
menu, specials are offered daily. There’s an attractive
bar and lounge area that also serves food and an
extensive wine and cocktail list. Dining begins at 5 p.m.
and continues until late. Reservations are suggested.
ZEBRA TREATS
This bold and bright cafe/store offers a variety of
frozen yogurt flavors – try the caramel sea salt pretzel
– with more than 50 toppings such as strawberries,
blueberries, chopped candy and sprinkles. Other offerings include milk shakes, smoothies and frappes.
Zebra has indoor and outdoor seating.
The store recently added frozen yogurt to go, by
the pint and quart.
The Crow’s Nest at ’Tween Waters Inn will
have a crab show on Thursday, live entertainment
with Three Crooked Steps on Friday and Saturday,
live entertainment with Steve Farst on Sunday, crab
show on Monday, and live entertainment with Taylor
Stokes on Tuesday and Wednesday.
George & Wendy’s Seafood Grille has live
music Friday with Rex Bongo, acoustic and guitar;
Saturday is Meagan Rose on piano and vocals,
plus half-price drinks for the ladies from 9 p.m. to
midnight; Sunday is Buckeye Ken; Monday is Aaron
Seyferth, acoustic and guitar; Wednesday is the
Hypnauticals, playing old school rock. On Sunday,
there is a live jazz brunch buffet from 10 a.m.to 1
p.m. plus Hospitality Night with happy hour pricing
from 8 p.m. to close. Tuesday is open mic night from
8 to 11 p.m. Karaoke is Thursday from 9 p.m. to
midnight.
The Jacaranda will have live entertainment
on Friday and Saturday with DVS, playing classic
rock and oldies, beginning at 8:30 p.m. Sunday is
Jamaica Dave & Co., playing reggae and dance.
Weekdays, music is from 8 to 11 p.m. On Monday,
it’s Renata, playing jazz, funk and contemporary;
Wednesday is Tish, playing contemporary, top 40s
and dance; Thursday is Eric Malibu, playing contemporary, reggae and dance.
The Mucky Duck on Andy Rosse Lane, Captiva
features music by Gary Earle on Thursday and Friday; Gene Federico plays on Saturday; Gary Earle
plays Sunday; Mark Dupuy plays on Monday; Perry
English plays on Tuesday; and Gene Federico plays
on Wednesday.
Sea Breeze Café at Sundial Beach Resort &
Danny Morgan plays island style music at Sea Breeze Café at Sundial Beach Resort & Spa
Spa features Margarita Monday from 5:30 to 8:30
on Margarita Mondays
p.m. every Monday with $5 margaritas, taco bar for
The Island Cow on Periwinkle Way has live entertainment on Friday with
$12.95 and island style entertainment with Danny Morgan. Happy hour is daily
Gene Federico; Saturday, Jay Helt; and Sunday, Dan Confrey.
from 5 to 7 p.m. with drink specials.
RC Otter’s on Andy Rosse Lane, Captiva, has live music daily with dining
Traditions on the Beach at the Island Inn has live music Friday and Saturinside and out.
day with Joe McCormick and Marvilla Marzan, playing jazz, Latin, pop, R&B and
Restaurant owners/managers, please email or fax any changes to your entercontemporary dance. Joe McCormick plays on Wednesday. Joe McCormick and
tainment schedule to [email protected] or 395-2299.
Marvilla Marzan play on Thursday.
A Psychological
Drama At
Lab Theater
by Di Saggau
R
iveting. That’s the word that best
describes Agnes of God, now
playing at Laboratory Theater of
Florida. Playwright John Pielmeier was
inspired by a headline in a newspaper
that read “Nun Kills Baby.” The story in
question refers to a 1977 trial in which
an apprentice nun was tried and acquitted of manslaughter in the death of her
infant son. Her pregnancy had been kept
a secret and the child’s father was never
revealed.
Agnes is well worth watching for the
questions it raises and for putting the
spotlight on three talented local actors.
Director Annette Trossbach has assembled a first rate cast. Dr. Livingstone
(Lori Riti) is appointed by the court to
determine the stability of a young nun,
Agnes (Jennifer Koch). She is accused of
the same crime that made headlines in
1977. She denies the very existence of
the child, claiming police made it up.
Throughout her appointments with Dr.
Livingstone, Agnes is fiercely protected
by Mother Superior (Joann Haley), who
views Agnes as a rare innocent and her
connection to God something akin to a
miracle. Agnes walks through the halls
singing various chants and hymns. She
Lori Riti, Jennifer Koch and Joann Haley in a scene from Agnes of God
came to the convent at age 17 and was
the victim of an abusive mother.
As the play goes on, Dr. Livingstone
reveals some personal issues that made
her distrustful of her faith. Raised Catholic, she is now an atheist. There are also
revelations about Mother Superior’s past.
Haley portrays her as both stern and
desperate.
The minimalist set features a metal
scaffold with a cross in the middle that
is crudely wrapped with pieces of cloth
and rope. There is a desk and two chairs.
Columns with candles are placed in the
aisles and there is a slight hint of incense
in the air. The show’s action is occasion-
ally interrupted by monologues by Dr.
Livingstone and a few flashbacks with
Agnes and Mother Superior.
Dr. Livingstone becomes obsessed with
the case in a very believable manner. She
wants to know, Why was there a baby
and why did it die? Does Agnes have a
strong relationship with God or is she
totally insane?
Koch is fascinating as Agnes, a complicated character. She brings a lot of skill
to the role. Her eyes dart back and forth
as she tries to make sense of what happened. She says, “It was a mistake. Nuns
don’t have babies.” At first she is shy and
timid but in the second act the raw, dam-
aged human being that is Agnes comes
pouring out.
Without giving away too much of the
ending, I can say that Dr. Livingstone is
finally able to learn the truth by hypnotizing Agnes and ultimately pulling out
some hidden information from Mother
Superior.
Agnes of God is a challenging,
thought-provoking drama well worth
seeing. It plays through January 24 at
Laboratory Theater of Florida, 1634
Woodford Avenue in downtown Fort Myers. For tickets, visit www.laboratorytheaterflorida.com or call 218-0481.
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1 pound large Florida shrimp, peeled
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20 Florida middle neck clams, cleaned
1 pound smoked sausage, sliced
2 Florida tomatoes, diced small
2 Florida bell peppers, seeded and
chopped (your favorite color)
1 medium onion, chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
¼ stick butter
4 cloves garlic, chopped fine
1 tablespoon seasoning blend (blackening, seafood or your favorite)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped
1 package yellow or Spanish rice
Prepare rice mix as directed on package.
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Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture
Waterfall in the Karura Forest
Hawk Mountain
submitted by Kevin Bedson
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he Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education’s Rachel Carson
Distinguished Lecture will be held on Sanibel Island on Friday, January 30 at
7 p.m. at Saint Michael and All Angels Church. This year’s lecture, entitled
Environmental Education in Turbulent Times: Perspectives from Rachel Carson’s
Hawk Mountain and Wangari Maathai’s Karura Forest will feature environmental
educators and authors David W. Orr and Peter Blaze Corcoran.
This year’s lecture has grown out of Orr and Corcoran’s collaboration on a new
book, which will discuss the educational implications of addressing climate change.
During the lecture, both Orr and Corcoran will explore the need for education that
addresses the most pressing issues humanity faces, namely education that prepares
students to address the preeminent issue of our time, climate change and the metanarrative of our time, sustainability. In a recent interview about the lecture, Corcoran
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explained, “We will draw on the inspiration of Rachel Carson and Wangari Maathai as
we re-imagine environmental education in a world of climate change.”
Both Rachel Carson’s and Wangari Maathai’s legacies provide the Center with a
wealth of lessons and inspiration to draw from. The lecture series, named in honor of
Carson, strives to keep her legacy alive among rising generations. Carson advocated
for public policy – based on sound science and ethics, the active participation of an
ecologically literate citizenry and appreciation of the natural world through the literary
arts and environmental education, all of which are central to the Center’s mission.
Hawk Mountain, along the Appalachian flyway, is an officially designated refuge for
raptors. Carson used the sanctuary’s long-term migration database to monitor changes
in raptor populations. Data Carson collected at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary provided
some of the evidence for Silent Spring, using declining counts of immature bald
eagles at Hawk Mountain as evidence of DDT’s harmful effects on the environment.
Maathai was a visionary leader in environmental protection and education, the
rights of women and girls, and democracy in Africa. She was the first woman in East
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Audubon Bailey
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Shell Found
Northern cardinal
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Pennsylvania, found a junonia at
Gulfside City Park while staying at
Ocean’s Reach on January 8. “Can’t
wait to live in Sanibel,” said Ulichney.
Photographer To Lecture At Refuge
photo by Sam Ayres
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Larry Klusmier and Lori Ulichney
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he next Sanibel-Captiva Audubon
bird walk will be on Saturday,
January 17, at The Bailey Tract.
Note the new place to meet. Take Island
Inn Road across from Bailey’s and meet
at the back entrance to the Bailey Tract
at 8 a.m. There is free parking in the
field.
These bird walks are open to the
public and all levels of experience. A $2
donation is appreciated. Call Hugh Verry
at 395-3798 for further details.
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April 3 – Jeremy Conrad, Sea Turtles
April 10 – Jerry Lorenz, Roseate Spoonbills in Florida Bay: Pink Canaries in a Coal
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Plant Smart
Chinese Hibiscus
by Gerri Reaves
C
hinese hibiscus
(Hibiscus rosasinensis) is one of
the most popular non-native
ornamental flowering plants
in South Florida.
Other common names for
this native of tropical Asia are
rose-of-China, tropical hibiscus and Hawaiian hibiscus.
A member of the mallow
family, it is a relative of cotton, cocoa and okra.
Chinese hibiscus takes
the form of a shrub or small
tree with a gracefully arching
form. The shiny evergreen
leaves are alternate, serrated,
and four to eight inches long.
It can reach more than 10
feet high and is typically used Chinese hibiscus flowers last only a day or two, but
bloom throughout the year
as a hedge, screen, border,
accent plant or container
plant.
But it’s the large showy flowers that people love. Bell-shaped or flared and four to
eight inches across, they have five overlapping petals and prominent pistils and stamens.
They bloom singly throughout the year but last only a day or two. Because they
remain open and pretty after being picked, they are often used for table decorations.
Women place a single flower in their hair for a tropical look.
The flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies such as cloudless sulfurs, blues and
gulf fritillaries.
Although desirable for its beautiful flowers and foliage, Chinese hibiscus isn’t known
to be particularly low-maintenance, so it’s important to put it in a favorable spot.
Red and yellow are two of the plant’s many colors
photos by Gerri Reaves
White flies, aphids, scales, mites, and nematodes are common pests. Regular pruning and fertilizer might be required to keep it robust.
It prefers well-drained slightly acidic soil in full sun or partial shade, might require
irrigation, and is not salt tolerant.
The plant has many traditional medicinal uses.
Many varieties and colors exist, including double and ruffled flowers.
Florida native hibiscuses to consider include scarlet rosemallow (Hibiscus coccineus), swamp rosemallow (Hibiscus grandifloras) or lindenleaf rosemallow (Hibiscus
furcellatus).
Sources: Waterwise: South Florida Landscapes; Florida, My Eden by Frederic B.
Stresau; hort.ifas.ufl.edu; and floridata.com.
Plant Smart explores the diverse flora of South Florida.
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The Plight Of The Snail Kite And
Southeastern American Kestrel
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n Thursday, January 22, at 7:30
p.m. Sanibel-Captiva Audubon
will welcome back Dr. Ken Meyer
of the University of Florida, Department
of Wildlife Ecology and founder of Avian
Research and Conservation Institute.
Myer’s presentation is titled The Plight of
the Southeastern American Kestrel and
the Snail Kite.
His program will address these two
unique species that are not federally listed
as endangered or threatened but are often
overlooked and forgotten. He will relate
the background, present state and outlook
of these unique raptors.
Meyer obtained his BS degree in
zoology from the University of Maine in
1978 and his Ph.D. in zoology from the
University of North Carolina in 1987.
For the next 10 years he served as a
post-doctoral and research associate in
the University of Florida’s Department of
Wildlife Ecology and was employed by Big Dr. Ken Meyer
Cypress National Preserve. In 1997, Meyer
founded and now directs the nonprofit Avian Research and Conservation Institute
(ARCI), which, utilizing modern continent spanning satellite and radio transmission
techniques, conducts studies that support the management and conservation of rare
and endangered bird species. This research, conducted in the southeastern U.S. and
Latin America, has produced critical data on the conservation ecology of several
imperiled species.
This is the third of eight Sanibel-Captiva Audubon lectures to be held in 2015 on
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at The Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel.
As always, all are welcome to attend. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and parking is avail-
Snail kite
able at The Community House as well as
across Periwinkle Way in the Herb Strauss
Theater parking area. A $5 donation is
appreciated with proceeds after costs being
Kestrel
used to promote conservation on Sanibel
and in Florida.
For additional information, call Elaine Jacobson at 395-1878 or visit the San-Cap
Audubon web site at www.san-capaudubon.org.
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were five tables in play at The
Community House. The winners
were:
1. Lydia and Walter Freedmen
2. Irma and Mel Rotstein
3. Carolyn and Charles Kaempffer
4. Doug Christopher and Brent
Schanding
There are two weekly ACBLsanctioned games at The Community
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on Sanibel.
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Fish Caught
Fish Caught
Shell Found
Rol Campbell and Charles Sobczak with a 60-pound amberjack
A
60-pound amberjack was caught by Rol Campbell, president of the Sanibel
Island Fishing Club, while fishing aboard Nine Lives, a power cat helmed by
Sanibel author Charles Sobczak. Campbell caught the fish on a live pinfish
fishing offshore over an artificial reef in 90 feet of water. Now in his 70s, Campbell
reported that this was the largest dinner fare fish he had ever landed.
After cleaning the fish, the two 11-pound fillets will be dinner for approximately 44
people. The fish was 52-inches long and the fight lasted around 25 minutes.
Matt Mitchell
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Eli Frederick
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li Frederick, 10, visiting from
Kentucky, caught and released a
30-inch redfish during a recent fishing excursion with Sea Reed Charters.
huck McClenning and Matt
Mitchell, both visiting from Mount
Pleasant, Iowa, found a junonia
while shelling at Gulfside City Park
recently. “You can imagine his excitement
when (Matt) found the junonia,” wrote
McClenning. “We are here for the whole
month and rented a house at which time
we will be doing more shelling.”
Shells Found
Diana Cain
Gwyneth Cain
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iana Cain of West Alexandria, Ohio, found a junonia on the beach in front
of Sundial Resort on Sanibel. The family was staying at Compass Point. Her
daughter Gwyneth Cain also found a “keeper” shell.
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Come explore our natural world
Birding at the Preserves — January 23
Orchids and bromeliads are returning to The Village Shops
Orchid And Bromeliad Show
Returns To The Village Shops
Both new and experienced birders are welcome to join experienced birders at Sanibel Gardens off Island Inn Road. Call 472-2329 for more
info. Friday, January 23 at 8 a.m. Free.
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The City That Almost Wasn’t & the Sanibel Plan — Jan. 21
he Village Shops at 2340 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, welcome back Exotic
Orchids and Bromeliads by Appointment January 23 and 24 from 10 a.m.
until 2 p.m.
Anna and Judy will be back with their plants and trade secrets geared to helping the
public keep their plants thriving for years. These local experts are always ready and
able to answer most of your questions about orchid and bromeliad health, transplanting, decorating suggestions and provide unique plant varieties. Exotic Orchids and
Bromeliads by Appointment is a locally owned and operated businesses.
The company plans to return to The Village Shops two more times during season,
on February 13 and 14 and March 13 and 14.
“Last month’s show was very popular with islanders,” stated Barbara Harrington,
marketing director for The Village Shops. “These ladies are community favorites and
their knowledge and passion for their plants comes through in their conversations with
those making a purchase. I purchased a terrestrial orchid and several bromeliads and
received excellent advice and decorating suggestions from Anna and Judy.”
Orchid Society
Meets Monday
attend the meeting at 1 p.m. to hear a
member of the orchid society talk about
fundamentals of growing orchids. Anyone
with questions or an “ill orchid” that
needs diagnosis can bring their plants to
the meeting during Show and Tell.
Orchid society members are invited to
participate in a monthly show. Ribbons
are awarded for best hybrid and best species orchids. An orchid raffle will also be
held.
Annual membership is $20, which
covers the meetings through May. Guest
admission is $4.
Portraits In Print
by Jane Vos Hogg
Walking Wonder
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One of the many orchids on display at the
November meeting of the San Cap Orchid
Society.
H
ow Cold is Cold? Keeping
Florida Orchids Happy in the
Winter will be the topic of the
Monday, January 19 meeting of the
Sanibel Captiva Orchid Society. The
program will be presented by Mickey
Carnell, co-owner of Blue Pagoda
Orchids in Englewood. The meeting will
take place at 1:30 p.m. at St. Michael
and All Angels Episcopal Church, 2304
Periwinkle Way on Sanibel.
Orchid novices are encouraged to
etermined
and steadfast, Carol
Allen is a remarkable woman. Her
actions substantiate
it.
Weeks ago in
Boston she completed the annual
Marathon Walk… all 26.2 miles of it.
How long did it take? Eight hours and 20
minutes. Understand, Carol, a healthy
woman in her 70s, is not an athlete. But
when she sets a goal for herself nothing
will stop her from reaching it.
Born and raised on Cape Cod, it’s
where she and husband live half the year.
There’s a degree of consistency in her
life. Whether up north or wintering here
on Sanibel, she is an involved member of
her church. When the Cape pastor asked
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The City of Sanibel was the first in the country to adopt a comprehensive land use plan based on the island’s natural systems. Learn about the
City’s creation and the shaping of its future through the Sanibel Report.
Wednesday, January 21 at 2 p.m. $5 adults.
Photo courtesy Suzi Carroll
Gator & Crocodile Tales — January 21
Florida’s history of gators and humans is closely intertwined, and Sanibel
has one crocodile. Learn about what we must do to ensure our safety
and their survival. Wednesday, January 21 at 10 a.m. $5 adults
Shorebird Walk at the Sanibel Inn — January 21
Meet your SCCF guide on the beach at the Sanibel Inn, 937 East Gulf
Drive. Learn the stories of the shorebirds you encounter. Some have migrated thousands of miles to local beaches. Wednesday, January 21 at 4 p.m.
Tank Talk — January 20
Learn about the Nature Center’s educational ambassadors living in tanks,
including an endangered Indigo snake, Diamondback Terrapins, and
critters in the touch tank. Tuesday, January 20 at 10 a.m. $5 adults
Turtle Tracks — January 22
Sanibel Island had one of the first sea turtle monitoring
programs in the country. Learn about the life cycles and habits
of the sea turtles and shorebirds that nest on our beaches, SCCF’s
monitoring activities, and what we are doing to protect them.
Thursday, January 22 at 10 a.m. $5 adults.
Native Plant Nursery to Host Rabbit Run Farm
Rabbit Run Farm, a hydroponic farm in eastern Fort Myers, will be here on Jan. 22 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., selling
their locally grown produce. Cash or check only please!
EXPLORE OUR NATURE CENTER, TRAILS AND OBSERVATION TOWER
Butterfly House – Guided tour Tuesdays 10 a.m.; also self-guided.
Nature Center – live turtles, snakes, touch tank, videos. $5 adults
Guided Trail Walks – Tues-Fri, 11 a.m. 4 miles of trails to explore $5 adults
The Shipley Trail opened March 2014. Located on the Bailey
Homestead Preserve, it connects the City of Sanibel’s Pond Apple Park
Trail (beginning at the Chamber) to Roadside City Park on Periwinkle.
Please note that the Bailey Homestead is still undergoing site work and is
not yet open to the public.
Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
3333 Sanibel-Captiva Road (one mile west of Tarpon Bay Road)
Nature Center: Open Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Native Plant Nursery: Open Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sat 10 - 3
(239) 472-2329
www.sccf.org
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Social Media Enhances
Birding Experience, Experts Say
More than 75 people attended the Better Birding Through Social Media lecture on
January 9
Birding experts, from left, Karl Werner, David and Tammy McQuade and Lillian Stokes,
delivered a lecture on using social media to enhance your birding experience at the
“Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge’s Visitor & Education Center photos by Jeff Lysiak
by Jeff Lysiak
A
PowerPoint presentation and panel discussion featuring four local bird
enthusiasts – Karl Werner, Lillian Stokes and David and Tammy McQuade
– entitled Better Birding Through Social Media, was the first Friday Lecture
Series program of the season at the JN “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on
Sanibel.
On January 9, two capacity audiences listened to expert advice from Werner,
Stokes and the McQuades on how the timeless pastime of birding can be brought into
the 21st century through social media outlets and online resources.
“Birding with social media is fun and easy to do,” Werner told the afternoon lecture
attendees. “It’s just not for teenagers either.”
Discussing the use of mailing lists and the websites eBird and birding.aba.org,
Werner told a story about how he had been leading a group on a birding excursion
one morning at the refuge when he saw an online post about a rather rare find: a
white crowned pigeon. The species had been spotted by a birder while walking along
the Calusa Mound Trail. Although Werner couldn’t convince his group to make their
way over to the trail, he came across fellow experts Don and Lillian Stokes, who
immediately set off for the site, spotted the white crowned pigeon, photographed and
posted it online only minutes after the original sighting.
“What we want to do is inspire you to use these tools,” added Werner, who also
noted that the refuge has its own eBird kiosk located inside the Visitor & Education
Hortoons
Center. The website boasts 175,000 users
who have posted 150 million birding
reports since it began in 2002.
Stokes then shared her own valuable
“how to” advice on using Twitter along
with personally-created blogs. “These tools
connect you with others and allow them to
connect with you,” she said. “It’s a really
important thing because that’s how you
form a community.”
She and her husband’s Twitter site – @
stokesbirding – has more than 3,800 followers.
Stokes also talked about creating one’s
own blog discussion group (via blogger.
com) an using the Audubon Society’s birding, nature and wildlife app, where users
Tammy McQuade speaks about using
may execute a search for bird sightings,
Facebook to connect with other birders
which can be sorted by date, location, species and the like. It may also provide driving directions and other useful information
related to finding rare bird species.
“If you’re not on social media, then you’re out of the loop,” added Stokes.
Facebook, which is used by more than 1.3 billion people around the world, includes
several excellent groups dedicated to birding. According to the McQuades, in the past
year, they have individually identified more than 500 species of birds, a friendly competition the couple enjoys ribbing each other about. They have been using Facebook
and other apps to help locate birds.
According to Tammy McQuade, when
they saw the need for a Facebook page
devoted solely to birding in the Southwest
Florida region, they set up the SW
Florida Bird Alert on Facebook in 2014.
Currently, the group has 288 members.
“It makes things very easy to identify
species… that’s one of the biggest benefits of using social media,” said David
McQuade. “You can see things almost
instantly, plus it allows you to go out and
spot species before they may leave the
area.”
In one instance, the McQuades told a
story about how one birder in Fort Myers
had spotted a group of sparrows uncommon to the area and posted it online.
Within minutes, after another birder had
requested the exact location of the flock,
the original birder posted the precise GPS
coordinates of the sparrows. This allowed
the McQuades to drive to the neighborhood, get out of their car and almost
instantly located the birds.
“Birding with social media is really fantastic,” said Tammy McQuade. “We would
encourage all of you to try it.”
For those who may be new to the
hobby of birding, the JN “Ding” Darling
National Wildlife Refuge also provides a
free brochure containing a checklist of
birds which have been previously spotted
at the refuge. The brochure also contains
a How To section as well as a list of favorite locations within the refuge for birders.
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
Safe Boating
On Local Waters
From page 36
Social Media
Enhances Birding
T
Birding Ethics
When visiting public or private lands,
it is important that you practice and promote ethical behavior while viewing and
photographing wildlife. Although you
may not think your individual actions are
harmful to wildlife, the cumulative effect
of individual actions can jeopardize wildlife’s ability to survive.
• Do not disturb nesting, feeding, or
resting birds and other wildlife.
• When photographing birds, do not
“push” too close or “linger” too long.
• Do not use recorded calls or make
other alarming noises on the refuge.
• Do not feed wildlife on the refuge.
• Do not litter. Many birds and other
wildlife die after becoming entangled in
fishing lines, six-pack rings and other
trash, or when they mistake garbage,
especially plastic, for food.
Source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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with us.
Call 395-1213 • Fax: 395-2299
or email
[email protected]
A brochure which offers a checklist of birds
which may be seen at the “Ding” Darling
NWR is free to refuge visitors
he Sanibel-Captiva Sail & Power
Squadron will teach an all-day
class on safely boating the local
waters Saturday, February 7 from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Sanibel Public
Library, 770 Dunlop Road. The class
is designed for those new to boating
as well as experienced boaters who
would like to strengthen their safe boating skills. The class uses the America’s
Boating Course text published by the
United States Power Squadron as well
as lectures, demonstration and discussion presented by U.S. Power Squadron
instructors.
After completing the class and passing
a very simple exam, students will receive
a safe boating ID card from the state of
Florida. The ID card satisfies new Florida
legal requirements for those born after
January 1, 1988 to operate watercraft on
Florida waterways. Students completing
the class will also be eligible for a free six
months trial membership in the United
States Power Squadron, the nation’s largest non-profit boating organization. Cost
of the class and the America’s Boating
Course text is $40.
Students receive their copy of the
America’s Boating Course text in
advance of the class and are expected to
prepare for the class by reviewing the text
before the class day. Among the subjects
and topics reviewed are:
• U.S. Coast Guard required safety
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equipment
• Basic boat handling underway and
docking
• Navigation rules, right of way
• Navigation aids and channel markers
• Basic navigation, charts,and GPS
operation
• Anchoring in deep water and on the
beach
• VHF radio operation
• Storms, emergencies and accidents
Students are introduced to boating the
local waters by studying navigation charts
for Pine Island Sound, San Carlos Bay
and the Caloosahatchee River. Important
destinations, channels and waterways
are reviewed and advice for confidently
boating in local eater is discussed. The
class format is informal with many opportunities for questions and discussion. No
advance knowledge of boating is needed
for successful student completion of the
class. The class is appropriate even for
those who may not own a boat but want
to learn about the possibility of boating
the magnificent waters that surround Fort
Myers, Sanibel and Captiva. The class is
also appropriate for experienced boaters
who may want to learn about boating in
our local waterways.
To learn more about the class or to
register, students may contact the class
lead instructor, Jay Brown, at 314-8076860, [email protected] or visit
http://bit.ly/1yAyBIT. Students are
encouraged to register well in advance
of the class to allow time to obtain and
review the text prior to the class day.
continued on page 41
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Captiva Eclectic Exhibit Opens
Beach by Yolanta Downing
Old Farm in Pennsylvania by Yolanta Downey
A
n exhibition of recent new works by four island artists – Eleanor Dominek,
Yolanta Downing, Marion Hall and Pat Levison – debuts with an opening reception on Thursday, January 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibit runs
through January 30 at the Captiva Community Center, 11550 Chapin Lane.
Pelican Perch by Marion Hall
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China/America ‘Re’Mixed Exhibit
T
he China/America
‘Re’Mixed exhibit in the
Bob Rauschenberg Gallery
at Florida SouthWestern State
College (FSW) will remain open
until January 24 with a fresh look.
“The show was remixed and
reinstalled for the New Year using
chance operations,” said Gallery
Director Jade Dellinger.
Each of the exhibited
pieces – with the exception of
Rauschenberg’s 100-foot long
seamless photograph entitled
Chinese Summerhall – have been
reordered within the gallery. For
those who saw China/America Mix
in 2014, revisiting in January will
be a completely different experience, explained Dellinger.
Chinese Summerhall, created
by Bob Rauschenberg in 1984, is
the focal point of the exhibition,
which also features Rauschenberg’s Rauschenberg self-portrait
seven Chinese characters collages
and other photographs the artist took while in China.
Rauschenberg: China/America Mix was inspired by Rauschenberg’s visits to China
in the 1980’s where he completed work on a number of collages and mounted the
Rauschenberg Overseas Culture Interchange (ROCI) exhibition at the National Gallery
in Beijing. His ROCI/China show was open for less than three weeks and attracted
more than 300,000 visitors.
This installation had also marked Rauschenberg’s 16th one-man show at FSW since
the gallery was founded in 1979 and renamed in his honor in 2004.
FineMark National Bank & Trust in Fort Myers, a long-time supporter of FSW by
providing over $100,000 in programs and scholarships, sponsored the show.
For more information about the gallery or upcoming events, visit www.
RauschenbergGallery.com or call 489-9313.
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Kids Store
by Tim Drobnyk
A
s a kid
growing up
in Florida,
Friday was my
favorite day of
the week. Fridays
meant no school
the next day, no
homework and
(more than likely) a
baseball or football
game to be played that night. Maybe
most kids thought of Friday in this manner as it represented freedom and having little responsibilities for a couple of
days.
Scott and Amy Dunavant, owners of Friday’s Child children’s store in
Periwinkle Place, seem to be in-touch
with how many kids may still view Friday.
And they should be, since they have
three kids under the age of 16. Their kids
definitely keep them running between
performing arts, baseball and basketball...
especially on the weekends. In 2011,
the Dunavant’s moved to Sanibel from
Lexington Kentucky, and are staunch
supporters of the University of Kentucky,
their alma mater. In Kentucky, Amy was
a full-time teacher and here on island, she
volunteers at The Sanibel School and is
vice president of the PTA.
Since acquiring the store in 2012,
Amy has added national product lines
Renfroe Concert
January 25
WINE • SPIRITS • LIQUEURS
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CIGARS • GIFT ITEMS
One of the Best Selections
of Domestic and Imported
Wines on the West Coast
Best Liquor Selection
on the Islands
Special Orders
and Case Discounts
Walk-in Humidor
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of Cigars
and
Accessories
Smirnoff Vodka 1.75 ltr.
$22.99
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SALE $14.99
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SALE $22.99
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SALE $13.99
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$9.99
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No need to leave the island... it's all right here!
Bailey's Shopping Center (just right of the hardware store)
Corner of Periwinkle and Tarpon Bay • 472-1682
Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sun. noon - 7 p.m.
Amy Dunavant
such as Guy Harvey, Dylan’s Candy and
Charm It. However, she has close ties to
our island business community as well,
and carries local lines such as Sanimals,
Feel It Reel It and Sanibel Sea Tayls. By
keeping an inventory of in-style activewear, as well as fun games and toys, this
store is definitely keeps in-touch with
today’s kids.
Tim Drobnyk provides concierge
vacation and hospitality services to the
many visitors of Sanibel and Captiva.
He can be reached at [email protected].
there will be a special guest appearance
by John Danner.
Due to so many requests, the second
half of the concert will feature excerpts
from Fiddler on the Roof, which has
become a signature trademark for Dr.
Renfroe, who has toured as Tevye
throughout the United States, Bulgaria
and Israel.
A free will offering will be collected
during the performance.
This concert is sponsored by Temple
Bat Yam, where Dr. Renfroe has served
as music director and cantor since
2001.
Top Ten Books
On The Island
Douglas Renfroe
B
ass baritone Douglas Renfroe will
appear in concert on Sunday,
January 25 at 4 p.m. in the sanctuary of Sanibel Congregational United
Church of Christ. Joining him will be
soprano Lesley Frost, cellist Susie Kelly
and pianist Abigail Allison.
A varied program will be offered and
1. The Husband’s Secret by Liane
Moriarty
2. Heat Islands by Randy Wayne
White
3. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by
Zevin Gabrielle
4. Historic Sanibel and Captiva by
Jeri Magg
5. Gone by Randy Wayne White
6. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel
Brown
7. Bubble Moment by Katie Gardenia
8. Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
9. Chocolat by Joanne Harris
10. The Lion’s Paw by Robb White
Courtesy of Sanibel Island Bookshop.
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
From page 35
Walking Wonder
her to sponsor a foster family it was an
easy yes. That’s how she came to meet the
foster-grandmother who cared for six-yearold Aleah, recently diagnosed with a deadly
cancer.
That was two years ago. Hearing the
ways Aleah and Carol’s constant interactions wove together it was hard to decide
who gave or who got more out of it.
Carol, a pediatric nurse, worked for
a long time at Cape Cod hospital. Aleah
gets her medical needs met at Dana Farber
Hospital in Boston. Every three weeks her
foster grand, her sponsor and Allen travel
down for scheduled treatment. Often lasting 12 hours, it involves numerous blood
tests, intermittent hours of waiting and
then chemotherapy.
Last May, Carol learned some area
nurses planned to participate in the 2014
Marathon Walk, the 25th anniversary of
the Jimmy Fund. (This fund was established to help raise money for young
cancer victims.) Such a walk would necessitate training. In June, her daughter, also
a nurse, told her, “I’m going to do it. Are
you going to do it with me?” Her immediate answer was “yes”.
They began training June 30 with
their own team composed of Carol, her
youngest stepson, her daughter, her middle
sister and two friends. For six months they
trained five days each week, resting and
regrouping on weekends. It’s a rigorous
schedule. Initially it starts with two days of
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walking a set distance of two miles a day,
with the other three days spent biking.
Saturdays they prepare for the incremental
bump-up in both time and distance. It’s
arduous. By the final week they reach their
longest walk, 20 miles.
Asked her reaction to the schedule she
laughed. “For me it was like pulling a knot
through a tight hole.” But the fact remains,
she made it to the finish line. Her team
raised $6,000 in Aleah’s name to give to
the Jimmy Fund.
She claims training made it possible;
without it she could never have walked
26.2 miles. This woman, decades older
than the other team members, is simply
steadfast.
S H O U L D N ’ T E V E R Y DAY B E T H I S G O O D ?
David Orr
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CESE Education
Lecture
T
he Center for Environmental and
Sustainability Education (CESE)
is preparing for the 2015 Rachel
Carson Distinguished Lecture, which will
take place on Sanibel on January 30, at
7 p.m. at Saint Michael and All Angels
Church. The lecture will feature environmental educators and authors David W.
Orr and Peter Blaze Corcoran.
Orr and Corcoran will reflect on their
own areas of expertise while reconceiving
education to properly address the needs
of our changing world. Orr is counselor
to the president at Oberlin College and
a fellow at the Cleveland Foundation.
He is founder and chair of the board of
the Oberlin Project and was formerly
Oberlin’s Paul Sears distinguished professor of environmental studies and politics.
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WHETHER YOU LOOK
WEST OR LOOK DOWN,
OUR VIEWS ARE
EQUALLY SPECTACULAR.
Just up the road awaits a true, must-do destination: the Captiva House,
where America’s most romantic sunset meets Captiva’s top-rated dining
in a charming, historic, Gulf-front location complete with live piano.
Come, feast your eyes and your appetite.
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From page 37
Safe Boating
Registration will close on January 30 for
the February 7 class.
The class will be offered again on
March 28 for those who are unable to
attend the February 7 class. On all dates,
the class will be held at the Sanibel Public
Library beginning at 9 a.m. and concluding by 5 p.m.
The United States Sail & Power
Squadron is the nation’s largest non-profit
boating organization with approximately
40,000 members. The organization promotes boating safety, education, public
service and fraternal boating opportunities. Their educational offerings include
many classes and seminars covering all
aspects of boating from basic safe boating
to celestial navigation. The local SanibelCaptiva Power Squadron has approximately 300 members and offers many
social opportunities, a monthly dinner
meeting and a complete offering of USPS
educational opportunities.
To learn more about the SanibelCaptiva Power Squadron, visit www.usps.
org/localusps/sancap or contact Steve
Abbott at 246-2392.
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BIG ARTS Lifelong Learning
Upcoming
Programs
submitted by George Barbee
W
e all have concerns about the
state of education systems in
our country. But what can you
do about it? Building on its popular
FORUM Lecture Series, BIG ARTS
is offering a new way for you to learn
about and engage in the future of
education. “A Week On Education,”
January 26 through February 2, not
only spotlights the issues in our education systems, but also offers opportunities for you to actively participate in
the discussion-and potential solutions.
Grandparents, parents, and the community can listen, learn, contribute and
have their individual questions and views
heard on this critical topic.
The popular Current Events
Discussion Group, which meets every
Monday at BIG ARTS, starts it off with
discussions to get the wheels turning on
Monday, January 26.
On Wednesday, January 28, the
FORUM Lecture Series will feature
Kevin Carey, director of the Education
Policy Program at the New America
Foundation and an expert on pre-K-12
and higher education issues; Carey will
address “creating the future of learning”
in his lecture.
The FORUM event itself is already
sold out, but BIG ARTS is offering a
first-ever live streaming of a FORUM
lecture at The Community House for
non-FORUM-subscribers to be able to
Kevin Carey has been praised as “one of
the sharpest higher-ed experts out there”
by The New York Times
FGCU provost Dr. Ron Toll will be part of
the panel and workshop for “A Week On
Education.”
George Barbee
participate in all the week’s events.
On Thursday, January 29, a national
panel of education professionals – from
Lee County to Connecticut to Watts,
Los Angeles – will lead a discussion on
“Challenges and Possibilities” that will
include active participation with the
audience. Panelists include Dr. Ron Toll,
Provost and Vice President of Academic
Affairs, Florida Gulf Coast University;
Paige Cooper, middle school teacher in
Lee County Public Schools who previously taught high school in Watts, a
socio-economically challenged neighborhood of Los Angeles; Gary Chesley,
K-12 teacher and superintendent of
Bethel (Connecticut) Public Schools; and
Dick Calkins, high school and college
teacher in the Chicago area for nearly
40 years.
The week wraps up again at Current
Events on Monday, February 2, to
review and share what participants have
learned.
Current Events will be held on
Mondays from 10 a.m. to noon at BIG
ARTS, 900 Dunlop Road on Sanibel.
Admission is $3 at the door.
FORUM Live Streaming will be held
on Wednesday, January 28 at 7:30
p.m. at The Community House. Cost is
$35 for general admission, reservations
recommended.
The Education Workshop and Panel
will be held on Thursday, January 29 at
8:30 a.m. at Schein Performance Hall,
900 Dunlop Road on Sanibel. Cost is
$15 for general admission, reservations
recommended. To sign up or for more
information, call 395-0900 or email
[email protected].
George Barbee is a Batten Fellow
and faculty member at the University
of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School
of Business, as well as an author
and teacher with a noted business
career across 40 countries. A seasonal
Sanibel resident, he volunteers as the
chair of BIG ARTS’ Lifelong Learning
Programs committee.
Christopher Buckley
Markus Zusak
Jeb Bush To Host
Celebration Of Reading
F
or the 15th consecutive year, former Governor Jeb Bush brings the
Florida Celebration of Reading event
to Southwest Florida to raise funds for
the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family
Literacy, which helps children and parents learn to read together through innovative family literacy and teen mentoring
programs.
This year’s Florida Celebration of
Reading event and dinner begins at 6
p.m. on Friday, February 13, at the Hyatt
Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa in
Bonita Springs.
Bush and his wife, Columba, will host
the annual event, which features guest
appearances from New York Times bestselling authors who read from their works
during the event and sign books after the
celebration dinner. Authors confirmed todate include:
• Robin Cook, M.D., widely credited
Robin Cook
with introducing the medical thriller genre
to popular literature. His breakthrough novel, Coma, has been followed by a succession of 28 New York Times bestsellers, including Outbreak, Cure and Cell.
• Christopher Buckley, political satirist and author of numerous bestsellers including
They Eat Puppies, Don’t They?, Thank You For Smoking and Losing Mum and
Pup: A Memoir. The son of William F. Buckley Jr. and Patricia Buckley, Christopher
served as a speechwriter for then-Vice President George H.W. Bush.
• Markus Zusak, the Sydney, Australia-based author of five books including the
international bestseller The Book Thief, which spent 375 weeks on the New York
Times best-seller list and remains there eight years after publication. The blockbuster
movie debuted in late 2013.
Funds raised from the annual Celebration of Reading help support family literacy
programs of the Barbara Bush Foundation, including Teen Trendsetters, an anchor
program of the organization that pairs seventh through 12th graders for weekly tutoring with first through third graders who are struggling with reading. Last year, funds
raised from Celebration of Reading helped provide academic mentoring through Teen
Trendsetters to more than 3,000 first, second and third graders and expanded family
literacy services to programs across Florida and the country.
Major 2015 Florida Celebration of Reading partners include AT&T, Barbara Bush
Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center, Bridges of America, Comcast, Florida
Trend, Prudential, Publix Supermarkets Charities, State Farm, SunTrust Foundation,
The Mosaic Company and Walt Disney World.
Individual tickets to the Celebration of Reading are $250 per person, with sponsorships available that include exclusive events such as a private luncheon with the Bush
family and guest authors, a VIP reception, and preferred seating at the reading event.
For tickets or sponsorship information for the 2015 Celebration of Reading, contact Tina Matte, event coordinator, at 277-6295 or visit www.BarbaraBush.org.
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
Sanibel Public Library Displays
Art By Joan Mikelsons In January
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mediums to create texture, including watercolor and acrylic.
Located at 770 Dunlop Road, the Library is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays
and Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
The Sanibel Public Library is also currently displaying a beer tap handle collection on
loan from Rick Goodrich.
From page 27
Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture
Bailey’s Homestead, acrylic by Joan Mikelsons
S
anibel artist Joan Marsh Mikelsons is the featured artist at Sanibel Public
Library for the month of January. Mikelsons is displaying her paintings of
animals, tropical flora and fauna and impressionistic landscapes created in a
variety of media.
Originally from New Jersey, Mikelsons and her husband John moved to Sanibel in
1985. She worked as a commercial artist for 12 years, and was one of three designers who created all the art work for the yellow pages for the state of New Jersey. A
member of the Sanibel-Captiva Art League, Mikelsons has exhibited in several shows
curated by the league. She volunteers at BIG ARTS, where her work has been selected
many times to be on display in BIG ARTS Phillips Gallery.
Rather than working in one kind of paint, she said she prefers to use a variety of
and Central Africa to earn a doctorate, the first woman to serve as a professor in
Kenya, and was the first African woman awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. In 1977, she
founded the Green Belt Movement, which has since planted over 47 million trees in
her native Kenya and across the world.
Karura Forest, the largest of three urban forests in Nairobi, is located just a few kilometers from the central commercial district. Due to pressures for more development,
the late 1980s and early 1990s saw large parcels of forest land allotted to private
developers. However, significant portions of the forest were preserved by the heroic
efforts of conservationists like Maathai, who was instrumental in the preservation of
the forest. She helped organize acts of peaceful protest, which included women from
the community and students from the University of Nairobi. Karura Forest has become
a symbol of controversial land grabbing in
Kenya and serves as an example of the
success of grassroots organizing.
The 2015 Rachel Carson distinguished
Lecture is free and open to the public. To
request an invitation or for more information, visit www.fgcu.edu/cese, email [email protected] or call 590-7025.
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What’s On Tap At Your Library?
of Liberty memorabilia. If you have a collection to share, contact the Sanibel Library.
The library is also currently displaying artworks created by Joan Mikelsons.
Located at 770 Dunlop Road, the library is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays
and Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Sanibel Public Library cards are available to all residents of Sanibel and Lee County,
Florida at no charge. Visitor library cards are available for a $10 annual fee. For more
information call 472-2483 or visit online at www.sanlib.org.
Book Review
Common Cents
Estate Planning
by Di Saggau
C
Beer tap handles from Rick Goodrich’s collection
B
ack by popular demand, a selection of more than 65 beer tap handles is on
display this month at the Sanibel Public Library.
Included are tappers for large distributors such as Budweiser, Miller and
Busch, as well as craft brews from Terrapin, Boddington, 21st Amendment Brewery,
Big Eddy, Staropramen and Fat Tire. The handles are part of a collection owned by
Rick Goodrich of Sanibel.
Goodrich was introduced to brewmania about five years ago by a friend and has
since amassed a collected more than 250 beer tap handles. His library display includes
tappers shaped as a canoe, firecracker, lighthouse, shark and even a dog bone.
“Others collect beer-related, trays, or coasters. I like to search for tappers at garage
sales and flea markets,” says Goodrich. His collection of pilsner and pint glasses is also
on display at the library through the end of January.
The library offers display cases to showcase unique and interesting collections. Past
collections include antique sailor’s Valentines, Calusa replica masks, trains and Statue
Book Signing
For New Author
L
inda Abbott never dreamed of writing a novel. But that all changed
one year when she arrived on
Sanibel for her first-ever vacation alone.
Though she’d worked in journalism
and public relations, the idea of writing fiction was daunting. But it was on
Sanibel that she found the muse and
wrote the opening chapter of her debut
novel.
Abbott will be signing books from 11
a.m. until 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January
20 at the Sanibel Island Bookshop,
1571 Periwinkle Way.
Linda’s love for Sanibel shines
throughout Ten Days In Paradise, a
compelling and heartfelt novel that
explores the inner landscapes of marriage and family relationships. The story
unfolds as the Blakemore family arrives
on Sanibel to celebrate their parents’
50th wedding anniversary. Tensions are
running high. Judy is worried about her
husband’s strange behavior and inexplicable memory lapses. Her daughters
Julia and Maggie haven’t spoken for
months. Judy’s son David is ambushed
by a powerful attraction to another
woman, and is forced to confront the
fault lines in his own marriage that lead
to a stunning revelation.
Abbott lives with her husband in
Middleton, Wisconsin. She is the founder of Never Forget Legacies & Tributes,
which helps families capture and pre-
raig R. Hersch, financial columnist
with the Island Sun, has written
a book called Common Cents
Estate Planning containing all the
practical advice you need to think about
when you talk to your attorney, CPA
and financial advisor. He covers everything, including will and trust basics,
beneficiary issues, estate planning for
blended families, Florida specific planning issues, tax planning and gifting...
and the list goes on and on.
Hersch is a Florida Bar Board
Certified Wills, Trusts & Estates attorney
and a CPA. From reading his weekly
column Will Power, you are no doubt
familiar with his expertise in these matters. The book is a compilation of some
of the best columns he has written in
the past few years, written in layman’s
terms.
I will give you some short samplings
of how this book can help you plan
ahead. Regarding wills and trusts, it’s
important to know that each state has
different laws so it’s wise to update your
estate plan any time you move from one
state to another. You shouldn’t name
your oldest child as your Durable Power
of Attorney just because they are the
oldest. You should look for the most
trustworthy and responsible person to
fill the role. If that is your oldest child,
then so be it.
In the chapter about Florida specific
planning issues you’ll learn about the
Snowbird tax homestead peculiarities.
By making your Florida residence your
legal homestead, you not only decrease
your tax bill, you may also enjoy a
property tax break. You’ll find advice on
what to do if you rent out your Florida
homestead. Be sure to check out an
interesting section titled “The Most
Expensive Fishing License Ever.”
Under Tax Planning, among other
bits of knowledge, you’ll learn how
to eliminate capital gains and how to
maximize the inheritance. There’s also
a chapter dealing with Obamacare
Medicare surtax affects on estates and
trusts and what the new Health Care
Reform Law means to your estate.
There are many things one needs to
know in the area of probate and trusts,
and Hersch covers that, too. In this
area, he advises you on what to bring
to your attorney when a loved one dies,
and how to protect a revocable trust
from probate.
Common Cents Estate Planning
provides you clarity and confidence to
ask all of the right questions that pertain
to your situation. Hersch cites many
individual cases he has handled which
makes for informational as well as entertaining reading. Be sure to pick up your
copy at a local book store or online.
Visit www.sbshlaw.com/books or call
334-1141.”
Linda Abbott
serve memories in heirloom-quality
legacy books.
The author vacations on Sanibel
every year, and wants to get here more
often.
“Sanibel is my favorite place in the
world,” said Abbott. “Whether I’m
walking on the beach or riding my bike
through the lush greenery, Sanibel never
fails to renew my spirits and belief in all
that is possible. And this novel is proof
of that.”
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visit www.TenDaysInParadise.com.
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Academy Award Contenders Series
Upcoming Sanibel Library Programs
American Sniper
T
by Stan Gembicki
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n
Wednesday,
January 21,
at noon, the Island
Cinema will show
the third movie
in this year’s BIG
ARTS Academy
Awards Contenders
Film Series. After
the movie, a discussion will take place at the cinema.
American Sniper is a biographical
war drama directed by Clint Eastwood
and starring Bradley Cooper as Chris
Kyle, the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history.
But there was much more to this true
American hero than his skill with a rifle.
U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle is sent
to Iraq with only one mission: to protect
his brothers-in-arms. His pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield
and, as stories of his courageous exploits
spread, he earns the nickname “Legend.”
However, his reputation is also growing
behind enemy lines, putting a price on his
head and making him a prime target of
insurgents.
Despite the danger, as well as the
toll on his family at home, Kyle serves
through four harrowing tours of duty in
Iraq, becoming emblematic of the SEAL
creed to “leave no man behind.” But
upon returning home, Kyle finds that it is
the war he can’t leave behind.
American Sniper was selected as one
of the 10 best 2014 films by both the
American Film Institute and The National
Board of Review.
The film is 2 hours and 12 minutes in
length and show time will be at noon.
Tickets are available at the Island Cinema.
Other movies in the series will be
announced prior to the weekly showing.
he Sanibel Public Library will be
hosting engineer-turned-author
David V. Gaggin at 2 p.m. on
Friday, January 16. Gaggin will lecture on
his search for the answers to the fundamental questions surrounding humanity,
the meaning of life, and the mysteries of
existence.
At 2 p.m. on Monday, January 19,
David Truby returns to the library with
another funny program, Military Humor.
Most Veterans Day services and traditions
are solemn, sincere, passionate, sometimes
sad, but always serious, because war is
deadly serious. But ask any veteran if there
is ever any time to smile, chuckle, laugh…
or even guffaw, and they will say… the
answer is yes! Truby’s talk will celebrate
veterans, their families, and maybe some
enemies, both foreign and domestic… with
some military humor.
Truby has been a college professor,
advertising agency executive, public relaDavid Truby in the 1940s
tions director, war correspondent, radio
news reporter, business and political consultant, author of many published books,
magazine editor, investigative journalist, photographer, plus – a long time ago, in 1960
– he enlisted in the U.S. Army. He has described his Army experience as “exciting,
educational, digestive system-scary, unbelievable, paranoid, crude, rude and sometimes
downright hilarious.”
There will be a book signing with W.C. Highfield, author of Sanibel’s Secret Bank,
at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 29. Albert Axell will speak at the library at 2 p.m. on
Thursday, January 29 about his research on Russian women who have contributed to
war efforts in the past six decades.
A complete list of programs are listed on the library’s website. Residents as well as
non-residents are invited, and there is no additional cost to participate.
The Sanibel Public Library is located at 770 Dunlop Road on Sanibel. For more
information, call 472-2483 or visit www.sanlib.org.
SANIBEL 8-BALL POOL LEAGUE 2014-2015
Standings through January 12, 2015
Standing
Team Name
Won
Lost
First
Bunt’s Ball Busters
153
71
Second
Sandycappers
122
102
Third
Sanibel Café
120
104
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Fresh Legion Crew
117
107
Fifth
Island Lifers
82
142
Sixth
Legion Motley Crew
78
146
Live Entertainment
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January 12 Results
Sanibel Café
12
Island Lifers
4
Sandycappers
11
Legion Motley Crew
5
Bunt’s Ball Busters
10
Fresh Legion Crew
6
Sanibel 8-Ball Pool League
Cafe Serves
Crew A Pounding
S
andycappers took over second
place in the league standings on
the strength of its 11-5 pounding
of Legion Motley Crew. Sandycapper
Captain Kevin Pottorf led the way with
four wins over Nick Marvis. His teammate, John Riegert, grabbed three
games from Motley Crew Captain Tom
Yorgey.
Sanibel Café Captain Rich McCurry
had a 4-0 night against Island Lifer
Gary Murza as the Café guys trounced
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the Lifers 12-4 to move back into third
place. This sets up a huge match for
next Monday when Sanibel Café meets
Sandycappers in a battle for second
place. This match is set to start at 5
p.m. at American Legion Post 123.
Spectators are welcome.
Rich Ennis and Terry Ricotta posted
4-0 wins over Gator Gates and Becky
Skog to lead Bunt’s Ball Busters to a
10-6 win over Fresh Legion Crew. The
Fresh kids dropped all the way to fourth
from a tie for second. Jimbo Gaubatz
and Doc Lubinski posted three wins each
over Dave Doane and Noah Smith for
the only bright lights for the Fresh Legion
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Author Series Ticket Requests
For Steve Berry Start January 19
T
he Sanibel Public Library, in continued partnership with the Sanibel
Public Library Foundation, Inc., is
celebrating seven years of bringing high
caliber, best-selling authors to the library.
Historical thriller writer Steve Berry will
speak at the library on Thursday, February
19. Ticket requests will begin at 9 a.m. on
January 19 via sanlib.org.
Berry is the is the New York Times
bestselling author of The Columbus
Affair, The Emperor’s Tomb, The Paris
Vendetta, The Charlemagne Pursuit, The
Venetian Betrayal, The Alexandria Link,
The Templar Legacy, The Third Secret
and The Romanov Prophecy. His books
have been translated into 40 languages in
51 countries. He and his wife, Elizabeth,
created History Matters, a foundation
dedicated to historic preservation. In 2012
their work was recognized by the American
Library Association, which named him the
first spokesman for National Preservation
Steve Berry
Week. He was appointed to serve on the
photo by Kelly Campbell
Smithsonian Libraries Advisory Board, has
received the Royden B. Davis Distinguished Author Award, and was named the 2005
Georgia Author of the Year.
Author Series tickets must be requested online at www.sanlib.org. If you are unable
to access the online form or if you would like assistance using the form, library staff
will help.
Sanibel Library cards are available to Sanibel and Lee County residents at no
charge. Visitor cards may be obtained for a $10 annual fee. Ticket requests will be
begin one month in advance to current Sanibel Public Library cardholders (a maximum
of two tickets per person).
The speaker on Thursday March 12, will be author Sue Monk Kidd. Ticket requests
will open online on February 12 on the library’s homepage at 9 a.m. Kidd’s first novel,
The Secret Life of Bees, became a literary phenomenon, spent more than two years
on the New York Times bestseller list, and has been translated into 36 languages. In
2008 it was adapted into a movie and won the People’s Choice award for best movie
and the NAACP Image award for best picture. Her 2014 The Invention of Wings
debuted on the Times bestseller list at No.1, was chosen for Oprah’s Book Club 2.0,
and plans are under way to turn the book into a film.
Major funding for the Author Series is provided by the Sanibel Public Library
Foundation, Inc. and its generous donors. For more information about the foundation
or to make a donation, call 472-2483 or visit www.sanlib.org.
Monday Night Movie
Gloria
by Di Saggau
T
he BIG ARTS
movie for
Monday,
January 19 is
Gloria, a ChileanSpanish film about
a middle-aged
divorcee seeking
companionship.
Gloria is not a
victim to be pitied,
she’s a fighter who re-examines the
choices she makes – especially with
men – and is eventually transformed
into the person she was always meant
to be.
Gloria is brought to glorious life by
actress Paulina Garcia. She’s a formerly
married office worker in Santiago who
laughs easily, wails along to the sappy
love songs on her car radio and craves
new adventures. Her problem is that
most people, including her son and
daughter, are too busy to notice that
there is a vibrant human being standing
before them who aches for intimate contact and a chance to shower someone
with affection.
In the opening scene, she is hanging
out alone at a gathering for middle-aged
singles looking to connect. Spying a
man she vaguely knows, she engages
in awkward small talk, eventually flirting
and dancing a little too enthusiastically
with him. She goes home alone, where
the only warm body that wants to share
her bed is a hairless cat belonging to her
upstairs neighbor.
Gloria returns to the club and this
time, she spies a slightly older, rumpled
gent gazing intently at her. He’s Rodolfo
(Sergio Hernandez), a recently divorced
former naval officer. He finds her fascinating and they quickly connect romantically. Rodolfo’s all-too-frequently ringing
cell phone reveals he might be single but
his needy daughters and ex-wife still rely
on him. This isn’t what Gloria needs or
desires at the moment. She wants fantasy, passion and excitement.
David Rooney of The Hollywood
Reporter writes, “It’s hard to imagine
anyone with a heart and a brain not
responding to the quiet delights and
stunning intimacy of Chilean director
Sebastian Lelio’s account of the personal
evolution of a 58-year-old divorcee,
played with scrupulous honesty and intelligence by the wonderful Paulina Garcia.”
One of the delights of Gloria is that
its richly detailed realism is fuel for
thought: about Chile, about men and
women, about how the cycles of family life have and have not changed as a
result of sexual liberation and consumer
capitalism. The film received excellent
reviews when it premiered at the 2013
Berlin International Film Festival. It holds
a 100 percent of positive reviews from
Top Critics. The film runs 105 minutes.
Next up on January 26 is Bicycling
With Moliere, a skillfully played, modernday take on a French classic. I’ll have
more on that in next week’s Island Sun.
Admission to BIG ARTS Monday
Night Film Series is $8 and all screenings
begin at 7 p.m. in Schein Performance
Hall. Each film is followed by a complimentary reception and discussion in
Phillips Gallery. Series Sponsors: Bank
of the Islands, Stan and Visnja Gembicki,
John R. Wood Properties, Penny
Wilkinson. Series Supporters: Sanibel
Taxi, Jerry’s Foods of Sanibel.
BIG ARTS is located at 900 Dunlop
Road. Tickets are available at the door or
by calling 395-0900.
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Poet’s Corner
We invite
submissions
from local poets.
Anyone interested may submit
their work via
email to tutsie@
comcast.net.
Each week, individual work will
be showcased.
selected by Tanya Hochschild
From page 41
Lecture
Corcoran is a professor of environmental studies and environmental education
at Florida Gulf Coast University, where he serves as director of the Center for
Environmental and Sustainability Education. Corcoran was awarded a Fulbright
Fellowship for the 2013-2014 academic year at University of Nairobi in Kenya. He
is currently working at the University of Nairobi’s Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace
and Environmental Studies developing environmental education curriculum.
The center’s work is made possible through the support of local stakeholders in all
amounts and welcomes all contributions. Contributions help support student grants,
scholarly publications in environmental education, student employment, environmental
education research, and signature educational events.
The 2015 Rachel Carson Distinguished Lecture is free and open to the public. To
request an invitation or for more information, visit www.fgcu.edu/cese/, email [email protected] or call 590-7166.
Manners
Peter Blaze Corcoran
by Elizabeth Bishop
For a child of 1918
My grandfather said to me
as we sat on the wagon seat,
“Be sure to remember to always
speak, to everyone you meet.”
We met a stranger on foot.
My grandfather’s whip tapped his hat.
“Good day, sir. Good day. A fine day.”
And I said it and bowed where I sat.
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Then we overtook a boy we knew
with his big pet crow on his shoulder.
“Always offer everyone a ride;
don’t forget that when you get older,”
my grandfather said. So Willy
climbed up with us, but the crow
gave a “Caw!” and flew off I was worried.
How would he know where to go?
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But he flew a little way at a time
from fence post to fence post, ahead;
and when Willy whistled he answered.
“A fine bird,” my grandfather said,
“and he’s well brought up. See, he
answers
nicely when he’s spoken to.
Man or beast, that’s good manners.
Be sure that you both always do.”
When automobiles went by,
the dust hid the people faces,
but we shouted ”Good day! Good day!
Fine day!” at the top of our voices.
When we came to Hustler Hill,
he said that the mare was tired,
so we all got down and walked,
as our good manners required.
Manners by Elizabeth Bishop from
The Complete Poems 1927-1979.
© Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983.
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JANUARY 16, 2015
Exotic Vehicles Add Excitement
To Car Show At Sanibel Fun Fest
2015 Porsche 918 Spyder
2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
A
centerpiece of Sanibel Fun Fest 2015, coming to The Community House
on Sunday, January 25, will be its car show which has been called Cars Of
The Island Stars. In its second year, the car show brings an impressive array
of vehicles and a new showcase for displaying them – the expansive lawn area of
Sanibel Community Park next to The Community House.
Organizers of this year’s car show are Jim McHale, Mike Stone and Scott
Congress, car enthusiasts who are members of the recently formed San Cap Motor
Club.
“These islands are home to some pretty special vehicles, and the Fun Fest show
will be a rare opportunity for the public to see them on display,” said McHale. “Like
Amelia Island and Boca Raton, Sanibel is a great setting to display these automotive
works of art, and we look forward to putting the spotlight on them.”
Holiday Hours, Refuse Collection
T
he City of Sanibel administrative offices will be closed in observance of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday on Monday, January 19 and will resume
regular operating hours on Tuesday, January 20.
All garbage, recycling and vegetation waste collection by Advanced Disposal for
the week of Monday, January 19 will operate as scheduled.
The Sanibel Recreation Center will operate regular hours on Monday, January
19 from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. All regular classes will be held. The rec center will also
operate the Fun Days program. The rec center’s After School Program will resume
on Tuesday, January 20. If you have any questions, call 472-0345.
The City of Sanibel Center 4 Life/Civic Center will be closed on Monday, January
19 and will resume regular operating hours on Tuesday, January 20.Call 472-5743
for more information.
Entries in this year’s car show include a wide range of crowd-pleasers. There will be
classics from the earliest days of automobile production, sleek sedans and coupes from
the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s, and rock-and-roll era muscle cars from the ‘60s and ‘70s.
Additional excitement will be provided by an impressive selection of modern-era exotic
cars from makers like Aston-Martin, Corvette, Ferrari and Porsche.
The Fun Fest car show will be rare opportunity to see two brand new models that
are seldom spotted on the road. Representing the United States will be the new 2015
Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, a front engine, rear-wheel drive monster sedan featuring
a 707 horsepower super-charged V-8 engine. And representing Europe will be the
extremely rare 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder, a high-tech, mid-engine, four-wheel drive
hybrid, generating 887 horsepower from the combination of a gas-powered V-8 plus
two electric motors. The Porsche has a starting price of $847,975, a 0 to 60 time
of 2.6 seconds, and a top speed of 211 miles per hour according to Car & Driver
Magazine.
Anyone with a special car who would like to enter it in the show should call The
Community House office at 472-2155 to register.
In addition to the car show, Fun Fest will feature a sand sculpture contest open to
teams from community businesses and neighborhood groups, musical entertainment
by the Bugtussle Ramblers Bluegrass Band, and a kids carnival to keep the younger set
entertained. Kids activities will include carnival games, an inflatable slide and obstacle
course, magic acts, face painting, plus animal exhibits and demonstrations by CROW,
the Lone Wolf Sanctuary and John Storm’s World of Reptiles.
Fun Fest will be held from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, and free
for children 12 and under (when accompanied by an adult).
City Offering 40th Anniversary Shirts
L
imited edition City of Sanibel 40th
Anniversary T-shirts are currently
available at the Sanibel Recreation
Center while supplies last. These commemorative shirts are now also available
in long sleeves. Shirts are adult sizes and
are $15 for short sleeves and $20 for
long sleeves. Credit card phone orders
and shipping are available. All proceeds
support City of Sanibel youth recreation
programming.
The Sanibel Recreation Center is
located at 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road. For
more information, call 472-0345 or visit
Sanibel’s 40th Anniversary T-shirt
www.mysanibel.com.
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
Rotary
Happenings
submitted by Shirley Jewell
W
hen I was
back in high
school up
in the Northeast, I
had a teacher who
believed no matter how cold it was
outside in the winter,
for the first five minutes of our English
period all of our classroom widows
should be wide open. This was done
to wake up the brain cells and get
blood flowing throughout the body.
Now we were ready for the day ahead.
Bill Rahe and Margaret Mohundro
She told us, “Each day will present
something new, something to stimulate learning, and something that will
enrich our lives forever. Learn all you
can and read as much as you can.”
On Sanibel we have many opportunities to be lifelong learners… but the
most impressive and most accessible
collection of materials for doing this is
available, to all, free of charge, at the
Sanibel Library.
Our Rotary guest speaker recently
was Margaret Mohundro, library
director. Sanibel Public Library has
been named a 5-Star Library in the
Library Journal annual America’s Star
Libraries. It is the only Florida library to
be named a Star Library.
It really is incredible but the Sanibel
Library is rated among the top-rated
attractions on Sanibel and has a fivestar rating on Trip-Advisor. But who
wouldn’t be impressed with this library?
It has it all. This really is not a hidden
gem; Sanibel residents love this library,
snowbird residents love it, and visitors
welcome the opportunity to use it as
their own while visiting the island. The
library has an abundance of reading
material, multi-media entertainment
and educational material, Internet/
computer access and technical support,
a well-used children’s library section, a
long established book club and meeting
space for community groups.
The Sanibel Public Library
Foundation, Inc. provides financial support for enhanced services at the library
such as providing funding for the library
Teen Space, where local youngsters can
collaborate on homework assignments
and reading activities; underwriting an
annual summer reading program for
children; and supporting a pilot project
to develop a computer lab and resources for genealogical research. The foundation also presents the annual Library
Author Series with appearances by wellknown prominent writers.
The future holds a great deal for the
library, which is trying to improve the
usage of space and will be calling for
public input on this sometime soon.
Focus will be placed on the needs and
type of meeting space looked for by the
community.
As Mohundro stated, “Knowing the
history of Sanibel is important to our
community.” The library has started
to digitalize it’s collection of notable
documents, pictures and filmed interviews that record the history of Sanibel
and have them available to the public,
all with fairly easy access. This project is temporally being called Sanibel
Memories. If you have any items that
could be included in this project, call the
library.
“Libraries store the energy that
fuels the imagination. They open up
windows to the world and inspire us
to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life.
Libraries change lives for the better.”
– Sidney Sheldon, author.
Sanibel-Captiva Rotary has had an
ongoing relationship with the Sanibel
Library continuing financial support in
many ways and donating a children’s
book in the name of our club’s guest
speaker each week. This year will be no
exception. Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club
President Bill Rahe presented a $500
check to Mohundro for the library’s programming for children.
The Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club
meets at 7 a.m. every Friday at The
Dunes Golf and Tennis Club, 949 Sand
Castle Road. If you have any questions
regarding Rotary, e-mail President Scot
Congress at [email protected].
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
Heart Walk Returns To Sanibel
T
he American Heart Association (AHA) will present the second annual SanibelCaptiva Heart Walk on Sunday, February 15. This family event is organized
by islanders who have been affected by heart and stroke issues and focuses on
heart health awareness and raising funds for AHA’s life saving research, education
and advocacy.
The walk will start at the corner of Tarpon Bay and Island Inn roads at 2 p. with
snacks, health information, warm-up exercises, door prizes and time to socialize begin-
USPS Honors
Janis Joplin On
Forever Stamp
Janis Joplin Forever Stamp
T
he U.S. Postal Service has added
legendary singer Janis Joplin to its
Music Icons Forever Stamp. The
Janis Joplin Forever Stamp is the fifth in
the Postal Service’s Music Icons series.
Through the power of stamps, Joplin
joins a list of celebrated artists so honored: Lydia Mendoza, Johnny Cash, Ray
Charles and Jimi Hendrix.
The original black and white photograph is rendered in shades of blue, with
Joplin’s trademark round sunglasses tinted
a dark shade of pink. The words “Janis
Joplin,” along with the “Forever” denomination and “USA” appear in psychedelicstyle script reminiscent of the 1960s, in
shades of gold, orange and pink. Small
blue stars pop out from the stamp’s dark
blue background.
The stamp pane evokes the appearance of a vintage 45 rpm record sleeve.
One side of the pane includes the stamps
and the image of a sliver of a record visible at the top. A photograph taken by
noted photographer, creative director
and designer Bruce Steinberg of Queens,
New York in May 1968 at the First
International San Jose Pop Festival, and
the logo for the Music Icons series appear
on the reverse side, along with the words
“Janis Joplin Blues, Rock, Country, Soul,
Folk.”
Customers may purchase the Janis
Joplin stamps as a pane of 16 at usps.
com/stamps, the Postal Store, at 800STAMP24 (800-782-6724) and at Post
Offices nationwide. This stamp and a variety of other stamps and related collectibles
are available at www.ebay.com/stamps.
Our email address is
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ning at 1 p.m. Although nominally a 5K, walk, it is open to participants of all ages and
physical capabilities to walk whatever distance is comfortable for them. Pets are also
invited to join the human walkers.
During the event, music will be provided by Dan Comfrey, courtesy of Amy Morgan
and Thank You For The Dance. Refreshments and door prizes will be supplied by local
sponsoring merchants.
A voluntary contribution of $50 is suggested.
For additional information, contact Kelly Goodwien at 495-4901, kelly.goodwien@
heart.org, or Sandy Teger at 395-0233, [email protected] .
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
Island Seniors At
The Center 4 Life
M
eet your friends and make some
new ones at the Center 4 Life.
Browse through the following
activities, then stop by to sign up.
Arts & Crafts Fair – Saturday,
February 7, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There
will be more than 40 vendors selling
a variety of handcrafted items, including paintings, photography, glasswork,
new books by local authors, fabric art,
shell designs, tropical plants, wreaths
and canned goods. All are welcome to
stop by and support the local artists.
Refreshments will be for sale.
Page Turners with Ann Rodman
– If you would like to be on the Page
Turners list, email [email protected]
or contact the Center 4 Life.
The book to be discussed on
Wednesday, February 11 at 2:30 p.m.
is The Goldfinch by Donna Tart. The
discussion will be facilitated by Carol
Awender.
iPad & iPhone Classes Now
Available – Tuesdays and Thursdays with
instructor Ronda Seifer Walis on the following dates:
iPad – Beginners: February 17 and 19
iPhone – Basics: January 20 and 22
iPad – Intermediate: January 27 and
29
Understanding iPhoto: February 10
and 12
A session includes a Tuesday and
Thursday from 9 to 11 a.m. on the dates
indicated.
Cost is $60 per session for members
and $90 per session for non-members.
Class size limited to four. You must provide your own device.
AARP Safe Driving Classes –
Thursdays, January 22 and 29 from 1 to
4 p.m. Cost is $20 with a $5 discount
for AARP members. You will be eligible
for a discount on your auto insurance but
you must attend both classes. Register by
calling Ed VanderHey at 239-292-4012.
You need not be a member of the Island
Seniors to attend.
Powerful Tools for Caregivers–
Classes are offered on Tuesdays, January
20 to February 24, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Lisa Armstrong with Comfort Keepers
will provide an educational program
designed to help family caregivers take
care of themselves while caring for a relative or friend. You will benefit from this
class whether you are helping a parent,
spouse, friend, someone who lives at
home, in a nursing home or across the
country. Class meets once a week for six
weeks. It is recommend that you attend all
classes but not required. Class size is limited and advance registration is required.
Class #1: Tuesday, January 20 –
Taking Care of You
Class #2: Tuesday, January 27 –
Identifying and Reducing Personal Stress
Class #3: Tuesday, February 3 –
Communicating Feelings in Challenging
Situations
Coping with Life Series – Featuring
guest speakers on various topics at the
Center 4 Life.
Friday, January 16 at 1:30 p.m. –
Tips on Being Better Organized with Rob
Kjoller, CURA Daily Money Manager. Are
the pressures of bills piling up, overdue
payments, confusing insurance issues or
balancing your checking account hindering your happiness? Kjoller will discuss
methods of organization.
Games
Bridge – Monday and Wednesday at 1
p.m. Cost is $2.50 for members and $5
for non-members. Prizes will be awarded.
Mahjongg – Thursday at 1 p.m. Cost
is $2.50 for members and $5 for nonmembers. Prizes are awarded.
Mahjongg Refresher Class –
Friday, January 23 from 9:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. If it’s been awhile since you
have played Mahjongg and you would
like to brush up on your skills, this class is
for you. All supplies are provided. Cost is
$5 for members, $10 for non-members.
Register at the center.
Tuesday Kayaking – January 20,
22, 27 and 29 (weather permitting) at
8:30 a.m. There is space for 16 people
on eight two-person kayaks and unlimited
space for those who own their own kayaks. Island Seniors will provide kayaks,
paddles and life jackets. Bring water, a
small snack, sun lotion, bug spray, sunglasses, towel, hat and change of clothing. Cost is $5 for members and $10 for
non-members. Advance registration is
required.
Fitness Classes
Classes are available and all ages are
welcome. Cost is $3.75 for members and
$6.75 for non-members. Annual membership is $20. Sanibel Recreation Center
members must show their membership
card to attend.
Happy Hour Fitness – Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m. This
class keeps your brain fit and your heart,
lungs and muscles strong with a combination of aerobics and muscle conditioning
exercises and balance. Hand weights,
stretch cords and your body weight will
be used. Class begins with a joke and
ends with a positive thought for the
day. Athletic footwear required. Silvia
Villanueva is the instructor.
Essential Total Fitness – Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at 9:30 and 11
a.m. Cardio, muscle strengthening and
flexibility training with hand weights,
stretch cords, chairs and stability balls.
Athletic footwear required. Mahnaz Bassiri
is the instructor.
Power Hour Fitness – Tuesday
and Thursday at 8 a.m. Hand weights,
stretch cords, stability balls and mats are
used. Improve core strength and balance.
Athletic footwear required. Mahnaz Bassiri
is the instructor.
Gentle Yoga – Tuesday and Thursday
at 9:30 a.m. Stretch, tone and strengthen
while improving flexibility, proper alignment and circulation. Mats are used to
meet the needs of varying experience
levels. Bring a towel. Kim Kouril is the
instructor.
Chair Yoga – Tuesday and Thursday
at 11 a.m. Similar to Gentle Yoga but all
poses are done in a chair. Kim Kouril is
the instructor.
For more information on programs or
to join Island Seniors, call 472-5743 or
stop by the Center 4 Life, 2401 Library
Way on Sanibel.
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3. Name the first Colts player to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Bank Donates
$1,200 To SCCF
B
ank of the Islands recently made
its latest non-profit donation
through its We Love Our Islands
program. The winner choosing the beneficiary organization was bank customer
Ron Gibson, who was spotted with a
We Love Our Islands decal on his car.
That won him the right to select which
local non-profit group would receive a
charitable contribution from Bank of the
Islands.
Gibson chose the Sanibel-Captiva
Conservation Foundation (SCCF) to
receive the bank’s $1,200 donation. This
gift marks a total of $61,100 Bank of the
Islands has contributed to island organizations to date through the We Love Our
Islands program.
“This is the first donation we have
made since reaching the $60,000 milestone for the We Love Our Islands program,” said Bank of the Islands SanibelCaptiva office manager Willy Ocasio.
“We are really pleased Ron chose to
direct the bank’s gift to SCCF. They do
so much to protect the natural beauty of
our sanctuary islands. What a great way
to show how much we appreciate being
your island bank.”
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
Riverdale Kiwanis Medieval Faire
Two knights competing in performance combat
photos by Joe Camosy
T
he Riverdale Kiwanis will hold the final weekend of their annual Medieval
Faire on Saturday and Sunday, January 17 and 18 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
at Lakes Regional Park in Fort Myers. The event is expected to draw over
15,000 attendees.
The 2015 Riverdale Kiwanis Medieval Faire will feature jousting, live chess matches, live sword fighting, a royal court, children’s games and rides, jugglers, magicians,
minstrels, period food and medieval-themed merchants. Entertainment at the faire
will be provided by professional touring medieval faire professionals. Tickets will be
available on the day of the faire. Adult tickets cost $15 and children’s tickets (5 to 11
years) cost $5. Free onsite parking will be available.
Children and adults enjoy the seahorse
ride at the Medieval Faire
Barely Balanced professional acrobats
perform at a past Riverdale Kiwanis
Medieval Faire
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All profits from the Medieval Faire go to the Kiwanis of Riverdale Foundation
Fund to support local programs including thanksgiving baskets for the needy,
Christmas dinners, Buckingham Exception School, Orange River Elementary,
Sunshine Elementary, school grants and scholarships.
For more information on the Riverdale Kiwanis Medieval Faire, visit www.
Medieval-faire.com. For group ticket information, call Sandy Wheeler at 369-6881.
To find a Kiwanis club in your area, contact 2014-15 Kiwanis Division 19 Lt.
Governor Donna Williamson at [email protected] or 634-3542.
Miracle To Host Auditions For
National Anthem Performers
T
he Fort Myers Miracle are looking for the best musical talent in Southwest
Florida. The Miracle are hosting national anthem auditions on Saturday,
January 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Miromar Outlets, 10801 Corkscrew Road in
Estero.
A team of judges will score each participant after performing The Star Spangled
Banner. Participants will be auditioning to sing at Miracle home games for the 2015
season and one lucky performer will be selected to sing at a Minnesota Twins spring
training game in March.
Soloists, instrumentalists and groups are welcome to sing. Participants under
the age of 18 will need parental consent on-site before being allowed to perform.
Auditions will take place near Bloomingdale’s The Outlet Store at Miromar Outlets.
Participants are encouraged to pre-register by contacting Savannah Martin at
[email protected], but may also sign up the day of the event as available time
slots allow. Check-in and registration begins at 12:45 p.m.
The Miracle home opener is set for Friday, April 10 against the Charlotte Stone
Crabs. The Miracle are scheduled to play 70 home games at the newly renovated
Hammond Stadium at the CenturyLink Sports Complex.
“Southwest Florida has so much talent and this event provides a great opportunity
to showcase that talent,” said Andrew Seymour, general manager of the Fort Myers
Miracle. “We’re looking for singers of all ages to come out and sing their best rendition of our national anthem and encourage fans to come out to support their performances.”
The Fort Myers Miracle are the Class A Advanced minor league baseball affiliate
of the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball club. Since moving to Fort Myers in
1992, the Miracle have qualified for the Florida State League Playoffs eight times and
won the Florida State League Championship in 2014. The Fort Myers Miracle season
begins in April and ends in September.
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Cheerleading Sign-Up
R
egistration for the Sanibel Recreation Center’s cheerleading team has begun.
This is a non-competitive program available to enthusiastic and energetic
youth between Kindergarten and 5th grade. Participants will cheer during the
Youth Flag Football games on Friday evenings from January through mid-March at
the Sanibel Ballfields. The cost is $52.50 for members and $69.50 for non- members. Practices will be held on Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. Volunteer opportunities are
available.
For more information, contact Kayla Schuneman, recreation center program coordinator, at [email protected] or call the recreation center at 4720345.
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
Should The Players Get A Cut Of The
Billions College Football Generates?
by Ed Frank
M
onday night’s first-ever college football national championship game had all the hype, all the spectacle and
nearly all the money of a Super Bowl. And it once again
brought to the forefront whether the players were entitled to a
cut of the multi-billion dollar take.
The more than 80,000 fans that jammed AT&T Stadium in
Arlington, Texas, (last minute prime seats were selling for more
than $3,000 each) paid millions to see Ohio State upset Oregon
for the national title.
But the question that is certain to reverberate is whether college athletes – you will note that I do not refer to them as student athletes – should share in this growing pot of gold?
The five major power conferences will take in at least $50 million each from the
new playoff format that replaced the old BCS system. And the dollars that will flow
from the $7.3 billion that ESPN paid to televise the championship game for the next
12 years are staggering.
It has been reported that the combined salaries of Oregon’s Mark Helfrich and
Ohio State’s Urban Meyer total about $6.5 million, but their bonuses for reaching the
championship game will add at least one-third more.
For several years, the issue has been simmering whether college athletes, not just
football athletes, should receive stipends over and above their scholarships. It even
resulted in a move to unionize Northwestern University football players. That proposal, strongly opposed by the NCAA, is being played out in the courts.
To many, however, it appears ridiculous that these college athletes do not share in
some way in the growing dollars they generate for their schools.
That argument is always countered by the value of the scholarships they receive
from their respective schools. In the case of Ohio State, the reported value of a football scholarship is about $38,000 a year and Oregon about $45,000.
In a last-minute move, the NCAA agreed to allow a payment up to $5,000 for
parents and/or guardians to attend the title game. And the NCAA also has agreed to
fund travel expenses for parents and guardians for future Final Four basketball games.
There’s no easy answer to this controversy. One thing that is certain, however, as
the billions continue to grow from college football and basketball, the issue will not go
away.
Has the Peyton Manning Era Come to an End?
Has the career of quarterback Peyton Manning, perhaps the best that ever played
the game, come to an end?
Manning, 38, concluded his 17th season last Sunday, the fourth with Denver, in a
disappointing 24-13 defeat by his former team, the Indianapolis Colts.
He clearly was not the Manning of old completing only 26 of 46 passes for 211
yards.
Manning owns a multitude of NFL records and is a sure-fire first-round selection
to the Football Hall of Fame. But Sunday’s defeat on his home field, where Denver
was a nine-point favorite, raises doubts whether he will return next year for an 18th
season.
Everblades Remain in First-Place Despite Saturday’s 5-4 Shootout Loss
After splitting a pair of home games last weekend with the Orlando Solar Bears,
the Florida Everblades began the week with a three-point lead over Greenville in the
ECHL East Division.
Last Saturday’s shootout loss followed a 2-0 victory over Orlando the night before.
Florida is 5-3 in its last eight games and 24-5-0-2 for the season.
The local hockey team continues its home stand this week with Wednesday and
Friday games against Tulsa and a Saturday night clash with Gwinnett. The puck drops
at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Saturday.
Sanibel Wellness Celebrates 20 Years
Kat Epple will perform at the open house
O
n January 17, Sanibel Wellness is celebrating 20 years in business. Dr.
Brian Healy, owner, first moved to Sanibel in 1993 and began teaching yoga
at various locations around the islands. In 1994 he became a licensed massage therapist and opened his first location on Sanibel-Captiva Road. He had several
other locations on Sanibel over the years before relocating his office just off-island in
2012.
In 2009, he pursued his dream of becoming a physician and is now a doctor of
oriental medicine.
“It’s been a long journey from yoga teacher to physician. This anniversary is quite
a milestone for me,” he said.
To celebrate, Healy and his staff are hosting a 20th anniversary open house
celebration on Saturday, January 17 from noon to 4 p.m. at their office at 16680
McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers. Food, beverages, door prizes, a raffle, chair massages and live music will fill the afternoon.
Local Emmy Award winning musician Kat Epple will be performing live at the event.
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Sanibel Island Golf Club
Variable Better Ball Winners
Third place went to the foursome of Jim Sauer, Dick Arnould, Jack Schmidt and
Don Bradford with a score of 114.
Schmidt chipped in on one hole and made a very long putt on another. Sauer sank
some long putts, and Bradford and Arnould contributed low scores on several holes for
a real team effort.
Sanibel Island Golf Club
18-Hole Scramble Winners
Rene Lohser, Chuck Bye, Mick Denham and Roger Triftshauser
submitted by Jack Tukey
O
n Saturday, January 10, the Sanibel Island Golf Club men played a game
where the best net ball on various holes was used to count the score: on
par3s, three best balls were counted; on par 4s, two best balls; and on par
5s one best ball. One hundred percent handicaps were used to determine each
player’s best score.
The winners were the foursome of Rene Lohser, Chuck Bye, Mick Denham and
Roger Triftshauser with score of 104. Lohser hadn’t played golf in several months as a
result of back surgery. It worked. He shot his lowest gross score ever.
Bye had a net zero on one hole. Denham lost his putter on a few holes, but when
he could find it he contributed several nice putts. Triftshauser had some good scores
but said he mostly enjoyed watching the others play and being the head cheerleader
for the team.
In second place was the team of Jerry Mader, Bob Cushman, Tony Baldino and
Dave Lewis with a total score of 110. Baldino had his fourth second finish in a row;
Mader and Cushman both had hot putters and Lewis’ chipping helped on several
holes.
Sally Lichtenstein, Debbie Smith, Barb Mulka and Janet Turner
T
he Sanibel Island Golf Club’s Women played an 18-hole scramble to welcome
the new year. On the winning team were Sally Lichtenstein, Debbie Smith,
Barb Mulka and Janet Turner. Second place went to Sandy Sauer, Joan Miller,
Barbara Egan and Ellen Hoeltgen.
Ann McDonald, Maureen O’brien, Nancy Greenberg, Anne Frymoyer, Carol Brodersen,
Assistant Pro John Lento, Sharon Hannon, Nancy Orr, Mary Donovan, Jana Ston and
Gretha Christensen. Not shown, Annie Wainwright.
The Dunes Golf Club
upon themselves to:
To Beat The Pro,
Anything Goes
I
t was a “whole new golf game” for
Assistant Pro John Lento as the ladies
handcuffed him during last week’s
competition in Beat The Pro.
After a stunning front 9 of four under
for Lento, the ladies decided they needed
to take action and “adjust some things to
bring the match a little more even” and
more to their liking.
On the back nine, the ladies took it
• Run over his golf ball with the cart
after every shot;
• Take away any club from him that
he hit well, starting with the putter so he
couldn’t use it for the remainder of the
match;
• During each of his backswings, several tees came flying at him
• While trying to chip on the green,
since his putter was taken away, somehow the flagstick was lying in front of the
hole.
The result of the ladies’ tactics, 11
ladies showed him who was boss around
The Dunes.
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Golf & Tennis Club
is one of those unforgettable places. The18-hole championship
golf course was masterfully designed by 10-time PGA Tour winner Mark McCumber within a
stunning wildlife preserve sanctioned by the Audubon Society. Our tennis club features clay courts
and academy lessons to sharpen your game. A refreshing pool, exceptional dining and popular
social events make becoming a member of the Dunes a lifestyle enhancement and a place to enjoy everyday.
Join us, and you’ll agree that The Dunes is Sanibel Island’s Premier Golf & Tennis Club.
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Will Power
IRA Beneficiary Designations
by Craig R. Hersch, Florida Bar Board Certified
Wills, Trusts & Estates Attorney; CPA
A
ccording to recent U.S. Census data, approximately 31
percent of American households’ net worth is in IRA
and 401(k) accounts. This is striking when you consider
that our combined home equity constitutes a similar percentage
of our net worth. In other words, most of us have as much or
more equity in our IRA and 401(k) accounts as we have tied
up in our homes.
Yet, when completing an estate plan, many of us don’t put a
whole lot of consideration into our IRA designation of beneficiary
forms. We may put our spouse down as the primary beneficiary
and our children down as the contingent and think nothing more of it. And this might
work fine.
Until it doesn’t.
Allow me to give you a few examples where a simple beneficiary designation may
not work out as you plan:
Intent is for IRA to Benefit Spouse First then Children
When it is your desire to leave your IRA to your spouse, then after his or her death
have the IRA go to your children, be aware that your spouse is going to “roll over”
the IRA into his or her own IRA at your death. At this point, your spouse could name
whomever he or she wants to name. This could include a new spouse (who may have
rights to the IRA even if not named as a beneficiary) or in second marriage situations,
your children may easily be disinherited.
Minor Children
Minor children cannot legally sign their names to any documents with an IRA or
401(k) plan custodian. So if a minor child becomes a direct beneficiary of the IRA,
then the custodian will usually require a court-imposed guardianship proceeding to
have a named guardian sign on behalf of the child and account for the use of IRA or
401(k) monies that are withdrawn. This is true even if the minor has a parent who
can sign for him or her. The court process protects the custodian from a future claim
by the minor child (once grown) that the adult who withdrew the IRA funds for the
minor’s benefit used the funds for some other purpose. Here it is wise to create a
separate trust for the minor’s benefit where a trustee can be named (that could be the
minor’s parent if you so desire) who would have all legal authority to act and spend on
behalf of the minor.
Beneficiaries with Creditor Problems
A beneficiary who has creditor problems could lose their IRA inheritance to that
creditor upon your death. While under Florida law, IRAs are protected from the claims
of creditors for the plan participant, they are not exempt assets to the beneficiaries
and are therefore subject to garnishment. Here, a special retirement plan trust can be
designed to protect the assets for those that you intend.
Beneficiaries with Divorcing Spouses
The above also holds true for beneficiaries who are in divorce proceedings. While
inheritance is usually not a “marital asset” subject to division, IRA withdrawals are
income that could be used to determine and satisfy alimony or child support claims.
Spendthrift Beneficiaries
An IRA beneficiary can withdraw the entire balance after your death, even though
it is not wise to do so. The withdrawal would first trigger income tax and if the beneficiary resides in a state that has a state income tax, more than half of the IRA could
immediately be lost to taxes. Unless a special retirement plan trust is implemented
naming an independent trustee as the gatekeeper to the funds, there is nothing to stop
a spendthrift beneficiary from making a complete withdrawal, spending it all on goods,
services or travel, and at the end of the year discovering that they have a giant tax bill
to boot.
Retirement Plan Trusts
Designing a special type of trust to address the above issues might be wise in many
situations. You should be aware, however, that the trust must meet very specific IRS
criteria known as the “identifiable beneficiary” rules in order to stretch the Required
Minimum Distribution withdrawals over the beneficiaries’ lifetimes. Failure for the trust
to meet the criteria could result in all of the IRA being taxed as ordinary income in the
year following the plan participant’s death. Moreover, the designation of beneficiary
form document must usually be supplemented for it to comply with the criteria as well.
I hope this brings to light things you might not have thought of when completing
your IRA and 401(k) beneficiary designations.
©2015 Craig R. Hersch. Learn more at www.sbshlaw.com.
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Got A Problem?
Dr. Connie Is In
by Constance
Clancy
Q: How much
does birth order
play in personality
and life choices?
A: In about 75
percent of families,
birth order plays
a significant role.
First-borns tend to
try to be “perfect”
more often than later-borns. But kids
without siblings, who are often treated
like little adults, seem to have even more
of this trait.
For only children, add on a “super”
to all of the first born traits. Often quite
serious and loners, onlys tend to be overachievers and in professional careers.
Middle children tend to be “sandwiched” in between and often sit on the
fence and can go either way. Even when
parents try to be even-steven, it rarely
works out that way. Kids born first get
as much as 3,000 more hours of quality
time with parents than younger siblings
do at the same age.
A younger brother is more likely to
put on the pads -- or go ski jumping,
sky diving, motorcycle racing or play
lacrosse than his older brother. A study
that looked at birth order and “dangerous” sports in college students found that
first-born men were more likely to avoid
those sports. Younger brothers were
more daredevil.
Parents spend about equal time with
two or more kids. But there’s less total
free time than there was when a firstborn passed through a given age.
The baby is often referred to as the
“special jewel” and attempts to gain the
parents attention. Often, the parents are
tired and so the “baby” may become
the class clown or comedian to gain the
wanted attention.
Birth order is a very interesting
dynamic and can influence a person’s
decisions, career and even relationships.
In my counseling practice I have seen
this scenario play out more often than
not.
Constance Clancy-Fisher, EdD is
a licensed mental health therapist,
hypnotherapist, author and holistic
stress management instructor. She can
be reached at constanceclancyfisher@
gmail.com.
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School Smart
by Shelley M.
Greggs, NCSP
D
ear
Shelley,
My
8-year-old grandson
is on the (autism)
spectrum. He lives
in the northeast but
I am very involved
with him and his
schooling. His
teacher has recently suggested that he
participate in a sensory room. I am not
clear about what this will provide for him.
I would like to know more about this.
Please advise.
Cindy P., Fort Myers
Cindy,
While each child responds differently
to different stimuli, research and results
about sensory rooms – often called multisensory rooms, tranquility rooms or relaxation rooms – are very positive. Some
children and adults have sensory needs
that require a more deliberate approach
since their sensory systems have difficulty
taking in or interpreting sensory input.
These types of rooms are designed to
stimulate ineffective physiology in students with disabilities and may utilize soft
furniture, special lights, optics and other
features, that are designed to help these
children learn how to calm and self-regulate themselves.
The concept of the room is based
on a 1970s Dutch philosophy called
Snoezelen, a blend of two Dutch words
meaning to explore and relax. The Dutch
researchers believed that atmosphere
affects behavior. The rooms were initially
used to provide special environments
for young people with disabilities. These
days, the rooms are used for a broad segment of individuals with special needs,
including those with dementia, autism,
brain injuries and those in palliative care.
Linda Messbauer, an occupational
therapist from New York City who
designed and opened the first sensory
room in the nation in 1992, said the
benefits of these rooms are backed up
by good scientific trends and research.
She said, “Kids are influenced by their
environment, and they want to control
as much of it as they can. The room
helps kids learn to control their behavior
through understanding and using their
sensory diet, the personalized activity plan
that provides the sensory input a person
needs to stay focused and organized
throughout the day.”
Messbauer added, “What is happening (in the room) is causing more areas
of the brain to be functional and to be
pulled into the process, causing a change,
usually bringing about more focus and
attention. These rooms help them learn
how to control themselves, assuming the
therapist knows how to use it properly.”
Many schools are beginning to create
sensory rooms for their special needs
students. There the students work with
occupational therapists and other trained
individuals to help them meet their sensory needs. There are sensory rooms as
well in many private therapeutic offices
where children can be seen and treated
by trained therapists.
Tom Marshal, a manufacturer from
Ohio who designs sensory rooms and
other neurodevelopmental products,
said he has worked on more than 400
sensory rooms in schools and residential facilities across the country. The
rooms also are used for Alzheimer’s and
dementia patients, but his company has
seen an increase in use among children
with disabilities in recent years because
of the increase in autism diagnoses. He
estimates that demand has grown by 15
percent over the past five years.
My personal experiences with children
who have participated in sensory rooms
and therapy have been very positive and I
was able to see significant changes in children’s’ behaviors after sensory sessions.
It is very important to note that these sessions need to be developed according to
the child’s needs and then scheduled on
a regular basis for maximum effect and
benefit.
For more information on the sensory
needs of children with or without disabilities, visit www.sensory-processingdisorder.com/
Shelley Greggs is adjunct faculty at
Florida SouthWestern State College,
where she teaches psychology and
education courses. She is also a nationally certified school psychologist and
consultant for School Consultation
Services, a private educational consulting company. Questions for publication
may be addressed to smgreggs@gmail.
com. Not all questions submitted can
be addressed through this publication.
Form page 8B
Bedrooms
1: Begin your project by visualizing, and then listing, all the types of
activities you’ll want to conduct in your
“getaway” haven. Perhaps it’s writing thought-provoking entries in your
daily journal; reading your favorite
books; knitting; needlework; watching
old romantic movies on your TV/DVD
player; daily meditation; contemplating
your plans for the next day – whatever
the activity, think through what types
of things will make you the happiest in
your new master bedroom retreat.
2: Look at your bedroom space with
a critical eye. Ask yourself, can your
bedroom, with your given amount of
space, accommodate all of the activities
you listed. While the answer is usually
yes, you may still need to take advantage of some clever pre-planning.
3: Think about “coloring your world”
– especially your soon to be redesigned
master bedroom. As with most all decorating projects, one of your first priorities is locking in a color scheme. Color
sets the stage and provides harmony
to everything else that will eventually
find its way into your new bedroom.
It’s the backdrop that surrounds all of
your furnishings, fabrics and accessories,
lighting – everything.
Jeanie Tinch is an interior designer
on Sanibel/Captiva islands. She can be
reached at [email protected].
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Insurance Tip
Decreased
Maximum
Coverage Limits
by Angela
Larson Roehl
C
itizens
Insurance is
decreasing
their maximum
dwelling coverage
limit to $900,000
effective February
1, 2015 for new
business and
June 1, 2015 for
renewals.
What does this mean to you?
It means that should your single family home’s replacement cost be higher
than $900,000 (or condo unit with
combined dwelling and contents coverDoctor and Dietitian
The Diet-Flu
Prevention
Connection
by Ross Hauser, MD, and Marion
Hauser, MS, RD
A
s winter approaches, so does
the ‘flu. ‘Flu infection develops
from the bacteria Haemophilus
Influenza and can cause significant illness. What can we do to reduce our
risk?
Most people do not understand the
changes that occur in the human body
as colder temperatures arrive. The colder
weather specifically causes changes in our
blood pH levels that can be counteracted
by changes in diet. Think about it. When
you are freezing cold, do you want to
eat a steak or a salad? Yes, as the cold
weather approaches we should consume
more protein or animal-based foods. This
will keep our blood pH levels balanced
which stimulates our immune systems
and keeps our bodies healthy during the
winter. For more information consider
reading the book The Hauser Diet or go
to www.hauserdiet.com.
Other ways to balance our blood pH
levels during winter is by drinking hot
drinks such as immune stimulating teas
like green or echinacea teas. For those
who are not tea drinkers, consider warming a glass of soy milk, which contains
the protein needed during the winter
months.
age be higher than $900,000) then
your wind insurance will not qualify to
be written thru Citizens Insurance. If you
have a Citizens Wind policy currently
in effect and your dwelling coverage
limit is exceeding the $900,000 limit or
will upon your next renewal, then you
can expect to receive a notice of nonrenewal.
Don’t get discouraged though, as
I am seeing more carriers offering
Homeowner/Condo Unit-Owners policies that will include wind coverage here
on the island. There is even a carrier
that will offer a homeowner policy with
a disappearing hurricane deductible with
each year the policy is claim-free. So,
depending on your home’s features, this
Citizens change could turn into being a
good thing.
Angela Larson Roehl is a local
Sanibel-Captiva insurance agent with
over 20 years of insurance experience, who can be reached at info@
rosierinsurance.com.
During the winter holidays, people
drink more alcohol and eat more sweets.
Isn’t this the opposite of what is needed
as explained above? The next step in ‘flu
prevention is to drink less alcohol and
eat fewer sweets. For healthier snacks,
consider nuts or peanut butter or other
protein-containing snacks. Have you
ever considered making meatloaf cupcakes instead of cake cupcakes? Give it
a try. Check out meatloaf-cupcakes on
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Most people tend to stay inside more
during the colder months, thus living
in close proximity to others, spreading
disease more quickly. We encourage
you to continue to exercise outside during the winter, as aerobic exercise has
been shown to keep the immune system
strong.
We also recommend using some type
of air purifier both at work and home.
The ‘flu virus is often transmitted via
air when someone sneezes. Running a
HEPA, ozone or ultraviolet light air purifier will help clean the air. Diffusing sanitizing essential oils is also a great way to
keep your air clean.
If you are sneezing and are potentially
infectious, consider staying home.
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deaRPharmacist
Your Glass Of
Red Wine And
Thiamine
by Suzy Cohen, RPh
D
ear
Pharmacist:
Somebody’s convinced us that wine
is a health drink.
Not only does this
increase your risk of
pancreatitis, but it
fires off inflammatory
chemicals in your
body galore. Think wrinkles, pain and
grey hair. More than that, alcohol steals
thiamine and that means you’ll forget
stuff more often and have a hard time
finding that correct word you’re looking
for. Lose your mind, basically. Remember
that when sipping that red wine tonight,
or bellying up to the bar with the boys.
It puts you on the fast track to depleting
thiamine. Which leads me to my next
thought: bananas.
Have you ever heard the term
banana bag? It’s not referring to a bag of
bananas. It’s referring to a yellow-colored
IV (intravenous) bag filled with thiamine
and other nutrients. The “banana bag” is
given via injection to restore vitamins like
thiamine and other nutrients in your body
after chronic alcohol use or abuse. It’s
also used for people who are chronically
ill, or severely deficient in nutrients, per-
haps from dehydration, food poisoning or
chronic infections. The IV nutrient bag is
also sometimes referred to as a “Myers’
Cocktail.”
Thiamine or vitamin B1 functions in
hundreds of biochemical reactions. Your
brain cells die without it. We must get
thiamine every day from our foods, but
unfortunately most foods have minute
amounts unless you like organ meats and
molasses. Thiamine deficiency causes
a slow deterioration that sneaks up on
you with problems such as neuropathy,
visual difficulties especially with focus,
balance problems or feeling tipsy when
you haven’t had a drink. Some confuse
this with a sign of normal aging, but it’s
not. It’s your brain screaming, “Help! I’m
running on empty. I need some thiamine
over here!”
Thiamine helps to reverse alcohol toxicity in your brain and the liver. In a 2013
animal study, conducted in India, rodents
were intoxicated with alcohol for 90 days.
That’s all it took to damage their brain
and liver. Then, thiamine was administered for 30 days. You can guess what
happened. The biomarkers (for brain
inflammation, liver enzymes and neurotransmitters) all remarkably improved.
The thiamine-treated group showed faster
healing and regeneration, as compared to
the rodents that were just left to “dry out”
on their own. So they proved you can
reverse alcohol damage with a natural B
vitamin.
Does the same apply to humans?
While I think thiamine is useful to a person who drinks (even socially), the best
way to repair damage is to stop drinking.
It beats a banana bag, which often costs
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Alcohol isn’t the only drink; it’s coffee,
too. And smoking. And medications like
antibiotics, acid blockers, theophylline,
tamoxifen, antacids, hydrochlorothiazide
(HCTZ) and digoxin. To see if your medication depletes thiamine, refer to your
copy of Drug Muggers, read Chapter 21.
Other ways to become thiamine deficient
include having an eating disorder and lap-
band or other obesity surgery. But by a
mile, alcohol is the biggest offender and
the one you have the most control over.
This information is not intended
to treat, cure or diagnose your condition. Suzy Cohen is the author of The
24-Hour Pharmacist and is a registered
pharmacist. To contact her, visit www.
SuzyCohen.com.
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thumb against
the roof of the
mouth and suck
while placing the
second knuckle
of the index
finger above lip
and below nose.
Rub index finger
up and down
slowly until you
feel the urge to Gamut point on hand,
eat subside. It
TW meridian
works by connecting two major meridians that encase
the core of the body, while moving oxygen and cerebrospinal fluid through the
head, creating a feeling of comfort.
2. Place one hand on middle of chest.
With other hand, tap point on back
of hand between ring and little finger
(as shown on diagram) while breathing
deeply. While tapping, focus on the food
you are craving. This works since it is a
powerful acupressure point on the Triple
Warmer (TW) meridian, which controls all
of our habits – including the need to eat
that food for comfort.
You have just given yourself comfort
without eating. Oh, and as a bonus, sucking the thumb helps to alleviate snoring.
Next week’s topic is Change Eating
Patterns By Blow-out, Zip-up & Hook-up.
If you have a question, email Karen
Semmelman at SemmEnergyCenter@
gmail.com. Learn more at www.semmelmanenergy.com. EEM does not
diagnose or cure illness, but working
with subtle energies of the body has
been shown to help many conditions.
Stop Compulsive
Eating By Sucking
Your Thumb
by Karen L.
Semmelman,
Certified EEM,
JD, AAML (03-12)
L
et’s face it –
putting food
in our mouths
feels good... but
babies know that
sucking the thumb
feels amazing good,
too! Unfortunately,
our bodies do not always need the sustenance of food when we eat, since often
the feeling of eating is created by stress
and thus imbalance in our physical or
emotional bodies. Our brain is being
sent chemical messages to eat to feel
better. Of course, if eating processed
foods laden with salt, sugar and fat, the
food itself (thanks to our food industry)
will create a desire for more. The result
is often compulsive eating – a sense
that you must eat and eat more and eat
now!
Today’s exercises and the last two
weeks are based on Eden’s book Energy
Medicine For Women. Try one or all of
the techniques to see what works best.
For today’s issue, immediately upon craving food, try:
1. Create self-comfort. Place either
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Mom And Me
by Lizzie and Pryce
L
izzie and Pryce answer your questions and give advice about aging
concerns from a two-generational
perspective. A mother and daughter
team, Lizzie is a retired RN and health
educator, and Pryce is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice who
specializes in the care of elders and
people with chronic illnesses.
Dear Mom & Me,
Last night on TV, I heard that Sandra Day O’Connor’s husband is in love
with another woman and she is thrilled
and happy for him. Unfortunately, her
husband is in an Alzheimer’s living
complex.
I am in the same position, but am
jealous when I visit him at his living
complex. When I visit, they are sitting
together, holding hands and watching
the world go by. I know that they are
not responsible for their actions because
of the disease, and I am told they mean
a great deal to each other. My husband
and his friend are more contented, happier and less hostile and are enjoying
their lives.
Would you please help me to become more loving and understanding
like Sandra Day O’Connor?
Helen
Dear Helen,
It sounds like you understand the
situation but you are having a difficult
time accepting it. Acceptance is a
choice. You can choose to accept the
situation and focus on the positives.
Cognitively in a different place than
you, your husband is content. By your
own observations and staff comments,
your husband is less hostile, enjoying life
in the moment. Or you can focus on
the emotions of hurt and jealousy.
While I understand that these are
normal feelings in situations of infidelity, your situation is not normal, nor is
it infidelity. Brain illnesses in families,
mothers, fathers, wives and husbands
challenge families to love and care in
different ways.
Perhaps in your situation (similar to
Sandra Day O’Connor’s), you must love
and care enough to let go.
Pryce
Dear Helen,
Alzheimer’s disease is one of the
most feared in the 21st century. Nancy
Reagan said that it was a disease “with
a long goodbye.” No one knows how
they will act and deal with the news
when a loved one is diagnosed.
Your reaction to his illness is a very
common one. It is an extremely difficult situation and many professionals
working in the field call it a family illness
19B
– everyone suffers. Your husband is not
showing behavior against you and, who
knows, he may even think his friend is
you. He is no longer the man you married because of this disease.
Sandra Day O’Connor is showing
love and kindness in an exceptional
way; try if you can to follow her example.
Lizzie
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National Parkinson Foundation since 2006. Dr. Okun will be speaking about his
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A world authority on Parkinson’s disease treatment, Dr. Okun’s publications
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FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 19, 2015
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Use
that Arian charm to help make a difficult
workplace transition easier for everyone.
News about a long-awaited decision can be
confusing. Don’t jump to conclusions.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Although
you might well be tempted to be more
extravagant than you should be at this time,
I’m betting you’ll let your sensible Bovine
instinct guide you toward moderation.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) An
opportunity for travel could come with some
problems regarding travel companions and
other matters. So be sure you read all the
fine print before you start packing.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Make
an effort to complete your usual workplace
tasks before volunteering for extra duty.
Scrambling to catch up later on could create
some resentment among your colleagues.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) A financial
matter could have you rethinking your
current spending plans. You might want to
recheck your budget to see where you can
cut back on expenses until the situation
improves.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22)
One way to make your case for that promotion you’ve been hoping for might be to
put your planning skills to work in helping
to shape up a project that got out of hand.
Good luck.
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Be
careful about “experts” who have no solid
business background. Instead, seek advice
on enhancing your business prospects from
bona fide sources with good success records.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November
21) Standing up to support a colleague’s
viewpoint -- even if it’s unpopular -- can be
GLASS
difficult if you feel outnumbered. But you’ll
win plaudits for your honesty and courage.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to
December 21) While progress continues on
resolving that recurring problem, you might
feel it’s taking too long. But these things
always need to develop at their own pace.
Be patient.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January
19) Someone close to you might have a
financial problem and seek your advice. If
you do decide to get involved, insist on seeing everything that might be relevant to this
situation.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18)
A personal matter takes an interesting turn.
The question is, do you want to follow the
new path or take time out to reconsider the
change? Think this through before deciding.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Moving into a new career is a big step. Check
that offer carefully with someone who has
been there, done that, and has the facts
you’ll need to help you make your decision.
BORN THIS WEEK: Your warmth
and generosity both of spirit and substance
endears you to everyone.
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
● On Jan. 23, 1775, London merchants
petition Parliament for relief from the
financial hardship put upon them by the
curtailment of trade with the North American colonies. Most critical to the merchants’
concerns were the 2 million pounds sterling
in outstanding debts owed to them.
● On Jan. 19, 1915, during World War
I, Britain suffers its first casualties from an
air attack when two German zeppelins drop
bombs on Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn
on the eastern coast of England.
● On Jan. 20, 1937, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt is inaugurated for the second time
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STRANGE BUT TRUE
“These are bagpipes. I understand the
inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when
he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the
man-made sound never equaled the purity
of the sound achieved by the pig.” -- Alfred
Hitchcock
● It was feminist and social activist
Gloria Steinem who made the following
sage observation: “Logic is in the eye of the
logician.”
● Some historians claim that Moses had
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● If you’re like the average American,
your vocabulary consists of roughly 45,000
words.
● Despite the sound of the word, those
who suffer from amusia do not have any
impairment of their sense of humor; rather,
they’re tone deaf -- medically unable to hear
or accurately reproduce relative pitch.
● When the wildly successful 1965 film
“The Sound of Music” was released in
South Korea, one theater owner felt that the
movie was too long. He took it upon himself
to remedy the situation -- by cutting out all
the musical numbers.
● If you’re planning a trip to the Canadian province of New Brunswick, you might
want to include a stop to see the Reversing
Falls of St. John. While the St. John River
flows into the Bay of Fundy at low tide,
high tide in the bay is so extreme that it
causes the water to reverse itself and flow
from the bay back into the river.
● It’s been reported that famed chef Julia
Child loved to eat corn chips with peanut
butter.
● You might be surprised to learn that
out of the 362 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” that were produced over
the course of a decade, Hitchcock himself
directed only 20.
● Those who study such things say that
the fastest-growing sport among high-school
students in Minnesota is trap shooting.
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as president. The Constitution had originally
set March 4 as the presidential inauguration
date to allow the winner time to travel to the
nation’s capital.
● On Jan. 25, 1949, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences holds its first annual
awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The
now-famous award statuette “Emmy” was a
feminized version of “immy,” the shorthand
term for the image orthicon tube that was
used in TV cameras until the 1960s.
● On Jan. 24, 1956, Look magazine
publishes the confessions of J.W. Milam
and Roy Bryant, two white men from Mississippi who were acquitted in the 1955
kidnapping and murder of black teenager
Emmett Till. In August 1955, on a visit to
relatives, the 14-year-old Till had allegedly
whistled at a white woman who ran a store.
● On Jan. 21, 1977, President Jimmy
Carter grants an unconditional pardon to
hundreds of thousands of men who evaded
the draft during the Vietnam War. Some
100,000 young Americans went abroad, with
90 percent going to Canada. The Canadian
government had instructed border guards not
to ask too many questions.
● On Jan. 22, 1981, the final portrait of
John Lennon and wife, Yoko, appears on the
cover of Rolling Stone. The photo, taken
12 hours before Lennon was assassinated,
shows a naked Lennon curled up in a fetal
embrace with a fully clothed Yoko. Photographer Annie Liebowitz had been told by a
Rolling Stone editor, “Please get me some
pictures without [Yoko].”
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Top 10 Real Estate Sales
Development
City
Year Built
Square Footage
Listing Price
Selling Price
Days On Market
Heitmans
Bonita Springs
2007
4,630
$1,300,000
$1,300,000
135
Sanctuary At Wulfert
Sanibel
2004
4,293
$1,449,000
$1,250,000
24
Sanibel Harbours
Sanibel
1979
1,680
$1,095,000
$995,000
512
Natures Cove
Estero
2001
3,737
$925,000
$875,000
57
Cape Coral
Cape Coral
1969
1,968
$779,000
$755,000
4
Hyde Park
Fort Myers Beach
1978
1,580
$829,000
$750,000
238
Cape Coral
Cape Coral
2014
2,628
$714,900
$705,400
31
Charlotte Shores
Bokeelia
2000
2,116
$675,000
$610,000
196
Siesta Isles
Fort Myers Beach
1974
2,130
$648,500
$600,000
32
Cercina
Bonita Springs
2005
2,544
$649,900
$590,000
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I keep it in a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Shake
a bit into a little cup, and dip your toothbrush
into it. It scrubs off stains and is refreshing. The
salty taste takes some getting used to, but it
feels really clean for hours. Love it!” -- K.S. in
Florida
● “A pinch of salt tossed in the coffee grounds
will cut the bitterness in lower-quality coffee.
This is especially useful if you get a good deal
on a can of coffee that’s not your normal brand.”
-- P.L. in New Jersey
● You can easily extend the amount of ground
meat you have with lentils or oatmeal. They
maintain a meaty texture and take up some
of the flavor of the meat. There’s a reason
Grandma used oatmeal in her meatballs, too: It
helps the meat retain moisture.
● “If you stick the end of your celery stalks in
a cup of water and rocks (or in some very damp
dirt), they will begin to regrow. This is a great
way to have a never-ending supply of celery.
You also can regrow scallions from the root
end.” -- Y.L.J. in Missouri
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
CONSTRUCTION/REMODELING
COSMETICS
ARTISTIC INTERIORS INC.
904 Lindgren Blvd.
Sanibel Island, FL 33957
Ph: 239-395-0978 / 317-509-6014
[email protected]
Products: www.marykay.com/mbutcher
“WE DON’T JUST DO REMODELING, WE CREATE ARTWORK”
CALL CHRIS BORING @
DESIGNING AND REMODELING-
239-989-6122
BORINGDESIGNSO6
@EMBARQMAIL.COM
Lic#RG291 103860, SI 16371
CALL ME FOR
GIFTS GALORE!
FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION
QUALITY REMODELING AND
MAGGIE BUTCHER
SERVICE
NEW HOMES, REMODELING & ADDITIONS
INTERIOR DESIGN
Career information available
Gift ideas available
COMPUTERS
Pam Ruth
V.P. Interior Design
(Cell) 239-850-4128
• New Homes
• Consulting
• Remodeling
• Contracting
P.O. Box 143
Sanibel Island, FL
Phone: 239-472-2601
Fax: 239-472-6506
CUSTOM HOME BUILDER
Ph (239) 472-8446
DeCorteFour.com
Ron DeCorte
#CBC058483
DeCorte Four
Custom Home Builders, Inc.
We do it all from repairing a door to adding a 2nd Floor
New Construction Too
P. O. Box 922 • Sanibel, FL 33957 • Fax (239) 472-8449
Sanibel Design Center
Verticals • Mini Blinds • Draperies • Wallpaper • Furniture
Ceramic • Wood • Appliances • Interior Painting • Custom Cabinets
Upholstery • Kitchen & Bath Remodeling
2330 Palm Ridge Road • Sanibel, FL 33957
(239) 395-2525 • Fax (239) 395-2373
Toll Free: 1-866-395-2525 • [email protected]
UPHOLSTERY
A Friendly Personalized Service From
Owner-Operator Steven Cservenyak
PARAMOUNT DECORATOR
& UPHOLSTERY
since 1974
Complete line of quality upholstery work by European Craftsman
We work with the finest imported silk, satin, damask, brocades, velvets,
hand-loomed crewel, embroidered tapestries from Italy, Belgium & India.
Antique Furniture Restoration
We also do boat cushions & down feather cushions
472-8086 • 735 Donax Street, Sanibel Island
PRESSURE WASHING
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
23B
PUZZLE ANSWERS
SUDOKU
SUPER CROSSWORD
KING CROSSWORD
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
Interlocking Pavers
Mediterranean Stone
Residential - Commercial
Driveways - Pool Decks - Patios - Condos
Gigi Design Group
Since 2001, A Southwest Florida Paver Contractor
Lic.# S3-12238
SCRAMBLERS
CONTRACTOR
CONTRACTOR
G
MAGIC MAZE
Schedule free estimates or
visit our new show room
www.gigicompanies.com
239-541-7282
TREE & LAWN CARE
Remodeling & Aluminum
by
Curtis Allen Designs.com
Bathrooms • Kitchens • Room Additions
• Lanai Enclosures • Storm Shutters •
Screen Rooms • Carports • Windows •
Garages • Floors • Doors & More
$500. OFF w/ad
239-470-1637
BRICK PAVERS
PAINTING
Residential & Commercial Painting
239-896-6789
Complete Landscaping Services
• Tree Service and Pepper Clearing
• Lawn Care • Landscape Trimming & Pruning
• Fertilization • Weed Maintenance • Mulch Applications
• Property Clean up
Sanibel Family Owned & Operated
Licensed & Insured / www.enviromow.com
FISHING CHARTER
Light Tackle Sport Fishing
Tarpon
p • Snook • Redfish & More
COLOR SCHEMES
on request from
Sanibel Home Furnishings
- Power Washing
- Wallpaper Hanging
- Faux Finishing
- Free Estimates
- Interior & Exterior
- Dependable
- Reliable
- Licensed & Insured
Lee County Lic. # IP06-00664
Sanibel Lic. # S3-14729
POOL SERVICE & REPAIR
Islands Premier Pool Service
Lic #S3-11944
Professional Weekly Service
CAPT. MATT
MATT MI
MITCHELL
TCHELL
395-3928 Cell: 841-4302
Deep-End
Pool Service
USCG
Licensed
& Insured
C: (239) 340-8651
www.captmattmitchell.com
email: [email protected]
With your contract
a donation to your
favorite charity will be made.
239-560-1199
[email protected]
Fast Expert Equipment
Repair and Replacement
Specializing in
Gulfstream Pool Heaters
239-699-6279
25 years experience
Lic # CPC1457386
24B
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
★ ★ ★ CLASSIFIEDS ★ CLASSIFIEDS ★ ★ ★
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
ANNUAL RENTAL
SERVICES OFFERED
FREE REAL ESTATE TOURS
FOR SALE BY OWNER
$699,000
FOR SALE BY OWNER
RE/MAX OF THE ISLANDS
AFFORDABLE HOME CARE
3 Bedroom 2 Bath renovated ranch (08)
East Rocks. Pool w newer lanai,
granite and stone counter tops, tile floors.
call 732-778-8367 for info.
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COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
ANNUAL/SEASONAL RENTAL
MOBILE DOG GROOMING
SANIBEL COTTAGE
FOR RENT
Self-Contained Trailer
Up to 40 Lbs.,
Total Grooming, Package,
Please call.
239-313-7140.
1986 PARK MODEL
Every Wednesday 10AM
Departs from 2300 McGregor Blvd. one
block north of the Edison Ford Winter
Estates. FREE Subway lunch included.
Call to register (239) 939-1145.
2BR, 1½ Bath, Trailer.
All New Appliances. New AC/Heat. Pool.
10 Min’s. From Sanibel. $25,000.
239-896-6385.
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BUILD YOUR ISLAND
DREAM HOME ON
SANIBEL ISLAND
BIRDIE VIEW DRIVE
Desirable Beachview lot
overlooking the golf course
Convenient to everything!
RUE ROYALE
Listen to the waves from your
Chateaux Sur Mer property.
Just steps to the beach access.
BLUE CRAB COURT-UNDER CONTRACT
Overlook Dinkins Bayou and
enjoy the dolphin and manatees.
Homesite has a dock in place.
Give me a call today!
Sarah Ashton, Broker Associate
Private Duty & Personal Assistant
Flexible shifts from 4hrs, Live Ins & 24hrs
Bath Visits,Alzheimer’s Care,Bedridden
Stroke, Parkinson’s, Traveling Companion
Licensed and Insured. 239-444-6914
Putting owners and
tenants together
Call Dustyn Corace
www.remax-oftheislands.com
239-472-2311
High Point Place
$20,000 below Recent Appraisal
Call for details 239-334-0956
No Realtors, please.
OFFICE/WAREHOUSE
/FLEX SPACE
Pine Ridge and Kelly.
Closest to Islands and Beaches
2,000 sq. ft. to 8,000 sq. 4 units available.
14 ft clear all air. 12 and 14 ft overhead
doors. 3 phase power. Broadband access.
Can be rented partially furnished.
$1,250 to $ 2,500 modified gross.
239-822-8915
Annual or Seasonal 3BR/2B Island cottage
for rent. Private mid-island location,dead
end street. Walk to all conveniences &
easy bike ride to bay/gulf beaches. Fully
furnished incl w/d. Annual $1,800 mo.+ util.
Seasonal $1,300 per wk/$4,000 mo.
Best deal on Sanibel! 773-507-8095.
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HOME/CONDO WATCH
CONCIERGE SERVICES
Dorado Property Management
❋ Island Resident ❋ Licensed & Insured
❋ 24/7 ❋ www.doradoproperty.com
Call Lisa or Bruce at 239-472-8875
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Looking for
a Home in
McGregor
Woods ?
239-691-4915
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VACATION RENTAL
SERVICES OFFERED
LIGHTHOUSE REALTY
SANIBEL HOME WATCH
Paul J. Morris, Broker
VACATION RENTALS
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & SALES
359 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel Island
239-579-0511
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AVAILABLE APRIL 2015
Pool cages and Lanais. No see-um screen
or standard. Quality materials
and workmanship. Buy American,
Hire American. Call Bill at 239-841-9714
for a free estimate.
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HEALTH INSURANCE
HELLE’S CLEANING SERVICES
ACA alternative
Easy application
Fast coverage
Www.floridafastquote.com
Newly remodeled vacation cottage.
2 bedrm 1 bath
Walk to beach, East End
Bright, Clean, Adorable
non-smoking/ no pets
Call Bob 410-913-2234 or
[email protected]
AMERICAN RESCREENING
Retired Police Captain
Lives on Sanibel
Will Check Your Home Weekly
Very Reasonable Rates
(239) 728-1971
Residential Cleaning to Satisfaction
Sanibel & Captiva • 239-565-0471
Sanibel Lic. #11412 Lee Co. Lic. #051047
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FLORIDA HEALTH
AND DENTAL INSURANCE
SIMPLY ELEGANT CLEANING
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GARCIA REAL ESTATE
AND CONSULTING
Island Vacations
C M
F Y
P
T
Of Sanibel & Captiva
Million $ Views Await You!
• Cottages • Condos • Homes •
Miles of Beaches & Bike Paths
239-472-7277
RICHARD J. GARCIA, GRI, BROKER
ISABELLA RASI
(239) 246-4716
1-888-451-7277
239-472-5147
[email protected]
garciaonsanibel.com
Offering Personal, Private, and
Professional Real Estate Services on
Sanibel and Captiva Islands.
30 Year Resident of Sanibel.
Licensed in Florida, New York,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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Www.patriothealth. Org
Easy application
Immediate coverage
Www.patriothealth.org
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Email
1101 Periwinkle Way #105
Sanibel, FL 33957
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DO YOU NEED
DENTAL INSURANCE
We have DENTAL plans from $15 per
month and a plan that pays cash directly to
you. Apply today. Www.dentalamerica.org
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“Voted Best Of Islands”
Specializing in home - offices - condo’s commercial. Call for Free Estimates.
395-1122, Owned & Operated by
20 year Island Residents.
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LUIZ HOME CARE SERVICES
House Watch, House Cleaning, Laundry,
Ironing, Organizing, Transportation.
Miriam or Vera
[email protected]
239-878-1416 or 239-368-6458
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FREE VACATION
RENTAL ADVERTISING!
Over 300 rentals
to choose from!
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SCARNATO LAWN SERVICE
Lawn Service, Shrubs and Tree Trimming
Weeding, Installation of Plants, Trees and
Mulch (one month free service available)
Joe Scarnato (239) 849-6163
[email protected]
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AT
ROGER NODRUFF ELECTRIC
Lic# EC12002788.
Call Roger 239-707-7203.
Aqualink - Motor Controls.
Office & Store Maint.
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25B
★ ★ ★ CLASSIFIEDS ★ CLASSIFIEDS ★ ★ ★
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
BOATS - CANOES - KAYAKS
Shore Fishing:
BILLY’S EMPIRE
Looking for happy, competent folks
to add to our excellent staff.
Fort Myers & Sanibel - Bike Shop,
Bike Rentals,& Warehouse positions.
FT/PT, benefits and rideshare.
*Rental/Sales Staff
*Cashiers
*Mechanics Scooter & Bicycle
*Delivery Drivers
*Segway Tour Guide
info 239-472-4919
[email protected]
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FULL-CHARGE
BOOKKEEPER/ACCOUNTANT
Sanibel CPA firm seeks a full-charge
bookkeeper/accountant. Prior CPA firm
experience and Associates/ Bachelors
Degree preferred. Expert in QuickBooks.
Responsibilities include Payroll, General
Ledger, Accounts Payable, Receivables,
Financial Statements, MS Word, Excel,
and Prior Experience Mandatory.
Resumes can be emailed to Linda at
[email protected]
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GIFT SHOP MGR. /
ADMINISTRATIVE ASST.
Sanibel Public Library - PT, professionaltechnical position. Experience working
directly with public; MS Office, iPad &
Windows experience required. Saturdays
and evenings. Equal opportunity employer.
Send resume electronically to: resume@
sanlib.org. Questions on this positions,
please call Cathy at (239) 472-2483.
The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife
(CROW) on Sanibel is seeking a full-time
experienced retail manager to run our
gift shop, and also provide administrative
support to our Development Director.
Excellent organizational and people skills,
office and computer experience required.
Competitive pay and benefits offered.
Email resume to Linda Estep, Executive
Director at [email protected] or mail to
PO Box 150, Sanibel FL 33957.
No phone calls.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Volunteers needed for light general
maintenance. Call (CHR) Community
Housing & Resources, Inc. 472-1189.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell
Museum needs Education and Great Hall
volunteers. No experience necessary, will
train. Please contact Melanie at
(239) 395-2233 ext 11.
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
The Sunshine Ambassador Program
is a new and exciting volunteer opportunity
offered at the Golisano Children’s Hospital
of Southwest Florida located within
HealthPark Medical Center. The Sunshine
Ambassadors will greet, assist and be a
positive first point of contact for patients,
families and visitors entering the hospital.
The Ambassadors also make a difference
to families by providing educational
and healthful resources to assist in
GRANDparenting for GRANDchildren.
We are currently seeking
year-round volunteers to work
one 4-hour shift Monday through Friday
from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
or 12:00pm to 4:00 pm.
If you would be interested in learning more
about this wonderful new opportunity,
please contact Lisa Ellinwood, Volunteer
Resources Coordinator at 239-343-5062
at the Golisano Children’s Hospital.
Sunday School Teacher for K-4th at
Sanibel Church wanted. This is a paid,
part-time Sunday mornings year-round
position. Background check and references
required. Mainstream theology required.
Teaching experience preferred.
For details call (239) 472-0497.
BOAT FOR SALE!
14’ SYLVAN SEA SNAPPER
15HP, 4-Stroke with less than 25 hours.
Excellent for back bay fishing, island
hopping. 5’ beam. Sturdy, light hull (230
lbs.) Electric Motor included. New Bimini
top, newly refurbished trailer.
$3,500.
Call 239-691-7660.
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VEHICLE FOR SALE
DOCKAGE
COMPUTER
HELPDESK TECHNICIAN
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
TEACHER FOR K-4TH
POLARIS GEM
ELECTRIC CAR
6 SEATER
GREAT FOR GETTING AROUND,
RUNS GREAT $8,000.
239-472-1234
Hourly, Daily, Weekly
and Monthly.
Captiva Island 472-5800
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BOAT LIFT - 10,000 LBS
DOCKAGE AVAILABLE
WANTED TO BUY
SANIBEL WEST END
DEEP WATER ACCESS
NO BRIDGES
239-472-3603
CASH PAID FOR
MILITARY ITEMS
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Cash Paid For Old Military Items.
Medals, Swords, Uniforms,
helmets, old guns, awards & more.
Local Toll Free 1-866-440-3280
AUCTION
Don't Harm The Fish
by Capt. Matt Mitchell
L
anding a big fish from the
beach can be hard on the
fish. Dragging a fish up onto
the sand if you’re going to release
it is not an option as it usually
damages or kills the fish.
• Hold the fish in the water
while you unhook it if you’re going
to release it.
• The less you can touch a fish
before release the better for the
fish.
• If you want a picture with the
fish, support it as you lift it out of
the water – and do it quickly.
• Before releasing, revive the
fish while holding it in the water;
moving it slowly back and forth so
water goes over its gills. The fish
will let you know when it’s ready
to swim off.
• Florida just recently changed
the regulations on fishing from
shore. Florida residents as well as
out of state visitors need a fishing
license to fish from shore.
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SEASONAL
TRANSPORTATION
VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
DR. PIPER’S
FAITH IN ACTION PROGRAM
Senior Volunteers needed to transport
the elderly who need a ride to the Doctor,
Dentist, pharmacy, dialysis or grocery
shopping. Volunteers drive clients only
when it fits in with their schedules,
and are located in same ZIP code.
The reward is in knowing you helped
someone remain independent.
Make a difference in your community and
put your time and talents to use.
Call Leslie Jander at
239-332-5346
at The Dr. Piper Center
for Social Services, Inc.
AUCTION
2007 Volvo S60 with the motive to recover
money. The car has an accident requires
front fender, passenger door, front wheel,
and other things. Loop auction in 15 days,
2621 NE 9th Ave Unit 2, Cape Coral FL
33909. Auto Repair Mike. 305-986-8763.
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To advertise
in the
Island Sun
Call 395-1213
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VOLUNTEER/
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
PAID volunteer opportunities to seniors,
age 55 and over, to tutor/mentor children
in elementary schools & after-school
programs. Offering a stipend, mileage
reimbursement, annual physical, holiday,
vacation, and sick pay – all tax exempt.
Providing struggling school children a
chance to succeed in school, and offering
opportunities that will last a lifetime.
Call Joan at The Dr. Piper Center at
239-332-5346.
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 16, 2015
Pets Of The Week
H
ello, my name is
Nubbs. I’m a 2-year-old
soon-to-be-neutered
male brindle hound mix. I
didn’t come from a galaxy
far, far away even though my
name is Yoda. It’s just the
cute way I hold my ears when
my interest is perked. When
I came to the shelter, I had
probably been hit by a car.
They couldn’t save my injured
leg, but don’t worry – I get
along great with three legs.
I’m looking for someone to be
my special companion and I’ll
be their best friend, too. So if
you don’t already have dog,
we might be a perfect match.
My adoption fee is $45
(regularly $75) during Animal
Services’ Paw Stars adoption
promotion.
Hello, my name is
Shy Guy. I’m a 5-monthold neutered male brown
tabby domestic short hair.
Somebody must have thought
it would be funny to name me
Shy Guy because I’m anything
but. I’m playful and inquisitive
and love to cuddle. I’m also
super soft and feel just like a
plush toy, but don’t be fooled
– I’m the real deal!
My adoption fee is $25
Nubbs (Yoda) ID# 603517
Shy Guy ID# 6058464
(regularly $50) during Animal Services Paw Stars adoption promotion.
For information about this week’s pets, call 533-7387 (LEE-PETS) or log on to Animal
Services’ website at www.LeeLostPets.com. When calling, refer to the animal’s ID number. The
website updates every hour so you will be able to see if these or any other pets are still available.
The shelter is open for adoptions from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
The shelter is located at 5600 Banner Drive in Fort Myers, next to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office
off Six Mile Cypress Parkway.
All adoptions include spay/neuter surgery, age-appropriate vaccinations, rabies vaccination
and county license if three months or older, flea treatment, worming, heartworm test for dogs six
months and over, feline AIDS and leukemia test for cats, training DVD, 10-day health guarantee,
and a bag of Science Diet pet food.
The adoption package is valued at $500.
NEWSPAPER
Sanibel & Captiva Islands
CALLING CARD 239-395-1213
Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911
Sanibel Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-3111
Lee County Sheriff’s Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477-1200
On Call Captiva Deputy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477-1000
Fire Department - Sanibel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-5525
Fire Department - Captiva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-9494
Florida Marine Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332-6966
Florida Highway Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278-7100
Poison Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-800-282-3171
Chamber of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-1080
City of Sanibel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-4135
Administrative Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-3700
Building Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-4555
Community Housing and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-1189
Planning Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-4136
Library - Sanibel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-2483
Library - Captiva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239-533-4890
Post Office - Sanibel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-1573
Post Office - Sanibel (toll free) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-275-8777
Post Office - Captiva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-1674
Sanibel Community Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-2155
Center 4 Life - Senior Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-5743
ARTS
Arcade Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332-4488
Art League Of Fort Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275-3970
BIG ARTS - Barrier Island Group for the Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395-0900
Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278-4422
Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288-2535
Gulf Coast Symphony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-6197
Lee County Alliance for the Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939-2787
Naples Philharmonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597-1111
The Herb Strauss Schoolhouse Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-6862
Sanibel Music Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336-7999
Sanibel-Captiva Art League . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-4258
SW Florida Symphony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418-0996
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
ABWA - American Business Women’s Assoc. . . . . . . 565-7872 or 433-7798
American Legion Post 123 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-9979
Angel Flight SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-877-4AN-ANGEL
Audubon Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-3744
Sanibel Bike Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sanibelbicycleclub.org
Community Foundation of Sanibel-Captiva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274-5900
CROW - Clinic For The Rehabilitation of Wildlife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-3644
FISH of Sanibel - Friends in Service Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-0404
Sanibel Island Fishing Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-8994
Horticultural Society of the Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-6940
Horticulture and Tea Society of Sanibel and Captiva . . . . . . . . . . 472-8334
Kiwanis Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677-7299
League of Women Voters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]
Lions Club, Tom Rothman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395-3248
Master Gardeners of the Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-6940
Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-9332
Notre Dame Club of Southwest Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768-0417
Optimist Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-0836
PAWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-4823
Rotary Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-7257 or 472-0141
Sanibel Beautification Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470-2866
Sanibel-Captiva Orchid Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-6940
Sanibel-Captiva Power Squadron . . . . . . www.usps.org/localusps/sancap
Sanibel-Captiva Republican Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395-1202
Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395-1770
Sanibel Youth Soccer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.sanibelsoccer.org . . 395-2040
MOAA - Military Officers Assc. of America, Alex MacKenzie . . . . 395-9232
United Way of Lee County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433-2000
United Way 211 Helpline 24 hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 or 433-3900
Zonta Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728-1971
ISLAND ATTRACTIONS
Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395-2233
JN “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-1100
Sanibel Historical Museum & Village . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472-4648
SCCF Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472-2329
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Beach Access Across Street
Tropical Beach Home
Ground-Level Easy-Living Condo
Near-Beach Lot
~950 sq. ft. easy-living condo at Spanish Parcel buildable for single-family home
Elevated split-plan with great room &
Expanded Mariner Pointe 2 bedroom
Cay which has community pool & river- at end of Umbrella Pool Road cul-de-sac 2 screened porches, nestled at the end with custom kitchen; views of both bay
side docks like this one. 2-week rentals
of Martha’s Lane cul-de-sac, shared pool & canal from glass-enclosed lanai; steps
in Sanibel Bayous subdivision, near
allowed, earning ~$13K/year. $249,900
& tennis. $479,000
to pool, fishing & dockage. $499,000
Bowman’s Beach. $379,000
Delightful Décor & Water Views
Privacy Plus in Gumbo Limbo
This View at Loggerhead Cay
2nd floor expanded Mariner Pointe
East-end furnished 3rd floor 2 bedroom
3-bedroom plus den piling home on
2 bedroom w/view of bay, plus open
grossing ~$40K/year with excellent
~170’ wide lot , backing to conservation
rental history; community pool, tennis, deck just outside front door, perfect for
land & sunsets; remodeled kitchen &
canal & marina watching. $499,900
clubhouse & more. $499,000
baths, & 2 storerooms below. $499,000
Beach-Front Walk-Out
Grossing more than $60K/year in the
on-site rental program with low fees,
this Sandalfoot 2 bedroom is nicely
updated too. $699,000
West Gulf Drive With Income
Shell Harbor Lot With This View
Gulf View & Income at Sundial
Pie-shaped parcel with patio dock on
Not many condos this side of Tarpon
Open kitchen, granite countertops,
Limpet Drive, over 1/2 acre on
Bay Road permit weekly rentals, but
crown molding, & tray ceilings are just a
Sand Pointe does. 2nd floor 2 bedroom intersecting canals near Sanibel Marina, few of the upgrades at #R401, top floor
east-end convenience. $749,000
w/new kitchen/baths. $749,000
2 bedroom with den. $849,000
Smack on The Beach
Sanibel Surfside gulf-front remodeled
2 bedrm with bright white kitchen,
colorful cottage-style décor, & weekly
rental income $874,000
2242 Periwinkle Way, #3
472-HOME (4663)
888-603-0603
Somerset at The Reef
Gulf-front ~2,360 sq. ft. condo, just a
floor up over covered parking &
storeroom. Every detail considered for
easy comfortable beachside living:
bamboo floors, heated tile floors in
master en-suite bath. End-unit floor
plan with morning light. 2 bedrooms
with den (or 3 bedrooms), 2.5 baths.
Decorated in cottage chic décor.
$2,200,000 includes furniture
Susan Andrews
Realtor®
Broker/Owner
David Anderson
Realtor®
Closing Coordinator
Elise Carnes
Notary & Listing
Coordinator
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Realtor®
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Custom Villa Home in The Sanctuary
Overlooking the 9th fairway, the
unique design of this spacious
Augusta Greens 3 bedroom with den
at 5743 Baltusrol Court expanded
both the floor plan & the screened
pool & spa enclosure to enhance &
privatize the view, plus maximize both
living & garage spaces. Many special
features & the vacant lot next door
also available to the buyer. $1,450,000
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