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VOL. 22, NO. 32
SANIBEL
& CAPTIVA
ISLANDS,
FLORIDA
Sanibel
& Captiva
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A Swinging Good Time At BIG ARTS
T
he Aaron Weinstein Trio, with special guest Bucky Pizzarelli, will swing
the Great American Songbook at
the BIG ARTS Have Strings, Will Swing
annual benefit on Saturday, January 31.
The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m.
in Schein Performance Hall.
Jazz violinist, mandolinist, arranger and
bow-tie rights activist Aaron Weinstein has
been called “the Groucho of the violin”
by Tony Bennett and “a perfect musician”
by Bucky Pizzarelli. He has performed
and recorded with an array of jazz icons,
including Les Paul, Bucky and John
Pizzarelli, Dick Hyman, Dave Frishberg, Jon
Hendricks and Annie Ross as well as musicians as varied as New York Pops conductor Skitch Henderson and rock guitarist J.
Geils.
Pizzarelli, a legendary jazz guitarist, has
performed hundreds of concerts worldwide.
He has performed with Benny Goodman,
Frank Sinatra, Claude “Fiddler” Williams
and Perry Como. His numerous worldwide
tours also included performances with practically every jazz legend: Stephane Grapelli,
Bucky Pizzarelli
Slam Stewart, Tal Farlow, Rosemary
Clooney, Zoot Sims, Benny Carter, Michael
Justin McBride, left, of Lee County’s Department of Natural Resources, observes a feature
of the water quality exhibit with SCCF’s Eric Milbrandt
photo by Jeff Lysiak
SCCF Nature Center
Debuts Water Quality Exhibit
by Jeff Lysiak
V
isitors to the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Nature Center may
have noticed a new display featuring touchscreens, video panels and an interactive children’s game featuring cartoon characters of various undersea life.
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Valentine’s Day Comes To Village
T
he Sanibel Historical Village is preparing to celebrate Valentine’s Day,
displaying vintage and antique valentines throughout the village.
The history of Valentine’s Day, and
St. Valentine, is uncertain. One legend
contends that Valentine was a priest who
served during the third century in Rome.
When Emperor Claudius II decided that
single men made better soldiers than those
with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine defied
Claudius and continued to perform marriages in secret. When his actions were
discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put
to death. This is according to the History
Channel’s website.
Other stories suggest that Valentine may Wanda Malone with sailor’s valentine
have been killed for attempting to help men
escape harsh Roman prisons, where they
were often beaten and tortured. According to one legend, when Valentine was imprisoned, he sent the first “valentine” greeting after falling in love – possibly with his jailor’s
daughter. By the Middle Ages, Valentine would become one of the most popular saints
in England and France.
Today, approximately 150 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually,
making Valentine’s Day the second most popular card-sending holiday after Christmas.
For Valentine’s Day gifts, the gift shop at the Sanibel Historical Village carries sailor’s
valentines, some shaped as hearts, in prices ranging from around $50 to $150.
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Excitement Builds For
Sanibel’s Mardi Gras Party
W
hile New Orleans’ famed Mardi
Gras begins on February 14, the
Sanibel version is based more on
Family Gras, which runs from February 6
through 8 in New Orleans. The Sanibel
event, set for Saturday, February 7 from
5 to 9 p.m. at The Dunes Golf & Tennis
Club on Sanibel, will feature Cajun-style
food, traditional decorations, games,
music, dancing and prizes, with a familyfriendly vibe.
As the date draws near for the Mardi
Gras benefit for Community Housing &
Resources (CHR), some people might be
wondering about the origins of this fun
celebration. What exactly is Mardi Gras
and why should Sanibel get excited about
it?History tells us that Mardi Gras got its
start thousands of years ago, based on
pagan celebrations of spring and fertility,
including raucous Roman festivals. When
Christianity came to Rome, religious leaders Committee members Christine Thing, left,
decided to incorporate these popular, local and Kathleen Skubikowski work on table
traditions rather than to abolish them altodecorations
gether. The excesses of Mardi Gras season
became a prelude to Lent, the Christian observation of 40 days of penance between
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Landmarks:
The Old & New Blind Pass Bridges
Ikki Matsumoto
Prints & Posters
Fancy-Footed Booby
Available at:
Sanibel Art & Frame
Tarpon Bay Road
Sanibel • 395-1350
Two Islands Gallery
Chadwick’s Square
Captiva • 472-7633
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. It is open during library hours. This week’s image is the new replaces the old. The
old Blind Pass Bridge between Sanibel and Captiva Islands is quite a contrast in this picture with the new bridge completed except for
approaches which will be pumped in by Gene Sander of Sander Boat Yard in the near future.
photo archives of the Captiva Island Historical Society
Whims
Bailey’s Shopping Center
Sanibel • 313-0535
www.ikkimatsumoto.com
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Tahitian Gardens
Pet Palooza Is
February 7
“This year’s event includes the shelter
pups and some very attractive offerings from Tahitian Gardens’ merchants.
Cheeburger Cheeburger will be donating
a $1 from the sale of any Pounder burger
purchased during the event so come to see
the pups and bring your appetite,” says
Barbara Harrington, market director for
the shopping center.
“Synergy and Sanibel Sole have attractive Valentine-themed scarfs for $5 with all
proceeds benefitting GCHS. Cedar Chest
will once again raffle off a beautiful piece
of jewelry with raffle proceeds benefitting
GCHS. Shiny Objects has a special offer
for those of you supporting the event,” she
added.
G
ulf Coast Humane Society (GCHS)
a non-kill shelter, returns to the
islands Saturday, February 7, with
more of its furry friends who are ready
for adoption during the Tails A-Waggin
Pet Palooza.
It will take place at Tahitian Gardens,
1975 Periwinkle Way, from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. A donation for GCHS is requested.
Visit www.gulfcoasthumanesociety.org to
review current needs.
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$1 with all proceeds benefitting GCHS.
Island Paws is stopping in for the event
with a raffle basket and information about
its store s located in Olde Sanibel Shoppes.
“The expanded event, merchant participation and Gulf Coast Humane Society’s
pups should make this a heartwarming
event. And while the GCHS cannot bring
out cats (they don’t crate their cats, they
live in open rooms) they have cats needing
new homes as well. Go online to see their
shelter guests patiently waiting for a new
home,” suggests Harrington.
“Islanders have adopted several Pet
Palooza pups over the years and we hope
to continue this trend in 2015. The Pets
du Soleil photographer will be returning to
take pets’ portraits so bring your pet for a
photo session,” she noted.
Attendees can chat with vets, groomers, find a pet sitter, learn about obedience
classes and spend time in the company of
other pet owners and – perhaps – find a
new best fried.
Our email address is
[email protected]
San Cap Motor
Club Cruise In
T
he sixth San Cap Motor Club event
will be help on Saturday, February
7 in the parking lot of Periwinkle
Place shopping center on Sanibel.
Last month, more than 35 antique,
classic, muscle and sport models filled the
front of the shopping center while several
hundred spectators took photographs,
chatted with owners and spent a relaxing
Saturday morning.
“The event is a great way to start off
the weekend and visit with other car owners and spectators. The community has
really embraced the idea of sharing their
vehicles with one another in a non-stress
environment,” said Mike Stone, one of
the organizers. “We look forward to even
more participants this month, he added.
For more information on the club, contact Scot Congress at 472-4177 or scot@
scongress.com or Mike Stone at 3220044 or [email protected].
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Native Sanibelian To
Speak At Historical Village
T
he Sanibel Historical Village will hold another Twilight
Talk starting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 12 at
Shore Haven on the village grounds. The speaker will be
Mike Billheimer, whose grandparents settled on Sanibel in the
1940s. Billheimer is the owner of the Lighthouse Café on the
east end of Periwinkle Way.
Billheimer’s parents started as builders on the island and built
a fishing camp on photographer Charlie McCullough’s parents’
property on Woodring Point.
“Mike said his great grandfather probably slept in the bedroom set we have in The Rutland Building in the village,” said
museum manager Emilie Alfino. He grew up in High Tide
Mike Billheimer
Condos on West Gulf Drive.
His talk will span his life on the island, including the changes he has seen. He was
born on Sanibel and went to The Sanibel School. “Mike said he would never leave,”
Alfino added.
Reservations are required, as space is limited. Call the museum at 472-4648 or
RSVP via email at [email protected]. The cost is $5 per ticket; tickets must be
picked up and paid for in advance at the museum office.
Remaining Twilight Talks for this season include representatives from Flint & Doyle,
the company that moved Shore Haven from Bay Drive to the village, and longtime
islander Jim Pickens.
For more information, call 472-4648 during business hours or visit www.sanibelmuseum.org.
Share your community news with us.
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or email [email protected]
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Mayor Ruane Speaks About Progress
On City Goals At CASI Breakfast
From Sanibel Surfside, Mike and Darlene Ilten, Gary Schulze and Pat Hossell
From left: Dick Weiss, Mariner Pointe Board; Sharon Murphy, president, Loggerhead Cay;
Mayor Kevin Ruane; Linda Naton, president, Somerset at the Reef
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ne-hundred-and-ten condominium owners and friends welcomed Sanibel
Mayor Kevin Ruane to the Condominium Associations of Sanibel, Inc.
(CASI) breakfast meeting at The Sanctuary clubhouse on Friday, January
23. Ruane spoke on the progress city council has made this past year in its goals of
improving water quality, stabilizing city finances and encouraging sensitive redevelopment.
He pointed out that Sanibel can achieve success in water quality only by working with other leaders. This year council made it a point to build relationships with
local, state and federal officials. Water quality is as much an economic issue as it is
an environmental one. When Ruane started talking with other local mayors about the
economic impact of water quality on each of their communities, they came together
as colleagues and friends to make a difference on legislation, flood insurance rates and
pollution control.
Five local mayors have written joint letters and travelled together on several occasions to Tallahassee and Washington, D.C. Their efforts helped motivate Governor
Scott to fund all proposed water projects in this year’s budget. Trips and letters to D.C.
resulted in approval of a major water bill by a House vote of 466-6, after which the
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Show your
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 30, 2015
From Kings Crown, Dan Voltmann and Tuck
Schulhof
Doreen Ruane with her father Tom
Gilhooley, president of LaPlaya
mayoral group moved on to successfully
petition the Appropriations Committee to
secure funding for those long-anticipated
projects.
Finance is Ruane’s background. He
noted that when he came into office,
shortly after Hurricane Charley, the city
had $2 million in the bank and a $50 million budget. Council and staff have worked
to trim the budget and build up emergency
reserves while not decreasing city services
or increasing ad valorem taxes for island
property owners. In addition, calling on
islanders with expertise in pension issues
has radically and positively changed the
city’s pension structure while minimizing
negative impacts on employees.
He said a third aspect of financial stability is increasing revenue streams. Prior to
causeway re-construction, the city received
$800,000 annually in revenue sharing on
causeway tolls plus another $800,000 in
John Utley, president, Anglers Key
weigh station fees. For a time, those fees
were suspended by agreement with the county. Council worked this past year to reinstate revenue sharing from tolls and this year brought in $1.3 million in toll revenue.
Sensitive redevelopment increases property values and therefore property taxes, a
substantial source of revenue. Over the past few years city leaders adopted ordinances
to allow reconstruction (buildback), redevelopment and improvement in the resort
housing district. City leaders are currently working on commercial redevelopment. A
landmark component of that is a civic core in the city hall/library area. The concept
envisions coalescing the expansion plans currently being contemplated by BIGARTS,
the Senior Center and the Sanibel Community Association. City-owned property can
adequately accommodate and enhance these expansions by providing a park-like campus for shared parking, bicycle and walking paths, which will simultaneously address
traffic issues.
If these groups reach agreement, including their contribution to the cost of the project, a final plan will be developed and would be put to referendum for voters approval,
Ruane said. He estimates the cost to the city may run to $20 million, which he
Children’s Center
Yard Sale
T
he Children’s Education Center
of the Islands is holding its annual
yard sale on Saturday, February
7 from 8 a.m. to noon. This huge,
multifamily sale will feature many gentlyloved items, including:
• Children’s and adult’s clothing
• Toys and games
• Bicycles
• Books
• Furniture
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Trent Peake, Sanibel Captiva Chamber of Commerce; Dru Doyle, Ocean’s Reach board;
Jo Curris, Pointe Santo board; and Ric Base, chamber president
expects can be largely funded by grants. He cited local examples of similarly sized and
larger local projects that have been funded by grants.
He pointed out that 27 percent of the county’s tax revenues come from Sanibel. Of
each Sanibel property owners’ tax bill, 15 cents is retained by Sanibel, 85 cents goes
to the county. With carefully selected projects such as the civic core, Sanibel leaders
are working to bring some of those tax dollars back to the island.
Ruane and other council members have made it a point to become active on county, regional and state boards where they are developing relationships that may warm
reception to requests for needed grants. They have had success in the modest requests
for grants made so far.
Ruane’s comments and leadership were warmly applauded by the CASI crowd.
The next CASI breakfast will be at The Sanctuary on Tuesday, February 24 and will
feature Joseph E. Adams, managing partner of the Becker-Poliakoff law offices in Fort
Myers and Naples.
THE FUTURE HAS AN ANCIENT HEART
Antique Diamond and Estate Jewelry • American Paintings
TIFFANY ~ GALLE ~ ROOKWOOD ~ PERIOD BRONZES
STERLING SILVER ~ ART NOUVEAU ~ ART DECO
• Strollers and baby gear
• Goodies for grown-ups
Coffee and refreshments will be sold,
so customers can get a caffeine boost
while they shop for treasures.
Donations are also being accepted,
so clean out your closets and bring your
items to CECI, located at 350 Casa Ybel
Road on Sanibel. All proceeds benefit the
nonprofit preschool, which serves children ages 2 to 5 whose parents live or
work on the islands.
For the first time, the school will allow
people to sell their wares, too. Tables are
available to rent for $35 each. Call Ms.
Cindy at 472-4538 for more details.
Share your community news with us.
Call 395-1213, Fax: 395-2299
or email [email protected]
Albert Meadow Antiques
Captiva Island, Florida (across from The Bubble Room Restaurant)
239-472-8442
Seasonal • December 18 – April 10 • 11am – 4pm
[email protected]
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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. This
annual event features a variety of handcrafted items by area artists, as well as
new books by local authors. More than
40 vendors will be on site. Take advantage of this opportunity to buy some
unique pottery, shell designs, paintings,
fabric art, jewelry, glasswork, books, tropical plants, photography, wreaths, canned
goods and other items. Refreshments will
also 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: February 24 and 26
iPad – Intermediate: March 3 and 5
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, March 19 and 26 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.
Coping with Life Series – Featuring
guest speakers on various topics at the
Center 4 Life.
Friday, January 30 at 1:30 p.m. –
How Do You Know When It’s Time To
Move To Assisted Living? with McKenzie
Millis, assisted living healthcare marketing specialist for Shell Point Retirement
Community. This presentation will provide you with a better understanding of
what the differences are between independent living, assisted living and skilled
nursing care. Whether you are considering assisted living for yourself or someone
you love, this presentation will help you
to identify the signs for when you should
consider making a move to assisted living.
Friday, February 20 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 hinder-
Tropical Fabrics
Novelty Yarn
Quilting
Notions
Beads
Scrapbook Papers
Children’s Crafts
Art Supplies
Shell Crafts
Gifts
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Ask about our Sewing Machine Rental Program!
STOP IN ON THURSDAY’S FOR OUR MAKE-IT-AND-TAKE-IT BEAD BRACELET ACTIVITY!
ing your happiness? Rob Kjoller will discuss methods of organization. Contact the
center.
Leisure Luncher’s – Monday, February
16 at 11 a.m. at the Southwest Florida
Military Museum & Library. Visit this local
museum, which is dedicated to honoring
the military, preserving and displaying military artifacts and memorabilia while educating the public and future generations
about the nation’s military heritage. Lunch
will be at the Nauti Mermaid Dockside
Bar & Grill. Register at the center.
From Manatees to Mermaids: Crystal
River, Homosassa Springs and The
Plantation Inn – Thursday and Friday,
February 19 and 20. Cost for members
is $204 per person double occupancy,
$254 single; non-members are $229
per person double occupancy, $279
single. Includes round trip transportation,
overnight accommodations, dinner and
breakfast at The Plantation Inn, admission
to Weeki-Wachee (the original City of Live
Mermaids), boat tour with manatees and
other activities. Depart from Fort Myers at
8:30 a.m. Deadline to purchase tickets is
Friday, February 6.
Savannah’s Secrets Tour – Monday
to Thursday, March 9 to 12. Cost for
members is $574 per person double
occupancy, $824 single; non-members
are $599 per person double occupancy,
$849. Midnight in the Garden of Good
and Evil meets today’s Savannah in this
tour. Includes round trip transportation,
three nights accommodations at the
award-winning Holiday Inn Express in the
heart of the historic district, guided tour
Rene’s
Jewelry
472-5544
of the Mercer-Williams home, guided tour
of historic Savannah, six meals (including
dinners at Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House
and Johnny Harris Barbecue), and other
attractions. Depart from Fort Myers at
7:30 a.m. Deadline to register is Friday,
February 13.
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.
Tuesday and Thursday Kayaking
Now Available – February 3, 5, 10 and
12 (weather permitting) at 8:30 a.m.
There is space for 16 people on eight
two-person kayaks and limited 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
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Monday thru Friday 9am to 5pm
Saturday 10am to 4pm
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239-395-1350
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Community
Panel And CEPD
Monthly Meetings
T
he Captiva Community Panel will
hold its regular monthly meeting
on Tuesday, February 10, beginning at 9 a.m., in Chadwicks Square at
South Seas Island Resort. This meeting
is open to all interested islanders and
the public.
Among the agenda items:
• Discussion of the Captiva Plan
update
• Update on the South Seas master
plan amendment
• A Captiva Erosion Prevention
District update
• A Captiva Fire District update
• A Hurricane Preparedness and
Response Committee update
• Other business as necessary.
In addition, the panel will hold a workshop on the Captiva Plan right after the
panel meeting, in the same room. This
will be an opportunity to review the initial
draft language for the plan, as well as to
discuss other planning issues and set up a
schedule of public meetings to review the
proposed plan update.
Public participation is invited
and encouraged. The next Captiva
Community Panel meeting will tentatively
be held on March 10. Information and
background documents are available
online at www.captivacommunitypanel.
com.
The Captiva Erosion Prevention
District will hold its next monthly board
meeting on Wednesday, February 11 at
1 p.m. in the Wakefield Room at ‘Tween
Waters Inn. Call the district at 472-2472
or go to http://mycepd.com/ for more
information.
The Captiva Community Panel is looking for interested nominees to fill current
and future openings on the panel to help
set the island’s land use and zoning direction. Meetings are usually in the morning
on the second Tuesday of each month.
No specific background is required,
except a desire to learn about issues
facing the island and a willingness to
work to address them. Email your name,
contact information and some of your
background to captivacommunitypanel@
gmail.com, and it will be passed on to the
panel’s nominating committee.
League Of Women Voters to Host
Candidates Forum For City Council
O
n Tuesday, March 3, the City of Sanibel will hold an election to fill two seats
on the city council. Three candidates have been qualified to run for the two
seats. They are incumbent Jim Jennings and newcomers Chauncey Goss
and Frances Slane.
The League of Women Voters of Sanibel will hold a Candidates Forum at The
Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way on Sanibel, on Wednesday, February 11 at
7 p.m. All three candidates have agreed to appear at the event.
Professor Roger Green, chairman of the Department of Public Affairs at Florida
Gulf Coast University, will serve as the moderator. Green’s areas of expertise and
teaching are public policy, political theory and ethics.
The audience will have an opportunity to submit questions to the candidates.
The forum is free and open to the public.
No signs or demonstrations will be allowed in the auditorium during the program. If
you have questions, call Dick Calkins at 395-1751.
Community Awareness
Sexual Offender Information
T
he City of Sanibel is aware of the importance of public awareness regarding
safety concerns. Therefore, the Sanibel Police Department is reminding citizens of the procedure to track sexual offenders.
The City of Sanibel reminds citizens of the authorized state registry for tracking
sexual offenders. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement hosts the official public
website at https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/homepage.do.
The website lists sexual offender/predator flyers which include a photo, designation,
status, a physical description of the offender/predator, crime information and a registered address.
Searches may be conducted by area (city, county and/or zip code), by name, university/campus or E-mail/Internet Identifier. To conduct a search, click on the red
Offender Search button at the top of the site.
You also can sign up for email notification using the Florida Offender Alert System.
The emails are sent when a sexual offender/predator moves within a certain distance
from a specified location set by the citizen or when a particular sexual offender/predator moves anywhere throughout the state of Florida. Click on the yellow Offender
Alert System button at the top of the site to sign up.
For further information or to report a crime on Sanibel, contact the Sanibel Police
Department at 472-3111.
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Sanibel Mardi Gras
Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. Mardi
Gras spread like Christianity from Rome
to other European countries, including
France, Germany, Spain and England.
As Lent drew near, merrymakers
would binge on all the meat, eggs, milk
and cheese that remained in their homes
in preparation for fasting or eating only
fish. In France, the day before Ash
Wednesday came to be called Mardi Gras,
or Fat Tuesday. In the United Kingdom
and Ireland, the week before Ash
Wednesday is called Shrovetide, ending
on Shrove Tuesday, and features eating
pancakes, fried breads and pastries made
with sugar, fat, and eggs.
In America, Mardi Gras probably
originated on March 3, 1699 when the
French explorers Iberville and Bienville
landed in what is now Louisiana. In celebration, they dubbed their landing spot
Point du Mardi Gras. New Orleans and
other French settlements began marking
the holiday with street parties, masked
balls and lavish dinners, rituals which were
later banned during the Spanish occupation.
At the New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration of 1827, a group of students
provided the basis for the later tradition
of parades, donning colorful costumes
Getting ready for Mardi Gras
and dancing through the streets as they
had done in Paris. Ten years later came the first recorded New Orleans Mardi Gras
parade, an event which continues to this day. Traditions include throwing beads,
wearing masks, decorating floats and eating King Cake, followed by costume balls.
Interestingly, Louisiana is the only state in which Mardi Gras is a legal holiday.
And while other countries, cities and regions recognize Mardi Gras or similar festivals, New Orleans remains the true home of Mardi Gras in the U.S.
Tickets for the CHR fundraiser are $55 each and are available through the CHR
website at SanibelCHR.org, the CHR office, 2401 Library Way, Sanibel, and at
Bailey’s General Store, The Sanibel Café, and Sanibel-Captiva Community Bank.
For event information, check the website or call 472-1189. As they say in New
Orleans, “Laissez les bon temps rouler!” or “Let the good times roll.”
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Waiver Ordinance Discussed,
Final Draft Forthcoming
by Jeff Lysiak
D
uring Tuesday’s planning commission meeting, the public hearing on developing new waiver specifications for nonconforming commercial properties
wishing to redevelop continued, with commissioners agreeing to allow the
planning department to continue fine-tuning the legislation before bringing back a
draft resolution next month.
According to Jim Jordan, director of planning, his department hopes to create a
transparent, site specific waiver system, which provides a process that increases conformity and encourages reinvestment.
“Our goal is to provide an equitable process for re-developing non-conforming
properties that existed at the time of incorporation to redevelop through a transparent
process without expanding existing non-conformities,” Jordan said during his progress
report.
According to Jordan, at the time the City of Sanibel incorporated 40 years ago,
a portion of today’s commercial developments were already in place. Many of these
non-conforming properties “are the very essence of the character and uniqueness of
Sanibel.” However, current codes and permitting processes may create a disincentive
to improve or redevelop these non-conforming developments resulting in “a tired,
shabby and dated appearance.”
Jordan presented a four-page draft waiver ordinance for the commission to consider. The pact would allow the commission, following a public hearing, to grant
waivers for lawfully existing non-conforming structures and properties located within
the General, Town Center General and Town Limited Commercial Districts. Waivers
could not be granted in cases which would increase the maximum floor area or height
allowed for commercially-zoned parcels, or that would increase or further the extent
of any lawfully existing non-conformity on a commercially-zoned property developed
prior to the adoption and effective date of the proposed Land Development Code.
“You can’t develop a process that’s one size fits all,” noted Jordan. “You’re going to
have to address these properties on a case by case basis.”
Commissioner John Talmage asked if the planning department had compiled an
inventory of all non-conforming commercial properties on the island. Jordan said it
had not, adding that the department didn’t have enough tools or resources to prepare
such a list.
Fellow commissioner Chuck Ketteman asked if Jordan had received any feedback
on the draft ordinance from any commercial property owner or the Sanibel & Captiva
Chamber of Commerce, to which Jordan replied that he had not.
Jeremy Kane, representing the chamber, made a number of inquiries about how
the legislation would impact non-conformities including setbacks as well as the waiver
process. He also stressed that the proposed draft should protect commercial properties
and ensure that there would be no increase in non-conformity.
Following some additional discussion, Ketteman asked that the commission request
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Rotary
Happenings
submitted by Shirley Jewell
T
he SanibelCaptiva Rotary
welcomed as
our guest speaker
recently Sanibel
School Resource
Officer John
Jakubowski. He is
responsible for children and staff security during school hours and at afterschool events. But there are a couple of
additional areas beyond those defined
responsibilities that are extremely important to Officer Jakubowski: character
building and computer safety. In both
cases adults have to pay attention to
what is going on with their children,
who their friends are and what they are
doing.
Most children nowadays have access
to the Internet on a regular basis at
school, at home or on some other computer technology device. Jakubowski
came prepared to enlighten us on the
importance of Internet safety regarding
children. We’ve all heard the horror stories about bullying and child predators.
A quote from the FBI, “Our children
are our nation’s most valuable asset. They
represent the bright future of our country
and hold our hopes for a better nation.
Our children are also the most vulnerable members of society. Protecting our
Sanibel School Resource Officer John Jakubowski talks about Internet risks to youngsters
children against the fear of crime and
from becoming victims of crime must be
a national priority.”
Computer devices themselves do no
harm but what you use them for can
affect not only your life but the lives of
others for a very long time. Big Brother
can only do so much… the Children’s
Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
is a law passed by the U.S. Congress in
1998 to specifically protect the privacy of
children under the age of 13 by requesting consent for the collection or use of
any personal information of website
users. The act officially took effect in
April 2000.
Parents and grandparents are not
always savvy about social media sites kids
are using today and definitely not about
the new temporary and anonymous apps
that are being used, which when posted
disappear after a very short time.
So let’s wake up… first restrict usage
of these devices. There are apps parents
can use to track their children’s usage.
Place computers in a common area to
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monitor the child’s activities. Buy software that prevents your child from visiting
inappropriate sites. Tell them why they
should never give out personal information about themselves on the computer,
why they should never to fill out personal
questionaires or member profiles and
definitely don’t post personal information
on social media and use those sites to
inform people of your regular daily activities. This is pretty much is the equivalent
of our parents’ warnings, never talk to
strangers, but on the Internet there are
millions and millions of strangers who
might just be browsing for this type of
information about you, strangers who are
out to do harm.
Today, kids are using temporary apps
like Snapchat and Burn Note to temporarily post messages and pictures that will
self-destruct after a period of time. Why,
they do that. Think! There are other
apps that are even more risky, Whisper,
Secret-Speak Freely, Ask.fm, Omegle…
used for all kinds of postings they don’t
want their parents to know about.
And FYI, get to know the language/
acronyms used on social media such as:
9 (parent watching); 99 (parent gone);
broken (hangover); 420 (marijuana); POS
(parent over shoulder). Just google acronyms every parent should know. You will
be enlightened.
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 30, 2015
Churches/ Temples
Jane Buffo and Gari Lewis show off some Noah’s Ark “finds”
Noah’s Ark Fashion Safari
A
Fashion Safari is the theme of the Noah’s Ark 51st annual fashion show,
presented by the women of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church.
The show is on Monday, February 9 starting at 2 p.m. This is a thank-you
for all those who support the Ark throughout the year. All clothing modeled will be for
sale at the end of the show.
Chairperson of the event is Gari Lewis and the fashion coordinator is Jane Buffo.
St. Michael is at 2304 Periwinkle Way.
Prayer Ministry At
Sanibel Church
O
n Saturday,
February
7 from 9
a.m. to noon, Dr.
Daryl Donovan,
senior pastor of
Sanibel Community
Church, will be
conducting a workshop on doing ministry the way Jesus
did ministry. There
will be discussion
Pastor Daryl
on how to pray
Donovan
and the role of the
Holy Spirit as we pray. The seminar will
include practical, hands-on training for
praying for the sick.
The workshop is free and open to all,
but you must pre-register by February 1.
A light breakfast will be available at 8:30
a.m. with sessions beginning promptly
at 9 a.m. To register or for more information, call 472-2684 or visit www.
sanibelchurch.com.
Sanibel Community Church is a nondenominational evangelical congregation
located at 1740 Periwinkle Way (next to
Jerry’s Market).
New Series
At Church
B
eginning on February 15, Sanibel
Community Church will be offering the powerful new video series
by Rick Warren of Saddleback Church
entitled What On Earth Am I Here For?
The study delves into some of life’s
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.
deepest questions, including “What is
the purpose of life?” Based on Warren’s
all-time best-seller, now published in 85
languages, The Purpose Driven Life,
this new series is more challenging and
penetrating for participants.
What On Earth Am I Here For? will
be offered for six weeks on Sunday
mornings at 10:45 a.m. in the Historic
Chapel, facilitated by Joel Goodman.
Muffins and coffee will be available.
Bible classes for children are available at
that time as well.
On Wednesday evenings beginning
on February 18, Pastor Daryl Donovan
will facilitate the course, with a light dinner served at 5:30 p.m., with the video
and discussion. The Wednesday evening
course will also be held in the Historic
Chapel of Sanibel Community Church.
This powerful life-transforming series
is free and all are welcome to attend.
There is no need to pre-register. Dr.
Warren’s Book will be available, but is
not required for the course.
Sanibel Community Church is a nondenomination evangelical congregation
located at 1740 Periwinkle Way (next to
Jerry’s Market). For more information,
visit www.sanibelchurch.com or call
472-2684.
Our email address is
[email protected]
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].
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Visual Bible Study
Artist Classes
A
rtist and
teacher
Debby
Topliff will
demonstrate
her method
of visual Bible
study – or
Visual Lectio
Divina – developed to help
people of all
ages and artistic skill incorporate simple
line drawings
into their study of scripture. Slow down
and sketch the Bible passage you are
reading, Topliff says, and you’ll begin
to notice details and patterns that allow
God’s word to take root in your heart
and be imprinted on your mind. She
has created several large-scale paintings
based on her in-depth study of whole
books and sections of the Bible.
Classes will be held on Mondays for
four weeks, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in
the main Sanctuary. Her book will be
available in the courtyard on Sunday,
February 1 at 10:15 a.m. Sanibel
Community Church is located at 1740
Periwinkle Way.
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Free Super Bowl
Bash Open To All
O
n Super Bowl Sunday, February
1, Sanibel Community Church’s
Student Ministries is hosting a
Pre-Game Bash at The Sanibel School
athletic fields. The event goes from
2:30 to 5 p.m. and includes a free hot
dogs and burgers lunch along with chips
and drinks; a Punt, Pass and Kick competition; and a two-hand touch football
game for all ages and skill levels, including the “headlining event” – a Students
vs. Adults game for the coveted Golden
Football. This event is free and is open
to all ages.
“For the last two years, the adults have
won the Golden Football. This year, the
students will come out ready to ‘whomp’
the adults and win it back,” explained
Kevin Schafer, Youth Pastor at SCC. “We
have the wraps, ice and heat packs ready
for this year’s game… we are confident
that that all who come will have a blast.”
Schafer added, “We hope a lot of
families can join us for this fun event...
and adults, too!”
If you are or have a student in sixth
through 12th grades and would like
more information about the Sanibel
Community Church Student Ministries,
contact Youth Pastor Kevin Schafer at
472-2684. Grades 6 to 8 meet every
Wednesday in the Youth Center from 5
to 7 p.m. High School teens meet every
Wednesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sanibel
Community Church is located at 1740
Periwinkle Way (next to Jerry’s Market).
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Jingle Bell Walk Benefits FISH
Members of the Sanibel-Captiva Optimists Club presented a check for $5,000 to Friends
In Service Here (FISH) of Sanibel-Captiva, proceeds from their annual Jingle Bell Walk
held on December 20. Pictured from left: Stan Howard, Ed Ridlehoover, Randy Carson,
Maggie Goldsmith, John Jones and Dan Alton.
photo by Jeff Lysiak
SCCF Marine Lab Director Eric Milbrandt, center, offers visitors to the Nature Center a tour
of their new water quality exhibit, which features videos, interactive displays, games and
real-time data
photos by Jeff Lysiak
From page 1
SCCF Debuts
Water Quality
However, the exhibit is much more
than that.
“It’s the first-of-its-kind water quality
display on Sanibel,” said Eric Milbrandt,
director of SCCF’s Marine Lab. “We’ve
always had animals at the nature center,
but we felt like we needed to step up and
bring some technology into it.”
Opened late last year, the five-panel
exhibit features:
• An interactive touchscreen display of
RECON (River Estuary Coastal Observing
Network)
• A database offering current salinity
levels of the estuary
• Videos profiling topics of local interest
• An interactive kids game – Sea
Grass – offering fun and educational facts
• Videos taken by SCCF staff during
marine lab excursions
The $32,000 exhibit, funded in part
by the West Coast Inland Navigation
District, is located in the middle of the
nature center and thus far has generated
a lot of positive feedback.
“The visitors love it, the volunteers
love it… it draws a lot of interest as
soon as you walk into the building,” said
Milbrandt. “I’ve heard some people say,
‘Wow! What a difference!’”
Launched in 2007, RECON monitors
water quality via biogeochemical sensors. Data generated by RECON assists
with research that can illuminate specific
processes and related resource management questions and concerns about algae
The interactive Sea Grass game offers a
number of exploration options
blooms; rapid pulses of freshwater from
run-off, low dissolved oxygen and hypoxic
zones; alteration of light sustaining sea
grass habitats; and high chlorophyll concentrations indicative of enhanced nutrient levels.
The exhibit’s main video screen runs
continuous footage taken by SCCF
Marine Lab staff members of performing
maintenance work on RECON’s sensors
– deployed along the Caloosahatchee
River, Pine Island Sound Aquatic
Preserve, Tarpon Bay and San Carlos
Bay – as well as gathering drift algae
samples along the shoreline near
Tarpon Bay Beach and a hammerhead
vs. bonnet shark encounter.
A second video screen offers instant
access to a number of short films featuring Florida sea grasses, the Eastern oyster, sea turtles and marine debris. Plans
to produce a film focused on red tide are
under way.
Milbrant also noted that the most popular feature within the new exhibit is the
Flo the Manatee is one of several characters featured in the Sea Grass game
One section of the water quality exhibit offers
current salinity levels of the local estuary
Sea Grass game, which is being enjoyed
“by lots of kids… as well as adults.” The
interactive look-and-learn game includes
a number of characters based on real-life
marine creatures: Flo the Manatee, Lou
Loggerhead, Tex Scallop, al Anchovy and
Missy Manta Ray.
However, the centerpiece of the
exhibit structure includes a touchscreen
presentation offering an in-depth RECON
overview, details about the sensors and
the data they collect, along with the latest information relayed from the RECON
sensors updated hourly. Visitors can
also learn more about oyster reefs and
sea grasses, hypoxia and the impacts of
extreme cold here in Southwest Florida.
“We’re gonna keep fiddling with it. We
can change it and make improvements
from time to time,” added Milbrandt.
“We’ll always want to keep the focus on
what’s interesting and what’s happening.”
The SCCF Nature Center is located at
3333 Sanibel-Captiva Road. Operating
hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday. For additional information, visit www.sccf.org.
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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.
Center 4 Life
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
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Never Forget: A Conversation
With A Holocaust Survivor
S
teen Metz was arrested when he was
only 8 years old. Along with his parents, he was forced from his hometown of Odense, Denmark, and deported
to Theresienstadt, a Nazi concentration
camp located in what is now the Czech
Republic. His father died within six
months, starved and malnourished. Steen
and his mother somehow managed to
endure another 18 months in this “model
ghetto.”
Seventy years later, Metz’s mission is to
share his story, and the story of millions
of victims like him, to help ensure that
Steen Metz as a boy in Denmark
humankind never forgets the Holocaust.
BIG ARTS is proud to present Metz in A
Conversation With A Holocaust Survivor at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, February 4 at the
Herb Strauss Theater.
What has become a life’s mission began as a memoir for his family. Having
endured the Holocaust as a child, Metz needed to do research to fill in the details that
would frame his memories. The more he researched, the more determined he became
to tell the story more broadly. He developed his memoir’s chapters on the Holocaust
into a book, A Danish Boy In Theriesenstadt: Reflections Of A Holocaust Survivor.
Then he spoke at his grandson’s school – and that’s where the mission really took
hold.
“The children were very respectful and attentive,” Metz remembers. “These middleschoolers asked a lot of questions, and they were good questions. I realized that we
need our children to carry the message forward, so we need to make sure they understand what happened and, especially, why it must never happen again.”
Since then, Metz has
shared his story with thousands
of people, mostly students,
throughout Lee and Collier
counties and in the Chicago
area, where he spends
the summer. The Sanibel
resident also spends time at,
and donates proceeds from
his book to, the Holocaust
Museum & Education
Center of Southwest Florida.
Audiences learn about the
good – the people who tried
to warn about arrest raids, the
“White Buses” from Sweden
and Denmark who helped
Steen and his mother return
home – as well as the horrors A gate at Theresienstadt
of the “hell on earth” detainees experienced in the camps.
Metz’ favorite part of his presentations is the question-and-answer portion. “This
has all become much bigger than I ever expected when I started writing,” he added.
“It’s now a passion of mine to educate. And every time I present, I even learn something more, from someone asking a question I hadn’t thought of, or sharing part of
their story or their grandmother’s story. This is very important, to continue sharing
and telling and asking. It’s critical that we never forget. Never forget.”
Admission to the presentation at BIG ARTS is free. The Herb Strauss Theater is
located at 2200 Periwinkle Way on Sanibel. For more information, call 395-0900 or
email [email protected].
From page 10
Waiver Ordinance
the chamber’s feedback in writing before
moving forward, so that the panel had a
“better understanding of the context of
comments and suggestions” being made.
“The more that you give us, the better
we will be able to pass along (your comments and suggestions) to the planning
department,” added commissioner Holly
Smith.
Both Smith and Ketteman said that
they were “uncomfortable” with moving
forward with the legislation before receiving comments from the chamber. Jordan
suggested that before any draft resolution
was passed along to city council, the commission would have an opportunity at their
next two meetings – both in February – to
receive chamber input and make any necessary changes or adjustments.
Commissioner Jason Maughan made a
motion to allow Jordan and his department
Talia Tumminello and Anna Willis
to make a few alterations to the proposed
draft ordinance, which will be brought back
before the commission at the February
10 meeting. His motion was approved,
6 to 0, with commissioner Chris Heidrick
absent and excused.
alia Tumminello and Anna
Willis, both fth grade students
at The Sanibel School, attended
the 2015 Florida Music Educators
New York • Paris • London
Association All-State Elementary
Chorus held in Tampa on January 15
Captiva Island?
and 16.
After submitting an audition back in
early September, only 200 fourth and
fifth grade students were chosen from
around Florida to convene for a choral
performance at the Tampa Convention
Center. Students rehearsed songs they
Captiva Island, Florida
were asked to memorize in preparation
(across from the Bubble Room Restaurant)
for a most memorable concert, including
instrumental accompaniment at the end
239-472-8442 • Daily 11-4
of the event.
For more information regarding the
[email protected]
All-State Elementary Chorus, visit femea.
flmusiced.org/all-state.
Sanibel School At
All-State Chorus
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Albert Meadow
Antiques
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Summer Camping For Logos Kids
Rivkah Livermon, the table server for the evening, equipped with a headlight, serves her
table s’mores for dessert. Waiting to gobble them up are Jen Markle, Kieran Kerscher,
Scarlett Strauss and Eva Anderson-Kilgore.
T
he Logos Kids at Sanibel Community Church celebrated Camp Night on
Wednesday, January 21. Everyone came in their camp clothes, ate camp food
and played camp games.
Summer camping opportunities for Logos-aged youngsters include an overnight
four-day Camp Endunamao at Riverside Retreat, and a five-day Winshape Camp in
Gateway.
For more information regarding Logos or the summer camp opportunities, contact
Kathy at 472-2684, or email [email protected].
Johnny Quillin slides his bean bag across the table in Red Rover, Red Rover bean bag
game. His teammates Kristian Schafer, Mason Macalka and Jackson McKee anticipate
who they can call over to their team. Dinner Dean Cindy Sitton watches on.
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
The Community House
Janina Birtolo
Historical Performance
E
njoy history? Acting? See awardwinning actress and writer Janina
Birtolo perform her one-woman
play Ghosts of the Desert on Thursday,
February 5 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Ghosts
of the Desert is the story of Gertrude
Bell, a famous writer and all around
skilled woman who was influential in
both Jordan and Iraq during the British
imperial era. A privileged British woman
who fell in love with the Middle East,
Bell accomplished many things and was
deemed invaluable to the empire due to
her contacts and extensive experience in
the region. Pre-paid reservations are $30
for members and $40 for guests. A light
meal is included after the performance: a
grilled chicken Caesar salad and raspberry
cheesecake. Register by calling The Community House at 472-2155 or register
online at www.sanibelcommunityhouse.
net on the “donate here” page.
mended. The class requires a $45 prepaid registration for members and $50
for guests. Included with registration are
glassware paints, use of brushes, rubbing
alcohol, cotton balls and paint cloths.
Register by calling 472-2155. Cancellation fees apply, full refunds are available
if cancelled within 48 hours of class, no
refunds for cancellations can be made
within 24 hours of class. Class cancellation is at the discretion of the art instructor or Community House staff. Minimum
number of students required.
Beading Classes
for either pick-up or delivery of your shell
donation for the Shell Club.
The Community House is located
at 2173 Periwinkle Way. For more
information, visit www.sanibelcommunityhouse.net or call 472-2155.
From page 1
Valentine’s Day
Comes To Village
Community House members and friends
welcome new residents
informal get-together will give newcomers
an overview of the island’s non-profits,
clubs and civic opportunities, plus other
information that will help them become
part of the community.
Shell Club Needs Shells
Sailor’s valentine
Spiral rope bracelet with shell charms
Shell Crafters at work
Glassware Painting
V
Weave necklace with scallop shell
R
Handpainted glassware
A
rt instructor Jenny M. Licht will
teach glassware painting on Tuesday, February 10 from 3:30 to
6:30 p.m. This is an opportunity to create unique designs on four pieces of glass
stemware. No experience is necessary
and students have a choice of painting
flamingos, palm trees, flip flops, tropical fish, abstract shapes, flowers, animal
prints, seahorses, fall designs, Halloween,
or your own design. Bring your own
washed glassware. Glassware paint is
permanent and hand washing is recom-
esidents and visitors are invited to
learn the intricate art of beading
with shells and other treasures of
the sea with instructor Anita Gober. All
supplies and tools are included in the
price of the class. If you wear reading
glasses, you should bring them. Classes
are kept small for personalized, one-onone instruction. There is a minimum of
three people and a maximum of 10 for
these projects. Planned projects include:
February 4 – Jingle bracelet
February 18 – Peyote stitch around a
sea biscuit
The per class price is $35 for members and $40 for guests. Advanced
classes will be scheduled ad hoc for $50
for three hours for members.
Coffee And Conversation
N
ew residents are invited for coffee
and conversation at The Community House at 10 a.m. on
the second Wednesday of each month.
The next gatherings are scheduled for:
February 11, March 11 and April 8. This
isitors who attend the Sanibel Shell
Show love the little bags of shells
that they receive when they enter
the show. They are a “thank you for your
donation” gift from the Sanibel-Captiva
Shell Club. These gift bags are 4” x 4”
and are typically filled with about six or
eight appropriately-sized shells.
The club always needs shells to fill
these bags. If you are cleaning out your
garage or want to downsize your shell
collection, consider donating some of
your shells to the Shell Club. Donated
shells should be no larger than a fullgrown Florida fighting conch. Each bag
will be filled with shells around the size of
an adult apple murex and might include
banded tulips, olives, moon snails, nutmegs, or others of that size. The shells do
not have to be from the local area. Any
shells of the right size make the bagging
process go quickly. The shells should be
cleaned, with barnacles removed and the
sand shaken out, since the club does not
have a way to clean them at the “bagging
parties” in the lower level of The BaileyMatthews National Shell Museum.
Shells larger than a full-grown Florida
fighting conch can be donated to the shell
museum for use in educational programs,
or to the Sanibel Community Association “shell-sorters” for sale at the Shell
Festival. Very small shells, such as kitten
paws and coquinas, get lost in the bags,
but they can be used as craft shells.
The 78th annual Sanibel Shell Festival
will be held March 5 through 7 on The
Community House grounds.
Contact Linda Edinburg at 395-9426
or Irene Longley at 283-7417 to arrange
Sailor’s valentines on display at the Sanibel
Historical Village
They are made by Jim and Rose Prestigiacomo of Angleton, Texas.
“I’ve had a flair for arts and crafts for
as long as I can remember, so when I first
spotted a sailor’s valentine in a shop on
Sanibel, I knew immediately that I needed
to make my own,” Rose Prestigiacomo
said.
The valentines in the village’s shop
are housed in exotic wood frames made
by Jim Prestigiacomo, Rose’s husband.
Some of the valentines have three kinds
of exotic hardwood in various designs.
The Sanibel Historical Village is
located at 950 Dunlop Road (next to BIG
ARTS). For information, call 472-4648
or visit www.sanibelmuseum.org.
To advertise in the
Island Sun
Call 395-1213
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
CROW Unveils Speaker Series
And Wildlife Hospital Tours
Silent Auction
Dr. Heather Barron, CROW hospital director, releases a swallow tail kite
T
he Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW), is delivering on its promise to add more interactive and educational programs to its offerings.
Beginning in February, CROW introduces its new Speaker Series, which will
be held throughout February and March from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Visitor Education
Center. This will allow for more intimate and interactive discussions on various presentations.
In addition, CROW is adding a Lunch and Learn with Dr. Heather Barron, CROW
hospital director. The first one will be held on Friday, February 20 from noon to 1:30
p.m. This behind-the-scenes, interactive lunch with Dr. Barron will include an intimate
discussion about CROW’s mission of saving wildlife through state-of-the-art veterinary
care, research, education and conservation medicine. The Lunch and Learn will be
held on the hospital grounds and concludes with a tour of the CROW hospital
from 1 to 1:30 p.m.
All these specialty programs require a
reservation. Contact Rachel Rainbolt at
[email protected] or call 472-3644
ext. 228.
February events:
Wednesday, February 4 – Wildlife
Walk with Willow, 2 p.m. ($20 per person).
Following the afternoon presentation, Senior Wildlife Rehabilitator Willow
Bender will escort visitors to the rehabilitation grounds for an exclusive look at
what it takes to rehabilitate 3,500-plus
animals a year.
Monday, February 9 – Speaker Series
- Ospreys, 4 to 5 p.m. ($5 per person),
presented by Claudia Burns, CROW volunteer, talking about these majestic raptors that can be seen diving for live fish
near the Sanibel Causeway.
Dr. Heather Barron tends to a patient in the
Thursday, February 12 – Speaker
CROW Hospital
Series - Conservation Medicine, 4 to 5
p.m., ($5 per person), presented by Dr.
Heather Barron, speaking about the emerging field of conservation medicine and the
connection between humans, animals and the environment.
Monday, February 16 – Mammal Morning Monday, 9 a.m. ($5 per person),
includes a mammal presentation and continental breakfast.
Tuesday, February 17 – Speaker Series - The Human Footprin, – 4 to 5 p.m.
($5 per person) - presented by Charles Sobczak. Sobczak lives and writes on Sanibel
Island. He is the author of several books including Living Sanibel and The Living
Gulf Coast.
Wednesday, February 18 – Coffee Klatch, 9 to 10 a.m. (free). Do you love wildlife?
Do you enjoy good conversation? Enjoy a good cup of coffee or tea? If so, join Linda
E. Estep, CROW executive director, for coffee and lively conversation and learn about
the CROW and what you can do to help local area wildlife.
Wednesday, February 18 – Wildlife Walk with Willow, 2: p.m. ($20 per person).
Following the afternoon presentation, Willow Bender, senior wildlife rehabilitator,
will escort visitors to the rehabilitation grounds for an exclusive look at what it takes to
rehabilitate more than 3,500 animals a year.
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Friday, February, 20 - CROW’s Nest Reading Club, Felina’s New Home, 9 to 10
a.m. (free).
CROW invites all three- to five-year-olds to the education center for a read-along
with staff, students and volunteers. Stories will be interactive and give children the
chance to learn about local species of wildlife.
Friday, February 20 – Lunch and Learn with Dr. Heather Barron, noon to 1:30
p.m. ($30).
This interactive lunch with Dr. Barron will include an intimate discussion about
CROW’s mission of saving wildlife through state-of-the-art veterinary care, research,
education and conservation medicine. It concludes with a tour of the CROW hospital
from 1 to 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 24 – Speaker Series - Sea Turtles, 4 to 5 p.m. ($5 per person)
presented by Dr. Heather Barron of CROW and Kelly Sloan of Sanibel-Captiva sea
turtle experts will speak about these magnificent creatures.
Saturday, February 28 - Family Cinema Saturday, 6 to 7:30 p.m. ($5 per person).
Support CROW, watch Dolphin Tale 2 on the large screen in the Visitor Education
Center, and eat popcorn.
CROW’s full February calendar of events can be found at www.crowclinic.org/
events.
T
he closing wine and hors d’oeuvres
reception for the 2nd annual Don
Rogowsky & Friends Silent Art
Auction will take place on Saturday,
January 31 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the
Sanibel Congregational United Church of
Christ, 2050 Periwinkle Way.
The event supports the scholarship
fund of the Sanibel Christian Preschool.
Tickets are $20 each and include the
reception of a variety of wines and hors
d’ouevres, a final chance to bid on the
silent auction items as well as entry into
the door prize drawing.
Door prizes include a one-night, twoday stay at the Sundial Resort & Spa on
Sanibel; a four-day, three-night stay in a
luxury four-bedroom, four-bath log cabin
in the heart of the Smokey Mountains,
Tennessee; local watercolor artist Jim
Bird’s painting, Labyrinth, valued at
$1,800; and a free home staging by
McCallion and McCallion Realty. Other
prizes are a Pamper Yourself package
of gift certificates for services at Tribeca
Salon, Island Winds Coiffures and Spatini
Salon & Spa and a gift certificate and
items from Ickle Pickle children’s store.
Ticket-holders don’t have to be present
to win.
Art pieces up for bid include a ceramic
piece by Augusta Crane, a watercolor
painting by local artist Jim Bird entitled
Church Bench, and a piece by Phil
Hilton.
For tickets to the reception or for
more information about the silent auction, call 472-0497.
2nd Annual
DON ROGOWSKEY & FRIENDS
SILENT ART AUCTION & WINE RECEPTION
To benefit the Scholarship and Educational Fund for
Saturday, Jan. 31
4-6pm
Tickets: $20.00
Tickets Available at Door or
by Calling (239) 472-0497
A ministry of
Sanibel
Congregational
United Church
of Christ
Ticket includes:
FOOD | WINE | SILENT AUCTION
PLUS – Fantastic Door Prize Drawings:
• Watercolor Painting “Labyrinth” by Jim Bird valued at
$1800.00
• A Four Day/Three Night stay in a Luxury 4 Br, 4 Bath Log
Cabin in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee
Door Prize: Luxury Log Cabin
– Donated by the Burns Family
• A Two Day/One Night stay at the Sundial Resort
• A Free Home Staging Consultation
– Donated by McCallion & McCallion Realty
• A “Pamper Yourself” total package of $150.00 value that
includes Gift Certificates for:
• Tribeca Salon: Haircuts for Men & Women
• Services at Island Winds Salon
• Services at Spatini Spa
– You Do Not Need to be Present To Win –
Auction: Prayerful Place Painting
photo by Jim Bird
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Major Cold
Fronts Equal
Major Changes
by Capt. Matt
Mitchell
P
re-cold-front
fishing right
before the
weekend was on
fire. This is the
usual winter pattern and generally
happens when a
south wind blows
hard for a few few
days prior to the arrival of a strong cold
front. Action will peak right before the
wind makes the switch in direction and
starts blowing from the north, marking
the beginning of a high pressure system
and the passing of the cold front.
Timing is everything when fishing
when a cold front is approaching. The
periods of strong south winds just before
a front pushes through make for some of
the craziest, wide-open fishing action we
experience all winter. Miss this window
by just a little bit once the cold front has
passed and it’s a much different, slower
story.
Non-stop catch-and-release snook
action along with an abundance of
keeper mangrove snapper, big rampaging
schools of jacks and even a few bonus
small tarpon, marked the last really good
fishing day on the water before the rain
and cold arrived.
What this first real prolonged cold
front in several months will do to our
fishing action should not be too drastic.
In fact, it should help once temperatures
gradually start to rebound. Fish respond
to the cold by getting bunched up tight in
their sheltered, warm-water haunts.
Water temperatures reached as high
as the low 70s before the cold days and
nights made for a drastic plunge. After
what has been a very mild winter to this
point, snook had started to get into the
spring pattern of moving out of the sheltered mangrove creek systems they call
home during cold periods and had just
started feeding on the outer points and
mangrove shorelines.
Live shiner fishing was still going off
with bigger snook feeding better than I
Send Us Your Fish Tales
T
he Island Sun would like to hear from anglers about their catches.
Send us details including tackle, bait and weather conditions, date of
catch,
species and weight, and include photographs with identification. Drop them
at the Island Sun, 1640 Periwinkle Way, Suite 2, Sanibel, or email to
[email protected]; or call 395-1213.
CLEAR YOUR GEAR
It Catches More Than Fish
Single hooks cause
less damage than
treble hooks
Dave Springston from Indiana with a slot-size snook caught and released while fishing
with Capt. Matt Mitchell this week
have experienced in months. This week
we caught and released more slot-sized
snook than I did since fall.
Post-cold-front fishing was a whole
lot different for a few days then gradually started to improve. With a secondary
cold front forecast to come through and
reinforce the cold temperatures for most
of the week, snook fishing will slow even
more before it gets better.
Switching back to live shrimp instead
of the live shiners that I have been using,
I targeted sheepshead and rat redfish
and kept the fishing rods bent. Shiners
became much harder to catch although
they are not totally gone.
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With weather conditions forecast only
to get cooler all week, it’s a matter of
switching it up to catch fish. Downsizing
baits and really slowing down presentations will both be a big part of this.
Although this week won’t be the type of
fishing we have been lucky enough to
experience for most of our winter, it will
give anglers a chance to change it up a
little and target our usual winter species.
Drastic weather changes keep us on
our toes and make us better anglers in
the long run. If we always experienced
snook fishing like we have for the last few
months, we would not appreciate how
good this winter’s fishing has been so far.
Capt. Matt Mitchell has been fishing
local waters since he moved to Sanibel
in 1980. He now lives in St. James City
and works as a back country fishing
guide. If you have comments or questions email [email protected].
Share your community news
with us.
Call 395-1213 • Fax: 395-2299
or email
[email protected]
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
CROW Case Of The Week:
The Howdy Bird
by Patricia Molloy
A
s wagon
trains transported early
settlers across the
prairie, small owls
were frequently
seen standing on
the ground, bobbing their heads up
and down as the
pioneers peered
out from under the covered wagons.
Interpreting the gesture as a sort of
greeting, the pioneers began to call the
adorable little avian with the big yellow
eyes the “howdy bird.”
The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), which stands only 10 inches tall,
use to be a common sight in the flat,
open prairies of the Midwest. Sadly,
much of their habitat has been destroyed
by development. Fortunately for residents
and visitors to Lee county, Cape Coral
has the largest population of the Florida
species (Athene cunicularia floridana)
in the state: it is estimated that the city is
home to 1,000 nesting pair.
As the name would suggest, the burrowing owl lives in subterranean tunnels;
of the 171 species of owls worldwide, it
is the only one that lives underground.
While the western species resides in burrows abandoned by prairie dogs, the ones
living in Florida dig their own burrows.
An injured burrowing owl – patient
#14-3327 – was recently admitted to
CROW for treatment. The examining
wildlife veterinarian immediately suspected that it had sustained a fracture.
The owl was sedated so that radiographs
could be taken.
“He had a left carpal chip,” explained
Dr. Jennifer Riley, DVM intern. (Carpus
refers to the wrist bones collectively.
Think carpal tunnel syndrome.)
“We changed the bandage yesterday
and the wounds look good, so we’re just
going to leave the bandage on for five or
six days. I don’t want to leave it on too
long, but I think it will be better to have it
stable for a while,” she continued. “He’s
super active and alert, so that is promising.”
Unlike their western counterparts,
Cape Coral’s burrowing owls do not
migrate. According to the Cape Coral
Friends of Wildlife, the period from
January through June is the best time to
see them. During the blistering heat of
summer, they spend much of their time in
the cool climate of their burrows.
The conservation organization also
states that the Cape Coral Library is a
good location to catch a glimpse of a
burrowing owl. If you do see one, please
keep your distance. Getting too close to
these wild birds may cause them to abandon their home in search of a more quiet
location.
CROW (Clinic for the Rehabilitation
of Wildlife, Inc.) is a non-profit wildlife
hospital providing veterinary care for
native and migratory wildlife from our
Gramma Dot’s
Pioneers gave burrowing owls the nickname “howdy birds” when they were crossing the
U.S. in covered wagons
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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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
San-Cap Audubon
Presents Australia’s Birds
K
en Burgener, wildlife photographer,
educator and guide along with his
wife, Linda Warschauer, will present a program entitled Australia’s Birds
on Thursday, February 5, at 7:30 p.m. at
The Community House on Sanibel.
Burgener and Warschauer are co-founders of CarefreeBirding.com, a company
which coordinates birding adventures with
cruise ship travel. They recently spent several months birding and traveling around
Australia. Join them as they shares images
and storie
Their presentation will include images
and stories of birds that seem very familiar
to us, but are a different species, and birds
that look and act very differently.
One stop covered in the program
will be Kangaroo Island, which is a lot
like Sanibel Island. Only 6,000 people
live there and, like Sanibel, tourism is an
important part of island life. Many birds,
such as royal spoonbills, penguins, cormo- Ken Burgener
rants and glossy black-cockatoos live and
breed on Kangaroo Island. The surrounding sea is full of life, with two types of seals
and three types of gulls. Kangaroo Island is full of spectacular sea caves and beaches
that run for miles with no human footprints.
Burgener has worked with the National Audubon Society, as well as the Florida
Audubon Society in their educational department, and served over five years as a
board member of the Broward County Audubon Society. For over eleven years, he
has taught beginning birding to all ages. He and his wife have both been speakers on
cruise ships and also have given talks to birding clubs, community groups and Road
Scholar groups.
He holds a bachelor’s degree from Florida Atlantic University in environmental
geography and has been in the tour business for over 40 years. He has taken thou-
Boating Seminars
Taught by Local, Experienced Instructors
Basic Coastal Navigation
Basic Weather & Forecasting
Emergencies on Board
Using GPS
Using VHF/DSC Radios
February 14
February 21
February 21
February 28
February 28
1:30 PM
10:00 AM
1:30 PM
10:00 AM
1:30 PM
Register online at www.usps.org/findacourse (select “seminars” and zip code 33957)
or in person at the seminar location ½ hour before start time.
All seminars are held at the Sanibel Public Library (770 Dunlop Rd)
except Emergencies which is held at the Sanibel Fire Station (2351 Palm Ridge Rd)
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sands of people birding in the Florida
Everglades. He calls himself “an entertaining environmental educator.” He says, “I
love to teach beginning birding because I
can relate to the excitement of a beginner.
This is the fifth of eight Sanibel-Captiva
Audubon lectures to be held in 2015. The
Community House is at 2173 Periwinkle
Way. As always, all are welcome to attend.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and parking
is available at The Community House as
well as across Periwinkle Way in the Herb
Strauss Theater parking area. A $5 dona- An Australian native bird
tion is appreciated with proceeds being
used to promote conservation on Sanibel and in Florida.
For additional information, call Elaine Jacobson at 395-1878 or visit t www.sancapaudubon.org.
Refuge Welcomes Biology Interns
T
wo new biology interns joined the
team effort at J.N. “Ding” Darling
National Wildlife Refuge on January
5. Margaret Anderson and Katie Leonard
plan to stay until July as part of the refuge’s intern program supported by the
“Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of
the Refuge (DDWS).
Anderson most recently lived in southern Illinois, where she worked at Cypress
Creek National Wildlife Refuge. She graduated in December 2014 from Southern
Illinois University with a master of science
degree in forestry. Her research focused on
habitat management and rehabilitation.
Katie Leonard and Margaret Anderson
“I am excited to be in such a beautiful
and unique ecosystem, learning new flora and fauna of the island,” she said. “I love
the birding opportunities and especially enjoy the great bicycle paths and the farmers
market.”
Shortly after moving to Sanibel, Anderson got engaged on the beach at sunset.
“Very romantic and exciting – a great way to start my internship,” she said.
Leonard graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in May 2013 with
a bachelor’s degree in organismal, ecological, and evolutionary biology. She worked
five months last year as a snowy plover intern for Sanibel-Captiva Conservation
Foundation. Leonard came to the refuge from St. Peters, Missouri, after spending the
holidays with family upon completion of a Wildlife Resource Internship in the Umpqua
National Forest in Oregon.
“I enjoy seeing all the interactions of wildlife at the refuge, so even though I haven’t
picked my research project yet, I’m sure there will be many options to choose from
before the end of my internship,” she said.
Biology interns have the opportunity to select an area of concentration for a
research project while at the refuge. Anderson has selected bats as her topic.
“The intern program not only fulfills the wildlife society’s mission to educate a new
generation of wildlife stewards, but it also fills a government budget void by providing valuable manpower to assist the refuge’s overworked staff,” said DDWS Executive
Director Birgie Miller.
Each year DDWS supports up to 10 intern positions in the fields of biology, education, visitor services, and non-profit support with stipends and other perks. The refuge
also provides on-site housing for the interns.
As a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, DDWS works to support J.N. “Ding” Darling
National Wildlife Refuge’s mission of conservation, wildlife and habitat protection,
research, and public education through charitable donations and Refuge Nature Shop
proceeds.
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Dine Your Way Around Sanibel And Captiva With Anne Mitchell
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CAPTIVA HOUSE
AT ‘TWEEN WATERS INN
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.
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 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.
AMONG THE FLOWERS CAFE
THE DUNES RESTAURANT
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.
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
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.
18th annual Tropical Extravaganza at the Jacaranda restaurant featuring chefs Loretta
Paganini and Tim McCoy
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
BEACH BAR & GRILLE
AT ‘TWEEN WATERS INN
Crow’s Nest Beach Bar & Grille at ‘Tween Waters
Inn is a more casual place than its sister the Captiva
House. It’s home to the famed crab shows 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.
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.
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,
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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
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.
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
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.
MUCKY DUCK
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.
OVER EASY CAFÉ
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.
PECKING ORDER
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. .
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.
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RC OTTER'S, CANTINA CAPTIVA,
SUNSHINE SEAFOOD, KEYLIME
BISTRO AND CAPTIVA PIZZA,
YOGURT & GIFTS
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.
ROSIE’S CAFÉ & GRILL
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.
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 BEAN
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.
SANIBEL DELI & COFFEE FACTORY
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.
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
The Sea Breeze Café at Sundial Beach Resort &
Spa is open 7 days a week, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.,
serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Dine indoors or
al fresco, overlooking the gulf. Choose from classic
tavern fare, fresh seafood, innovative entrees, salads
and sandwiches. There is a daily happy hour from
4 to 6 p.m. with drink specials and bar menu. Every
Monday is Margarita Monday with $5 margaritas from
4 to 10 p.m., and live island-style entertainment from
5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Turtle’s Pool & Beach Bar serves imported and
domestic beer, wine and tropical drinks in a casual
outdoor island setting just steps from the gulf. A full
menu is available at the poolside dining patio from
11 a.m. to 7 p.m., including seafood, award-winning
burgers and fresh salads. Happy hour is 3 to 5 p.m.
every day.
Create your own custom pizza or grab a quick
snack at Slice of Paradice, Sundial’s newest poolside
dining option, featuring slices, specialty and custom
pizzas, grab and go salads, hot dogs and hand
scooped ice cream, including Sundial’s signature
flavor, Island Delight.
All restaurants and bars are open to the public.
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.
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LIVE ON THE ISLANDS
Crow’s Nest Beach Bar & Grille at ’Tween
Waters Inn will have a crab show on Thursday and
Monday, live entertainment with The New Vinyls on
Friday and Saturday; Steve Farst on Sunday; and
Taylor Stokes on Tuesday and Wednesday.
George & Wendy’s Seafood Grille has live
music Friday with Cruzan Vibes, playing reggae;
Saturday is Meagan Rose on piano and vocals,
plus half-price drinks for the ladies from 9 p.m. to
midnight; Monday is Aaron Seyfferth; Wednesday is
Kelly McRae playing folk and Americana. 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 has live entertainment on Friday
and Saturday with The Riverside Band playing classic rock and dance, beginning at 8:30 p.m. Sunday
is Jamaica Dave & Co., playing reggae and dance,
beginning at 8 p.m. 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
& Spa features Margarita Monday from 4 to 8:30
p.m. every Monday with $5 margaritas, taco bar for
$12.95 and island style entertainment. Happy hour is
daily from 5 to 7 p.m. with drink specials.
ANNUAL BENEFIT
Have Strings, Will Swing!
The Aaron Weinstein Trio
with
w special guest, Bucky Pizzarelli
7:30 pm, Saturday, January 31
Schein Performance Hall
Gene Federico plays on Fridays at The
Island Cow
Traditions on the Beach at the Island Inn has
live music Friday and Saturday with Joe McCormick
and Marvilla Marzan, playing jazz, Latin, pop, R&B
and contemporary dance. Joe McCormick plays on
Wednesday. Joe McCormick and Marvilla Marzan
play on Thursday.
The Island Cow on Periwinkle Way has live entertainment on Friday with Gene Federico; Saturday,
Jay Helt; and Sunday, Dan Confrey.
RC Otter’s on Andy Rosse Lane, Captiva, has
live music daily with dining inside and out.
Restaurant owners/managers, please email or
fax any changes to your entertainment schedule to
[email protected] or 395-2299.
Academy Award Contender’s Series
The Imitation Game
by Stan Gembicki
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ckets: $95
n Wednesday, February 4 at noon, the Island Cinema will
show the fifth movie in this year’s BIG ARTS Academy
Awards Contenders Film Series, The Imitation Game.
After the movie, a discussion will take place at the Island Cinema.
Tickets are available at the Island Cinema. Other movies in the
series will be announced prior to the weekly showing.
The Imitation Game is a 2014 historical thriller film about
British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and pioneering
computer scientist Alan Turing, who was a key figure in cracking
Nazi Germany’s naval Enigma code which helped the Allies win
the Second World War, only to later be criminally prosecuted for
his homosexuality. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing, and is directed by
Morten Tyldum,
with a screenplay
by Graham Moore
based on the biography Alan Turing:
The Enigma by
Andrew Hodges.
The Imitation
Game received
eight Academy
Awards nominations, including
best picture, best
director, best actor
and best supporting
actress.
The film is
1 hour and 57
minutes in length.
Showtime will be at
noon.
THEATER
The Fourth Wall
by A.R. Gurney
“It's whimsical meditation
on the theatre!"
—Chicago Sun-Times
Herb Strauss Theater
7:30 pm, Tues.–Sat. Jan. 23– Feb. 21
4 pm, Sunday, Feb. 8 & 15
Adult Reserved: $42 | Student/Child: $5
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7:30 pm, Thursday, February 5
Schein Performance Hall
General: $42 | Loge: $47
Student/Child: Free
COMMUNITY CREATIONS
FREE Admission!
A Conversation With
a Holocaust Survivor
4 pm, Wednesday, February 4
Herb Strauss Theater
“Learn...and never forget”
FILM
Lessons From The Neighborhood:
What Mr. Rogers Was Really Teaching
7 pm, Saturday, February 7
Schein Performance Hall
General: $15 | Student/Child: Free
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1 pound snap beans,
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2 large onions, peeled
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16 large button mushrooms,
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sea salt and fresh ground
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2 tablespoons Worcestershire
sauce
4 cloves garlic, chopped fine
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Preheat a large sauté pan over
medium-high heat.
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Add sliced onions to pan and
cook them for 3 to 5 minutes until
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Add the green beans and garlic
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‘Ding’ Darling Lecturer Reveals
Improbable Tales Of Real Florida
J
eff Klinkenberg engaged a professional symphony orchestra tuba
player to find out whether bull
gators would respond with thunderous
bellows to a low B-flat note during mating season; thus the name of his latest
book, Alligator In B Flat, He will present two programs beginning at 10 a.m.
and 1 p.m. on Friday, February 6 in the
free “Ding” Darling Visitor & Education
Center on Sanibel Island.
Subtitled Improbable Tales from the
Files of Real Florida, Klinkenberg’s collection of essays were culled from nearly 40
years as a chronicler of Florida culture for
the Tampa Bay Times, formerly the St.
Petersburg Times. It is the fourth book by
the bestselling author, who has also won
awards for his journalistic work.
“If Jeff Klinkenberg isn’t careful, he
might give journalism a good name,’’ said
Florida author Carl Hiaasen. “He has
a rare eye for marvelous detail, and an
affectionate ear for those small, wise, bittersweet voices that tell the true story of
Jeff Klinkenberg
Florida.’’
Following his presentations,
Klinkenberg 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.
Future events are listed below; all lectures include two presentations at 10 a.m.
and 1 p.m.
As usual, Wildlife Drive is closed on
Friday, but visitors are welcome to enjoy
the free 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.
Upcoming “Ding” Darling Lecture
Series Events
(*Book-signings will follow all starred
presentations)
*February 13 – Authors Don and Lillian
Stokes, Beautiful Birds of Sanibel
*February 20 – 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 Science of Toxicology
*March 20 – Author Marie Read, Into The Nest: Intimate Views of the
Courting, Parenting and Family Lives of Birds
*March 27 – Peggy MacDonald, Marjorie Harris Carr: Defender of Florida
Environment
April 3 – Speaker: Jeremy Conrad, Sea Turtles: Successful Nesting
April 10 – Jerry Lorenz, Roseate Spoonbills in Florida Bay: Pink Canaries in a
Coal Mine
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Come explore our natural world
Beach and Shorebird Walks
Beach Walk at West Wind Inn — February 3
Meet your SCCF guide on the beach at West Wind Inn at 3345 West
Gulf Drive at 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 3 at 10 a.m. Free.
Shorebird Walk at Sanibel Inn — February 4
Meet your SCCF guide on the beach at the Sanibel Inn, 937 East Gulf
Drive at 4 p.m. Wednesday, February 4 at 4 p.m. Free.
Bobcat Tales — February 4
Bobcats seem to be flourishing through most of their
North American range. Learn more about this shy
feline that moves so peacefully among us.
Wednesday, February 4 at 10 a.m. $5 adults.
The City That Almost Wasn’t & the Sanibel Plan — Feb. 5
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.
Thursday, February 5 at 2 p.m. $5 adults.
My Favorite Island Insects — February 6
Living with insects can be a challenge for some…but because our islands are subtropical we have some great ones! Learn about the moth
that pollinates the ghost orchid, a caterpillar that is a coral snake mimic,
and migrating dragonflies. Friday, February 6 at 10 a.m. $5 Adults.
Tank Talk — February 3
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, February 3 at 10 a.m. $5 adults
SCCF Open House — President’s Day, Feb. 16
Join us from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. exploring Nature Center exhibits, live
tanks of marine critters collected by the Marine Lab, the Nature Sounds
Contest and a 1:30 talk about indigo snakes. Free.
Turtle Tracks — February 5
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, February 5 at 10 a.m. $5 adults.
Weather in Real Time at www.recon.sccf.org/weather
Check out our RECON website for water quality stats and weather at
Redfish Pass, Fort Myers and the Gulf of Mexico off of Ft. Myers Beach.
You can also get wave height data off Blind Pass.
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
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
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Osprey Presentation At CROW
Pair of ospreys with a fish
Osprey hunting for fish
T
he Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) will present The Story of
Ospreys on Monday February 9 at 4 p.m. in the Visitor Education Center at
3883 Sanibel-Captiva Road.
Ospreys are large brown and white raptors who breed in Southwest Florida from
December through April. Because they build their nests right out in the open, their
behavior is easy to observe.
But it is not always easy to understand, so presenter Claudia Burns, who has
monitored osprey nests for 20-plus years as a volunteer with The International
Osprey Foundation, uses photos, videos and recorded vocalizations to explain osprey
behavior.
Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for teens, free for members and children 12 and
Hortoons
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. To learn more about CROW,
visit www.crowclinic.org.
Master Gardener
Lecture February 5
T
he 70th Master Gardener Lecture
will be held on Thursday, February
5 at 10 a.m. at the Sanibel Public
Library. The guest speaker will be Jenny
Evans, manager of the Sanibel-Captiva
Conservation Foundation Native Plant
Nursery.
The PowerPoint presentation, featuring digital photos, will also include an
update on the progress of the Bailey
Tract restoration, featuring the newlyfinished littoral pond, new pathways
and special emphasis on the planned
botanical garden and the move of SCCF’s
Native Plant Nursery to the Bailey Tract,
adjacent to Periwinkle Way.
The SCCF Native Plant Nursery was
established over 37 years ago and was
the first native plant nursery founded
in the United States. The nursery has
esxtablished a wide range of sources for
plants native to Southwest Florida, which
are replenished continuously. The nursery also propagates many native plants
onsite. As a member of SCCF, you are
entitled to a free evaluation of your property and a 10 percent discount on your
nursery plant material. Delivery of large
specimens or large orders of mulch is also
available.
Evans is an articulate and knowledgeable professional who combines a strong
background with a wealth of practical
knowledge of Sanibel’s climate and ecology. Questions will be welcomed from the
audience.
The lecture is free and open to the
public, but seating is limited. The Sanibel
Public Library is located at 770 Dunlop
Road.
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Trailgate Dinner, Auction Items,
Setting And Lecture Evoke Maine
T
his year’s Trailgate Party to
benefit the JN “Ding” Darling
National Wildlife Refuge
revolves around the puffins, wilderness and cuisine at the other
extreme of the east coast from
Florida: Maine. It takes place on
Tuesday, February 17 from 5:30 to
9 p.m. at The Community House.
This year’s headlining live auction
items fit with the event’s Dinner &
Puffins theme. Master island sculptor Jim Sprankle has created a puffin
decoy specially for Trailgate 2015.
Dr. Stephen Kress, the Audubon puffin activist who will be speaking at
Trailgate about his Project Puffin, has
facilitated the donation of a six-day
puffin camp excursion in Maine.
A carved puffin feather pin with
admission into the exclusive Sprankle
Feather Club and fine puffin phoBird sculptor Jim Sprankle with his Trailgate auctographs are among other live and
silent auction items. To keep abreast tion puffin
of auction items as they accumulate,
visit dingdarlingsociety.org/auction.
Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille is providing the dinner’s piece de resistance – authentic Maine lobster rolls.
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“We had been serving the rolls on and off as daily specials,” said Doc Ford’s coowner Marty Harrity. “Now we’ve gotten really excited about doing them for Trailgate,
and so we have added them to our regular menu, and they are one hot item.”
Other island restaurants are contributing dishes to the seafood feast. George &
Wendy’s Seafood Grille will be passing appetizers during the event’s silent auction.
Sanibel Catering Company at Bailey’s is providing shrimp and Traders is making the
crab cakes. The house potato and vegetable medley is compliments of Cip’s Place and
salad from the Jacaranda. Queenie’s Ice Cream is providing the sweet ending.
“Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) hosts the event,
which includes live entertainment and silent and live auctions to provide support where
government funding falls short for the refuge.
“We are so grateful to our generous restaurants and other sponsors for making this
third annual Trailgate Party possible,” said Doris Hardy, DDWS president. “Also a
big thanks to all of our friends who have donated wonderful, uniquely refuge auction
items.”
Attendance to the February 17 event is by reservation; only 50 spots remain.
Tickets to Trailgate: Dinner & Puffins are $100 each. To make reservations, visit
tinyurl.com/trailgate or call 292-0566.
The following individuals and businesses are making Trailgate possible with their
generous sponsorship. Champion Sponsors: Mark and Gretchen Banks, Peter
and Paula Bentinck-Smith, Wayne and Linda Boyd, Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille,
John and Kathy McCabe, Sanibel Catering/Bailey’s General Store. Protector Level:
Mike and Terry Baldwin, Jay and Cindy Brown, Cip’s Place, Amanda Cross, Bob
and Darlene Duvin, George & Wendy’s Seafood Grill, The Jacaranda, Queenie’s
Homemade Ice Cream, Royal Shell Realtor Sarah Ashton and Jim Metzler, Shaker
Investments, Traders Café & Store, Don and Ann-Marie Wildman. Defender Level:
Big Red Q Quickprint, Tim and Suzanne Devitt, Melissa and Tom Gauntlett, Halfcrackerphoto.com, John Grey Painting, Suncatcher’s Dream.
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].
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simple kabobs, bacon wrapped bites,
tacos, quesadillas and so much more.
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Dining, Dancing And Bidding At
Shell Museum’s Under The Sea Gala
At the Under The Sea fundraiser, from left, Blanaid Colley, Jeremy Kane, Clair Beckmann
and Marco DuMont
Dorrie Hipschman, executive director of
the shell museum
Holly Maiz and Matt Asen
Walt Hendry and Janet Strickland
Maureen Watson and Hollis Jeffcoat
by Jeff Lysiak
A
capacity crowd gathered at The
Sanctuary Golf Club on Sunday
evening for the 11th annual Under
The Sea fundraiser to benefit The BaileyMatthews Shell Museum, with attendees
mingling, dining, dancing and bidding in a
spirited live auction.
Cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres,
a silent auction and dancing to music by
The Island Dog Band, started the gala, to
which guests were invited to come dressed
in their most colorful ‘60s styles or tropical
garb.
Following dinner, an entertaining live
auction – hosted by Tommy Williams –
included a $2,500 shopping spree at Lily
& Company Jewelry Gallery, a one-hour
sunset airplane flight, a getaway vacation
to St. Augustine and the opportunity to
have a Smithsonian curator name a new
Jim Young displays one of the auction
species of fossil shell for whomever the
items
winning bidder chooses.
One of the highlights was Dorrie Hipschman, executive director of the BaileyMatthews National Shell Museum, making an impassioned plea for donors to support
the museum’s educational programs. Her PowerPoint presentation, which championed
the museum’s staff, docents and school-age volunteers, sincerely spoke of how important it is to pass the love of shells on to future generations.
Hipschman also thanked the gala sponsors, silent auction item donors, Under The
Sea Committee members and the shell museum’s board of trustees.
Gala guests mingle while looking at the silent auction items offered
Tommy Williams coaxes higher bids during an entertaining live auction
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The Island Dog Band performed popular songs from the 1950s and 1960s
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
An Intellectual Farce At The Strauss
Poet’s Corner
David Morrissey Jr., Eric Cover, Nancy Antonio and Julie Arensman
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.
by Di Saggau
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Wall. Gurney updated and shortened his original 1994 two-act production
into this one act play that runs 75 minutes.
The play takes place somewhere in a suburb near New York City during the administration of George W. Bush, who is taken to task for some of his Presidential actions.
It not only takes aim at politics but at the American theater background as well.
This thought-provoking farce is clever and sophisticated. It attempts to knock down
the boundaries between the actor and the audience to tell the tale of a middle-aged
wife who rebels against the smugness of her friends, marriage, government and even
her furniture, which is all facing the audience. She dreams of breaking through the wall
to help everyone on the other side.
Peggy (Nancy Antonio) is the frustrated housewife who feels boxed in by life. She
has turned her living room into what resembles a theatrical stage, leaving one wall
blank. The fourth wall is a theatrical term meaning an actor has shown awareness for
the audience through an imaginary wall.
Husband Roger (Eric Cover) is so concerned about his wife’s behavior he calls in a
home decorator Julia (Julie Arensman) and a pompous college drama professor Floyd
selected by Tanya Hochschild
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And It Was Not So Very Fun
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It Had A Popping Bubble Sound
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(David Morrissey, Jr.). He hopes they can help him make sense of what is going on.
A myriad of theater expressions and theatrical gestures and behaviors take place as
the play progresses. We watch as everyone on stage takes on the difficult task of being
actors playing people who think they are actors in a play.
Gurney’s dialogue is intellectual, chatty and quite sophisticated. It helps if you are
a theater aficionado as many lines refer to classic plays. I’m happy to report that our
Sanibel audiences fall into that category. There was a lot of chuckling during opening
night.
Bobby Logue directs this bizarre bunch of characters and the result is an enjoyable
experience unlike that of watching other Gurney farces. You even get to enjoy a few
Cole Porter tunes.
The last scene is incredible and almost takes your breath away, thanks to lighting
effects by Adam Trummel. Take a brave step and make plans to see an unusual theatrical experience.
The Fourth Wall plays through February 21. Tickets are available at the box office
or by calling 472-6862.
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Refuge To Screen
Acclaimed Film
Chamber Of Commerce Gets
The Word Out About Water
T
submitted by the Sanibel and Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce
he 3rd annual “Ding” Darling
Wednesday Film Series continues its bi-weekly showings on
Wednesday, February 4 at 2:30 p.m.
with the mainstream film 11th Hour.
‘Tween Waters Inn sponsors the free
film in the “Ding” Darling Visitor &
Education Center.
Humankind’s 11th hour has arrived,
the film maintains: the last moment when
we can change course and stop our rush
toward global ecological collapse. Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio produces and narrates this film depicting where we’ve
been, where we’re going and, most
importantly, how we can change. More
than a dozen critical thinkers, including
Steven Hawking, reveal the current state
of life on planet earth.
“It is a devastating message,” writes
movie critic Roger Ebert of the film that
was nominated for the Cannes Film
Festival and Golden Trailer and Satellite
awards.
Admission is free to the 82-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.
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Film producer and narrator Leonardo
DiCaprio
For full descriptions of the films, visit
www.dingdarlingsociety.org/films.
February 18, 2:30 p.m.: Sharkwater:
The Truth Will Surface
March 4, 2:30 p.m.: Queen of the
Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?
March 18, 2:30 p.m.: Turtle: The
Incredible Journey
April 1, 2:30 p.m.: The Gathering
Swarms
April 15, 2:30 p.m.: Chasing Ice
Read us online at IslandSunNews.com
ater issues have been debated by the Florida community for many decades.
The City of Sanibel and the City Council, led by Mayor Kevin Ruane, have
been increasingly active over the last few years. They have been working to
break the legislative logjam in Tallahassee and Washington that has prevented real
action and the spending of real money to solve major issues – issues such as the
freshwater releases from Lake Okeechobee that devastated Southwest Florida coastal communities in the summer of 2013. The resulting discoloring freshwater plume
blanketed miles of beaches for months and impacted the ecology of our waters, citizens’ quality of life and the local economy.
The efforts made by the City of Sanibel are bearing fruit. The City Council adopted
a list of Federal and State Water Quality Legislative priorities including recommendations for policy changes and projects to address damaging water flow issues within the
Caloosahatchee watershed. The Water Resources Development Act was signed by
President Obama in June 2014. Later that year, Tallahassee appropriated $18 million
to help fund a major Reservoir Project.
The Sanibel and Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce warmly welcomes these
breakthroughs and has added the weight of its 560-plus members to the pressures for
increased action. Current water activities and plans are now available on the chamber website to enable all members to keep up to date. Residents and visitors can also
access the latest City’s H2O matters by visiting http://sanibel-captiva.org/sanibel-captiva-beaches-water-facts. Members can follow progress as the city keeps up the pressure
to keep our waters as pristine as we and our visitors rightly expect.
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eff Schmid, environmental research
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Southwest Florida, has been gathering information about the world’s most
endangered sea turtle in local waters for
10 plus years. He has satellite-tagged
Kemp’s Ridleys, documenting their seasonal migrations in Charlotte Harbor,
Pine Island Sound and now in the Ten
Thousand Islands. To learn about the
riddles of the Ridleys that live as juveniles in our estuary, including why red
tide events affect them so detrimentally,
attend SCCF on Friday, January 30, at
10 a.m. to hear Schmid speak on the
topic.
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anibel Island is a unique barrier
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has an interior freshwater wetland
ecosystem that has not been lost to
development. Join SCCF for a guided
walk through the interior wetlands and
mid-island ridges of the SCCF Center
Tract with discussion of native habitats,
natural and cultural history and preservation efforts. Trail walks will be
offered through mid-April on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at
11 a.m. Meet at the SCCF Nature
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The fee is $5 for non-members and
free to SCCF members and children.
Call SCCF at 472-2329 for more
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unless otherwise indicated. SanibelCaptiva Conservation Foundation
is located at 3333 Sanibel-Captiva
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Plant Smart
Name That Fruit
by Gerri Reaves
A
ll of the native evergreen plants
pictured here are desirable for a
wildlife-friendly low-maintenance
landscape. Can you identify their fruits?
Do you know which two are edible for
people as well as wildlife?
Evergreen blueberry (Vaccinium myrsinites) is easy to identify, for it resembles
the familiar commercially grown blueberry, although it is smaller.
This slow-growing woody shrub’s
natural habitat includes pinelands, scrub
prairies, and open woods.
Usually reaching only about three feet
tall, it has glossy oval leaves and slender
stems and branches.
Hummingbirds and butterflies are
attracted to the clusters of flowers in
spring, which are white or purplish and
urn-shaped. Purple-black berries provide
food for wildlife and people.
Plant it in a spot with moist but welldrained acidic soil in full to partial sun.
It will spread via runners.
Sevenyear apple’s (Genipa clusiifolia)
elongated tapered fruit might be mistaken
for a fig at first glance.
The name is misleading, by the way,
for the fruit appears throughout the year,
not every seven years. Two to three inches long, it is a food source for wildlife,
remaining on the tree and wrinkling and
blackening as it ages.
Although the apples are edible for
Can you identify the fruits of these low-maintenance wildlife-friendly native plants?
photos by Gerri Reaves
humans, the many seeds make them
somewhat unappetizing.
Like its relative the gardenia, sevenyear apple produces sweet-smelling white
flowers. They are star-like and much
smaller than gardenia’s, however, and are
sometimes tipped with pink. They bloom
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primarily in spring and early summer and
are a nectar source for hummingbirds and
butterflies, including the mangrove skipper.
This “apple” tree is also the larval host
plant for tantalus sphinx moths.
The large leathery leaves and wide
spread make it useful as a hedge, screen,
or windbreak. Give it full to partial sun in
well-drained soil. It can grow as tall as 25
feet in South Florida.
High salt and drought tolerance makes
it an excellent choice for a coastal landscape.
Appropriately named snowberry
(Chiococca alba) produces clusters of
white fruit that feeds a host of wildlife
in late summer and winter, including the
white-crowned pigeon, which is listed as
threatened in the State of Florida.
Also a relative of the gardenia, it is
multi-trunked and sometimes creeping or
sprawling, a trait that makes it useful as a
trellis plant.
The oval foliage contrasts prettily with
the shiny fruit.
Tubular fragrant five-petaled flowers
deepen from white to creamy yellow
or peach on the tree. They bloom year
round, but mostly in summer and are
a nectar source for various butterflies,
including the Julia.
Plant snowberry in full to partial sun in
well-drained soil. The plant grows up to
10 feet high.
Sources: Wild Plants for Survival in
South Florida by Julia F. Morton, Native
Florida Plants by Robert G. Haehle and
Joan Brookwell, Everglades Wildflowers
by Roger L. Hammer, A Gardener’s
Guide To Florida’s Native Plants by
Rufino Osorio, regionalconservation.org,
and hort.ufl.edu.
Plant Smart explores the diverse
flora of South Florida.
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
From page 1
Swinging Good Time
Feinstein and Charlie Byrd. In 2012,
Pizzarelli recorded with Sir Paul McCartney
on the Grammy Award-winning album
Kisses On The Bottom. He has hundreds
of jazz recordings with every major jazz
great, including his own solo albums and
work with his two sons, John and Martin
Pizzarelli.
Full of fan favorites, the song selections
will be announced from the stage, including
such all-time greats as Tangerine and Lady
Be Good. The concert will last approximately 90 minutes, with no intermission.
Benefit Patron Sponsors are The
LAT Foundation and ‘Tween Waters Inn.
Benefit Sponsors are Congress Jewelers,
Aaron Weinstein
Uhler & Vertich Financial Planners,
Deborah and John La Gorce, Patricia and
Davis Thurber, Penny Wilkinson, Private Physicians of Southwest Florida: Gary Price,
MD, David West, MD, Andy Oakes-Lottridge, MD.
Reserved tickets are $95, which include a wine and dessert reception. Order tickets
online or call 395-0900.
Bunche Beach
Bird Walk
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Saturday, January 31 at Bunche
Beach. Meet at the beach parking lot at
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parking fee of $2 per hour, bills only.
Waterproof shoes are a must because
we walk through tidal pools on the walk.
These bird walks are open to public and
all levels of experience. A $2 donation
to San-Cap Audubon is appreciated.
Call Hugh Verry at 395-3798 for more
details.
Sanibel To Resume Exotic
Lizard Management Program
T
he presence of an exotic spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura sp.) was confirmed on
Sanibel in the vicinity of Beach Road on December 17, 2014. This is the first
documentation of a spiny-tailed iguana on Sanibel. Unlike the common green
iguana (Iguana iguana) which is primarily an herbivore that feeds on exotic flowers,
spiny-tailed iguanas are omnivores, known to feed on flowers and vegetation but also
on small vertebrates including bird and turtle eggs and may occupy burrows of other
species (such as gopher tortoise).
A reproducing population of spiny-tailed iguanas could have very serious impacts
on a number of the island’s native wildlife species. Unfortunately, spiny-tailed iguanas
are significantly more difficult to catch/trap than the common green iguana due to
their tendency to burrow underground and/or seek shelter underneath rocks or other
objects, as opposed to the arboreal (tree-living) nature of the green iguana.
To protect Sanibel’s native vegetation and wildlife populations from exotic green
and spiny-tailed iguanas and to monitor for the potential presence of other exotic
lizards, such as Nile monitors, the City of Sanibel is resuming the Exotic Lizard
Management Program approved by City Council in 2007.
As it can be difficult even for experts to distinguish between exotic lizard species
when the animals are on the move or at a distance, citizens are requested to report
any exotic lizard sighting, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to the Sanibel Police
Department at their non-emergency number 472-3111. Unless there is an imminent
threat to human safety, do not call 9-1-1.
All reported sightings will be investigated by a contractual trapper for appropriate action. The trappers will be clearly identifiable in a safety green colored shirt with
“Lizard Control” printed on the front and back of the shirt, as well as magnetic decals
on their vehicle. Verified sightings will be mapped in order to focus management activities and track population trends.
From 2007 to 2010, more than 2,000 green iguanas and two Nile monitor lizards
were removed from Sanibel. In the winter of 2010, prolonged cold temperatures were
fatal to many of the remaining iguanas on Sanibel rendering the management program
unnecessary. As expected, however, the green iguana population is now on the rise
and, coupled with confirmation of a new exotic iguana species to Sanibel, management action is warranted. There have been no confirmed Nile monitor lizard sightings
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Library Programs
Captiva Library
F
ebruary’s activities at the Captiva
Memorial Library are free and
include:
ADULTS
Afternoon Sojourns
4 p.m. Wednesdays, February 4, 11,
18, 25
Artist talks, music, independent and
foreign films, lectures, author presentations and book signings. For a performer
schedule, call the library at 533-4890.
CHILDREN & TEENS
Kids Read Down Fines
10 to 11 a.m. Saturdays, February 7,
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Children and teens earn a $2 coupon
for every 15 minutes they read in the
designated area for a total of $8 in one
session. Credit may be applied to cards
issued to patrons age 18 and under only.
The library is located at 11560
Chapin Lane, Captiva. For more information about a program or to register,
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2. Devil in the White City by Erik
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3. The Girl on the Train by Paula
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4. Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson
5. The Hound of the Sanibel Sunset
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6. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
7. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by
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From page 37
Lizard Program
since a dead carcass was recovered from
an inland lake near Rabbit Road in 2008.
If you have any questions regarding the City of Sanibel’s Exotic Lizard
Management Program, contact the
Natural Resources Department at 4723700. To report an exotic lizard sighting,
contact the Sanibel Police Department
non-emergency number at 472-3111.
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8. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel
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9. What Alice Forgot by Liane
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call 533-4890. A sign language interpreter is available with five business days
notice to library staff.
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Third Coast Percussion: More
Than Drum Music To Your Ears
Percussion instruments
Whether playing marimbas or conch shells, Third Coast Percussion creates a blend of
music, fun, and curiosity.
W
hen most of us think of “percussion instruments,” we think “drums.” But
as an upcoming concert at BIG ARTS will prove, the array of percussion
instruments is extremely broad, extremely lyrical and constantly changing
in creative ways. With a mission to explore and expand the sonic possibilities of the
percussion repertoire, Third Coast Percussion has developed an international reputation for its inspiring energy and subtle nuance.
This unique musical concert will be staged on Thursday, February 5, at 7:30 p.m.
at Schein Performance Hall at BIG ARTS. Tickets are $42 for general seating and
$47 for reserved loge seats; students and children will be admitted free of charge.
Tickets are available at the Marks Box Office, 395-0900, 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel,
or online via www.bigarts.org/classic2.
Technically, the percussion family
includes any instrument that makes a
sound when it is hit, shaken or scraped;
traditionally that means drums, cymbals, xylophones, chimes and the like.
From playing delicate chamber music on
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Japanese prayer bowls to merging sound and motion on specially designed tables,
Third Coast Percussion’s performances march to the beat of these very different drummers. Each concert features instruments from around the world... or from around the
kitchen, the workshop, even the beach. The program includes works by some of the
greatest composers of the last 100 years, plus original music written for and by Third
Coast Percussion.
The ensemble has become known for ground-breaking collaborations across a wide
range of disciplines, including concerts to residency projects with engineers at the
University of Notre Dame, architects at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture
and astronomers at the Adler Planetarium. They enhance their concerts with cuttingedge new media, including free iPhone and iPad apps that allow audience members
to create their own musical performances and take a deeper look at the music they
perform.
The members, Sean Connors, Robert Dillon, Peter Martin, and David Skidmore,hold degrees in music performance, but they are equally committed to community
outreach. The ensemble includes a wide range of residency offerings while on tour,
in addition to a long-term residency with the Holy Cross/Immaculate Heart of Mary
Marimba Ensemble on Chicago’s South Side, and leads interdisciplinary projects in
collaboration across disciplines at the University of Notre Dame, where it has been the
ensemble-in-residence at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center since 2013.
For more information, call 395-0900 or email [email protected].
The performance at BIG ARTS is sponsored by Patty and Attila Molnar and Linda
and John Kramer.
Our email address is [email protected]
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Sanibel Public Library Offers
Passes To Local Attractions
lab featuring a hands-on play area for children, displays, games and a tank with indigenous mollusks. The museum is located at 3075 Sanibel-Captiva Road on Sanibel.
One pass provides entry for one person to the museum.
The Sanibel Historical Museum and Village was established with a mission to preserve and share Sanibel history. At The Village, you can find the story of Sanibel told
form the Calusa and Spanish eras to the early pioneer families who settled on the
island in the 1800s. Seven historic buildings were moved from their original island
locations to the Historical Village. The homes and commercial buildings have been
restored to their original state. The Historical Museum and Village is located at 950
Dunlop Road on Sanibel. The Historical Village allows admission for four people per
pass.
With hands-on exhibit galleries, the Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples invites
visitors of all ages to journey through the swamps of the Everglades, weave through
a maze, climb a two-story banyan tree, or experiment with the water play station.
Throughout the day, special activities encourage guests to get involved, try something
new, and be energized. The museum is located inside the North Collier Regional
Park, 15080 Livingston Road in Naples. The pass provides admission for a family of
four people; one child must be included.
For more information about the Sanibel Public Library, call 472-2483 or visit
www.sanlib.org.
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our Sanibel Public Library card just got more valuable. The library now offers
passes to three of the area’s popular attractions – The Bailey-Matthews
National Shell Museum, the Sanibel Historical Museum and Village, and the
Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples.
In addition to checking out books, movies, music and magazines, you can check
out these passes. Cultural passes may be reserved to check out for one week using a
current Sanibel Public Library card. Call the library to reserve a pass and to get more
information.
Library cards are available at no charge to all Lee County residents. Visitors may
purchase a library card for $10, valid for one year.
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum features more than 30 exhibits of
mollusks from around the world. Exhibits include shell art and history, shell habitat,
rare specimens, fossil shells and common Southwest Florida shells. There is a learning
O
n January 20, there were 10
tables in play at the Sanibel
Community Association. The
winners were:
North/South
1. Alaine Jass and Will Smith
2. Sue Danford and Linda Drasnin
3. Lou and Hendrick Regtuit
4. Susan Freund and Judy Harralson
East/West
1. Irma and Mel Rotstein
2. Myra Fisher and Ann Levinsohn
3. Harriet and Charles Edwards
4. Clara and Terry Terrana
On January 22, there were six
tables in play at the Sanibel Community
Association. The winners were:
1. Jim Rawcliffe and Clark
Wackerman
2. Dorothy and Irwin Levy
3. Kenneth Appel and Albert Simon
4. Jan Buffo and Eric Swanlund
5. Karen and Geoffrey Moss
There are two ACBL-sanctioned
games per week, held on Tuesdays and
Thursdays, at The Community House,
2173 Periwinkle Way on Sanibel.
Games run from January 1 until the end
of April.
For further information, contact
Susan Willoughby at 281-3258.
OPEN DAILY
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My Autism Connection group joined by Tarpon Bay Explorers staff and captains, along
with staff from the JN “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge
Cody Ratner with his 38-inch bonnethead shark pictured with “Ding” Darling resident volunteer Ken Kopperl, left, and Captain Steve Yetsko, right
My Autism Connection Conducts
Semi-Annual Youth Fishing Event
T
he winds were blowing and the rain clouds were hovering, but that didn’t
stop the determined folks from My Autism Connection Inc. from venturing out to Tarpon Bay for their semi-annual youth fishing event. Every year,
the JN “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society
and Tarpon Bay Explorers staff members team up to provide a memorable fishing
experience. This year, folks from My Autism Connection Inc. joined Tarpon Bay
Explorers for a day fishing on the bay.
“My Autism Connection is an organization that provides groups of people identified
with Aspergers or Autism from ages of 10 to adults opportunities to interact socially
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in a non-threatening, safe environment,”
explained group leader Sandra Worth.
“Everyone was really looking forward to
this event regardless of weather.”
Their day began learning the basics.
Groups rotated from station to station.
Captain Dan Bridgers showed the group
how to throw a cast net while Captain
Steve Yetsko taught the groups how
to hold their poles and cast their lines.
Captain Dave Johns and refuge ranger
Becky Larkin explained the importance of
PDF safety while naturalist Donna Yetsko
taught the anglers about the wildlife that
lives below the waters of Tarpon Bay at
Tarpon Bay Explorers’ aquarium Touch
Captain Dave Johns and Ricky Day with a
Tank.
beautiful sea trout
After learning their new set of fishing skills, the group hopped aboard the
pontoons with poles in hand. Though the
conditions were rough, the captains were
able to find productive spots protected by
the mangroves. Every angler caught fish
including sea trout, jack crevalle, ladyfish
and pufferfish. One highlight of the day
was a 38-inch bonnethead shark caught by
fisherman Cody Ratner. Over 30 fish were
caught.
Reeling in all those fish built up an
appetite. Upon their return, delicious and
warm hotdogs were served courtesy of
George Schnapp of George & Wendy’s
Seafood Grille. Along with the fishing
experience and hot meal, every participant
was sent home with their own fishing pole
and tackle donated by the “Ding” Darling
Wildlife Society.
Captain Dan Bridgers shows the group how
“In the beginning of the day, one
to throw a cast net
kid mentioned he couldn’t fish anymore
because he broke his rod. Little did he know he was going to get a brand new one by
the end of the day,” said Captain Dan Bridgers. “I think it is awesome we could provide these folks with this experience and send them home with something special.”
Tarpon Bay Explorers thanks all of their sponsors for making this event possible,
including The Bait Box, Caloosa Wholesale, Dale Shirley, “Ding” Darling Wildlife
Society, George & Wendy’s Seafood Grille, the JN “Ding” Darling National Wildlife
Refuge, Lexington Fishing Club, Sanibel Fishing Club, Shallow Bait and Tarpon Bay
Explorers.
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Violinist To Play Electric Slugger
At Music Of Champions Concert
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he Southwest Florida Symphony will present a guest violinist from the
National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C., Glenn Donnellan. He will
perform on February 6 and 7 in Music of Champions: Sports Themes, Fight
Songs and the Sounds of Team Spirit. Donnellan will play a musical instrument he
invented, a baseball bat fashioned into a violin, which he has named The Electric
Slugger.
He has played violin in the National Symphony Orchestra since 1997. His versatility in different musical styles has made him the go-to violinist for fiddle or jazz solos
and a player with such diverse groups as the Chieftans or Greatful Dead tribute bands.
His public debut was at a Washington Nationals game playing his own arrangement
of the National Anthem. He has since performed for multiple Major League Baseball
teams and around the U.S. and abroad, garnering double-takes and astonishment
wherever he plays.
Donnellan invented the Electric Slugger Batolin and manufactures it by hand on a
per-order basis using a pro-grade ash Louisville Slugger bat, to which the factory adds
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his heat-branded signature as part of their licensing agreement.
He has been featured playing his Electric Slugger on ESPN’s E:60, MLB’s This
Week In Baseball, Fox and Friends, NPR, BBC and other major media. In addition,
he loves to perform for young audiences, presenting assemblies, science classes and
orchestra clinics. Through the NSO Education Program, he presents dozens of performances for young audiences each year at the Kennedy Center Family Theater, in local
schools and other venues.
The Music of Champions program includes a medley of university fight songs from
Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa State, Northwestern University, Purdue University, Notre
Dame University and other schools. Other pieces include the theme from ABC Wide
World of Sports, Casey at the Bat, narrated by retired Minnesota Twins announcer
John Gordon and Fanfare for the Common Man.
Tickets are $22 to $82 per person and may be purchased at www.swflso.org, by
visiting the Southwest Florida Symphony Box Office located at 8290 College Parkway,
Suite 103 in Fort Myers, by calling the Symphony Box Office at 418-1500 or at
the Barbara B. Mann Box Office one hour prior to the concert. Barbara B. Mann
Performing Arts Hall is located at 13350 Edison Parkway in Fort Myers.
For Reservations Call
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What’s Happening At
The House In 2015
SCA Events
Gertrude Bell Performance
Feb. 5 Noon Luncheon
$30/Members; $40/Guests
Comedy, Mindreading Show
with the Mentalist
Feb. 27 6:30 pm
$20 Members, $25 Guests
CLASSES/PROGRAMS
Complimentary Shell Crafting
Lesson: Monday begins 10 am - Noon
Crafts on Sale Mon.-Friday until 3 p.m.
Beginner iPad/iPhone
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$35 Members/$40 Guests
Sissi Paint Party
Feb. 23 7 pm
$40 members, $45 guests
Sanctioned Duplicate Bridge
Tues. & Thurs. 1 pm
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Identity Theft
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Yoga
Judy Rubin in 1968 working with Mr. Rogers
What Mr. Rogers
Was Really
Teaching
by Di Saggau
O
n Saturday, February 7 at 7
p.m. at BIG ARTS’ Schein Hall,
a very special documentary
film will be shown by Sanibel’s own
Judy Rubin Ph.D. Lessons From The
Neighborhood is about Mr. Rogers’ creative talents and his extraordinary ability
to make psychological concepts accessible to people of all ages.
Fred Rogers was an American educator, Presbyterian minister, songwriter,
author and television host. The awardwinning Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
ran from 1968 to 2001, making Rogers
an indelible American icon of children’s
entertainment and education, as well as
a symbol of compassion, patience and
morality. The show presented a format
where Rogers talked to young children
about their feelings. He opened each
show singing “It’s a beautiful day in the
neighborhood.” One of his trademark
sweaters hangs in the Smithsonian
Institution.
Creating the film was a labor of love
for Rubin, an art therapist, who was the
“Art Lady” on Rogers’ show during the
1960s. She said, “It is thrilling to me that
BIG ARTS, where my husband Herb and
I have had such grand learning experiences in recent years, is the place where
Fred’s wise and encouraging words will
once again be seen and heard. He was
one-of-a kind, authentic, gifted, warm and
witty. I smile every time I watch the film
and hope you will, too.”
Rubin said there are some things
about Mr. Rogers that might surprise you.
“He had a delightful sense of humor and
he consulted with mental health professionals about every aspect of the shows,
all of which he wrote himself. His mission was to teach children through the
medium of television,” she noted.
Showings of the film at other venues
have resulted in very positive feedback
and even standing ovations. I asked Rubin
how she feels Rogers will be remembered. She said, “He was a highly gifted
and well educated man with incredible
gifts. He was able to translate complicated ideas into very beautiful and accessible messages – life lessons for folks of
all ages – lessons even more relevant
now than when he first taught them and I
believe, needed in todays world.”
Judy Rubin will introduce the film and
share her experiences with Mr. Rogers
and how she came to make the film. It
runs 53 minutes. Dick Wright will moderate a Q&A session after the screening.
Rogers’ widow Joanne will also be in
attendance and will join in the discussion
along with a local award-winning documentary filmmaker. Rubin is dedicating
the screening to the memory of Nancy
Bonser, her first friend on Sanibel. She
said, “Like Fred, Nancy was always genuinely and deeply interested in the other
person.”
Don’t miss out on this wonderful
opportunity to see a film that defines a
man loved by many. Mr. Rogers was a
man who invited children into his neighborhood and held them captive with his
stories. General admission to see Lessons
From The Neighborhood: What Mister
Rogers Was Really Teaching are $15,
while students and children get in free.
Tickets are available at BIG ARTS either
at the box office or by calling 395-0900.
Monday and Thursday 8:30 am
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Gulf-front location complete with live piano.
Come, feast your eyes and your appetite.
Reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome.
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Monday Night Movie
A particularly touching scene has
Wanda arranging, as a family tree, old
photographs of relatives, presumably
all victims of the Holocaust. Among
the photos is one of Irena Sendler, the
real-life Catholic nurse responsible for
smuggling 2,500 Jewish children out
of Poland. I recognized her immediately when I first saw the film, having
just read a fascinating book about her
titled Life In A Jar. She survived the
Holocaust and died in 2008 in Poland
at the age of 98. Having her picture in
the film is a tribute to her brave actions.
Ida takes some profound turns as it
moves through discovery, dread, and
devotion. Both actresses are extraordinary and so is the film. It is listed as
the number one pick in the Associated
Press Top 10 Movies of the Year. The
film runs 80 minutes.
Ida
by Di Saggau
T
he BIG ARTS
movie for
Monday,
February 2 is Ida,
a Polish/Denmark
film about an
18-year-old orphan
girl raised in a convent and a chainsmoking, harddrinking female
judge. One is young and naive, the
other middle-aged and cynical.
Anna, played with riveting quietude
by newcomer Agata Trzebuchowska,
is a novice, preparing to take her vows
in a nunnery tucked away in the Polish
countryside. But in the days before she is
to become a nun, the prioress summons
Anna and tells her that she must first visit
her aunt, her only living relative, who
lives in Warsaw. She goes there to meet
Wanda, the darkly comic Agata Kulesza,
and learn what she can about her family
and the parents Anna never knew.
This is an austere, black-and-white
film that is also hauntingly beautiful. The
life of the convent is the only existence
Anna has ever known, since she was
left there as an infant. The gruff Wanda
wastes no time: “You’re Jewish,” she
tells Anna as the two sit together at
Wanda’s kitchen table. She explains
that Anna’s real name is Ida Lebenstein,
Book Signing With Nanci Lagarenne
and her parents were killed in a forest
by people who were supposedly hiding
them from the German invaders.
What ensues is a road trip across
the bleak terrain of 1960s Communist
Poland. It is their goal to trace the history of Anna’s mother and father. Their
journey is marked by Wanda’s constant
boozing, the pettiness of local authorities, and the dim atmosphere of a hotel
jazz club where Ida (pronounced Eeeduh) eventually breaks out of her shell
via a furtive romance with a saxophonist.
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Next up on February 9 is The Hundred Foot Journey starring the incomparable Helen Mirren in a comedic drama
that will stimulate your tastebuds. Mirren
and the great India actor Om Puri play
rival restauranteurs in France. I’ll have
more on that in next week’s Island Sun.
Admission to BIG ARTS Monday
Night Film Series is $8 and all screenings begin at 7 p.m. in Schein
Performance Hall. Each film is followed
by a complimentary reception and
discussion in Phillips Gallery. Series
Sponsors: Bank of the Islands, Stan
and Visnja Gembicki, John R. Wood
Properties, Penny Wilkinson. Series
Supporters: Sanibel Taxi, Jerry’s Foods
of Sanibel.
BIG ARTS is located at 900 Dunlop
Road. Tickets are available at the door
or by calling 395-0900.
C U I S I N E
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N
anci E. LaGarenne will
return to the Sanibel
Island Bookshop for
another event for her novel,
Cheap Fish.She is a former
freelance journalist for Dan’s
Papers and a contributing writer to The Montauk Sun. A former karaoke host in Montauk
fishermen’s bars for 12years,
she lives in East Hampton with
her husband.
Cheap Fish is a tribute
to commercial fishermen in
Montauk.
Dragger Delray is a salty,
a commercial fisherman in
Montauk who is not quite ready
for retirement. A life of longlining has left him with a bum arm
and the limits are killing the
commercials. Fishing is all he
knows. What’s a Salty to do?
Those who can’t make the
event may call the bookstore
at 472-5223 and pre-order a
signed copy that can be shipped,
or order online from www.sanibelbookshop.com.
Come join us for a taste of Italy.
Receive one complimentary glass from our selected featured Italian wines
and a sample of our famous homemade Antipasto with a purchase of two entrees.
Cannot be combined with any other offer, discount, or voucher. No online reservations, call in reservations accepted.
18% gratuity will be added to full amount before discount. Valid through the month of January, 2015.
“MEATBALL MADNESS ON MONDAYS”
8$ meatball appetizers
No discount vouchers may be used with the special promtions
“Fresh ingredients, simplicity, love...
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– Chef/Owner AJ Black
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Sanibel Island, FL
Reservations Suggested
www.iltesoro.net • 239-395-4022
Blue Man Group At Barbara B. Mann
D
iscounted tickets are
available now for Blue
Man Group at the
Barbara B. Mann Performing
Arts Hall on Wednesday,
February 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are on sale at the
Sanibel Recreation Center
at a special reduced rate.
Buy one adult mid-balcony
ticket for $56.25 and get a
child ticket for free, or buy
one adult rear balcony ticket
for $46.25 and get a child
ticket for free. Ticket sales
have been extended through
February 8. For more information, call the Sanibel
Recreation Center at 4720345.
Blue Man Group
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Sanibel Public Library
February Programs
Wolves at the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota
photo by Don Gossett
S
anibel Public Library will be hosting a variety of speakers in February. No registration is required to attend.
Laurie Barraco of the Mystical Moon Metaphysical Center in Fort Myer, will
speak at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 3. She will review chakra (energy points or
nodes in the body), basics for health and happiness.
On Wednesday, February 4, at 2 p.m., Edison-Ford Estates Horticulturalist Debbie
Hughes will teach the secrets of successful rose gardening in Southwest Florida.
Brandon Minsky of BIT Services will give his presentation on cell phone, computer
and tablet tech help at 2 p.m on February 5.
Retired nurse and cardiac health educator Carole Fallon presents a talk on heart
health at 2 p.m. Monday, February 9.
Sanibel Public Library will have an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday,
February 5, with refreshments and music by accordionist Peter McGrain (stage name
Pierre), performing with singer Suzette (Suzie Sinclair). They are known as the Twilite
Twins and they will play an assortment of café tunes, some French and European, and
some original compositions that they created.
Attendees are welcome to take a tour of the library and learn about the services
offered.
Sanibel Public Library staffer Duane E. Shaffer will review strategies and tactics of
four WWII battles. His first lecture will focus on the dramatic Battle for Crete, at 10
a.m. Friday, February 6. The battle was unique in the German’s use of paratroopers
and the Allied forces’ use of intelligence from the deciphered Enigma code. Shaffer’s
Stories For Grownups Returns
T
he first Friday of the month is a celebration of Stories for Grownups at
the Sanibel Public Library.
It begins February 6 and admission
is free. It runs from 2 to 3 p.m. once a
month in the Big Room on the ground
floor at the library.
This month, the featured storyteller is
Dr. Sidney B. Simon, professor emeritus
from the University of Massachusetts,
and an internationally known authority
in psychological education. He is author
or co-author of 15 books in the areas of
values clarification, getting unstuck and forgiveness. Simon also wrote two childrens’
books for his own kids when they were
little. W.W. Norton published them in the
Sidney B. Simon
late 60s. Simon says he liked that Norton
also published Freud.
Simon has appeared on various talk show programs, including Oprah! and the
Donahue Show. He tells stories but also has the knack for drawing stories from people in the audience. That’s half the fun, and half the program, he says. Come and just
listen, or see if one of Simon’s stories triggers one from your own life.
His stories are often out of his own life. Stories about growing older in Florida,
about parenting, grandparenting, memories of great teachers and stories about what
life has to teach us.
Call the library if you have any questions, 472-2483.
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WWII talks take place every Friday in
February at 10 a.m.
Dave Kilbride returns to the library to
sing favorite songs from the 1950s, ‘60s
and ‘70s at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 10.
Lee County Reference Librarian Brian
Mulcahy will instruct on researching your
Irish ancestors at 2 p.m. February 11. He’ll
focus on using U.S. historical records and
documents to find family history.
Library staffer Betsy Eidem will present
a cooking demonstration for Valentine’s
Day at 10 a.m. Thursday, February 12.
Her presentation is called Romance and
the Food of Love.
On Friday, February 13, learn
about wolves from Kelly Godfrey, the
International Wolf Center’s program director, with her award-winning program. The
morning’s program, at 9:30 a.m., will be
held in the children’s area, where children
can watch and ask questions via two-way
teleconferencing as Godfrey conducts
her morning wolf care with the pack in
Peter McGrain of The Twilite Twins
Minnesota. Her presentation will be followed by some wolf-related games and activities.
The afternoon’s program begins at 3:30 p.m., and is geared towards adults as well
as teachers and librarians wishing to learn more about using the inexpensive WolfLink
educational programming, though kids are welcome to attend.
A complete list of programs is listed on the library’s website. Residents as well as
non-residents are invited. There is no registration or cost to participate in these programs.
The library is located at 770 Dunlop Road, phone 472-2483.
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SANIBEL & CAPTIVA ISLANDS, FLORIDA
Bondurant Chosen Southwest Florida
ABWA Council Woman Of Year
Sanibel-Captiva Chapter members in attendance at the ABWA luncheon
M
ary Bondurant was recently chosen as the 2015 Council Woman of the Year
by the American Business Women’s Association (ABWA) Southwest Florida
Council.
The council hosts an annual luncheon honoring the seven women chosen as their
JANUARY 30, 2015
league/chapter Woman of
the Year. At the luncheon,
held this year at the Heron’s
Glen Country Club in North
Fort Myers, one of the
Woman of the Year honorees is recognized as the
Council Woman of the Year,
and Bondurant was chosen
from among the league candidates.
Each chapter/league
bestows Woman of the Year
honors on a member of
each league who has served
the ABWA membership as
well as their communities in
an outstanding and exemplary manner. This honoree
goes on to compete for
Council Woman of the Year.
Bondurant currently
serves as the president of
the Sanibel-Captiva Charter
Chapter and has held several
leadership roles in ABWA.
Council officers for 2015
were inducted as well at
Mary Bondurant, ABWA Council Woman of the Year
the luncheon, with Debra
Lee Nashad of the SanibelCaptiva chapter chosen as this year’s vice chairwoman.
Zonta’s Local Grants Benefit Women
At holiday time, Zonta members visited clients at SalusCare, bringing gifts and good cheer
submitted by Sue Denham
T
hrough the generosity of island businesses and individuals, and the success of
its annual A Peek at the Unique home tour, the Zonta Club of Sanibel-Captiva
is again about to impact the lives of many women in Southwest Florida – more
than ever before.
Each year around this time, Zonta, through the Zonta Foundation of Southwest
Florida, a 501(c)3 organization, awards grants to its partner organizations. This year,
local grant checks totaled $74,500, the highest amount ever awarded for local projects.
Grants are made based on compatibility with Zonta’s mission to improve women’s lives,
track record and accountability. To be eligible to apply, organizations must be named in
Zontian Ellen Strobel works with students in a service project teaching English at Parent
University, part of Head Start
the club’s strategic plan, have a relationship with a Zonta service team and be a recognized non-profit with the mission of helping women. The membership raises these funds
annually through the foundation and awards them the following year.
Due to the record-breaking 2014 Peek, there was enough money this year to meet
all or most of the grant requests. However, the grants committee pays careful attention
each year to ensure each request fits with Zonta’s mission and will impact the largest
possible number of women. Once awards are made, there are accountability measures
continued on page 3B
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
My Big Surprise
Yolande Welch
submitted by Yolande Welch
H
ow does one prepare for a heart
attack? Obviously, one doesn’t,
especially if you are reasonably
active, try to watch your diet and keep
up to date on any and all articles on
staying healthy. So imagine my surprise
when one November Sunday evening, I
experienced all the classical symptoms
of a heart attack. For about two weeks
prior, I was feeling unusually tired every
day, but, even worse, seemed to be a
bit breathless as I went to lie down each
night. I would sit up and try to even out
my breathing, feel a bit better each time
and go to sleep.
This particular Sunday evening, while
watching TV, I realized that I just plain did
not feel well, decided to call it a night and
go to bed. I rarely sweat, but started to
feel quite clammy, my left arm and upper
shoulder area were painful and I felt nauseated. I have often read that women’s
heart attack symptoms are generally
different from men’s, but my symptoms
were the very ones that we all often read
about. I asked my husband to call 911,
but ended up talking to the dispatcher
myself. Response was quick and, even
more quickly, diagnosed as a heart attack.
An ambulance took me to Lee Memorial.
I saw my husband’s cardiologist the next
morning and within the next hour or so
had a stent put in. I was allowed to come
home the next day.
In retrospect, I realize that something
had been feeling amiss for a couple of
weeks before the event. My sister had
to have by-pass surgery many years ago
and, in hindsight, I think I should have
realized that I too could be at risk. If I
were asked to give any advice, I believe I
would suggest that if anyone has a close
relative who has had any kind of heart
issues it would be wise to be checked on
yourself.
I have been asked how this heart
attack has impacted my life. I have not
radically changed my life, but some of the
changes have been important. I do check
in with the cardiologist on a regular basis
and take a baby aspirin every morning.
I try to be more attentive to eating habits, albeit always room for improvement
there, and I find keeping up with family
and friends is as beneficial as medicine.
I know that stress is part of the equation. Although I do not have the same
stress that I had in my job before coming
Sanibel Captiva Trust Company
Current Outlook
by Pat Dorsey,
CFA, Chief
Investment
Strategist
I
Yolande Welch and her granddaughter
to Sanibel, I have different stresses from
having taken on all the responsibilities
of the home, plus being a three-fourths
caretaker. I volunteer for a number of
organizations and find each of these very
rewarding and always a nice break in any
day or week. We are very fortunate that
our daughter and family live just a couple
miles from us and are always at -theready to help when needed.
I am sharing my story to help the
continued on page 22B
spoke last week
to clients and
friends of the
Sanibel Captiva
Trust Company
about Expectations,
Opportunities &
Valuations.
Investors should focus on the earnings and the dividends of the securities
they own, rather than on “the market.
We advise clients to ignore the noise of
macro predictions and understand that
geopolitical shocks do not shock the market for extended periods of time.
At this time, investors should lower
their expectations for equities and dial
back on bonds, unless liquidity is needed
or volatility is a worry.
My presentation is part of the trust
company’s continuing effort to keep clients and friends of the firm informed during today’s dynamic business climate.
Dorsey appears regularly on
Bloomberg TV, Fox TV and CNBC,
and is the author of The Five Rules for
Successful Stock Investing and The Little
Book that Builds Wealth. Before joining
the trust company, he was director of
equity research at Morningstar for more
than ten years.
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ABWA February
Guest Speaker
Darlene Carswell
Shirley Comella and Bella, a 12-year-old Yellow Lab
Rec Center Offering Dog Licenses
S
anibel dog owners are reminded to stop by the Sanibel Recreation Center,
located at 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road, prior to Sunday, February 1 to purchase their 2015 dog license to avoid the late fee. Dog licenses purchased by
January 31 are $10. Dog licenses purchased on or after February 1 are $15. Proof
of current rabies inoculation is required at the time of purchase. Due to the fact that
veterinarians are now giving rabies inoculations with 1- to 3-year validity, please
give the expiration date on the dog license application form and not the date the
inoculation was given. The Sanibel Recreation Center is open seven days a week
for your convenience. Contact the Rec Center with any questions at 472-0345.
Please remember, we all love our pets, but only service animals are allowed inside
the Sanibel Recreation Center.
T
he Sanibel-Captiva Charter Chapter
of the American Business Women’s
Association will host Darlene
Carswell, owner of Balance for All, Inc. as
its keynote speaker at the February monthly meeting. Her presentation, Let Riches in
Spirit & Comfort in Your Skin Create Your
Business Success, will focus on achieving
personal and professional success.
The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday,
February 10, at 5:30 p.m. at the Sundial
Resort and Spa, Sanibel.
Carswell moved to Fort Myers in 1989
from Western New York. As a graphic
artist she struggled to maintain focus and
Portraits In Print
From page 1B
Zonta’s Local
Grants
such as half-year and year-end reports.
Virginia Jones, president-elect, who has
chaired the Peek in prior years, commented, “Last year’s Peek was highly
successful but we can never take this for
granted. Also, we are about to engage
in a new strategic planning process and
partners may change as a result. As they
move around the community generating
support from sponsors and benefactors,
our members are stressing that only with
continued community support can we
meet the needs, which grow every year.”
Here are the awards for 2015, in each
of the club’s current focus areas:
Reducing Violence
Abuse Counseling & Treatment (ACT):
$10,000 to support the salary of a bilingual counselor and behavioral therapy
program for up to 175 women.
Guatemalan Rural and Children’s
Education (GRACE): $9,200 for educational materials, workshops and an antiviolence Laws for Peace program in the
U.S. and Guatemala.
Human Trafficking Awareness (HTAP):
$10,000 to expand current ArtReach
and “train the trainers” programs, reaching 300 middle and high school students.
Education and Self-Sufficiency
Community Housing & Resources
(CHR): $6,300 toward education costs
– tuition, books and other fees – for six
to eight female CHR residents wishing to
advance their job prospects.
PACE Center for Girls Lee County:
$9,000 to support the salary of a volunteer coordinator, expanding the efficiency
of programs for at-risk teenage girls.
Head Start/Parent University:
$10,000 for materials, transportation and
supplies for literacy/life skills classes for
up to 250 mothers with children in Head
Start.
Women’s Health:
FISH of Sanibel: $10,000 for up to
20 mammograms and follow-up care,
other medical services and educational
workshops and support for women in the
Helping Hands program.
SalusCare: $10,000 for software,
workbooks and life skills workshops for
up to 40 women and educational assistance for women seeking to further their
education.
For more information, go to www.
zontasancap.com and click on “Service
Partners.” In addition, the membership has pledged $22,250 to Zonta
International for its global projects targeting women’s health, education and freedom from violence.
The 2015 Peek at the Unique is set
for Saturday, March 14. The tour has
already sold out but for other ways to
support the club and foundation, visit
www.zontasancap.com.
by Jane Vos Hogg
Furniture Find
T
he word was
out. Noah’s
Ark was due
to be getting a
gift of many thousands of dollars
worth of furniture.
Long time secondhomers had just
sold their beautiful
bayfront house but the buyers wanted
it delivered empty. What to do with the
carefully selected and staged items presently in place? Owners opted to donate
them to the Ark, which they knew to be
a consistent supporter of a wide range
of charities.
Anticipation accelerated as delays were
scheduled and re-scheduled. Meanwhile,
in an attempt to free-up space, the Ark
had an all-clothing-a-dollar day, followed
by a repeat on day two. At the same
time all furniture in stock was drastically
reduced.
Mid-Tuesday afternoon the trucks
arrived, cartons were unloaded, items
moved in and the back room ladies began
the pricing and placement. Ranging from
$50 (there were numerous accessories,
small items, lamps, etc.) to $600 for the
largest pieces, many with original price
tags still in place. It was clear that purchasers might walk away with choices
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equilibrium for 20 years due to debilitating migraine headaches. Finding that
conventional medicine failed to give her
long-term relief for the pain and that
medications prescribed created more
new symptoms, she became intrigued by
acupuncture, which provided profound
and permanent relief. She found her life
dramatically changed with an increase in
her energy level, improved moods, peace
of mind and sound sleep. These measurable shifts inspired her to become an
acupuncturist, enabling her to reach her
dream of empowering others to overcome
endless physical and emotional issues
which remain unresolved by conventional
medicine.
She studied traditional Chinese
medicine in a three-year program at the
Acupuncture Center of Naples, under the
instruction of Stanley Hubbard, AP, graduating in June 1993. She became licensed
by the Florida Board of Acupuncture and
opened her practice in February 1994.
She also served as an instructor at the center from 1993 to 1996.
In April 2003, she was introduced
to the BodyTalk System, developed by
John Veltheim, DC. She discovered that
BodyTalk synchronizes and restores bodymind communication, and exponentially
speeds the healing of physical and emotional disorders. She became a certified
BodyTalk Practitioner in October 2003,
and in 2006, furthered her BodyTalk certification to PaRama BodyTalk Practitioner
level. She now integrates both systems into
her practice. In 2008, Carswell incorporated her practice as Balance For All, Inc.
continued on page 26B
costing barely a quarter of the showroom
sale price.
Wednesday, parking space near gone,
the line-up was long and growing longer. Doors didn’t open until 9:30 a.m.
but more than three dozen people were
there by 9 following the first, said to have
arrived an hour earlier.
A buttery yellow sofa was snatched up
immediately; minutes later a cushioned
armchair followed by a lavish headboard.
Definitely buyers’ delight. Even onlookers
enjoyed the show. One woman, happily clutching a Baldacci book, smiled,
saying, “My favorite author… mine for
just a quarter!” But that’s the secret of
Noah’s… you may not find what you
were looking for but it’s unusual to come
away empty-handed.
Overseeing it all, a giant, thin-screen
TV for $50, positioned atop a sideboy to
keep it safe, was plastered Sold, its new
owner, cash in hand, advancing to the
door. Barely 20 minutes after open-forbusiness, the furniture area was crowded
with customers and pleased purchasers
while the display items were thinning out.
Cash registers kept ringing. To call it
a busy day would be an understatement.
Most of the stuff was gone. The final
tally showed only four pieces of furniture
remained, two being unusual customcreated, Japanese-inspired, immense side
pieces; all but five accessories had been
sold.
Weary volunteers felt their prayers had
been answered. The sale had been hugely
successful and good humor and patience
had prevailed.
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Sanibel Island Golf Club
Brave Men Play A Skins Game
player to determine final scores.
Roger Triftshauser was the event winner with three skins, including a double eagle
on the 18th hole. Jim Hopson was second with two skins. He had a lesson during the
week and said “It helped a lot.”
Also, Buddy Long and Dave Bugby tied for third with one skin each. Fortunately,
the rain held off and the Ocean’s Eleven gang had a good time!
Sanibel Island Golf Club
Women’s President’s Cup Results
Here are the 11 men who dodged the puddles and played on Saturday, January 24
D
ue to some rain and the prospect of uncertain weather, several of the Sanibel
Island Golf Club’s men cancelled on January 24. However, 11 brave souls
said “Let’s play.” So the scheduled four-man best ball was called off and
instead, the group played a skins game, where there must be a single low ball clear
winner on each hole. For example, if there are two net par fours on a hole, there
is no winner. Since there are many players with the same net scores on each hole,
there are very few skins awarded. Eighty percent handicaps were applied to each
Tina Tober and Sally Lichtenstein
Cecilia Olsson and Sandy Sauer
S
anibel Island Golf Club played host to the annual Women’s President’s Cup
over the past two weeks. The event had winners for both gross and net
scores.
Leading the ladies playing 18 holes were Sandy Sauer and Cecilia Olsson. Sauer
shot a combined gross score of 179 and Olsson’s net scores totaled 138 for a one
stroke victory.
The ladies playing nine holes each week were led by Sally Lichtenstein and Tina
Tober. Lichtenstein’s gross score over the two weeks totaled 109 and Tober’s net
score was 65.
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Somerset at the Reef #B101
Gulf-front condo with spectacular gulf views & completely renovated.
Glassed lanai expands living space. Decorator furnished in “beach chic”
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Augusta Greens Villa in The Sanctuary
One-of-a-kind floor plan thoughtfully designed to maximize living spaces,
privacy, views & light. Stunning open-concept great room with high ceilings,
custom built-ins, wet bar, & wine frig. Expanded screened pool area with spa.
$1,450,000
Sanibel Surfside #123
Direct beach-front 2nd floor
2 bedroom with updated interior,
fabulous beach view, & income.
$874,000
Sundial #R401
Top-floor back corner 2 bedroom
plus den with courtyard to gulf
view. Remodeled & well decorated.
$849,000
837 Limpet Dr
Over 1/2 acre overlooking
intersecting waterways near marina
& canal entrance to San Carlos Bay.
$749,000
Sand Pointe #122
2nd floor 2 bedroom with gulf
views, years of rental income, &
new kitchen/baths.
$749,000
Sandalfoot #5C1
Gulf-front walk-out with stainless steel
appliances, tiled great room floor,
super income, & low fees.
$699,000
Mariner Pointe #332
This view from waterside deck plus
bay & canal views from 2nd floor
renovated 2 bedroom.
$499,900
Loggerhead Cay #353
Large 3rd floor 2 bedroom with
gulf view down courtyard to this
beach, years of solid rental history.
$499,000
Mariner Pointe #811
Ground-level bay & canal view
~1130 sq ft 2 bedroom just steps
to boat dockage & fishing pier.
$499,000
9477 Peaceful Dr
Charming 3 bedroom plus den on
oversized lot with updated kitchen
& baths in Gumbo Limbo.
$499,000
744 Martha’s Ln
Formerly developer’s residence in
small 8-home community with
shared pool & tennis.
$479,000
5307 Umbrella Pool Rd
Near end of cul-de-sac, this large
Sanibel Bayous lot is private,
wooded, & near this beach.
$379,000
Spanish Cay #A7
Price is right, 2nd floor roomy
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SANIBEL 8-BALL POOL LEAGUE 2014-2015
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Standing
Team Name
Won
Lost
First
Bunt’s Ball Busters
176
80
Second
Sandycappers
138
118
Third
Sanibel Café
135
121
Fourth
Fresh Legion Crew
129
127
Fifth
Island Lifers
102
154
Sixth
Legion Motley Crew
88
168
January 26 Results
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Bunt’s Ball Busters
10
Sandycappers
6
Sanibel Café
9
Fresh Legion Crew
7
Island Lifers
9
Legion Motley Crew
7
Sanibel 8-Ball Pool League
Ball Busters Hold Lead Position
B
unt’s Ball Busters beat back a strong challenge by second place Sandycappers to
maintain its hold on the league lead. Ball Busters Dave Doane and Bob Buntrock
posted 3-1 wins over Jeff Brown and Kevin Pottorf. Jack Dalton and John
Riegert again led the Sandycappers with two wins each over Rich Ennis and Ken Rasi.
The teams meet only once more before season end on March 16 so it appears that the
Sandycappers need to give up trying to beat the Ball Busters and concentrate on maintaining its narrow lead over third place Sanibel Café.
Pete Mindel led Sanibel Café to a narrow 9-7 win over Fresh Legion Crew with a 3-1
thumping of Jerry Welker. The rest of the Café crew, Rich McCurry, Joe Mason and
Randy Carson, managed two wins each over Doc Lubinski, Nate Buffan and Becky Skog.
Sanibel Café has now pulled to within three games of second place Sandycappers and the
two teams meet each other for the last time on February 16.
Island Lifer Tom Walters posted his first 4-0 outing as he pounded Motley Crew
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Trike-A-Thon At Children’s Center
Katie Dunn wore a bike helmet that coordinated with her pink shoes and turquoise tutu
Landon Markosky shows off his biking skills
to all his buddies
T
he Children’s
Education Center
of the Islands again
had the opportunity to
participate in the St.
Jude Trike-A-Thon,
raising money for St.
Jude Children’s Research
Hospital. The children
learned four important
bike safety lessons: Always wear your helmet;
Never ride in the street;
Always be careful near
driveways; and Always
watch where you are
going. The children took
pride in knowing they
were able to help other
children who are sick
by simply riding their
bikes. Nearly $1,000
was raised for St. Jude
Children’s Research
Hospital.
Jayden Alonso shows off his Spiderman bike
Riley Sullivan was determined to make the
best time of all riders
Steele Floyd shows that even the little guys
have a great time raising money for other
children
Billy Kirkland of Billy’s Bikes & Rentals demonstrated, with help from Dawson Liebetrau,
the importance of a bike helmet by dropping an egg inside a “helmet” and then
dropping it outside the helmet.
Tower Gallery Artists Celebrate
The Centennial Of Their Building
T
he Tower Artist Cooperative Gallery on Sanibel is commemorating the 100th
year of its building with a ribbon-cutting and birthday celebration.
Tower Gallery is housed in a 100-year-old original Florida cottage with
Craftsman elements, that was originally built next to the Island Inn on West Gulf Drive
facing the Gulf of Mexico. Most of the architectural features of the house have been
preserved, including wainscoting, molding, Craftsmen type windows and decorative
details.
Slated for demolition, the Cassidy home, as it was known, and its garage were
moved to Tarpon Bay Road in 1987. Ikki and Polly Matsumoto had big ideas for the
home and the price was right… free. However, the moving project conducted by Flint
& Doyle cost $35,000. At the time, it was the largest moving project in the history of
the company.
“The move was wild. Mailboxes were smashed and trees were leveled,” recalls Polly
Matsumoto.
Other hurdles included the many permits to be approved for the big move by the
City of Sanibel. Since a two-story home could not be put in this area of Sanibel, the
city fathers finally agreed to call the house a story and a half. More outrage occurred
when the Matsumotos, inspired by a decorating book entitled Caribbean Style, decided to paint the house turquoise, pink and green. The colors created a shock wave
on the island.
continued on page 13B
The old Cassidy Cottage that became Tower Gallery being moved to its Tarpon Bay Road
location in 1987
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Why I Believe In United Way
submitted by Penny Summer Wilkinson
W
hile I am a new member of the
Sanibel-Captiva United Way
Campaign Committee, I am not
new to United Way. Not only have I been
deeply involved with United Way in my
hometown of Cincinnati since the 1970s,
but my father, my grandfather and my
great-grandfather were active with their
local United Way organizations as far
back as the 1920s. That is four generations of commitment, which continues
into the fifth generation by my daughter
who worked for United Way and currently serves as a volunteer on one of its
important community initiatives. While
in Cincinnati, I was on the Board of
Directors for 17 years during which I
chaired the Allocations Division.
I have been in Southwest Florida for
several decades and actively involved in
Sanibel’s BIG ARTS. Recently, I wanted
to become connected to our local United
Penny Wilkinson
Way so I asked Linda and Tom Uhler how
I might help the United Way Campaign.
So, why did I seek out involvement in the Sanibel-Captiva United Way Campaign
Committee? Frankly, it’s in my blood. For over 50 years, I have contributed to the
United Way and have also made a planned gift. But most importantly, I understand
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DeflateGate Just Another Chapter
In The History Of Sports Cheating
by Ed Frank
A
bout the last thing in the world that the National
Football League wanted in a year that has tainted this
nation’s most popular sport is this latest fiasco known as
DeflateGate.
In a season marred by the Ray Rice domestic violence assault
on his then fiancé, the Adrian Peterson child abuse issue and the
bungling of these and other problems by NFL Commissioner Roger
Goodell, DeflateGate may have topped them all.
By now you all know – that is unless you have been hiding in
a cave for the last two weeks – that 12 of the 13 footballs used
by the New England Patriots in their lopsided victory over the
Indianapolis Colts in the AFC championship game had been deflated, giving Patriots
Quarterback Tom Brady a decided advantage in gripping and throwing the ball.
The scandal created headlines worldwide and became the top story on television nightly news to overshadow Sunday’s Super Bowl itself.
One thing that is certain is every football that could possibly be used Sunday will be
examined, inspected and conceivably even X-rayed before being certified for play.
In fairness, cheating in sports has gone on for as long as there has been sports. In
baseball and other sports, there have been the use of steroids by athletes, the stealing of
catchers’ signs, the corking of bats and the doctoring of baseballs by pitchers.
The illegal “flopping” by basketball and soccer players to draw fouls continues, the
2009 BountyGate, where certain New Orleans Saints were rewarded for injuring opposing players, the 1919 Black Sox scandal involving eight Chicago White Sox players who
were charged with throwing the World Series –the list goes on and on.
And what about the outrageous antics of Rosie Ruiz in the 1980 Boston Marathon
when she emerged from the crowd a mile from the finish line after skipping the first 23
miles to claim first place?
Cheating in sports will never be eliminated nor will it be stopped in other facets of life.
But what makes DeflateGate so galling is the fact that this is the second major cheat-
SPORTS QUIZ
1. In 2014, Adrian Beltre became the fifth player in major-league history to hit 100 home runs for
three different teams. Name two of the first four.
2. Name the last right-handed hitter to belt 30 or more home runs in a season for the Kansas City
Royals.
3. In 2013, the Rams’ Tavon Austin became the third player in NFL history to have three touchdowns of 55 or more yards in a game. Name either of the first two.
4. Frank Kaminsky set a record in 2013 for most points scored by a University of Wisconsin men’s
basketball player (43). Who had held the mark?
5. Gilbert Perreault is the Buffalo Sabres’ all-time leader in points scored (1,326). Who is second?
6. In 2014, Cole Custer became the youngest driver to win a NASCAR national touring series race
(16 years old). Who had been the youngest?
7. Between 1985 and 1996, four women combined to win a total of 12 French Open singles titles.
Name three of the four.
ANSWERS
9B
ing episode
involving the
Patriots and
Coach Bill
Belichick. Seven
years ago, the
NFL ordered all
teams to stop
the practice of
video taping the
sideline hand
signals of opposing coaches.
Despite
the mandate,
the Patriots
continued the
practice and
fined Belichick
$500,000 and
the loss of a
Bill Belichick and Tom Brady
first-round draft
pick.
The NFL has ordered an intensive investigation into DeflateGate that likely will drag
on for weeks. Belichick and Brady have denied any involvement in the mess. But let’s ask
one simple question:
Would any equipment manager or field employee take it on themselves to deflate the
team’s footballs without instructions from a coach or quarterback? Of course not.
A few years ago during a radio interview, Brady said he prefers throwing a slightly
deflated football.
The Patriots obviously didn’t need tampered footballs in their 45-7 thrashing of the
Colts.
But it’s sure the best NFL story of the current season.
Red Sox spend a whopping $212.5 million in Free Agency Signings
If money is any indication, the Boston Red Sox should once again be competitive in
the American League Eastern Division after their disappointing last-place finish in 2014.
As of last week, the Red Sox have expended $212.5 million for five players in the
free agent market as follows:
Koji Uehara, right-handed pitcher, $18 million, two years.
Pablo Sandoval, third-baseman, $95 million, five years.
Hanley Ramirez, outfielder, $88 million, four years.
Justin Masterson, right-handed pitcher,
$9.5 million, one year.
Craig Breslow, left-handed pitcher $2
million, one year.
By comparison, arch-rival New York
spent just $75 million in free-agency signings.
Twins Spend $67.7 million to sign
three Free Agents
Torri Hunter, outfielder, $10.5 million, 1
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year.
Ervin Santana, right-handed pitcher, $55
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1. Darrell Evans, Reggie Jackson, Alex Rodriguez and Jim Thome. 2. Gary Gaetti had 35 in 1995. 3. Washington’s Cliff Battles (1937) and Tennessee’s Chris Johnson (2009). 4. Ken Barnes scored 42 points in a game in
1965, and Michael Finley had 42 in a game in 1994. 5. Dave Andreychuk, with 804 points. 6. Erik Jones was
17 when he won a Truck Series race in 2013. 7. Chris Evert (1985, ‘86), Steffi Graf (‘87, ‘88, ‘93, ‘95, ‘96),
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Top 10 Real Estate Sales
Development
City
Year Built
Square Footage
Listing Price
Selling Price
Days On Market
Addison Place
Bonita Springs
2005
3,552
$1,024,000
$980,000
280
Edgewater
Fort Myers
1998
3,017
$1,040,000
$900,000
32
Siena
Miromar Lakes
2004
3,358
$950,000
$900,000
68
Waterside
Bonita Springs
1997
3,078
$895,000
$850,000
413
Gull Haven
Bonita Springs
2002
2,193
$819,000
$730,000
35
Cape Coral
Cape Coral
2010
2,310
$699,900
$680,000
15
Pelican Landing
Bonita Springs
2000
3,807
$745,000
$655,000
229
Cape Coral
Cape Coral
2004
3,127
$704,900
$650,000
31
Cape Coral
Cape Coral
1996
2,385
$637,000
$600,000
69
Cape Coral
Cape Coral
2014
2,466
$569,900
$550,000
55
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10B
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
School Smart
by Shelley M.
Greggs, NCSP
D
ear
Shelley,
My high
school daughter is
required to write
lots of essays and
reports for her
classes. She is also
beginning to write
research papers.
She always asks for my help to review
her work and very often it ends poorly,
with both of us upset and with nothing
gained from the review. How can I give
her feedback about her work and keep it
more positive?
Elizabeth A., Fort Myers
Elizabeth,
Giving feedback on writing assignments can be very difficult, as you seem
to have discovered. Writing is extremely
personal and often times when feedback
is not delivered correctly, the writer may
feel that the criticism is unwarranted, take
it personally or just feel overwhelmed by
it.
The first thing to remember when giving feedback is to be kind, specific and
constructive.
You need to decide the primary purpose of your feedback. Is it for editing or
for specific guidance on how to improve
your daughter’s writing? With editing the
focus is on the mechanical errors at the
sentence level. Your daughter will probably not learn how to edit her own work
independently if you identify all her errors
although if she is making repeated errors
you could point this out to her and have
her attend to those errors. There are lots
of grammar programs that she can use
to learn how to edit effectively. Here’s a
great website for grammar – http://grammarist.com.
If you decide that your feedback is
about guidance, then identifying what is
wrong is part of the process, but it must
be accompanied by specific suggestions
for improvement. You’ll want to deliver a
clear message about what needs to happen to improve future writing
One research study found that most
students complained their writing feedback was too general and vague with no
suggestions for improvement. Students
report that they are often left not knowing what they have done well, what
Parents’ College
Event At FSW
T
he Florida SouthWestern State
College Professional Learning
Academy (PLA) will host its first
Parents’ College event from 8:30 a.m. to
3 p.m. on Saturday, February 28. Parents’
College is an effort to inform parents,
guardians and caregivers about educational issues vital in raising children to be
responsible, thoughtful and caring citizens.
The event, which is being held in the
U building at the Thomas Edison (Lee)
campus in Fort Myers, will begin with reg-
they need to change and why they have
achieved the grade they have.
Education consultant John McCarthy
offers advice and said, “Respond as a
reader, not as a writer. Do not say how
you would write the paper. Instead, tell
how you are responding to each part
of the paper as you read it, pointing
out gaps in logic or support and noting
confusing language where it occurs.” He
also said, “Your aim should be to help
the student identify weaknesses that he or
she should improve and not to do the student’s thinking and writing for them.”
One helpful technique for giving feedback is to use starter stems when you
discuss the writing. Using starter stems
or in other words a consistent script with
your communication helps you frame
your comments and then helps the writer
find solutions for themselves as opposed
to being told what to do. Here are some
examples using the starter stems of “I
like,” “I wonder” and “What if”.
• I like – the wonderful transition you
used that helped clarify the connection
between the two studies you are summarizing. Using “I like” as a starter stem
identifies quality in the writer’s work. It’s
important to recognize successes so that
the writer can hear the suggestions for
improvement.
• I wonder – how your summary could
end with an example that ties together
the main points?” Using this stem starter
“I wonder” gently asks the writer to consider a concern that needs addressing.
The words “I wonder” are not demanding, but rather encourage thought and
reflection of potential problems.
• What if – you rewrote this sentence
and provided specific details to show
exactly what you mean?” Using “what
if” offers explicit suggestions. The writer
may or may not follow the ideas as she
sees fit.
Providing effective feedback is a skill
that takes patience and practice. I commend you for working with your daughter
and for your efforts to make this process
work well for both of you.
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.
istration and a light breakfast at 8:30 a.m.
A keynote presentation will start at 9 a.m.
followed by a selection of parent workshops
throughout the morning and afternoon.
Attendees can attend up to four workshops of their choosing that include, but are
not limited to, the following topics:
• Bullying
• Multiple Intelligences
• Special Education Primer
• The Internet: The Good, The Bad And
The Ugly
After lunch, which can be purchased
on campus, the afternoon courses begin.
Courses end at 3 p.m. with the
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12B
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Will Power
Who Is A Descendant?
by Craig R. Hersch, Florida Bar Board Certified
Wills, Trusts & Estates Attorney; CPA
N
ew reproductive capabilities pose interesting challenges
to one’s estate plan. Typical language in a will or trust
might read, for example, “upon the death of my wife,
the remainder of my estate shall be distributed to my descendants, per stirpes.” The per stirpes designation means that the
next generation steps into the shoes of a parent who predeceases the testator of the will or trust.
This therefore begs the question, who are your descendants?
The answer may not be as clear-cut as you might imagine.
Modern medicine has turned reproductive capabilities – and
therefore who might be considered a descendant of yours – upside down. In generations past, once a woman’s biological clock expired, she couldn’t have any more children – and the only way to expand a family beyond such event would be to adopt.
Today, eggs can be harvested, frozen cryogenically and artificially inseminated at
ages that used to be considered beyond one’s normal child-bearing years. Further, with
surrogate mothers and donations of both eggs and sperm, the biological “parent” of
the embryo isn’t as certain as it was yesterday.
Allow me to illustrate my point. Assume that Father and Mother have two sons,
Greg and Peter. Father dies leaving everything to Mother. Mother’s will directs that the
estate is to be left equally to Greg and Peter, and if either son predeceases her, then
the share that would have been distributed to the predeceased son would instead be
distributed per stirpes to that son’s descendants.
Assume further that Peter predeceases Mother, leaving behind his wife Sarah, and a
daughter Rachel. Peter’s wife Sarah decides to have a reproductive specialist artificially
inseminate her with Peter’s cryogenically frozen sperm. After several procedures it
doesn’t work out as Sarah has reproductive deficiencies of her own. So Sarah finds a
surrogate mother who is then artificially inseminated with Peter’s sperm and gives birth
to a son, Jacob. Mother then dies without ever changing her will.
Who inherits Peter’s share? Remember that Mother’s will says everything goes to
Greg and Peter, per stirpes. Since Peter died, the per stirpes designation would mandate that Peter’s child(ren) would step into Peter’s shoes to inherit. So we know that
Greg still receives one-half of Mother’s estate. But who are Peter’s children? We do
know that Rachel is Peter’s daughter. That much is a fact. Does Rachel inherit Peter’s
half or must she share it with Jacob?
The legal question therefore is whether Jacob is a descendant of Peter? Peter’s
sperm produced Jacob after Peter’s death, but before the death of Mother – at the
direction of Peter’s wife Sarah through a surrogate mother. I believe that under Florida
law, Jacob would be entitled to split Peter’s share with Rachel.
Consider, however, that Peter may have even more children depending upon who
had custody of his seed and how often it would be used. What if Sarah produced
another child in the same way Jacob was produced? Assume that the next child was
born after Mother’s death. Couldn’t you argue that the class of beneficiaries who
would inherit Peter’s share could be unlimited? How could the personal representative
for the estate know when to distribute Peter’s share if another child could be born long
after Mother’s death? For this reason Florida law would only treat any children born
before Mother’s death as a descendant of Peter for purposes of Mother’s will.
What if Peter had instead donated to a sperm bank and a married couple not related to the family at all used it to produce a child? Here Florida law would not treat that
child as Peter’s descendant. Donations to a sperm bank for third party use are generally not, for legal purposes, considered a descendant of the donor.
With modern reproductive medicine improving all of the time, and with the number
of different choices that are available today, it isn’t hard to imagine any number of scenarios that could call into question who a proper descendant may be under any given
will.
All of these issues can be addressed through the drafting of language that clarifies the intent of Mother and Father. If Mother and Father only wanted biological and
adopted children of Peter during his lifetime to step into his shoes for purposes of
inheritance, then this could be written into the legal documents this way: “For purposes of our will, a descendant of a child of ours shall only include those individuals born
or adopted before the death of our child, or those born within nine months following
the death of our child.”
On the other hand, Mother may want Jacob and any other similar issue to step into
Peter’s shoes for purposes of the inheritance. She may look at Jacob as a gift from
Peter, regardless how Jacob was conceived.
These are difficult concepts that many estate plans fail to consider. If you have
strong feelings one way or the other, it might be time to dust off your documents to
review how “descendant” is defined under the document, if it is defined at all.
©2015 Craig R. Hersch. Learn more at www.sbshlaw.com.
Doc Ford’s Donates To The DAV
One Builder Serving Sanibel & Captiva for over 35 years
From left, Ted Tyson, Greg Nelson, Donna Butz, Rene Ramirez, Elizabeth Barker, Brenda
Harrity, Kim McGonnell, Jeff Kelley, Marty Harrity and Mark Marinello during the presentation
T
he staff at Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grill recently made a donation to The
Disabled American Veterans (DAV).
The DAV was established in 1920 to provide service to the wounded
Veterans of World War I, supported by Theodore Roosevelt, of Rough Rider and
Presidential fame, and many others who saw the plight of disabled vets from WWI
and earlier conflicts.
From an initial office, DAV has grown to a national service with chapters in every
state, providing free professional assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided by Congress
through the Department of Veterans Affairs and other government agencies.
Local chapters, such the James D. Rader Chapter 108, to whom The Doc Ford’s
team donated, and the chapter’s 500 members, provide additional outreach and a
structure through which disabled veterans can express compassion for their fellow vets
through a variety of volunteer programs.
The four national corporate partners of the DAV are the Ford Motor Company,
Harley Davidson Corporation, The Hewlett-Packard Corporation and the Golden
Coral Restaurant Corporation.
On the local level are numerous companies, businesses, groups and individuals who
pitch in because they know that government efforts, while significant, are not enough.
Because of the current overwhelming needs of veterans, and because local DAV chapters and members are often the veterans’ first responders, funds are always needed.
With immediate initial care established by the local chapter, the national service officers
can then take over and guide the veteran to, and through, the maze of federal, state
continued on page 26B
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13B
Island Art Exhibition Opens At CCA
Bailey’s Homestead by Kathy Taylor
Beach Scene #1 by Pauline Healey
Chapel By The Sea by Joan Reynolds
J
Great Blue Heron by David King
ust five days after the popular Captiva Electic Art Show ended its run at the Captiva Community Center, a new show featuring 60 juried works of art will debut in
the Captiva Community Association’s (CCA) newly renovated gallery, located at
11550 Chapin Lane.
An opening reception for the Sanibel-Captiva Art League’s regional juried art exhibition, entitled Island Art, will be held at the gallery on Thursday, February 5 from 5 to
7 p.m. Awards will be presented to artists during the reception.
The show will be open for public viewing beginning February 6 on Wednesdays
(February 11, 18 and 25) and Fridays (February 6, 13 and 20) through February 25,
or by appointment by calling the CCA at 472-2111. There is no charge for admission
to the show.
The show is being juried by Jan Ellen Apkielski, who is widely recognized for her
talent in jurying art exhibitions. Organizers of the show are artists Marion Hall and
Joan Reynolds, along with the CCA’s art committee chair, Sue Sherlock.
“I’m very excited,” Sherlock said. “It is a juried show, and we’re getting the cream
of the crop as far as artists and artwork goes. Also, it’s much more than just a local
show.”
Commenting on the CCA’s newly remodeled gallery space, Sherlock added, “The
Art League is so excited about the new venue. San-Cap is thrilled with the new room,
which will handle larger pieces than we’ve had in the past. I think it will be a great
show.”
This is the third art show at the Community Center this season. Earlier, the CCA
hosted the award-winning ARTCALUSA Group Exhibition, which was put together
by the Lee Trust for Historic Preservation, showing how the Calusa Indians lived and
interacted with the Spanish explorers who arrived in this area of Florida. The Captiva
Electic Art Show, featuring works by four area artists, ended its two-week run at the
end of January.
The Sanibel-Captiva Art League, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is a
member of the Art Council of Southwest Florida, which is comprised of 19 art organizations with a combined membership of 6,800 artists in five countries. All members of
Beach Scene #2 by Pauline Healey
the Council were invited to submit entries for this exhibit.
Activities of the Art League include weekly plein air painting, monthly meetings
featuring painting demonstrations by local artists, and art exhibitions at the Sanibel
Library throughout the year. The next monthly meeting will be held on Thursday,
February 19 at 1 p.m. at The Community House on Sanibel. Visit www.artcouncilofsouthwestflorida.org for more details.
On March 15, the Art League will host its annual Clothesline Sale from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. at The Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way on Sanibel.
From page 7B
Building
Once the building was on the land,
the work really began. A crew of painters headed by Ed Natnuski tackled the
interior while Henry Nachtsheim handled
the landscape to include the relocation of
a gumbo limbo tree near the front of the
building. Gus Landl from Landl Construction undertook the deck, railing and
interior renovations.
Tai Matsumoto created fish cutouts
that top off the railing along the deck
and, with Lawrence Voytek, made the
concrete palm tree that graces the front
of the building today and the sunburst
sandcast concrete design on the railing,
with the help of his father Ikki Matsumoto.
In 1993, artists of Tower Gallery relocated from the Bell Tower Shops in Fort
Myers, where they had been for the previous ten years, to the renovated garage
on the property. In 1997, Tower Gallery
members took the opportunity to lease
the entire building when the Matsumotos
decided to move.
A ribbon-cutting conducted by the
Sanibel Chamber of Commerce will take
place on Wednesday, February11 at 5
p.m.
On Saturday, February 21 there will
be a 100 Years Celebration from 5 to 9
p.m. The evening will include historical
photos of the building and people who
made the journey. Treats and refreshments will be served.
14B
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Got A Problem?
Dr. Connie Is In
by Constance
Clancy
Q: I did it again,
I made a new year’s
resolution to go on a
diet and lose weight
and I have already
broken it. Now I feel
bad about myself
and I don’t know
what to do. Can you
help?
A: You are not alone and making a
commitment to resolve something in the
future. Resolutions do work for some people, however, for most they do not.
What I would suggest is that you take
steps to live more in the present moment.
For example, how about just for today you
decide not to eat sugar (we are addicted
to sugar more than any other substance).
By the end of the day the new you can
evaluate and see how you like that. Then
the second day, you may decide not to eat
sugar again, or reduce your sugar intake.
At the end of the day, the new you
evaluates the situation and the new you is
making the decision in the moment. You
are not resolving to be skinny by June
and setting your goals way out in the
future. You are setting a goal for the day,
moment to moment. This is cultivating
moment-to-moment awareness. You are
basically deciding how you are going to
live your life in 2015. Make a conscious
decision to live each day instead of making
a year-long project. That awareness will
help cultivate a happier, healthier new you
in this new year.
Constance Clancy-Fisher, EdD is a
licensed mental health therapist, hypnotherapist, author and holistic stress management instructor. She can be reached
at [email protected].
Superior Interiors
Accent Prone
by Linda Coin
A
lthough a
supporting
player for
years, accent furniture has recently
taken spotlight
status as the star
in home décor.
Certainly, it still
serves the purpose
of providing interest in an already functional room, but
more often these days designers are
using accent furniture for all their furniture needs.
Gone are the days of the matching
suite’s dominance. In fact, the seeming
consensus holds that the matching suite
of furniture is a somewhat dull design
option. Intriguing designs in a wide range
of prices make accent furnishings the
perfect choice for those homeowners
seeking a change.
If you usually play it safe by having
everything match, now is the time to
step out of your comfort zone and dare
to be eclectic. In the living room, if you
have matching tables, chairs and lamps
– divide and conquer. Remove one or
two of your wood tables and replace with
a glass-topped, iron-based table. Add a
single ottoman or a chair covered in a
dramatic animal print. Eliminate one of a
pair of table lamps and substitute with a
stately floor lamp. If all your upholstered
furniture sports the same fabric, break
the monotony by recovering one or two
pieces.
When stuck with a suite of bedroom
furniture, you can make a striking difference by changing the bed. Introduce
a sumptuous padded headboard or an
impressive iron canopy bed. Break the
set of night tables and replace one with
a rectangular skirted table, a round-tiered
table or a painted chest.
In your dining room, replace the two
end chairs with fully upholstered ones that
are of a different style and color than the
side chairs. Or eliminate the breakfront
and replace it with a beautifully painted
buffet and a grand mirror.
Conveniently, with the addition of
today’s array of unique accent pieces, you
can work around many of your existing furnishings to spice up your home’s
décor. Call your personal decorator to
find out more.
Linda Coin is an interior designer
for Sanibel/Captiva Islands and can be
reached at [email protected].
New SanCap
Bank Branch
Manager
S
andy Doubles,
who joined
Sanibel
Captiva Community
Bank in 2006, has
been promoted
to the position of
office manager for
the new Myerlee
location. She is
responsible for staff
management, cusSandy Doubles
tomer relations and
overseeing the daily
operation of the branch.
A Southwest Florida resident since
1989, Doubles spent eight years with
Volvo Canada Ltd. and seven years as an
office/warehouse manager in Fort Myers
before joining the bank as a customer service representative.
Doubles volunteers with Girl Scouts
of the Gulf Coast of Florida and Ronald
McDonald House.
The Myerlee location, the bank’s fourth
in Lee County, is located at 7040 Winkler
Road between Cypress Lake Drive and
Gladiolus Drive.
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Historical Village Welcomes
New Business Manager
L
ast week, the Sanibel Historical
Museum & Village welcomed
John Friedlund of Sanibel as its
new business manager responsible for
all banking, vendor payments and payroll as well as all finance postings and
reports.
Friedlund has experience with Tarpon
Bay Explorers, CAC Mortgage Inc. and
Wachovia Bank as bookkeeper, mortgage
broker, and branch manager, respectively.
“We’re thrilled to have John on
board,” said museum manager Emilie
Alfino. “He has all the experience we
were looking for and is a pleasure to work
with as well.”
Friedlund can be reached at the historical village at 472-4848.
For more information, call 472-4648
John Friedlund
or visit www.sanibelmuseum.org.
Sanibel Captiva
Community Bank
Pays Dividends
S
anibel Captiva Community Bank
paid a $2 per share dividend
on January 15, based on the
bank’s 2014 annual net income of
$2,577,000. The bank has total assets
of $272,093,000 and serves 6,186 customers in Southwest Florida.
“Our original stock price was $10 per
share, and we have paid dividends totaling $4.50 since we opened in January
2003, for a return of 45 percent,” said
President and CEO Craig Albert. “We are
a well-capitalized bank.”
The directors of Sanibel Captiva
Community Bank are all local residents
and include West Wind Inn Systems
Analyst Rene Affourtit, retired community banker Leo Doerr, Interdata Inc.
International
Airport Traffic
Report
D
uring the month of December,
765,288 passengers traveled
through Southwest Florida
International Airport, an increase of four
percent compared to December 2013.
Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 4.4
percent from the same period last year.
“Following 13 consecutive months of
increased passenger traffic, December
2014 was the best December in
Southwest Florida International Airport’s
31-year history and our performance for
the year was the best since 2007,” said
Robert M. Ball, A.A.E., executive director
of the Lee County Port Authority. “More
people are traveling to our region, filling
President Joseph Fisher, Board Chairman
and retired banker Lyman Frank, Doc
Ford’s owner Martin Harrity, accountant
Thomas Louwers, Barrier Island Titles
Services President Janet McBee, attorney
Timothy Murty, retired financial consultant Ken Nirenberg and accountant David
Owens, as well as Albert and the bank’s
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Operating Officer David
Carleton Hall.
Sanibel Captiva Community Bank is
locally owned and operated and the only
bank chartered on Sanibel Island, where
it has two locations. The bank also has
two locations in Fort Myers, one in the
Myerlee community and the second on
McGregor Boulevard near Kelly Road.
The bank’s professionals provide customized individual and business banking
services including residential lending, free
business and personal checking and competitive rates.
To learn more, visit www.sancapbank.
com.
the flights our airline partners are operating into RSW, and we look forward to a
great winter travel season.”
The traffic leader in December was
Delta with 165,177 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding
out the top five airlines were Southwest
(136,729), JetBlue (87,373), Spirit
(78,692) and US Airways (74,980).
Southwest Florida International Airport
had 7,611 aircraft movements (takeoffs
and landings), a decrease of 2.2 percent
compared to December 2013. Page Field
saw 8,255 movements, a 17.7 percent
increase from December 2013. In addition, more than 3.8 million pounds of air
freight moved through Southwest Florida
International Airport in December 2014,
an increase of 8.7 percent compared to
December 2013.
For more information, log onto www.
flylcpa.com.
Our email address is [email protected]
15B
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
CAPTIVA
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CAPTIVA
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SANIBEL
5406 Osprey Court
Brooke Brownyard
Web ID 214068065
SANIBEL
239.292.3707
$4,100,000
3411 West Gulf Drive
Jane Reader Weaver 239.850.9555
Web ID 213506506
$3,740,000
239.464.8108
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857 Birdie View Point
Kara Cuscaden
239.470.1516
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568 Lighthouse Way
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Web ID 214065048
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
ISLAND SUN BUSINESS NEWSMAKERS
Royal Shell Top Producers
Bergstrom Returns
R
E/MAX of the Islands announced that island resident and
Realtor Chuck Bergstrom has re-joined their company.
He was formerly affiliated with RE/MAX, left briefly, and
recently returned.
“Chuck and I have been friends since the ‘70s. He is not only
one of the top Realtors on the islands, but also a well-respected
member of the community,” said Art Corace, co-owner of RE/
MAX of the Islands. “We are very happy that he returned and is
again an integral member of our RE/MAX family.”
Burns Family Team
Chuck Bergstrom
Top December Agents
P
remier Sotheby’s International Realty, a luxury real estate firm based in
Sanibel, announced that Brooke Brownyard was their top producer for the
month of December.
In addition, Jim Branyon was Premier Sotheby’s International Realty’s top listing
agent during December.
Certified Stylist Joins Sanibel Day Spa
T
he Sanibel Day Spa announced the addition of Trisha Lloyd, a certified lash extentionist using the premier lash line, NovaLash.
Lloyd has been in salon business “since she could sweep floors” at 13. Between
studying and playing lacrosse, she worked through her freshman and sophomore years of
high school as a shampoo assistant, and her junior and senior year as a manicurist, obtaining her Maryland Nail Technician license at only 16 years old.
Lloyd continued employment with a close family friend, Patsy Cougnet, owner of
A Final Touch Salon & Day Spa, who for over 20 years taught her every facet of the
salon business. With an “eye” for things big and bold, it’s no surprise that in 2008, Lloyd
became captivated in the trade of lash extensions and has been perfecting her intricate and
glamourous artistry ever since.
Lloyd will be providing lash extentions at the Sanibel Day Spa, located in the Periwinkle
Place Shopping Center, by appointment. Call 395-2220 for more information.
R
oyal Shell Real Estate’s top-producing real estate teams for 2014
are the Burns Family Team, the
Fagan Team, the Lummis Team and the
McMurray & Nette Team. All four Royal
Shell Real Estate teams achieved more
than $50 million in sales in 2014.
In recognition of their achievement,
Royal Shell Real Estate invited the topselling teams to attend a three-day reward
trip to the inaugural LPGA Coates
Championship Presented by R+L Carriers
at Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club in
Ocala, Florida. The trip includes an invitation to the Coates Golf Opening Night
Lummis Team
Gala, hosted by actors John Travolta and
Kelly Preston, along with LPGA’s youngest
champion, Morgan Pressel. In addition, the Royal Shell Real Estate teams were invited to play with LPGA professionals in the Pro-Am tournament on Tuesday, January
27.
Fagan Team
McMurray-Nette Team
From page 6B
Sanibel 8 Ball
Captain Tom Yorgey to lead the Lifers to a 9-7 victory. Motley Crew shooter Steve
Gordon arrived from Chicago just in time to rack up three wins over Lifer ace Gary
Murza. Kelly Greten and Matt Hall had two wins each for the Lifers as did Chip Gelpi
and Dave Kinder for the Motley Crew.
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
A Special Open House At
The Sanctuary
— Wednesday • February 4th • 1 to 4 PM —
Ibis #201-B, 5775 Baltusrol
• Beautifully furnished 2-BR/2-BA unit
• Expansive fairway and lake views
• Flowing floor plan, glassed in lanai
• Offered furnished, totally turnkey
$479,000 Lynda Traverso - VIP Realty
2582 Wulfert Road
• Spacious 3-BR/3.5-BA with office and loft
• Panoramic views of 17th fairway and lake
• High soaring ceilings, private master suite
• Lanai w/pool, spa, sun deck. A great value!
$789,000 Lynda Traverso - VIP Realty
5743 Baltusrol
• Expanded August Greens Villa home
• Overlooking 9th fairway & lakes
• Many custom features, come see them
• Lot next door also available
$1,450,000 Sanibel Susan Realty Assoc.
2388 Wulfert Road
2981 Wulfert Road
2255 Troon Court
• An exceptional value with an ideal floorplan
• Wonderfully private
• Large covered patio area, heated pool & spa
• ThePerfectSanctuary.com
$1,148,000 Phaidra McDermott - JR Wood
• Video walk thru:
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• Huge views of Holes #1, 2 & 3
• Gorgeous 4BD/5BA with pool & spa
$1,625,000 McMurray & Nette Team - Royal Shell
• Video walk thru:
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• 4 Bedrooms, 5.5 Bathrooms w/elevator
• Stunning views of Hole #12 & Lake
$1,695,000 McMurray & Nette Team - Royal Shell
2969 Wulfert Road
• Ultimate island home for discriminating tastes
• Panoramic views of the fairway and lake
• Clive Daniel Designed Furniture w/200’ frontage
• 6 Bedrooms, 7 baths, 6000 Sq. Ft. of luxury
$ 2,290,000 Karen Bell/Bell Team - VIP Realty
2915 Wulfert Road
• Luxurously constructed, exquisitely appointed
• Tranquil master suite, his & her baths and closets
• Designed w/ focus on entertaining, family fun
• SanibelGolf2Bay.com
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SANIBEL’S PREMIER
GOLF CLUB COMMUNITY
2980 Wulfert Road
• Video walk thru:
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• Bayfront, signature hole #4, w/150’ frontage
• Elegant 4BD w/game rm. Tropical pool & spa
$2,995,000 McMurray & Nette Team - Royal Shell
2899 Wulfert Road
• Antebullem style Caribbean masterpiece
• Open flowing floor plan w/ top level grand room
• Too many exceptional features to describe
• WulfertPointEstate.com
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Golf Memberships Available
• Arthur Hills designed “island masterpiece”
• 5 Har-Tru tennis courts and fitness facility
• Certified Master Chef, Daniel Scannell
• Memberships available
Contact Sheryl Tatum (239) 472-6445
19B
20B
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
Free Community
Health Fairs
T
he Lee Memorial Health System
Parish Nurse Program is once
again teaming up with Right At
Home In Home Care & Assistance and
the Shell Point Retirement Community
to provide a series of free health fairs
open to the public. With the help of
sponsors, the Parish Nurse Program
will provide wellness screenings to the
Southwest Florida community at churches throughout the area.
“We are truly blessed to be able
to reach out into the community and
address health issues and improve the
quality of life for individuals who otherwise would not seek medical attention,”
said Nancy Roberts, manager of the
Parish Nurse Program. “At every health
fair, the screenings identify the need for
immediate care in at least one or two
people. Life-threatening conditions such
as high blood pressure and heart disease
often have no symptoms. These free
screenings are saving lives.”
The annual community wide health
fairs will take place at the following locations:
• February 6, 1 to 4 p.m. –
Center4Life, Corner of Library Way and
Palm Ridge Road, Sanibel
• February 11, 9 a.m. to noon – Fort
Myers Congregational United Church
of Christ, 8210 College Parkway, Fort
Myers
• February 19, 9 a.m. to noon –
Hope Lutheran Church, 25999 Old 41
Road, Bonita Springs
• March 7, 9 a.m. to noon – Faith
Presbyterian Church, 4544 Coronado
Parkway, Cape Coral
Door prizes and healthy snacks will be
provided for participants. Free screenings
by health care professionals include memory screening, varicose veins, balance
test, pulse oximeter readings, glucose,
skin cancer, spinal alignment, hearing,
vision, BMI, blood pressure, foot health,
and advance directives. Various health
care community resources will also be
available.
“Parish nursing plays an important
part in the continuum of care between
our healthcare system and the community
by connecting healing and faith,” added
Roberts.
The Parish Nurse Program is part of
the Spiritual Services Department of Lee
Memorial Health System. The Parish
Nurse Program promotes holistic care
of the body, mind, and spirit by addressing the spiritual and emotional needs of
patients, families, employees, volunteers
and faith communities. More information
is available at www.leememorial.org/spiritualservices or by calling 343-5182.
The annual Foundations of Faith
Community Nursing course offering 39
CEUs will be held June 4, 5 and 6 and
12, 13 and 14 to credential RNs for this
special Health Ministry. For more information, contact Nancy Roberts at 3435182.
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Eden Energy Medicine
Hugging
Increases Your
Love Hormone
by Karen L.
Semmelman,
Certified EEM,
JD, AAML (03-12)
A
re you a
hugger or
an avoider?
After reading this
article, hopefully you will join
the ranks of the
huggers. Why?
Because hugging increases the levels of oxytocin,
known as the “love hormone.” Sounds
good, doesn’t it? At a recent Energy
Medicine workshop on hormones, the
presenter reminded us of the power
of hugging and the famous quote by
psychotherapist Virgina Satir, who
stated, “We need four hugs a day for
survival. We need eight hugs a day for
maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day
for growth.”
Our auric field which surrounds the
body is comprised of seven layers, like
the Russian nesting doll sets. When
we hug someone and move into each
other’s auric fields, we are sharing
energy. As stated by Mail Online, the
skin contains networks of tiny pressure
centers that sense touch connecting to
the brain through the vagus nerve. This
nerve winds its way through the body,
connecting to organs and the heart. The
nerve is connected to oxytocin receptors and thus stimulation of the vagus
triggers an increase in oxytocin, which
in turn “leads to the cascade of health
benefits.”
The bottom line is that the more
physical touching through hugging, the
more oxytocin produced, resulting in
powerful health giving properties.
Oxytocin is released by the pituitary
gland. The pituitary gland works handin-hand with the spleen organ. Spleen’s
energy is the first energy used by Triple
Warmer when under stress. So the
more hugs, the more spleen is calmed
and the more Triple Warmer is calmed,
resulting in a boost to your physical and
emotional well-being.
Reach out to your spouse, children,
friends, family and pets. Given it is
almost Valentine’s Day, what a great
start to this romantic holiday!
Have fun with your energy! Next
week’s topic is Hand To Heart with
Partner Creates Bonding.
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.
Sanibel Health Fair
T
he Better Health = Better Life
Health Fair will be held on Friday,
February 6 from 1 to 4 p.m. at
the Center4Life, located on the corner
of Library Way and Palm Ridge Road on
Sanibel.
Free screenings by health care professionals include:
• Memory screening
• Skin screening
• Varicose veins
• Balance test
• Pulse 02 test
• Vision test
• Glucose test
• Ask The Pharmacist
• Hearing test
• Body Mass Index
• Blood pressure
• Foot health
In addition, participants may receive
iinformation about advance directives,
acupuncture and Chinese medicine,
assisted living, brain health, injury prevention, in-home care, pharmaceuticals,
skilled nursing care and other services.
Healthy snacks and door prizes will be
provided.
This event is sponsored by St.
Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church,
Sanibel Community Church, Sanibel
Congregational United Church of Christ
and St. Isabel’s Catholic Church.
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• Oversized corner lot with serene views
• Two-car garage, screened porch w/hot tub
• Easy bike ride or walk to all island amenities
• $547,900 (2150063)
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• $999,900 (2150054)
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• All stainless kitchen, crown molding
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• $799,000 (2150064)
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• 2BR/2BA on Sanibel’s West end
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
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,
We gave our son and daughter the
advantage of top educations, hoping it
would equip them for happy, successful
lives. They both married and moved a
hundred miles from one another on the
east coast. We thought they were both
happy. Suddenly, both were making
many complaints, so we moved to be
closer because we thought we could
help.
No matter what we did or said, it was
wrong. We couldn’t understand what
was happening and finally they both told
us. To our complete surprise, our son is
gay and our daughter’s husband is dual
addicted. We tried to do our best, but
nothing we did helped. And now we are
in a retirement community on the west
coast.
After they solve their problems, we
hope we can reconnect, but until then
we want peace. What do others do?
Charlotte
Dear Charlotte,
You have done your best, so you
should have no regrets. I think their
problems are beyond “Ma and Pa” advice and need professional intervention.
You could also benefit from talking a couple of times to a professional
who specializes in family relations. It’s a
whole new world out there.
Lizzie
Dear Charlotte,
It seems to me that you are supportive, realistic and hopeful about your
adult children resolving their problems.
Please keep the doors open for future
reconciliation after they solve their own
problems. You have done a great job.
Pryce
Lizzie and Pryce’s email address is
[email protected].
Read us online at IslandSunNews.com
DOCTORS EYECARE
CENTERS
A member of
Robert G. LeSage, OD
Timothy E. Underhill, OD
Doctor and Dietitian
Simple Steps To
Take To Resolve
A Bum Knee
by Ross Hauser, MD and
Marion Hauser, MS, RD
U
p to half the population, especially the exercising population,
experiences some type of knee
issues. Knee pain may cause walking difficulty and inability to enjoy the
sports/activities that we all love to do.
Here are some steps to help you get
back in the game:
Let’s first take a look at your symptoms, which can quite often provide you
with an indication as to what is wrong
with your knee and what to do about it.
Clicking without swelling or locking, in combination with tracking issues
(kneecap moves to the outer side when
flexing), is known as a condition called
Patellofemoral Tracking Syndrome or
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome. We
recommend cycling for our patients to
strengthen the vastus medialis muscle of
the knee and clam shell type hip exercises for the gluteus medius of the hip,
both of which help normalize the track-
ing of the knee cap.
Knee stiffness after prolonged sitting
is typically due to degenerative arthritis.
The best conservative treatment for
degenerative knee arthritis is motion
without stress. We recommend swimming, water running and cycling to
accomplish this. These activities move
the knee joint thousands of times with
little stress on the cartilage. Exercise can
also stimulate cartilage repair, but most
involve compression with relaxation.
Mini-squats, such as slight squatting with
knees bent to only 20 to 45 degrees
followed by standing, compress the cartilage slightly and, if done enough times,
can induce cartilage repair.
More serious acute conditions include
meniscus tears and knee joint instability from a serious ligament tear, such
as the anterior cruciate ligament. These
injuries often occur with sudden twisting
motions, as can occur in tennis or golf.
The knee swells almost immediately.
While surgery can be performed, it typically involves removing the meniscus.
We prefer to repair the meniscus with
Prolotherapy. This is a natural regenerative injection technique where the platelet portion of the patient’s own blood
(PRP) is injected to induce a healing
reaction in the knee. The stabilizing side
ligaments are also treated with a d-glucose (dextrose-based) solution. When a
ligament has been completely torn, then
arthroscopic surgical repair is needed.
This information is not intended to
treat, cure or diagnose your condition.
Caring Medical and Rehabilitation
Services has two locations: one in Oak
Park, Illinois, and one in Fort Myers.
It was established in 1991 by Ross
Hauser, MD, and Marion Hauser, MS,
RD. They can be reached at [email protected].
From page 2B
My Big Surprise
American Heart Association get out the messages on the importance of healthy lifestyle, knowing your risks and being educated when symptoms occur. I’d like to help
others avoid “my big surprise”.
Yolande Welch is supporting the Sanibel/Captiva Heart walk, which takes place
on February 14 at 1 p.m. across from Bailey’s General Store at the corner of
Island Inn Road. The Sanibel Captiva Trust Company is once again the Platinum
Sponsor for the Heart Walk.
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
deaRPharmacist
Help For Cold
Sores And Herpes
Infections
by Suzy Cohen, RPh
D
ear
Pharmacist:
Are you
worried about painful
cold sores? They are
highly contagious.
If you kiss someone
with a cold sore or
drink from their cup,
you could get it too.
I don’t personally
get them, so last week, I inwardly freaked
out when the woman who was giving me
a much-needed manicure had two large
blisters on her lips. This incident made
me wonder what I would do if I had these
painful sores, and how can I help you
with them.
Cold sores are caused by the herpes
simplex virus (HSV), which belongs to a
large family of herpes pathogens which
cause chicken pox, shingles or keratitis
(can cause corneal blindness). Millions of
folks carry herpes viruses, and the cold
sores in particular are not only embarrassing but painful, too. Oral herpes causes
cold sores on the lips, inside the roof of
your mouth or on your gums. Genital
herpes causes lesions where the sun don’t
shine. Either way, ouch!
You can get it if someone touches
their sore, then you; you can get it sharing utensils or kissing and making out.
Once inside your body, your immune
system jumps to it and hopefully it’s just
a single episode. If your immune system
is sluggish, you’re in for a lifelong battle
with frequent outbreaks. The frequency
is impacted by your diet, lifestyle and
immune strength (which is dependent on
having healthy intestinal flora).
Running yourself into the ground
with chronic stress or worry can activate the virus and cause lesions. Pulling
all-nighters, eating candy bars, drinking
alcohol, smoking, eating white flour
goodies and junk food can increase risk.
Ingesting foods you are intolerant to or
being deficient in probiotics can increase
those flare-ups. Diets high in arginine are
thought to activate herpes, so avoid all
nuts, cashews, chocolate, cereal, lentils
and sunflower seeds.
Antiviral drugs like acyclovir or Valtrex
are commonly used to treat HSV infections. Unfortunately, there are increasing
problems with drug resistance, similar to
the problem with antibiotics and superbugs. If you do take the antiviral drug
and use them long term, often there are
plenty of side effects and potential damage to the kidneys and liver. I’m passionate about natural remedies, so here’s a
few to ponder:
Lemon balm – I’d make a tea out of
this and drink it. Let the herb steep (not
boil) for about 15 minutes, then drink. I’d
also apply it to your sore with a cotton
pad. You can cool the tea first to make it
feel better upon application.
Curcumin – It’s well known for antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial power but
it also fights HSV, which means it could
help you reduce the frequency and severity of your infection. We have a study to
show that. Supplement or try applying a
mini-poultice to your lip sore by mixing
turmeric spice with just enough water to
form a paste. For extra effect, dump a
little curcumin powder from your capsule
into the mixture.
Lavender and myrrh – Buy both of
those and combine them, apply to the
sore. Dilute if it stings.
For more natural remedies, visit my
website – www.SuzyCohen.com – and
sign up for my newsletter. You’ll get the
longer version of this article with more
pain-relieving tips.
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.
From page 10B
Event At FSW
presentation of Parents’ College diplomas.
The registration fee is $50 per person.
The keynote presentation will feature
Judy O’Halloran, a published writer and
national speaker on Down Syndrome,
advocacy, parenting and education. Her
workshops and keynotes reflect her pas-
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sion, honesty and humor. She draws
from over three decades of experience
and research as a teacher, tutor, volunteer, consultant and parent in the area of
developmental disabilities.
“I’m an educator. It’s in my blood
to share what I have learned and make
it easier for the next person,” said
O’Halloran.
Contact the PLA Coordinators James
Devine at [email protected] or
985-8305 and Rachel Malone at Rachel.
[email protected] or 489-9080. To register, visit www.fsw.edu/professionallearningacademy/registerform.
Visit www.FSW.edu for more information.
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ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
My Stars ★ ★ ★ ★
FOR WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2, 2015
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You need
to be certain that all the right conditions
are in place before you take that first step.
It can’t hurt to listen to good advice from
those who have your best interests at heart.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Be
careful not to get involved in other people’s
disputes unless you know the facts behind
the disagreements. That’s the best way
to be assured of making wise and honest
decisions.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You still
need to be careful about how you’re going
to spend those energy reserves you finally
got around to restoring. Best advice: Avoid
overdoing it. Let things take their course.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your
aspect continues to favor travel -- alone or
with that special person. So if you’ve been
putting off making those getaway plans, it’s
still a good time to get started on them.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) Those socalled golden opportunities that continue
to dazzle the Lion still need to be carefully
checked out. Be suspicious about anything
that looks like the “perfect” prospect.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22)
Changes at the workplace could make it
more difficult to do things the way you
prefer. But the wise Virgo who shows some
flexibility could find it paying off in a big
way.
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22)
You might want to check out the explanation you were given for a sudden shift in
your duties. There’s a possibility that you
haven’t been told all the facts that you
deserve to know.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November
21) Having confidence in your abilities is
important, especially when you could be
facing a new challenge, whether it’s in the
workplace or in a personal relationship.
Good luck.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to
December 21) A new work-related opportunity might not be all that it seems. Before
making any decisions, you might want
to check with others who have had some
experience in that area.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January
19) A situation involving someone close
could benefit from your timely intervention. Avoid being judgmental. There’ll be
plenty of time later for those “little talks”
you like to have.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February
18) Travel could be a surprise element in
that new project. Be prepared for other
previously undisclosed aspects that also
might come to light as you proceed with
the work.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Try
to balance your work-related responsibilities with the time you’re spending on your
recently revived social life. An old friend
might be planning to return after a long
absence.
BORN THIS WEEK: Your sensitivity
makes you aware of the needs of others.
Have you considered a career as a counselor?
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
● On Feb. 2, 1847, the first woman of
a group of pioneers commonly known as
the Donner Party dies during the group’s
journey through a snowbound Sierra
Nevada mountain pass. The disastrous trip
west ended up killing 42 people and turned
many of the survivors into cannibals.
● On Feb. 6, 1891, members of the
Dalton Gang stage an unsuccessful train
robbery in California -- an inauspicious
beginning to their careers as serious
criminals. Bob, Emmett and Grat Dalton
were only three of the 10 Dalton sons. The
majority of the Dalton boys became lawabiding citizens, and one served as a deputy
U.S. marshal.
● On Feb. 5, 1918, the steamship Tuscania, transporting over 2,000 American
soldiers bound for Europe, is torpedoed and
sinks off the coast of Ireland by the German submarine U-77.
● On Feb. 4, 1938, Walt Disney releases
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” his
first full-length animated feature production. Naysayers, including his wife, warned
him that audiences wouldn’t sit through a
cartoon fantasy about dwarfs, but the film
quickly grossed $8 million, a staggering
sum during the Great Depression.
● On Feb. 3, 1953, French oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau publishes “The
Silent World.” Three years later, the film
version was released to world acclaim. The
film, which revealed the hidden universe
of tropical fish, whales and walruses, won
Best Documentary at the Academy Awards.
● On Feb. 7, 1984, while in orbit 170
miles above Earth, Navy Capt. Bruce
McCandless becomes the first human being
to fly untethered in space when he exits the
U.S. space shuttle Challenger and maneuvers freely. McCandless orbited Earth in
tangent with the shuttle at speeds greater
than 17,500 mph.
● On Feb. 8, 1990, singer-songwriter
Del Shannon (“Runaway” and “Hats Off to
Larry”) commits suicide while in the midst
of a comeback. Shannon’s widow would
later file a high-profile lawsuit against Eli
Lilly, the manufacturer of the antidepressant Prozac, which Shannon had begun
taking shortly before his suicide.
land Farms chain of convenience stores last
year, more than half of respondents said
they would rather have jury duty for a week
than give up coffee for the same length of
time. A whopping 69 percent would rather
give up alcohol than coffee for a week.
● Finland once banned Donald Duck
comics because the title character doesn’t
wear pants.
● You might be surprised to learn that
World War II played an important role
in the rise of popcorn as a favorite snack
at the movies. During the war, the U.S.
was cut off from many sugar-exporting
nations, causing shortages and rationing
on the home front. The scarcity of sugar
resulted in a dearth of candy being offered
at the box office, causing popcorn sales to
skyrocket.
● If you live in Georgia, keep in mind
that it is illegal to have a picnic in a graveyard in that state.
● Given the rise in foodie culture, it’s no
wonder that there are a plethora of cookbooks available covering every imaginable
kind of comestible. However, you might
be surprised to learn just how far back the
recording of food preparation goes: One
of the earliest known recipes was written
on cuneiform tablets and has been dated
almost 4,000 years ago to around 1700
B.C.
● Those who study such things say that
a giraffe can go longer without water than a
camel can.
● People who are indigenous to the high
altitudes of the Andes have more blood
than do people who live at sea level -- 3
quarts more.
STRANGE BUT TRUE
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
● It’s not known who made the following sage observation: “The best way to lie
is to tell the truth -- carefully edited truth.”
● In a survey conducted by the Cumber-
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing
sound they make as they fly by.” -- Douglas
Adams
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25B
answer on page 27B
FIND AT LEAST SIX DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PANELS
SUDOKU
To play Sudoku:
Complete the grid so
that every row, column
and every 3x3 box
contains the numbers
1 through 9 (the same
number cannot appear
more than once in a
row, column or 3x3 box.)
There is no guessing
and no math involved,
just logic.
PROFESSIONAL
DIRECTORY
CONSTRUCTION
answer on page 27B
LAWN MAINTENANCE
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
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When Its’ Wirth Having It Done Right!
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From page 3B
From page 12B
ABWA
Doc Ford’s
Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the meeting and dinner will start at
6 p.m. The meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month. Guests are
welcome. Anyone interested in attending may contact Carol Schapiro, membership
chair, at 850-9495 or email her at [email protected]. Reservations should be
made no later than February 5. The cost is $22, payable by check, cash or credit
card.
and local rules and regulations for needed continuing care and support.
Charity Navigator.com, a guide for donors, has ranked the DAV number one,
giving it four stars for service to all veterans, regardless of rank, time and length of
service, race, color, or creed.
To contribute, send check made payable to DAV James D. Rader, Chapter 108,
and mail to: DAV Chapter 108, Attn: Peter Palkowski Adjutant, PO Box 152257,
Cape Coral, FL 33915.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
NEW HOMES, REMODELING & ADDITIONS
INTERIOR DESIGN
COMPUTERS
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V.P. Interior Design
(Cell) 239-850-4128
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visit our new show room
www.gigicompanies.com
239-541-7282
CONTRACTOR
Remodeling & Aluminum
Lic #S3-11944
395-3928 Cell: 841-4302
PRESSURE WASHING
PARAMOUNT DECORATOR
& UPHOLSTERY
CONTRACTOR
Residential & Commercial Painting
COLOR SCHEMES
on request from
Sanibel Design Center
Verticals • Mini Blinds • Draperies • Wallpaper • Furniture
Ceramic • Wood • Appliances • Interior Painting • Custom Cabinets
Upholstery • Kitchen & Bath Remodeling
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
239-699-6279
• Islands Premier Pool Service
• Professional Weekly Service
• Fast Expert Equipment
Repair and Replacement
• Specializing in Rental Properties
also Complete Pool and Deck remodeling,
Repair and Installation of all brands of
Pool Heaters including
Gulfstream, Aquacal and Aquatherm.
24/7 emergency repair service.
Free estimates for weekly service and repairs!
ISLAND SUN - JANUARY 30, 2015
PUZZLE ANSWERS
SUDOKU
SUPER CROSSWORD
KING CROSSWORD
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
MAGIC MAZE
SCRAMBLERS
BRICK PAVERS
TREE & LAWN CARE
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
Licensed
# S2-11975
Stevens & Sons Glass
Replacement Impact Windows & Sliding Doors,
Mirrors, Tub & Shower Enclosures, Store Fronts,
Porch Enclosures, French Doors, Plate Glass
Specialists in impact condo complex replacement
2416 Palm Ridge Road
Sanibel Island, FL 33957
Phone: (239) 472-0032
Fax: (239) 472-0680
TRAVEL AGENCY
Leigh Klein - Owner
Sanibel, FL
239.472.3171
[email protected]
www.AllWaysTravelThe World.com
239-560-1199
[email protected]
TREE & LAWN CARE
GLASS
Insured
Lee County Lic. # IP06-00664
Sanibel Lic. # S3-14729
Affiliate of
Frosch Travel
* Jesus Hernandez *
LANDSCAPING &
TREE SERVICE
482-7350
“We Service All your Landscape Needs “
FULL Landscaping SERVICES
• Tree TRIMMING AND REMOVAL
• Stump Grinding
SANIBEL INVASIVE VEGETATION
REMOVAL
MONTHLY MAINTENANCE SERVICES
FREE Landscape Consultation
and LANDSCAPE Designs
• LANDSCAPE REFURBISHING
• MULCHING • RIP RAP
• GRAVEL DRIVEWAYS • CUSTOM PAVERS
NOW OFFERING IRRIGATION WET CHECK
licensed • insured • bonded
Over 20 years serving San-Cap & Ft. Myers
www.jesuslawncare.com • [email protected]
FISHING CHARTER
Light Tackle Sport Fishing
p • Snook • Redfish & More
Tarpon
CAPT. MATT
MATT MI
MITCHELL
TCHELL
USCG
Licensed
& Insured
C: (239) 340-8651
www.captmattmitchell.com
email: [email protected]
AUTO DETAILING
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REAL ESTATE
GARCIA REAL ESTATE
AND CONSULTING
RICHARD J. GARCIA, GRI, BROKER
239-472-5147
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.
REAL ESTATE
LEARN ABOUT SUMMERS’
BEST KEPT SECRET...
Escape to the mountains of North Carolina
for cool refreshing summers. Enjoy magical
mountain views, spectacular waterfalls...
pure natural beauty to delight
the soul and refresh the senses.
SEE WHAT AWAITS YOU ON THE
HIGHLANDS/CASHIERS PLATEAU
Visit www.NCMountainLife.com
or contact
[email protected]
239-872-2018
[email protected]
828-553-3391
Licensed NC Real Estate Brokers
REAL ESTATE
SEASONAL RENTAL
ANNUAL RENTAL
FOR SALE BY OWNER
$699,000
DUPLEX IN THE DUNES
ANNUAL RENTALS
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.
on Horseshoe Lake, Sanibel.
3 BD/2.5BA with private heated pool,
28 days minimum, no smoking or pets.
Call for details, 914-760-0187.
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VACATION RENTAL
1986 PARK MODEL
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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FREE VACATION
RENTAL ADVERTISING!
COMMERCIAL RENTAL
Over 300 rentals
to choose from!
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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
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Looking for
a Home in
McGregor
Woods ?
CENTRAL LOCATION
Close to shopping, banks, bike path. This
UF updated Apt. offers 2 bedrooms/1 bath,
screened porch, Ground level. Includes
most utilities and yard care.
Quiet location. Gorgeous. A must see!
$1,450/month
Please call for details
472-6747
Gulf Beach Properties, Inc.
Paul H. Zimmerman, Broker
Serving The Islands Rental Needs Since 1975
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OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT
Great office space for rent.
700 square feet on Periwinkle.
Call Joe Gil 516-972-2883
or 800-592-0009.
RIGHT ACROSS FROM BEACH
Now Available 8 months.
Two BR/Baths, 3rd floor.
Fully Furnished condo.
Pool & Tennis. $1,400/month
LIGHTHOUSE REALTY
Paul J. Morris, Broker
VACATION RENTALS
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT & SALES
359 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel Island
239-579-0511
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HAIR STYLIST BOOTH
RENTAL AVAILABLE
Join our Professionals at the New
McGregor Salon. Increase your income,
be your own Boss. Positive, friendly,
comfortable atmosphere. Close to FMB &
Sanibel. Located in the busy, McGregor
Pointe Shopping Center near K-mart.
For Info call Anita 239-233-9882
AVAILABLE APRIL 2015
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]
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FURNISHED UPDATED
2BR/2BATH ON
SAND PEBBLE WAY
Close to Jerry’s and shopping on quiet
street. Laundry, lanai, no smoking. $1,100/
mth. available 3/1. John @330-289-1798.
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RE/MAX OF THE ISLANDS
Putting owners and
tenants together
Call Ryan Block
www.remax-oftheislands.com
239-472-2311
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REAL ESTATE RENTAL
ANNUAL SANIBEL RENTAL
SANIBEL HOME FOR LEASE
239-691-4915
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FREE REAL ESTATE TOURS
C M
F Y
P
T
ISABELLA RASI
(239) 246-4716
Email
[email protected]
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.
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1101 Periwinkle Way #105
Sanibel, FL 33957
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3BR,2B located at 426 Lk Murex Cir.,
1 BLK off W.Gulf Dr. On large lot with
screened lanai & pool. Fully furnished. In
excellent condition.2 car garage. Available
March 1 through Dec.31,2015. $2,000 per
mo. + utilities (Exc. lawn maint.,irrigation
service,& pest control)
Call 812-391-2122 or 812-390-5713.
Island Vacations
Of Sanibel & Captiva
Million $ Views Await You!
• Cottages • Condos • Homes •
Miles of Beaches & Bike Paths
239-472-7277
1-888-451-7277
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ANNUAL/SEASONAL RENTAL
TO PLACE
SANIBEL COTTAGE
FOR RENT
A CLASSIFIED
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.
LOG ONTO
IslandSunNews.com
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Updated 2 br/1 bath on Sand Pebble Way.
Close to Jerry’s and shopping on quiet
street. Private laundry hook-up, large lanai.
No smoking. $950/month. Available 12/1.
John #330-289-1798.
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ANNUAL RENTALS
Condo in Captain’s Walk on the
historic east end of the island.
Quiet neighborhood, canal-front.
2 bedroom, 1 bath - $1500/month
Duplex Unit on Sunrise Circle
mid island. Pet friendly.
2 bedroom, 2 bath - $1800/month
Triplex Unit mid island. Shared
screened-in pool. Pet friendly.
3 bedroom, 2 bath - $2100/month
Please call Bridgit @ 239-728-1920
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SERVICES OFFERED
SERVICES OFFERED
HELP WANTED
SANIBEL HOME WATCH
AFFORDABLE HOME CARE
KAYAK LAUNCH ATTENDANT
Retired Police Captain
Lives on Sanibel
Will Check Your Home Weekly
Very Reasonable Rates
(239) 728-1971
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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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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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UPHOLSTERY
On Island Free Estimates.
Over 15 Years Experience.
Offering Professional Upholstery Services,
Custom Art and Hand Painted Furniture.
[email protected] or 918-740-4972.
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
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ROGER NODRUFF ELECTRIC
Lic# EC12002788.
Call Roger 239-707-7203.
Aqualink - Motor Controls.
Office & Store Maint.
“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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TURN YOUR PHONE
INTO GOLD
PHONEWORKS.ORG
24 K GOLD
24 K ROSE GOLD
PLATINUM
DIAMONDS
PHONEWORKS.ORG
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MOBILE DOG GROOMING
Self-Contained Trailer
Up to 40 Lbs.,
Total Grooming, Package,
Please call.
239-313-7140.
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HELLE’S CLEANING SERVICES
FRONT DESK /
MEDICAL ASSISTANT
Medical Office - Full Time no weekends.
Front Desk /Medical Assistant
Electronic Medical records a plus.
Call 239-395-0245.
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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]
CASHIERS/BAGGERS
Jerry’s Foods is looking for
Cashiers/Baggers night time hours
3 to 10 Sunday through Saturday
29 hrs a week.
We are also looking for Servers
in the Restaurant various hours
7 days a week.
If interested contact
Tami or Mark (239) 472-9300.
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GREETER/
FEE COLLECTOR
HELP WANTED
MARKETING MANAGER
The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife
(CROW) on Sanibel is seeking a full-time
experienced marketing manager to direct
integrated marketing responsibilities.
Position includes managing media
relations, website, social media,
promotional programs, and marketing
campaigns. Requirements:
Experienced applicants only.
Degree in marketing communication
or public relations. Excellent written/oral
communication skills, digital marketing
and technology background.
Graphic design and Word press a plus.
Competitive salary, benefits offered.
Email resume to
Linda Estep, Executive Director, at
[email protected] or mail to
PO Box 150, Sanibel FL 33957.
No phone calls.
TURN YOUR SMARTPHONE
INTO GOLD
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PART-TIME FULL-CHARGE
BOOKKEEPER/ACCOUNTANT
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Volunteers needed for light general
maintenance. Call (CHR) Community
Housing & Resources, Inc. 472-1189.
Tarpon Bay Explorers has an opening
for part-time associates to work in the
Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge
greeting and collecting entrance fees
for Wildlife Drive. Must enjoy customer
service and helping visitors. Must also
be able to operate a basic cash register.
Please email resume to
[email protected]
or stop in at 900 Tarpon Bay Rd
to fill out an application.
WANTED TO BUY
CASH PAID FOR
MILITARY ITEMS
Cash Paid For Old Military Items.
Medals, Swords, Uniforms,
helmets, old guns, awards & more.
Local Toll Free 1-866-440-3280
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BOATS - CANOES - KAYAKS
STORE MANAGER AND
PART-TIME SALES
ASSOCIATES FOR
SPECIALTY BOUTIQUE
J. McLaughlin is searching for a
Store Manage and Sales Associates
with great customer service skills
for their new store in Captiva.
J. McLaughlin is a specialty retailer of
women’s and menâ€™s high end clothing
and accessories which is housed in our
unique boutique atmosphere.
J. McLaughlin prides itself on
customer service and its
quality clothing and accessories.
Visit us at www.jmclaughlin.com.
Send resumes to
[email protected]
LOST AND FOUND
LOST CAT
Siamese with white paws.
East end of island.
Reward. If seen please call
239-277-0058.
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Residential Cleaning to Satisfaction
Sanibel & Captiva • 239-565-0471
Sanibel Lic. #11412 Lee Co. Lic. #051047
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GOLDBRAINS.ORG
24 K
24 K ROSE GOLD
PLATINUM
DIAMONDS
GOLDBRAINS.ORG.
HELP WANTED
Receptionist wanted for organic spa salon
on Sanibel. Part time, hourly wage + retail
commission. Customer service background
preferred. Non smoker, well groomed,
well spoken. Please be comfortable with
computers and computer programs. We will
train.Position starts as soon as possible.
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SIMPLY ELEGANT CLEANING
Tarpon Bay Explorers has an opening for
a kayak/canoe launch and maintenance
associate to work at the Tarpon Bay
Recreation Center in The Ding Darling
National Wildlife Refuge. Must enjoy
customer service and working in a team.
Shift hours are 7:30am-6pm and open
7 days a week so at least one weekend
day will be required for full time. Part time
also available. Please email resume to
[email protected] or visit 900 Tarpon Bay
Rd to fill out application.
HELP WANTED
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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CAUTION
GARAGE •
MOVING • YARD
SALES
LARGE DUAL FAMILY
DESIGNER MOVING SALE
Help clean out our attics!
Interior Designer and mother need to rid
themselves of extra items for a move to a
new beach house. Come get unique items
for your home. Child items, decorative
items, lighting, furniture, wicker,
china, vintage jewelry, etc...
429 Lake Murex Circle, Sanibel
Saturday January 31st from 8-12.
First come first serve! No early birds
please for our neighbors peace.
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ANNUAL ALBATROSS ROAD
MULTI FAMILY YARD SALE
Fri. Jan. 23 – 8am to 1pm
Sat. Jan. 24 – 8am to 3pm
Sun. Jan. 25 – 8am to 3pm
Repeat Performance
Fri. Jan. 30 – 8am to 1pm
Sat. Jan. 31 – 8am to 3pm
Sun. Feb. 1 – 8am to 3pm
1399 Albatross Road, Sanibel
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MULTI-FAMILY
GARAGE SALE
Kitchen items, Books, Coach
bags, decorative items, linens
1972 Roseate Lane, Sanibel
Sat, FEB 7 8 AM to 2 PM
NO earlybirds please!!
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DOCKAGE
Hourly, Daily, Weekly
and Monthly.
Captiva Island 472-5800
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Pets Of The Week
H
i, my name is Charley and I am a tri-colored,
six-year-old neutered male beagle.
Comments: My owner passed away as well
as my four-legged friend and no family members are
able to take me. Life throws us a curve ball sometimes
but my motto is improvise, modify and adjust. That’s
just what I’m ready to do and I’d love to be your forever
dog. My owner’s family says I’m crate-trained, housetrained, love kids, cats and other dogs. Adoption fee:
$25
My name is Blaze and I’m a three-year-old white
male American bulldog.
Comments: I’m handsome, playful, affectionate and
comical. I’d be the perfect addition to a big dog family.
If you’d like two big dogs, adopt my friend Gunner too.
We could be twins. Adoption fee: $45 (regularly $75)
during Animal Services’ Paw Stars Adoption Promotion
Charle, ID 606050
For information about this week’s pets, call 5337387 (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, Fort Myers, next to
the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, off Six Mile Cypress
Parkway.
All adoptions include spay/neuter surgery, ageappropriate 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.
Blaze, ID 604419
PAWS
important to let Jack’s veterinarian know that he
is an FIV positive cat. If he needs to be seen for
any ailments or conditions, this information may
be helpful in determining medications to be used
in treatment. While all PAWS cats are adopted
as indoor cats only, it’s especially important that
Jack remain inside.
Please give Jack a forever home... he is truly
a fabulous kitty! Call PAM at PAWS of Sanibel at
472-4823 to adopt Jack.
PAWS
B
Jack
T
his is Jack. He is an exceptionally sweet
boy. Unfortunately, his family has not been
located and, in addition, he tested positive
for Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV). This
disease is found in about four percent of cats. It
is contagious to other cats, but not easily passed
along. It is not contagious to humans or other
animals. PAWS has adopted out two FIV positive
cats in the past year to households with other
cats. Otherwise, Jack appears to be in very good
health and hopefully will live a long and happy
life. He has his shots and a microchip. It is
enji
needs
a
home. He is
a handsome,
8-year-old
domestic
Bengal
cat with a
super sweet
personality.
Bengal cats
are popular
because
of their
leopardlike coats.
Bengals love
to talk and
spend time
with their
families.
Call Pam Benji
at PAWS of
Sanibel at 472-4823 if you’re interested in adopting Benji.
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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