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! WEEK OF MARCH 9, 2012 island r SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA, FLORIDA VISIT US ONLINE AT CAPTIVASANIBEL.COM FISH Volunteer Annual Meeting & Lunch - Page 25 Local family buys former CHR home By Sue Denham Special to the Reporter It was quite literally a dream come true — and an American success story. Lisa Bramm readily admits she cried when she closed on her new home on Belding Drive, a three-story houSe formerly owned by CHR (Community Housing & Resources), not only becoming a first- time home owner but also purchasing a home with family history. Built in 1982, the Belding Drive dwelling was donated to CHR in 1996 and placed in the rental program. Recently, the board made the strategic decision to sell the home. "We saw this as a win-win situ- ation, both strengthening CHR's financial base and also-placing an affordable home into the property market" said Richard Johnson, board president. Canadian-born. Lisa came to Sanibel in 1985, fell in love and got married. Some years later, as a young mom facing divorce and needing a place to live, she turned to CHR, Sanibel's below market rate housing organization. It was 1997 and Lisa's sons were just 2 and 5 years old. CHR'moved the family into a unit on Mahogany Way, where they lived until 2003. With a settled home, Lisa thrived. The boys attended The Sanibel School. A for- mer professional figure skater who had traveled extensively with The Ice Follies, See FAMILY, page 16 Sanibel Shell Fair and Show draws a big crowd By Carol Orr Hartman cnartma n@breezenewspapers. com The 75th annual Sanibel Shell Fair and Show was off to a rousing start. Friday, residents and visitors from all over the country flocked to the fair to see a variety of "shelly" items on exhib- it and for sale — something to educate and delight everyone. Courtney Maw, Sanibel School sixth grader, was one of the students volun- teering to work at the live mussel exhib- it. Asked what she loves about this event Courtney said, "I love to learn about live shells — I would never have known that a conch has 72 to 82 cap- sules and each capsule has 3,200 eggs," as she held up an egg pouch. • Georgia Congress loves that there are so many different kinds of shells. "1 like the unusual ones like the surf clam, where the foot looks like a tongue and that they can't live in deep water," she explained. Jan Bird looked.on with a smile as a visiting couple went through a basket of shells and picked up a shell chart and information on the Bailey Matthews Shell Museum. "1 am a docent at the shell museum and love to see people enjoy all the shells and watch the kids from the School educating adults,"she said. Strolling through the grounds of the Sanibel Community Center, Dr. Gary and Bernice Schmelz came up from Naples with friend Ann Allen. Gary is a past president of the Bailey Matthews Shell Museum and is a renowned fossil expert. "This is the best I have seen," he said, when asked about the success of the shell fair. See SHELL FAIR, page 16 PHOTO BY CAROL ORR HARTMAN Lisa Bramm with her sons Christian (left) and Adrian Cooper. PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE REPORTER San-Cap Cares holds fund-raiser for Lee Memorial Foundation By Carol Orr Hartman [email protected] The 12th annual Sanibel-Captiva Cares held its "Sponsor Appreciation" gathering at II Cielo on Sunday evening to thank the sponsors of this year's event. It was formed in 2000 when a group of island mothers banded together to help The Children's Hospital because they were so impressed by the care a local child received during his cancer treatment. Amanda Cross, one of the powerhous- es behind this initiative of Sanibel and Captiva women, said this year is a mile- stone in the event. There are more than 100 sponsors who contributed $175,000 before the event, in addftion to goods and services that they donated. This year's co- chairs are Sherry Gentry and Julie Smith. Jim Nathan, president and CEO of Lee Memorial Health System Foundation thanked all the sponsors and attendees for the huge impact the Sanibel Captiva Cares funds makes for the Children's Hospital. Lee Memorial Health System Foundation CEO, Sharon McDonald said, "It is absolutely amazing — this year's event is the largest yet and to see the amount of businesses and residents' on the Islands come together to support this fund-raiser is a tribute to Sanibel and Captiva and their commitment to the com- munity and the children." See more photos on page 19 President and CEO of Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Jim Nathan thanks Amar>da Cross, Sherry Gentry and Julie Smith, this year's chairs of the Sanibel Captiva Cares Fund-raiser. CAROL ORR HARTMAN INSIDETODAY Letters to the Editor 18 Business News 21 Preserving Paradise 23 Island Living 25 Sports 30 Island Faces 32

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Local family buys former CHR home By Sue Denham Special to the Reporter

It was quite literally a dream come true — and an American success story. Lisa Bramm readily admits she cried when she closed on her new home on Belding Drive, a three-story houSe formerly owned by CHR (Community Housing & Resources), not only becoming a first-time home owner but also purchasing a home with family history.

Built in 1982, the Belding Drive dwelling was donated to CHR in 1996 and placed in the rental program. Recently, the board made the strategic decision to sell the home. "We saw this as a win-win situ-ation, both strengthening CHR's financial base and also-placing an affordable home

into the property market" said Richard Johnson, board president.

Canadian-born. Lisa came to Sanibel in 1985, fell in love and got married. Some years later, as a young mom facing divorce and needing a place to live, she turned to CHR, Sanibel's below market rate housing organization. It was 1997 and Lisa's sons were just 2 and 5 years old. CHR'moved the family into a unit on Mahogany Way, where they lived until 2003.

With a settled home, Lisa thrived. The boys attended The Sanibel School. A for-mer professional figure skater who had traveled extensively with The Ice Follies,

See FAMILY, page 16

Sanibel Shell Fair and Show draws a big crowd By Carol Orr Hartman cnartma n@breezenewspapers. com

The 75th annual Sanibel Shell Fair and Show was off to a rousing start. Friday, residents and visitors from all over the country flocked to the fair to see a variety of "shelly" items on exhib-it and for sale — something to educate and delight everyone.

Courtney Maw, Sanibel School sixth grader, was one of the students volun-teering to work at the live mussel exhib-it. Asked what she loves about this event Courtney said, "I love to learn about live shells — I would never have known that a conch has 72 to 82 cap-sules and each capsule has 3,200 eggs," as she held up an egg pouch. • Georgia Congress loves that there are so many different kinds of shells. "1 like the unusual ones like the surf clam, where the foot looks like a tongue and that they can't live in deep water," she explained.

Jan Bird looked.on with a smile as a visiting couple went through a basket of shells and picked up a shell chart and information on the Bailey Matthews Shell Museum.

"1 am a docent at the shell museum and love to see people enjoy all the shells and watch the kids from the School educating adults,"she said.

Strolling through the grounds of the Sanibel Community Center, Dr. Gary and Bernice Schmelz came up from Naples with friend Ann Allen. Gary is a past president of the Bailey Matthews Shell Museum and is a renowned fossil expert.

"This is the best I have seen," he said, when asked about the success of the shell fair.

See SHELL FAIR, page 16

PHOTO BY CAROL ORR HARTMAN

Lisa Bramm with her sons Christian (left) and Adrian Cooper.

PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE REPORTER

San-Cap Cares holds fund-raiser for Lee Memorial Foundation By Carol Orr Hartman [email protected]

The 12th annual Sanibel-Captiva Cares held its "Sponsor Appreciation" gathering at II Cielo on Sunday evening to thank the sponsors of this year's event. It was formed in 2000 when a group of island mothers banded together to help The Children's Hospital because they were so impressed by the care a local • child received during his cancer treatment.

Amanda Cross, one of the powerhous-es behind this initiative of Sanibel and Captiva women, said this year is a mile-stone in the event. There are more than 100 sponsors who contributed $175,000 before the event, in addftion to goods and

services that they donated. This year's co-chairs are Sherry Gentry and Julie Smith.

Jim Nathan, president and CEO of Lee Memorial Health System Foundation thanked all the sponsors and attendees for the huge impact the Sanibel Captiva Cares funds makes for the Children's Hospital.

Lee Memorial Health System Foundation CEO, Sharon McDonald said, "It is absolutely amazing — this year's event is the largest yet and to see the amount of businesses and residents' on the Islands come together to support this fund-raiser is a tribute to Sanibel and Captiva and their commitment to the com-munity and the children."

See more photos on page 19

President and CEO of Lee Memorial Health System Foundation Jim Nathan thanks Amar>da Cross, Sherry Gentry and Julie Smith, this year's chairs of the Sanibel Captiva Cares Fund-raiser. CAROL ORR HARTMAN

INSIDETODAY Letters to the Editor 18 Business News 21

Preserving Paradise 23 Island Living 25

Sports 30 Island Faces 32

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Constance Miller is showing her work in the artistic division for the 25th year. Before she retired, she used to send her beautiful shell pieces down to her parents who lived on the island and they would submit them in the show on her behalf. Now that she is retired, she is able to come herself and see the appreciation in the eyes of those who look at her work.

Mary Robertson, from Jacksonville, is here for her fifth year showing her work in the artistic division.

"This has been an extremely good show for me and it just keeps getting better and better every year." she said.

Jane Vos Hogg wore her custom bicycle helmet covered with shells from the beach. "I rnade two of these — one I loaned to the library so that staff could take turns wearing it today."

Restaurateur Matt Asen, owner of Timbers and Mazatluna on the island' and Prawobrokers on the mainland did double duty today. He had an enormous

Courtney Maw, 6th Grade Sanibel School, holds up a egg sack.

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exhibit in the scientific division showing the variety and different species of oys-ters. He also worked in the trenches today, shucking and handing out oysters to hungry fairgoers. Now that is some good fair food.

See additional photos on Page 20

Family From page 15

she held increasingly senior roles in vari-ous aspects of property management until she exceeded CHR's maximum income requirement. At that point, she was able to rent a duplex in The Dunes. But owning a home was always her dream. Late last year, with her rented duplex about to be put up for sale, she heard about the same house on Belding Drive where her sons had played with their best friends, the Slocum boys, from 1999-2002.

"Sanibel has been my home for over 25 years," Lisa said, "and my sons were born here. It's the only home they have ever known. This is my community — I feel safe here, and J am so grateful to everyone at CHR for helping make this dream some true." It must be noted that Lisa also made her own dream come true, through hard work, dedication and the desire to create a good life for herself and her boys. Adrian, now 16, is in the Media Arts program at Cypress Lake High School's Center for the Arts, and Christian, 19, attends Edison State College, majoring in Theater.

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For the past five years, Lisa has been employed by RLR Investments, LLC, and Royal Shell, where she is the director of the property management division. Through her Realtor friend, Brooke Brownyard, Lisa made an offer on the home and this was presented to the CHR board by the listing agent, Karen Bell, along with another offer. The board chose Lisa's offer. David Wright at Sanibel Captiva Community Bank helped her secure a loan through the FHA since these loans do not require large down payments.

As with many home purchases, the stars had to align and wonderful people stepped forward to help, including CHR board member Ray Pavelka. Lisa moved in at the beginning of February, after installing new flooring with her parents' help. Now, she looks forward to adding fresh exterior paint and doing all those things that property owners love to do, making a house into a home.

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Congratulations and thank you! For the 25th year, the Foundation

for Lee County Public Schools has named Lee County's top teachers.

Billy Lansberry, a 9-12th-grade teacher at North Fort Myers High who has been teaching for six years; Laura Reed, a pre-K teacher at Dr. Carrie D. Robinson Littleton Elementary who has been teaching for 13 years; Kim Smith, a fourth-grade teacher at North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts who has been teaching for 12 years; Heather Millican, an eighth-grade teacher at Cypress Lake Middle who

has been teaching for 11 years; Charles O'Connor, an eighth-grade teacher at Lexington Middle who has been teaching for 14 years; and Eric Riemenschneider, a 9-12th-grade teacher at Fort Myers High who has been teaching for six years, are this year's Golden Apple recipients.

We congratulate the winners as well as all of the finalists.

"Each year, the Golden Apple Program recognizes teachers who rep-resent outstanding performance in their profession," a prepared statement

announcing the winners reads, adding Golden Apple teachers are those the foundation deems to have a "profound impact" on the lives of the children they teach.

They are selected through a process that begins with nominations and includes the submission of an applica-tion, in-classroom observations and an interview with the Golden Apple Selection Committee.

Those who are subsequently named receive a $3,000 cash award, a gold apple lapel pin and membership in the

Academy of Teachers, a Golden Apple program created to provide continuing education opportunities.

The six will be formally honored next month at the 25th Annual Golden Apple Teacher Recognition Banquet.

Again, our congratulations as well as our thanks to not only these fine educators but also to the businesses and volunteers who make the program possible.

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We want your opinion

The views expressed on the Opinions Pages are just that — opinions. These pages are intended to convey a range of viewpoints; opinions pFinted on these pages do not neces-sarily reflect the views of The Island Reporter. Opposing views are welcome. All letters must be signed and must con-tain a phone number for verification pur-poses. Letters con-sidered for publica-tion must relate to subjects of public interest. Letters to the Editor may be e-mailed to Bill Schiller at bschiller@breeze newspapers.com; posted to the virtual newsroom at capti-vasanibel.com; or mailed to 2340 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL 33957. The Island Reporter reserves the right to edit or reject any sub-mission.

Letters to the Editor Drive with caution

To the editor: Drivers, please have cau-

tion. The unseasonal warmer than usual weather in Florida, has awaken the Gopher Tortoise out of its dug-out home. Jasper, on Pine Avenue Sanibel, is one such active tor-toise. He moves around to munch on both green and brown stuff. He stretched his neck out far and long to reach up for bougainvillea leaf (I felt a pain in my neck). Jasper, try to stay off the road.

Lorraine Cowl Sanibel

Attacking God To the editor: The Obama administration,

by dictating obscene directives to the Catholic Church, has dis-played a repugnant side that should be rejected by every

sane American. The federal mandate requiring that the health care plans that the church uses pay for contracep-tion and sterilization is in direct conflict with church law and Gods orders.

The simple minded order is nothing short of an attack aimed at the heart of Christiani-ty and specifically designed to divide the church and confuse its faithful. Make no mistake about it, this is not a philosoph-ical disagreement which can be settled by compromise.

This is blasphemy by agents of evil who have no respect for the people, the first article of the Bill of Rights, the church, and not even'for God Himself. No doubt, Mr. Obanw having now been able to measure the resistance to another dopey doing, will back-peddle as quickly as he can to save face. After all, this being a political

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year we can expect another level of babble in an attempt to save his job. However, the President, with this insensitive insanity, has crossed a line where there should be no return. This is an unmitigated attack against God and His laws and if we accept feeble excuses and continue to tolerate this incoherent nonsense someday we ourselves will stand before a Holy God and be required to explain our complicity. The first amendment of the Bill of Rights, the cornerstone of our constitution, is clear when it says that government needs to keep its nose out of religion.

That order by our founders includes your nose, too, Mr. Obama, and not even the pom-posity and the arrogance com-ing from you and your adminis-tration can change it!

Sound angry? You bet we are. With the nation replete withproblems. the last thing we need at this time is for the White House pinheads to make an attempt to change our founders' direction, which has served to produce the greatest nation on earth. Unless you immediately stand before the American people and offer an unqualified apology I can't believe that any true American will vote for you ever again!

Dick Katfus Cape Coral

President must take control of gas situation

To the editor: As one old bird who can

remember when they use to give free dishes away with a

10-cent commodity called gasoline. 1 find it appalling when I hear nary 'a word of out-rage from the President of our United States over the attempt by the forces that be to shove five and ten dollar a gallon petrol down all of our throats, and expect we the citizen should all readily accept it without any squawk.

The man has to be sick in his head or possessed. Some ulteri-or motive is expecting us all to accept this outrageous hogwash as justifiable.

As President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of all of us, and with the executive power to do so, he should immediately issue an executive order returning the price of gasoline ro two dollars a gallon throughout our nation and damn the legality of the action at this time. Let the guilty for this outrage and the Supreme Court of our land han-dle and straighten out that prob-lem.

We can -talk all we want about worldwide supply and demand, but the fact of the mat-ter to this old turkey is that "Charity Begins at Home" and the export of this product throughout the world simply for more bucks —' while we need it ourselves at a reasonable price. Due to the condition of our economy must be given a top priority even though detrimen-tal to the profiteers.

Pay more attention to Bill O'Reilly on this problem Mr. President and you just might benefit our nation and all of its citizens.

Don't just sit on it. Joe Curran Cape Coral •

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Three Crafty Ladies grand re-opening under new ownership

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The three Crafty Ladies official Grand Re-opening and ribbon cutting ceremony with the Sanibel and Captiva Chamber of Commerce was held on Feb. 29. Tracie Lanza, became the new owner of this very suc-cessful Island business. The new business will feature weekly craft demonstrations given every Tuesda-y at the store and they will also offer purchases through their new online store. Three Crafty Ladies was estab-

lished on Sanibel in 1975. It was originally three sep-arate businesses; however when they ran into City per-mitting issues to bring them together, they decided to form "Three Crafty Ladies" and the rest is history. The store under its new management is open Monday thru Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Three Crafty Ladies is located in the. Heart of the Island Shops on Periwinkle Way.

From left, Merrell Rushworth, Past Chair of Chamber Richard Johnson, Chamber President Ric Base, Chris Heidrick of Heidrick & Co Insurance, and Bridgit Stone Budd.

Gibson returns to join San-Cap Trust team Special to the REPORTER

The Sanibel Captiva Trust Company is pleased to announce that Phyllis Gibson has joined the firm as assis-

•tant vice president. Her position involves MACRO Marketing, SalesForce database, mailings, interacting with advertising and graphic design and assisting with special events.

Gibson and her husband, Ron lived on Captiva for 20 years before selling their home and traveling for a year and a half, returning when Betsey Houston called and told Gibson the position had opened at the Trust Co.

"Would I be interested," responded Gibson, "absolutely."

Gibson's career spans from the investment business in Baltimore during the 1970s through the '80s to becom-ing fire commissioner for the Captiva Fire Control District during the 1990s. She is involved with the Women of The Sun Investment Club, and a member of The Captiva Yacht Club.

Al Hanser. CEO, founder and co-chairman of SCTC said, "We are pleased and fortunate to have Phyllis join the trust company. She is not only familiar with our com-pany, but also with our business as she and her husband owned and ran a company in a similar business.

Phyllis's return to the islands is a double bonus, cer-tainly for us and also for Sanibel and Captiva. where she and Ron were community leaders," Hanser said.

"After working here only a short time, I know that I made the right decision. It's so nice to be part of the Trust Company family. There is no place like Sanibel and Captiva," Gibson said about returning.

'How to break through the Glass Ceiling' to be presentation at ABWA Contributed to the REPORTER

The Sanibel-Captiva Chapter of the American Business Women's Association (ABWA) invites all members and guests to the monthly meeting March 1 3 at The Community House. Networking begins at 5:30 p.m., and the dinner/meeting begins at 6 p.m.

Deborah Esayian will be the guest speaker. She will discuss "How to break through the Glass Ceiling" A woman's journey to becoming CEO.

Deborah Esayian develops the market 'opportuni-ties for Emmis Interactive, the software company that empowers the Websites and interactive businesses of hundreds of broadcast and publishing entities in the United States and Canada. She is the architect of one of the most profitable internet business models in media today. The pioneer of several innovations in the broadcast industry, she is a catalyst for corporate reinvention. Emmis Interactive serves Astral Media, Corus Entertainment, Greater Media, Emmis Communications, Lincoln Financial Media, Renda Broadcasting, Maverick Media and many others as their clients.

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In 1994, she founded Next Generation Radio, a new business development enterprise that returned hundreds of millions in lost business to the indusjry. She has managed radio stations and sales teams and,

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To secure your reservation to be a part of this enjoyable evening, please RS VP to Gayle DeHaan-Garland ([email protected]/) or call 239-565-7872 by March 9. The cost of the dinner is $22.

The ABWA, which meets on the second Tuesday of each month at The Community House, focuses on bringing together women of professional and business interests to provide opportuni-ties for them to help them and others

grow professionally through leader-ship, education, networking support and national recognition. The purpose of the networking time prior to the start of the meeting is to build networking skills and provide business enhancing opportunities for Sanibel and Captiva business women.

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PRESERVING PARADISE Refuge biologist to address island gator population Submitted by Chelle Koster Walton

Jeremy Conrad, a wildlife biologist at J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge, will give two pictorial alligator presentations that take an his-torical look at population surveys con-ducted on the island and the status of the alligator population on Sanibel Island today.

His presentations take place on March 9, in the Refuge Education Center at 10 a.m. and again at l p.m. as part of the 2012 Refuge Lecture Series.

Conrad joined refuge staff in March 2010. Before that, he served as an invasive species biologist at Arthur R.

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Week of March 13, 2012 All CROW presentations take

place at l l am., at CROW'S Healing Winds Visitor Center and Gift Shop, 3 8 8 3 Sanibel-Captiva Rd (across from the "Ding"). Presenters are experts in their fields and CROW volunteers or partners in wildlife preservation. CROW stands for Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife. For more information, please visit our website, www.crow-clinic.org or call (239)472-3644, ext 229 or email.

• TUESDAY,-3-13-12, 11:AM, "ARMADILLOS AND RACCOONS: A TIMELINE FROM INJURY TO RELEASE." CROW volunteers will explain the step-by-step process of rescuing, admitting, treating and ultimately releasing two of our most common patients back to where they were found.

• WEDNESDAY* 3-14-12, I LAM, "RESCUES AND RELEASES: A History of CROW'S Patients" Our expert volunteer offers an exciting "insider's" view from his 11 year history of rescues, releases and patient support.

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ings" of CROW'S HOSPITAL which treats over 4,000 patients per year.

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• SATURDAY, 3-17-12, 1 LAM, "GET TO KNOW CROW" An overview of who we are, what we do and ways volunteers can help.

. • SATURDAY, 3-17-12. 8:30 AM, "FUN PATCH WORKSHOP" Scouts and 4-H groups are invited to participate in our NEW "FUN PATCH" 2

hour workshops. Participants will complete and demonstrate a set of standards in order to be awarded a "Fun Patch." Register your group at (239) 472-3644 ext 227-or email.

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Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach, Florida, and earlier spent four years at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Admission is free to the event, which is sponsored by The Sanctuary Golf Club of Sanibel Island and "Ding" Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge. Seating is limited and available on a first-come basis. Future events are listed below.

As usual. Wildlife Drive is closed on Friday,*but visitors are welcome to enjoy the free Education Center and recreational opportunities at Tarpon Bay Explorers, the Refuge's official concessionaire located at its Tarpon Bay Recreation Area.

Remaining 2012 "Ding" Darling Friday Afternoon Lecture Series Schedule:

• March 9- Refuge Biologist Jeremy Conrad - Alligators

• March 16 - Dr. Dale Gawlik -Wading Birds

• March 23 - Roger L. Reep & Robert K. Bonde - The Florida Manatee*

• March 30 - Live indigo snake presentation by Dennis Giardina, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist

• Apr. 6 - Just Ducky! - unveiling of new Duck Touch Screen computer with guest speakers decoy carver Jim S'prankle and Supervisory Refuge Ranger Toni Westland

As a non-profit 501 (c)3 organiza-tion. 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.

To support DDWS and the refuge with a tax-deductible gift , visit www.dingdarlingsociety.org or contact Birgie Vertesch at 2 3 9 - 2 9 2 - 0 5 6 6 , 239-472-1100 ext. 4, or dingdarling-society<§>gmail.com.

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Love native plants? Explore with Weeds and Seeds

Weeds and Seeds is a group of ama-teur botanists who enjoy finding and identifying native plants on Sanibel. Every Monday morning, we gather on the porch of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF), at 8:45 a.m. Our walks, lasting for two hours, are guided by a leader with a plant list. Destination habitats include

beach, mangroves, wetlands as well as dryer inland areas. The walks are free but donations for SCCF are welcome; also, you may need parking money. Please bring a hat, water, sun-block and comfortable enclosed shoes with socks. For further information please call Elaine Jacobson at 395-1878 or Betty Eertmode at 395-9240.

Audubon Bailey Tract bird walk The next Sanibel-Captiva Audubon bird walk will be at 8 a.m. March 10 at The

Bailey Tract. These bird walks are open to the public and all levels of experience. Birds, plants and animals will be explored. A $2 donation is appreciated. Call Hugh Verry at 395-3798 for details.

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FISH Volunteer Annual Meeting & Volunteer Appreciation Lunch Friends In Service Here (FISH) had a

large turnout at the its annual meeting and volunteer appreciation lunch recently held at the Sanctuary Golf Club. More than 125 guests attended this event and heard about the expansion in our client services, particularly Over the past year when more than 28 United Way agencies have helped Sanibel and Captiva FISH clients.

These programs, workshops and groups are making a significant difference in the lives of many of our island neighbors; thanks to work of the 200 strong volunteer corps. They also learned that more than 62,000 pounds of food has been distributed to island families over the past year.

Blanaid Colley, Vice-President, presented the 2011 revenue figures and explained tfie way in which this money has been spent. At last year's annual meeting the FISH board committed at to try to achieve the ultimate goaKor non-profits of spending 90 percent of its revenue on direct client support - and they were pleased to announce that FISH achieved this in 2011 this goal was achieved.

"We were delighted we had such a good-turnout at our Annual Meeting," said President Bill Fellows, "as you will have seen from the presentation, the FISH organization has continued to grow and the annual meet-ing-gives as an opportunity to talk about the new services we are offering as part of our social investment FISH is making in the community.

It also gives us an opportunity to thank all of our volunteers for the all the great work they do to make a difference in the lives of our clients," Fellows concluded

The annual meeting was also an occasion to formally thank a number of organizations who have partnered and supported FISH over the past year. Maggi Feiner, FISH Executive Director, presented Community Partners and Community Appreciation Awards to the fol-lowing organizations and individuals:

• Bailey's General Store • Billy Kirkland & Salli Kirkland • Charitable Foundations of the Islands • Chuck Bergstrom • City of Sanibel • Dr Lyle and Cookie Hotchkiss • Dr. Edward LaMotta • Ed & Lynn Ridlelioover • Joel Soobitsky, Past Board Member • Lily & Co. • Nancy & Peter Bender • Reggie Mathai, Island Pharmacy • Sanibel Captiva Trust Company • SWFL Community Foundation • Teresa & Andrea Miller . • Tom Uhler

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F.I.S.H of Sanibel, Inc. is a non-profit, staffed by volunteer organization, assisting Sanibel and Captiva islanders and visitors with a wide range of services. For more than 30 years FISH has been a "neighbor helping neighbors" by offering a range of human services including:

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F.I.S.H. relies on community support to fund all programs and" accepts unopened, unexpired food items which are delivered directly to island families in need. The Walk-in-Center is located at 1630 Periwinkle Way. Unit B, Sanibel (next to Pfeiffer Realty Group) and is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. F.I.S.H. can be contacted at 472-4775.

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Fishing Club will hold its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. In the north room of the Sanibel Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way. The featured speaker, Mike Campbell, will begin his presentation at 7 p.m. sharp. There is no admission charge for the event and the angling public is cordially invited to attend.

Campbell, a senior environmental specialist in the Marine Services Division of Lee County, will give a power point presentation on the current status and future plans for Lee County's expansive artificial reef pro-gram. If available by this date, Campbell will have copies of the new, waterproof Lee County Reef Guide, which features a deployment by deployment breakdown of every artifi-cial reef located within the Counties boundaries.

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Campbell will also be discussing the forthcoming deployment of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk, which is scheduled to be sank at the ARC Barge site sometime later in 2012. This 165-foot vessel is being towed up from Key West after an illustrious career as a sub-chasing vessel during WWII. Other projects in the works are inshore deployments of oyster shell reefs and a new, upgraded Lee Reefs Website.

This presentation should be of spe-cial interest to all anglers interested in both near shore and off shore artificial reefs. Lee Reefs, a 501(3)c organiza-tion that works in collaboration with Mike Campbell and other agencies in Lee County, is one of the beneficiaries of the Sanibel Island Fishing Club's

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please contact Rol Campbell at 239-472-8994 or attend our next meeting. The Sanibel Island Fishing club has been an active social club for more than 27 years on the island. To learn more about the club, and to view our catch photos or to explore our fish recipe sec-tion, go to www. sanibelslandfishing-club.com.

Shell Islands Garden Club Submitted by Carolyn DeCoster

Derek Fell will present "My Tropical Sanibel Garden" at the Tuesday, March 13. meeting of the Shell Islands Garden Club to be held at 12:30 at the Community House, 2173 Periwinkle Way.

Derek Fell is a world renowned writer and photographer with art, travel and garden books totaling more than 2.5 million in print, plus a photo library numbering more than 150,000 images portraying plants, gardens and travel destinations. Fell has created his own test garden for both design concepts as well as pho-tographic shoots at Cedaridge Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The author of more than 80 books and cal-endars, Fell is the winner of more awards from the Garden Writers Association than any other person. He also writes for magazines such as

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Remembering long-time resident Helen Moe

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Submitted by Andrew Stansell The Center for Environmental and

Sustainability Education and its dedi-cated Host Committee members are working hard to make this year's fund raising season its best ever. This years

Rachel Carson D i s t i n g u i s h e d L e c t u r e Weekend hon-ored the memory of past Host C o m m i t t e e Member, Center friend, and long-time Island resi-dent Helen Moe.

Helen was an advocate for the

wild beauty found in nature. She was a devoted bird watcher, spending time in SanibePs J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge and other sanctuaries around the world. She was engaged with the natural world in a way that fos-tered reciprocity and care for the beauty and bounty of Earth. This concept is at the heart of the Center's mission of working "toward realizing the dream of a sustainable and peaceful future for Earth through scholarship, edu-cation, and action."

Center Director, Peter

Blaze Corcoran, said, "Helen provided me with valuable advice for years. The Center was blessed to have her support and we are pleased to celebrate her memory.

Contributions made in honor of Helen Moe will be matched up to a total of $10,000 through the Haffenreffer Challenge. Annual Fund raising Celebration hosts, Peter and Mallory Haffenreffer, have continued an annual tradition of energizing donor participa-tion by matching donations to the Center through their fund raising chal-lenge.

Contributions- may be directed towards supporting one of the Center's three initiatives. These include: Terry Tempest Williams Student Dialogue, an annual event engaging students and focusing on social justice and environ-mental issues; Greening of Florida Gulf

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(Taruiah Hirsch welcomes readers' responses sent in care of this newspaper or to Tribune Media Services Inc., 2225 Kenmore Ave, Suite 114, Buffalo, A1Y. 14207. E-mail responses may be sent to [email protected].)

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Warm days bring out some great fishing Over the past week we

enjoyed great weather and pretty darn good fishing. With our weather breaking record highs the fish are responding as they are making an early move into their Spring feeding pat-terns.

Trout fishing just keeps getting better each week, particularly in Pine Island Sound where plenty of fish over twenty inches were caught all week. Matlacha Pass was not as consistent for the larger trout but they should be rounding the cor-ners from both the north and south end of the Sound and making their way up the Pass anytime. Reports were consistent throughout the Sound with lots of daily trout limits and plenty of large "gators" up to twenty-five inches. The fish are often

Capt. Bill Russell

On the Water

schooled in similar size, if you are only catching small ones make a move, some-times a slight move is all that's needed. Although live shrimp are catching plenty, the larger trout are keying on oily baitfish. On the calrrf mornings look for big fish prowling the shal-lows (watch those mullet schools) where a properly worked top water plug can be deadly. A swim or crank bait is a great choice in depths from three to eight feet during mid day, and of course if you can catch some live pilchards, thread herring or pinfish you real-ly tip the scale in your

favor to land some big trout. Spanish mackerel continue to get more

See FISHING, page 31

PHOTO PROVIDED The mack are back! Bill Myron of Venice, Fla., with one of many large Spanish mackerel caught along with trout to 23 inches. Bill and friends were fishing the northern Sound near Bokeelia with Capt. Bill Russell.

SCCF 20th annual Tennis Tournament Contributed to the REPORTER

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) is holding its 20th Annual Tennis Tournament at The Dunes Pavel-Blackwood Tennis Academy on the weekend of March 31 - April 1. One of the island's pre-mier tennis tournaments, the format is doubles team compe-tition with first round conso-lation; winners advance to the finals.

The Tournament opens with a cocktail party on Friday, March 30 at SCCF, with the food being catered by Leslie Adams Catering. Play begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 31, continuing on Sunday April 1, with semi-finals and finals. To sign up, please call Diane Limeri at The Dunes Pavel-Blackwood Tennis Academy, 472-3522.

The categories are Men's, Women's and Mixed Doubles, and all league players will compete at team level of the highest-ranked partner. Non-league players will be placed at USTA rating and/or at the discretion of the Dunes Director of Tennis Operations. If three or fewer teams enter a category, they will be placed with the nearest appropriate category

and will play a "double elimination" round. For questions, please call

Diane Limeri. Francis Bailey is this year's

lead tournament sponsor and FineMark National Bank & Trust is the sponsor of the Friday night cocktail party. All entrants will receive tour-nament T-shirts, and first place winners and .finalists will receive an etched glass piece created by Lucas Century. Breakfast and lunch will be served on Saturday; there will be a brunch on

Sunday. If you would like to be a tournament sponsor,

please give Warren Schwab a call at 395-8774, or Lisa Newmeyer-Cochrane a call at 472-8875. Tournament proceeds benefit SCCF's General Operating Fund. For more information about playing in the tournament, please call Diane Limeri at 472-3522.

Tournament proceeds benefit SCCF's General Operating Fund. SCCF is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the conserva-tion of coastal habitats and aquatic resources on Sanibel and Captiva and in the surrounding watershed.

Beachview men's golf special hole in one

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Submitted by Jack Tukey On Feb. 28, the Beachview men played a vari-

able better ball format. The winning foursome got a special thrill on the 6th hole when Bob Ritchlin hit his 29 degree hybrid club high into the air and it went right into the cup for a hole in one. Bob had a spectacular birdie on the 5th hole, right before his great shot on six. He and the rest of his team of Skip Tutor, Tom Ware and Ralph Barton when on to win the event with a score of 110. In 2nd place, winning a scorecard playoff, was the foursome of David Lewis, Dan Keys, Al Krause and Jack

Schmid with a score of 113. In 3rd was the team of Bill Stell, Dave Bugby, Dave Rubien and Bill Blankenship, also with 113.

On March 3, being the the first Saturday of the month, the men played a regular scramble followed by lunch. The team of Jim Sauer, Ed House, Cort Meader and Jack Turkey "ham and egged; enough to eke out a close win with a score of 62.0. In 2nd place was the team of Fred Zimmer, Tom Ware, Jeny Mader, Dick Waterhouse with a 63. Right on their heels with a 63.5 were Skip Tutor, Bjom Olsson, Dick Arnould and Rene Lohser in third place.

View from the Cue Led by four wins by Rich

Ennis over Jeff Brown, Bunt's Ball Busters scored a 12-4 victory over Sandycappers to move three games in front of Bathroom Magic in the race for first place League honors. Odd Balls held the Magic team to an 11-5 mark. This Monday and Tuesday are the last nights of League play. Bathroom Magic takes on Chalk & Awe and Bunt's Ball Busters plays Fresh Legion Crew. Both matches start at 6 p.m.

Fresh Legion Crew Captain Gator Gates posted three resounding wins over Sanibel Cafgls Pete Mindel to

push his team to a 9-7 victory over Sanibel Caf6. His team-mate, Pattee Frank, again showed the boys some fine form as she easily dispatched a stunned Butch Bouchard two straight games before easing off and letting him save face by letting him win the last two games.

The League's year-end Double Elimination tourna-ment will be held at the American Legion on Monday, March 19, starting at 6 p.m. Only League players who have shot 20 games or more during the League's 21-week season are eligible to play. To date 23 contestants have paid their $20 entry fees.

SANIBEL 8-BALL POOL LEAGUE 2011-2012 Standings through March 5, 2012

Won Lost First BUNT'S BALL BUSTERS 236 84 Second BATHROOM MAGIC 233 87 Third ODD BALLS' 175 145 Fourth SANIBEL CAFE 152 168 Fifth FRESH LEGION CREW 138 182 Sixth SANDYCAPPERS 132 188 Seventh . CHALK & AWE 113 191 Eighth GEORGE & WENDY'S 85 219

March 5 Results Bunt's Ball Busters 12 Sandycappers 4 Bathroom Magic 11 Odd Balls 5 Sanibel Cafe 9 Fresh Legion Crew 7 Chalk & Awe vs George & Wendy's (postponed)

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Fishing From page 30

abundant and larger as the water warms. Inshore mackerel were caught on both sides of the Sanibel Causeway, in the Sound near Red Light shoals and off the east side of Useppa Island and at the far north end from Patricio Island around Bokeelia and into Charlotte Harbor. Most were caught over areas with a mixed grass bottom in five to nine foot depths. Bluefish, trout, big ladyfish, and undersize cobia in the thirty inch class were also taken with the mackerel, and live shrimp or shrimp tipped Silly Willy jigs took pompano from these areas. . Also sharks are making their way back inshore, lemon and blacktips up to five feet were caught and released in the Sound between Captiva Pass and Pine Island in the vicin-ity of the Captiva Rocks.

Captain Gary Clark found decent red-fish action over a couple afternoons between St. James and the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River, with fish averaging nineteen to twenty-three inches taking live shrimp along oyster bars on the rising tide. Large trout and several pompano includ-ing a hefty five pounder were also boated along the bars. Redfish were reported in the Sound near Flamingo Bay and Buck Key on the west side. Many are running either too small or too big with an occa-

sional mid slot fish mixed in. Live shrimp, cut ladyfish, gold spoons, Gulp shrimp, and top water lures were the top red get-ters.

Boats are reporting loads of Spanish mackerel off the -beaches just a few miles offshore plus a few small king mackerel. Most were caught while anchored over reefs bottom fishing. On the reefs live shrimp and shrimp tipped jigs worked for sheepsheads, porgies, triggerfish, a few snapper, an unusual amount of flounder, and all the Spanish mackerel you want. A few larger kings were also hooked and broke off.

I know a lot of visitors are down from the north this month for Spring break, if you have friends or family visiting and you have access to a boat get them on the water. This is a great month for fishing, the water just seems to come to life, if the fishing is slow or just not your thing just find a pod of bottle nose dolphin and watch them, they are worth the> price of admission alone.

If you have a fishing report or for char-ter information, please contact us at 239-283-7960; www.fishpineisland.com or gcl2fish@ live.com

Have safe week and good fishin'.

Sanibel Rec Center Calendar Monday Hours 6:30am-8pm

• 6:45 am Power Sculpting • 7:15 am Low -Impact Aerobics • 8:30 am Cycle Zone • 9:00 am Shallow Water Aerobics • 10:00 am Hi-Low Impact aerobics • 10:30 am Deep Water Aerobics • 12:00 pm Hatha Flow Yoga • 5:15 pm BOSU Pilates • 6:30 pm Zumba

Tuesday Hours 6:30am - 8:00pm

• 6:45 am Flow Yoga • 7:15 am Cycle Zone • 8:30 am Cycle Zone • 9:00 am Deep Water Aerobics • 10:00 am Power Sculpting • 10:30 am Water Pilates • 12:00 pm Aquaritis • 12:00 pm Zumba Gold • 4:15 pm BOSU Ball & Strength • 5:30 pm Cycle Zone • 6:00 pm Flow Yoga

Wednesday Hours 6:30am - 8:00pm

• 6:45 am Power Sculpting • 7:15 am Low -Impact Aerobics • 8:30 am Cycle Zone • 9:00 am Shallow Water Aerobics • 10:t)0 am Hi-Low Impact

Aerobics • 10:30 am Deep Water Aerobics • 12:00 pm Hatha Flow Yoga • 1:00 pm Weight Room

Orientation • 4:15 pm BOSU Pilates • 5:30 pm All-Level Yoga • 6:"30 pm Zumba

Thursday Hours 6:30am - 8:00pm

• 6:45 am Flow Yoga • 7:15 am Cycle Zone • 8:30 am Cycle Zone • 9:00 am Aqua Jogging • 10:00 am Power Sculpting • 10:30 am Water Pilates • 12:00 pm Aquaritis • 12:00 pm Zumba Gold • 5:30 pm Flow Yoga-• 5:30 pm BOSU Ball & Strength

Friday Hours 6:30am - 6:30pm

• 7:15 am Low - Impact Aerobics • 8:30 am Cycle Zone • 9:00 am Shallow Water Aerobics • 10:00 am Hi-Low Impact

Aerobics • 10:30 am Deep Water Aerobics • 12:00 pm Hatha Flow Yoga

Saturday Hours 8:00am- 5:00pm

• 8:15 am Cycle Zone • 9:00 am Deep Water Aerobics • 9:30 am Power Sculpting • 10:00 am Flow Yoga

Sunday Hours 8:00am* 5:00pm

The Sanibel Recreation Center is located at 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road. Daily, weekly and annual memberships are available. For more information call the Sanibel-Recreation Center at 239-472 0345 or visit our web site at www.mysanibel.com

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."2 The 75th Annual Sanibel Shell Fair and Show wrapped up with its first successful ice cream social after hearing guest speaker, Rusty Brown bn perform her original play, "In Celebration of Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

Behind the scenes volunteers worked hard to make sure that over 160 people enjoyed their ice cream concoctions made with Queenie's sig-nature flavors. Salli Kirkland joked that they averaged about 12, 570 calories per serving. Big successes are attributed to these volunteers who work tirelessly to bring enjoyment and Sanibel memories to attendees, many in the back-ground unnoticed but so important. This faces recognizes some of those people.

Marge Meek has been a long time voice for the SanibelCommunity Center.

BY CAROL ORR HARTMAN

Saili Kirkland is a very familiar face around Sanibel, whether she is working, volunteering or walking her beautiful granddaughter in her stroller down Periwinkle.

Pat Ford shows off the custom center-pieces made with balloons and shells.

Karen Temoriti made custom decorative aprons for all the volunteers to wear.

Cindy Strup moves a large box of assorted topping and goodies for the sun-daes.

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Above: Nancy Hilger and John Ford had the terrible job han-

dling the fudge syrup - so ter-rible that John had to take a lick to'keep his energy level

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continue the chocolate party at home with a fondue pot.

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