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Island traffic scrutinized by Planning By JIM LINETTE jl i nette@breezenewspopers .com

Once again the current review of the Evaluation and Appraisal Report (EAR) of the Sanibel Plan drew the most attention at Tuesday's Sanibel Plan Commission meeting at City-Hall.

Specifically, the transportation sec-tion received the most citizen and com-missioner input. The discussion was initiated by commission »vice chairman Phillip Marks when he brought up the subject of the number of off-island buses arriving daily and dropping off

large crowds of people at public beach accesses.

Ways to address concerns, about the practice, as well as whether or not to include it in the EAR language, bounced off several commissioners.

"The Plan is broad and general, but

there is nothing in it that says you can't study solutions separately," advised City Attorney Ken Cuyler. "It's best not to make it part of the master plan."

Ideas to control the buses ranged from parking restrictions to bridge tolls

See PLANNING, page 21

fesw M l f f l Boats destroyed by fire off Captiva By JIM UNETTE j I i nette@breezene wspo per s. com

- Two boats that caught fire off Captiva Saturday evening are a total loss, accord-ing to Capitva Fire District reports on the incident. One of the vessels, a houseboat, sank about 500 feet offshore. The second.

a powerboat, drifted into mangroves where it remains awaiting to be towed away.

Captiva Fire Lt. Bart Lally was the first on scene about 7:30 p.m. He said, two

See BOAT FIRES, page 20 Firefighters pre-pare to battle the inferno on one of the boats that was on fire Saturday off Captiva. One vessel sank 500 feet offshore while the other drifted to a mangrove shoreline. CAPTIVA FIRE DISTRICT PHOTO

Voters pick Walker House top residence

i J 1 By JIM UNETTE. jlinette@breezenewspopers.com

Sanibel's Walker Guest House won the favor of online voters as the top res-idential building in Florida during a month-long campaign by the Florida Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

"I think it is good for the island," said Joyce Owens of AIA Florida. "It serves as a nice reminder that there is great architecture on Sanibel."

More than 2.4 million votes were cast in the Florida AIA Top 100 Buildings contest fo mark its 100th anniversary. The 100 Years, 100 Places celebration coincides with Architecture Month as AIA Florida hosts several events through the sum-mer and ending with the Anniversary Celebration Event on Dec. 14.

Miami's Fountainebleau Hotel won the designation as top building overall as well as the top hotel category. The Walker House not only grabbed the top

residential building honor, but was voted by architects as the No. 3 build-ing in the state.

AIA Florida will present the award to the City of Sanibel at the next City Council meeting on May 1.

A mere 580 square feet, the Walker Guest House was designed by architect Paul Rudolph for a subtropical climate using minimum materials in a simple, elegant reinterpretation of a primitive hut meeting modern lifestyle. It was

See WALKER HOUSE, page 20

LCEC infrastructure getting boost By JIM UNETTE jiinette@breezenewspopers.com

LCEC is in the first phase of upgrading its electric infrastructure on the island, a three-phase project expected to be com-pleted by September.

"It's part of our rolling 10-year relia-bility plan," said LCEC public relations manager Karen Ryan. "It will help ensure the infrastructure remains stable for cus-tomers on the island."

Crews with MasTec, an LCEC con-struction contractor, started work last week with the erection of a number of concrete poles to replace wood poles. Work continues with the installation of larger cable wire to handle any increased load capacity and withstand severe weath-er more reliably.

"We are at the mercy of Mother , Nature," said Ryan. "With the weather you never know, but work should be com-pleted by September, probably sooner."

SCADA switches are being installed along the route, a device controlled remotely in the event of a service inter-ruption.

"We can isolate the area during an interruption," said Ryan. "We can switch over to a different circuit and most cus-tomers won't even notice. Then we can find and fix the problem."

Crews with MasTec work on mak-ing upgrades to the LCEC infra-structure this week along Sanibel-Captiva Road near Buckhorn Lane. Wood poles are being replaced with concrete poles and stronger electric wires, JIM LINETTE

Look for traffic control along the rolling work zone. Traffic will be limited to a single lane for short stretches at a time between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays.

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Lee County Sheriff's Office, the Cape Coral Police Department, the Fort Myers Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is offering the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially "dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescrip-tion drugs.

Bring any medications for disposal to any Sheriffs Substation, the Fort Myers Police Department, the Cape Coral Police Department, or the CVS Pharmacy at 737 Cape Coral Parkway East in Cape Coral. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.

Last October. Americans turned in 377,080 pounds — 188.5 tons - of pre-scription drugs at more than 5,300 sites operated by the DEA and nearly 4,000 state and local law enforcement partners. In its three previous Take Back events,

. DEA and its partners took in almost a mil-lion pounds — nearly 500 tons — of pills. This initiative addresses a vital pub-lic safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, mis-use, and abuse.

Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as arc the num-

ber of accidental poisonings and overdos-es due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, includ-ing from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that the usual methods for disposing of unused medicines — flushing them down the toi-let or throwing them in the trash — pose potential safety and health hazards.

Four days after the first event, Congress passed the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an "ultimate user" of con-trolled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney General to accept them. The Act also allows the Attorney General to authorize long term care facilities to dispose of their residents-controlled substances in certain instances.

DEA is drafting regulations to imple-ment the Act, a process that can take as long as 24 months. In addition to the dropoff sites that will be open April 28, the Lee County Sheriff's Office has per-manent lock boxes at all its Substations and at its headquarters.

For more information, call the Lee County Coalition for a Drug-Free Southwest Florida. (239) 931-9317.

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Special to the Reporter The adage that "the times, they are a

changing" is especially true these days with new technologies. In police work, the days of squeezing out the black ink and rolling ink-stained fingers on cards are becoming obsolete.

Lee County Sheriffs Office personnel have provided a service, commonly referred to as manual fingerprinting, for many years. Thousands of citizens have come t6 rely on this service when they were mandated to submit their fingerprints for employment in a variety of fields. As computer and digital technology advanced, electronic fingerprinting was introduced and now has become the main-stay.

Standards for submitting fingerprints are set by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In compliance with the latest requirements where manual fin-gerprints will no longer be accepted, the Sheriffs Office has converted to the elec-tronic fingerprinting system, while still performing manual prints. The final touches of updating current machines, and the installation of two new ones, was being completed last week at area district

offices, thus initiating an end to the need for manual prints.

Those planning to utilize this service should note that from April 26 through 30, the final changeover to the new appli-cation will not allow print submission. The service is anticipated to resume on May 1.

The fee for fingerprinting is $5 cash only and exact change is requested. Anyone needing to take advantage of the fingerprinting service must provide a valid picture I.D.

Fingerprinting is done Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the following district offices:

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Lee Parks director retiring Special to the Reporter

Lee County Parks & Recreation direc-tor Barbara Manzo is retiring, and deputy director Dave Harner has assumed his new role as director of the department to ensure a seamless transition.

A 22-year veteran of the department, Manzo led the department since 2009 and before that served as deputy director for 19 years. Her last day is May 2. A New York native, Manzo has 40 years of pro-fessional parks and recreation experience.

Harner, a U.S. Navy veteran, has served Lee County Parks & Recreation for 21 years. Past positions include special events and education coordinator, athlet-ics supervisor and administrative manag-

er. He became the department's deputy director in 2009 and assumed his new role as director March 8.

A national search is being conducted for a new deputy director, who is expect-ed to be onboard this summer.

Harner will lead a department with 250 positions, a $25 million budget and more than 29,400 acres of parks, preserves, facilities and other sites. The department manages recreation centers, community parks, conservation lands, greenways and the Calusa Blueway, Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins spring training facilities, Conservation 20/20 and pristine Gulf of Mexico beach parks.

Ding Darling lot to be restriped The J.N. "Ding" Darling National

Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel will be restriping the main parking lot for three days next week.

The Education Center and Wildlife Drive will remain open to the public during normal hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) during the main lot closure April 30-May 2. Limited parking is available in

the upper lot, with a walkway leading to the Education Center.

The project is expected to take three days to complete unless extended by unforeseen delays. The main parking lot will reopen on May 3. Further announcements will be made if there are delays.

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State unemployment drops to 9 percent Special lo the Reporter

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced Florida's unemploy-ment rate continues to see a steady decline, dropping to 9.0 percent in March, the lowest since January 2009.

The drop of 0.4 percentage points from February 2012 represents the largest over-the-month decline in the state's jobless rate since October 1992.

"The largest monthly unemployment rate decline since 1992 is a milestone all Floridians can celebrate," said Governor Rick Scott. "By signing a budget that devotes more than $ 1 billion to education, Florida is positioning itself to have a globally competitive work-force, which is key to our state's long-term prosperity."

Florida's job growth rate over the year has been positive for 20 consecu-tive months. Prior to Governor Scott taking office, the state had been losing jobs for three straight years. Since his inauguration, more than 100,000 pri-vate sector jobs have been created. In March 2012, Florida's seasonally adjusted total nonagricultural employ-

ment was 7,328,700, an increase of • 10,800 jobs over the month.

Additional positive workforce trends include: •

• Florida's unemployment rate has declined over the month for nine con-secutive months.

• Florida's unemployment rate has been less than 10.0 percent for four con-secutive months.

• Florida's job growth over the month has been positive for eight of the last nine months.

'The numbers released today reaf-firm that Florida's employment rate has been heading in the right direction under Governor Scott's leadership," said newly appointed DEO Executive Director Hunting F. Deutsch. "While the decrease in the unemployment rate in Florida is good news for our state, we must be mindful that many of our resi-dents are still looking for work. DEO, working together with Enterprise Florida and Workforce Florida, will continue to work tirelessly to bring new jobs and more opportunities to the state."

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Play ball Editorial

Whether you agree the county commission made a wise decision when the board decided to keep Boston Red Sox Spring Training in Lee County or argue that the "bed tax" money used to fund the $77.8 million facility on Fenway South Drive in Fort Myers could have been better spent, the economic impact of baseball on the state's econo-my is quantifiable.

According to a prepared statement released Thursday by Gov. Rick Scott's office, more than 1.6 million fans attended the 233 games offered at 14 locations

throughout the state during the Florida Grapefruit League's 2012 Spring Training season. This set a new per-game atten-dance record, the release goes on to state, with a record-set-ting average of 6,965 fans attending games during the month of March.

The new home of the Boston Red Sox, JetBlue Park, got top billing in the high-light's portion of the release, which touted that, with more seating than City of Palms Park, "total attendance increased by more than 30,000 fans and added nearly 2,000 fans per game."

Red Sox attendance "totaled 151,417 fans in 16 games for an average of 9 ,464 per game," according to the num-bers provided, which also state that the largest crowd was 10,002 when the Sox took on the Washington Nationals on April 2.

Those are good numbers with other teams throughout Florida posting strong atten-dance tallies as well.

Five Florida Spring Training teams — the Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Miami Marlins and Minnesota Twins (whose Spring Training facilities also

are in Lee County ) — sur-passed the 100,000 total atten-dance mark while another three — the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies — each topped 150,000.

The Governor's Office, cit-ing an analysis by Bonn Marketing Research Group of Tallahassee, puts the economic benefit to the state at $753 million a year.

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Why less balance on the planning commission?

The seven-member Sanibel Planning Commission is the city's land use watchdog. Its pri-mary functions are to advise the city council on land use issues and to act as the local planning agency and land development reg-ulatory commission.

In addition to advising on new legislation and amendments to the Sanibel Plan, it acts in a quasi-judi-cial capacity, by holding hearings on applications for various permits and variances.

In effect then, we depend upon the planning commission to help pre-serve the uniqueness of our

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barrier island sanctuary, while accommodating the needs of its people in the way the land is used.

So how are the seven mem-bers of this veiy important commission selected? And what are the results of the selection process?

The answer to the first question is pretty straightfor-ward. The answer to the sec-ond question raises troubling issues of fairness, balance, and the degree to which the com-mission is — or is not — rep-resentative of island residents and property owners as a whole.

Let's take a closer look.

See BALANCE, page 26

Letters to the Editor Naming Southwest Florida's best tourist attraction

To the editor: The "best tourist attraction" report-

edly is the entire Sanibel barrier island conservation-zoned beaches on the Gulf of Mexico seaward of the Lee County Coastal Construction Setback Line (CCSL); however, the beaches are not equal.

Walking the beaches I have noticed that the beach nesting birds, such as plovers, tend to lay their eggs in the resort areas at the eastern half of Sanibel Island, rather than on the western half. Why?

The eastern half is generally developed with resorts and teeming with people and pets;, while the western half is quiet, with single-family hous-es, and few people on the beach. Do the beach-nesting birds prefer hotels and activity? I don't think so.

I suspect the reason is in the beaches them-selves. The sandbars and tidal flats at the eastern

end tend to be growing; while, at the western end beaches abruptly stop, are narrow, steeper, and tend to be eroding, more unsuitable for beach-nesting. The viability of these "best" beaches which

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Education is the key economic driver for our community, therefore it is incumbent upon us to focus on the education of youth, and this must be done in collaboration with parents and the community.

Recently the School Board and Superintendent were challenged by the community to address two specific issues which impact our student achievement -bullying and Code of Conduct violations. We were asked to create a comprehensive plan to address these issues, and we did agree to review and refine the process.

Make no mistake, this District is work-ing on addressing student safety and aca-demic achievement each day, but this

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request from the commu-nity has highlighted the importance of doing so in a more overtly.

Two important respon-sibilities of any school are providing the safest possi-ble learning environment possible and reducing the frequency of negative stu-dent behaviors. To meet these goals, we may employ zero tolerance policies for infractions ranging from weapons vio-lations to bullying to not following instructions. However, surprisingly lit-tle research exists that examines the effectiveness of this approach. In some instances, such as bullying, these policies may actually

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houseboats and two powerboats were anchored together in the channel. Lally said Dennis Biram, who has lived aboard a houseboat in the channel for many years, was working on the fuel system of a generator when a backfire ignited some gasoline on board. The flaming craft were set adrift unoc-cupied.

"The fire quickly spread to the second boat and he (Biram) untied them," said.Lally. "One drifted to shore near Tween Waters (Marina). Both were fully involved when I arrived."

Lally said the fires were controlled within a half hour and units, including one from Sanibel Fire, lona-McGregor, Pine Island, the U.S. Coast Guard and Lee County Sheriff Marine Unit, were released from the scene within three hours.

"Biram was removed by Lee County EMS and treated for minor injuries and later released," said Lally.

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Reservations required, call 472-5300. Butterfly House: Call for schedule

Learn about the life cycle of the Zebra Longwing, the state butterfly, on a self-guid-ed tour of the Butterfly House.

Human Uses of Florida Native Plants Explore our Ethnobotany garden to leani

about Florida's native plants. Signs briefly explain how plants have been used for cen-turies for food, shelter, medicine and art. Guided Native & Tropical Garden Tour

The Gardens at Sanibel Moorings Resort overflows with many unusual exotic and native tropical plants. Walking tours of approximately two are offeredat 9 a.m. Wednesdays.The cost is $5 per person.

Sanibel Moorings Resort is located at 845 E Gulf Drive, Sanibel. For information and RSVP call 472-4119

Tarpon Bay Explorers 900 Tarpon Bay Road Phone: 239-472-8900

Tram Tour Protect Wildlife and Take the Tram!: Daily except Fridays

Join a naturalist aboard an open-air tram for a tour of Wildlife Drive at 'Ding' Darling through the heart of the refuge. Sit back and relax while learning the basics of the ecosys-tem and its numerous inhabitants. 90 min-utes. Nature & Sea life Cruise: Call for schedule

See wildlife up close while cruising the tranquil waters of Tarpon Bay. With a natu-ralist by your side, discover manatees and dolphins and observe amazing bird life on the rookery islands. Includes touch tank exploration. An excellent program for all ages. And don't forget our popular Breakfast and Evening cruises, too! (Daytime,-90 min-utes; Evening, 2 hours)

Guided Kayak Trail Tour: Daily at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. A great introduction to Tarpon Bay! Paddle

with a naturalist through the mangrove forest along the Commodore Creek Water Trail. Leam about the rich backbay ecosystem and the creatures that live there. Includes kayak rental for the entire day. (1.5 hours with natu-ralist, then you can keep the kayak out on your own afterwards.)

Sunset Rookery Paddle: Call for schedule Join us as the sun goes down on a paddle to

the Rookery Islands as hundreds of birds return to roost for the night. Days offered vary, please call for current schedule. (21/2 hours)

Touch lank Exploration: Call for schedule Get to know our local marine life during

an interactive touch tank presentation with a marine biologist. Discover first-hand the creatures beneath the surface, including conchs, sea urchins, seastars, horseshoe crabs and more.

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Cabbage Key or Useppa I.uni h & Dolphin. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cruise Pine Island Sound, the prime habi-tat of dolphins. Visit Unique island destina-tion where lunch is available at waterfront restaurants. Adults $35, Child $20

Cayo Costa State Park Beach & Shelling Half-day (9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.)

and Full-day (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) Beach and Shelling cruise to premier bar-

rier island state park. Pack a lunch, your swimming gear and adventurous spirit! Full-Day: Adults $45, Child $35; Half-Day: Adults $35, Child $20

Boca Grande on Gasparilla island 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Escape to this quaint seaside village with banyan trees, historic churches, lighthouse, unique shops and restaurants. Adults $45, Child $35 Dolphin & Wildlife Adventure, 4-5:30 pan.

Narrated by the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation. This is an excel-lent cruise to view dolphins and other wildlife in their natural setting. Adults $25. Child $15

Sunset Sightseeing Tune varies with sunset tcall for schedule)

Enjoy the fresh sea air and live music while watching the sun set over the Gulf of Mexico. Adults $25, Child $15

Sailing Cruises Times vary (call for schedule i

Two-hour cruises aboard a 40-foot Sailing Catamaran. A spectacular Gulf of Mexico sailing adventure, Adults-$45, Child $35

Private Cruise Expeditions Times are customized to guests needs Beach, shelling, lunch or sailing "custom

tours." Boats can accommodate groups of 1-' 6 and 7-48 passengers.

Adventures in Paradise Port Sanibel Marina

14341 Port Comfort Rd, Fort Myers Phone: 239-472-8443

Backwater Fishing: Dailj 9" a.m. to noon. All fishing equipment, bait, tackle and

license provided. Sealife Encounter Excursion:

Daily 12:30 to 3 p.m. , Join the marine biologist/naturalist and

cruise aboard "Miss Paradise" for a hands-on learning experience for the whole family com-plete with touch tanks and aquariums! See everything from seahorses to dolphins. Wear your beach shoes and bring your towels.

•Shelling the Outer Lslands: lues.. Wed.. Thurs.. Sat. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cruise to the Outer Islands for Shelling

and lunch at Barnacle Phil's. Cruise through San Carlos Bay, by the rookery and spoil islands while enjoying dolphins, herons, egrets and osprey! Wear beach shoes and bring your towels.

Afternoon Dolphin Cruise; Tues.. Wed. Thurs.. Sat. 3:30- 5 p.m. Cruise through San Carlos and Pine Island

Sound to see and leam about the mangrove islands and estuaries where Calusa Indians once lived. Leam the history, see the dolphins!

Sonset Dolphin'Cruise: Daily Call for departure time.

Complimentary champagne is served as you cruise out by Bird Island where all the birds come to roost for the night, along the coast of Sanibel and out by the Lighthouse. Canoe/Kayak Rentals & Eco-Tours: Rentals daily. Tours 9 to 11 a.m. Paddle through Larry's Lagoon, along Stingray Bay through the Mangrove Forest. Discover where mana-tee visit, dolphins feed, birds flock and eagles nest!

Sanibel Marina 634 N. Yachtsman Drive

Phone: 239-472-2723 Dolphin and Wildlife Cruises

Tour the islands aboard "The Sanibel Thriller." Not just a boat ride but a narrated seagoing adventure. Call for reservations. Also, enjoy the dolphins aboard "The Stars and Stripes" on beautiful Pine Island Sound. $15 for adults, $9.50 for children. Both ves-sels are available for private parties.

JIM LINETTE A Conditional Use Permit by the Sanibel Sprout in the Palm Ridge Place shopping center to add a juice bar was approved by the Sanibel Plan Commission Tuesday.

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to city permits for bus operators. "This problem has not gone unno-

ticed," Cuyler said. "City Council is aware of the bus issue and discussions already are going on."

Traffic congestion along Periwinkle Way, especially during season, was sparked by commissioner Chuck Ketteman.

"Are we content with being an 'F' (level of service) on Periwinkle, say-ing that there is nothing we can do about it?" said Ketteman.

The discussion, which included input by Public Works Director Scott Krawczuk, brought up adding center left-turn lanes at certain intersections and major shopping complexes as well as limiting vehicle access to Periwinkle from Casa Ybel Road dur-ing the four-month peak season.

Several citizens commented on the Periwinkle traffic and the shared use pathway.

One citizen compared the bus issue to large cruise ships which are only allowed to dock at larger ports capa-ble of handling a huge influx of peo-ple all at one time.

Another pointed out tour buses that stop at the Historic Village are not solicited by the museum, but by Lee County tourism organizations that include the Village, the Shell Museum and Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge among its many destinations throughout the county.

A third resident expressed happi-ness the commission.sparked the dis-cussion and was aware of the situa-tion, saying the time is appropriate to discusS transportation issues and find out the facts on the number of buses coming onto the island.

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drainage, and recreation and open space sections of the EAR also were updated through language additions and deletions meeting little opposi-tion by the public or commissioners.

The commission approved two per-mit applications Tuesday. The first, which came before a commission meeting two weeks ago, allows the after-the-fact Variance for an over-the-water walkway connecting two legal boat docks in the canal on neighboring properties on Lindgren Boulevard and Angel Wing Drive. The walkway, constructed by previ-ous property owners before the cjty was incorporated, violates the 15-foot side lot line setback regulation.

The application was unanimously approved with the joint applicants — Robert and Anita Smith and Mark and Deborah Wlaz — required to have a licensed marine contractor with Longshoreman's insurance pull the permit at the Building Department.

Secondly, a Conditional Use Permit was sought by the Sanibel Sprout, an existing health food store in the Palm Ridge Place shopping center at 2330 Palm Ridge Road. Store owners Edith and Nikki Rood applied to add an organic carry-out juice bar to the establishment.

After some discussion of health concerns raised by vice chairman Marks, who asked that a health department inspection be required, the application was approval by a 6-1 vote. Marks cast the sole "no" vote. The rest of the commissioners were satisfied that, being a health food store, the facility already is subject to health department regulations and is inspected several times each year.

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CONTRIBUTED In recognition of their generous ongoing support and involvement, F.I.S.H. (Friends In Service Here) of Sanibel presented The Sanibel Captiva Trust Company with a commemorative plaque for their role as the premier sponsor for the 2011 FISH 10K annual race. FISH President, Bill Fellows, along with race co-chairmen Ed Ridlehoover and John Pryor and sponsorship team Pete and Nancy Bender, presented the award. Al Hanser, CEO and Co-Chairman of Sanibel Captiva Trust Company with president Terry Igo and Elizabeth Kindt and Phyllis. Gibson of SCTC accepted the award.

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Cip's hosting May Day rally

Traditionally, May Day is celebrated throughout the world to honor the coming of warmer weather and spring, the season of renewal.

On Sanibel, the Sanibel Neighbors Club (SNC) is throwing a special May Day Rally on Tuesday, May 1, from 5-6.30 p.m., at Cip's Place to celebrate the day. Sanibel Neighbors Club members will receive food and fun drink specials with their card. Non-mem-bers may join.at the door and take advantage of the specials as well.

There's a contest for the most creative Spring bon-net or hat, so be sure to compete. The winner receives a CIP's Gift Card valued at $50 courtesy of the Sanibel Neighbor's Club!

"We are very excited to be hosting our second rally for the Neighbors Club. This time around we wanted to make it a party to mark May Day and have lots of fun," said Jason LaManna, co-founder of SNC.

Cip's Place is located in the Forever Green Shopping Center at 2055 Periwinkle Way.

March air traffic declined in March

During the month of March. 1,024,221 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport, a decrease of 4.6 percent compared to March 2011. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is down 3.1 per-cent from the same period last year.

The traffic • leader in March was Delta with 230,067 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were AirTran

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New TVaditions

CONTRIBUTED Andrea Mucciga (left) of Traditions on the Beach receives the New Business of the Year award from Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce chairman Mike Miller at last week's annual chamber meet-ing. Sanibel's oldest restaurant, opened in 1895, has been revived as a waterfront dining destination by Mucpiga's team that took over in 2010.

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Erick Adolph has joined the Sanibel Air Conditioning team as an install technician.

Growing up with a father who has been in the air conditioning trade for many years, Adolph decided to join the industry as well. He brings several years of air conditioning experience to the job and has worked for a small air conditioning company in Fort Myers before attending school.

Adolph graduated from High Tech Central, an HVAC technical school, in March 2011, and has a Universal EPA cer-tification.

"I look forward to the opportunity of being able to work in my field and being part of the Sanibel Air team," Adolph said.

Adolph lives in Cape Coral with his fiancee Sarah and daughter Aubriana. Erick Adolph

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reminds anglers that seasonal conserva-tion measures regulating the use of fishing gear in Boca Grande Pass for the next three months took effect April 1. These rules apply each year during the height of the tarpon fishing season in the pass.

The measures prohibit the deployment of more than three fishing lines from a vessel at any time and prohibit the use of breakaway gear to harvest any fish in the pass during April, May and June. Breakaway gear is defirted as "any bob, float, weight, lure or spoon that is affixed to a fishing line or hook with wire, line, rubber bands, plastic ties or other fasten-

ers designed to break off when a fish is caught."

The FWC encourages anglers to use and develop rigging techniques that reduce the likelihood of debris collecting on the bottom of the pass. Anglers are also asked to respect others fishing in the pass and to operate their boats safely.

For more information regarding tarpon fishing regulations, use of appropriate tackle, and proper fishing and boating behavior in Boca Grande Pass, go to MyFWC.com/Fishing and select "Saltwater Fishing" then "Recreational Regulations" and "Tarpon in Boca Grande."

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Finbarr Corr was guest speaker at last weeks Rotary meeting Snowtarian, Finbarr Corr

from Cape Cod, Mass., was the guest speaker last week Friday. Finbarr Corr ... now there is a name you could conjure up a lot of stories about; perhaps a magical, mystical Irish folk-tale? A journey through life of twists and turns with religious over-tones. But in Finbarr Corr's life he writes the stories. He is the author of six books written about his life as a boy in Ireland, a priest in Ireland and New Jersey, a married man therapist.

Finbarr Corr from Legaginney, Ballinah, County Cavan, Ireland. A youth who always knew he would become a priest and followed that call-ing for over 28 years, he served at St. Agnes Church in Paterson, N.J., a parish comprised of Irish, Italian, and German families. While there, part of his priestly duties brought him to coun-cil the youth of the parish involving him with the religious education of public high-school students CCD class-es and premarital and family counsel-ing sessions.

Father Corr excelled and had an extraordinary connection with young people, so much so, that he was appointed to teach theology at DePaul High School in Wayne, N.J... he was also invited to serve on the diocesan's vocation committee and appointed Assistant Director of the diocesan's

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tinued by taking courses in pastoral counseling at Seton Hall University. A quote from his book about this period in his life, "Other than my ordination to the priesthood, I don't know of anything that caused such an epiphany in my life as my experience of studying psychology at Seton Hall. This opened a door to new worlds and new

experiences." Finbarr expanded his role in coun-

seling and his work with youth and young families. As Finbarr tells the story, he had a special way with teens. He connected with them on their level, finding a common interest and building a sense of trust.

Not too long ago, he had a conversa-tion with an old friend of his back in New Jersey. They were discussing the problems that youth are experiencing today, problems that sometimes cause symptoms of extraordinary stress. Teenagers are maturing faster and edu-cators are moving them into the high-schoof system earlier. The safety net of innocence has been removed. The world has changed. Bullying occurs regularly in high school and college. Technology provides instant communi-cation amongst teens. The market place is driven by trends and sex. They usually have two working parents and

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CONTRIBUTED Arlene Knox (left) and Melissa Congress of the Edison State College Foundation present a $1,000 scholarship check to Bret Kernicjc, a Sanibel Islander majoring in music. Money for the scholarship was raised by Sanibel resident/artist Chris Coile (right) through public donations In conjunction with the American Legion Post 123, Sanibel Fly Fishing Club, and residents of Coconut to Pine Tree Drive.

they are not always available. There is same sex marriage. Racism has made a comeback and is common in this country. Violence is more acceptable. Gay students are having a particularly hard time.

Finbarr says, "There is a greater need, just to have someone available to listen to their problems. Peer pressure is stronger than ever before. Teens need someone who will listen to them." Although they put up a strong facade, they usually are hurting inside, unsure and insecure. When children are young, a grandparent can fill that role of men-tor and confidante. A special bonding can take place and the time spent with grandchildren is time well spent. Sharing interests and family history, teaching values. As they enter the teen years...just listening makfes a huge dif-ference.

Finbarr read an excerpt from one of his books titled "Miracle Baby." A short summary of one teenage girl he counseled in high school...she was always in trouble ... always testing authority and boundaries. Piercings, dyed hair, freaking clothes, motorcycle

chick one day ... Goth the next ... hanging out with the wrong crowd ... testing, testing, and testing. Some peo-ple would have written her off but she was really depressed, she and her Mom always fought. These actions were a cry for help ... she just needed some-one to listen to her ... someone she could trust ... someone she felt was on her side ... that was Father Finbarr.

It wasn't an instantaneous connec-tion and Finbarr recognized this young lady was a great challenge but with patience, guidance and finding her place in high school. She found that place in the drama department and proved herself an outstanding actress. Another teacher in the high-school called her Finbarr's "Miracle Baby."

Finbarr's parting words... Take some time and just listen to young peo-ple ... it does make a difference. Finbarr Corr's books can be ordered on the internet, just do a google search and he will just pop up.

The Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. every Friday morning at Beachview Bistro, Par View Drive, Sanibel. Guests are always welcomed.

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tions and supports) have also been shown through rigorous, experi-mental evaluations to have signifi-cant, positive impacts on student behavior as well as on academic achievement. Increased time on task is another successful alterna-tive strategy.

Zero tolerance policies evolved from a belief among some educa-tors and parents that a failure to strongly punish misbehavior sends a message that a school is not seri-ous about the safety of students and staff. Preventive approaches to school violence and student misbe-

havior hold great promise. These approaches not only help to prevent or minimize negative behaviors, but also promote positive youth development and skills that will help students in the" classroom and beyond.

In addition, when schools work together with families to support learning, very good things happen: student attitudes, attendance, homework and report cards improve. President Barack Obama said: "Responsibility for our chil-dren's education must begin at home." There is no program or pol-

icy that can substitute for a parent — for a mother, father or mentor who will attend parent/teacher con-ferences, help with homework, turn off the TV and video games and read with a child.

Relationships are a critical part of creating a positive, productive environment Have you ever heard of the book FISH (by I.iindin, Paul, Christensen and Blancnard) that is used to motivate workers? The story is based on Pike's Fish Market in Seattle. It encourages people to enjoy what they do, explaining how to motivate the

team to "want to do good." The concept of "playing," "being pres-ent," "making someone's day" and "choosing your attitude" is the overall message. You can imagine how great customers feel when they visit the Market and someone makes their day.

As times are more challenging, we are being challenged to find ways to make our schools stand out. We must make people feel needed and appreciated when they come to work, to leam or to sup-port. We must work together to set the scene for student achievement

and ultimate economic develop-ment.

Towards this end, we welcome students, parents, business and arts community members to join with us as we focus on our mission: to ensure that each student achieves his/her highest potential, and our vision: to be a world class school system.

— Mary Fischer is the Schtx>l Board chairman. She also repre-sents District I

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Undetthe Sanibel Charter, the city coun-cil appoints members of the planning com-mission. The only requirement for applicants is that they be residents of Sanibel. With the number of high achievers living on the island — some retirees, others still working — there is a large pool of talent for council members to choose from.

So why does it appear almost impossible for anyone not connected to the local busi-ness community to be appointed? Why not a process that provides for more balance?

Four times in a row The last four times a vacancy occurred on

the commission (I'm not talking about reap-pointing current commissioners vyhose terms are about to expire), there have been multiple applicants, public-spirited citizens with good credentials and an interest in serving. Some had ties to local businesses, others did not.

However, the appointments all went to peo-ple with local businesses or connections to local businesses. What's even more trou-bling is that, in two of those cases, incum-bents with unblemished records on the com-mission and no ties to local businesses had applied for reappointment and were instead replaced by newcomers from the business community.

I'm not suggesting that local business people should not be asked to serve; all Sanibel residents have a right to be consid-ered. But the outcomes in recent years do raise questions about the fairness of the process and the representativeness of the commission. It seems to me a body as important as the planning commission should be representative of the island popula-tion as a whole, not just those with local busi-ness interests.

At the city council meeting on April 3, a replacement was considered for Paul

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Reynolds, who recently resigned from the commission. There were three well-quali-fied applicants, Karen Stoijohann arid Ralph Sloan, two citizens not involved with local businesses, and John Talmage, a local restau-rant owner.

Vice Mayor voices concerns For some reason, public comment is no

longer invited when council members con-sider planning commission appointments, despite the council's long-established policy of taking public comment on all agenda items that are not "first readings." There was nonetheless a discussion among the council members that highlighted the problem of the current selection process, initiated by com-ments from Vice Mayor Mick Denham.

The Vice Mayor, to his credit, expressed concern about the personality of the planning commission; he thought it was weighted toward the "business" side rather than the "environmental" side. I would have couched it a little differently and expressed it in terms of the "business" side and the "non-business" side. However, the Vice Mayor was right to be concerned.

During the discussion that followed, Mayor Kevin Ruane made the point that Mr. Denham himself had a distinguished career with a major corporation before retiring to Sanibel. yet was an outspoken advocate for

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the environment. While that may be true, the comment misses the point. Many of us had careers in business before coming to Sanibel. That is very different from owning or having close ties to a local business while serving on the planning commission. Having a business background, as opposed to a local business, may influence the way we view the world or the role of government, but it does not create actual conflicts or a conflict in values. Here is what I mean by the latter:

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chy of things we value, be they environmen-tal conservation, childhood education, help-ing the disadvantaged, or the well-being of the local business community. Most often those values are not in conflict, but they can be. There may be times when a commission-er would have to choose between what may best for the local environment and what may be best for business.

For example, there might be an ordinance proposed to reduce setbacks to allow for expansion of commercial space - good for business, perhaps bad for the environment. Which values will inform the commission-er's decision? We just don't know, but because of that potential conflict in values, we need to at least strive for a fair balance on the commission between the business and

non-business sectors. We haven't been doing that.

At the April 3 meeting, members of city council chose the businessman, John. Talmage, to serve on the planning commission. He seems well-qualified and I wish him success. However, the process and the pattern of new appointments made by city council in recent years seems to be telling citizens with no local business ties not to bother. That is wrong and needs to be corrected. City council should by its actions encourage, rather than dis-courage, participation in local government by all qualified citizens.

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Sbts tfiis fragile barrier island apart, is at risk. Commercial beach chairs congregating hotel

guests on short stretches of beach and a proposed future re-construction of hotel swimming pools sea-ward of the Coastal Construction Setback Line to accommodate tourists, is overwhelming...makes me feel sad.

Hazel Schuller Sanibel

Hybrid Petition Drive for election of county commissioners

To the editor: , Originally the State of Florida followed the proce-dure of other states and elected county commissioners by district. The same procedure was probably fol-lowed in your home county as well. Everyone elected someone local to represent area interests and work with other county commissioners for the best out-come for the county. We could all be confident that the needs of our area would always be represented in the decisions affecting the entire county.

This legislative/administrative structure, that had worked very well, began to change in the mid-50s. The age of Jim Crow Laws saw Florida legislators proposing changing their county to "at-large" county

. commissioners in an effort to prevent any African-American from ever being elected. Lee County changed as well. This "at-large" system meant that County Commissioners maintained a district designa-tion in name only. They were actually elected by the 80 percent of the county that lay outside their "dis-

• trict." Local areas no longer had the say of who went to the County Commission with the designation of being from their district. It would be like having the State Representative for Lehigh Acres being elected by North Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Bonita Springs and Sanibel.

Each of these areas has special situations that deserve to have a true representative on the County Commission. These are very diverse areas: coastal, rural, inland and urban areas. The many instances of a candidate winning their "district" only to lose the election due the other 80 percent quickly shows that the wishes of local residents that understand local issues are lost.

Lee County residents were offered the chance to establish home rule, rather than relying on Tallahassee, by establishing a County Charter. In 1996 the voters of Lee County chose adopted a coun-ty charter. The issue of structure of the county com-mission was hotly debated by the original commis-sion established to develop a County Charter. At each review since then the issue of structure of the County Commission has been hotly debated. Each and every county in the state has acknowledged the need for county commissioners representing specified districts as the population rose above 500,000, and in some instances a much smaller population. Lee County is now the largest county in the state still clinging to the Jim Crow established format.

There have been few issues in the history of our country that have been more hotly pursued than the right to vote and elect our own representatives. Whether it was the right of all "free men" to vote, or the right of women to vote (finally granted less than 100 years ago), or the elimination of poll taxes and literacy tests we have adamantly pursued the right to select our political leaders through the ballot box. At-large voting is contrary to the pursuit of universal suffrage, the many are selecting the representative for the few.

Following a majority vote by members of the last Charter Review Committee to place the issue of changing . from at-large commissioners. Commissioner Hall stated she would bring the issue up for review the following fall. That has not hap-pened and the only avenue left open at his point is to petition the Board of County Commissioners to allow the voters of Lee County to decide. A member of Lee County School Board, which has always followed the Board of county Commissioners, has requested that

the issue of structure be discussed at the next work-shop.

A petition to change the structure of the Board of County Commissioners to 5 single member districts and 2 county wide districts is being circulated. This hybrid petition was developed by a total bi-partisan effort of the Lee County Republican Party, Lee County Democratic Party, Lee County Libertarian Party, and Lee County NAACP Chapter 5110 with the support of other groups. I believe this hybrid sys-tem will meet the needs of our growing county with the single member district commissioners giving rep-resentation to the individual districts and the county wide commissioners looking after the needs of the entire county.

We encourage you to visit these websites: <a href='http://www.familiesforfreedomandfairness.org /downloads/fff_white_paper_2012.pdf'>www. fami-liesforfreedomandfairness.org/downloads/fff_white_ paper_2012.pdf</a>

<a href='http://www.familiesforfreedomandfair-ness.org/downloads/fff_amendment_form.pd'>www. familiesfbrfreedomandfairness.org/downloads/fff_am endment_form.pd</a> for more information and the 2 sided petition. Print on front and back to have a legal petition. If you prefer, you can call Jack Tanner at 239-244-1001 and a petition will be delivered to you.

Sandra McClinton Cape Coral

Trampling our voter's rights To the editor: There is so much nonsense in Washington D.C.,

our-state government and our local Cape Coral City Government, I thought you all might like to take a look at an important subject that will determine the outcome of all of the elections in this country in the near and far future. That is, our fundamental right to vote and have a fair and unbiased election.

Ever since January 2001 the GOP has been lead-ing an all out effort to block the vote of our elderly voters, our young voters, our minority voters and our poor voters, all key groups who traditionally vote Democratic. Republicans are aimed at shifting the tide by "stacking the deck". With the control of 59 Chambers of State Legislators and 29 Governorships, this has allowed these unconstitutional bills to move forward. Just look at what's happening right here in Florida, the League of Women Voters has suspended their voter registration drives because of the new law that says if someone from their group resisters a voter

and does not get that person's proper paper work into the registrar of voters within 48 hours that person can be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. For this reason alone they have registered 81,471 less voters than in the past.

In a Bush Justice Department probe into voter fraud, it was concluded that from 2002 and 2007 out of 300,000.000 votes cast, prosecutors convicted only 86 people of voter fraud. From where I come from, if your intentions are honorable, and it isn't broke, don't fix it. Not the case with the Republicans and there masters the Koch Brothers. Did you know that since 2001 nearly 1000 voter ID bills have been introduced to restrict voter's rights? I believe in a true Democracy we should be promoting our right to vote not restrict it.

If I may, let me sight a few examples. In the state of Wisconsin, after the voter regulation bills were past, a state agency did analyses of the ramifications of these new laws. As per these new bogus rules; one out of five voters don't have the necessary ID to vote, over one third of young people don't have necessary ID to vote, 177,000 elderly voters can't vote and 200,000 college students who have University of

"Wisconsin ID'S cannot use them to vote in Wisconsin elections. It is clear that"all of these laws are designed to eliminate those who historically vote Democratic, not to promote the greatest right of each and every American citizen, the right to vote.

AH of the above is not enough for the Koch Brothers and their puppets. Not only do they want to restrict the right'to vote of our citizens, they are changing the laws on how and when we can vote. Let me quote a piece in Rolling Stone Sept. 15 in refer-ence to Ohio and Florida. "Next year, early voting will be cut from 14 to 8 days in Florida and from 35 to 1 1 days in Ohio, with limited hours on weekends. In addition, both States banned voting on the Sunday before the election, a day when black churches his-torically mobilize their constituents". If you're a working person who is juggling your schedule of work, home, kids, school, whatever, you need this extra time to resister so you can do the right thing and vote.

In closing, I would highly recommend to my fel-low citizens, Republican and Democrats who want to maintain the highest degree of integrity in our elec-tion laws to contact your State Representative and let your voice be heard. They still can't take that away from you. Or can they?

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Fishing around the windy weather Weather played a key factor in fishing

over the week. While it made a tough week for those looking to head offshore into the Gulf, it worked in favor for inshore anglers that took advantage of it.

For most of the week seas were too rough to fish offshore comfortably, with the only reports coming from near shore reefs. Gag grouper (out of season) up to 26 inches were caught while trolling diving lures in 30 feet of water west of Redfish Pass. Spanish mackerel, trout and snapper were caught bot-tom fishing over man-made reefs west of Blind Pass while using shrimp or herrings for bait. ,

Tarpon were reported in both Redfish and Captiva passes and several hook-ups were reported on the afternoon falling tides. Capt. Cliff Simer reports hooking into a 60 to 80-pound tarpon while trout fishing near

Bokeelia. Tarpon were also sighted rolling or free-jumping just inside the Sanibel Causeway. Once the wind lies down fish should begin to get bunched up off the beaches from Fort Myers Beach north to Boca Grande.

While windy days often make it miser-able for offshore fishing, it can really kick up the action inshore if the wind direction and tide are right. As the week progressed and the tides grew stronger and weather became less stabile, the few that chose to ffsh found fish-ing good for trout, snook and redfish.

In San Carlos Bay and the southern end of Pine Island Sound near Sanibel, Capt. Gary Clark reports trout averaging 14 to 17 inch-es over grass bottom from Tarpon Bay to Fishermen's Key. On the windy days Capt. Clark found redfish feeding over oyster bars on the super high tides in the afternoons

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Capt. Cliff Simer found plenty of action with trout near Bokeelia in Charlotte Harbor, plus mackerel and bluefish. Many of the trout are just under-sized, but fish up to 20 inches were common. Trout up to 22 inches were also caught near Captiva Rocks in the

sound on the rising tide. On the mid-day high water, snook and a few redfish were caught along the mangroves from Safety Harbor to Redfish Pass and around the keys in the east-em Sound north of Demere Key. ,

On my boat, the farther we got into the week the better the fishing. There are plenty of trout around from Bokeelia to Two-pines

See WEATHER, page 30

Foul weather couldn't stop the Chicago Gang. Gary Strandt and friends did not allow the rain and wind Saturday to effect their annual Pine Island fishing trip. Pictured is Gary with a 25-inch redfish caught along Charlotte Harbors eastern shore while fishing with Capt. Bill Russell

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This is a simple question to answer. "Lead a major before a minor with two four-card suits of relatively equal strength." Consider this deal from Eddie Kantar's excellent series 'Thinking Bridge," for players anxious to improve their game.

"As South, your hand should be revalued to 18 points given the strong five-card suit. Balanced hands with 17 high-card points and a strong five-card suit are too strong to open one no trump. Rather open the five-card suit, intending to jump in notrump next.

"As North, raise to three no trump with balanced dis-tribution rather than rebid the five-card heart suit. It is an exception to rebid a five-card suit in this sequence. Normally the rebid shows a six-card suit. If the suit is exceptionally strong (K Q J 10 x) it can be treated as a six-card suit. There are checkback methods available for North to find out if you have three hearts.

"As East, if declarer plays low from dummy at trick one, win the queen and shift to the queen of diamonds. Partner is marked with four spades, probably including the ace, which means the most your side can get is three spade tricks if you return the suit. Partner must have some outside honor card and your best chance is to hope it is the ace of diamonds. If declarer started with 17 HCP, partner could have the ace of diamonds.

"As South, you have 10 sure tricks between clubs and hearts once you get in, and you can't stand a diamond shift from East, so go up with the king of spades to reduce the chance of East getting in."

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15 brave windy weather at Beachview On April 21, the threat of rain

and steady 15 mph wind with gusts up to 25 mph, caused several Beachview Men's Golf Association members to cancel. But 15 souls decided to brave the elements. Five three-man teams were drawn from a hat and blew out to a shotgun start.

They played a shamble, where all three tee off and the best drive is taken. Each player then plays his own ball into the cup. The best net ball is the score for the team.

President Jerry Mader, David Smith and Al Krause had an amaz-ing score of 42 to win the event. Two teams tied for second with

scores of 51. A scorecard playoff determined the team of Bjorn Olsson, Jim Mulka and Dan Keys were second over Rene Lohser, Dick Chocol and Jack Tukey, third.

On April 17, the club played a very modified stableford event. The team of Roger Triftshauser, Bob Ritchlin, and Rene Lohser chipped and putted their way to victory with a total score of 122.

In second place with a score of 120 were Dan Lautermilch, Jim Mulka, Guy Tober and Johh Kilkenny. Fred Zimmer, Dave Lewis, and Ralph Barton came in third with a score of 119.

From left, Roger Triftshauser, Rene Lohser and Bob Ritchlin won the modified stableford event April 17 at Beachview.

CONTRIBUTED

Dunes golf results The Dunes Golf & Tennis Club

Men's Golf Association Flag Day

• April 18 Results 1. Jerry Nichols #2, 2 inches; 2. Fred Gobel #2, 20 feet; 3. (tie) Charles Simms,

Jim Boughton #1, in hole; 5. Wilf Mannion, #1, green; 6. (tie) Ron Leavitt, Ed Greenberg # 1 , 1 2 feet; 8. Jack Roberts # 1 , 1 5 yards; 9. Jack Trautwein #1, 160 yards; 10. Bob Kent #1, 163 yards; 11. Dick Hopkins #1, 171 yards; 12. Robert Orr #1, 275 yards.

Nifty Niners v Low Net

• April 19 Results A Flight - 1. Bridget Funk 32; 2. Ann Levinsohn 33; 3. Sue Norpell 34. B Flight - 1. Gerri Perkins 30; 2. Jeanne Mallon 37; 3. Sue Tray 37. Chip-in/Birdie -i Jeanne Mallon #4 (chip-in). A Flight -

Women's Golf Association 1,2,3, Better Balls of 4

• April 20 Results A Flight - l. Betsy Cox, Ann McDonald, Maureen O'Brien, Rosemary Ryan

112; 2. Ann Humphrey, Tanya Hochschild, Lee Bogan 120. B Right - 1. Karen Hendricks, Muriel Deroberts, Doris Dewitt, Annie

Wainwright 115; 2. Anne Frymoyer, Gussie Blue, Joan Kent, Linda Drasnin 117. Chip-Ins — Ann Levinsohn, Cathy Sleiter, Betsy Cox, Karen Hendricks,

Maureen O'Brien, Doris Dewitt, Annie Wainwright, Tanya Hochschild (2).

Sunday Mixed Golf Foursome Scramble

• April 22 Results 1. Doug Mallon, Jeanne Mallon, Jerry Nichols, Gay Nichols 38.25; 2. Dan

Perkins, Gerri Perkins, Frank Cassavell, Barbra Cassavell 39.5; 3. Roger Blouin, Barbara Chappell, Dod Wainwright, Annie Wainwright 40.5.

Closest to Pin - #9, John Norman; #2, Nancy Orr.

Duplicate Bridge results Duplicate Bridge

• April 17 at The Sanibel Community Association Five Tables 1. Mary & Dick Butler; 2. Linda Tedeschi & Jim Gryzmala; 3. Bill Brown &

Dick Brown; 4. Maureen Hnatow & Barbara McClure.

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Kalamazoo hosts Blades in conference finals Special to the Breeze breezespor ts@breezenewspapers .com

The Florida Everblades will face the Kalamazoo Wings in the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2012 ECHL Kelly Cup Playoffs starting tonight in Kalamazoo.

The Wings entered the playoffs as the third seed in the Eastern Conference and will have home-ice advantage in the best-of-seven finals. The Everblades clinched their semifinal series 4-1 over the Elmira Jackals.

Kalamazoo will host the first two games of the series this weekend on Friday and Saturday.

The series shifts to Germain Arena on May 2 and on May 3

and, if necessary, Game 5 on May 5. If Game 5 occurs, the

Florida Tarpons football game

against Lakeland, originally set for May 5, would be

rescheduled for Sunday, May 6.

The Everblades return to the Conference Finals for the first time since 2007. The Wings clinch a spot in Conference Finals for the second consec-utive season. Last season, Kalamazoo defeated Wheeling in six games, but lost to the Alaska Aces in the Kelly Cup Finals. The Everblades posted a 3-0-2 record against Kalamazoo during the reg-ular season.

The schedule of the best-of-seven series:

• Game 1 - in Kalamazoo, Fri. Apr. 27, 7:30 p.m. • Game 2 - in Kalamazoo, Sat. Apr. 28, 7:30 p.m. • Game 3 - at Florida, Wed. May 2, 7:30 p.m. • Game 4 - at Florida, Thurs. May 3, 7:30 p.m. • Game 5 - at Florida, Sat. May 5, 7:00 p.m. (if necessary) • Game 6 - in Kalamazoo, Tues. May 8, 7:00 p.m. (if necessary) • Game 7 - in Kalamazoo, Wed. May 9, 7:00 p.m.(if necessary)"

Weather From page 28

in the Harbor over grass flats. Many are just under-size but there are enough slot fish mixed in to catch a limit with a little effort, plus some nice mackerel. On the afternoons when the westerly sea breeze and strong incoming tide moved lots of water we found action with redfish and snook. I'm not talking about 30 or 40 redfish like some anglers report, but an honest six to 10 on our best day and about the same amount of snook. The redfish all averaged 21 to 26 inches and the largest snook just shy of 32 inches. The best bite was right at the top of the tide, the last hour of the rising into the first hour of the falling.

Wind can really spoil a day planned for offshore fishing, but for us inshore anglers we can often use it to our advantage. I would rather fish for snook or redfish on a windy day than calm almost always, especially if

the winds comes from any southern or west-erly direction. Add overcast skies and the potential for rain and it's even better, not only are fish often fired up and feeding, but most of the fair weather fishermen are home watching fishing shows, often you will have the water all to yourself. Don't get me wrong, pay attention to the weather and use common sense. Avoid days that strong winds are just unsafe and thunderstorms are likely. There is almost always somewhere to fish inshore on days with a less than desirable forecast, instead of canceling your day of fishing, give it a try; you might be surprised what you catch.

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Have a safe week and good fishin'.

April 30

vs. St. Lucie 7:05 p.m.

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May 8 at

Dunedin 6:30 p.m.

May 12 * at

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May 17

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Palm Beach 6:35 p.m.

May 2 at

Palm Beach 6:35 p.m.

May 3 at

Palm Beach 10:35 am

May 5 vs.

Lakeland 6:05 p.m.

May 6 vs.

Lakeland 1.05 p.m.

May 7 vs.

Lakeland 10:35 am

May 9 at

Dunedin 6:30 p.m.

May 10

at Dunedin 6:30 p.m.

May 11

at Dunedin 6:30 p.m.

May 14

at Charlotte 6:30 p.m.

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May 19

at Brevard County

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May 20

at Brevard County

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May 23

vs. Clearwater 7:05 p.m.

May 24

vs. Clearwater 7:05 p.m.

May 26

vs. Palm Beach 7:05 p.m.

May 27

vs. Palm Beach 1:05 p.m.

May 29

at Bradenton 6:30 p.m.

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 Yog? • 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 • 10:00 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 Row 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 noon - 5:00pm

Beginning April 8, the Rec Center will be open noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays for weight room, tennis courts, gym, water slide, features pool, splash pad and lap pool use.

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. my sanibel .com

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ISLAND FACES Timbers Oqster eating, contest

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ALL PHOTOS CAROL ORR HARTMAN K a r e n B e , | s h o w s o f f s o m e of the Doug Stevens gets a peck on the t a s t y o y s ters that the contenders / t n A A V f r n m U / o u n o U l A A / i r i n n . . . .

will be eating. cheek from Wayne Woodring. Dave Hambor and Karen Turner finish their eating and wait for the count.

Claire Beckman with last year's senior winner, Ron Nixon.

Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum Executive Director Dr. Jose Leal cheers the

John Carney, Sandy Stilwell, Lamar Williams City Manager Judle Zimomra with Mei-Mel Chan (2011 and 2012 grand winner) and Russ and Jeff Oths. Boorman members of the R. C. Otter's team.

The crowd enjoys the expressions on the com-petitors faces as well as their unique oyster eat-ing techniques.

Richard Johnson, Chuck Woods and Meade Johnson pose behind Matt Asen's Oyster ABC's.

Dr. Jose Leal, Clair Beckman and Mark Blust hold up the oysters that will be eaten by hungry competitors.

Betty English, Leroy Neitzel and Freda Willis cheerfully sold raffle tickets in their lobster hats.

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W 8AIL60 Chuck Woods shows he has he strength to sur-vive the eating contest.

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M.C. Clay Miller, with Timbers owner Matt Asen and Clair Beckman, chair of Bailey Matthews Shell Museum.

Brooke and Brice Clayton came incognito to the contest behind their creative faces.

Matt Asen Harrison.

presents an award to Heather Melitta Kennedy proudly holds up her trophy with Matt Asen and Mark Btust, owner and gen-eral managers' of Timbers.

Wayne Woodring is an impressive contender with his oyster eating skills.

Little Katie Gardenia had a big appetite when downing oysters. Dressed like one of her hand- Dr. Jose Leal and Mark Blust congratulate crafted dolls, she takes a photo, with owner Matt Wayne Woodring (who wore angel wings last Asen. year).

Al Marti (grand winner two years ago), Barb Marti and Pat Davidson came to cheer on this years contenders.

Corps opens water gate to Caloosahatchee Special to the Reporter

Following up on last week's Governing Board meeting, the South " Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Monday requested the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) initiate lake releases to the Caloosahatchee Estuary to

address growing, concerns about algae blooms.

The target flow for the pulse release to the Caloosahatchee Estuary is an average flow of 2,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) over a three-day period, meas-ured at the Franklin Lock (S-79) in eastern Lee County.

Citing drought and low water conditions the SFWMD selec-tively cut off the river and estu-ary freshwater supply on March 26 even though no other users were rationed or cut off. Without flow the river upstream of the Franklin Lock becomes stagnant and harmful algae

blooms began appearing. On April 12 the Lee County

Health Department issued an Advisory warning the public to beware of water conditions in the Caloosahatchee. On April 13 the Hendry and Glades County Health Departments issued simi-lar warnings. _Earlier this

month, the SFWMD Governing Board authorized the staff to make releases to address the algae concerns. After 28 days without freshwater flows these releases in conjunction with the rain this past weekend area wel-come relief to the system.

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