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Above: New COTI Board members (L to R) Maureen Watson, Mike Miller, Treasurer Carolyn Swiney, President David Bath, Vice President Mike Gillespie, Joe Salatino, Larry Schopp and Peter Pappas (not shown, Stuart Langton). Below: Jim Beauchamp receiving a Luc Century vase in honor of his dedicated service as President of COTI for the past year. Presenting the vase is COTI board member Wayne Ponader. Right: COTI meeting keynote speaker Wayne Daltry. Beach Kiwanis T H R I F T GREAT BARGAINS! Come See us Corner of Pine Ridge Road & Summerlin. 11050 Sum m erlin Square Dr. ' 1 I co
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239.699.6279 Service y fc Pag e 41 M W ee k o f W e dne sd ay, M arc h 25, 2015 _____ h r e e z e n e w sp a p e r s.c o m _______________ Isl a n d R e p o r te r Isl an d R e p o r te r __________ c a p ti v a sa n ib e l.c o m _______________ Wee k o f We dne sd ay, Marc h 25 , 2015 M Page 42 Island women will return popular market to JetBlue The weekly fanner’s market at JetBlue Park at Fenway South, located at ! 1500 Fenway South Drive in Fort Myers, has ended its three-month run but will return next year. The weekly Monday market began in January and ran through March 9 on Fenway South Drive, in front of JetBlue Park. The mar ket is operated by islanders Betsy Ventura and Jean Baer. The pair run other markets in Fort Myers and in Sanibel. “We would like to thank everyone for their support of this year’s farmer’s market and we look forward to returning next year,” said Betsy Ventura, who, along with Jean Baer, owns Local Roots, LLC that ran the market at PHOTO PROVIDED
JetBlue Park each Monday. According to Ventura, their four other markets, the largest in Lee County, rotate each Sunday through Thursday at Lakes Park, Sanibel, Coconut Point and Bonita Springs. These markets will con tinue through April and open again in October. Each of these markets offers a unique opportunity for vendors to sell seasonal local fruits, vegeta bles, cheeses, meats, breads, nurs ery stock and other commodities. Some of the markets also create an opportunity for local crafters to showcase their products. For more information or to inquire about becoming a vendor, visit www.buylocallee.com.
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John R. W ood P ro p erties, Island Real Estate, announces the film premiere of “Discover Captiva Island.” This short film has been
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Joe M ondelli w ith videographer Dave Stinzi. This is J o e ’s second short film on southwest Florida. The first was the well received “Explore Sanibel Island,” which prem iered in 2 0 1 4 to great reviews.
In telling the story o f Captiva Island,
"D iscover C aptiva Island" takes viewers on a jo u r ney o f life on the island and what makes Captiva unique to its residents and visitors. The creators worked on this film for over a year and are now seeing the project come full cir cle.
“W hen we started with the project, we wanted to show the natural beauty of Captiva and ended with not only the beauty, but the rich com m unity life that C aptiva resid en ts e n jo y ,” M ondelli said. The
film prem iere on Monday, April 13 will be hosted by Doc F o rd ’s Rum Bar & Grille and South Seas Resort at South Seas Chadwicks Square located in front of Doc Ford's. All are welcome to attend and no RSVP is required. Doc F ord’s will be providing com plim entary beer, wine and appetizers at 8 p.m. The film will start at dark under the stars. For inform ation on "Discover C aptiva Island" and the p re miere, contact Joe M ondelli with John R. W ood Island Real Estate at (2 3 9 ) 4 7 2 -2 4 1 1, or joe @ sanibelm arketplace.com . Island Briefs Spring Thing raffle tickets to benefit Sanibel Community House The "Spring Thing" raffle is set to benefit The Sanibel Community House, with three $1,000 prizes up for grabs. Each ticket is $25 or three for $50, with $1,000 prizes including fine jew elry from Congress Jewelers, fine art from arjist Sissi Janku and fine dining with Chef Melissa Talmage of Sweet Melissa's Cafe. There are only 300 tickets issued and the drawing is April 11, at 8 p.m. inside the Community House, dur ing the Body Painting Cabaret. Winners need not be present to win. To purchase raffle tickets, visit the Community House at 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, or call 239- 4 7 2 -2 1 5 5 or go online at www.sanibelcommunity- house.net. Tickets can also be purchased at the Bank of the Islands at 1599 Periwinkle Way, 239-472-7211 or Congress Jewelers at Periwinkle Place Shops, phone 2 3 9 -4 7 2 -4 1 7 7 . Join Birders at the Shipley Trail on April 3 Join experienced birders on Friday, April 3, at the Shipley Trail. Both new and experienced birders will enjoy a vari ety of birds in a diversity of wildlife habitats. Botany enthusiasts are also welcome to help identify plants along the trails. All walks begin at 8 a.m. Meet at the Shipley Trail at the Bailey Homestead Preserve, in the parking lot at Roadside City Park on Periwinkle (just east of Islander Trading Post). The Shipley Trail runs through the Bailey Homestead Preserve and connects the C ity’s Pond Apple Park Trail to Roadside City Park. Please note that the rest of the Bailey Homestead Preserve is still undergoing site work and is not yet open to the public. Walks are free for members and non-members. Please call 4 7 2 -2 3 2 9 for more information.
Maundy Thursday is a Holy Week observance held in Christian churches commemorating Jesus’s Last Supper with his disciples in the Upper Room. Sanibel Community Church invites any believer in Jesus Christ to come linger one hour in our Historic Chapel at 12 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, as we share scripture, meditation and communion together. In quiet reflection, we will remember the sacrifice Christ made for us on the cross as we look forward to celebrating His resurrection on Easter Sunday. Come, step out of the traffic o f life and be still and know that He is God. Sanibel Community Church is at 1740 Periwinkle Way (next to Jerry’s Market), Sanibel. Details are at (239) 4 7 2 -2 6 8 4 , and sanibelchurch.com.
The Sanibel Recreation Center is gathering commu nity-spirited individuals to install mulch on the native plant beds at the Sanibel Recreation Center located at 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road Thursday, April 2, at 7 a.m.
Bring work gloves, boots and grass rakes. Cold water and snacks will be provided and the first 25 vol unteers will receive a free t-shirt. Rakes and gloves will be provided for those who do not bring them. For more information, contact the Sanibel Recreation Center (2 3 9 )4 7 2 -0 3 4 5 . During the Mulch Installation project, the Recreation Center parking lot will be closed. Parking will be avail able in the neighboring school parking lot until the event concludes. Please allow additional time to walk from the school parking lot to the Recreation Center. The Sanibel Recreation Center is located at 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road. Daily, weekly and annual mem berships are available. For more information call the Sanibel Recreation Center at (239) 4 7 2 -0 3 4 5 or visit our web site at www.mysanibel.com. City vegetation tour is March 28 The city of Sanibel Vegetation Committee is offer ing guided native vegetation and landscaping tours of City Hall grounds, planted exclusively with native plants. The next tour of City Hall grounds is Saturday, March 28. The guided tour begins promptly at 10 a.m. Come walk the grounds for ideas on planting native vegetation that requires no fertilizer. Come see how you can plant a garden that reseeds itself with very little maintenance, is good for the environment and will attract birds and butterflies. Vegetation Committee members will provide valu able information on proper planting and care o f native vegetation. The City of Sanibel encourages planting of vegetation that is indigenous to the area as it requires very little maintenance, NO fertilizer, and NO supple mental irrigation. Registration is not required. Attendees meet at the main entrance to City Hall, 800 Dunlop Road, in front of the main staircase. For additional inform ation regarding the guided native vegetation tour, please con tact the City's Natural Resources Department at (239) 4 7 2 -3700. The city of Sanibel is a "walkable and bikeable" community and features one of the most extensive shared use paths in the State of Florida. Attendees to these special events are encouraged to enjoy our good nature, bicycle to these events and stay FIT-4-LIFE! Sanibel village wants you! This year the United States celebrate the 70th anniver sary of the end of World War II, so the theme for the Christmas presentation at the Sanibel Historical Museum and Village will honor the veterans of that war. Committee members are asking island residents for help. To those leaving for the summer, as well as full- timers, please rummage through closets and attics in search of the following items: old uniforms, pictures of service men and women, toys of the era, like hobby hors es, as well as period holiday decorations and letters or stories.
If you’d like to lend these items to the museum for its holiday display, please contact Gayle Pence at gaylepence@msn.com, or call the historical museum and ask for Emily at 472-4648. Gardener Lecture Series resumes April 2 The 72nd Master Gardener Lecture Series will be held Thursday, April 2 at the Sanibel Public Library. The lec ture begins at 10 a.m. It is open to the public but seating is limited. The program will be presented by two biologists with the city's Department of Natural Resources; James Evans and Holly Milbrandt. Their program will discuss and illustrate with excellent digital PowerPoint visuals recently completed and ongoing restoration projects. Many cities of 150,000 or more do not have a Department of Natural Resources, usually a parks and recreation department to maintain public areas. Sanibel by contrast has a Natural Resources department staffed by three environmental biologists who are supported by the city of Sanibel, but augment funding for projects by obtaining grants from the county, state and federal gov ernments. And they partner with SCCF and "Ding" Darling on mutually important projects. Recently completed city projects include Pond Apple Park and the Shipley Trail boardwalk, a fertilizer-smart consortium and a white paper sum m arizing the Caloosahatchee watershed regional management issues. Currently they are involved with the Sanibel Bayou Preserve restoration, and a comprehensive nutrient man agement plan. In the near future they will begin beach dune and coastal scrub habitat plantings and a community lake and pond management best practices program. James and Holly are excellent speakers and experi enced biology professionals who continue to maintain and improve our special eco-system in Sanibel. Please join the group to learn the results this depart ment has achieved this past year. ISLAND FACES PHOTOS BY BRIAN WIERIMA Above: Catcher Kurt Suzuki hones in on a Cardinals’ pitch Sunday, March 15. Below: Torii Hunter returned to the Minnesota Twins and manned right field Sunday, March 15, against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals. Twins first baseman Joe Mauer will be batting in the top of the lineup, and hopes for an increase in power numbers. Here, he eyes a 92-mile-per hour pitch thrown by a Cardinal’s. New Twins manager Paul Moliter holds conference on the mound and replaces pitch er Tim Stauffer Sunday, March 15, against the St. Louis Cardinals. Twins Spring Training sprouts high hopes for 2015 The Minnesota Twins and St. Louis Cardinals played to a 6-6 tie Sunday, March 2015, at Hammond Stadium. Even though the game ended with an exciting play at the plate, with Twin baserunner Eduardo Nunez was tagged out to end the game, the Minnesota baseball team has hopes of ending a four-year span of 90-plus losses. A new manager in Paul Moliter, along with a new coaching staff, the Twins will feature some young sluggers in the lineup of Kennys Vargas, Aaron Hicks and Oswaldo Arcia and a revamped starting pitching rotation, featuring newly- signed Ervin Santana and veterans Phil Hughes, Mike Pelfrey and young throwers Kyle Gibson and Alex Meyer. The Twins will also have a good mix of veterans anchoring the lineup in clos er Glen Perkins, returner Torii Hunter and former All- Star Joe Mauer. Spring Training has once again brought in droves of fans from the Midwest and east coast alike, who are in town for the Twins and Boston Red Sox.
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PHOTOS BY BRIAN WIERIMA The Lions were busy taking admission to their annual Arts and Crafts Fair Friday at Community House. The front gate attendees included Peter Barone, John Mannix, Clint Parsons and Bert Jenks. The Lion’s Annual Aits and Craft Fair was kicked off Friday, March 20, and ran through Saturday, March 21. Friday’s fair action was under hot and sunny skies, as a full slate of vendors were on the grounds of the Sanibel Community House. ISLAND FACES Above: Nancy Walsh’s jewelry booth was full with potential buyers Friday during the Lion’s Arts and Crafts Fair on the Community House grounds. Top right: Artist Ron Kemper talks about one of his pieces to a Lion’s Arts and Craft Fair-goer Friday inside the Community House. Below: Lorrane Mazzucco and Jennifer Kuersten fed the Lion’s Arts and Craft Fair goes, as Mazzucco holds a tasty strawberry shortcake and ice cream dish. Right: Dave Thompson and author Kyle Miller, who is holding Trouper the Raccoon, had a booth at the Lion’s Arts and Craft Fair. Miller wrote a book about her life Trouper, who suffered brain trau ma earlier in his life. %• DESIGNER TRUNK SHOW TUESDAY, MARCH 31ST& WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1ST 10 :0 0 a m -6 :0 0 p m • Periwinkle Place Shops, Sanibel Island Radiant white & vibrant yellow diamond jewelry. Exquisite designer jewelry. A gallery of unique & rare estate jewelry. Creations of brilliant colored gemstones. N
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news@breezenewspapers.com Followers of Lee County’s most watched eagles were waiting with bated breath Wednesday as the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife on Sanibel took X-rays to deter mine if the wounded eagle rescued Tuesday was the fami ly patriarch. Late Wednesday, vets determined, through photos and descriptions sent by people from the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam, that the injured eagle was very likely Ozzie. That means the male of the mating pair known as Ozzie and Harriet wasn’t able to watch his offspring, “E6,” fledge. The eaglet took wing Monday morning, but Ozzie will be away from the nest on Bayshore Road for several weeks for rehabilitation due to a broken bone. As of Thursday morning, Ozzie was in stable condition and eating, CROW officials said, adding he is receiving pain and anti-inflammatory medication. Ozzie was last seen at the nest in a large pine on the Dick Pritchett Real Estate property in North Fort Myers at about 2 p.m. Tuesday. CROW confirmed the eagle it rescued later that day in the area of Palm Beach Boulevard in Fort Myers had a missing talon, as does Ozzie. They could not, however, tell for sure until the bird was examined late Wednesday. CROW office manager Garreth Johnson confirmed the injured eagle suffered a fractured clavicle. Ozzie will need PHOTO BY CROW A pair of CROW providers care for the bald eagle, who is thought to be the famous Southwest Florida “Ozzie”. at least a few weeks of rehabilitation at the CROW facilities. Ginnie Pritchett, co-founder of the eagle cam, sent an e-mail saying E6 is in good hands, even with Ozzie temporarily absent. “At this stage Harriet should be able to care for E6 without any problem. While Ozzie has provided most o f the food, Harriet has been a good provider too and there is no reason to think she won’t con tinue to feed herself and her young ... It might take a while for Harriet to adjust to Ozzie not being there to share nest duties and for her resume normal activities. But hunger will be a motivator and instinct to care for her young should prevail,” Pritchett said in a statement. Many on the Eagle Cam Website expressed their appre ciation by making donations to the private, non-profit organization dedicated to saving wildlife through veteri nary care, research, medicine, education, and conservation from its 12.5 acre campus in Sanibel. Meanwhile, E6 “branched” on March 8, the precursor to its first flight, which happened just a tad later than the weekend, which had been predicted. E6 has been in the nest flapping its wings and strengthening its wing muscles in preparation for that flight. Harriet provided E6 with a meal after its first flight Monday. Since the eagle cam went live three nesting seasons ago. millions worldwide have visited the web site to watch the nesting pair and their young. The live, two-camera eagle cam may be found at dick- pritchettrealestate.com/eagle-feed.html L o o k i n g i n t o t h e e y e o f t h e s u n PHOTO PROVIDED
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bwierima@breezenewspapers.com John Hicks of Northern Ontario, Canada, has made a good living as a professional landscape architect, helping develop Canadian parks for most of his life. But it’s his strong passion for his hobby which draws his eyes skyward and has led to him writing books about it. Hicks, along with his wife, make their winter pilgrimage every year to Sanibel, where he has the time to practice his hobby of astronomy and astrophotography. Recently, after two winters of trying, he cap tured one of the most elusive subjects he has ever caught in his 35 years of astrophotogra phy - nabbing a “Green Flash” on camera. “The ‘normal’ green flash took me hun dreds of frames to capture over a period of two winters at Jamaica Beach on Sanibel,” Hicks said. “The ‘inverted’ green flash was caused by an inverted air layer over the dis tant ocean. I have never seen another in print or anywhere else - it is unique and possibly the only photo ever taken to show it.” Hicks used a 1,300 millimeter astrograph (solar telescope) and a stock digital Nikon D-70 camera body. The Green Flash occurs pretty fast, like 1/5 8 th of a second fast. One cannot predict or auto photo it, either. “Since the last minutes of the setting sun require an exposure latitude of 1/8,000 sec ond (full disk on the ocean horizon) to 1/60 second (at its last glimmer on the ocean sur face) exposure it has to be set manually, with
PHOTO PROVIDED John Hicks of Northern Ontario, Canada, was able to capture a “Green Flash” at Jamaica Beach on Sanibel. Hicks and his wife spend time during the winter months on Sanibel, where he prac tices his hobby of astrophotogra phy. It took him a period of two win ters at Jamaica Beach to catch the Green Flash, which is a by-product of the large variations in astronom ical refraction near the horizon. The Spring youth swimming lessons will be Saturdays; April 4, 11, 18, 25 and May 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30. Im prove your child’s com fort level and abilities in the water. Group lessons are offered for youth starting at 6 months.Registration is on a first come, first serve basis. Cost per session for Recreation Center members is only $42 and $55 for non-members. Any accom panying non-m em bers must present a valid photo id at front desk. A class schedule with detailed les son inform ation is available at the Recreation C enter’s front desk. Please call the Recreation Center for requirements and class options. The Sanibel R ecreation C enter is located
at 3 8 8 0 S anibel-C aptiva Road. Daily, weekly and annual mem berships are available. For more infor m ation call the Sanibel R ecreation Center at (239) 4 7 2 -0 3 4 5 or visit our web site at w w w .m ysanibel.com . Page 47 M W ee k o f We dne sd ay, Mar ch 25, 20 15 _____ b r e e z e n e w sp a p e r s.c o m _______________ Islan d R e p o r te r Is la n d R e p o r te r ___________ c a p ti v a sa n ib e l. c o m ________________ W e e k o f W e d n e sd a y . M a r c h 2 5 , 2 0 1 5 B P a g e 4 8 Sun
From page 47 your camera on manual setting,” Hicks said. “Its a real flur ry of photographic ability to get this elusive phenomena - but worth it.” Hicks picked up his hobby over 35 years ago, when a friend introduced him to astronomy and invited him to his observatory in his backyard. Hicks fell lock, stock and barrel for astronomy and dove _ right into it head first by pur- ~ chasing his first a 2,000 mil limeter diameter telescope in 1978.
“That got me hooked and I’ve done it ever since,” Hicks said. Although he still describes himself as an amateur in 1 astronomy, he has enveloped I himself in it by reading up on I it continually and going to I conventions every year for B the last 35 years. “I studied a lot of astronomy and although one may not think of it this way, the night sky is a beautiful landscape to look at,” Hicks said. “It’s so expansive.” After being inspired by his friend’s observatory, Hicks decided to build his own domed one on his property. He used a steel frame and aluminum, and looks as good as the day he built it 35 years ago, Hicks said. As development started sprouting around his home, thus adding light pollution to the dark skies, and his desire to study a fluid subject, he was pointed to solar photography - or photography of the sun. “The sun is always changing, it’s fluid, waxes and wanes,” Hicks said. “Sometimes it’s very bland on one side, but you never know what’s coming around the comer. It’s an exciting object, because it never stays the same. You never get bored with it, unlike Saturn or Mars, which stay the same.”
Hicks became a rarity as a solar photographer, since the PHOTOS PROVIDED A photo of John Hicks’ inverted Green Flash he captured on Jamaica Beach on Sanibel this past year. filters needed to do it are very expensive. The first filter needed is a white-light filter, which is a necessity, because otherwise pointing a telescope at the sun without the protec tion of one, will bum a hole in your cornea. He purchased a four-inch diameter telescope, with solar filter costing as much as $1,000 a shot. The white-light fil ter sees just one part of the sun, the photosphere, which reduces the glare. “You can capture flares, or prominences, which are gas and plasma,” Hicks explained. “The gas is thick, and a prominence can weigh as much as a piece of Earth. As the sun rotates, the prominence arches and you can see the fuel lines distorted by the fusion process. The plasma twists and snarls, then it snaps and shoots out as high as 45,000 kilo meters, but then gravity snaps it back again.” The biggest fallacy people make when they see a photo of a sun prominence, sunspot or galaxy, is that it’s just one photo. Far from it. In actuality, that one astro-image can be made up of 800 different frames, which are compounded into one. A free program named, Registax, stacks all the images one can take either by still photo, or the most common way of high-defi nition video. The program saves the best pixels of the 800 frames and throws out the worst ones. “It’s totally irrational photography,” Hicks said. According to Google search, the sun is 92,960,000 miles away from Earth. That’s quite a haul to try and capture images of the sun from a dark field on Earth. There are plenty of obstacles in the way from lens to sun, as well, Hicks said. “On a high humidity day, there is lots of water vapor bouncing around and over 100 kilometers of muck, dust, dirt, toxins and chemicals,” Hicks said. “You are shooting through all that, like a cosmic soup. If you could get above that, like NASA’s (satellite) telescopes, you wouldn’t need as much equipment as you do down here.” Add in the fact, the lens are set to a millionth of an inch accuracy and the sun is always moving, photographing the sun is a challenging process. That also includes the price tag of the telescope, lens and filters, as well as a good tripod to keep the entire set-up stable. Hicks also has made a name for himself in the construc tion of observatories. He already has written a book on how to build a roll-away roof observatory and is very close to publishing another one on how to construct a domed obser vatory. “Making a dome and bending the pieces to fit it is very difficult,” Hicks said. “But once you have it, it can last a very long time. There are advantages and disadvantages to each the domed and roll-away roof observatories, too.” The sun is an ever-changing landscape. It’s fluid and very unpredictable. Capturing some of its essence is challenging and that’s the very attraction to Hicks, which there are only a few people who photo the sun with as much passion as he does.
The 74-year-old Hicks loves creating parks and land scaping destinations here on the ground, but his passion con tinues way above us, where only God knows what is hap pening.
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Today’s deal was played some 10 years ago between two of the best pairs in the world. The Italian North- South pair was using a 12-14 no trump range, and had the auction shown. Three diamonds was a “super acceptance,” showing an excellent fit with shortness in diamonds, obviously a doubleton as he had opened one no trump. South, of course, had no interest in game and signed off. In fact, with his weak hand, he had no inter est in the three-level, but what could he do? Neither player at any point was attempting to make a deceptive bid. They were just following their system. The contract failed by two tricks due to a classic duplication of val ues — nothing opposite nothing! Note that East-West can easily take 10 tricks in hearts and would probably come to 11 tricks. Neither player can be seriously faulted for not entering the auction, though either might have with a slight overbid. The comparison with their teammates, who defended a heart game, would probably have been fun to watch.
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Report your news to CAPTIVASANIBEL.COM Sanibel Island Golf C lub men play for points On Saturday, March 14, the SiGC men played a two man points’ game: 1 point for a bogie, 2 points for a par, 3 points for a birdie, 4 points for an eagle and 5 points for a double eagle.
The combined score of both players was totaled on each hole with full handicap to determine scores. The winner was Dick Waterhouse and a blind draw. He was the only person who did not have an actual teammate, but he played well and got a good blind draw which gave him a score of 89 points. Waterhouse had several good chips around the greens for short net pars and birdie putts. The team of Don Bradford and Dave Bugby and the team of Dick Amould and Jack Tukey tied for second place both with scores of 85 points. A scorecard playoff on the back nine resulted in the Bradford-Bugby team awarded second place. Bradford shot his best round of the season and Bugby chipped in and putted well on several holes. Amould and Tukey had to settle for third place. They had points on every hole with Amould contributing 4 eagles and Tukey shooting a low round. The winners of the Play for Points golfing event included (L to R) Dick Waterhouse and cartmate Guy Tober. Because the event called for two man teams a fourth place was given to Dick Codair and Jack Schmidt who both played their usual steady game with a score of 84 points. PHOTOS PROVIDED
They won a scorecard playoff with Jim Hopson and Tony Baldino who also had an 84. C h ip -in s com m on for lady golfers at D u n e s It was a beautiful span of weather at The Dunes Golf and Tennis Club on Sanibel, and the ladies took full advantage of it. With temperatures in the low 8 0 ’s and nice gulf breeze, all of the members played their hearts out result ing in some fine scores. The highlight news of the day coming into the scorers
Sanibel 8-Ball Pool League limped to a close with three 9-7 matches on the last night of regular play. Dave Doane led all shooters with a 3 - 1 effort in the Bunt’s Ball Busters win over Sanibel Cafe. Jack Dalton went 4-0 for the Sandycappers and Kelly Greten matched his effort for the Island Lifers. Doc Lubinski and Gator Gates had 3 -1 victories for the Fresh Legion Crew and Chip Gelpi fash ioned a 3 -1 outing for the Motley guys. On Monday, March 23, the League contested its annu al Singles Tournament. The field was limited to those League shooters who have played 20 games of more dur ing the League’s 23-week season. Tournament players signed up to play were: Bob Buntrock, Matt Hall, John Bates, Kevin Pottorf, Pete Mindel, Rich McCurry, Rich Ennis, Dave Doane, Kip Buntrock, Terry Ricotta, Ken Rasi, Tom Yorgey, Jeff Brown, Jack Dalton, Joe Mason, Graham Sell, John Ricgert. Kip Johnson, Jimbo Gaubatz, Gator Gates, Nate Buffan, Becky Skog, Chip Gelpi, Nick Marvis, Randy Carson, Doc Lubinski, Kelly Greten, Gary Murza, and Carmen Senese. First Bunt’s Ball Busters Won 255
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Second Sandycappers 207 161
Third Sanibel Cafe 194 174
Fourth Fresh Legion Crew 173 195
Fifth Island Lifers 147 221
Sixth Legion Motley Crew 128 240
March 16 results Bunt’s Ball Busters 9 Sanibel Cafe 7 Sandycappers 9 Island Lifers 7 Fresh Legion Crew 9 Legion Motley Crew 7 PHOTOS PROVIDED
table was that FIVE of our ladies had a chip in on various holes. The Member/Member Event for the day was: “ 1 Best Ball of 2 Net”. Winners included: Flight One ■ 1st place: Ann Humphrey / Mardi Glenn - 58 ■ 2nd: June Muench/Annie Wainwright - 59 ■ 3rd: Gretha Christensen/Cathy Sleiter - 61 Flight two ■ 1st: Pat Wentling / Mo Rains - 59* ■ 2nd: Noel Barbee / Nancy McConnell - 59* ■ 3rd: Mary Donovan / Ann McCarthy - 61* Above: Annie Wainwright, June Muench, Mario Bamberger and Jodie Hawkins. Left: Retail Manager Espe Kontinos cele brated 37 years this year at The Dunes. Flight three ■ 1st: Judy Yenkole / Roberta Rohl - 57 ■ 2nd: Muriel DeRoberts / Joan Kelly - 61 ■ 3rd: Willie Winkler / Terry Jewett - 65 * Scorecard Playoff
■ Judy Yenkole - Hole No. 10 ■ June Muench - Hole No. 10 ■ Ann Humphrey - Hole No. 13 ■ Cathy Sleiter - Hole No. 16 ■ Margaret Dwyer - Hole No. 17. |