■ Attractive even when not blooming.
■ Natural shape.
■ Blooming brings in the pollinators.
■ Sell corsages for extra income.
■ Blooming is memorable.
■ You gotta have at least one gardenia.
■ Can attract chewing insects.
them.
■ Need to treat with iron twice a year.
■ Non-native.
Conclusion: We have 50 glorious gardenia bushes
little time in a tropical eye catching garden.
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European journalists to fish Ding/Doc Ford’s tourney
Four journalists from Scotland and Denmark will
team up to fish and cover the fourth annual “Ding”
Darling & Doc Ford’s Tarpon Tournament on May 9.
The combined circulation of fhe team’s news and fishing
publications is greater than 2.3 million readers.
Captain Jim Patrick from the UK writes for the daily
Sun and Scottish Sun newspapers. Teammate Paul
O ’Hare covers news, sports, and other features about
Scotland for the Daily Record. Paul Fenech will be cov
ering the tournament for the monthly Sea Angler maga
zine, while Niels Lagergaard Pedersen from Denmark
writes for the monthly Fiske Avisen.
The team ’s participation was made possible through a
partnership between the Lee County V isitor &
Convention Bureau and the “Ding” Darling Wildlife
Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS).
“The reporters are all avid anglers, but none have
fished for tarpon before, so it should be exciting for
everyone involved,” said Birgie Miller, DDWS executive
director and event organizer.
DDWS sponsors the tournament along with title spon
sor Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille and other local busi
nesses and individuals. The tournament is unique locally
because it pays out 100 percent of the entry fee ($500
per boat of up to four) as tournament awards. Up to 50
boats participate, only 25 spots remain.
“There’s not another tarpon tournament like it in the
area,” said Marty Harrity, Doc Ford’s co-owner. “In past
PH O TO PRO V ID ED
Only a few spots remain for this year’s tarpon
tournament.
years we’ve had fishermen from all over the country.
This year it looks like we can expand that to ‘all over the
world.” ”
The tournament’s Captain’s Dinner takes place the
evening prior, Friday, May 8, at Doc Ford’s Rum Bar on
Fort Myers Beach. Following Saturday’s competition,
the Silver King for “Ding” after-party at Doc Ford’s will
be open to the public with limited tickets available at $50
for each non-fisherman, including dinner and a silent
auction. Proceeds will benefit wildlife and conservation
education at J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife
Refuge in Sanibel Island.
“Last year we raised $40,000 for the refuge as a result
of sponsorships, donations, and auction proceeds,” said
Miller. “W e’re so grateful to Doc Ford’s and our other
sponsors for this huge effort in our behalf.”
For more information on the tournament, please visit
www.dingdarlingtarpontourney.org. Anyone interested
in becoming a tournament sponsor should contact Miller
at (239) 292-0566 or director@dingdarlingsociety.org.
Tournament sponsors include: Title Sponsor: Title
Sponsor: Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille;
Presenting Sponsor: Diversified Yacht Services;
Platinum Sponsors: Sanibel Bean, Florida Weekly,
Lamar Advertising, Suncoast Beverage; Gold Sponsors:
Anisa Jewelry, Bass Pro Shops, Bella Signs & Designs,
Captiva Diva, Fort Myers Marine, Holiday Inn Sanibel
Island, Island Sun/River Weekly News, Law Office of
Janet Strickland PA, Media Source, Raiser’s Edge,
Sanibel Captiva Community Bank, Sanibel Island
Fishing Club, Sanibel Oasis & Sanibel Gear. W hitney’s
Bait & Tackle; Silver Sponsors: Island Sand Paper, Must
Do Visitor Guides & MustDo.com, Sanibel Island
Fishing Club, Semmer Electric, Vasanta Senerat, CPA,
PA.
Tow er G allery to
host Island A llu re
The artists of Tower Gallery invite everyone to
attend their “Island Allure” party on Saturday, March
28, from 5-9 p.m.
Don’t we love to be reminded why this area is so
special? Where else can we see graceful palm trees
bending in the soft tropical air while relaxing on a
white
sandy
beach? How about
watching pelicans
diving and shore-
birds
scurrying
along the shore?
People
walk
around here with
smiles on their
faces because it is
a happy place.
The artists at
Tower would like
to have everyone
visit their happy
place.
Twenty-
three artists are
excited to show
their latest work,
which
fits
the
description
of
Island Allure.
The
gallery
features a diverse
mix
of art to
include oils, acrylics, watercolors, ceramics, jewelry,
photography and mixed media.
Subjects run the
gamut of tropical, mysterious, abstract, fantasy to
playful. Come join the fun and meet the artists. Treats
and refreshments will be served. Tower Gallery is at
751 Tarpon Bay Road.
For more information, call (239) 472-4557 or
visit www.towergallery.net. Don’t forget to wear a
flower in your hair!
PH O TO PRO V ID ED
The
Tower
Gallery
of
Sanibel Island is hosting
an “Island Allure” party
March 28.
Rodgers and Hammerstein at Sanibel Music Festival
Opera Theater of Connecticut will
present an Evening with Rodgers and
Hammerstein Saturday, March 28, at
the intimate setting of the Sanibel
Congregational
U.C.C.,
2050
Periwinkle Way, at 8 p.m.
This composing team created a
series of Broadway musicals now
considered “the golden age” of musi
cal theater. The selections for this
concert have been chose from four of
their audience favorites: “Carousel,”
“The King and I,” “Oklahoma,” and
“South Pacific.”
Many songs have become a part
of American popular culture. Music
director Robert Ashens will join
Artistic Director Alan Mann in pre
senting an exciting cast of singing
actors. Performing will be Millinee
Bannister, John Dooley, Shannon
K essler Dooley, Adam Fieldson,
Lisa
W illiam son,
and
Mark
Womack. The program is sponsored
by the LAT Foundation.
Tickets may be purchased for $45
each online at www.sanibelmusicfes-
tival.org or by calling (239) 344-
7025. Tickets may also be purchased
by cash or check only at the Bank of
the Islands, 1699 Periwinkle Way,
and Sanibel Captiva Community
Bank, 2477 Library Way in Sanibel.
The Sanibel Music Festival, cele
brating its 29th season, presents
world renowned artists during the
month o f M arch at the Sanibel
Congregational U.C.C. Incorporated
in 1987 as a non-for-profit organiza
tion, its mission is to present classi
cal music of the highest standard at
affordable prices and to promote the
careers of young artists through per
formance opportunities.
Rabbi to lead text study
The Unitarian Universalists o f the Islands congre
gation is pleased to announce that Rabbi M yra Soifer
o f Temple Bat Yam will lead a text study and theolog
ical imaging, titled “The Pieces of Our Lives,” based
on Exodus 32 .1 9 . The service, which will begin at 5
p.m. on Sunday, April 12, will meet in Fellowship
Hall at the Sanibel Congregational Church o f Christ,
2050 Periwinkle Way. The public is welcome to
attend.
Rabbi Soifer assumed the leadership of Bat Yam
congregation in January 20 1 4 . She was one o f the first
10 women ordained as rabbi after Reform Judaism
accepted women in 1972. Rabbi Soifer was born in
Miami and attended Lawrence University in Appleton,
W isconsin. She completed her M asters of Arts degree
in Hebrew Letters at Hebrew Union C ollege in
Cincinnati in 1977 and was ordained there in 1978.
Rabbi Soifer served as a student rabbi at the Jewish
Community Center in Union City, Tennessee, and at
Temple Beth Shalom on Charlotte, North Carolina. In
1978, she became an assistant rabbi for a New Orleans
congregation. She served as the rabbi for Temple Sinai
in Reno, Nevada, for 25 years before retiring from
there. She is considered an outstanding speaker.
Lively discussion, fellowship and refreshm ents to
follow the service.
PH O TO PRO V ID ED
It’s official. The Bailey-Matthews is now
nationwide with the addition of the word
“National” in signage of the popular exhibit
and tourist stopover. The unofficial change
was made last year, with signage upgrades
last week reflecting the museum’s broad
appeal and importance in shelling education.
The museum has one of the world’s finest
shell collections. Details are at shellmuse-
um.org.
Keep Sanibel beautiful...
Please recycle!
G r e e n d a y
Ray Chesner got into
the
spirit
of
St.
Patrick’s Day with a
skate to Captiva from
his Sanibel home.
Chesner said he reg
ularly
skates
the
span of about 22
miles,
and
that
friends and family
expected something
different on a day o’
fun.
“They’d
be
unhappy if I didn’t,”
he said.
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