Index...
Phantom Future..............pg
3
Calusa
Talk.....................pg 5 (Printed Edition)
Ron
Hart..........................pg 6
Publisher’s Corner.........pg
7
Harm de Blij.....................pg
7
Woman Club Letter.......pg
8
History Bytes.................pg
9
Art Show.......................pg
12
Barbershop Chorus.....pg 13
(Printed Edition)
Mission Speakers........pg 14
(Printed Edition)
Windermere 's
Fan........pg 16
Wading..........................pg
17 (Printed
Edition)
Bike Parade..............pg 18-19
Irish Eyes......................pg
20
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Bike Parade and Woman's Club
Fair Bring Out A Crowd
By Linda Fudala-Tucker
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floats were elaborate and the Boca Grande Community Center
grounds were packed with folks both young and old on a perfect
sunny day.
The 21st Annual Bike Parade had 42 registered
units, said Dee Wheeler, organizer, who said she didn’t
remember a year when they were more elaborate or populated. |
" There
were 175 participation ribbons given out,"
she
said.
The judges were just about stymied when a
solution to name the 12 best floats with six blue ribbon winners
and six honorable mentions came to the rescue. "They were
all winners," said Dee. (See a winners list on page
18 and Dee's letter on page 19.)
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The Boca Grande Woman's Club Fair
was jammed especially the multipurpose room where casseroles and
baked goodies were selling at premium prices. The book sale was
no less attended. The games were enjoyed by scores of youngsters
and volunteers worked themselves into a joyful delirium just
trying to keep up. Hot dogs, brats , and hamburgers fresh off
the grill topped it all off. |
Estimated cost: up to $7
million
Future Bridge Alternatives
Discussed at GIBA Meeting
By Jim Tucker
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or ten residents joined Barrier Island Water Authority
representatives at the "engineering meeting" hosted by
the bridge authority last Thursday. The Gasparilla Island Bridge
Authority reviewed three alternatives to replace the aging Center
and South Bridges. These two spans have shorter remaining service
lives than the North (Swing) Bridge. |
The estimated remaining time frame
for the South Bridge is only 6-10 years because of chloride
contamination and erosion. The South Bridge also has the
shallowest pilings and is getting close attention now to avoid
expensive, temporary repairs. The Center Bridge has 12-15 years of
estimated service life left, explained Jim Cooper, GIBA executive
director. |
The alternative that would have
restricted traffic on and off the island to one-lane for 9-12
months was eliminated from consideration. Congestion and the
impediment to emergency traffic were the prime reasons to discard
that plan.
The remaining alternatives involve offsetting
the new construction from
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Lee County Seeks
Applicants for MSTU Advisory Committee
By Linda Fudala-Tucker
| Applicants
are being sought for a five-member Gasparilla Island MSTU advisory
committee. And they don't have to fill out a financial disclosure
form, said Nan Summerall Gonzalez, executive assistant to Lee
County Commissioner |
Bob Janes.
The advisory committee is a "Non Reporting
Committee" and therefore, the members will not have to file
financial disclosures, explained Gonzalez. |
The committee is made up of 5
property owners within the district. It is not a requirement, but
preferred that the appointees be available at least 10 months out
of the
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