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Then there my energy low drive certain tasks just floats away, Im like swimmer resting back placid Gulf drifting each gentle wave. explore magical effects wonderful things enjoy waterways. Some us love fish, battle tarpon Boca Grande Pass connection water. Others mariners island hopping Cabbage Key Cayo Costa leaves surrounded waters change color sun rises falls beautiful scenery connects And even prefer land, hike alongside winding rivers scrub-lined bays our parks wildlife refuges calming effect scour sky bald eagles. Yes, numerous opportunities connect encompass here, read page, sure youll come away new appreciation H2O. With Gulf, lakes around us, its only natural ecotourism abounds here. feature story explores commitment areas outfitters doing encounters flora fauna more meaningful. Society Ethical Ecotourism, nonprofit educational group incorporated 2001 establish maintain an ethical code local ecotourism, environment ecotourists Florida. After reading story, I hope propelled book spot ecotourim adventures mentioned story. Away water, theres plenty happening at year. At all cultural centers, find music, theater, dance art offerings galore. Whether attend concert Symphony, performance Broadway Palm Theatre Repertory Theatre, show Alliance Arts visit Barbara B. Mann Performing scene bursting energy, want it. Last all, sincere thanks many readers wrote me regarding publishers letter ran JanuaryFebruary issue. am always appreciative comments thank taking share thoughts Media team. countries. Sometimes if could surrounds us. When focused, concentrating project, kayaker mission, paddling across inky Pine Publisher, 934 TOP PHOTO BY NICK ADAMS BOTTOM LEFT COURTESY OF LEE COUNTY VISITOR CONVENTION BUREAU RIGHT DANIELA JAEGER 11 MAKING WAVES honor roll coast who, their everyday lives, community special. BETH LUBERECKI ROB DEGENNARO DOUG MIENTKIEWICZ MAN PLAN Rob DeGennaros popular Myers Beach restaurant might called Nervous Nellies. But his plans area surrounding business, nothing hesitant them. DeGennaro purchased Snug Harbor Marina, other nearby property, order transform into lively waterfront zone Old Seaport Beach. addition expanding marina, he continue bringing vessels Nao Victoria, replica first ship circumnavigate globe, which marina through March 17, Lynx, War 1812era tall ship, docked May 30. Both open tours events. Thats thrust Beach-- technically pleasing, cultural, says. really would tourist destination. sites grand opening October marked Spanish battleship True Galleon, appears pirate series Crossbones NBC fall. Shell docks episode hits TV, says DeGennaro. Nellies, 239-463-8077, nervousnellies.net LEADING THE FIELD have been Mientkiewicz s manager Miracle. hes stranger minor-league baseball team affiliated Minnesota Twins. He played Miracle himself years ago spent nearly decade baseman major-league teams Twins Boston Sox. leading winning season, was named Manager Year State League, several players made leagues All-Star Team. try get best guy, job help them better fulfill dreams. His own experiences arent far past 39-year-old manager. remember struggles had, Mientkiewicz. As player, everything top prospect organization 25th man roster. Though makeup changes year, has high hopes upcoming begins April. Theres reason why shouldnt able did last Miracle, 239-768-4210, miraclebaseball.com 13 ARTWORK JONATHAN KANE ROBERT MACOMBER GREG LEBLANC STORIES SEA Macomber master multitasking. prolific Island-based author five novels works any given time. also conducts signings, reader meet-ups lectures world serves consultant Department Defense. My energize me, meeting watching learn themselves books. Macombers Honor Series follows fictional American naval officer Peter Wake Honors Rendered. centered confrontation between United States Imperial Germany South Pacific 1889. write little-known history actually were very important foundation now, This moments consequences rather far-reaching. next focuses failed assassination attempt 1892. fact target lived changed history, Macomber. gets travel world, happy Life here extremely laid-back calm, There pretentions Island. Macomber, robertmacomber.com PASSIONATE ABOUT PADDLING LeBlanc tried while working naturalist whats now Calusa Center bought kayak, then seven more, started giving tours. realized great tool kayak environmental education, two decades ago, Barb Renneke Captiva Kayak Co., operates McCarthys Marina Since theyve folks ages experience levels Kayaking such activity area, LeBlanc. go bays, rivers, creeks, mangroves, canals--whatever want. leads Sound side Buck Key. For alone, helps match paddler offers advice. We review paddle strokes, how boat works, over charts tell go, dont shove people say luck. they often say, Wow, great--and easy. well, see spectacular place conjunction. 239-395-2925, captivakayaks.com 14 CAPTIVA KAYAK CO. 15 PROFILE Anglers, boaters fishing guides turn guy forecast sea air, consummate professional providing weather information precise easy understand. Obviously, Winkle likes does. born raised distance Florida, Arizona exact. graduating school Prescott, college but decided option So 1976, joined Navy, offered wide choice fields, including meteorology. had interest weather, finishing classroom studies stateside, assigned aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, stationed Mediterranean, complete training. P ED BROTAK broadcasting. Nimitz onboard TV broadcast weatherman. sailors knew up ask, Cincinnati Id point mentioning Cincinnati. connecting audience, Finishing duty returned university. graduated Summa Cum Laude 1984 B.A. German business. pursue meteorology came ad weatherman KUSK-TV, small station Prescott. applied hired. stayed years, before heard another opportunity. WVIR-TV Charlottesville, retty cool senior chief Team, describes life. plan state. trademark glasses, closely cut gray hair slight athletic build, easily recognizable. welcomes smile quickly engages conversation. Senior Team tracks going air. OUTDOOR RECREATION BEING MAJOR REASON TO VISIT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, ACCURATE WEATHER FORECASTS ARE ESSENTIAL. VAN WINKLE AND HIS TEAM TRUSTED SOURCE INFORMATION PART EVENING NEWSCAST. 1979 Iranian hostage crisis occurred, deployed Persian Gulf. Putting gear, finished training months took charge ships center. work, awarded prestigious Navy Achievement Medal. Besides making forecasts, got taste Va., looking became WVIR, position held 17 years. 2003, changing Winkles life, felt need move on. It happened WVIRs sister station, WBBH-TV Myers, meteorologist. so, RED DOOR STUDIO 521 wild tropical storms tracking Hurricane Charley, category 150 mph winds, hit 2004. IS CREDITED FIRST DETECT SUBTLE CHANGE IN CHARLEYS TRACK, WHICH WOULD BRING STORM CRASHING ASHORE JUST NORTH FORT MYERS. THIS ALERT GAVE RESIDENTS AN EXTRA FEW HOURS PREPARE. hadnt whole significant events ever occur Charley put use. credited being detect subtle Charleys track, bring storm crashing ashore north alert gave extra few hours prepare. About later 2005, once again helped viewers hurricane. air 24 straight Wilma crossed south Marco holds Seal Approval National Association, loves challenge forecasting. Different happen every day, says, never exactly same. NBC-2, heads staff six, includes Haley Webb, hurricane expert Reif meteorologists Jason Dunning, Kira Miner Heckard. They utilize technology provide accurate forecasts timely warnings. stations First Alert Doppler Zoom customized radar allows pinpoint locations give short-term movement. outdoor recreation major essential. source evening newscast. Audrey Stewart Adventures Paradise, 30-year-old touring business use Radar especially during summer. kind in, rain going, up-to-date manner, rely NBC-2. accurate. Before fishing, shelling, Chris Gillespie Bear Charters turns NBC2 well. terms severe Theyre Their bar none best. Not does to. Thunderstorm tricky, hurricanes, hardest forecast. trial fire, recalls. right favorite pastimes, collects old bird houses, cigar boxes items decorative accessories. One day shop, saw house newly painted decoration thought, that. creations sale Open Shoppes Hendry Street enjoying Sanibel. beach, Tarpon Bay, Bowman Beach, Lighthouse great. Sunshine State, sums up, Ive lucky. 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Because expensive commodity, degree Convention International Trade Endangered Species Wild Fauna Flora CITES Nations UN declared international fishing. illegal import U.S. since classified critically endangered, according fingerling Sturgeon AquaFarms SCIENTISTS FROM ALL OVER WORLD HAVE ATTENDED SYMPOSIUMS AT STURGEON AQUAFARMS LEARN HOW HELP PRESERVATION SPECIES. ON OPPOSITE PAGE 100,000 tanks pollutants threats found wild. Union Conservation IUCN List Threatened Species. Other sturgeon, sterlet, listed vulnerable. Overfishing problematic southern parts Sea, deeper large creatures--up 18-feetlong 600 pounds--reside. overfishing, pollution caused oil gas exploitation considered serious marine species Caspian. These days, however, population resides 100 situated 120 acres AquaFarms, located Bascom, company successfully breed farmed purpose harvest efforts. operations population, composed sevruga, sterlet smaller amount osetra. swim overfishing. Instead, freshness Floridian aquifer same drinking residents. hand-fed nutritionally balanced diet similar eat wild, free antibiotics, chemicals hormones. Robinson Zapata, biologist responsible livelihood sturgeon. monitor day. size fitness measured frequently, temperature oxygen saturation taken throughout Any deemed ill moved in-house infirmary, observed apart remaining healthy allowed return removed permanently due extenuating illnesses, Zapata. harvested highest quality still growth stage, meat sold yet. 23 reproduce annually, maturation process slow-paced. Once reach maturity, European markets. expected 2014. cofounded Mark Zaslavsky Gelman, immigrants Ukraine Markys, specialty food retailer based Miami. began quest produce importing juvenile raising harvesting top-notch facility 2005 declared. mission expanded include preservation protection commercialization locally thus decreasing pressure stocks reducing importation. continually testing gathering determine appropriate reintroduction survive said Christopher Hlubb, president Markys Group, COO AquaFarms. explains possesses agreements Russia Azerbaijan resources, methods, funding expertise focus stocks, aiding increasing effectiveness acceptance commercial consumers. worked Food Drug Administration, Fish Wildlife Service Geological Survey aid building assist partners process, adds scientists attended symposiums Today, known worldwide live, biological site. come, world-class farm--for tastes. OPhelan resident writes variety topics. 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Weathermen explain towering castlesin-the-sky formations strong updrafts moist condensing clouds. sustained long enough, full Rain-free wide, billowy cotton towers. halo moon iving Coast intimately connected spectacular, putting boil fantastic shapes reflect multiple colors sun. Veteran sailors, bible yes. warning best-known relates sky. maxim goes Christ. Bible Matthew 162-3, Jesus evening, ye fair red. foul today mixed means beachgoers. 858 CAN YOU FORECAST WATCHING SKY VETERAN SAILORS, SHAKESPEARE EVEN BIBLE SAY YES. OUR GOAL PROMOTE MARINE CONSERVATION, BEST WAY WE DO THAT ALLOW PEOPLE OPPORTUNITY FALL LOVE OCEAN. KIDS TEND OCEAN BASED INTELLECTUAL EXPLORATION. --BRUCE NEILL, EXECUTIVE SANIBEL SCHOOL Cumulonimbus vertically refuge indicates coming. night. Ring moon, soon frequently true light fog occurrence. Scientists thin layer cirrus ice crystals moons light. ahead approaching system. rain, increases possibility vivid halo, chance While sayings basis fact, captains observations 35 CLOUD PRIMER Clouds moisture invisible droplets. transparent, billions glass beads scatter sunlight gives illusion white. general movement heat, cold exchanges. cumulus lumpy, stratus layers icy, variations each. Cirrus white wispy indicate precede patterns within hours, precipitation. Altostratus grey andor cover future. Altocumulus grayish-white blanketing entire dense dark patterns. mean Stratocumulus low-lying lifts ground. Usually precipitation, fog, mist snow. Nimbostratus sheet cloud bit differentiation. almost raining Cumulus cotton-like present pile sky, grown vertically. winds lightening form anvil-like shape, anvil pointing direction moving. lower bottom sooner drop Low-lying clouds, background, hover Mexico front moving Causeway. predictions. 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Today organization, national ones. birth SEE, ecotourism. outgrowth 1998 workshop restructured itself statewide. officially SEE. name, course, begs obvious unethical asked John Kiseda, SEEs executive director, yes sort thing. told nature green washing untrue claims finally, trained informed certification program. Tour meet, standards apply certified. assumed not-yet-certified operator satisfactory questions. experienced guiding guarantee specific, dolphins, manatees particular because asking tries, elsewhere. whenever practical, quick yelp.com tripadvisor.com. 55 351 Co. Wildside mangroves. Now, fortune sit midst paradise, Tourism, knows, factor economy, rapidly growing segment lucky enough paddleboard then, paraphrase expression, oyster. infinite bayous, leisure. adventurous equipment, multitude operators. toward, choices endless. First, former types, words caution. starting likely interests tides. cases theyll difference you, but, others, entirely. Parts example, tidal. downstream outgoing tide river pleasant. But, tides returning upstream effortless. outfitter helpful. J.N. Refuge excellent example tidal awareness important. merely Bay--the shoreline Rookery Islands. If, Commodore Trail, well-marked path tunnels interior refuge, affect Wendy Schnapp, Bay Explorers, concessionaire kayakers trail Fortunately, predicted except changes, optimum anticipated accurately. forcing industry expand Many enthusiasts longer satisfied 56 Refuge. 57 Join Explorers Cruise, tram Drive marine-life touch tank. Gaea Guides adding outings Bat Tour--a two-hour bats hiding hunt. Of immerse Ten Thousand Islands Everglades Area Tours. guided exploration southwest portion nights camping wilderness. opt shorter combine swamp walks. endurance necessary another. LeBlanc, Adventures, solution underway. add larger powerboat complement, Boat. specially designed ferry kayaks eliminate time-consuming impractical paddles distant potential interest. Smith music-licensing executive, second career writerproducer. Writers Group. Matlacha Bay. 58 TARPON BAY EXPLORERS GAEA GUIDES latest, luxurious, Boats Mirage. Captained Keith Klingele wife Camille, Voyagers, 70-foot watercraft, sails week-long, all-meals-included cruises. Passengers launch less-populated Sound, waterfocused, activities, hiking preserves, bicycling scouring astonishing bounty Sanibels shores, equally rewarding. explore, guardianship responsibility visit, footprints memories. sightings egrets, herons, roseate spoonbills occasional 59 HISTORY TOM HALL sleeping loft. 1921, rum runner Jack DeLysle engrafted oversize tiled bathroom outrageous upstairs bedrooms wrapped east sides upper birds-eye Mantanzas Pass. scope DeLysles renovations intriguing owned property. 1,100 Indians section elevated mound chiefs, nobles, leaders priests. 1700s, fisher established ranchos site, drying salting drum, pompano, trout turtle export Spain. Safe surge, mounds elevation undoubtedly Cases induced permanent home. tremendous served epicenter different periods, notes archaeologist Theresa Schober, Houses director. acquisition 2000 communities site crunch crisply beneath designer sneakers, intently docents Susan Grace weave spellbinding tales plants, architecture archaeology House. oldest standing structure, rests ancient Indian treasured well-preserved link 1906 William Milia Case quaint Tudor-style wood needed cook. Three later, added brick fireplace second- MORE YEARS, CALUSA INDIANS THEIR HOME ESTERO ISLAND, BUILDING ELEVATED MOUND OUT OYSTER SHELLS PLACE HONOR CHIEFS, NOBLES, MILITARY LEADERS HIGH PRIESTS. overlooks picnic tables one-hour Docent stories escorts Subterranean Exhibit. Below Landscaping plants carefully selected concerted media. Schober settled interlocking disciplines. ethno-botanical landscaping. Sacks, phenomenal landscape architect planet, interns chose plantings. typical garden, name philological origin, House, Calusa, needles thread spiny margin heavy spike century plant mats baskets cabbage traps songbirds sticky sap gumbo limbo trees. Second, Exhibit created. removing houses swimming Florence 61 conditioning, second-story inhabitants cooling breezes TALES PAST historical figure Born Tasmania British veteran, 1920 Prohibition, brother arrested smuggling whiskey Acquitted mere foreseeing newfound build Seminole Sands Casino Connecticut boosters toll bridge mainland burned 1924, vanished, unpaid debt bankruptcies wake. re-emerged 1926 Carolina socialite whod convinced successful developer. there, transformed bungalow grandest residence restored. T.H. Long, 1958, swatch shell mound, 65 deep, exposed. Rather presenting unexplained strata earth, exhibit treats audio-visual light-synchronized 12-minute video. features mural. 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Harry Debbie Orta, Vocalist 7, Audience Requests 14, Music Walk 18, District alive third dozen participating venues talent. 855-7323836, fortmyersmusicwalk.com STAGE Symphony Masterworks IV 1, 8pm, Conductor Andreas Delfs OConor, Piano, perform Wagners Flying Dutchman Overture, Beethovens Concerto Brahms 4, 239-418-1500, swflso.org Caloosa Gun 1-April 26, 630pm, Journey Ol cowboy-style murder Murder Mystery Train, Railway, 239-275-8487, semgulf.com SPY Sunday, 530pm Wednesday Thursday, Inspector Henri Dijon save Soviet spies 1960s Saxophone Quartet 3, widelyheard saxophone quartet performed recitals, informal concerts classes China, radio Grand Woodlands 239-454-2067, shellpoint.orgconcerts Pops Musicals screen, musicals Selections Music, Oklahoma, salute Rodgers Hammerstein movies. Sunset Davina Vagabonds 5pm, ranging Fats Domino Preservation Band Aretha Franklin Waits, band converting audiences Vancouver Europe. Lee 239-939-2787, artinlee.org Conspiracy Whale 14-29, Thursday-Saturday, 8pm 2pm, Morbidly obese 600-pound confines apartment eats oblivion. failing, becomes desperate reconnect estranged teenage daughter. love, Foulds Mendelssohn 25, 730pm, mini-marathon Felix Mendelssohns brilliant symphonic poem Fingals Cave evergreen Scotch Symphony. Mysterious sprites curses abound Fair Melusina Overture twilight 83 O ne Am Ameri erica cas Re Reper pertor tory FUN FU y Comp mp anies ies REPERTORY Co ATRE CACIOPPO, FOU WALL STREET JOU RNAL NDER PRODUCING ART ISTIC MAR 21-APR PREVIEWS 18-20 HISTORIC ARCADE THEATRE 2013-2014 APR 25-MAY 22-24 Midsummer Nights Dream. Performance Church BIG ARTS, Schein creations. Richard Naders Doo Wop Rock N Roll 28, all-star lineup legends stroll memory lane. 239-481-4849, bbmannpah.com V Dvorak 8, Fidelio Gershwins conducted Nir Kabaretti, artistic Santa earned reputation command vast operatic repertoire. 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GreenMarket orchids, flora, soaps enjoyment. 36th Siesta Fiesta 27, street crafts Key, Sarasota. 561746-6615, EVENTS Studio artists. day-long 86 87 followed self-guided studios Seahorse Dream Project Gala Auction 6pm, entertaining silent auction, auction seahorse statues Golisano Childrens Hospital Marriott Spa, 239-481-3907, a-seahorse-dream.org Amelia Earhart Luncheon Daring Janina Birtolo returns one-woman portraying aviation pioneer Earhart, woman fly solo Atlantic, earning Lady Lindy. celebrates flight. Evening Maureen McGovern 10acre campus vendors grown, cultivated foods sampling purchase. Live musicians, fun kids, cooking demos Guided Daily, 930-11am 130-3pm, communities. firsthand wildlife. Six Mile Slough, 239-694-0398, leeparks.org Walking Tours Wednesday, Saturday 1030am, Learn 88 90-minute district. 239-945-0405, truetours.net Haunted 2nd 4th Friday, reveals darker Farmers 8am, goodies market. 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