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M/PIFCD recognizes special help offered through the hurricane By PAULETTE LeBLANC
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Island Fire Chief Ben Mickuleit and Capt. Bobby Barr don’t want the generosity and steadfastness of the team of firefighters on Pine Island through Hurricane Ian to be overlooked. The hurricane posed many challenges for the department, not the least of which was having the equipment split before the storm in an effort to control damage that
might be done by incoming winds and storm surge, Barr said. “We didn’t have our equipment — our fire engines. We had a limited number of them. We didn’t have ambulances, we didn’t have our utility pickup trucks. Obviously, the thought before the storm is to pull away from the storm surge,” Barr said. Although according to theory this is the right thing to do, it caused many challenges because the department
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In the wake of Ian, a new recovery team forms on Pine Island
Hugh Reid, the owner of the Dolphins Resort in Matlacha, provided this picture of the main building of the resort, which he fears will collapse due to surge damage caused by Hurricane Ian. He also said the rest of the park is unsafe.
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Residents at Dolphins Resort want help staying put Owner wants everyone to vacate; cites unsafe conditions By PAULETTE LeBLANC
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Ten-year Dolphins Resort resident Todd Victor is just one of several renters at the park in Matlacha who would like to get back to his normal life. After Hurricane Ian damaged many of the manufactured homes in the resort, those who were left began meeting to survey the damage. They paid out of pocket to have debris cleaned up and hoped to get much-needed help from the property management or owner. They are frustrated with what they say is a lack of cooperation. “They don’t do anything, they don’t return anybody’s
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was cut off from the equipment they were trying to protect due to the island’s inaccessibility after the storm, he said. Fortunately, many of the firefighters had their own pickups that were on the island. These became a great deal more valuable than the fire engines would have been, Barr said. “Fire engines are great to transport fire personnel to a
calls, I’m kind of left in the dark. I feel like they’re trying to push us out,” Victor said, adding he has tried several times to reach someone in charge. The owner, though, says while he initially hoped for a better outcome, the park is unsafe due to damage and the residents need to accept this and leave. Dolphins Resort renters have received notices, dated Nov. 14, to vacate the premises. This letter came on the heels of a letter dated Oct. 31, just after the hurricane, letting residents know park owner, Hugh Reid, was then actively working to make repairs and get the park up and
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Jay Sanderson, owner of Island Tactical, and American Legion Commander, retired Army Lt. Col. Aaron Barreda, met to discuss a new island recovery task force, they are calling GPIA — Greater Pine Island Alliance — a “COAD” organization. “The state and federal government recognize groups that get together to respond to disasters and a COAD is community organization active in disasters. The way we’re going to set it up is called the Greater Pine Island Alliance. We’ll be working with a local 501c3 until we gain our own non-profit status,” Sanderson said. This organization will have its own board and administrative assistant with the purpose of being a central command for all things that need recovery on Pine Island. The primary goal is to be as efficient as possible during the recovery process for islanders, Sanderson said. The group is now in the early stages of becoming officially organized in order to gain government recognition. They are in the process of organizing skilled volunteers and developing a plan of outreach and communication. The plan is to do a status check on all Pine Island residents, searching for those in need. “This is everything from mental health to insurance questions, FEMA advocacy and advocacy in general. We just want to make sure we’re reaching everyone,” Sanderson said. If you currently need help or have special proficiencies, such as, but not limited to, communication skills, medical skills or advanced volunteer organization skills, and are interested in getting involved with GPIA, leave a message for Katie Arnett at 239-373-2830 with your contact information and you will receive a call back
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Winn-Dixie donates food to help islanders By PAULETTE LeBLANC
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On Thursday, Nov. 17, Winn-Dixie store manager Dan Loughren ran a food drive for the Pine Island Food Pantry, to help during the Thanksgiving holiday. “Winn-Dixie donated 100 of those $15 holiday bags that they’ve been selling — so we donated 100 of those and we donated two large pallets of food to the food pantry,” Loughren said. The Matlacha/Pine Island Fire Control District came and loaded the pallets onto their trucks, and took the food to the Food Pantry, he said. “Because we’re selling those $15 holiday bags, WinnDixie wanted to go above and beyond and do more for the Food Pantry. We usually have a food drive here, but with the hurricane, this kind of took the place of that, just to help people on the island,” Loughren said. Winn-Dixie staff and volunteers, right, with holiday bags for island residents, and below, a Matlacha/Pine Island Fire Control District crew loads up donated food to be delivered to the Food Pantry. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY WINN DIXIE
Cajun Navy Ground Force will be on Pine Island until mid-December By PAULETTE LeBLANC
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Since Hurricane Ian, the Cajun Navy has had multiple groups on the island. Because there are various units of the Cajun Navy, Rob Gaudet has named the group he founded, Cajun Navy Ground Force. Ground Force director of donor and sponsor relations, Camille Baker, said it can be confusing having so many different groups working under the same name. “We’re just completely different groups, with different core tenets. We just keep our noses down and try to do what we do for our group, but it is very confusing with each storm, not only in our own hometown, but when we go into other areas,” Baker said. The term Cajun Navy was first coined during a press conference after Hurricane Katrina, when citizens decided to begin helping one another, she said. In 2016 when there was a mass flood in Louisiana, Gaudet saw folks asking for help on social media and decided to put his talents to use to get groups of volunteers together. Because several Cajun Navy groups were born under this name, today these groups head to disaster areas under various leadership. The Ground Force Cajun Navy division has three different programs, Baker explained. The first is Safe Camp (swift action force emergency camp), where they set up a distribution point for all people to come together. This set up includes medical services and supply distribution — all the different services that are not available to citizens after a storm. It’s a priority, she said, not to leave a footprint, so there See GROUND FORCE, page 8
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Shrimpers, maritime industry find support following hurricane Weeks have passed since Hurricane Ian made landfall, yet the images of destruction are still so vivid — barren slabs of concrete or splintered pilings where businesses and homes once stood, piles of household items stacked on the curb, crumpled cars tossed on their roofs by powerful storm surge. The images that stand out to me are faces of our Southwest Florida residents who lost their homes, belongings and livelihoods. The storm affected everyone, from millionaires living in beachfront mansions to workingclass people and retirees. One group especially impacted by Ian are shrimpers and commercial fishermen. Their vessels were tossed, turned and catapulted onto land. And that’s where they will remain until specialized cranes can safely hoist them back into the water, where they belong assuming they can still float. Leaders of local nonprofits have been surveying our community and supporting those who need help. On a recent visit to Fort Myers Beach, I had an opportunity to speak with some shrimpers and commercial fishermen who rode out Ian on their boats. They showed me pictures and videos shot as the eye wall passed, waves crashing with unimaginable force and 16 feet of storm surge rising so high that nearby roofs were barely visible. When asked what they need, though, the men weren’t focused on personal items. “We’re hoping to get back in the water so we can go fishing,” Richard Browne said. “We desperately need to get back on the water.”
In the meantime, shrimpers for those impacted by the and fishermen cannot earn a storm, for children and school living. They take great pride in programs, and the local marcatching wild-caught fish and itime community. “Gulf pink” shrimp, which then “When we were looking for makes their way to local restauan organization to donate to, rants and supermarkets. They we really wanted to speak with worry that further delays could someone directly who had lead restaurants to serve more boots on the ground,” Alexis imported and farm-raised prodJoel said. “They were really ucts damaging the local econodoing everything, from helpmy. They want Southwest ing people rip out their drywall Floridians to have fresh, local to doing Meals on Wheels.” caught seafood on their dinner Joel visited Southwest Stefanie Ink plates. Florida a week after Ian made Edwards Although these shrimpers landfall to survey the damage. and fishermen spend much of “It’s a beautiful area, but their time at sea, they are still a it’s also the epicenter of the part of our community. shrimping industry, a lot of Community Cooperative idencommercial fishing,” Joel tified this group as one needing said. “They’re going to need extra support, recently partnering with The help for a long period of time.” Joel Foundation to offer long-term recovery The dedication of shrimpers and fishermen assistance and set up pop-up distribution cen- effectively saved their vessels from being ters like one near Matanzas Harbor. There, severely damaged, effectively saving shrimpers, fishermen and Fort Myers Beach Southwest Florida’s shrimping and fishing residents could receive hot meals, water and industry, which along with tourism and agriessential items like hygiene and cleaning sup- culture are the region’s economic pillars. plies, canned goods and shelf-stable foods, Ian deposited many commercial fishing pet food, baby products, tarps and direct assis- vessels onshore, some just feet from the tance to help with bills. water. Now, these hardworking captains, Led by Billy and Alexis Joel, the founda- crew and ship owners must wait. Joel offers a tion donated $250,000 to Community sense of hope and optimism. Cooperative’s Lee County Strong Hurricane “There are people rooting for you,” Joel Relief Fund. The donation is supporting relief See SUPPORT, page 8 and rebuilding efforts in Southwest Florida
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Letters to the Editor Political revenge? To the editor: The Liberal Press is filling up its pages and airways with talk of the new Republican majority in the House initiating investigations on Hunter Biden, his laptop and his amazing wealth accumulation while his father was vice president. Democrats should have been concerned about the scope of Joe Biden’s complicity in using his office to get rich and make his family even richer along with a host of other issues, when they came up, but they chose instead to sweep them under the rug. Funny thing about the stuff that gets “swept under the rug,” it never real-
ly goes away, it’s just out of sight temporarily. The definition of revenge is “the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong, suffered at their hands.” I find it strange that the term “revenge” is even used by the Libs as it would indicate they created an “injury or wrong” that needed to be avenged. Did they? Tens of millions of dollars were spent on the “Mueller Witch Hunt” which was instigated by a phony dossier created by the Hilary Clinton campaign to overturn American Democracy in the 2016 election of President Trump. Adam Schiff spent four
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years lying to the American public on every Liberal television station and every scrap of paper they produced stating that he had seen “more than circumstantial evidence” of a Trump/Russia collusion existence. We all now know that the entire story was nothing more than a fabrication designed to cast doubt and dispersions on the newly elected president. Criminal proceedings were not instituted against Schiff, even though a good case could likely be made against him. Could this be the activity that requires “political revenge?” Well, an honest person looking at it might answer that question in the affirmative but then, we’d have to find an honest person that could actually be covered and have a voice in the Liberal Press, right? That would not be Adam Schiff and yet all the Dems just stood mute after the disgraceful shenanigans of their elected officials were finally exposed. They simply had nothing to say, no apologies, no retractions of their lies, nothing, they just looked the other way. Investigating Biden and his pathetic son should be something that all Americans want to get to the bottom of and has nothing to do with “revenge” but is simply a matter of removing the dust from under the rug and finally putting it where it belongs; in the trash can. Max Christian, St. James City
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Fine Swine hosted another fundraiser for Pine Island, orchestrated by Island Tactical owner Jay Sanderson, Kevin and Jennifer Russell and the Matlacha Hookers on Saturday, Nov. 19. Funds were raised for Pine Island recovery, through the Matlacha Hookers, to go to any islanders in need, Sanderson said. “It was a super awesome event and beyond imagination. I can’t even put into words how amazing people are when times are tough. We all just came together. We’re going to start doing them quarterly, with the next one tentatively planned for February,” Sanderson said. The Fine Swine is located at 10251 Stringfellow
Road, St. James City. Call 239-282-8811 for more information. Contact Island Tactical at 5261 Pine Island Road, Unit 101, Bokeelia by calling 239-558-4925. For more about the Matlacha Hookers, a 501c3 women's charitable organization striving to make a difference in the island community, visit www.matlachahookers.org The organizers of the fundraiser are, from left, Matlacha Hooker Julia Gaylor, Jay Sanderson, Hooker DJ Ruscik and Fine Swine owners Brian Crowley and Tricia Crowley. PHOTO PROVIDED BY JAY SANDERSON
Bokeelia Art Gift Gallery to open Dec. 7 The gallery will once again be collecting toys for the Pine Island F.I.S.H. holiday toy drive. Please drop off toys by Dec. 16. The Bokeelia Art Gallery is at 8315 Main St., Bokeelia. Call 239-738-5280 for additional information.
Legion Auxiliary to host Pancakes with Santa American Legion Auxiliary would like to invite the public to its 3rd Annual Pancakes with Santa Saturday Dec. 17, from 9-11 a.m. The Legion Post is located at 4106 Stringfellow Road, St. James City. Please call to register your child with Teresa 239738-5008 or Tracy 229-332-8027. The Auxiliary will need child’s name and age — gifts will be age appropri-
ate. The age for participants will range from 0-12 years. Please feel free to reach out to us. The cut off for registrations will be Dec. 7 to allow the auxiliary time to prepare.
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The Bokeelia Art Gift Gallery will be opening for the season Dec. 7. The gallery will feature local artists and craftsman as well as many works by new Southwest Florida artists. The gallery will be well stocked with gifts for all the special people on shoppers' holiday lists.
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CW Fudge Factory to hold Christmas Bazaar and Live Nativity Scene Dec. 17 The CW Fudge Factory will have its Christmas Bazaar and Live Nativity Scene on the grounds of St. John’s Episcopal Church Saturday, Dec. 17. Performances will be at 5, 6 and p.m. Each performance will last approximately 30 minutes.
Because many islanders have said they've been unable to attend the performances on Christmas Eve due to other commitments, organizers hope the earlier date provides the opportunity for more to attend. Please bring your folding chairs and
any drinks or snacks you want to enjoy and plan to do some Christmas shopping at the Christmas Bazaar starting at 3 p.m. William and Carlos’ famous hot chocolate will be available in limited supply during the performances. Please also bring a canned food item
for the Pine Island Food Pantry. St. John’s is at 7771 Stringfellow Road in St. James City. Please email any questions to mrktglady@gmail.com
Better Together distributes Thanksgiving meals, supplies to families in need on Pine Island and in North Fort Myers Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to families and children, helped make the Thanksgiving holiday brighter by distributing Thanksgiving meals and supplies to over 100 local families recovering from Hurricane Ian. The nonprofit rallied community partners and dozens of volunteers to go doorto-door in communities highly impacted by the storm to deliver meals and supplies to families that the organization has connected with through Hurricane Ian outreach. On Pine Island, Better Together partnered with City First Church to deliver more than 50 turkey dinners to families at The Palms at Pine Island mobile home community on Pine Island. In North Fort Myers, Better Together worked with Truist and Aramark to provide 50 families with Thanksgiving dinners, complete with pumpkin pie and
lemonade. The nonprofit also joined forces with Integrity Employee Leasing, Finnegan’s Grille & Pub and the Kiwanis Club of Port Charlotte Sunrise to provide over 20 Thanksgiving meals to families in Charlotte, Sarasota and Manatee counties. “Despite losing everything, or nearly so, the families in these communities tell us how grateful they are for our continued support. The presence of our volunteers in their community and door-to-door outreach continues to give them hope,” said Megan Rose, CEO of Better Together. “We're grateful for all who came together to give these families a sense of normalcy that will help make the Thanksgiving holiday a bit brighter.” To learn more about Better Together and its mission, please visit Better TogetherUS.org.
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Better Together CEO Meghan Rose delivers a Thanksgiving meal to a local resident.
VFW Post 4353 to host Pearl Harbor Service Greater Pine VFW Post 4353 will be holding a Pearl Harbor Memorial Service Wednesday, Dec. 7, at 10 a.m. at the post at 8150 Stringfellow Road, St. James City.
There will be a brief memorial for the "Day of Infamy" and then will finish with a wreath-laying for all those who wish to honor the event. The second half of the service will be
a coming together of the island community and featuring guest speaker Pastor Jim Olsen of First Baptist Church of Pine Island who will speak about the recent disaster that visited the island and how
the community has risen from the destruction, and the path forward to recovery. Please attended this special event. A luncheon will be served afterward.
call and to put water on fires with hoses and equipment, but they don’t serve very well for moving people, for picking people up, for bringing people back to Station 1 for medical calls. If you don’t have an ambulance, the next best thing is probably a pick-up truck,” Barr said. Engineer Adam Rogowski, firefighter Mark Menard and firefighter Nick Agnew all had vehicles that were left on the island since they had helped move equipment off the island before the storm, he said. All three of these fire department personnel handed over the keys to their own vehicles without question, said Barr. “Those three vehicles became rescue trucks, became ambulances. We built three-man crews, we put medical equipment in them and they became ambulances — they ran from one end of the island to the next, bringing people back to Station 1, and they provided ALS (advanced life support) care in the back of their own personal pickup trucks through the whole thing,” Barr said. In addition to the firefighters who willingly handed over their personal vehicles for the good of the community, Barr said there was an islander, who prefers to remain anonymous, who also gave his truck to the fire department to use freely to help those who needed it. This
A Pine Island firefighter at the site of last Wednesday's fire. PHOTO BY JEANETTE JONES
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Several fire engines responded to a possible structure fire Nov. 23 around 1 p.m. Upon arrival, crews found smoke showing from a commercial structure in the industrial park. Crews quickly deployed fire equipment to extinguish the fire. Islander Jeanette Jones was coming out of the Beacon and saw flames at the recycling center in St. James City. “The fire trucks were starting to pour in — they had just made the turn. I looked to the fire trucks and then turned to my right, which put me in direct line to the scrap yard and smoke was coming up from the back side of it. One truck went to the right and one truck went to the left,” Jones said. No injuries were reported but the building had minor damage.
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individual stayed for 24 hours and drove people back and forth to the Yucatan so they could be evacuated, only leaving to find his elderly parents. “He said, 'It’s time, I need to go take care of my mom and dad' and he held up the keys to his truck and he says, 'But I want you to take this and use it to help the rest of these people.' It was pretty moving,” Barr said about the islander. Many former and current firefighters pitched in to lend a hand, using their own equipment, without hesitation, when many of them had just lost their own homes or suffered damages from the hurricane. “They went a step further, putting their own possessions at risk to help this community. I think it’s something this community can be very proud of. The people should know that these individuals suffered their own losses. They weren’t offered anything to do this,” Barr said. A special thank you from the Matlacha/Pine Island Fire Control District goes out to Capt. Simer, Engineer Rossman, Engineer Scotty Darna, Gerard Cicoria, Engineer Sean McQuade and retired Capt. Bill Russell for going above and beyond to help the island in its time
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Support From page 4 said. “Hopefully we can bring a little bit of awareness and people can try to donate whatever they can — time, food, money — and help them get back on their feet.” To support Community Cooperative’s Lee County Strong Emergency Relief Fund, please visit CommunityCooperative.com/LeeCountyStrong or call 239-332-7687. Stefanie Ink Edwards is the chief executive officer of Community Cooperative, a nonprofit that provides innovative food, education and social service programs. For more, visit CommunityCoopera-tive.com.Shrimpers, maritime industry find support following hurricane.
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The Calusa Waterkeeper sampled water Nov. 19, and the results are featured on this map. FDOH took a few samples on Sanibel on Nov. 14, and those are included as well. The interactive map can be seen online at https://calusawaterkeeper.org/issues/bacteria-monitoring/ at the bottom of the page, click on each location and see the previous month’s results and more about the site.
is no evidence left of their having been there. The second program is community caretaking. This is where the hardest hit area is located, the places they are likely to find those who cannot care for themselves, such as veterans, the elderly, or the disabled. The third program is Ground Force Dispatch. These are people who work behind the scenes, without whom, Baker said, they couldn’t get anything done. “We have our three core departments and these are our three tenets — under promise over deliver, always find a way to say yes and stay positive in every situation. We might not always agree with one another, but we have to stay positive,” Baker said.
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Dolphins Resort From page 1 running again and that rent would not be charged through Dec. 31, 2022. Although Reid, who lives overseas, was not available locally for comment, he responded to The Eagle via voicemail and text. “That park is currently closed and there is no future activity going on there. I’ve been advised by my attorney and so forth that everything has been damaged because of a hurricane that hit there — that’s been an issue from what they told me and I am now having to make sure no one can live there because it’s unsafe — the conditions, not having any type of utility… the park is no longer there and no longer will be there,” Reid said. Victor, along with other residents, are confused as to why they are now being evicted when they are current on their
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rentals. “How can you evict somebody in a disaster?” Victor said. The issue is safety, Reid said, adding he is fearful that the rental building may fall into the water, as one of the front homes began to collapse shortly after he sent out the first letter stating the park would be operational again. “Anyone living in this building that is collapsing should be scared and should not be in there,” Reid said. Reid said there will be no charge for rent, and the property is closing down until further notice. The notice that it may be an unsafe place to live, however, makes no difference to retired veteran, Richard Logan, who said they will have to use the jaws of life to get him out of his home in Dolphins Resort. Logan feels the eviction is unfair and based on untruths. “They are fabricating lies to get us all out of here, not to mention shutting off our water several times. Those of us that are good, have no water,” Logan said. Logan and Victor maintain that their homes are fine, although they did sustain damages that they fixed themselves.
“I came down from Cape Cod, I’m 64 years old, I’m disabled and now they’re putting me through all this crap,” Logan said, adding that he was given 7 days to get out. Resident Tamara Redden, who said she formerly served as property assistant manager, said everyone who lives on the owner’s multiple properties have basically been abandoned. “They’re all kind of furious that they’ve been left in the dark. All the residents here have chipped in and we’ve all paid hundreds of dollars to get the garbage moved away from our property,” Redden said. According to Redden, several residents had roof leaks and mold issues from the hurricane. They have all come together and helped each other out, much like a family. Residents say no assistance has been offered. The current property manager declined comment. “We have bonded through this. Through the aftermath of the hurricane, we all bonded. We all met together up the street, we had breakfast together every morning. We had coffee and we are like family now — more than I felt when I first moved here, which was great — everyone was fantastic, and now, for the management to make it sound like we’re a bunch of rats or squatters that shouldn’t be here, it just isn’t right,” Redden said.
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Above and at left are views of the Dolphins Resort in Matlacha. While Hurricane Ian caused severe damage to the area, residents want to stay in their homes. At left, resort resident Tamara Redden says that she and her neighbors have “bonded,” helping each other work to recover since the storm.
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