News-Press from Fort Myers, Florida • Page 94

6F NEWS-PRESS, SUNDAY, JUNE 2,1991 Toast. page 1F Boating 6281 in North Port. The Cape Coral Power Squadron, with 400 members.ls one of the largest Florida-based groups of a national boating organization with about 65,000 members, said commander Ed Babinsky. The Power Squadron checks waterways for navigation hazards, offers boating safety classes in public schools and holds boating classes for the public. The next Power Squadron course starts Sept.

11 at Trafalgar Middle School In Cape Coral and will run for eight weeks. There's a $17 charge for the manual and supplies. Call 549-9754 for more Information. In Fort Myers call 334-6650. In Naples, call 643-2702.

dance floor. Suddenly the music started and, with robotic movement, the androids a.k.a. La Mystique Dancers from Miami came to life with a routine that captured everyone's attention. And before anyone could be seated, the mannequins shed their silver masks and had everyone dancing. I doubt if anyone could tell you what music was played by the band P.M., but after three numbers, the room quieted and guests sought their seats with the realization that this evening was going to be different.

One of the first groups to come out of the woodwork was a gang from Southwest Regional Medical Center: President Herb Dorsett and his wife Mary Ellen, president of Dorsett Dorsett Associates; chief operating officer David Snyder and his wife Patti, a registered nurse at Cape Coral Hospital; vice president-patient care Connie Sixta and her husband Don, an attorney; and vice president-finance John Doramus and his wife Carol; director of physician development Louise Shelton; director of public relations Randy Smith and health-care referral manager Trudy McCIaskey. After a hot, choreographed lambada number by the Miami dancers, everyone was up doing a conga line. Then the limbo. Doing the conga were: Dr. John and Fran Fenning; Dr.

Michael and Cinda Carron; Dr. Bob and Nancy Gerson; Dr. Alan and Barbara Siegel; Dr. Edward and Linda Ziegler; Richard Mea-cham, controller of Bonita Bay Properties and his wife, Marietta, Fort Myers managerand certified public accountant with Wentzel, Barry, Swope, Hendricks and Alverez; Frank Currie, attorney with Fowler and White and his wife, Karen; Mort Crane of Crane Construction and his wife, Beth; Cindy Lewis, owner of Shoney's of Lee County, and Thad Gentleman, director of leasing for Chesterton International; and Bill Fous, tennis pro at Fiddlesticks Country Club and his wife, Dot, an oncology nurse at Southwest Regional Medical Center. Seen enjoying the salsa rhythm were members of the Lee Memorial Hospital administrative staff: President Jim Nathan and his wife, Ka ren; chief operating officer Gary Hudson and his wife, Joanna; medi- -cal director Dr.

Robert Arnall and his daughter, Dana; vice president of human resources John Cecil and his wife, Cathy; vice president of cllni- cal services Bill Johnson and his wife Karen; and marketing liaison Mary Kalina and her husband, Craig, executive director of the Naples retirement center Renaissance. The following group danced late into the night: SunBank of Lee County president Charles Idelson and his wife, dental hygienist Linda; Tele- 1 tronics Paging Systems consultant Tom Rao and Elizabeth Murphy, Cape Coral Hospital radiology tech- nician; Daltroff Investment Corp. owner F. Andrew Daltroff and his wife, Kim; Dr. John Kagan and his wife, Liz, an attorney with Bruce L.

Scheiner and Associates; Precision Orthopedics sales representative John Hawkins and his wife, Kate, from Sarasota; and Precision Ortho- pedics owners George and Lisa Etheridge of Palm Harbor; CPA and 1 manager of Jet South Jet Center Chuck Knox and his wife, Lynn; 1 attorney Mitchell Aronson and his 1 wife, Happy; attorney Jeff rey Rice and his wife, Bobbie, manager for Court Associated Reporters; executive vice president of Westinghouse Gateway Jerry Schmoyer and his wife, Mlchele; Dr. Benjamin G. Martin and his wife, Lee County school-board chairwoman Suzl Mar- tin; Sarasota attorney Skip Martin and his wife, Beth; Johns Hopkins student Toby Tyson and Vanderbilt University student Julie Tipton; Dr. 1 B. King Tipton and his wife, Sherri; Dr.

Trevor Elmquist and his wife, Carol; Dr. Burt Rubin and his wife, Judy; Dr. John Bruno and his wife, Arroram Corp. president Ernestine Bruno; Dr. Jeffrey Lang and his wife, Vivian; and Maddox Construction owner Bill Maddox and his wife, Dee, a free-lance model.

Toasf of the Coast is a weekly whirl through the names and games of Southwest Florida. Cot a hip tip? Either write Angela Savko at Lifestyles, News-Press, P.O. Box 10, Fort Myers, Fla. 33902, or call the Coast Line at 335-0299. From page 1F The baseball movie "Field of Dreams" helped inspire Emily's winning entry.

"I saw the movie, and just like in the movie, the name symbolizes all the hopes and dreams of the players, the fans and the baseball community that made the stadium possible," she said. The sculpture "represents all the ambition and hard work that was put into building the complex." First runner-up was "Silver Slam," submitted by Audra Blnion; and second runner-up was "Wash Off Your Spikes!" sent in by Mark Gilchrist. Puttin' on the Ritz The eighth annual Southwest Florida Charity Ball was held at the Ritz Carlton in Naples May 25 and 26 to benefit the Lee Alliance for Responsible Adolescent Parenting. And what a benefit! Some 360 weekend partiers contributed more than $30,000 to the cause while having a great time. Golf and tennis tournaments, a gala ball and Sunday-morning brunch highlighted this charity event, sponsored by the Lee County Medical Society Auxiliary Founda- tion.

Co-chairwomen Lori Kantor, wife of Dr. Jerry Kantor, and Jane West, wife of Dr. Steven West, organized a weekend event not soon to be forgotten. Certainly the highlight of the weekend event was the gala ball. Among those enjoying a "not-on-call" evening were Dr.

Felix and Marcella Mestas, Dr. John and Karen White. Dr. William and Laura Shorack, Dr. Jon and Lor! Frantz, Dr.

John and Cloe Hugill, Dr. Rich and Renee Lane, Dr. Henry and Mlchele Hon, Dr. Warren and Gloria Hagan and Dr. Quinnon and Donna Purvis.

Guests entering the ballroom prepared to search for assigned ta ble numbers were drawn to spotlights centered on an assemblaee of silver-masked, storeroom-like mannequins occupying the center of the move. Rather than stay in the channel and try to thread his way between the two vessels, Roenigk avoided them. Sticking to the rules of the navigational "road" is no excuse for a collision, Eddens says. In addition to the classes in boat handlingand safety staffed by auxiliary members, those on patrol are continually updatingtheirskills with additional coursework and mock rescue demonstrations. The Coast Guard calls auxiliary patrols to help out in search-and-rescue operations and to assist in the aftermath of disasters such as hurricanes.

The rescue exercises have paid off a couple of times. Eddens rescued four people whose boat sank at last year's power boat races on Fort Myers Beach. Another time, the wash from a passing "lead sled" flipped a crew of teens in a rubber raft over, dumping them all in the middle of the Caloosahatchee. About 98 percent of all auxiliary patrols are sedate boat rides like today's, Eddens says. For their efforts, patrol members get paid for the gasoline they use up on the patrols, but the major reward is the good feelings that go along with the Samaritan roles.

"We're giving back to the community in our own way," Eddens says. Oh, and there'salso the $2.50 stipend the captain gets to spend on lunch. If the provisions aren't appealing, the crew is apt to jump ship the next trip around, so Eddens serves up fancy crab sandwiches and home-made sugar cookies. Forget the salt. For that you lick the spray off your face.

Ytir, )tPLUSt From Meanwhile, the bow line on another boat, a Mako cruiser passing by, is of a very admirable length. Trouble is, the bow line is slithering the entire waterline length of the Mako, and the tail of it is snapping in the propeller wash, just waiting for the chance to tangle itself up in the Mako's rotating prop. Roenigk, aka "Leather lungs Les," forms a bullhorn with his hands and hails the Mako's skipper: "Sir! You have a line in the water!" The startled skipper of the Mako waves his acknowledgment and slows down to take care of trouble before it happens. As model crew members do, Roenigk and Pendleton constantly feed the skipper information about what's coming along from behind him, for instance, tsunami-sized wakes kicked up by passing power behemoths, which the crew members fondly describe as "lead sleds." As the Do Da pitches through a light chop, Roenigk pumps down on the air in front of him with hands spread wide, signaling a Centra cabin cruiser to slow down as the boats pass each other in the close quarters under a bridge. Roenigk warns the skipper of a Jet Ski rideroff the port side.

"You never know what they'll do," hesaid. But the usual hazard to navigation isn't passing traffic but mechanical failure. "Trouble can happen to a boater out of the blue," Roenigk says. The other major problem of Florida boating is shallow water, "skinny water," as Roenigk calls it. Roenigk was an architect with the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers and comes from Atlanta. Pendleton, formerly a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, is from the Miami area. Both men grin as they recall the times they just ran out of water in their own boats, as they first tried to navigate the Caloosahatchee. Sad to say, Southwest Florida waters are a mile wide and an inch deep, relatively speakinganyway. Off shore, a pair of flotilla radio operaters are also on duty, tracking the movements of the Do Da.

There are 1 1 emergency radio stations in the flotilla's network, includinga unit Installed in a small trailer at Deep Lagoon Marina in south Fort Myers. During high season, the flotilla has members with planes flying over the waterways. Once trouble is found in the form of a disabled or grounded boat, the patrol members call their own radio network which In turn must call the Coast Guard. Once the Coast Guard grants permission to lend assistance, the auxiliary patrol vessel may tow in the disabled vessel, If it's possible. a- Neon Jamin' FUN KNIT PRINTS 60" Wide Great Selection Our Reg 4 27 yd Entire Stock Of ZIPPERS Regular Cabinet Stock All McCALL PATTERNS Entire Stock Limit 3 With Any Fabric Purchase Ft.

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Includes a 1 6-week Wellness Center membership for safe, monitored exercise. Pre-planned, portion-controlled meals and liquid shakes. For more information, call The Wellness Center, Lee Memorial Hospital at 336-6994. The Fort Myers Flotilla of the Coast Guard Auxiliary will hold a boating skills and seamanship course Mondays and Wednesdays, starting this Monday and running through July 1. Classes will meet at Saint Michael Lutheran Church, Broadway and Carrell Road In Fort Myers.

There's no charge for the classes, which run from 7 to 9 p.m., but there Is a $14 fee for the book. For more information, call 945-4197. To check on Coast Guard Auxiliary classes In other areas call: 637-1299 in Charlotte Harbor; 642-8269 on Marco Island; 992-1173 In Bonlta Springs; 369-1965 In Owl Creek; 455-8587 In Naples; and 426- Though they aren't authorized to pull grounded boats off sandbars, auxiliary patrols will ferry crew members from grounded boats to the nearest marina, to arrange for aid or professional towing. Every weekend afternoon and on holidays, the Fort Myers flotilla patrols three stretches of the Caloosahatchee where trouble is most likely to occur: from the Edison Bridge to marker 92 of Shell Point; from marker 92, up Pine Island Sound to marker 50 just south Cayo Costa Island; and from Punta Rassa south to the San Carlos Light, of the northern tip of Estero Island. During the week, the auxiliary has two boats out checking for oil spills, looking for day markers facing the wrong way or knocked down, and checkingforforlogssubmergedin the water that can ram and sink an boat before an unwary skipper knows what hit him.

The auxiliary members will also inspect any vessel on a courtesy basis, but they aren't snoops issuing citations. They have no police powers at all. "If we find a problem, it's not going to cost you, but if the Coast Guard finds a problem, it will," Roenigk said. Most boating accidents are collisions. Boaters often ignore the boating rules of the road or perhaps never learned them.

A case in point occurs when a pair of power vessels that seem to be racing neck and neck careen upri ver toward the Do Da. Unfortunately, the two boats are supposed to be on the other side of the channel, where the green markers are. Instead, they hug the red, downriver channel markers, right where the Do Da happens to be, On the wheel, Roenigk swings the Do Da out of harm's way, executing the recommended 60-degree turn so that the oncomlngskippers can see what the Do Da is doing, if they care. Eddens commends Roenigk's rJ Catfish Calhoun SPORTSWEAR PRINTS 45" Wide 100 Cotton Our Reg. 2.79 yd CHALLIS SOLIDS 45" Wide 100 Easy-Care Our Reg.

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