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VOLUME 48, NUMBER 46
Captain’s Pie Shoppe — run with pride and gratitude from Sweet Floret Cakery By PAULETTE LeBLANC
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Rachael Wilson, daughter of Capt’n Cons Restaurant owner Luretta Wilson, said she has the same tenacity and determination as her mother, who she has learned from and worked with since she was a kid. “When my mom lost the restaurant after Hurricane Helene, I convinced her that we could fix it and that we were not done. But then Milton came and at that point, we were done,” Wilson said. She said she knew that many locals loved her mom’s pies and people kept asking for them, so she said she told
her mother she thought it would be a good idea to keep busy by continuing to make the pies folks had been getting for 45 years. Before long, Wilson said they were working hard like always, and made, she believes, more than 60 pies in the first weekend. Wilson said this was something they could do until they figured out what might come next. Wilson said her love for the Pine Island community coupled with her love for baking has made it an easy decision to make the menu items folks are used to having. PHOTO PROVIDED She now bakes pies and more at BY RACHAEL WILSON Sweet Floret Cakery in Matlacha.
“I’ve stayed so busy with pies, and I love all the people I’ve gotten to know better now that we don’t have the restaurant. I figured I better keep my mom’s name going and this way, people can keep getting the same things they enjoy and when she’s down here, she can come with me to events that way she can still be a part of the community,” Wilson said. Wilson said it is important to note that she is able to make other pies, such as a lemon meringue or a buttermilk pie, in fact, she said, she will make any pie, and refuses to limit herself as she loves to bake. In addition to pies, she said she makes cookies, old-fashioned candy and she said she also makes her mom’s seafood chowder from Capt’n Cons. “When it comes to the chowder, I can’t make it and have it every day. But I try to do pre-orders each week and See CAPTAIN’S PIE SHOPPE, page 11
Tapager helping islanders through Healing Works Health Center
By PAULETTE LeBLANC
pleblanc@breezenewspapers.com
Bobby Holloway Jr. Fishing Tournament April 5 By PAULETTE LeBLANC
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his year’s Bobby Holloway Jr. Fishing Tournament will be held Saturday, April 5, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Jug Creek Marina. The captain’s meeting will be the Friday night just before the tournament where captains will receive their bags and rulers and hear the official tournament rules. According to Ernestine Holloway Squires, the heart
of the tournament is the Lil’ Bobbers division, which includes grades 3 through 7 or 9 through 13 years. See FISHING TOURNAMENT, page 19 Young anglers who previously participanted in the Lil’ Bobbers division of the Bobby Holloway Fishing Tournament. PHOTO SUBMITTED BY ERNESTINE HOLLOWAY SQUIRES
Lee Tapager, doctor of oriental medicine, said she came from Naples to Pine Island after a trip to Cayo Costa. “As soon as I got to Matlacha, I knew if I could find a way to support myself I would love to live here,” Tapager said. After having done Qigong, yoga and holistic health and healing classes in Naples and Lee County, she realized the work brought her closer to where she’d really wanted to be. After starting acupuncture as a treatment, she enrolled in acupuncture school and began her practice shortly after completing her schooling. “I originally started in Matlacha and I was there for 9 years,” Tapager said. For muscular and skeletal Lee Tapager issues, she said, modalities, such as yoga and active isolated stretching, are used. She said she also utilizes Meditation as Medicine, which is a branch of yoga which directs energy to heal specific areas in the body or to overcome health issues or imbalances. She said all oriental practioners bring different skills which are collected exponentially over time. The majority of her work is finding out where a person is suffering from imbalances, she said, which she finds out predominantly by listening. “So we review health history and all my treatment— unless someone specifically does not want acupuncture—would include acupuncture,” Tapager said. After what she describes as a very comprehensive evaluation, her ultimate goal is to figure out what will See TAPAGER, page 11
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