OUT AND ABOUT SPECIAL EVENTS Intercoastal Wine Company, 10 N. Second St., will host a tasting of the wines of vintner Bryan Page from 5:30-7 p.m. tonight. Page will talk about his fine Napa Bordeaux style wines and answer questions. Visit www. pagewinecellars.com. Cover charge is $10. Call 321-1300. The powerful impact a mother can have on the life of a phild is the focus of the Fernandina Little Theatre production, "My Old Lady" by Israel Horovitz. The story revolves around Mathias Gold, who has trav- eled to Paris to take posses- sion of an apartment he has recently inherited from his deceased father. Much to his surprise, however, he quickly discovers that not only S do an elderly woman and her daughter occupy the apartment, but that the mother legally has the right to remain in the apart- ment until her death and she fully intends to do so. The play contains adult language and themes. Performances are tonight and Feb. 21-23, 28 and 29 and March 1 at 7:30 p.m. A Feb. 16 2:30 p.m. matinee will be followed by an audience "Talk Back" session with Horovitz. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased at FLT, 1014 Beech St.; and at the UPS Store in the Publix shopping center. Visit ameliaflt.org. Our Greenway leads a nature walk on Egans Creek Greenway every third Saturday of the month. The next walk is Feb. 16 at 9 a.m. Participants are encouraged to bring water, sun protec- tion, bug juice, com- fortable walking shoes and optionally field guides and binoc- - ulars. Meet in the parking lot at the entrance to the Greenway behind the Atlantic Avenue Recreation Center at 2500 Atlantic Ave. Walks depart promptly at 9 a.m., maintain a leisurely pace and proceed to Jasmine Street. They are free and open to the public. Call 277-7350 or visit www.our greenway.org. ARIAS (Amelia Residents in Action for the Symphony) has planned an evening fea- turing the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra's pro- duction of "La Traviata" on Feb. 16, beginning Jon with din- i 1. ner at the Ocean Club on the Amelia Island Plantation and followed by tickets and round-trip trans- portation to Jacoby Hall. Contact Fred Gieg at 321- 1363 for reservations or infor- mation. Looking to create the per- fect wedding day? Visit the Second Annual Amelia Island Wedding Expo from 1- 5 p.m. Feb. 17 at the Golf Club of Amelia Island and learn about one of Northeast Florida's premier wedding destinations and meet Amelia Island professionals who can help create your special day. Call 277-0021. Join naturalists from the Amelia Island Plantation for a Tiger Island Basin and Mitchell Island boat tour on Feb. 17 from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 adults and $25 for children. "Okefenokee Explorations" will be held on Feb. 16 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tickets are $85 for adults and $50 for children under 12 and include lunch. Call the Amelia Island Plantation Nature Center to reserve your spot at 321-5082. * * The Amelia Island Genealogical Society will meet Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Fernandina Beach Police Station Community Room, 1525 Lime St. OUT Continued on 5B <^ L ^ J - 6A 14 ensuree I B .... .. ... ... Crossword *Sudoku Television Movies Classifieds FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 NEWS-LEADER/FERNANDINA BEACH, FL LITS Amelia by sketchbook Sketches of Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach by artist Bill Maurer offers an instant insight into the place and its history. Text was provided by local histo- rian Jan Johannes. This page, Maurer's watercol- ors depicting Centre Street in downtown Fernandina Beach; PHOTOS COURTESY OF BILL MAURER !-- ' *> DICKIE ANDERSON For the News-Leader Bill Maurer has been painting and teaching for years. He is an accomplished landscape painter, a master sketch artist and popular , teacher. He loves Amelia Island and his sketchbooks are full of images that reflect the unique and special place that Amelia Island is. In 2006, Maurer decided to move forward on the publication of a book a sketchbook of familiar Amelia Island sights. Sketches of Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach is now available and offers an instant insight to the island and its history. Maurer excelled in art from his earliest days as a youngster in New York City. Trained at the prestigious Pratt Institute, he went on to Harvard, graduating with a Master of Architecture in 1962. His studies continued, taking him to Paris where he studied and apprenticed with French archi- tect Jean Fayeton. He remained in Paris and Quilts and much more at upcoming show The Amelia Island Quilt Guild presents "Quilts By the Sea" from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 22 and 23 at the Peck Center, South 10th and Elm streets, Fernandina Beach. Admission is $5. Beyond an exhibit of quilts and quilting techniques will be a juried quilt show, quilt raffle, craft bou- tique, merchant mall featuring demonstrations, silent auction and door prizes. Lorraine Conington will be the judge. Susan Frondilla of Vero. Beach will offer appraisals at $15 (verbal) and $40 (written) at First Presbyterian Church, Monday through Thursday that week. For more information contact Carol Stotzner at stotznerbc@bell south.net or visit www.aiquilters. com. Funds raised by the show are used to create hundreds of quilts for Hospice, Shands Newborn Intensive Care Unit, oncology patients and the mission endeavors of local churches. The guild makes a quilt for each new Habitat for Humanity home in Nassau County, as well as for each bed at Micah's Place, the county's domestic vio- lence shelter. The guild also spon- sors teachers and classes for con- tinuing education in the historic craft. More than 900 attended the last show. continued working for Fayeton. Maurer returned to New York City and turned his tal- ents to the restoration of historic buildings, espe- cially the city's old brownstone townhouses. As technology forever changed the practice of Maurer architecture, Maurer became disillusioned and returned to Europe, end- ing up in Casablanca, Morocco, where he practiced architecture for 10 years. In 1998, Maurer found Fernandina Beach, btit still spends part of each year in Cannes, France. He considers the island his "little paradise" and delights in capturing the things that make the island so unique and special the shrimp boats in the harbor, his- toric homes and buildings, neighborhood gathering places, marshes and beach scenes. ART Continued on 4B A colorful quilt, shown in part at left, will be raffled by the Amelia Island Quilt Guild during its "Quilts by the Sea" show, Feb. 22-23 at the Peck Center. The event is the group's largest fundraiser, benefitting its many community volun- teer projects. SUBMITrED ONTHE ISLAND FLEA AND TICK SALE The Nassau Humane Society annual Flea and Tick Sale will be -. held from 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ., ,.,_ 41 j"1b today and 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Fernandina Beach le Municipal Airport hangar. Shop for household goods and -lr7 other treasures and visit the many Animals available for adoption at ihe shelter on Airport Road. CATS ANGELS OPEN HOUSE Cats Angels will host an open house from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. Feb. 16 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Adoption Center and Thrift Store opening at the Eighth Street location. There will be a raffle, free refreshments and coloring books for the kids plus a .... special appearance by Halo. the Cats Angels feline mascot. For every five-pound bag of Purina ? ,* dry cat food, donors will S -. receive a free raffle ticket. ... The Thrift Store is open Monday-Saturday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Volunteers and donations are always appreciated. For more information call 321- 2267. Robin Braddock Kinsey performs country music songs from her CD, "Dare to Dream," at the next * Courtyard Nights at the FCCJ Betty P. Cook Center in Yulee on Feb. 22 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Sponsored by the FCCJ Betty P. Cook Center, the News-Leader and Nassau County Record, the Courtyard Nights ^ series is free and open to the pub- lic. Front gates open at 6:45 p.m. Light refreshments will be avail- able but individuals may bring their own. No alcohol allowed. ,Lawn chairs are encouraged. Performances are held in the \ courtyard, or in the cafe during inclement weather. For more information call 548-4400. CHILI COOKOFF The second annual Chili Cook-Off to benefit the Amelia Island Montessori School will be held Feb. 23 on South Third Street in downtown Fernandina Beach. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for chil- dren. Gates open at noon and winner announcements are at 4 p.m. There will be a Fun Zone. for kids and enough chili for even the heartiest .... eaters. There will .. be awards for spici- est chili, most unique. chefs choice, people's choice and many more. Listen or dance to a live band. Tickets are available at the Amelia Island Montessori School, 261-6610. q! -) @,BALL Faith Christian Academy presents the eighth annual Father-Daughter Ball at The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island Pavilion on Feb. 23 from 6:30-9:30 p.m.. with live music featuring Les DeMerle and pro- fessional photography. Dress is semi-formal and dance shoes. Hors - ad'oeuvres will be served. ,L Tickets are $75 for father A iand daughter and $35 for each additional daughter. memory book included; and are available at Faith Christian Academy, 6. 96282 Brady Point Road. Fernandina Beach. All --tages are welcome. Limited seating is available. For more information call 321-2137. PILOBOLUS Pilobolus. a major American dance compa- ny of international influ- ence. will perform one time only at the Moran Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Feb.26. The company is known commercially for its shadow dances that shape-shift from one thing to the next. be it a person on a bike. a uni- corn filled forest, snakes attacking an airplane or even the latest Hyundai -.,-- Santa Fe. Tickets are $31 to $70.50. Discounts are available for groups over 20 or 40. Call l-888-860-BWAY Submit items to Sin Perry, sperry(lbnewsleadercom ^^^~~- JaaBBaim--..