Anholt, LeBuff discuss ‘Shelling and Its Sanibel History’
By HISTORICAL VILLAGE - | Feb 4, 2021
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Gayle Pence, Betty Anholt, Annette Hendrick and Charles LeBuff.
Betty Anholt and Charles LeBuff spoke recently at the Sanibel Historical Museum & Village on “Shelling and Its Sanibel History.” The audience was necessarily limited due to COVID-19 precautions, but the program was videotaped and is now available on the museum’s Website.
LeBuff first started shelling on Sanibel in 1952, although he has never found a junonia. He explained that most junonias come from shrimpers, who fish in deep waters where junonias live.
“Sanibel’s beaches are 95 percent living organisms; there is very little sand,” LeBuff said. “So the seashell formed Sanibel and maintains our quality of life even today.”