PYTHONS ON THE LOOSE
Largest of Florida's pet pests invade Everglades
Suppose you could buy a legal firework as long as your hand, and grow it to be a two-story force of nature before igniting it? Well you can't, so forget it. But what you can do is buy a python. Burmese pythons are particularly popular for about $40 wholesale or just under $100 in a pet store, at about the size of a ruler. Full Story
Customers can prepare for afterlife at Costco
Wholesale store sells coffins
Dying isn't quite what it used to be. The days of seeing a funeral director in a dark, pin stripe suit showing a grief-stricken family around a showroom of caskets and embellished urns are seemingly passé. Now folks can peruse stores like global wholesale retailer Costco and online sites such as EBay to buy a coffin. Full Story
Gone forever? Infant abduction case still unsolved
Eight months after the disappearance of the infant Bryan dos Santos-Gomes on Dec. 1, the basic details of his story, built by a flurry of media reports in the weeks following his abduction, remain unchanged. Full Story
Scholarships aid healthcare workers
Lee Memorial funds future employees education
Tara Morales has always been interested in science and the human body, so a career in nursing made sense. After high school, she began taking some of the pre-requisite classes while waiting tables and tending bar. Then in 2001, she dropped out to take care of her father, who had kidney disease. Full Story
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The inimitable Israel Suarez and his Nations Association Charity
The Reverend Israel Suarez exists, he said, to help people who cannot help themselves. As executive director and founder of the nonprofit Nations Association Charities, he is a blustery whirlwind of activity and bravura charisma in his old, blue work clothes, thick glasses and trademark spotty English - even after a day that began for him at 5 a.m. Full Story
Lee Memorial upgrades Cardiac Decision Unit
$250,000 gift buys new equipment
One third of Lee County's deaths every year are attributed to heart disease. Although lower than the national rate of 42 percent, it is still a number that concerns local medical officials. They're hoping a $250,000 donation from Lex and Eileen Roulston to the Heart & Vascular Institute Cardiac Decision Unit will further reduce that number. Full Story
Habitat for Humanity opens four new homes
Habitat for Humanity of Lee County will dedicate four new homes in Lehigh Acres on Saturday, Aug. 4. The four dedications will be split into three ceremonies with the first one beginning at 9 a.m. at 2505 70th Street, Lehigh Acres. Sharon James and her two children is the recipient of this home. Full Story
August events at the Edison Estates
The Edison & Ford Winter Estates offers a variety of children and adult programs, special exhibits, discounts and events throughout the month of August. The August schedule of programs and events include: • Mini Inventors Camp, Aug. 6 - 10, 10 a.m. - noon - Every morning budding scientists will discover a new area of the estates. Full Story
Artificial reef falling apart
Former New York tugboat, sunk in Lee waters in 1999, rusting away
Salt water, poorly constructed welding seems, low grade steel, waves and rough weather are taking a toll on one of Lee County's artificial reefs. "The Pegasus is falling apart," said Sanibel resident Caroline Semerjian, 37, who recently dove the wreck. "It is disintegrating in the salt water. Full Story
ROTARY CLUB
Rotary South names new officers
Every year in July, more than 32,000 Rotary Clubs worldwide have a change of watch. The Rotary Club of Fort Myers South recently held their annual banquet and installed its new officers. Pete Doragh was named president; Bo Turbeville, president-elect; Victor Mayeron, secretary; Jack Chancellor, Sgt-at-arms. Full Story
Addiction Services nets $50,000 grant
Foulds Foundation donates for new detox center
The Claiborne and Ned Foulds Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to Southwest Florida Addiction Services in support of its capital campaign to build a new Detoxification Center and Outpatient Treatment Facility. The grant will be used to help equip the facility's new kitchen, which will be named in honor of Claiborne and Ned Foulds. Full Story
Lee Parks wins state awards
Lee County Parks & Recreation has received an Agency Excellence Award from the Florida Recreation and Parks Association along with three other statewide awards. The awards will be presented at the annual FRPA conference banquet Thursday, Aug. 30, in Orlando. Full Story
Edison College gets top marks for dental program
Edison College's program for dental assistants and dental hygienists recently received accreditation with commendation by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation with no recommendations for improvements. Full Story
Salvation Army gets new rolling kitchen
Better to aid disaster victims
Should another hurricane hit Southwest Florida, the Salvation Army will be better prepared to meet the community needs thanks to the purchase of a new canteen. Full Story
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