KOVELS: ANTIQUES & COLLECTING
Classic pottery cats and pigs back in production
Smiling pottery cats and flower-decorated pottery pigs have been made in Scotland since 1882. Today, both the old and new versions of these pieces are known as Wemyss (pronounced Weems) Ware. It was first made at the Fife Pottery in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. Robert Heron, the owner of the pottery, hired some Bohemian craftsmen and designers who came up with new ideas about decorating pottery. Full Story
Tireless social worker keeps going and going in Energizer contest
Top prize will be based on online votes
Sarah Owen, CEO of Community Cooperative Ministries Inc., has been named one of the top 10 finalists in the 2010 Energizer Keep Going Hall of Fame. Full Story
Superintendents suspicious of FCAT scores
Since the release of the 2010 Florida Com- prehensive Assessment Test test scores, Lee County Public Schools officials have been studying the data to see how students performed. As part of that review, staff began to uncover some anomalies when it came to learning gains, especially in the area of reading. Full Story
Development Group launches tenant search for the new McCollum Hall
The Fort Myers Redevelopment Agency and Urban Development Solutions launched a three-month tenant marketing campaign that will reach more than 200 prospective retailers and restaurants — regional and national — to gauge their interest in “setting up shop” at the new McCollum Hall. Full Story
THE LIVING GULF COAST
Rookery Bay teems with life and natural history
The establishment of this 110,000- acre aquatic preserve goes back to 1965 when the Collier County Conservancy was formed. Now formally called the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, in 1978 Rookery Bay National Estuarine Preserve became self-sufficient and in 2003, the preserve was expanded to its current size. Full Story
NEWS BRIEFS
Lee County crime
rate continues
to drop Full Story
This week on WGCU TV
. THURSDAY, JULY 22, 9 P.M.
Ken Burns American Stories
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the
Corps of Discovery – Part 1
Full Story
Heart association raises nearly $1.4 million locally
The Southwest Florida community helped the local American Heart Association raise a net total of more than $1.37 million during its 2009-2010 fiscal year. Full Story
Exhibit explores Frankenstein story and modern implications
"Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature," an exhibition developed by the National Library of Medicine and the American Library Association, will make a stop at the Northwest Regional Library in Cape Coral from July 13 through Aug. 22. The Northwest Regional Library, part of the Lee County Library System, is located at 519 Chiquita Blvd. N. Full Story
Goodwill Industries has a deal for thrifty shoppers
So you think you can spot the fortune in the junk pile — or at the very least find a perfectly decent winter coat for that one trip up north you’ll make next year — at a thrift shop? Full Story
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