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Full gallery »Struggling to find employment

  • While trying to tighten her resume, Sheila Nesbitt, pauses from frustration at her home in Naples on August 11, 2010. Nesbitt, who has been out of work for more than a year, has been doing everything she can from networking to online job boards so she can get back to work and off unemployment benefits. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • While trying to tighten her resume, Sheila Nesbitt, pauses from frustration at her home in Naples on August 11, 2010. Nesbitt, who has been out of work for more than a year, has been doing everything she can from networking to online job boards so she can get back to work and off unemployment benefits. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Sheila Nesbitt, talks to a potential part time employer at her home in Naples on August 11, 2010. Nesbitt, who has been out of work for more than a year, has been doing everything she can to get back to work so she won't be on unemployment. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Sheila Nesbitt, talks to a potential part time employer while checking her schedule at her home in Naples on August 11, 2010. Nesbitt, who has been out of work for more than a year, has been doing everything she can to get back to work so she won't be on unemployment. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Sheila Nesbitt uses her bed as a desk to spread out her schedule at her home in Naples on August 11, 2010. Nesbitt, who attends most Naples networking conferences searching for job leads, has been out of work for more than a year. Despite Nesbitt's efforts, she still finds herself on unemployment. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Margi MacDougall, center, listens during a unemployed support group meeting at the Naples Chamber of Commerce on July 26, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff


Full gallery »Yet another oil rig explosion off of Louisiana

  • Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, of the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
  • Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, of the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
  • Gov. Bobby Jindal talks to the media during a news conference about the oil platform explosion off the Louisiana coast on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/ The Advocate, Arthur D. lauck)
  • A person believed to be survivor of an oil and gas platform exploion in the Gulf of Mexico, is helped off a Coast Guard rescue helicopter on the heliport of Terrebonne General Hospital, where injured and survivors were taken, in Houma , Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
  • Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
  • **CORRECTS DISTANCE OFFSHORE TO 100 MILES, NOT 75 MILES** Two workers, left, who were rescued from an oil production platform that exploded 75 miles south of Vermillion Bay walk away from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter on the roof of Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma, La., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)


Full gallery »Private school enrollment increases

  • St. John Neumann Catholic High School freshmen Catherine Hackett, left, and Sarah Tenbarge head to class as school starts on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 in Naples. Many local private schools are seeing an increase in enrollment this year. David Albers/Staff
  • St. John Neumann Catholic High School students change classes during school on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 in Naples. Many local private schools are seeing an increase in enrollment this year. David Albers/Staff
  • St. John Neumann Catholic High School students change classes during school on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 in Naples. Many local private schools are seeing an increase in enrollment this year. David Albers/Staff
  • St. John Neumann Catholic High School students gather in a central commons area of their school for the Pledge of Allegiance and morning prayers before classes on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 in Naples. Many local private schools are seeing an increase in enrollment this year. David Albers/Staff
  • St. John Neumann Catholic High School students gather in a central commons area of their school for the Pledge of Allegiance and morning prayers before classes on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 in Naples. Many local private schools are seeing an increase in enrollment this year. David Albers/Staff
  • St. John Neumann Catholic High School students gather in a central commons area of their school for the Pledge of Allegiance and morning prayers before classes on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 in Naples. Many local private schools are seeing an increase in enrollment this year. David Albers/Staff


Full gallery »Police shoot gunman at Discovery Channel

  • A police officer looks through binoculars on the street in front of the headquarters of the Discovery Channel networks building in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. Police say a gunman has taken at least one person hostage in the building. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
  • Police block the street in front of the headquarters of the Discovery Channel networks in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. Police say a gunman has taken at least one person hostage in the building. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
  • Police block the street in front of the headquarters of the Discovery Channel networks in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. Police say a gunman has taken at least one person hostage in the building. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
  • The Discovery Communications networks headquarters building sign is shown in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday, Sep. 1, 2010. A gunman with what police described as 'concerns' with the Discovery Channel networks took at least one person hostage in the company's headquarters. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
  • This Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, frame grab from MySpace.com shows the page of James J. Lee. Lee, 43, a gunman with what police described as 'concerns' with the Discovery Channel networks took at least one person hostage in the company's Silver Spring, Md., headquarters Wednesday. A law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing said authorities have identified James J. Lee as the likely suspect. (AP Photo) NO SALES
  • Police push people back from near the front of the headquarters of the Discovery Channel networks building in Silver Spring, Md., Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. Police say a gunman has taken at least one person hostage in the building. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Police say three hostages are safe and a suspect shot after a standoff Wednesday at the Discovery Channel headquarters in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.



Full gallery »Increased spending at Naples Airport

  • Operations assistant manager David Hill, right, helps Cheryl Harbord, left, line technician, with parking a plane at the Naples Airport on Sept. 1, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Operations assistant manager David Hill, right, helps Cheryl Harbord, left, line technician, with parking a plane at the Naples Airport on Sept. 1, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Operations assistant manager David Hill, right, helps Cheryl Harbord, left, line technician, with parking a plane at the Naples Airport on Sept. 1, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Gus Santiago, a line technician, hands passenger luggage to the pilot of a private jet at the Naples Airport on Sept. 1, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Jack Tuers, a line technician at the Naples Airport, directs a private jet to the runway on Sept. 1, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Jack Tuers, a line technician at the Naples Airport, directs a private jet to the runway on Sept. 1, 2010. Greg Kahn/Staff

Scenes at the Naples Airport on Sept. 1, 2010.



Full gallery »Collier schools address class size amendment compliance

  • Kindergartners Brandon Gonzalez, Michael Barrs and Andy Malolli, left to right, use a white boards to practice the alphabet in Darlene Spano's classroom at Osceola Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Naples. The Collier County School Board will host a public meeting on Thursday at 6 p.m. to explain plans to comply with the class size amendment passed by Florida voters in 2002. The district is choosing to wait to comply with the amendment until after the November elections when voters will have an opportunity to pass another amendment allowing adjustments to larger class sizes. David Albers/Staff
  • Kindergartner Sonjay Surin, 5, uses a white board to practice the alphabet in Darlene Spano's classroom at Osceola Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Naples. The Collier County School Board will host a public meeting on Thursday at 6 p.m. to explain plans to comply with the class size amendment passed by Florida voters in 2002. The district is choosing to wait to comply with the amendment until after the November elections when voters will have an opportunity to pass another amendment allowing adjustments to larger class sizes. David Albers/Staff
  • Fourth-graders Maiya Bryant, center, and Kiara Belanger, right, discuss their ideas during a reading exercise in Diane Fontdevila's classroom at Osceola Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Naples. The Collier County School Board will host a public meeting on Thursday at 6 p.m. to explain plans to comply with the class size amendment passed by Florida voters in 2002. The district is choosing to wait to comply with the amendment until after the November elections when voters will have an opportunity to pass another amendment allowing adjustments to larger class sizes. David Albers/Staff
  • Fourth grade teacher Diane Fontdevila reads the story Pinduli to her students at Osceola Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Naples. The Collier County School Board will host a public meeting on Thursday at 6 p.m. to explain plans to comply with the class size amendment passed by Florida voters in 2002. The district is choosing to wait to comply with the amendment until after the November elections when voters will have an opportunity to pass another amendment allowing adjustments to larger class sizes. David Albers/Staff
  • Fourth-grader Maiya Bryant listens to the story Pinuli during a reading exercise in Diane Fontdevila's classroom at Osceola Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Naples. The Collier County School Board will host a public meeting on Thursday at 6 p.m. to explain plans to comply with the class size amendment passed by Florida voters in 2002. The district is choosing to wait to comply with the amendment until after the November elections when voters will have an opportunity to pass another amendment allowing adjustments to larger class sizes. David Albers/Staff
  • Fourth grade teacher Diane Fontdevila explains a reading exercise to her students at Osceola Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Naples. The Collier County School Board will host a public meeting on Thursday at 6 p.m. to explain plans to comply with the class size amendment passed by Florida voters in 2002. The district is choosing to wait to comply with the amendment until after the November elections when voters will have an opportunity to pass another amendment allowing adjustments to larger class sizes. David Albers/Staff


Full gallery »Patric's in the Evening

  • Patric Achilles, a longtime Naples caterer who serves breakfast and lunch only at Patric's, is opening a new dinner restarurant called Patric's in the Evening this fall. The new restaurant will be located next door in the former Cafe Alessio, which closed in May. The restaurants are located in the Mission Square West Shopping Center off Pine Ridge Road.
  • Alessio's Italian Restaurant closed in May and will become Patric's in the Evening. Patric Achilles, a longtime Naples caterer who serves breakfast and lunch only at Patric's, is opening a new dinner restarurant called Patric's in the Evening this fall. The new restaurant will be located next door in the former Cafe Alessio, which closed in May. The restaurants are located in the Mission Square West Shopping Center off Pine Ridge Road.
  • Patric Achilles, a longtime Naples caterer who serves breakfast and lunch only at Patric's, is opening a new dinner restarurant called Patric's in the Evening this fall. The new restaurant will be located next door in the former Cafe Alessio, which closed in May. The restaurants are located in the Mission Square West Shopping Center off Pine Ridge Road.
  • Patric Achilles, a longtime Naples caterer who serves breakfast and lunch only at Patric's, is opening a new dinner restarurant called Patric's in the Evening this fall. The new restaurant will be located next door in the former Cafe Alessio, which closed in May. The restaurants are located in the Mission Square West Shopping Center off Pine Ridge Road.
  • Patric Achilles works in the kitchen of his restaurant. Patric Achilles, a longtime Naples caterer who serves breakfast and lunch only at Patric's, is opening a new dinner restarurant called Patric's in the Evening this fall. The new restaurant will be located next door in the former Cafe Alessio, which closed in May. The restaurants are located in the Mission Square West Shopping Center off Pine Ridge Road.
  • Patric Achilles works in the kitchen of his restaurant. Patric Achilles, a longtime Naples caterer who serves breakfast and lunch only at Patric's, is opening a new dinner restarurant called Patric's in the Evening this fall. The new restaurant will be located next door in the former Cafe Alessio, which closed in May. The restaurants are located in the Mission Square West Shopping Center off Pine Ridge Road.

Patric's in the Evening will open next to Patric's Breakfast Lunch & More in the former North Naples location of Cafe Alessio.



Full gallery »Naples International Pavilion

  • A temporary banner recently attached to the front of the former Albertsons supermarket at Immokalee and Livingston roads in North Naples announces the building's future tenant.
  • The 63,000-square-foot former Albertsons supermarket at Immokalee and Livingston roads in North Naples soon will be transformed into Naples International Pavilion, an upscale convention center. Rendering courtesy of International Fine Art Expositions, www.ifae.com
  • The 63,000-square-foot former Albertsons supermarket at Immokalee and Livingston roads in North Naples soon will be transformed into Naples International Pavilion, an upscale convention center. Rendering courtesy of International Fine Art Expositions, www.ifae.com
  • The 7-acre former property of Albertsons supermarket on the northeast corner of Immokalee and Livingston roads in North Naples soon will become Naples International Pavilion, an upscale convention center. Aerial map image from collierappraiser.com
  • Scheduled for February 2010, the Naples International Art & Antique Fair will be the first event held at Naples International Pavilion, the former Albertsons supermarket at Immokalee and Livingston roads in North Naples. Rendering courtesy of International Fine Art Expositions, www.ifae.com

The former Albertsons supermarket at Immokalee and Livingston roads in North Naples soon will be transformed into Naples International Pavilion, an upscale convention center.



Full gallery »Rescued sea turtles released near Marco Island

  • One of 42 rehabilitated Kemp's ridley sea turtles is loaded onto a boat at Calusa Island Marina in Goodland to be released into the wild on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The endangered sea turtles rescued off the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama and Florida were released at two designated locations near the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge. David Albers/Staff
  • Magan Celt, a senior aquarist with Disney's Animal Programs, releases a rehabilitated Kemp's ridley sea turtle into the Gulf of Mexico near Marco Island on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The endangered sea turtles rescued off the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama and Florida were released at two designated locations near the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
  • Danielle O'Neil, manager of the sea turtle program at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, releases a rehabilitated Kemp's ridley sea turtle into the Gulf of Mexico near Marco Island on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The endangered sea turtles rescued off the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama and Florida were released at two designated locations near the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge. David Albers/Staff
  • A rehabilitated Kemp's ridley sea turtle is released in the Gulf of Mexico near Marco Island on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The endangered sea turtles rescued off the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama and Florida were released at two designated locations near the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge. David Albers/Staff
  • Teryl Nolan, supervisor of the aquarium department at SeaWorld, releases a rehabilitated Kemp's ridley sea turtle into the Gulf of Mexico near Marco Island on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The endangered sea turtles rescued off the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama and Florida were released at two designated locations near the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge. David Albers/Staff
  • One of 42 rehabilitated Kemp's ridley sea turtles is loaded onto a boat at Calusa Island Marina in Goodland to be released into the wild on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The endangered sea turtles rescued off the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama and Florida were released at two designated locations near the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge. David Albers/Staff


Full gallery »Con artist bank robber

  • Lee County detectives released this photo of a man they believe stole nearly $2,000 from two different Lee County banks.
  • Lee County detectives released this photo of a man they believe stole nearly $2,000 from two different Lee County banks.
  • Lee County detectives released this photo of a man they believe stole nearly $2,000 from two different Lee County banks.


Full gallery »Hurricane Earl pounds Turks and Caicos

  • A house is flooded as a nearby river was overflow due to the heavy rains of Hurricane Earl at Potters Village, in the outskirts of St. John's, Antigua, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Earl battered some islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 3 storm on a path projected to menace the United States. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)
  • Army soldiers help to remove a fallen tree at the village of Liberta after the passage of Hurricane Earl near Antigua, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Earl battered some islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 3 storm on a path projected to menace the United States. (AP Photo/Johnny Jno-Baptiste)
  • A boy takes cover from a wave caused by the approaching of the Hurricane Earl in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Earl battered some islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major storm on a path projected to menace the United States. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
  • Luis Colon uses an umbrella to shield himself from rain and wind caused by the approaching Hurricane Earl in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)
  • This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 01:45 PM EDT shows Hurricane Earl spinning approximately 170 miles east of Grand Turk Island. This system has maintained its strength at a category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds at 135 mph and will continue moving west-northwestward at 14 mph toward the East Coast of the US. To the southeast, Tropical Storm Fiona develops about 335 miles east of the Leeward Islands. The system will also take a west-northwestward track, but is expected to remain at tropical storm strength with winds ranging between 39-73 mph. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)
  • Workers remove an awning at a restaurant in Old San Juan as Hurricane Earl approaches Puerto Rico, Monday Aug. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Federal officials urged U.S. residents to prepare for possible evacuations and islanders in the Turks and Caicos hunkered down in their homes Tuesday as Category 4 Hurricane Earl howled over open seas toward the East Coast of the U.S.



Full gallery »Southwest Florida home sales, Aug. 31, 2010

  • Name of Realtor selling the home: Jackie May Name of agency Realtor is with: Prudential Florida Realty Square footage: 3,811 No. of bedrooms: 3-plus No. of bathrooms: 3 Address of home sold: 989 Admiralty Parade East Subdivision: Port Royal City: Naples County: Collier Date of sale: Aug. 18, 2010 Sale price: $2,750,000 Contact information: 239-450-0776
  • Name of Realtor selling the home: Cheryl A. Deering Name of agency Realtor is with: Unique Properties of Naples, Inc. Square footage: 4,997 No. of bedrooms: 4-plus No. of bathrooms: 5 Address of home sold: 6271 Highcroft Drive Subdivision: Quail West City: Naples County: Collier Date of sale: July 26, 2010 Sale price: $1,775,000 Contact information: 239-592-1010
  • Name of Realtor selling the home: Craig T. Palmer Name of agency Realtor is with: Coldwell Banker Residential RE Square footage: 3,456 No. of bedrooms: 4-plus No. of bathrooms: 3 Address of home sold: 8985 Star Tulip Court Subdivision: Lely Resort City: Naples County: Collier Date of sale: Aug. 23, 2010 Sale price: $758,150 Contact information: 239-450-7999
  • Name of Realtor selling the home: Sheila R. Faragher Name of agency Realtor is with: Vineyards Properties Inc Square footage: 3,525 No. of bedrooms: 4-plus No. of bathrooms: 3 Address of home sold: 6676 Glen Arbor Way Subdivision: Vineyards City: Naples County: Collier Date of sale: Aug. 30, 2010 Sale price: $750,000 Contact information: 239-272-0184
  • Name of Realtor selling the home: Lori L. Rodda Name of agency Realtor is with: Prudential Florida Realty Square footage: 3,117 No. of bedrooms: 3-plus No. of bathrooms: 3 Address of home sold: 5116 Cerromar Drive Subdivision: Naples Lakes Country Club City: Naples County: Collier Date of sale: Aug. 10, 2010 Sale price: $709,000 Contact information: 239-530-4327
  • Name of Realtor selling the home: Grant L. Keiser Name of agency Realtor is with: West Bay Realty Inc. Square footage: 3,180 No. of bedrooms: 3-plus No. of bathrooms: 3 Address of home sold: 22171 Natures Cove Court Subdivision: West Bay Club City: Estero County: Lee Date of sale: Aug. 19, 2010 Sale price: $565,000 Contact information: 239-390-0834

The Naples Daily News and naplesnews.com is showcasing pictures and information about recently sold single-family homes in Collier and south Lee counties. An online photo gallery displays home photos, supplied by area Realtors, with pertinent information about the sale.



Full gallery »Suspects in Bonita Springs double homicide

  • Lisandro Resendiz
  • Dustin James McIntyre, 21

The bodies of Daniel Leonor and Israel Ponce were found on Aug. 1 inside a burning vehicle on a rural Lee County road, just east of Bonita Springs.



Full gallery »Obama awards purple heart to Corey Kent

  • Cape Coral soldier Corey Kent was awarded the Purple Heart Monday by President Barack Obama. (Contributed by Kent family)
  • Cape Coral soldier Corey Kent was awarded the Purple Heart Monday by President Barack Obama. (Contributed by Kent family)
  • Cape Coral soldier Corey Kent was awarded the Purple Heart Monday by President Barack Obama. (Contributed by Kent family)
  • Cape Coral soldier Corey Kent was awarded the Purple Heart Monday by President Barack Obama. (Contributed by Kent family)
  • Cape Coral soldier Corey Kent was awarded the Purple Heart Monday by President Barack Obama. (Contributed by Kent family)
  • Cape Coral soldier Corey Kent was awarded the Purple Heart Monday by President Barack Obama. (Contributed by Kent family)


Full gallery »‘Trash the dress’ photo shoot gets models down and dirty

  • Victoria Rugen, Nicole Kazeva and Natalie Corcino get into the spirit of the event at the 'Trash the Dress' photo shoot held Saturday by the Naples Photography Meetup Group. The girls said it was fun to splash around in their finery and besides, getting in the water was a way to cool off. Photo by Lance Shearer
  • Model Raquel Walsh poses during the 'Trash the Dress' photo shoot Saturday on the grounds of Unity of Naples church. Walsh wore her own wedding dress for the event, and said, yes, she always gets comments about her name. Photo by Lance Shearer
  • The 'brides' are joined by photographer Peggy Farren, seated, who organized the 'Trash the Dress' photo shoot, at the event's conclusion. Several of the models wore their own wedding dresses for the shoot, held Saturday at Unity of Naples church. Photo by Lance Shearer
  • Model Casey Babka poses for photographers in the pre-trashing portion of Saturday's photo shoot. By the end of the session, she was lying nearly full length in the lake. Photo by Lance Shearer


Full gallery »FGCU Bower School of Music's new building nears completion

  • Troy Jones, director of athletic bands and instructor of music education and percussion, tunes a new set of timpani drums in the rehearsal room in the new music building for the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, in South Fort Myers. David Albers/Staff
  • Dr. Rod Chesnutt, head of instrumental studies, wheels a new follow spotlight into the rehearsal theatre in the new music building for the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, in South Fort Myers. David Albers/Staff
  • Music education student Shannon Golden installs a new set of timpani drums in the rehearsal room in the new music building for the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, in South Fort Myers. David Albers/Staff
  • Construction workers rush to complete the new music building at the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, in South Fort Myers. David Albers/Staff
  • Troy Jones, director of athletic bands and instructor of music education and percussion, tunes a new set of timpani drums in the rehearsal room in the new music building for the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, in South Fort Myers. David Albers/Staff
  • Construction workers rush to complete the recital hall in the new music building for the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010, in South Fort Myers. David Albers/Staff


Full gallery »Looking Back: Historic photos from Naples (2008 edition)

  • Speedboats? On Lake Avalon in East Naples last weekend? No, this was about 40 years ago on Naples Bay, where racing now usually means the Great Dock Canoe Race every spring and boat speed limits spark long debates. Naples resident Dave Workinger says races were held in the late 1960s and early ’70s. That’s The Cove Inn in the background of this shot looking west from Aqualane Shores. The photo was made by Workinger’s father, the late Doyle Workinger. Naples City Dock can be seen beyond the boaters at left. Readers with local memorabilia to share are encouraged to call the Perspective editor at 263-4773.
  • Daily News reader Wayne Peters believes his 1989 photo is from the first Naples St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Actually, that would be the 10th annual parade, but it’s still a great photo. It shows the late Rev. Thomas Goggin, then the pastor of St. Ann Catholic Church, as the parade gathered there that year in Old Naples. Lore has it that Goggin was an early backer of originators of the idea for the parade, which has grown into one of the biggest St. Patrick’s Day parades in the Southeast.
  • Governor C. Farris Bryant with members of Florida’s Miccosukee Tribe of Indians. The Miccosukee tribe were ideologically and politically separate from the Seminoles and organized as their own tribe in 1962.
  • In the late 1800s there was a push by the federal government to mainstream the Seminoles. The semi-nomadic Seminoles depended on hunting and trapping for their livelihood. Their hunting range was the Florida Everglades.
  • Daily News reader Loretta Necas, 93, of Naples Park thinks she knows the name of the mystery woman featured in this 1959 street scene from Fifth Avenue South. She appeared to be sweeping the sidewalk. Necas says the woman was Mary Foster, a friend who used to work at a variety store that saved Naples residents the long drive to Fort Myers for items such as socks at marked-up prices. Now, what was the name of the store? Look hard and you can see the time and temperature clock that was the trademark of the pioneer Bank of Naples, center left, that now is a three-story mixed-use building — still anchored by a bank. Submitted by Paul Lindabury of Naples. <em>Readers with local memorabilia or clues to the woman’s identity are encouraged to call the Perspective editor at 263-4773.</em>
  • Henrietta “Ret” Ingram at her home in Naples in 1959.

These classic photos were published in 2008 in the Sunday Perspective section of the Naples Daily News.



Full gallery »Hope for Haiti teams up with Brown University medical student to create public health program

  • Brown University medical student Will Perez visits with a group of the 450 orphans at the Proje Espwa orphanage in Les Cayes, Haiti in June 2008. During the summer, the Providence Rhode Island-native created public health education and training programs including bed bug eradication, tuberculosis treatment, prophylactic treatment, malaria prevention and water quality testing and treatment. Perez has since teamed up with the Naples-based Hope for Haiti to implement the programs on a larger scope. Photo courtesy of Will Perez.
  • Hope for Haiti Operations Officer Pierre Francois, left, and Ronald Felix, supervisor of the Diocese of Aquin school network, plan a vitimin A and deworming clinic at the Mogis Primary School in the mountains of Mogis, Haiti. The school is typical of the locations where Hope for Haiti plans to implement a new public health program to spread basic health care needs to thousands of Haitians. Photo provided by Hope for Haiti.
  • Dr. Steeve Victory, Hope for Haiti's medical director, works in a mobile clinic setting at the Ravine Sable Primary School in Ravine Sable, Haiti. Hope for Haiti has recently teamed up with Brown University medical student Will Perez to implement a public health program to empower Haitians to identify and treat medical issues within their community. Photo provided by Hope for Haiti.
  • Hope for Haiti nurse Rachel St. Germain monitors the blood pressure of a patient at a mobile medical clinic setup in a school in Morency in July 2010. Hope for Haiti has recently teamed up with Brown University medical student Will Perez to create a public health program to empower Haitians to identify and treat medical issues within their community. Photo provided by Hope for Haiti.
  • Patrick Eucalitto, a Hope for Haiti program director, conducts a nutrition program clinic providing vitamin A boosters for children 5-years-old and under in a rural school in Platon, Haiti in October 2009. Hope for Haiti has recently teamed up with Brown University medical student Will Perez to implement a public health program to empower Haitians to identify and treat medical issues among their community. Photo provided by Hope for Haiti.
  • Brown University medical student Will Perez, center, teaches a first-aid lesson as part of a public health program during the summer of 2008 in Haiti. The students of the program and Perez visited a local clinic to practice their CPR and Heimlich Maneuvers skills. Perez has since teamed up with the Naples-based Hope for Haiti to implement the public health programs at a larger scope within the Caribbean nation. Photo courtesy of Will Perez.

Hope for Haiti is teaming up with Brown University medical student Will Perez to create a public health program to empower Haitians to address basic health care needs within their community.



Full gallery »Everglades City candlelight vigil

  • Brittney Potter pauses in a moment of silence during a candlelight vigil in awareness of drug abuse at McLeod Park in Everglades City on August 28, 2010. The vigil's organizer, Christina Johnson, 38, held the event as a call to action for the community to step up efforts to combat drug abuse, especially with prescription pills. Sgt. Jim Baker of the vice and narcotics bureau of the Collier County Sheriff's Office spoke at the gathering, giving a background of prescription drugs and what the police are trying to do to stop the prevalence of them being sold illegally. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Scenes during a candlelight vigil at McLeod Park in Everglades City on August 28, 2010. The vigil's organizer, Christina Johnson, 38, held the event as a call to action for the community to step up efforts to combat drug abuse, especially with prescription pills. Sgt. Jim Baker of the vice and narcotics bureau of the Collier County Sheriff's Office spoke at the gathering, giving a background of prescription drugs and what the police are trying to do to stop the prevalence of them being sold illegally. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • More than 30 residents of Everglades City came out during a candlelight vigil at McLeod Park in Everglades City on August 28, 2010. The vigil's organizer, Christina Johnson, 38, held the event as a call to action for the community to step up efforts to combat drug abuse, especially with prescription pills. Sgt. Jim Baker of the vice and narcotics bureau of the Collier County Sheriff's Office spoke at the gathering, giving a background of prescription drugs and what the police are trying to do to stop the prevalence of them being sold illegally. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • More than 30 residents of Everglades City came out during a candlelight vigil at McLeod Park in Everglades City on August 28, 2010. The vigil's organizer, Christina Johnson, 38, held the event as a call to action for the community to step up efforts to combat drug abuse, especially with prescription pills. Sgt. Jim Baker of the vice and narcotics bureau of the Collier County Sheriff's Office spoke at the gathering, giving a background of prescription drugs and what the police are trying to do to stop the prevalence of them being sold illegally. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Brittney Potter, 19, during a candlelight vigil at McLeod Park in Everglades City on August 28, 2010. The vigil's organizer, Christina Johnson, 38, held the event as a call to action for the community to step up efforts to combat drug abuse, especially with prescription pills. Sgt. Jim Baker of the vice and narcotics bureau of the Collier County Sheriff's Office spoke at the gathering, giving a background of prescription drugs and what the police are trying to do to stop the prevalence of them being sold illegally. Greg Kahn/Staff
  • Angela Nicholson who has lived in Everglades City her whole life, pauses in a moment of prayer during a candlelight vigil at McLeod Park in Everglades City on August 28, 2010. The vigil's organizer, Christina Johnson, 38, held the event as a call to action for the community to step up efforts to combat drug abuse, especially with prescription pills. Sgt. Jim Baker of the vice and narcotics bureau of the Collier County Sheriff's Office spoke at the gathering, giving a background of prescription drugs and what the police are trying to do to stop the prevalence of them being sold illegally. Greg Kahn/Staff

More than 30 residents of Everglades City came out during a candlelight vigil at McLeod Park in Everglades City on August 28, 2010. The vigil's organizer, Christina Johnson, 38, held the event as a call to action for the community to step up efforts to combat drug abuse, especially with prescription pills. Sgt. Jim Baker of the vice and narcotics bureau of the Collier County Sheriff's Office spoke at the gathering, giving a background of prescription drugs and what the police are trying to do to stop the prevalence of them being sold illegally.



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  • Steve Gordon hands a large abandoned pole to a local CCSO during the second annual beach cleanup on Keewaydin Island organized by Collier County Sheriff's Office. The community volunteers were brought over to the island on the Sweet Liberty and dropped off at different points on the island to assist in the clean up. The Volunteers found rope, fishing line, a beach chair and an assortment of other abandoned items. Staff/Manuel Martinez
  • Rachel Vanblaricom a local Naples resident volunteer during the second annual beach cleanup on Keewaydin Island organized by Collier County Sheriff's Office. The community volunteers were brought over to the island on the Sweet Liberty and dropped off at different points on the island to assist in the clean up. The Volunteers found rope, fishing line, a beach chair and an assortment of other abandoned items. Staff/Manuel Martinez

The Collier County Sheriff's Office organized the second annual beach cleanup on Keewaydin Island. Community volunteers were brought over to the island on the Sweet Liberty and dropped off at different points on the island to assist in the clean up. Volunteers found rope, fishing line, a beach chair and an assortment of other abandoned items.




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