============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.marconews.com � September 21, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.marconews.com/marco/subscribe.html TORNADOES FRIGHTENED RESIDENTS STILL EDGY FROM HURRICANES The trailer suddenly began to rattle like a baby toy and then Anabelle Cisneros heard the loud crack that echoed in her mind hours after. That's when she ran to the bathroom. Cisneros trapped herself inside and held her stomach to protect her unborn child while large balls of hail pounded on the trailer, knocking like they wanted inside. The tornadoes that snuck into eastern Collier County on Sunday frightened residents still edgy from the three hurricanes that have toppled parts of Florida the past two months. MARCO ADVANCES BAN ON SMOKING, PETS IN PARKS Marco Island officials took a major step in snuffing out cigarettes in city parks Monday night. On a 6-1 vote, the City Council accepted first reading of a proposed ordinance that would prohibit tobacco, pets and some motorized toys in city parks. Councilman Glenn Tucker cast the dissenting vote. "I've not come across anyone who's in favor of smoking on the premises," Councilman Mike Minozzi said. "I get the feeling that this is what the citizens want." OCEAN PROPONENTS WATCH BUSH REACTION TO REPORT The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy delivered the final draft of its report to President Bush on Monday, but ocean advocates in Florida remained concerned that many important recommendations won't become policy or at least not soon enough. Bush has 90 days to respond to the report, though his response could as easily be silence as action. GOSS ENDURES ANOTHER ROUND OF GRILLING AT HEARING WASHINGTON � Senate Democrats once again pressed U.S. Rep. Porter Goss on Monday to rectify whether his past political positions will allow him to be an independent and objective CIA director, asking the Florida Republican if he would have challenged public statements made by administration officials prior to the Iraq war. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.marconews.com PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: NORTH NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL -- FOOT BRIDGE WOULD SPAN THE 'NEIGHBORLINESS GAP' North Naples Middle School is up and open. Sixty students from neighboring Imperial Golf Estates would like to walk a few minutes to and from there. Instead they have to take a 40-minute bus ride each way. Is a foot bridge over a canal separating the school and the neighborhood too much to ask? It seems fair to Collier County Public Schools, which is willing to invest the $150,000 in the bridge, which will save bus expenses in addition to affirming school-neighborhood togetherness. See more of today�s Perspective stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective BUSINESS: FRESH MARKET PLANNING TO OPEN SECOND STORE IN N. NAPLES Neapolitans, stand by for an extra helping of fresh lamb chops, mouth-watering olive varieties and picture-ready produce. The Fresh Market is opening a second location in North Naples, slated to open in mid-to late 2005, and another in Bonita Springs, where land negotiations are under way. See more of today�s Business stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business NEAPOLITAN: AT THE EYE OF THE STORMS It's an inquiry Jim Farrell has politely fielded before. And fielded and fielded. The caller to Farrell's office at the WINK-TV studios in Fort Myers wants to know why someone can't fly a massive chunk of ice into a hurricane, blowing it to bits before it begins bullying Florida's shores. There's logic to the theory, Farrell concedes: A hurricane is a hot weather system. Adding ice would seem like a way to weaken it. See more of today�s Neapolitan stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan
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