============================================================ � DIGITAL DIGEST - http://www.marconews.com - Nov. 29, 2004 � ============================================================ � Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.naplesnews.com/circulation/ � � ** ON MARCO **
A Goodland property of historic significance may fall into public hands if the Collier County Commission approves a purchase agreement for the Margood Resort Cottages, RV Park and Marina on Tuesday. ** TOP NEWS ** � � HURRICANE SEASON ENDING: Three more hurricanes, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, would follow Charley and hit Florida in the next two months. Four hurricanes had never before hit the state during one hurricane season, lasting from June 1 to Nov. 30 each year. Hurricane season finally ends Tuesday. RIVER PARK: With extraordinary increases in Naples property values, no neighborhood is safe from real estate speculators, and that includes the River Park single-family residences just east of Goodlette-Frank Road. � � LAKE TRAFFORD: The unexpected discovery of more than 100 gopher tortoise burrows is creating a new hurdle for a project to restore Lake Trafford in Immokalee. Wildlife surveyors with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida found the burrows in September as part of a pre-construction wildlife check required for the $10.4 million project. STAIGER TO RETIRE: The city's very own mad scientist, Jon Staiger will retire at the end of December after 18 years as Naples' natural resources manager. In virtually every area, Staiger's gotten exceedingly high marks from the day he landed in Naples. The box city leaders checked off most often was "exceeds expectations." � GET THESE AND THE REST OF THE NEWS AT ... http://www.naplesnews.com � � ** PERSPECTIVE ** � � EDITORIAL: Getting on an airplane these days is no small feat, considering that you have to take off your shoes, pass through metal detectors that can ferret out the fillings in your teeth and put up with the occasional sexual assault. You've likely caught on to the exaggerations here - metal detectors don't respond to fillings. � � LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ... and more ...� � GET THESE AND THE REST OF PERSPECTIVE AT ... http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective/ � � ** IN NEAPOLITAN ** � � OUR WORLD: Raymond Peters is an artist, one of only two remaining master ocular prosthetists in the United States. For more than 50 years, he's made a name for himself creating artificial eyes for people from all over the world. � � IN THE KNOW, WHAT'S HOT, BARBARA BOVA and MORE ... � � GET THE REST OF NEAPOLITAN AT ... http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan/ � � ** IN BUSINESS * � � COOKING A CATCH: Chucker's also has a special offer for fishermen: they'll cook your catch. "People spend $400 on the boat and what are they going to do - bring them back to their hotel and cook them?" said Joann Shiels. For years the couple wanted to open their own restaurant. � � BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF, SCORE ADVISER, BUSINESS EVENTS ... � � GET THIS AND ALL THE REST OF BUSINESS AT ... http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business/ � � ** IN SPORTS ** � � DOLPHINS WIN: Although the Miami Dolphins doubled their victory total, there were no real winners. The NFL's two worst teams played a game every bit as wretched as their records. � � ALSO: Bucs lose, Jaguars lose � � GET THESE AND ALL THE REST OF SPORTS AT ... http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/sports/ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Click on the link below to be removed from the marconews.com mailing list. http://web.marconews.com/cgi-bin/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
