============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.marconews.com � December 2, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.marconews.com/marco/subscribe.html JIM CURRAN, PAT STOYE EARN MARCO HONORS Wednesday's 17th Annual Christmas Island Style Gala was a night of public admiration and praise for two distinguished Marco Islanders. Jim Curran was named Volunteer of the Year and Pat Stoye, Citizen of the Year, before a crowd of nearly 200. Naples Daily News publisher John Fish addressed the assembly at about 9 p.m. at the Olde Marco Inn and Suites. CANDLELIGHT VIGIL, POETRY MARK WORLD AIDS DAY IN COLLIER There have been 877 documented cases of AIDS in Collier County through this past September. There are just as many who have HIV or AIDS and don't know it because they haven't been tested. The number of cases here spiked recently, as Collier is close to the high-incidence counties of Miami-Dade and Lee. ELECTION CHANGE PROPOSAL DRAWS MIXED REACTIONS A proposal from Florida's election supervisors that would eliminate Election Day and replace it with an 11-day election season is drawing mixed reactions from local officials. Most express reservations, but say they are willing to look at the proposal. If the proposal is enacted, it would eliminate voting precincts. The state's 67 election chiefs voted Tuesday to present the idea informally to the Legislature and begin building support for voting changes. BUS STOP NEAR CONVICTED CHILD MOLESTER IN QUESTION Eleven-year-old Greg Ballance and 13-year-old Brian Ballance are supposed to catch the school bus down from their home on Lunar Street, part of a new law protecting kids from the worst child molesters. The old stop was just a block farther, on Bayshore Drive and Van Buren Avenue. But kids have had problems there, where police have been called out to the corner convenience store. It's a place where men hang around during the day, doing nothing. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.marconews.com PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: MAR-GOOD RESORT -- COLLIER SHOULD BUY SITE AND LEAVE ITS CHARM ALONE The public purchase of a special property that most Collier Countians have not heard of or visited, Goodland's Mar-Good Resort, is good for lots of reasons. Among them are that the deal saves the still-sleepy fishing village � the hot spots are called Idle Hour and Little Bar � from overdevelopment. The price is fair, $2.5 million for 2.6 waterfront acres, kept low by the owners' good will and even easier on Collier taxpayers thanks to state grants. See more of today�s Perspective stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective BUSINESS: NELSON LAUDS CASE THAT WAS KEY TO PASSING ANTI-IDENTITY THEFT LAW On the day the Federal Trade Commission rolled out a new program to help protect consumers from identity theft, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson came to Fort Myers to spotlight one facet of the 2003 anti-identity theft law that was inspired by a local television station's investigation. See more of today�s Business stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business NEAPOLITAN: CREEPY, CRAWLY CHRISTMAS Coming soon to a bedroom near you: the reality version of "A Bug's Life." Grow-your-own-critter kits are swarming the toy market this holiday season. Going way beyond the old ant habitats and "sea monkeys" advertised on the back of comic books, today's kits offer young city slickers the chance to share their space with a widening range of wildlife, from silkworms to ladybugs and praying mantises. See more of today�s Neapolitan stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan
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