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County impact fees no longer support Collier's luxurious lifestyle

TAXES?RAISINGIS THERE ANY

BETTER WAY THAN

“You’re the kind of guy that knows how to take a hit and keep on rolling.” So said his boss from two jobs ago when the newly unemployed chef called in hopes of finding an opening at his twice-removed workplace.

“When my aunt’s career managing a high-end fashion store ended shortly after the recession began, she took a job answer-ing telephones at an elementary school.” She had to. She was going through a divorce and had two teenagers.

In recent months, thousands of South-west Floridians have taken a hit and kept

on rolling. Here are the stories of a few who have evolved personally and profes-

sionally — and found unexpected rewards — after the economic downturn forced them to make the leap to a new career.

From radio to social networkingSteve Pozgay wasn’t sure what he was

going to do when his radio program on WINK ended. He was 30 years old and had experienced job loss before, having worked his way up through a tumultuous career in broadcasting.

He scrambled for work and took various turns as an accounts payable clerk at Best Buy, at a carpet outlet and elsewhere.

Collier County commissioners are pre-paring to put the writing on the wall in pure numbers and deliver a message we have already acknowledged individually and as a society: Times are hard and money is tight.

It happens Thursady, Oct. 1.That’s the day the commissioners will

open the spigot that connects public money to community needs for the new fiscal year, 2009-2010, and release the flood of dollars that pay the insistent bills of gov-ernment — for roads, emergency medical services, libraries, parks, independent and dependent fire districts, public schools, the jail, water, sewer, general government needs and law enforcement, among others.

The new budget might as well come posted with a blazing neon caveat that says, “Tighten your belt.”

What that might mean for Collier resi-dents appears obvious at first glance: addi-tional taxes of one sort or another, or sig-

nificant cuts in services, something many say they’re reluctant to accept. A sales tax, perhaps, or an increase in property taxes? A real estate transaction tax so that any sale of any property will help fund govern-ment spending? Tolls on roads or taxes on utilities? Something else?

Maybe, say the experts. Or maybe there’s another way to do things.

Although money is tight everywhere, in one special trust fund there is no deficit, no recession, no hard times: in the brain trust. Here, Florida Weekly seeks insight into the demands the future is likely to put on our wallets from several acknowledged experts.

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• Just say NO to lefties!• NO! NO! NO! No liberals!• He can speak to my children when they

pry my cold dead tongue off the roof of my mouth, after it freezes up saying NO! NO! NO!

It became clear to me this week that liber-als have exceeded any boundaries of decent propriety when it comes to indoctrinating children, so something has to be done.

My suggestion: Have the slogans I’ve coined above made up as bumper stickers. Print up 100 of them, then apply one of each to your truck or car, and give the rest to your friends and neighbors. If they don’t want to put them on their vehicles, do it for them.

This is a free country, and we don’t have to let any self-righteous, foreign-loving, do-gooder go around preaching the liberal gos-pel and taking over our children’s minds, that’s for damn sure.

So I’m saying right now, before it hap-pens again, in ink as black as night — to Col-lier County Schools Superintendent Dennis “Machine-Gun” Thompson: RESIST HIM, Dennis, ’cause he’s a BIG MENACE!

I’m talking about the biggest liberal of all.I’ve looked at his speeches very closely,

and the hidden text is always just bald-faced, socialistic liberal nonsense, veiled as a call for individual responsibility. We don’t

want this stuff in our schools.When he says, “If you bring forth what is

within you, what you bring forth will save you, and if you do not bring forth what is within you, what is within you will destroy you,” that’s just liberal hogwash.

Sounds like a call for individual responsi-bility, right? For living up to your best self by studying in school and trying hard? Well it sounds like it, but it’s something else. Really, it’s just the old leftist plea to go soft-hearted and help people in trouble — when it’s their fault, not yours, by God.

Why should I let my kids listen to that?Or when he says, “Everyone is given a

chance and help is there for all, but for each the benefit is proportionate to his sincer-ity,” that just means you have to be a liberal or you won’t get a handout.

Well, I don’t want my children expect-ing any handouts, or taking any, and espe-cially not giving them to any losers. I don’t want them listening to a suspicious-looking preacher-type who talks a lot about poor people, either.

And when he opens his mouth and announces that, “One does not become pure by outward appearance and action,” well, what else is there? Your appearance is very important. It’s how you look, it’s how you achieve success, for God’s sake.

As for your actions? Those show whether you’re giving in to this creeping socialism or not. If you surrender our traditional Ameri-can values, the ones that say you’ll pull your own dang self up by your bootstraps and use someone else’s if yours aren’t long enough, then you’re just another candy-assed liberal. But don’t come brainwash my

kids with those attitudes.Finally there’s this leftist pap: “If you’re

always concerned about yourself, and not thinking more about others, you develop a feeling of dissatisfaction, inadequacy and insecurity within yourself. This will put you in danger of the greater trap in this world.”

So you’re not supposed to think about yourself, you’re supposed to worry about the other guy? That is definitely not what I want my children to learn. That’s not how the world works.

Which is why I was proud of Collier schools superintendent “Machine Gun” Thompson (sort of), when he hosed down the problem of liberal indoctrination with a wimpy little memo last week that said he wouldn’t air President Obama’s speech to children, “Due to the logistics of making a Web cast available during that time of the school day.”

We can put people on the moon, but we can’t have teachers turn on a computer or a television set?

Mr. Thompson, and Collier’s Republican Party chairwoman Carla Dean, were actu-ally quoted at length in Time Magazine. “We tend to be very conservative here,” Ms. Dean said, in front of the nation. “The presi-dent is extremely liberal, and we worry that he’s leading us to socialism.”

Makes you proud, doesn’t it? We won’t let our kids hear any lefty like the president, because it’s too hard to schedule a Web cast, and he might make them socialists by asking them to work hard and stay in school.

Up in Lee County, although schools superintendent James “Big Boy” Browder

remained silent, he let his spokesman pound the drum: “The district will record (the President’s speech) and apply the standard process for reviewing instructional materi-als, and make it available as a supplement to instruction to enhance established Sunshine State Standards,” Joe Donzelli told the local press.

Don’t you love that language, by the way? Check out the sibilant “S” sounds Mr. Don-zelli worked in there like a sssnake in the grasssss: “a sssupplement to inssstruction to enhancccce essstablished Sssunshine Ssstate Ssstandards.”

But that doesn’t worry me. What worries me is some lefty, like the superintendent in Charlotte County, Dave Gayler. Here’s what he said on the school system’s Web site, if you can believe it: “Teachers who wish to show the speech can do so as part of their lesson plans and their social stud-ies curriculum. Discussion guides are also available at the White House Web site.

“Some have suggested that the speech is politically motivated. We find no evidence of this in the information we have accessed. We believe that it is important to hear words of encouragement with respect to educational goals and personal responsibil-ity and would hope that parents support those concepts as well.”

It’s a moot point now, because the Presi-dent has spoken and this is all last week’s news. And he’s not who I’m really worried about, anyway, because he’s not the biggest liberal around.

That title would go to Jesus. The first four quotes in this article are from him.

What if he shows up and wants to speak to our kids? You can see the kind of leftist claptrap he espouses.

Now that’s a truly dangerous liberal. ■

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If Dick Cheney had a fantasy scenario for how the Bush administration inter-rogation program worked, it might go like this: A top-level al-Qaida opera-tive is captured, but resists traditional interrogation. He is then waterboarded, after which he becomes an invaluable resource. Eventually, the terrorist con-ducts tutorials on al-Qaida doctrine and operations for the benefit of American intelligence officers.

Except it’s not a fable. It describes the course of 9/11 mastermind Kha-lid Sheikh Mohammed’s post-capture career, according to The Washington Post. The Post report, together with newly released CIA documents, demol-ishes a key argument of opponents of so-called enhanced interrogation tech-niques — that “’torture’ never works.”

This contention always betrayed an insecurity. For all their thunder-ing about the criminal immorality of coercive interrogations, opponents never dared admit that they could have elicited important, perhaps lifesaving, information. They treated it as a kind of metaphysical impossibility.

In so doing, they left a hostage to fortune.

They had to hope that Cheney was wrong when he said that classified documents proved the effectiveness of the interro-gations, and failing that, had to hope the documents would never be declassified. On this front, the release of the 2004 Cen-tral Intelligence Agency inspector general report — declassified thanks to an Ameri-can Civil Liberties Union lawsuit — has been a disaster for them. In the intelli-gence business, it’s called blowback.

The IG report said detainees in the interrogation program made the CIA aware of plots to attack the U.S. consul-ate in Karachi, Pakistan; to fly hijacked aircraft into Heathrow Airport; to derail a train in the U.S.; to blow up gas sta-tions in the U.S.; to fly an airplane into the tallest building in California; and to collapse bridges in New York. If any of the planned attacks in the U.S. had come off, many of the same critics braying about the CIA’s interrogation program would be outraged about its failure to “connect the dots.”

Overall, according to another newly released CIA document, “detainees in mid-2003 helped us build a list of 70 individuals — many of who we had never heard of before — that al-Qaida deemed suitable for Western operations.” In the

war on terror, learning the identities of these operatives is almost the equivalent of the ULTRA program breaking Ger-man codes in World War II.

The former CIA Inspector General John Helgerson tells The Washington Post that “waterboarding and sleep deprivation were the two most power-ful techniques and elicited a lot of infor-mation.” Such extreme methods should obviously be used only in a carefully controlled setting against top detainees harboring information about ongoing plots. Detainees like KSM and a few of his confederates, who provided intel-ligence valuable enough to justify their harsh treatment.

Years of bombast and distortion have nonetheless killed the enhanced-inter-rogation program. The Obama adminis-tration has put the CIA out of the inter-rogation business and will henceforth endeavor to limit itself to the minimalist methods in the Army Field Manual. Thus it enshrines an interrogation regime that wouldn’t have gotten KSM to cooperate so quickly, if at all. And turns its back on what worked. ■

— Rich Lowry is editor of the Nation-al Review.

BY RICH LOWRY

Fall’s almost here. There’s a snap to the morning air and a coolness to the evenings. And in our nation’s capital, where Congress returns to work next week, things are getting ready to heat up.

The summer recess was far from rest-ful for our nation’s lawmakers, who found themselves contending with pas-sion and protest at health-care town-hall meetings. Now they’ll be coming back into the teeth of what will likely be an even stormier legislative session than the last, and not only because of the ongoing healthcare fight. Other issues that promise to turn up the tempera-ture in Washington are that of Presi-dent Barack Obama’s proposed cap-and-trade climate bill, the war in Afghanistan (along with the possibility that Obama may send more troops to fight it), and the looming possibility of yet another Supreme Court nomination battle.

Let’s start with health-care reform, which has taken a beating during the past month or so. Obama still seems to be aiming for Congress to arrive

at a compromise measure that might win the support of a couple of Senate Republicans, rather than seeking to push through a bill with solely Democratic support.

While allowing that politics is almost always unpredictable, it’s hard to see how any outcome on this subject won’t deepen the political acrimony in Wash-ington and in the country at large. If reform gets killed outright, look for bitter recriminations between various Demo-cratic factions, particularly between the party’s progressive base and the more centrist, so-called Blue Dog Democrats. If it gets pushed through with a party-line vote, the reaction may well make the rhetoric employed so far from the Republican base seem mild. And a com-promise measure could bring a combi-nation of both outcomes, disillusioning the Democratic base without gaining much if anything in the way of Republi-can support.

One of these scenarios will set the stage for a cap-and-trade climate bill that looks to inspire just as bruising a battle as has health care. It’s already being described by some conservative commentators as representing the larg-est tax increase in American history, a description you’re sure to hear more of as the debate approaches. The politics of climate legislation, in which the attempt

to combat a real but generalized threat is aligned against deep-pocketed corporate interests, seem to guarantee yet another tooth-and-nail legislative scrap.

As if all that weren’t enough, the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan threatens to inspire further internecine squabbling among Democrats, while speculation that Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens may soon announce his retirement will introduce yet more partisan maneuvering around a poten-tial successor.

And all of this will be happening one step closer to the 2010 House mid-term elections, a factor that is likely to turn up the political demagoguery and dampen whatever scant opportunities for compromise may still exist. Adding to the political rancor will be the Obama Justice Department’s investigation of alleged detainee abuse by the CIA dur-ing the George W. Bush era.

One wishes to be optimistic, but we seemed to be primed for a political season in which the heat that is gener-ated will far outweigh whatever light is shed on policy matters and the real problems and needs of the American people. As things stand now, a lot of that heat stands to be taken by Obama, who will need to reverse recent setbacks and make some fairly huge political gains in order to salvage his first year in office, not to mention the Democratic congres-sional majorities that he has so far been unable to wield to full advantage. ■

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a half-gallon; and Campbell’s tomato soup, three cans for 33 cents.

I assume this strong message in The Bonita Banner was from the owner/publish-ers: “Bonita Springs was virtually ignored by Lee County, the press and radio in its hour of greatest need following the Hurri-cane. Are you mad enough to incorporate?” (Note the capital “H” in “Hurricane,” which was, no doubt, out of respect.)

It was 39 years later, in November 1999, before Bonita Springs became incorporated as a city. That’s what I call a slow-burn kind of mad.

Post-hurricane headlinesThe Collier County News, which sold

for 10 cents in its 37th year and published every Sunday, came out on schedule five days after Hurricane Donna (with all copy typeset, I must add). I was thrilled to read a tattered copy that Sam Colding, former Collier County tax assessor, brought into the Naples Backyard History Mini-Museum to share. In it were several storm stories I’d never heard, and accounts of several others that are well-known among local history buffs.

An article headlined “The Lighter Side of Donna” told of an insurance agent who, dur-ing the eye of the storm, received a call from a client asking if it was possible to double the insurance on his house.

Under the headline “Many Hated to Hear the Word Evacuate” was a story I had heard before from Walter Donovan, who was the civil defense coordinator for the city of Naples when Hurricane Donna hit. Mr. Donovan spoke at the mini-museum last year. Benny Caruthers, a former Naples

UNDERCOVER HISTORIANStories from the news about Hurricane Donna, 49 years ago

police officer, was in the audience and nod-ded in approval through-out Mr. Donovan’s talk.

The point that received Mr. Caruthers’ biggest nod (and chuckle) was about the strategy to get residents out of their homes and into the Red Cross shelters. When the diehard folks who refused to leave their homes dug in their heels, Mr. Don-ovan and Officer Caruthers instructed them to “please put your next-of-kin and their phone number on your arm with a pen, or tie something onto your body in case we have to notify them,” Mr. Donovan recalled. He added it didn’t take long for him and Officer Caruthers to learn they had to step aside promptly after the “next-of-kin” statement — if they didn’t want footprints on their foreheads as those diehards “high-tailed it” to the shelter.

One of my favorite stories I’ve heard his-torian Doris Reynolds tell made the front page of The Collier County News in its first edition after the storm, under the headline “2 Negro Prisoners Win Pardon for Rescue Work During Donna.” According to the report, Willie McNeil, 22, of Tarpon Springs and Otis Boyd, 25, of Naples, who had been jailed for disorderly conduct and other “mischief,” received a pardon from Florida Gov. Leroy Collins and Naples Mayor Fran-cis Ford for their unselfish service.

Mr. McNeil and Mr. Boyd volunteered to move women and children to a fire truck when the jail, which had been turned into

a shelter, was flooded. When the truck bogged down in waist-high water, they car-ried the passengers to a safe place at 10th Street South and Eighth Avenue South. They worked for two straight days without food or dry clothing and could have escaped at any time, the newspaper reported.

There are as many stories about Hurri-cane Donna as there were people in Naples at that time. I believe the stories and the people who are still here to tell them are equally priceless. ■

Lois Bolin is the co-founder of Naples Cultural Landscape, a fund at the Commu-nity Foundation of Collier County. Naples Backyard History is the fund’s educational initiative. For more information, visit the NBYH Mini-Museum at 1300 Third St. S., call 594-2978 or visit www.naplesback-yardhistory.org.

Forty-nine years ago today — at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 10, 1960 — the fifth-strongest hur-ricane on record in the United States hit Southwest Florida. The eye of Hurricane Donna went directly over Bonita Springs and left three people there dead in its wake; winds were clocked at 168 mph in Naples and 123 mph in Fort Myers.

As it sashayed northward, this most un-ladylike storm produced 11-foot surges and dumped 12 inches of rain along the coast. In Naples alone, Donna caused millions of dollars in property damage, and generated countless stories that are, well, priceless.

“Bloody but unbowed”Five days after “the all-day storm,” Robert

and Janet Parrett, the owners and publishers of The Bonita Banner, printed an edition with a different look. Vol. II No. 37 of Mr. and Mrs. Parrett’s newspaper (which sold for 5 cents), was hand-written, with the exception of the classifieds and most other advertisem*nts. The editor’s column reported: “Equipment and furniture wiped out. All records lost… We are bloody but unbowed.”

Several scribblings in the paper caught my eye.

Short and sweet, an ad read: “Found: A man’s watch. Pay for ad and describe. Call Bibbee’s.” It had no contact number, so I searched the brittle, yellowed pages for any mention of Bibbee’s. Toward the back of the paper, I found an ad (also hand-writ-ten) for the so-named farmer’s marketplace, where the week’s specials included: fryers, 79 cents a pound; ice cream, 79 cents for

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resources,” explains Gary Jackson, an economist and director of the Economic Research Institute in the College of Business at Florida Gulf Coast Uni-versity. Tapping into those resources, Florida Weekly asked the experts to describe the economic terrain ahead, and to consider what we might do to travel through it with the least pain and most benefit to ourselves.

How can we maintain our current standard of living in spite of the loss of revenue from impact fees and property taxes? Are there new ways to meet a budget without terrible cuts, or ways to rearrange how we spend money? Are cuts inevitable or not? How is the future going to look if we can’t depend on impact fees as much as we have in the past — or will we be able to count on them again?

Their thoughts, abridged for space, appear below.

While all the experts acknowledge the need for belt tightening — a reality that surprises neither them nor us — the degree and duration is likely to prove sobering, some say.

County budgets, after all, run a year

behind trends on the ground. Even if unemployment rates begin to decline, for example, or the number of foreclo-sures decreases (10,000 are expected in the coming year, says Mike Reagan, the president and CEO of the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce), or property val-ues begin to struggle upward again, the evidence of that progress won’t appear in a budget until at least 12 months after it happens.

So the following year’s budget — the one that begins in about 12 months, designed to pay bills in 2011 — could be even tighter, warns Leo Ochs, Collier’s veteran assistant county manager.

“Just the money for capital construc-tion alone, in the general fund, is down 66 percent, to about $161 million for the fiscal year 2010 (starting Oct. 1),” he says. “In the current year that’s ending, it was about $475 million.”

Defined as one of the wealthiest of Florida’s 67 counties, Collier, in other words, is about to be tackled from behind by its own recent history — a history of double-digit population growth and massive development.

In a few short years that development nearly doubled the population to rough-ly 315,000 residents, by the U.S. Cen-sus Bureau’s tally (or 330,000 according to the Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research), and it led to

great wealth, great expansion and great dependence on a river of impact-fee greenbacks that has suddenly, almost perversely slowed to a mere trickle.

In the year 2000, for example, impact fees — money provided to local govern-ment by any who build something new to help pay for new services — came in at a comfortable $54.8 million. That number rose gently to $63 million by 2003, and then it skyrocketed, blowing right through the $100 million mark the next year, finally hitting a high of $115.5 million in fiscal year 2007-2008.

The largess came in part because Col-lier’s impact fees are the highest in the Sunshine State, a fact that has given rise to some bitter criticism of the money managers in local government.

Though many agree impact fees are not the fairest form of progress, they might pay off now.

“The good news, if there is any silver lining in this dismal economic cloud, is that our commissioners, and Jim Mudd (the county manager, who is now fighting an illness) had the fortitude and determi-nation to make the right decisions for the last seven or eight years,” says Mr. Ochs. “They decided to catch up on this infrastructure deficit we faced, and make sure infrastructure would keep up with the pace of growth in this county.

“So we’ve not only made up the back-

log, but (met) our current service needs. In terms of our capital infrastructure we’re in good shape. From water and sewer to roads to the park system to emergency services, to our libraries, we’re doing well.

“Our officials take a lot of criticism for having high impact fees, but they have helped us get in the position where we are now.”

And where we are unlikely to find ourselves again. Those fat times will not return, the experts agree. Not only that, but the county faces debt because it used those high impact fees to borrow ahead, so it could make capital improvements that would meet the demand when it arose, not after, Mr. Ochs says.

But now there will be no new impact fees to help pay those debts.

In the year just ending, impact fee income was again in the $54 million range (as it was in 2000), and in the coming year it will stagger in at about $25 million. That number is roughly equivalent to impact fee income in the mid 1990s, when county residents num-bered about 175,000.

Unfortunately, impact fees could be halved again 12 months from now, Mr. Ochs says.

So what do we do, in that case?Here are some answers — and if not

answers, then thoughts. ■

»Mike Reagan, president and CEO, Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce:

Obviously, with our recessing economy, it is becoming clear that the traditionally expected revenue streams for all entities, including government, may be challenged for a few years. In normal times, those who budget face the difficulty of predict-ing exactly what their revenues maybe 12 to 18 months in the

future. Today, given our difficult economy, budget-ing is even more opaque and hazy.

Clearly, much of our economy in Southwest Flor-ida has been sparked by sunshine but has rested in the past three decades on net immigration and the importation of passive wealth — pensions, stocks, retirement funds, and so on. With the exception of tourism and agriculture, most of the local economy has been a service economy (development, bank-ing, health, retail). All of those drivers of our local economy are now threatened. And, much of what we have known or depended upon in the past, may not now be dependable to the same degree.

It is unlikely that in the short term, development, construction, engineering, planning, architecture, and other (vocations) will be robust. Indeed, most data suggests it will be awhile before those business clusters abound.

Collier County’s general-purpose government — the board of commissioners — has essentially and understandably rested on property taxes, impact fees and other fees. Four years ago, a county-commissioned study facilitated by the county’s Economic Development Council was conducted by the Anderson Group.

The bottom line in the study suggested that Col-lier’s commissioners, given the five-fold popula-tion growth over the past 30 years, depended on impact fees to fund part of County government. The Anderson consultants, however, also said that Collier County may have been (too dependent) on “growth paying for growth” or impact fees... and that a decline in growth would cause difficulties in funding County government. The Anderson Group did not anticipate — nor did anyone — that our national economy would go into a deep recession.

So, now that we face a few more years, I suppose, of us coming out of this recession, we can expect that impact fee revenue will be less than desired.

Probably only three courses of action may be available: raise other current or new taxes, cut back services, or do a combination of both.

Clearly, the decisions involved will be stressful and will necessitate balanced, mature dialogue and delib-eration in which the chamber and other business and

civic groups will engage with government officials….The word balance is important. There is no silver

bullet here.To maintain what we have — and I’m sure some

savings can be achieved — there will have to be some adjustments, new revenue or revenue shifting. You either raise currencies and fees or taxes, or you come up with another tax brand that’s new, which would take a referendum. That takes time. Or you cut services. Or you do all of the above.

Most people won’t argue for cutting services. Col-lier has one of the lowest crime rates of any county, and arguably one of the top 26 police departments in the country. There’s a reason — you pay for that. We have top-flight veterans. And we have a great love for our (public) greenness and horticulture — a lot of people don’t want to touch that. And on it goes.

» Gary Jackson, director of The Economic Research Institute in the College of Business at Florida Gulf Coast University:

First some background: Gov-ernment’s role is to provide protection for individuals and their property, and production of goods and services not easily produced in the marketplace.

The legal system is a key role for government — (rules) that call for the enforcement of con-tracts and a mechanism for set-

tling disputes.Governments may intervene in markets to correct

problems caused by lack of competition; by external factors such as zoning, pollution, or other spill-over effects; to provide public goods such as national defense; and to correct for poor market information so consumers can make better decisions.

The current recession is the longest and deepest since the Great Depression and has hit our region very hard, since our economic growth was driven by population increases, tourism, and construction. Recently, a study from the University of Florida showed that both the state and our region had ‘out’ migration (more people departing than arriving).

Population forecasts (see Florida’s Econom-ic Development Research forecast at http://edr.state.fl.us/population.htm ) predict that population growth will return to Florida and our region, but the next couple of years we will see slow population growth. The national forecasts (see www.fgcu.edu/cob/reri for our latest monthly economic newsletter and regional indicator report) show a very gradual increase in economic activity. (But) employment will lag behind the economic activity, so we will see high unemployment rates for a couple of years.

The housing market has been very important to the region, and (now) the higher credit require-ments, financial issues and uncertainty about hous-ing prices and inventory will take a few years to work through.

Government funding has fallen with the value of homes (property taxes) and lack of building (impact fees). Households have been hit hard by the fall in the stock market, the declining value of their homes, and the high unemployment rates, and have cut back on their purchases. This has resulted in lower sales tax collections and property tax collections. (Meanwhile), the lack of growth and building has reduced impact fee collections.

So we are seeing local governments that are cut-ting projects and costs and also raising tax rates. Some governments are increasing user fees as a way to increase government funding. The business cycle demands that households, businesses and govern-ment plan for recession periods as well as boom periods. Local governments will have to make some hard choices given the expected reductions in tax revenues. (Leaders in Collier) should consider the long-term implications of their actions to balance the budget since they are competing with the sur-rounding counties and regions for households and businesses….

Collier County has nice amenities. When you see all this growth, and you’re preparing for this growth — you’re spending now for when it comes — then when the economy slows down you have the capital projects in place.

That’s what Collier has done. So they shouldn’t need to have a lot of additional expenditures.

But our region has been hit hard, and until we start seeing the growth engine pick up, it will be lean times.

» Murray Hendel, co-president of the Holocaust Museum and chair of the Collier County President’s Council:

I have to agree with the tenor of what Mike Reagan (president of the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce) says — if you’re look-ing at a one or two-year deal, you can freeze wages or take some other money-saving steps. But in the long range, get some pros in here to analyze this. The Ander-son Group, they came in and did a

professional study of the county, and as things turned out, they were right.

I was on a Naples Blue Ribbon committee to ana-lyze the current situation. We did some work on the things I mentioned — but those are one-or two-year

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deals: Cut back on employees, cut back on this or that, prioritize your capital improvements.

There’s a word floating around — a ‘restart.’ It means we take a brand new look to see what’s going on. We’ve been doing the same old things, and we’ve been lucky at it, but we have to say, ‘Look, there might be another way.’

I’m working on getting the Chicago Cubs here — I’m vice chair of the Tourist Development Council. That would bring in big things to the county.

There’s a new owner for the Cubs, he’s been approved and it would take a month or two for him to take over, and we plan on having the mayor and the governor invite him into Naples. We’ll show him our beautiful city and if he gives us a commitment, then we’ll go to work. What we don’t want to do is get a committee together and get land and find out they’re not inter-ested. Mesa, Ariz. has had them for years, and they’re in trouble so we think we have an opportunity.

When we tried to get a team five or six years ago, everybody had their hands in everybody else’s pocket and it didn’t work. It’s amazing to me, they’re all for it now that all these fancy businesses on Fifth Avenue are closing up.

This is what I call the reset.I’m also working on luring tourists. That would help

as well. There’s a recession all over the place, many of our businesses are closing, so there’s a subcommittee of the TDC looking to different parts of the country and the world to bring in tourists.

If Cuba is ever opened up, then we could be in real trouble, because many of the people who would come here might go to Cuba. Why? Because everyone is in there buying land, getting in there cheap, and it’s a beautiful island. It would compete with us. Many people from South America and all over the world would go there.

As for the future here in Collier, I don’t think we’re ever going to reach the growth we had in the last five or six years.

We lived on agriculture, on tourism, on construction. We didn’t get the high tech industry here — we’re try-ing — but everything takes time. We can raise the sales tax by one penny and raise millions, and I think there are figures that show that the locals don’t pay that much. Outsiders pay a lot of it, then you build up the fund.

Since impact fees are not what they should be, the county has to service all the bonds taken out for road construction.

So I’m saying we need a fundamental change in the process going forward. That can be scary, but if you have good leadership and confidence, you can do it.

Maybe we become a focal point for high-tech medical research. That’s how you build your economy, how you build employment… I’m just a neophyte here thinking out loud.

(Note: The President’s Council is an association of homeowner and condominium associations in Collier County that studies issues affecting homeowners. It’s the largest entity of its kind in the county.)

» Leo Ochs, assistant county manager:

Because we’ve seen a dramatic slowdown in growth in this county, that automatically ratchets our cap-ital program down substantially.

So the short answer is, we dra-matically scale back our capital pro-gram in response to the slowdown in growth — in the short term, we have less of a need for impact fee revenues.

The problem and challenge we face is, prior to the recession and wall we slammed into, we had double-digit growth for 10 to 15 years. That put us in a catch-up mode for our capital improvements. So, even though our impact fees were the highest in the state for years, they were still not sufficient to build what we needed on what I call a pay-as-you-go basis.

To catch up with the level of service required in our growth management plan for everything, we had to take our impact fee dollars and do long-term borrowing to make the improvements, either bonding them or tak-ing out commercial paper loans. Now, like a mortgage on a home, we have a long-term obligation to repay for capital improvements.

As impact-fee revenue dwindles, that creates pres-sure to find another source to meet our debt payments until our long-term loans are paid off. But as property values decline, that becomes a challenge — we have to divert those monies away from other programs and services. And that puts pressure on us to cut our costs without reducing frontline needs to the public.

So what do we do? A sales tax is an option available under Florida law to the county for some time. Back in about 2000 we actually went to voters with an initiative

for a half-penny of sales tax increase to eliminate road congestion built up over years of non building. The mantra in the ‘90s had been, ‘if you don’t build it they won’t come.’ But they came anyway. Since the public voted no in the referendum, we had to do some borrow-ing and use impact fee and ad valorem funding to get us through debt payments on construction.

That’s still available to the board of commissioners and there’s some interest. The fire departments are looking at approaching the board for a referendum for a 1-cent tax to fund fire rescue services in town and that could offset their property tax mill rate — that’s also available to the board, for capital improvements. It would have to go to the voters for a referendum, too.

I’ve been with the county for over 20 years and it’s been a fairly conservative county in terms of its view on taxation. The commission always worked hard to keep the millage rate down, year after year.

Having said that, there have been cases, when the case was made to the public, when the public chose to raise their taxes (the county purchased land for con-servation as part of Conservation Collier and voters elected to preserve the Naples Zoo by buying the land it sits on, for example).

You have to make your case clearly and succinctly to the public. It’s been my experience that they don’t like a tax increase that is open-ended. If you go with a program of improvements that are specific, with a specific duration, they’re more apt to give that serious consideration.

We’ve relied historically on three or four revenue sources for our capital program: property taxes, gas taxes, state sales taxes and impact fees. But there are other options. Perhaps a real estate transfer tax on real estate sales to offset impact fees and finance capital transactions in the future. That way, anyone who finances a real estate transaction would help pay for the impacts of new people.

There’s a discretionary sales tax. And a discussion of tolls for new roads. We’re trying hard to get our fair share of state and federal grants, too.

There’s also an electric utility franchise fee. They’ve considered that in the past and decided against it for good reason, but as we come under increasing pressure with the loss of impact fees and ad valorem taxes, it may be a way.

» Jim Coletta, county commissioner:

When you don’t have growth, the need for impact fees is diminished. Now we have a surplus of road capacity and water and sewer, and it does it give us a little leverage. So all options are open. The big ques-tion is, who pays for (the future)?

We’re always looking for a guy behind the tree, someone else to pay. Impact fees, ad valorem rev-

enue, sales taxes, taxes on utilities, tolls on roads, paying for services as you use them — they all have pluses and minuses.

A sales tax, in itself, is going to take one hell of a PR campaign to sell to the people of Collier. We got behind a half-cent increase, from 6 to 6.5 cents a few years ago, to come up with the money for roads. The premise was that instead of just homeowners paying, we could spread it out across the economy and get tourists to help pay. We thought it was great, but the thing failed miserably, with something like 70 percent voting against it.

Numerous proposals come up and they usually get killed either by the state legislative body or locally. To succeed (a tax increase of some kind) has to be a clear thing and a feel-good thing.

I’m pretty sure I’ll never receive support on this — it’s a Jim Colletta idea–—but I’ve come up with something I think can get people to move here and buy property and build on it. The idea is to come up with a limiting factor in the building permits you issue in any given year — not on an environmental basis or with environ-mental permits, but with an economic basis. You’d look at industry now, and ask, ‘What would it take to sustain that in a given year?’

Suppose 6,000 units would stabilize the industry here now, and create a small growth. That would immediately create a demand. People would start placing orders years in advance to keep thing sustainable.

It’s artificial, it goes against the grain. But all it would take is a buy-in from industry, a recognition that they want to protect what they’ve got — and if people are moving here to start new companies overnight, and you can adjust the number of permits on a yearly basis, local business interests, education, the contractors associa-tion, Realtors, they might all really fire up with it.

But meanwhile, in the last four years, over $100 mil-lion has been cut out of the budget, and we’ve cut 22 percent of our employees. So we’re down to bare bones

and we have the basic services that make things unique — parks and recreation, libraries — it’s a unique part of the ambience of Collier County.

Unfortunately, what we just saw wasn’t our worst year. Next year will be the worst year for us, since we’re one year behind in our revenue stream. This coming year, as far as Collier government goes, will run contrary to what the markets are doing out there — we may have to dip into our reserves. But they’re there for a good reason — if we get a hurricane, like the one that came through and cost us close to $100 million, we’ll need that money in place.

We won’t sacrifice emergency services, that won’t happen. We made a commitment. If government stands for anything, it’s health, safety and welfare. We may have to close some libraries or parks for a time — just for a time. And within the next six months we’ll see the climbing of real estate values

» Bill Spinelli, president, Titan Custom Homes

Collier County’s priorities are evolving with the realities of the national financial crisis and its impact on local communities all over the nation.

Five and 10 years ago, our com-munity’s priorities included the anticipation of continued popula-tion growth and how to fund infra-structure so we could build needed

roads concurrently. (But) Collier County’s population growth rate has

been trending down since 2003. Collier had a net popu-lation loss from 2007 to 2008 of about 1,000 residents. Over the past couple of years there is also a net loss of students in our county’s schools. The infrastructure completed over the past five years by our county in new roadways, water and sewer treatment, parks, libraries, schools, jails, fire stations and emergency operation centers is exceptional. The federally and state-funded $500 million Interstate 75 six-lane expansion will be done shortly.

We have world-class infrastructure and consider-able excess capacity for population growth as it slow-ly returns in a few years. The county can reduce and reallocate taxes to the priorities of the next five years, including economic diversification and job creation. (These are) measures that will help working families save their homes and increase the values of all of our homes. The Economic Development Council’s Project Innovation and other efforts are well under way to help lead our very special county to renewed prosperity.

A Blue Ribbon committee process was very success-ful a year ago in helping the Collier school district lower overall taxes they charged while reallocating an extra $15 million to the priority of teaching our children.

There is talk of creating a Blue Ribbon committee to make recommendations on the best way for the commission to achieve greater fiscal stability and meet current priorities. Most leaders in the county believe we can accomplish even better services to our residents while lowering everyone’s taxes — if we critically evaluate and reprioritize our county government spending.

The findings of the Blue Ribbon committee may include re-engaging an expert consulting group such as The Anderson Group, that was hired by our county commission back in 2004 to make recommendations on local government fiscal stability. In 2004, Anderson found that Collier County government is disproportion-ately dependant on residential property taxes we all pay and very high impact fees they predicted to decline.

Time has now proven that our county’s revenue, taxa-tion and fee structure is fiscally unstable and a deterrent to businesses investing and expanding in Collier County to bring the jobs and commercial tax base to enhance fiscal stability.

There is talk of lowering all county residents’ prop-erty taxes and capping that lower millage rate for four years, in favor of a sales tax increase. A 1-cent sales tax increase would generate an estimated $55 million dol-lars annually (for four years) and approximately half of the sales tax collected would be paid by non-resident visitors. A sales tax increase would help diversify and stabilize Collier County’s revenue stream while lower-ing all residents’ property taxes and capping the lower millage rate, so property taxes can’t be raised by the Commission for four years.

Collier County’s leaders have chosen the positive path of teamwork and consensus building to lead us into the future. The mood in our county is one of opportunity to improve. The collaboration already under way with numerous civic organizations to come through these economically challenging times better than we were before is heartwarming and critical to our success. ■

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in Melbourne, Fla., was dismayed to learn in August that a scam pulled on her by a diaper-wearing man in his 40s was not illegal. A man called her, on behalf of his disabled adult “brother,” who has a mental age of 5 and poor bladder control. She began assisting him in her home during the day for $600

a week. She was later outraged to learn that the “brother” was really the caller and was actually normal (except for his perversion). However, as Brevard County Sheriff’s officials told Florida Today, since the woman consented to changing diapers and was fully paid for her services, they were unable to charge the man with a crime. ■

Welcome to Rhode IslandAt press time, Rhode Island legislators

were scrambling to fix an oversight in state law that came to light only earlier this year. While the state treats 16 as the age of sexual consent and the age at which most child labor laws no longer apply, the under-18 sex-worker law bans only “pros-titution” and “lewd” activities, leaving girls age 16 and 17 free to work as strippers.

(Nudity, by itself, is not “lewd” under con-stitutional law.) Other Rhode Island laws bar under-18s from, for example, serving drinks, working with power tools or buy-ing p*rnography. (The city of Providence is also now trying to fix its own ordinance in which prostitution appears to be illegal only for streetwalkers, thus legalizing the trade for those working indoors.) ■

Benumbed by taxes➤ In April 2008, Jeanette Jamieson

of Toccoa, Ga., finally paid off her state income tax lien (covering 1998 through 2005) of $45,000, but a year later was indicted for failing to file state tax returns for 2006 and 2007, when her income was at least $188,000. In Jamieson’s day job, she runs a tax preparation service. Also, for the past 24 years, until defeated in 2008, she was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives.

➤ According to the Detroit Free Press, City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson is a

fierce advocate for getting more money to the impoverished city from state and federal grants, but was herself shorting the city treasury. Municipal records revealed that somehow she managed to be billed only $68 a year in property tax for a well-kept home in a neighborhood where her neighbors’ property tax ranges from $2,000 to $6,500 annually. She told the newspaper she never realized she was paying too little and assumed the low amount was because of “tornado damage,” even though Detroit’s last tornado was in 1997. ■

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Unclear on the concept➤ Admitted gang member Alex Fowl-

er, 26, of Jasper, Texas, was arrested in July and charged with an attempted home-invasion robbery that went bad. Tough-guy Fowler, who has the words “Crip for Life” tattooed on his neck, was chased from the house by the 87-year-old female “victim” pointing a can of Raid insect repellant at him, threatening to spray.

➤ Hong Kong’s largest political party,

the Democratic Alliance for Betterment and Progress, said it was only trying to alert vulnerable women in August when it publicized a list of shopping mall locations in which females ascend-ing stairs or escalators are particularly susceptible to having “upskirt” pho-tographs taken surreptitiously by cell phone cameras. A spokesman said that perverts probably already knew about the locations. ■

Can’t possibly be true➤ The August issue of Gourmet maga-

zine highlighted the apparently high qual-ity of sushi prepared and sold at a BP gas station near the intersection of Ridgeway and Poplar in Memphis, Tenn. A sushi chef works on-site and reportedly sells 300 orders a day.

➤ Uganda’s independent national news-paper, The Daily Monitor, reported in May, the arrest of hunter Nathan Awoloi, who was accused of forcing his wife to breast-

feed his five puppies after their mothers, who were essential to his occupation, were killed. When Awoloi was released on bond, Caroline Odoi, Ugandan coordinator for the ActionAid International anti-poverty agency, led protests demanding his re-arrest because of evidence that one of Mrs. Awoloi’s own babies, who was nursing at the same time as the puppies, died of symptoms that resembled rabies. Police said the investigation was continuing. ■

Recurring ThemesThe most recent examples of men who

decided to steal money only after they had already identified themselves:

➤ Jarell Arnold, 34, in line at the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union in Anchorage in August, showed his ID in order to check his balance, took the account slip from the teller, wrote his holdup note on it, gave it back and

escaped with $600 (but only briefly). ➤ A long-time customer of Penny Lane

Records in Sydenham, New Zealand, picked out a CD in August, asked the clerk to reserve it, and even wrote his name and address on it to make sure they held it. Moments later, he saw an opportunity, grabbed cash from the cash drawer and fled (but only briefly). ■

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Area hospitals are quitters “I guess it just

gave me the

boost I needed

to finally say —

enough!”

than 200 employees decided they want-ed to quit, Ms. Carroll says. “Our free classes and free nicotine replacement therapy for employees may have made it easier. We are working hard to make this transition a success. We hope to offer every support possible to help employees quit smoking if they choose to or learn how to get through the day without tobacco,” she says.

The “Tobacco Free Lee” deadline served for many as a personal quit-date, giving some the added motivation to give up tobacco for good.

“My life revolved around cigarettes. I couldn’t even imagine what life would be like after the Nov. 19 deadline,” says Amy Campbell, who smoked for the past 20 years. “Mostly, I couldn’t stand that I

wasn’t setting the right example for my kids.”

Ms. Campbell took advantage of one of the smoking cessation methods LMHS was offering to employees, and began taking a prescription medica-tion used to treat smoking addiction. “I guess it just gave me the boost I needed to finally say — enough! I had already decided I wanted and needed to quit, but I kept putting it off with different excuses. This just sealed the deal for me,” she says.

Ms. Campbell adds the medication was so effective she didn’t finish the entire dosage. She no longer has the urge to smoke, and isn’t phased by the smell of others’ cigarette smoke. “It really does stink, though!” she says. ■

help and support we can in a caring and compassionate manner. We have two excel-lent chairpersons for the proj-ect, Brad Pollins and Joan Car-roll, who are leading a compre-hensive group of committees to design and plan a successful program,” says Mr. Cecil.

The LMHS team has done a lot of research to decide the best way to implement the new policy and also has worked with other organizations and businesses in the region that are inter-ested in going tobacco-free.

The first phase of “Tobacco Free Lee” began in June, when LMHS

properties allowed smoking in designated areas only. Lead-

ers felt this was the first step in orienting employees to the coming changes in November.

Because of the programs LMHS started in conjunction

with “Tobacco Free Lee,” more

Beginning Nov. 19, NCH Health-care System, Physicians Regional Healthcare System, Lee Memo-

rial Health System and Lehigh Regional Medical Center will make their hospitals in Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties tobacco-free. The date coincides with the Great American Smoke Out, spon-sored by the American Cancer Society.

Several hospitals in the state, such as Florida Hospital in Orlando, have already gone tobacco-free. In fact, more than 1,082 hospitals and health systems in the U.S. have already eliminated the use of tobacco products.

All forms of tobacco, including ciga-rettes and smokeless tobacco, will be prohibited at all LMHS facilities, includ-ing properties both owned and leased.

In addition to all visitors and patients being required to abide by the tobac-co free policy, every employee will be asked to refrain from using all tobacco products while on LMHS properties. “We are a mission-driven organization, and part of that mission is to improve the health status of the citizens of South-west Florida. That includes our employ-ees,” says Brad Pollins, Lee Memorial director of organizational effec-tiveness.

The move toward becoming a tobacco-free organization will take place in three stages, says Jon Cecil, chief human resources offi-cer, who is spearheading the project for LMHS. “We know that this may be difficult for employees who use tobacco, as well as patients and visitors. We are going to make changes slowly and provide all the

BY D. AILEEN DODD____________________Special To Florida Weekly

Has the summer vacation pep in your step turned into a downtrodden drag? Are you red-eyed, groggy and yawning before lunch?

Then you may be suffering from a back-to-school sleep disorder known as

parental exhaustion.April Jackson, a mother of three, admits

she has been functioning on less sleep since her sons Kahlil, 9, and Kaden, 7, returned to school. The first week of school soon brought an end to her late night movie dates with her husband, her midnight house cleaning frenzies and her socializing on Facebook.

“I used to stay up until 2 a.m. folding laundry, watching a movie — I got addict-ed to Facebook,” she said. “Now, I have to go to bed. It’s been an adjustment.”

Ms. Jackson must start her morning by 6:30 a.m. so her sons can get to school with a hot meal in their bellies. She gave her boys an earlier bedtime — 9 p.m. — so they can get the sleep they need. She also gave herself an 11 p.m. bedtime so she isn’t tired all day.

Adults, on average, lose between one to two hours of sleep each school day as they adjust to the back-to-school routine, said Russell Rosenberg, vice chairman of the National Sleep Foundation.

“Even though that doesn’t seem like a lot, over time it can really have a profound impact on how you feel and function,” Mr. Rosenberg said. “Sleep deprivation can

affect relationships and cause difficulties at work ... It can put more people at risk for heart disease, diabetes and increase the risk of motor vehicle accidents.”

Mr. Rosenberg, director of the Atlanta Sleep Medicine Clinic, said most adults need 7½ to eight hours of sleep per night. Adolescents need nine hours of sleep each night. He also recommends the fol-lowing:

• Adults and children should switch to earlier bedtimes and wake schedules dur-ing the school year. Keep a regular sleep schedule, and avoid extremes on week-ends so kids get the sleep they need.

• Establish a relaxing bedtime routine like reading to wind down for sleep.

• Create a sleep environment that is cool, quiet, dimly lit and comfortable.

• Keep television, video games and other electronics out of the bedroom. The National Sleep Foundation’s 2006 Sleep in America poll found that electronic devic-es in the bedroom increase the likelihood of students falling asleep in class or while doing homework.

• Eliminate exposure to electronic media within an hour of bedtime.

• Limit caffeine.• Eat well and exercise.• Consult a physician if you have dif-

ficulty getting to sleep for more than a couple of weeks or if you are tired all the time. ■

Parents feel new school year, too

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April Jackson, 39, a Lawrenceville, Ga.,mother of three boys (Kaden, 7, left, Kaamil, 2, and Kahlil, 9) uses three alarm clocks to help get her sons off to school.

Adjusting to a change in sleep schedule can leave families dragging

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Two local events are planned in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa.

• Blood drive: Waterside Shops will have its eighth annual blood drive in conjunction with the Community Blood Center. The CBC bloodmobile will be at Barnes & Noble from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11.

Donating blood is a way for people to help save lives and to memorialize the lives lost in the 2001 terrorist attacks. People can donate blood every 56 days. Anyone who weighs at least 110 pounds and is at least age 17 years of age can give blood. There is no upper age limit to donate blood. Most medications will not prevent someone from donating blood.

Successful donors at the Community Blood Center/Waterside Shops blood drive will receive one Silver Spoon Cafe dessert card and one Brio Tuscan Grille appetizer card, while supplies last.

For more information, call 436-5455 or visit www.givebloodcbc.org.

• Memorial mass: The Gulfcoast

Retired Firefighters Association will hold a memorial mass on the anniversa-ry of the 9/11 attacks at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at St. Peter The Apostle Catho-lic Church, 5130 Rattlesnake Hammock Road. The public is welcome.

A model of the Collier County Free-dom Memorial will be displayed as well as pieces of steel from the World Trade Center. ■

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Shoppers and browsers at the Home & Garden Mall will have the chance to meet the mall’s dealers and designers and enjoy discounts on new and consigned fur-nishings and accessories from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

12. Many of the 50-plus ven-dors will serve refreshments.

The Home & Garden Mall is at 4910 Tamiami Trail N., near Outback Steakhouse in

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Keep Collier Beautiful is coordinating local activities for the annual Interna-tional Coastal Litter and Marine Debris Cleanup sponsored by the Ocean Con-servancy. Garbage bags, gloves, bottled water and T-shirts (while supplies last) will be available for volunteers begin-ning at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at numerous sites, including Delnor Wig-gins Pass State Park, Vanderbilt Beach,

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Friends of Suzanne Perry, a Naples hairstylist who is fighting breast can-cer, are holding a Hawaiian luau dinner dance to raise funds for Ms. Perry on Friday, Sept. 18, at St. Williams Catholic Church. Russell’s Clambakes has donat-ed a Polynesian buffet for the first 200 people. Admission is free. Funds will be raised through raffles and a silent auction.

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Although it didn’t solve any financial maladies, the turning point for Mr. Poz-gay came when he took a volunteer posi-tion with The Naples Players at Sugden Community Theatre.

Since then he has also found lucrative spots in commercials, including one for Sonny’s Bar-B-Q, and continues to work odd jobs to pay the bills. But joining the Players group “reminded me of the possibilities of what can happen if you become part of the repertory company in a good theater,” he says. “From day one, I was hooked… There wasn’t any money involved, but it immediately jump start-ed my desire to get back on stage and pursue a performance-based career.”

Because of a part he landed in a pro-duction of “The Secret Garden,” Mr. Poz-gay discovered a career path he wants to pursue long term: being a social media consultant.

During rehearsals, he wrote about the troupe’s progress every day on his MyS-pace page. The blog became so popular, he asked the Players’ management if he could start up sites for the group on Facebook and Twitter as well. He also studied how social networking sites can be used to sell tickets for the Play-ers. Now theater fans can interact with the Players group through any of these sites.

He’s learning how to help other groups communicate through social media and hopes eventually to work full-time doing that. “I’ve become comfortable with it and really enjoy it,” he says. “I guess my story has been one of you have to see what the tide brings you… In my case, it opened up a whole new world and a

career track I never would have envi-sioned.”

While living in South Fort Myers, Mr. Pozgay continues to audition for com-mercials. He’s also going to try out for a part in the Players upcoming production of “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Let’s get organizedNaples resident Marla Ottenstein likes

to take notes about her life to keep her-self organized, sort of like a journal, even though she doesn’t call it that.

Meticulous note taking helped tremen-dously when she was busy handling mar-keting for luxury homebuilders, com-mercial architects, developers and inte-rior designers. She also wrote magazine articles related to that industry.

But when the housing market col-lapsed and her assignments started dry-ing up, Ms. Ottenstein had to figure out what to do next. Looking back on how she turned her organizational skills and marketing savvy into a new business, she’s convinced there’s no time like a recession for someone with drive, ambi-tion and a good idea to blossom.

That’s exactly what she did. Draw-ing on her knack for gently helping friends and family manage their homes, offices, wardrobes and life’s daily details, she became a professional organizer. “If you’re going to reinvent yourself, you have to find something you love to do that you can stick with,” she says.

Ms. Ottenstein will redo a closet or an entire office or garage, or help decide what should stay or go for someone who’s moving to a smaller home or putting theirs on the market for sale. In short, she’s a “best friend for hire” to any busy person.

She joined the National Association of Professional Organizers and pursued her new career “feet-first and 110 percent.” Now she’s flush with clients who benefit

from her light touch. “That’s confidential,” Ms. Ottenstein

says when asked about her clients, many who admit extreme embarrassment over the state of their cluttered spaces. “I’m not there to judge somebody,” she says. “I’m there to help them help themselves. I look at the big picture. How can I help this person simplify their life?”

Check out her Web site at www.pro-fessionalorganizerflorida.com

High tech advertisingLesley Marr joined the growing ranks

of the unemployed in April, when Naples Transportation and Tours, where she was general manager, was purchased by a big east coast company. Fortunately, they offered her a severance package that left her stable for a few months.

“It was a great time in my life,” she says. “I learned a lot, and ito gave me the opportunity to do a lot of other things.”

She reflected on what she liked about her old job: the event production, tech-nology and rebranding efforts. And what she didn’t.

“What I didn’t like was the long hours, and (overseeing) employees and making someone else wealthy,” she says.

In July, she launched Marr Advertis-ing & Design, a firm that specializes in Web hosting and design and in using Internet destinations like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Wikipedia to help businesses get their message out.

Her Web site, www.madnaples.com, plays on the name of a popular televi-sion show about a generation before X and Y called “Mad Men.” Unlike Ms. Marr’s company, its characters are part of the “good old days” of advertising, when everyone smoked in the office, ad men ogled their secretaries, and the phrase “building an online presence” didn’t exist.

For Ms. Marr, the toughest part of

starting her business was changing the role she was known for. “Getting people to see me not as the tourist-and-trans-portation Lesley Marr, but as someone who can help them with their advertis-ing, that was probably the scariest part of it,” she says.

On to tending bar, then flowersNick Devoucoux lost his job as a land

surveyor in 2007, when Toll Brothers, a luxury homebuilder, closed its Estero office. His bosses offered to transfer him to Chapel Hill, N.C., but since he couldn’t sell the home he owns in Fort Myers, he turned them down.

Mr. Devoucoux had worked as a sur-veyor since graduating from Edison State College with an associate’s degree in construction management nearly nine years ago. He had about a week’s notice before the job that helped him support two young daughters and make mort-gage and car payments ended.

He decided to forgo applying for unemployment benefits during the two months he was out of work. “I’ve got two good hands… So I went into the next best thing, the service industry, and started tending bar,” he says.

Now he’s worked his way up to bar manager at The Sandy Butler near Fort Myers Beach. He finds the work suits him well — and his income is compa-rable to the $22 per hour he used to make (although tips drop off sharply in the summer, he says).

But perhaps the best part of Mr. Devou-coux’s new career is it gives him time to pursue his true passion, Nick’s Exotic Orchid Creations. He buys orchids, then collects driftwood from local beaches and affixes the flowering plants on it. He hasn’t made much money doing it, but he hopes one day to run a nursery. To learn more, check out www.nicksexoti-corchidcreations.com. ■

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The overwhelming majority of child-dog interactions are good ones, but parents need to teach children to avoid those that aren’t. Hardly a day goes by when there isn’t a

news story about a dog attack somewhere. When school starts, children may become especially vulnerable, walking and biking through their neighborhoods to class.

To be fair, dogs aren’t the biggest risk that children face growing up. Organized sports, for example, are 10 times more likely to result in a child’s trip to the emer-gency room than are dogs.

And although in most cases the dog involved in a serious attack is the family’s own, it’s also true that many neighborhoods are not safe for walking or biking because of a dog. These animals are accidents wait-ing to happen because their owners either don’t know or don’t care that their dogs are a public menace.

The experts say the signs are usually there long before a dog attacks. The dog is typically young, male and unneutered. He is usually unsocialized, a backyard dog with little to no interaction with the fam-ily. He is often inadvertently trained to be vicious by being kept full-time on a chain or in a small kennel run.

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latter, call your veteri-narian and arrange for your pet to be neutered, and then ask for a refer-ral to a behaviorist who can help you rehabilitate your pet. Don’t put this off: Your dog is a dan-ger, and your own fam-ily is at risk.

Of course, you can’t control what other people do with their animals. That’s why you have to make sure your children know how to behave around dogs to protect themselves. Here’s what everyone should know, and what parents need to teach their children:

• Never approach a loose dog, even if he seems friendly. Dogs who are confined in yards, and especially those dogs on chains, should also be avoided. Many are very seri-ous about protecting their turf. If the dog is with his owner, children should always ask permission before petting him and then begin by offering him the back of a hand for a sniff. Further, they should pat the dog on the neck or chest. The dog may interpret a pat from above as a gesture of dominance. Teach your children to avoid fast or jerky movements around dogs, since these may trigger predatory behavior.

• Be a tree when a dog approaches, standing straight with feet together, fists under the neck and elbows into the chest. Teach your children to make no eye con-tact, since some dogs view eye contact as a challenge. Running is a normal response to danger, but it’s the worst possible thing

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to do around a dog, because it triggers the animal’s instinct to chase and bite. Many dogs will just sniff and leave. Teach your children to stay still until the animal walks away, and then back away slowly out of the area.

• “Feed” the dog a jacket or backpack if attacked, or use a bike to block the dog. These strategies may keep an attacking dog’s teeth from connecting with flesh.

• Act like a log if knocked down: face down, legs together, curled into a ball with fists covering the back of the neck and forearms over the ears. This position protects vital areas and can keep an attack from turning fatal. Role-play these lessons with your child until they are ingrained. They may save your child’s life.

Discuss safe behavior with your children and role-play how to approach dogs, when not to approach, and what to do if con-fronted or attacked.

You don’t need to scare your children, but you do need to make sure they’re ready, just in case. And going ove the “what ifs” isn’t a bad idea for you as well. ■

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Society Naples come with a medical exam, vac-cinations, sterilization surgery, ID microchip and 30 days of free pet health insurance. Visit the fi ne pets ready for adoption at The Humane Society Naples, 370 Airport-Pulling Road North, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Call 643-1555 or visit www.HSNaples.org.

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So you understand what the pirate feels when the ultimate question is posed, or imposed: Is that real? It sets this mind reeling.

Our word real comes from the Latin word for thing, but not just any thing. It refers to thing in legal context. This original reference is to solid things, like the real that is ground, land, property properly owned, measured, accounted. The real is fixed, permanent, immove-able.

It is something you can stand on, stand for, bank on, bank in. It is the fundamen-tal fundament.

Yes, here we are on solid ground. And then, perhaps, by quaint chance, there is an abrupt variance in air temperature. The air above our line of sight becomes warmer than the air below. And from this temperature inversion there emerg-es, really, a mirage.

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It is not like a hallucination, which is a conscious non-consensual perception in the absence of external stimuli. And it’s not like a dream that does not involve wakefulness, or like imagery which is under voluntary control.

A mirage is more like an illusion than like these other flavors on the continuum of the reeling real/unreal. A mirage is a real optical phenomenon. It can be photographed. Yet mirages are manifes-tations of images in places in which they do not substantially exist. Mirages show images that are elsewhere. A mirage can be an inferior image, that is, an image that is seen below the location of the reality. Or it can be a superior image, an image seen above.

My favorite mirage is the fata morgana, named after Morgan le Fay, the trouble-making fairy shape-shifting half sister of King Arthur. In this mirage, an image normally concealed behind the horizon appears distorted in the sky.

All these mirage images are then inter-preted by mind, given name. So we see the vision, and then we name. Hence the emerging presence of water in deserts or strange castles floating in skies.

Are we not all street magicians? Using the smoke and mirrors of our words and minds we bring into being no end of amazement. We trump trompe-l’oeil. We trick not only eye, but the weavings of all our narratives which we spill out with skill greater than any Anansi.

Are you for real? Or against real? Are you inclined in the direction of

the real, anacl*tic, not overly intimate, no exchange of body fluids, of course, not off course, but flirtation energized?

Hard physics really flirts. Confer the Copenhagen Interpretation. (The Copen-hagen Interpretation is fun, although per-haps not up to the wonderful, wonderful of Hans Christian Andersen or Danny Kaye.) In this interpretation of quantum reality there is no reality in the absence of observation. So, Berkeley, the tree that falls alone is not. In this real view, observation creates reality. Nietzsche would say that there are no realities, but only perceptions.

Funny that the ground of the real has now become essentially virtual.

The virtual, from the Latin virtus, calls us to remember roots, both linguistic and substantial. We remember manly strength and potent virtue and unfet-

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This is new vision. We see that the best things in life, the real things, do not come in small packages. The best things in life are truly free. Free floating and free spirited, we are freegans wanting not, extravagantly wasting not. Real reel-ing piracy, we be. ■

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The Community Foundation of Col-lier County will host its seventh annual Professional Advisors Conference from 8-11:45 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Hilton Naples.

The conference is open to all profes-sional advisors working in Collier and Lee counties. Presenters and topics will include:

• Laird Lile, Esq., moderating a panel presentation titled “Estate Planning War

Stories: Good Times and Bad.” Panelists will include Sandra Diamond of Wil-liamson, Diamond & Caton; Gary Zwick of Walter & Haverfield LLP; and Tae Kelley Bronner, Esq.

• Daniel Capes of Dunwody White & Landon PA, presenting “2010 is Almost Here: Federal Estate and Income Tax Developments.”

• Gary Zwick, presenting “The Care and Feeding of FLPs and LLCs.”

• Christopher Bray of Willow Street Advisors LLC, discussing “Recent Devel-opments in Charitable Planning.”

The Community Foundation of Col-lier County will submit applications for continuing education credit for attend-ees in the following professional disci-plines: CLE (including ethics and Wills, Trusts and Estates Board Certification), CPA-CPE, CTFA and CFP.

The seventh annual Professional Advi-

sors Conference is a public service of the foundation’s Professional Advisors Council. The council’s mission is to pro-vide education, resources and experi-ence on charitable planning to promote strategic philanthropy in Collier County. Members of the council commit to sup-port the activities and purposes of the Community Foundation, to keep abreast of changes in laws and conditions affect-ing planned giving, and to seek opportu-nities to introduce discussion of such

Community Foundation plans annual Professional Advisors Conference

Real estate industry shows slow but certain signs of recovery

Realtors and industry experts in Southwest Florida say we finally might be looking in the rear-view mirror as sales numbers rise and prices continue to plummet to a 10-year low throughout Collier, Lee and Charlotte counties.

H. Shelton Weeks, the Lucas Professor of Real Estate in the Lutgert College of Business at Florida Gulf Coast Univer-sity, believes the bottom is near — give or take a few thousand dollars.

“We’re getting very close to the bot-tom on residential real estate, and sales volume is catching up to the number of foreclosures,” he says. “For a while, foreclosures were dramatically outstrip-ping sales volume. We’re getting closer to a one-to-one relationship.”

Once-hesitant buyers have been jump-ing back into the market this summer — a pleasant surprise for Collier County real estate agents, who report more buyers at the mid- and higher ends of the market as the inventory of homes priced under $300,000 shrinks.

In Lee County, where Cape Coral and Lehigh are among the most affected mar-kets in the country, bargain-hunter inves-tors and multiple bids are beginning to push up sales prices for the most dis-tressed homes.

Naples, in particular, had a good sum-mer with more closed sales than sum-mer 2008, according to data provided by the Naples Area Board of Realtors, which tracks home listings and sales in Collier County with the exception of Marco Island. The majority of those sales occurred in the under $300,000 market, the segment most impacted by foreclo-sures — and a market that didn’t exist in January 2006, when the Naples median price hit $511,400.

Foreclosures are proceeding at record-setting pace, says Brett Brown, NABOR president and a Realtor with Downing-Frye Realty. “We’ve had 9,000 foreclo-sures compared to less than 500 in 2004,” he says. “But the good news is we are selling those distressed properties. We have a 15 percent reduction in inventory compared to almost a year ago.”

Naples’ median price for existing homes dropped to $172,000 in July 2009. By contrast, the median statewide price fell to $147,000.

NABOR’s July data, the most recent available, shows an overall 121 percent jump in pending sales in July 2009 com-pared to July 2008 — 924 single-family homes and condos versus 419. Pending sales for properties under $300,000 show the most significant spike.

The return of buyers to the Naples market “is exactly what we need,” says Jo Carter, president of Jo Carter & Associ-ates. “Prices are starting to rise a bit.”

“People recognize the market has about hit bottom, and if they want their little piece of paradise they have to get on the stick,” says Michele Harrison of John R. Wood Realtors. “They’ve been sitting on the fence; now they’re making the leap.”

Ms. Harrison has worked with buyers “from $200,000 to $2 million. The higher price range is really just starting to take off,” she says. “People are still coming in looking for deals, but right now those bargains are in the over $300,000 seg-ment.”

Tom Bringardner, president and CEO of Naples-based Premier Properties of Southwest Florida, is encouraged by

early September showings. “September is usually our slowest month, but we’ve had more showings than we’ve had in a significantly long time, even in the upper end of the market — the million dollar and up range,” he says. “A lot of people have been sitting on the sidelines waiting for the right price and the right property.”

Hope in neighboring countiesBy contrast, Lee County continues to

suffer, although Realtors there also think the end is near. “We may be there and bumping along, give or take a $1,000 or two,” says Denny Grimes of the epony-mous Fort Myers real estate company. “The market below $100,000 is showing great improvement, from $100,000 to $149,999 has had some improvement, and $150,000 to $200,000 is getting better.”

Lee County’s median sales price for existing homes was $89,000 in July, com-pared to $154,900 in July 2008 and a peak $322,300 in December 2005. The county recorded 1,570 homes sold in July — more than twice the 768 homes sold in July 2008.

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Working in law enforcement is light years away from her days as a 20-something-year-old

draftsman for Arthur Rutenberg Homes, but Stephanie Spell has never looked back with regret. Instead, she’s satisfied knowing that her work with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office makes a differ-ence and ultimately helps people.

Yet before talk turns to her longtime career, she can’t help but mention with a note of pride that the first stilt home she designed as a Rutenberg employee still stands on Marco Island.

Today, as director of the CCSO Public Affairs and Community Outreach Divi-sion, Mrs. Spell reports directly to Sher-iff Kevin Rambosk and is responsible for delivering his message to the people of Collier County. All of the sheriff’s office programs that interact with the commu-nity fall under her division.

“His whole philosophy is based on public safety, and I believe in his mes-sage,” she says. Plus, as a resident of Collier County for 30 years now, she too feels a deep connection with the com-munity. “I have a stake in the community, too.”

She’s one of the few civilians in the CCSO workplace, and as a woman she’s in the minority, but Mrs. Spell insists she’s never felt discounted in any way, and she’s always felt her input and view-point were valued and appreciated. As she points out, just because she doesn’t

carry a gun and doesn’t have arrest powers, it doesn’t mean she is not empowered by her colleagues.

Of course, her current role is very different from the one she held for the last 20-plus years in the 911 call center. She remembers clearly her first few days as a radio dispatcher, when the only thought going through her panicked mind was, “What have I done?”

At the time, it was a role she accepted because it allowed her to work late afternoons and nights, the hours her husband could be home with their young child. “It was an incredible amount of information to commit to memory for instant recall, which was literally life or death,” she says. “It was very fast paced, very hectic.”

But as a person who’s always been able to accom-plish what she set out to do, Mrs. Spell stuck it out and over the course of two decades went from working the midnight shift to direc-tor of the division.

She has lots of stories, including one about talking a man through the Heim-lich maneuver to save his choking dog the exact same day she received the certificate in the mail that qualified her to give medical instructions over the

phone. In fact, she was the first person in Collier County to receive the certifica-tion. Prior to that, 911 dispatchers could only tell the caller that an ambulance was on its way. “I walked him through it and we saved the dog,” she recalls, add-ing, “He was so grateful, he brought the dog in to see me.”

Although her work has involved many

tragedies, it has resulted in many proud moments for Mrs. Spell. “I never want to forget that we are here because people need us,” she says.

She also realizes that her family needs her, too, which is why she spends every spare moment she can enjoying her hus-band, who is a homicide detective; her daughter, who is a human resources spe-cialist in the CCSO; and her 2 ½-year-old granddaughter, who she says is the joy of her life.

In those rare moments when she’s alone, she blogs at “Good to be Home,” a blog she created to share her life adven-tures. And when she’s not writing, she’s knitting the most adorable baby booties to give to each baby born to a friend and colleague in the sheriff’s office. It’s her way of saying welcome to the family. ■

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Ancient Greek philosopher Plato helped transform education and thought more than 2,400 years ago. His contribu-tions still resonate in the ivory towers of today’s institutes of education. Further, many of his positions on knowledge and human emotion effectively capture the behaviors of participants in the finan-cial markets. Reflecting on some of his credos lends valuable insight on how investors and investment advisors can achieve long term goals.

Here are some of his most noted quotes and a description of their rel-evance to investment behavior:

“Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion and knowledge.”

These are, arguably, the three most important aspects of investing.

An investor’s goals (“desires”) con-tribute greatly to establishing an effec-tive investment policy. Wealth pres-ervation, spending needs, keeping up with inflation, passing wealth to your heirs, or charitable giving can be ordered by priority and thus have a strong impact on which investments or asset allocation is most suitable to achieving your investment desires. For

Plato and investingexample, wealth preservation as a top desire would likely lead to a relatively conservative portfolio.

An investor’s ability and willingness to take risk (“Emotion”) also wields a heavy influence on investment success. Most investors got a strong test of their emotional fortitude over the last six months. In fact, many investors unfor-tunately discovered that their portfolios where not aligned with emotional will-ingness to take risk.

“Knowledge” is perhaps what most investors focus on most of the time. CNBC, The Wall Street Journal and your financial advisor all seek to imbue knowledge of the markets and invest-ment products, which hopefully enhance your investment experience.

“Courage is knowingwhat not to fear.”

In late 2008, most of the investment world got a good dose of fear as asset prices plunged across the board. By March of this year, arguably when pan-demic fear was peaking, some sought to understand “what not to fear.”

Many of these folks came to the con-clusion that many viable businesses and assets traded at unjustifiable low values. You might recall Warren Buffet arguing for investing in stocks at this time.

Buying in March required courage that came from knowing what not to fear, and this courage has thus far been rewarded.

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”

Choosing the right financial advisor is like choosing the right river guide to help you navigate the Snake River — going down the wrong tributary could be disastrous. While the investment business employs a variety of personali-ties with a variety of skills, this author argues that working with an advisor who is more interested in a two-way dialogue versus a one-way pitch will go a long way. Further, advisors with verifiably solid credentials and experi-ence will be in a better position to “have something to say” as opposed to “hav-ing to say something.”

“Know thyself.” The field of behavioral finance

explores how investor behavior influ-ences decisions. For example, while history demonstrates that a higher allo-cation to equities generally yields better results, it requires investors to rebal-ance and maintain a specific alloca-tion (i.e., increasing equities after weak years, and vice versa following strong years). However, many, if not most, investors and professionals alike tend to become more conservative after or during a difficult investment environ-ment and more aggressive after or dur-ing a strong investment environment. Sound familiar? This concept is gen-erally known as “chasing,” and many studies demonstrate that this approach leads to underperformance in the long-run. Having a rather high allocation to equities typically enhances the desire to chase as greater portfolio volatility tends to stimulate investor psychology. Consequently, for certain conservative investors, boring and more predictable portfolios tend to reduce chasing and the negative consequences that go along with the concept.

Investors must “know thyself” to avoid the pitfalls of behavioral finance. Don’t bet the farm on your financial advisor figuring this out for you. ■

— Jack Brown is founder of Laureola Asset Management Company. His pri-mary responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research. He has been a chartered financial ana-lyst since 2003 and is the vice president of the CFA Society of Naples.

struction officer, Kraft Construction; William Dempsey, partner at Cheffy Passidomo; James Lamb, area direc-tor enterprise sales, EMBARQ; and Michael Turner, president and CEO, Air Technology Inc. Ex-officio mem-bers of the EDC board are: Nancy Ann Payton, Southwest Florida field repre-sentative for the Florida Wildlife Federa-tion; Richard Botthof, vice chairman of the board, Naples Trust Company; and Chad Phipps, vice president, Devon-shire Fund, and president and founder, Young Professionals of Naples.

Luis Alejandro Bernal has been named business development director in Collier County for the Southwest Flor-ida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. A consultant who specializes in Hispanic marketing communications and busi-ness counseling, Mr. Bernal has served in organizations including the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board, the Council for Hispanic Business Professionals, the His-panic Institute at Hodges University and the Council for International Visitors in Collier County. Established in 1989, the Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce covers Collier, Lee, Hendry, Charlotte and Glades counties.

Wendy Dill, executive assistant to CEO Jill Turner of the Children’s Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida, has earned the des-ignation of Certi-fied Professional in Human Resources

from the Society of Human Resource Management. Coursework for certifi-cation includes strategic management, workforce planning and development, labor relations, risk management, total rewards and human resource devel-opment. The CAC is a crisis center that works with sexually and physically abused children in Lee, Hendry, Glades and Charlotte counties. ■

title companies, attorneys and billing com-panies. Ms. Karpovich serves as a business consultant specializing in homeowners and condominium associations. She was vice president/senior banking relation-ship manager at Fifth Third Bank for more than seven years. Her community involvement includes membership in the NCH Hospital Ball Committee, American Heart Association and Naples Botanical Garden. Ms. Zanella and Ms. Karpovich both work from the Bank of Florida finan-cial center at Collier’s Reserve.

Five professionals from The McCaw Wealth Management Group of UBS Financial Services in Bonita Springs recently participated in a three-day UBS training session in Boston and earned the signature team designation. They are: Mark McCaw, senior vice presi-dent and senior portfolio manager; Bill Clegg, vice president and portfolio man-ager; Diane Lepola, vice president and financial advisor; and senior registered client service associates Philip Art-mann and Marjorie Eichhorn. Client services of The McCaw Wealth Manage-ment Group include investment banking, asset management, wealth management and business banking.

Newly elected directors on board of the Economic Development Coun-cil of Collier County are: Lois Bolin, president of Success Fulfillment Inc. and co-founder of Naples Backyard History; James Cossetta, president and CEO, 4What Interactive; Travis Coulter, senior vice president and chief precon-

Choice Award from patients who rate the effectiveness of their physicians online at www.vitals.com. Dr. Gauta is also a recipi-ent of the Lewis I. Post Award for Surgi-cal Excellence. He is president of the Col-

lier County Medical Society and is an active member of the Florida Medical Association. He graduated from Albany Medical School and completed his resi-dency in obstetrics and gynecology at Tulane University School of Medicine.

Kathi Zanella has been named senior vice president, trea-sury management sales manager, and Kathleen Karpovich has been named vice president, treasury manager division, for Bank of Florida-Southwest. Ms. Zanel-la holds the Certified Treasury Professional designation from the Association for Finan-cial Professionals and most recently was treasury management sales manager with Fifth Third Bank. In

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Melissa Boltz has joined Paradise Jew-elry as assistant man-ager. A graduate of Naples High School, she hold an associ-ate’s degree in fashion design from the Art Institute of Fort Lau-derdale. At Paradise

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Mike Ellis, execu-tive director of the CHS Healthcare Foundation, has been named to the board of directors for Healthy Start of Southwest Florida. Mr. Ellis has 30 years of experience in the

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To learn more about membership in the Greater Naples Chamber of Com-merce, call Don Neer at 403-2906. ■

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• “Resumes that Impress,” 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10: An up-to-date resume is essential. It is important to know what to include in a resume to ensure that you invited for an interview. This hands-on session will give you the tools to write a resume that will impress.

• “Successful Interviewing Tips,” 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24: This pro-gram will guide the attendee through the interview process.

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➤ The Naples Small Business Net-working Group meets for happy hour from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at MiraMare in The Village on Venetian Bay. 430-6273.

➤ The Leadership Collier Class of 2010 celebrates with a kick-off reception from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at Sug-den Community Theater. 417-0795.

➤ Lee-Collier Networkers meets for lunch once a month in Bonita Springs and also in Naples. The Bonita Springs meeting is at 11:15 a.m. on the second Thursday (next meeting Sept. 10) at the Elks Lodge on Coconut Road; $21 at the door (cash only) or $16 in advance. The Naples meeting is at 11:15 a.m. on the fourth Friday (next meet-ing Sept. 25) at the Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club; $30 at the door or $25 in advance. www.leecolliernet.com.

➤ The Jewish Business Network of Southwest Florida meets for breakfast and business on the second Friday of the month (next meeting Sept. 11) from 7:30-9 a.m. in the conference room at Robb & Stucky, 13170 Cleveland Ave., Fort Myers. Cost for members is $5 in advance, $10 at the door; non-members pay $10 in advance and $15 at the door. 433-7708 or e-mail [emailprotected].

➤ “How to Expand Your Business on the Internet” will be presented by SCORE Naples from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce. The seminar is free, but registration is requested by call-ing 417-0795.

➤ The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce Executive Club members will

meet for a mixer from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 15, at McCormick & Schmick’s. The complimentary event is for Executive Club members only. 417-0795.

➤ Wake Up Naples, a program of the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce, takes place at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the Hilton Naples. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. 417-0795.

➤ The Naples Area Profession-al League of Executive Services, N.A.P.L.E.S., meets from 7-9 a.m. on the first and third Thursdays of the month at The Club at Naples Bay Resort. www.naplesgroup.net.

➤ WNOCC Women’s Networking of Collier County meets at 11:30 a.m. on the second Tuesday of the month (next meet-

ing Oct. 13) at the Collier Athletic Club. 280-3803.

➤ Business Network Internation-al holds its weekly meeting at 7:15 a.m. Thursdays at St. Katherine Greek Ortho-dox Church, 7100 Airport-Pulling Road N., North Naples. 354-3224.

➤ Goal Setters Business Network International holds its weekly breakfast meeting at 8 a.m. Wednesdays at Vander-bilt Presbyterian Church, 1225 Piper Blvd. Lola Moore at 398-3006 or Kelly Salmons at 597-0787.

➤ Collier County Women’s Bar Asso-ciation meets at noon on the fourt Wednes-day of the month (next meeting Sept. 23) in the Community Room at Northern Trust, 4001 Tamiami Trail N. ■

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John McWilliams of McWilliams Buckley & Associates in Fort Myers, says bidding wars and multiple offers are beginning to occur in the lowest segment of the Lee County market, help-ing to drive up prices in Lehigh and north Cape Coral, where banked-owned, three-bedroom, two-bath homes are sell-ing from $40,000 to $80,000 — a fraction of their $250,000 boom pricing.

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selling in Charlotte County. “Year to date, we’ve had the largest amount of sales between $100,000 and $140,000, particularly short sales and foreclo-sures,” says Sharon Kerr of Coldwell Banker Sunstar. The county posted 248 sales in July — up 24 percent from the 200 sales in July 2008.

Ms. Kerr expects sales numbers to continue to climb in Charlotte County. Realtors elsewhere expect summer’s momentum to influence Southwest Flor-ida’s so-called “season,” the January-to-April period that attracts vacationers, snowbirds and part-time residents.

“Almost all of my rentals are taken, and traditionally a good portion of my seasonal tenants become buyers,” says Ms. Carter. “But you’re talking to an eter-nal optimist. I’ve been in Naples 55 years and have been in business 36 years. I’ve seen the ups and downs before — and 18 percent interest rates — but I love Naples and see the value.”

Shrinking inventory is also good for the local economy, once fueled by the building boom.

Ms. Harrison sees signs that builders will soon be back to business, building

new homes in now-stagnant develop-ments throughout the region. “The new home market was quiet for so long there were builders who couldn’t hang in there and didn’t. The entire industry has been decimated,” she says. A past president of the Collier Building Indus-try Association, Ms. Harrison adds, “I’m hearing glimmers of good tidings from builders.

Their inventory has pretty much been snatched up in our area. Soon, builders will have to ramp up.”

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current wave of discount buyers is good for the economy. “Investors will fix up these homes, pour money into them and bring dollars back into the economy.”

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➤ Melissa Wychocki has joined Down-ing-Frye Realty Inc. as a sales associate. Originally from Crown Point, Ind., Ms. Wychocki has five years of real estate expe-rience in the Naples area. She graduated from Purdue University with a bachelor’s degree in business and finance and earned an MBA from the University of Florida. A member of the Naples, Florida and National associations of Realtors, she specializes in higher-end waterfront and golf-course resi-dential properties in Naples, Bonita Springs, Estero and Fort Myers Beach.

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➤ Michele Harrison, broker associate with John R. Wood Inc., has been recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for demonstrat-ing dedication, leadership and excellence in real estate. Ms. Harrison has 32 years of experience representing buyers and sell-ers in the resort and second-home market. She holds a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from Hodges University. She is a member of the Institute of Residential Marketing and serves on the board of directors for the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce.

➤ Maria Morales has been appointed rental manager for Miromar Realty of Southwest Florida to oversee the residential rental program within Miromar Lakes Beach & Golf Club.

➤ Ashley Bourn was named sales man-ager of the month for July in the Florida West Division of Toll Brothers. Ms. Bourn joined Toll Brothers in June 2006 as a sales

associate at Firano at Naples and was pro-moted to sales manager in July 2008. She is now a sales manager at Belle Lago in Estero. Prior to joining Toll Brothers, Ms. Bourn worked as a sales and marketing associate with Prestige Homes in Hudson, Ohio. She belongs to the Naples Area Board of Real-tors and to the Florida and National associa-tions of Realtors.

➤ Kelly Capolino of Coldwell Banker will host a free seminar to explain the new gov-ernment incentive for homebuyers beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, in the Cold-well Banker office at 550 Fifth Avenue South.

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A model of the entire Mercato complex takes center stage in the sales center.

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The Lutgert Companies has announced the grand opening of its residential sales center at the Mercato. In the heart of the North Naples development and across from the brand new Silverspot Cinema, the 2,700-square-foot sales center pro-vides prospective homebuyers with a wide range of information on purchas-ing a luxury residence in The Strada at Mercato.

The Strada at Mercato features a total of 92 residences on the second through fifth floors of two buildings on the “Main Street” of the Mercato. Ten floor plans are available for viewing, ranging from just under 1,000 square feet to more than 2,400 square feet and with one to three bedrooms. Residences are priced from the $300,000s to more than $1 million. Marketing is being handled exclusively by Premier Properties.

The Mercato Residential Sales Center, which replaces a temporary sales center that was at the northern end of the prop-erty, also gives The Lutgert Companies the opportunity to showcase its other developer projects. In addition to learn-ing about The Strada, prospective home-buyers can visit the sales center and get information on other communities mar-keted by Premier Properties, including The Estuary at Grey Oaks, Treviso Bay, the high-rises at Bonita Bay and Linville Ridge in North Carolina.

“We are delighted to expand our sales and marketing services into our new offices in the heart of the Mercato devel-opment,” said Thomas Bringardner Jr., president and CEO of Premier Properties of Southwest Florida. “This location will enable our sales professionals to serve the prospective Mercato homeowners as well as buyers and renters interest-

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410 Dockside Drive BS #N-47Slip N47 is a fixed dock with a 27,000 lb. lift. Only minutes to the Gulf of Mexico and no bridges. $175,000 | Suzanne Ring | 821-7550

410 Dockside Drive BS #W-35Floating dock located on west side of marina. Accommodates a vessel with an overall length of approximately 45’! $99,000 | Suzanne Ring | 821-7550

128 West StreetFour bedroom with 2,200+ SF. Many updates; new kitchen, wood flooring and new roofing. Screened-in lanai. $599,000 | Sue Black | 250-5611

EMERALD WOODS 81 Emerald Woods Drive #M-3Turnkey furnished-near the beach! New kitchen with 42” wood cabinets, new appliances, neutral tile throughout. $123,000 | Dina L. Moon | 370-1252

757 Mainsail PlaceAmazing 3 bedroom courtyard villa with private pool, privacy wall, 2-car garage, surround sound. Great room plan. $399,900 | Judy Congrove | 269-7538

BARBADOS V 817 Carrick Bend Circle #102Decorated and freshly painted. Two master suites, and den/3rd bedroom. Motivated sellers. Furnished. $265,000 | Marsha L. Moore | 398-4559

Single Family Homes

MILL RUN 7073 Mill Run CircleBeautifully maintained true 4 bedroom pool home on private lot w/updated granite/stainless kitchen. Covered lanai. $548,900 | Dave/Ann Renner | 784-5552

Condominiums/Villas

CAYMAN 325 Dunes Blvd. #PH7Inviting 3BR, 3BA has stunning Gulf & Bay vistas. Custom kitchen, wraparound lanai with electric shutters. $999,000 | Pat Callis | 250-0562

GRANDE PRESERVE - GRANDE DOMINICA 295 Grande Way#301 - Furnished, 3 BR’s. Views of Gulf & Turkey Bay. Private elevator, marble & hardwood floors. Beach club available. $995,000 | Ellen Eggland | 571-7192

CAYMAN 325 Dunes Blvd. #1107Outstanding views of Bay to Gulf from this spacious, bright corner residence. Amenities included. $699,000 | Gayle Fawkes | 250-6051

CAYMAN 325 Dunes Blvd. #601Spectacular views the moment you enter this beautiful 3 bedroom, 3 bath corner residence. Wraparound lanai. $699,000 | Connie Lummis | 289-3543

CAYMAN 325 Dunes Blvd. #704Freshly painted, turnkey furnished, and brand new wood floors throughout. Remodeled kitchen, hurricane shutters. $650,000 | Marsha L. Moore | 398-4559

Single Family Homes

7698 Santa Margherita WayStately, immaculate lake front 5 BR home. Heated pool/spa, 3-car garage. Family community, many amenities. $1,149,000 | Dave/Ann Renner | 784-5552

2098 Mission DriveBeautifully renovated! Five bedroom plus den, 3.5 bath with wood floors. Terrific yard and oversized garage. $749,000 | Dave/Ann Renner | 784-5552

8149 Las Palmas WayLike-new Rutenberg home. Bamboo & porcelain floors, oversized lanai, pool, family room, bonus room, 2-car garage. $498,500 | Dave/Ann Renner | 784-5552

Condominiums/Villas

PRINCETON PLACE 380 Horsecreek Drive #303Yacht & Racquet Club membership included ($20,000 value). Beach shuttle. Florida room, 2 BR/2 BA. Motivated seller. $295,000 | Marsha L. Moore | 398-4559

Lots & Acreage

WIGGINS PASS WEST 242 Wiggins Bay BS #242Boat dock has a brand new 30,000 lb. lift and dock can handle up to a 52’-54’ boat; approx 14’ height restriction. $259,000 | Jack Despart | 273-7931

Single Family Homes

5030 Fairhaven LaneNearly new, built in 2004, lake front well-maintained 3BR+den, granite/stainless kitchen, wood and tile floors. $295,000 | Patrick O’Connor | 293-9411

COVE TOWERS - ARUBA #303 - A 3BR with Bahama decor! Club membership included, resort amenities. Pet friendly, boat dock available. $549,000 | Marsha L. Moore | 398-4559

EDEN ON THE BAY A great price for a 4BR/3BA pool home west of 41! Immaculately maintained, electric storm shutters, near beach. $520,000 | Roya Nouhi | 290-9111

COVE TOWERS - NEVIS #302 - Nearly 2,700 SF with granite, stainless appliances, Siematic cabinetry & bamboo flooring. Gated community. $499,000 | Trey Wilson | 595-4444

LEMURIA 7172 Lemuria CircleNew luxury community of 3 or 4 bedrooms, 3 bath condominiums with open floor plans, high ceilings and attached 2-car garages. Prices from the mid $400s. Thomas Gasbarro | 404-4883

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TARPON COVE - BIMINI II #101 - First floor 3BR, 2BA has western view of large lake with fountains. Membership to the Tarpon Cove Club included. $360,000 | Carol Loder | 860-4326

LONGSHORE LAKE Four bedroom home with over 2,470 SF of living area. Upgraded kitchen & newly remodeled bathrooms. Tropical pool area. $355,000 | Jan Martindale | 869-0360

WIGGINS BAY - HARBOURSIDE #505 - Totally remodeled 3BR, 3BA is offered furnished with new granite counters, cabinets, appliances and flooring. $349,000 | Jack Despart | 273-7931

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THE STRADA AT MERCATOLocated just North of Vanderbilt Beach Rd. on U.S. 41. Mercato features residential, retail, Whole Foods Market, restaurants and more. Upscale contemporary living from the $300s. Please call 594-9400 for more information.

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691 Myrtle RoadNicely suited for family home and located on quiet street in Pine Ridge. Western exposure; 1.44 acres. $695,000 | Michael Lawler | 571-3939

WILSHIRE LAKES Preserve views. Completely renovated 4BR with bonus room & study. Heated pool/spa. Guard-gated entry. $650,000 | Patrick O’Connor/Bernie Garabed | 293-9411

BANYAN WOODS - RESERVE II #202 - Outstanding 3 bedroom + den coach home with upgrades. Private elevator. Walk to shopping! Beautiful lake/pool views. $599,000 | Carolyn Weinand | 269-5678

EDEN ON THE BAY Three bedrooms, 3 baths, a den and 2-car garage with pool. Tiled living areas, granite counters & crown moulding. $599,000 | Roxanne Jeske | 450-5210

VILLAGES OF MONTEREY 8034 Vera Cruz Way - Charming and beautifully renovated 4 bedroom home. Gorgeous cherry kitchen with new hardwood floors. Many updates.$549,000 | Dave/Ann Renner | 784-5552

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VANDERBILT BEACH - THE VANDERBILT #PH02 - Views of Gulf, waterways and all the way to Sanibel. Rooftop patio with spa, outdoor movie theater and summer kitchen.$3,800,000 | Jennifer/Dave Urness | 273-7731

VANDERBILT BEACH ESTATES New waterfront estate! Bay views, 5 BRs, media room, 5,860 SF of living area. A Christie’s Great Estates Property. $3,399,000 | Jennifer/Dave Urness | 273-7731

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VANDERBILT BEACH ESTATES 418 Bayside Avenue - Waterfront masterpiece on oversized lot with bay and waterway views, 5BRs & 6,300+ A/C SF. A Christie’s Great Estates Property.$2,945,000 | Dave/Ann Renner | 784-5552

VANDERBILT BEACH ESTATES Beautiful waterfront views from this 2 BR, 2 BA with 2,120 total SF single-family home. Being sold in “as is”. $1,899,000 | Jerry Wachowicz | 777-0741

VANDERBILT BEACH - GULFSIDE II #505 - Preferred 3 bedroom corner residence with wraparound vistas of Gulf. New A/C system & electric hurricane shutters. $1,450,000 | Pat Callis | 250-0562

VANDERBILT BEACHVANDERBILT GULFSIDE #1403 - Renovated to tasteful perfection, incredible Gulf views! Two master suites. Gated, 8 acres of park-like grounds. $1,259,000 | Pat Callis | 250-0562

BONITA SPRINGS - ARROYAL This riverfront property includes a 30’ x 19’ covered boat dock w/lift. Sold furnished with 4 bedrooms & 3 baths. $1,200,000 | Connie Lummis | 289-3543

VANDERBILT BEACH ESTATES Complete renovation! Waterway/preserve views. Large lanai and oversized pool. Dock lift can accomodate a 40’+ boat. $1,195,000 | Dave/Ann Renner | 784-5552

BONITA SPRINGS - IMPERIAL SHORES This 3 bedroom villa has direct Gulf access and is situated on the Imperial River. Boat dock, boat lift, pool/spa. $999,000 | Emily K. Bua/Tade Bua-Bell | 213-7420

VANDERBILT BEACH - LE DAUPHIN #405 - Water! Water! Water! Private beach club membership included! Turnkey furnished model perfect residence. $995,000 | Jennifer/Dave Urness | 273-7731

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VANDERBILT BEACH - GULFSIDE I 10951 Gulfshore Drive #102 - Light and bright beachfront gem lives like a home with tropical Gulf views, sunsets and glorious sounds of surf. $899,000 | Pat Callis | 250-0562

VANDERBILT BEACH - GULFSHORES #211 - Beach! Beach! Beach! Gorgeous Gulf views! Direct beachfront living, 2BR/2BA, boatslip available for purchase. $865,000 | Jennifer/Dave Urness | 273-7731

VANDERBILT BEACHSAUSALITO OF NAPLES #1 - Over $70K in upgrades, 3-story townhouse across from beach & on the bay. High-impact glass, 4 balconies, boat slip. $749,000 | Gayle Fawkes | 250-6051

PALMIRA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUBVILLA D’ESTE Attention golfers! Rarely lived-in, 3 BR, den, 3 BA; upgrades galore! Granite counters. Pool/spa views golf & lake. $590,000 | Bernie Garabed | 571-2466

BONITA SPRINGS - BONITA FARMS Over ½ acre of landscaped grounds, 200’ of seawalled Gulf access waterfront. Boat dock. Large MBR, 2-car garage. $549,000 | Mark Leone | 784-5686

VANDERBILT BEACHVANDERBILT SURF COLONY II #205 - Panoramic bay views and gorgeous sunsets from every room. Open kitchen, wraparound lanai. Freshly painted. $529,000 | Marsha L. Moore | 398-4559

SAN CARLOS ESTATES Quiet country living on a 1.25 acres site, yet near shops. Newer, spacious 3BR+den home. Family room, heated pool. $485,000Pam Umscheid/Stephanie/John Coburn | 948-4000

BONITA SPRINGS - BONITA VILLAGE III #3507 - Two bedroom, two bath wide open floor plan with volume ceilings. Custom paint, tile in all living areas. Furnished. $459,000 | Roxanne Jeske | 450-5210

VASARI COUNTRY CLUB - ALTESSA II #101 - Model perfect, “WOW” S. exposure golf course view! Barely lived in 2BR+den, 2BA in a “bundled” golfing community. $419,000 | Roxanne Jeske | 450-5210

VANDERBILT BEACH AREAPAVILION CLUB #201 - Turnkey furnished corner residence. Hurricane shutters, pergo floors & built-in grill on the lanai of this 2BR+den. $399,000 | Carolyn Weinand | 269-5678

BEACHWALK HOMES Three bedroom, 2 bath home with 2-car garage is within walking distance to beach, dining, & shopping. Sold as-is. $350,000 | Carol Loder | 860-4326

BEACHWALK GARDENS Furnished 2 bedroom, 2 bath residence with split floor plan, vaulted ceilings, and lovely views over 1 of 3 lakes. $350,000 | Carol Loder | 860-4326

BEACHWALK GARDENS Walk to the beach! Furnished, 2nd floor, 2 bedroom, with 1,780+ total SF, vaulted ceilings and a lake view.$345,000 | Pat Duggan | 216-1980

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VANDERBILT BEACHVANDERBILT SHORES #402 - Two bedroom + den on the beach. Great location with access to shopping, dining, & theatres. Offered furnished. $860,000 | Jack Despart | 273-7931

VANDERBILT BEACH - REGATTA II #1102 - Gulf, Bay and city views from this 3BR, 3BA turnkey furnished residence. Community clubhouse, pool, spa. $799,000 | Leah Ritchey/Ray Couret | 293-5899

VANDERBILT BEACH - REGATTA II #705 - A beautiful 3 bedroom, 3 bath residence with gorgeous water view, light & bright. Beach closeby, great amenities. $795,000 | Jennifer/Dave Urness | 273-7731

VANDERBILT BEACH - GULFSHORES #261 - Stunning Gulf views, 3BR beachfront PH. Renovated kitchen. Docks available. OWNER MOTIVATED!! $825,000 | Gayle Fawkes | 250-6051

VANDERBILT LAKES 3796 Saybrook PlaceBeautifully remodeled 3 bedroom with lake views! Stainless appliances, fireplace, heated pool, serene setting. $569,000 | Meghan C. Reed | (239) 825-0736

Condominiums/Villas

BONITA VILLAGE III 3901 Kens Way #3301Gated resort community with private beach shuttle. Quality construction, 2 pools, spa, fitness center & clubhouse. $479,000 | Cheryl Mease | 691-8104

Lots & Acreage

KINLEYLAND 27771 Kings KewThis waterfront homesite, 75’ X 100’, provides the perfect setting for your dream home. Bay views & Gulf access. $899,000 | Mark/Laura Maran | 777-3301

BRENDAN COVE 9124 Brendan River CourtMagnificent homesite located on the Imperial River. SW exposure, surrounded by beautiful homes. Direct Gulf access. $749,000 | Dan O’Dea | 250-2429

BONITA FARMS 27191 Esther DriveThe serene riverfront site is the perfect setting for your home to be built. View of river and Gulf access. $299,000 | Mark/Laura Maran | 777-3301

LA TREMITI 14086 Tivoli TerraceSpectacular 3 BR + den pool home overlooking a lake/golf. Great room floor plan with crown moulding and tray ceilings. $439,000 | Wendy Hayes | 777-3960

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Condominiums/Villas

LA SCALA 9700 Gulfshore Drive #203Beautiful wide water views! Beautifully updated 3 bedroom with over 1,750+ total SF. Boat dock with lift included. $847,000 | Jennifer/Dave Urness | 273-7731

REGATTA III 470 Launch Circle #303A beautiful 3BR/2BA. Magnificent amenities, excellent rental history. Walk to beach. Nicely furnished. $599,999 | Jennifer/Dave Urness | 273-7731

REGATTA III 460 Launch Circle #302Upgrades galore in this 3 bedroom residence. Granite kitchen with backsplash, tile throughout & faux finishes. $599,000 | Jennifer/Dave Urness | 273-7731

THE VANDERBILT CLUB 10573 Gulfshore Dr.#302 - Smack on the sand, feels like your own private beach house with the ease of condominium living. Docks available.$795,000 | Marion Bethea/Anne Killilea/Adrienne Young | 261-6200

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Lots & Acreage

141 Egret AvenueBuild your dream home! Waterfront lot with access to Vanderbilt Beach & the Gulf via Wiggins Pass Waterway. $897,000 | Emily K. Bua/Tade Bua-Bell | 213-7420

452 Heron AvenueThis is a great boating neighborhood where you can build your dream home. Walk to the beach. Southern exposure lot. $864,000 | Teri Purvis | 597-2993

380 Tradewinds AvenueWaterfront with southern exposure. Concrete seawall spans 75 feet- ready for dock & lift. Access to Gulf of Mexico. $569,000 | Fred Alter | 269-4123

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BEACHWALK HOMES 774 Reef Point CircleLovely updated Florida home. Totally caged pool and lanai area, newly updated kitchen. Walk to the beach. $490,000 | Carol Loder | 860-4326

BEACHWALK VILLAS 871 Reef Point CircleFabulous view over the lake and fountain to the south sets this lovely 2 bedroom, 2 bath villa. New tiled roof. $399,000 | Carol Loder | 860-4326

BEACHWALK VILLAS 837 Reef Point CircleOne-of-a-kind 2BR/2BA villa owned and designed by an interior decorator. Overlooks a peaceful lake. Walk to beach. $399,000 | Carol Loder | 860-4326

ALTESSA 28610 Altessa Way #102Spacious 2BR + den is meticulously maintained. Cherry cabinetry, tile on the diagonal, upgraded appliances. $449,900 | Emily K. Bua/Tade Bua-Bell | 213-7420

TOSCANA I 12220 Toscana Way #101Tastefully finished home overlooks lush green and lake. Two bedroom + den corner residence. Bundled golf community. $299,999 | Susan DeShong | 253-3434

TRIESTE II 11111 Corsia Trieste Way #201Two bedroom plus den corner residence. Fabulous views out every window and privacy galore! Diagonal tile, moulding. $285,000 | Roxanne Jeske | 450-5210

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Boat Slips

REGATTA Flagship Drive BS #23Rarely available 40 ft. boat slip with Gulf access. May only be purchased by a Regatta owner. $99,000 | Leah Ritchey/Ray Couret | 293-5899

REGATTA 425 Launch Circle BS #25-BThis 30’ boat slip with 14’ beam is a corner, finger dock & quick Gulf access. Must be an owner in Regatta. $68,500 | Bernie Garabed | 571-2466

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18 • KENSINGTON • 5212 Old Gallows Way • $1,475,000 • Premier Properties • Emily K. Bua/Tade Bua-Bell 213-7420

19 • ESTUARY AT GREY OAKS • 1485 Anhinga Pointe • Priced from $1,795,000 • Premier Properties • Call 239-261-3148 • Mon. - Sat. 9-5 and Sun. 12-5

>$2,000,00020 • OLD NAPLES - VILLAS ESCAL-ANTE • 290 - 5th Avenue South #C-6 • $2,195,000 • Premier Properties • Emily K. Bua/Tade Bua-Bell 213-7420

21 • VANDERBILT BEACH ESTATES • 418 Bayside Avenue • $2,945,000 • Premier Properties • Dave/Ann Renner 784-5552

22 • MEDITERRA - IL TREBBIO • 16024 Trebbio Way • $2,995,000 • Premier Properties • Emily K. Bua/Tade Bua-Bell 213-7420

23 • PARK SHORE • 537 Devils Lane • $2,995,000 • Premier Properties • Michael Lawler 571-3939

>$3,000,00024 • OLD NAPLES • 244 - 4th Avenue North • $3,495,000 • Premier Properties • Marty & Debbi McDermott 564-4231

25 • OLD NAPLES • 1355 Gordon Drive • $3,495,000 • Premier Properties • Marty & Debbi McDermott 564-4231

26 • MEDITERRA - RAVELLO • 14915 Celle Way • $3,499,000 • Premier Proper-ties • Emily K. Bua/Tade Bua-Bell 213-7420

27 • PORT ROYAL AREA • 3541 Gordon Drive • $3,995,000 • Premier Properties • Beth Hayhoe McNichols 821-3304

>$4,000,00028 • OLD NAPLES • 155 - 20th Avenue South • $4,695,000 • Premier Properties • Marty & Debbi McDermott 564-4231

>$5,000,00029 • PORT ROYAL • 777 Kings Town Drive • $5,950,000 • Premier Properties • Richard G. Prebish II 357-6628

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>$300,0001 • THE STRADA AT MERCATO • Located just North of Vanderbilt Beach Rd on US 41 • Contemporary living from the $300s. • Premier Properties of Southwest Florida, Inc., REAL-TORS • Call 800-719-5136 • Mon. - Sat. 10-8 and Sun. 12-8

>$400,0002 • LEMURIA • 7172 Lemuria Circle #1801 • From the Mid $400s. • Premier Properties • Tom Gasbarro 404-4883. • Mon. - Fri. 10-4 and Sat./Sun. 1-4

3 • MOORINGS - HARBORSIDE GAR-DENS • 3400 Gulf Shore Blvd. N. #M6 • $419,000 • Premier Properties • Keith Alexan-der 250-5156

4 • PELICAN BAY - CHATEAUMERE • 6060 Pelican Bay Blvd. #201 • $425,000 • Pre-mier Properties • Linda Ohler 404-6460

>$500,0005 • TREVISO BAY • 9004 Tamiami Trail East • Priced from $500s • Premier Properties • Call 239-643-1414 • Mon. - Sat. 9-5 and Sun. 11-5

6 • PARK SHORE - PARK SHORE LAND-INGS • 355 Park Shore Drive #134 • $549,000 • Premier Properties • Larry Roorda 860-2534

7 • VILLAGES OF MONTEREY • 8034 Vera Cruz Way • $549,000 • Premier Properties • Dave/Ann Renner 784-5552

>$600,0008 • BONITA BAY - ESPERIA & TAVIRA • 26951 Country Club Drive • New construction priced from the $600s. • Premier Properties • Call 800-311-3622. • Mon. - Sat. 10-5 and Sun. 12-5

9 • MOORINGS - SOUTHERN CLIPPER • 3333 Gulf Shore Blvd. N. #11 • $625,000 • Pre-mier Properties • Jeannie McGearty 248-4333

10 • PELICAN BAY - INTERLACHEN • 6732 Pelican Bay Blvd. • $699,500 • Premier Properties • Emily K. Bua/Tade Bua-Bell 213-7420

>$700,00011 • PARK SHORE - COLONADE • 247 Colonade Circle • $775,000 • Premier Proper-ties • Linda Ohler 404-6460

>$800,00012 • VANDERBILT BEACH - GULFSIDE I • 10951 Gulfshore Drive #102 • $899,000 • Pre-mier Properties • Pat Callis 250-0562

>$900,00013 • PELICAN BAY - ST. RAPHAEL • 7117 Pelican Bay Blvd. #207 • $995,000 • Premier Properties • Jean Tarkenton 595-0544

14 • OLD NAPLES - SPELLBINDER VIL-LAS - OLD NAPLES VILLA • 1070 - 5th Street South • $999,000 • Premier Properties • Marty & Debbi McDermott 564-4231

>$1,000,00015 • MEDITERRA - VILLORESI • 15628 Vil-loresi Way • $1,225,000 • Premier Properties • Emily K. Bua/Tade Bua-Bell 213-7420

16 • OLD NAPLES - CATELENA • 306 - 6th Avenue South • $1,295,000 • Premier Proper-ties • Marty & Debbi McDermott 564-4231

17 • PARK SHORE - VILLA MARE • 4737 Villa Mare Lane • $1,295,000 • Premier Proper-ties • Susan Barton 860-1412

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PELICAN BAY - POINTE VERDE tThis custom designed estate home features volume ceilings, 4 bedroom suites, a home theatre & library. Pool & spa.$3,995,000 | Barbi/Steve Lowe | 216-1973

PELICAN BAY - GEORGETOWN tBorelli-built, French Provincial 2-story manor home. 5 BR with elevator, media room & library. Turnkey furnished.$2,895,000 | Jane Darling | 290-3112

PELICAN BAY - CAP FERRAT t#1001 - SW corner residence, panoramic Gulf/bay views. Den, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, high-end finishes, pool, secured entry. $2,800,000 | Ellen Eggland | 571-7192

PELICAN BAY - BARRINGTON tSpectacular lake views! Large screened lanai with pool & outdoor kitchen. Master suite wing plus 3 other bedrooms. $2,395,000Mary Halpin/Jamey Halpin | 269-3005

PELICAN BAY - ISLE VERDE tThis villa is absolutely stunning and offers 4,000+ SF under air. Over $300,000 in recent improvements.$2,195,000 | Jane Darling | 290-3112

PELICAN BAY - ST. RAPHAEL t#1504 - Stunning views from this gorgeous 15th floor, 4 bedrooms plus a den, 4 baths and 3,100 SF under air residence.$2,095,000 | Jane Darling | 290-3112

PELICAN BAY - BARRINGTON tOverlooking lake and golf; 3,946 A/C SF, 3BRs plus den. Gourmet kitchen, Australian cypress floors; 3-car garage.$2,050,000 | Jane Darling | 290-3112

PELICAN BAY - MONTENERO t#508 - Warm beachfront home with western exposure, 3,400 A/C SF & private elevator. Panoramic views of Gulf and preserve.$1,975,000 | Judy Perry/Penny Lyle | 261-6161

PELICAN BAY - CAP FERRAT t#401 - Former model, high-end furnishings & accessories included. Preferred SW corner 3BR/3BA+den, spectacular Gulf views!$1,850,000 | Jean Tarkenton | 595-0544

PELICAN BAY - PINECREST tRenovated inside and out, 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath home. Cook’s kitchen, family room, heated pool/spa, 3-car garage.$1,795,000 | Janet Rathbun | 860-0012

PELICAN BAY WOODS tBreathtaking golf vistas! Unique plan with 3 BRs, den and 3 BAs. Bamboo floors, new gourmet kitchen. Pool/lanai.$1,750,000 | Jane Darling | 290-3112

PELICAN BAY - COCOBAY tLakefront courtyard villa. Three bedrooms, den and 3,440 total SF. Separate guest house. Screened courtyard.$1,749,000 | Linda Piatt | 269-2322

PELICAN MARSH - TERRABELLA tCurved cherry staircase, formal living, dining & family rooms. Pool, spa, overlooks lagoon. Completely furnished.NOW $1,425,000 | Rod Soars | 290-2448

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PELICAN BAY - RENAISSANCE t#3A - Charming residence with high ceilings, granite, wood-burning fireplace, loft library, skylights. Furnished.$1,199,000 | Susan Barton | 860-1412

PELICAN MARSH - GABLES tFour bedrooms, 4 BAs, 3-car garage, pool, lake view. Granite counters, fireplace, tray ceilings, 2 new A/C systems.$1,199,000 | Ray Couret | 293-5899

PELICAN BAY - CORONADO t#1104 - Gulf views from every room. Stainless appliances, new A/C unit, granite countertops, tray ceilings. Tram to beach.$997,000 | Linda Perry/Penny Lyle | 261-6161

PELICAN BAY - L’AMBIANCE t#201 - Sensational view! Tropical aqua-scape view enhances the open spaciousness of this coach home. Incredible amenities.$995,000 | Ellen Eggland | 571-7192

PELICAN BAY - ST. RAPHAEL t#14 - Corner 3 bedroom, 3 bath villa with private elevator, sunny private pool, fireplace and “Juliet” balcony. NOW $995,000Karen Coney Coplin | 261-1235

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PELICAN BAY - HERON t#802 - Your home in the sky awaits. Stunningly remodeled. Unobstructed bay and Gulf views. Two BRs, den, 3 BAs.$945,900 | Kathryn Hurvitz | 659-5126

PELICAN BAY - MARBELLA t#1105 - Wonderful Gulf views from this 2 bedroom, 2.5 bath with approx. 2,000 total SF. Full service building. $899,500Emily K. Bua/Tade Bua-Bell | 213-7420

PELICAN BAY - ST. RAPHAEL t#14 - Elegant garden residence, private pool and luxuries of condominium living. Two bedrooms, great room, marble floors.$745,000 | Cynthia Joannou | 273-0666

PELICAN BAY - ST. MARISSA t#1002 - Endless Gulf of Mexico views from this 2BR plus den condominium. Beautifully updated building with great amenities.$719,000 | Jennifer/Dave Urness | 273-7731

PELICAN BAY - ST. PIERRE t#1504 - Watch the sun rise over golf course and sun set over Gulf. Wood floors, newer appliances, screened/open balconies.$688,000 | Kathryn Tout | 250-3583

PELICAN BAY - ST. NICOLE t#1202 - Sunsets from balcony! Pristine 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom residence. Gorgeous Gulf views, beautiful furnishings.$675,000 | Pat Duggan | 216-1980

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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 10-16, 2009

WEEK at-a-glance

Remembering Erich Kunzel, ‘The Prince of Pops’

Erich Kunzel, the beloved, Grammy Award-winning “Prince of Pops” who died Sept. 1, might have had a shot at longevity had the diagnosis he received less than five months ago only revealed colon cancer.

Kunzel, 74, whose father died of colon cancer, had been meticulous about fre-quent colonoscopies. His last one, com-pletely negative, had been only slightly more than a year earlier.

In late April, he and his wife had left their Naples home and were driving to their home in Lexington, Ky., before

heading to Swan’s Island off the coast of Maine for the summer. On the road, Kunzel suddenly developed severe nau-sea and gastrointestinal pain. Suspect-ing food poisoning, they stopped at an emergency room.

But after a few tests, Kunzel sensed his life was about to change. Arrange-ments were made to see his regular doctor immediately upon his arrival in Lexington.

His premonition was correct: Not only did he have colon cancer, but the cancer had spread to his pancreas and liver as well.

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For Zoro, it’s always been about the beat.

As far back as he can remember, he was always intrigued by rhythm.

“When I was a little kid, growing up in the ‘60s, ‘70s, listening to soul music, funky music, gos-pel, I was attracted to the rhythm right away,” he

says.“First thing I

remember doing, at 4 or 5, is banging on

empty Folgers cof-fee cans, listening to soul music. I’d make my own drum kit with old Folgers cans with the yellow

rubber lid. People would put candy in there or coins. I would beat on it, playing along with the transistor

radio.”

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Say cheese!Reagan Rule opens her newphotography studio, and othercelebrations around town. C20-21

Gimme fiveMr. Five, that is. Jersey-stylediner is an an economicalclass all its own. C23

Just not into itFilm critic Dan Hudak saysdon’t bother putting goodmoney Into ‘Extract.’ C9

Let the music begin‘Baroque from A to Z’ opensthe new season for theNaples Philharmonic.C13

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petty jealousies — seem far away. Like that, my darkness lifted and I was suddenly glad to be in the light of this great man once again.

Like carnival nights and roll-ercoaster rides, every relation-

ship has its ups and downs. The couples that hold tight to each other are the ones who will handle life’s twists and turns. For the low points, there are always corndogs. ■

The fair has all the hallmarks of a good date: carnival rides, carnie games, freak shows

and fried food. My latest love and I recently explored the fun, starting at the corndog stand and making our way along the midway.

At the fair’s biggest roller coaster, my date stroked my clammy hand and convinced me to ride. He held me close as we waited in line and smiled wide as our car tick-ticked up the first steep hill. The coaster hovered at the top, in the weightless space where it still seemed possible to turn back, then plunged down the opposite side. My stomach — and the corndog — rose to the back of my throat. When we had dipped through every terrify-ing turn, the coaster pulled back into the station. I was shaking and my date was laughing, but his laugh was con-tagious and soon I was laughing too, glad to have this thrill ride of a man next to me.

Date night at the fair is a rollercoaster of emotions

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Further down the fairway, we stum-bled on a fortune telling machine. My date rummaged through his pocket and handed me a quarter. I slipped the coin in the slot, and a yellow piece of paper slid out. “You will be very happy with the one you have chosen for your life’s companion,” it read. Behind me, my date smiled. He put another coin in the machine, and a blue card slipped out. “The devil and his pitchfork are gadding about. The devil will get you if you don’t watch out,” it read. “He places temp-tation in your way. Be strong, be firm and you won’t stray.”

His brow knotted, and he tucked the blue slip of paper in his back pocket.

“Let’s check out the freak show,” he said.

The sign outside promised the usual sword swallowing and contor-tion tricks, but I sensed a danger in it, the way the air feels heavy before a coming

storm. Inside, we squirmed as freaks walked on glass and drove nails into their faces. In the second act, my date grew still. A striking woman in a red corset strode onto the stage. She car-ried a dancing flame on the tip of her tongue. Fire breather. Beside me, my date sat rapt, and I felt my confidence drain beneath the floorboards of the sticky wooden bleachers.

Outside, we walked along the mid-way, but my mood had turned. My date chatted happily next to me, oblivious to my dark humor, still filled with his vibrant buoyancy. At the Ferris wheel, he looked up with wide eyes.

“Let’s ride,” he said.Our cart climbed through the

wheel’s rotation and he slid closer. As we crested the top, he leaned in and delivered a spectacular kiss, the kind that makes the world — and its

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Zoro was hooked on the Motown sound, which was big in his neighborhood, as well as anything from Stax Records from Memphis.

The first song he officially learned, he says, was “Hip Hug Her” from Booker T. and the MGs.

“It was really funky, it had that soul sound from Memphis,” he recalls. “I had the 45, back in the day, the blue label. I thought, ‘This is cool!’ Whatever was going on with that record, I wanted to be part of that. That started the journey.”

On Saturday, Sept. 12, Zoro will be a guest artist at the Percussion Summit, an annual event held at the Philhar-monic Center for the Arts. Zoro, who’s played all over the world, has toured and recorded with people such as Lenny Kravitz, Philip Bailey, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Bobby Brown, The New Edition, Jody Watley and Sean Lennon.

He’s scheduled to perform Paul Simon’s “Late in the Evening,” which he calls “a great Latin tune,” George Benson’s “Breezin’” Stevie Wonder’s “I Wish” and “Samba 4-2” by Ralph McDonald.

The event also features Neil Grover, percussionist with the Boston Pops and founder of Grover Pro Percussion, as well as percussionists from the Naples Phil-harmonic Orchestra, the Florida Orches-tra, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Jacksonville Symphony.

Among the evening’s selections, the musicians will present the world pre-miere of “Janissary Band,” composed by Stan Leonard, former timpanist of the Pittsburgh Symphony, as well as pieces written for a marimba orchestra.

The annual event, created and orga-nized by Naples Philharmonic Orchestra principal timpanist John Evans, is highly popular and always presents a wide vari-ety of genres such as military drumming, rock, Latin drumming, Japanese taiko drumming, as well as jazz and avant-garde compositions.

“What they do in Naples (at this event) is very unique and on a very high level, and I’m happy to be part of that,” Zoro says.“The guys are first-class down there.

“For the general public, (the Percus-sion Summit) is an eye-opener, a rev-elation. They have no idea how in-depth percussion goes. It’s the oldest instru-ment in the world. Way back, people were hitting on logs, making percussion sounds.

“Every sound is, in one way or anoth-er, percussion, because it’s rhythmic. I’m pretty amazed at it myself. I’m a drum set player, and seeing how much scor-ing and arranging for all these different percussion instruments, how these guys write all that stuff out, it’s incredible.”

Percussion instruments played at the summit include not only drums but also any instrument that is struck or hit to create sound, including tambourines, tri-angles, xylophones, vibraphones, marim-bas and pianos.

Drummer at heart When he was growing up, Zoro’s

mother encouraged his musical interest.“My mom bought me a Mickey Mouse

drum kit when I was 10. It lasted all of a day,” he says. “It had Mickey Mouse on the bass drum. It had paper heads, like an old Sears catalog cheapie. It was like a toy kit. It was probably too little and babyish for my age.

“But it ignited a fire in me. It set me on a path.”

He also credits the first couple con-certs he attended. One was Diana Ross and the Supremes and The Temptations in concert together.

“It was a life changing thing,” he says.

Another memorable early concert: Frank Sinatra.

“It was mesmerizing. It was so cool to hear all the music and see the orchestra, and to be a part of something special.”

Though he’s often classified as an R&B drummer, Zoro insists he’s more eclectic than that.

As a result of growing up listening to a wide variety of music, he loves all different genres, he says. His CD collec-tion of over 6,000 CDs includes classical, jazz, funk, fusion, Latin music and movie soundtracks.

“I just love music,” he says, “listening to all kinds of music.

“People love to categorize things. I play everything: jazz, rock, funk. People know me as being funky, in terms of my style, but I play all styles, a wide variety, and always have, throughout my career.

The Minister “They call me the Minister of Groove.

Every good style of music grooves. Frank Sinatra had a groove, Count Basie had a groove. Jimi Hendrix had a groove. Any-thing that sounds good grooves.

“That’s why people like all those styles of music; it grooves people’s hearts. Remember that old ‘80s or ‘90s song by Deee-Lite, ‘Groove is in the Heart’? You can groove out to Frank Sinatra as much as Nirvana, as much as U2. Funk isn’t the only thing that grooves.”

He’s turned his own children, 10 and seven, onto Sinatra.

“My little children love Frank Sinatra: ‘The Lady is a Tramp,’ ‘I’ve Got You Under my Skin,’” he says. They just know that it sounds great and they dig it. I’ve raised them on great music since they were little, Earth Wind and Fire to Frank Sinatra, they love it all.

“I don’t care if they’re musicians, I just want them to hear a wide variety of music, like I expose them to a wide variety of foods, so there’s not a lack of culture in their lives.”

Zoro’s passion for drumming comes through in his speech and in his playing. He feels strongly about encouraging oth-ers. He’s often recognized at airports. Someone saw him in concert or on TV, or kids will come up to him and tell him they’ve seen him on YouTube.

He always takes a few minutes to talk, and carries his own signature sticks with him to hand out.

“Moments like that, although they might seem small to us, they’re life chang-ing,” he says. “I had moments like that,

little key things, people who gave you a kind word and you hung onto that.”

When Zoro was 18, he sat down at the drum set of Jeff Lobber’s band and jammed a little. Mr. Lorber heard him and said to him, “Wow man, you’ve really got a talent. You’re going to be one of the superstar drummers.”

He doesn’t know if the jazz musician really meant it or was just being kind, but Zoro believed it.

“I hung onto those words as if they were life,” he says. “So all my life I’ve given out words of encouragement to thousands of people, because each word is a ripple effect.”

He recalls one time the drummer from the Dave Matthews Band called him and invited him to their show at the Forum in Los Angeles. He wanted to send a limo to bring Zoro to the venue, but Zoro was in Toronto at the time.

“He said, ‘Well man, I met you a long time ago, when you used to play with Bobby Brown. I was just some fan, some kid, and you talked to me, you encour-aged me.’”

The vision How did Zoro get to where he is now?“You absolutely refuse to give up the

vision, even when no one else sees it,” he says. “I’m absolutely relentless. I feel like dreams and visions are placed in our heart by God, he gives them to people. But only the bold, the tenacious, the cou-rageous, the purpose-driven people fulfill it. It takes a certain amount of courage to pursue something, when it doesn’t look like it will happen.

“I do everything by faith. I don’t look at the circ*mstances. If I looked at cir-c*mstances, I wouldn’t accomplish half of what I do. I look at the vision, keep it in my mind’s eye. Some visions take years, 10 years, a lifetime; the people who achieve them are the people who refuse to give up on them. It has to do with endurance, persevering, and hard work.”

For example, Philip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire was one of the first art-ists he worked with. Growing up, Earth Wind and Fire was one of his favorite bands. As a kid, he’d daydream about meeting them on a plane, talking with them.

“All these things I’m doing today I lit-erally daydreamed about,” he says.

His book and DVD package, “The Commandments of R&B Drumming” and “The Commandments of Early Rhythm and Blues Drumming,” have won awards and been named the best educational books.

“All of my books and DVDS have won numerous awards around the world,” he says. “Lenny Kravitz reminded me of (when I wanted to write them), say-ing, ‘I remember when you told me that you wanted to write these books, things you fantasized about, and now here they are.’”

Zoro has played with Mr. Kravitz off and on over the past 17 years.

“Some tours I do, some I don’t,” he says. “We go back a long ways.”

He also worked with Frankie Valli.“I was with Frankie during the years

he was birthing the concept of ‘Jersey Boys,’” Zoro says. “I told him about my dreams and visions to write books, and he told me his dreams of doing a Broadway musical. When it was just an idea in his head, we’d sit and talk about our vision for the next 15 years. And all that stuff has come to pass in both of our lives. When I got to see it, it was very special to me. The music is incred-ible, but deeper significance, I knew him well, spent a lot of time with him in LA and on the road. Hearing his dream from the beginning, all the stages of what it takes to make a dream into a reality, it was really special.”

Zoro believes in giving back to oth-ers.

“When I do a clinic or performance or teach, I’m there for three things: inspiration, motivation, education,” he says. “I’m not there to be a prima donna rock star and have people kiss up to me. I don’t see myself as anything except a servant.

“It gives me incredible elation and joy when I’m a conduit for other people, when I inspire them. I inspire them by my life itself, the way I treat people. I give my heart to everything, I don’t hold anything back. We have a short dura-tion here on the planet. I want to know I affected people while I was here.” ■

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>> Percussion Summit 2009>> When: 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12

>> Where: The Philharmonic Center for the

Arts, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd., Naples

>> Cost: $28 for adults and $15 for students

>> Information: Call 597-1900. A separate

drum clinic will be held from 3-6 p.m. Tickets

for the clinic are $18 for adults and $12 for

students.

if you go

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Zoro, called the Minister of Groove, has toured and recorded with Lenny Kravitz, Philip Bailey, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Bobby Brown, The New Edition, Jody Watley and Sean Lennon, among others.

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WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO

Live bands

■ The Bay House – 6-9 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday: Jazz with Stu Shelton and Patricia Dean. 799 Walker-bilt Road. 591-3837.

■ Capri, A Taste of Italy – Thursday: Jebry’s Jazz Jam; Friday: Manhattan Connection; Saturday: Billie Jollie; Monday: Bob Zottola and The Expandable Jazz Band; Tuesday: karoke with Steve Roberts; Wednesday: Cahl-ua & Cream. Riverchase Plaza, 11140 Tamiami Trail. 594-3500.

■ Jack’s Bait Shack – Thursday: Soapy Tuna; Friday and Saturday: Geek Skwad; Monday: Overthrowing Amy; Tuesday: Geek Skwad; Wednesday: Love Funnel. 975 Imperial Golf Course Blvd. 594-3460.

■ Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar – 6:30-9 p.m. Thursday: Blues and jazz with Rick Howard, Dave Tregeth-er, John Lamb and Bob Zottola; 8-11 p.m. Saturday: “Acousticlectic Music for the Easily Amused” featuring Beck; 6:30-9 p.m. Sunday: Bob Zottola and The Expandable Jazz Band. 6436 Naples Blvd., 598-9463.

■ Paddy Murphy’s – Thursday: Justin; Friday: Barefoot Geno; Saturday and Tuesday: Michael “Maxi” Courtney; Monday: Patrick. 10 p.m to closing. 457 Fifth Ave. S., 649-5140.

■ The Pickled Parrot – 5-9 p.m. Thursday: Nevada Smith; 5-10 p.m. Fri-

■ Keep the Beat – The Percussion Summit 2009 and percussion clinics at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Saturday. 597-1900 or www.thephil.org. See story on page C1.

■ Baroque from A to Z – The Chamber Ensemble of the Naples Phil-harmonic Orchestra at the Phil. Sunday. 597-1900 or www.thephil.org.

■ Closing Exhibits – Last week-end to see “Kathy Spalding: The Rookery Bay Continuum” and “Joel B. McEach-ern: Conversations with the Light” at The von Liebig. Friday and Saturday. 262-6517 or www.naplesart.org.

■ Betty Newman Art Exhibits – McCormick & Schmicks at Mercato and also at the Marco Island Center for the Arts. 784-4436 or www.bettynew-manart.com.

■ Small Wonders – The Children’s Museum of Naples takes youngsters on a “Journey through the Everglades” at Waterside Shops. Saturday. 514-0084 or www.cmon.org.

■ All That Jazz – The Naples Jazzmasters at the Norris Center. Satur-day. 213-3049.

■ Auditions – The Naples Players will hold auditions for the main stage show “Crimes of the Heart” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Sugden Community Theatre. The show runs Nov. 25-Dec.19. No appointment necessary for try-outs. 434-7340, ext. 10.

■ More Auditions – TheatreZone will hold its season auditions from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 19 and 20 at G&L Theatre at The Community School of Naples. The season’s lineup includes “Man of La Mancha,” “High Spirits”

Best bets for the weekend

Thursday, Sept. 10

Friday, Sept. 11

Theater

Saturday, Sept. 12

Sunday, Sept. 13

Here’s what the United Arts Council of Collier County suggests you work into your plans for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 11-13. It’s a good idea to call ahead for open hours and specific times.

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Sounds from guitarist Ron Rutz:

Sounds of Sinatra featuring

and “I Love My Wife.” 449-2323.

■ Clockwork Orange – More Crinoline Productions presents the theo-logical drama “A Clockwork Orange” at the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center in downtown Fort Myers now through Sept. 26. 333-1933 or www.sbdac.com.

■ Bill W. and Dr. Bob – The Off Broadway Palm Theatre in Fort Myers presents “Bill W. and Dr. Bob,” the story of a stockbroker and a surgeon, both alco-holics, whose relationship becomes the inspiration for the Twelve Steps of AA, through Oct. 3. 278-4422 or www.broad-waypalm.com. See review on page C8.

■ A Killer Act – The Murder Mys-tery Dinner Train presents “A Killer Act,” a comical production set in the 1940s that tracks the trials and tribula-tions of four USO-style performers as they compete to become the next big act for the burgeoning Miami lounge club scene. www.semgulf.com or 275-8487.

■ Go for Baroque – The Philhar-monic Orchestra’s Baroque Ensemble performs “Baroque from A to Z” at 3 p.m. today and at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Phil-harmonic Center for the Arts at 3 p.m. $15 for students; $32 for others. 597-1900 or www.thephil.org.

■ Run for It – The Bulldog Dash 5K race and a one-mile fun run step out from Oakridge Middle School to benefit the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. 595-3194.

■ Remembering 9/11 – Art-ist Leoma Lovegrove hosts “Painting Out Loud,” a performance art event to commemorate 9/11, from 10-11:30 a.m. at Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre in Fort Myers.

■ Memorial Mass – The Gulfcoast Retired Firefighters Association will hold a memorial mass to honor all who perished in 9/11 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church on Rattlesnake Hammock Road.

■ Evenings on Fifth – “Labor of the Lyric” takes place from 7-10 p.m. along Fifth Avenue South. 435-3742 or www.downtownnaplesassociation.com.

■ Disney on Ice – “Worlds of Fantasy” will be presented at Germain Arena today through Sept. 13. 334-3309.

■ Laugh It Up – Gary Owen per-forms today through Sunday at the Off the Hook Comedy Club on Marco Island. 389-6900.

■ Recital – The Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University presents “Violin Virtuosity,” with guest artist Charles Stegeman on violin and FGCU professor of music and head of piano studies Michael Baron on piano. Free at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. 590-7209.

■ To Market, To Market – Stock up on local produce, fresh flowers and other goodies from 7:30-11:30 a.m. in the parking lot behind Tommy Bahama’s off Third Street South.

■ Meet the Dealers – Open house from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Home and Garden Mall will give shoppers the chance to meet the dealers and enjoy discounts on new and consigned items at the Home and Garde Mall, 4910 U.S. 41 N. in Tanglewood Marketplace. 262-2224.

■ Story Time – Bring the little ones for fun-filled stories, singing and coloring activities beginning at 11 a.m. at Barnes & Noble in Waterside Shops. 598-5205.

■ Small Wonders – Waterside Shops invites children on a journey through the Everglades from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Explore the unique plants and animals that call the Everglades home and then make a nature journal to take home. Presented along with the Chil-dren’s Museum of Naples. 514-0084.

■ Book Signing – Naples author Joe Carufe will talk about and sign cop-ies of his “Repeat Business” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Delnor-Wiggins State Park. 597-6196

■ It’s Your Move – The Southwest Florida Chess Club invites players of all ages and abilities to gather at Books-A-Million at Mercato from 1:30-5 p.m. 898-0458 or e-mail [emailprotected].

■ Chefs Auction – Celebrating its 20th year, the March of Dimes Sig-nature Chefs Auction gets cooking at 6 p.m. at Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa in Fort Myers. $125 per person. 433-3463, [emailprotected] or www.marchofdimes.com/florida

■ The Beat Goes On – Percussion Summit 2009 starts at 8 p.m. at the Phil-harmonic Center for the Arts. 597-1900. See story on page C1.

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day: Steve Hill; 5-9 p.m. Saturday: Max Courtney. On the boardwalk at 1100 Sixth Avenue South. 435-7900.

■ Piola – 6-9 p.m. Sunday: Marc Mey-ers at the piano playing popular jazz and rock favorites. 9118 Strada Place in Mercato. 592-5056.

■ South Street City Oven and Grill – Thursday: Monkey Mitchell; Friday: Maxi Courtney at 5:30 p.m. and Justin Raymond at 9:30 p.m.; Satur-day: The Gladezmen; Sunday: No Way Jose; Monday: Casey Weston; Tuesday: karoke; Wednesday: Maxi Courtney. 1410 Pine Ridge Road. 435-9333.

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■ Start with the Arts – Children ages 2-5 and their adult companions are invited to C’Mon along with the Chil-dren’s Museum of Naples to explore the world through art and stories. The free program is from 10-10:30 a.m. at the Collier County Library-South Regional Branch. Registration is required by call-ing 252-7542.

■ Local History – Guided tours of historic Palm Cottage are conducted by the Naples Historical Society from 1-4 p.m. Requested donation: $8 for adults; $5 for children. 261-8164 or www.napleshistoricalsociety.org.

■ Moms and Tots Story Time – Sit for a story and some songs and coloring fun with Miss Jessica and Miss Felicia beginning at 10 a.m. at Barnes & Noble in Waterside Shops. 598-5205.

■ Go Baroque – The Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble performs at the Phil-harmonic Center for the Arts at 8 p.m. 597-1900 or www.thephil.org.

■ Team Trivia – Team trivia night begins at 9 p.m. at Boston Beer Garden on Immokalee Road. 596-2337.

■ Beachcombing – Barefoot Beach Preserve holds a “Beachcombing and Shelling” program at 10 a.m. Meet at the Learning Center at Barefoot Beach Preserve. The program is free, but there is an entrance fee into the park for those who do not have a Collier County park-ing permit.

■ All About Orchids – The Southwest Florida Orchid Society holds its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutenberg Eco Living Center in Fort Myers. Bob Busch of Exotic Orchid Nursery will discuss repotting tech-niques. Doors open at 7 p.m. for a Q&A session on orchid fundamentals. 561-0587 or www.swfos.org.

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sure to see onstage, takes the opposite route. Married to Dr. Bob, she portrays Anne Smith as a nurturing Earth Mother, loving and longsuffering. She delivers her lines with a subtle, knowing humor, and her love of her husband underlies every line and gesture.

Stephanie Davis plays a number of roles, including a floozy waitress who coaxes Bill off the wagon and into bed and, my favorite of the group, a Southern woman married to an alcoholic. (Ken Johnson puts in a sterling performance as her husband, Billy, once again hospi-talized to dry out.)

The set, by Tom Ross Prather, is one of the more sophisticated I’ve seen in the Broadway Palm’s smaller theater. It’s divided into three sections, with back panels that spin to present a numerous locales, including a café, two hotels, hos-pitals and the parlors, living rooms and dining rooms of various homes. There are many scene changes, and some seemed to take a long time, as actors and staff scurried to carry chairs and tables on or off.

Jim Conti’s costume design helps authenticate the time period. (Especially of note are Dr. Bob’s ties and Anne’s flowered dresses and hats.)

The Broadway Palm has taken a gamble with this production, as it’s much better known for presenting middle-of-the-road musical revues and shows, not dramas.

The theater taps into a different audi-ence with “Bill W. and Dr. Bob,” includ-ing recovery groups and those who don’t typically attend theater. (I might be going out on a limb here, but I doubt the man with the shaved, tattooed head who was in the audience the night I attended, would want to see “Nunsense” or “Church Basem*nt Ladies.”)

The Broadway Palm has a great venue in its Off-Broadway space; perhaps now it’ll be more willing to expand what it presents and offer more exciting, inter-esting shows. Shows like “Bill W. and Dr. Bob.” ■

beckoning from a hotel bar. Even when he falls off the wagon yet again, he wins over the audience.

When he hits rock bottom in a hospi-tal and has a revelation, it’s one of the show’s most moving scenes, both mysti-cal and realistic at the same time.

Mr. Kimble’s talent is matched by that of Richard Davis Springle as Dr. Bob. The two have played opposite each other before, on a national tour of “My Fair Lady,” and there’s magic when they are together on stage.

Mr. Springle plays Dr. Bob as a cur-mudgeon who hates church and doesn’t believe in God or prayer. He’s a surgeon

who takes a drink in the morning to get going and pops pills before surgery to steady his shaking hands. Mr. Springle delivers his lines with perfect comedic timing, and though your heart sinks when Dr. Bob gets drunk again, you can’t help but laugh at how he shimmies and dances around his living room.

The play follows the separate paths of these two men until they finally meet. Dr. Bob says he’ll give Bill 15 minutes; six hours later, they’re still talking.

Ms. Antonio has the thankless job of being perpetually disapproving of Bill, with her pinched face and lectures. “Why don’t you just stop?” she nags. As

ARTS COMMENTARY

When you’re in trouble, there’s noth-ing like talking to someone else who’s been in similar straits.

That’s the secret of Alcoholics Anony-mous.

Or, as its founders, Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith liked to say, it’s one drunk talking to another drunk.

These two men, who battled their own alcoholism for years, didn’t mince words. They believed in total honesty, and in keeping things simple.

“Bill W. And Dr. Bob,” playing at the Off-Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre through Sept. 26, relays the story of how they met and how, together, they forged the 12 steps that became the basis of AA.

It was a matter of self-survival; they saved their own lives. But the steps that helped them stay sober grew into a program that helps millions of people worldwide.

It’s understandable to expect the topic might make for a show that’s dreary or preachy. But the story of “Bill W. and Dr. Bob” is told in a series of short scenes that advance the plot and heighten the drama. And while there is talk of God and prayer, there’s also a healthy dose of skepticism and cynicism. And, believe it or not, plenty of laughter.

A drunk’s life provides endless dramat-ic fodder, perfect material for playwrights Stephen Bergman and Janet Surry, includ-ing family arguments, agonizing inner conflict, losing or constant fear of losing one’s job, going into debt, experiencing blackouts, manic, mountain-top highs and crawling-on-your-belly lows.

Gary Kimble is perfect in the role of Bill W., a 1930s Wall Street stockbro-ker who’s $60,000 in debt and whose doctor says he’ll die if he doesn’t stop drinking. But despite all his promises to himself and to his nagging wife, Lois (Nancy Antonio), he can’t stop. As his friend Ebby (Emory Bottorff), a fellow struggling alcoholic, says to him at one point, “You want to drink more than you want to live.”

Mr. Kimble (who also directed the show) is skillfully adept at portraying the wide emotional swings of his char-acter, from a sloppy, grandiose drunk gesturing wildly and slurring his words, to a sober man trying to resist the lure of laughter and the promise of liquor

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After the unexpected success of “Office Space” in 1999, many have wanted writer/director Mike Judge to return to the workplace. Let this be a reminder to be careful what we wish for. “Extract” isn’t terrible, but there’s not much of the topi-cal factory-set humor many will be looking for, and overall the tone is a bit too heavy to allow the comedy to really work. You know a movie is in trouble when it’s only 90 minutes but feels a lot longer.

Jason Bateman stars as Joel Reyn-old, the owner of a food extract company whose wife Suzie (Kristen Wiig) refuses to have sex. When a new temp named Cindy (Mila Kunis) flirts with him, Joel, with the help of his bartender friend Dean (Ben Affleck), hires a gigolo (Dustin Mil-ligan) to seduce Suzie, which would free Joel of guilt if he hooked up with Cindy.

Things naturally don’t go as planned, and an accident at the fac-tory that costs aspiring floor man-ager Step (Clifton Collins Jr.) one of his testicl*s means the business is facing a huge lawsuit. This is especially bad considering General Mills is interested in buying the company, but will not make an offer until Step’s lawyer (Gene Simmons, miscast) goes away.

There’s a lot of heavy emotion-al stuff here, and Mr. Judge never strikes the proper balance between comedy and drama. As a result, the very funny Kunis, Wiig and especial-ly J.K. Simmons as the plant manager are criminally underused, and Mr. Bateman never figures out if he’s supposed to play a scene straight or for laughs. The best performance is actually Mr. Affleck’s, only because Dean is so one-dimensional we know not to take him seriously, even though Joel does.

It is Dean, you see, who always suggests drugs to solve Joel’s prob-lems, and who accidentally gives Joel a horse tranquilizer while pitching his self-described “stroke of genius” idea of hiring someone to sleep with Suzie. The character reminded me of John Goodman’s turn in “The Big

Lebowski,” in that Dean is a person who always thinks he has the right answer for Joel’s problems, and in acts of pure stupidity Joel gives in and everything becomes worse. To fix the problems he then returns to Dean, and so on.

“Office Space” worked because it clearly spoke to the senseless inanity of working in an office, from point-less memos to annoying, incompe-tent bosses to infuriating and mal-functioning printers. But “Extract” doesn’t have much to say about working in a factory, and as such it doesn’t give working men and women much to relate to. Instead it’s about adultery, lawsuits, drugs and unhappiness. In other words, if Mr. Judge extracted all the drama and just made a comedy about working in a factory, the movie would have been better off. ■

— Dan Hudak is the chairman of the Florida Film Critics Circle and a nationally syndicated film critic. You can e-mail him at [emailprotected] and read more of his work at www.hudakonhollywood.com.

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■ TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A past problem about a workplace situation re-emerges early in the week. Talking things out helps ease tensions by midweek, but some hurt feelings could linger a few more days.

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Joe Carufe, author of “Repeat Business,” will speak about his first novel from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Delnor-Wiggins State Park. The event is part of One Good Book Deserves Another, a book exchange in cel-ebration of National Lit-eracy Month.

A native of Cold Spring, N.Y., Mr. Car-ufe was a sports writer in upstate New York for several years before moving to Florida. His work has appeared in the New York Daily News, and he’s been featured on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.” For for the past 15 years, he has owned and operated Earth-tech Unlimited, a landscape company based in Naples.

“Repeat Business” is about Angie Torino, a young woman living in upstate

New York, content with two adorable children and grounded in the pas-sion she feels for Gianni, her soul mate and hus-band. Her psychic pow-ers fail to alert her to the nor’easter that’s about to change her life forever and lead her to South-west Florida.

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Silverspot Cinema, the “boutique hotel of movie theaters,” opens at Mercato on Friday, Sept. 11, after an invitation-only VIP celebration Thursday, Sept. 10. The 11 screening rooms, each designed to cocoon 100 people in plush, reserved seating and surround them with state-of-the-art sound and projection technol-ogy, are only part of the sophisticated Silverspot experience.

After gliding up the escalator, movie-goers who arrive early can enjoy drinks and appetizers in the lounge, where floor-to-ceiling windows overlook the lively shopping areas of Mercato below. Reservations for dinner in Silverspot’s 65-seat restaurant are another option.

In keeping with its traditional movie theater roots, Silverspot also has a con-cession stand with all of the custom-ary goodies. The popcorn is cooked in healthier coconut oil, however, and alongside the Milk Duds and Dots are edamame and nuts.

“Films, of course, are the real reason one comes to a theater,” says Gonzalo Ulivi, Silverspsot’s co-president with his cousin Ilio Ulivi.

The screens at Silverspot will feature the latest Hollywood blockbusters as well as a smattering of independent and foreign films. Opening weekend pre-sentations include “District 9,” “Julie & Julia,” “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” “Extract,” “Inglourious Basterds” and

“(500) Days of Summer,” as well as a documentary about Vogue magazine called “The September Issue” and, in 3D, “The Final Destination.”

Silverspot at Mercato is the first U.S. loca-tion for the boutique chain the Ulivi cous-ins started eight

years ago in their native Caracas, Vene-zuela. Today there are five Silverspots in Venezuela and one in Argentina, and the Ulivis are remodeling a cinema in Chile as well as scouting additional locations around the world.

“Naples was the perfect match, and Mercato presented itself as the perfect home for Silverspot,” says Gonzalo Ulivi. “We share the same consumer and the same mission, to create an experience where people will walk out feeling spe-cial.”

After Thursday’s VIP opening, Silver-spot will open at noon every day of the week and show movies continuously until midnight. Regular tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $10 for chil-dren; matinees are $10. For movies in 3D, tickets are $19 for adults, $16 for seniors and $14 for children; matinees are $12.

At 9118 Strada Place in Mercato, the entrance to Silverspot is between AZN and The Pub restaurants.

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The orchestra’s Baroque Chamber Ensemble opens the season’s Chamber Series with “Baroque from A to Z” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, and 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts.

The Baroque era concerto was the forerunner to the classical symphony. Two of the finest examples of Baroque concertos are featured in this program: Tomaso Albinoni’s “Concerto for Two Oboes” and one of French composer Jean-Marie Leclair’s innovative violin concertos. Also on the program will be Henry Purcell’s “Chaconne” and a vir-tuosic work by Czech composer Johann Dismas Zelenka.

Tickets to “Baroque from A to Z” are $32 for adults and $15 for students.

The orchestra presents “All Ameri-can Pops: Around the World with Arthur Fiedler II,” a musical tribute to legendary Boston Pops conductor, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Stuart Chafetz, music director and conductor of the Maui Pops Orchestra, will conduct.

The concert carries on the Fiedler

tradition with a fast-paced, fun and acces-sible program of music from throughout the U.S. and Europe. Every section of the orches-tra will be showcased in selections includ-ing excerpts from the “Peer Gynt Suite” by Grieg, Rimsky-Korsak-

ov’s lively, Spanish-flavored “Capriccio Espagnol,” Gould’s “American Salute,” William Walton’s “Crown Imperial March,” some Sousa favorites and much more.

Tickets to “All American Pops: Around the World with Arthur Fiedler II” are $37 for adults and $25 for stu-dents.

For “Brass at the Ballet,” the orches-tra’s Brass Quintet and percussion sec-tion will perform music from some of the greatest and most popular ballets ever written. Performances will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, and 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22. Program highlights include selections from Stravinksy’s riveting “Firebird Suite,” Prokofiev’s haunting “Romeo and Juliet” and Tchai-kovsky’s “Nutcracker.”

Tickets to “Brass at the Ballet” are $32 for adults and $15 for students.

For more information or to order tickets, call 597-1900 or visit www.the-phil.org. The Philharmonic Center for the Arts is at 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd. The orchestra is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. ■

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Moscow Ballet is seeking young local dancers to take part in a one-night-only performance in Fort Myers of the “Great Russian Nutcracker.” An open audition for dancers between the ages of 7 and 16 will be held at 3 p.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 19, at Angelic Academy of Dance in Bonita Springs.

The performance of “Great Russian Nutcracker” will be at 7:30 p.m. Mon-day, Dec. 28, at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers.

Directed by ballet master Vladimir Troschenko and set against Valentin Fedorov’s spectacular hand-painted backdrops and life-sized dancing puppets, the “Great Russian Nut-cracker” delights audiences with a visual tapestry rich in detail and whimsy.

Moscow Ballet features top graduates of Perm, Vaganova, Moscow State Academic Cho-reographic and Kiev schools. Starring in the touring pro-duction that will visit Fort Myers will be Cristina Terentieva as Masha

and Alexei Terentiev as the Nutcracker Prince. Ms. Terentieva won the Gold Medal at the prestigious Varna Inter-national Ballet Competition in 2008. In Varna, the couple performed Radu Poklitaru’s contemporary pas de deux “Lullaby,” for which Mr. Terentiev was honored as Best Partner.

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All sessions will be at the Norris Center in downtown Naples and conclude with a STAR Student Show-case for friends and family at 2 p.m. Satur-day, Nov. 21.

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➤ Feb. 24-March 14: “On Golden Pond” by Ernest Thompson — When Norman and Ethel Thayer return to Golden Pond for their 48th year, their annual summer idyll is interrupted by the appearance of their divorced daughter, who brings along her new fiancé and his teenage son. Norman and Ethel are to provide this “grand-son” with a place to stay while the

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Casting will be for two men and two women ages 35-50.

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Not surprisingly, Kunzel determined to fight what he quipped was “this nuisance growing inside me.” He arranged his chemo schedule around his already scheduled per-formances, excused himself from the bare minimum of obligations and even planned to conduct the upcoming fall season with the Cincinnati Pops, which he founded in 1977.

After all, he was a vigorous, strapping man who for 50 years had maintained a grueling schedule.

Following graduation from Dartmouth (where he initially studied chemistry), Har-vard and Brown universities, he became hooked on pops. Before his arrival on the scene, the genre was basically “defined” by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra — great music, to be sure, but infinitely more staid than what Kunzel brought to the podium.

His career first ignited in New Mexico, where he conducted the Santa Fe Opera and was first “noticed” by Myra Janco Daniels, founder and CEO of the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra.

“I was blown away by what I observed,” Mrs. Daniels commented recently. But it was not quite time for Kunzel to be intro-duced to Naples.

In 1965, after five years conducting the Rhode Island Philharmonic, he became the resident conductor of the Cincinnati Sym-phony Orchestra. In 1977 he was named con-ductor of the newly designated Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, a position he still held at the time of his death. For 20 years during this same time, he also served as pops conductor with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.

In 2003, he became pops conductor of the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra. He also was the guest pops conductor for sev-

eral performances of the Southwest Florida Symphony.

Deadly diagnosis or not, Kunzel went right on with plans to conduct his much-anticipated annual Memorial Day concert in Washington, D.C. This year, Aretha Franklin joined the National Symphony Orchestra for Kunzel’s 18th performance on the White House lawn.

The following week, after he conduct-ed in Beijing, another set of CAT scans revealed the cancer was growing. Still, Kunzel would not stop. He conducted what proved to be his final concert at the new (thanks to him) Riverbend Music Center on the banks of the Ohio River. He had planned to perform the opening of the pops season there Sept. 11-13.

Instead, Maestro Jack Everly, principal pops conductor for the Naples Philhar-monic and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, will conduct the season’s open-ing concerts at Riverbend. The schedule of guest conductors for the remainder of the season has yet to be announced.

During the course of his lifetime, Erich Kunzel won too many awards and sold too many million recordings to begin to fit in this column. He died four months and two days after receiving his terminal diagnosis. Brunhilde, his wife of 44 years, and count-less friends and fans survive him.

A hugely talented, wonderfully funny, consummate showman, Kunzel gave audi-ences worldwide thousands of reasons to fall in love with music, to smile in even the most turbulent of times in our history.

What I shall most remember, however, is the incredible grace with which he coped with a fatal diagnosis and went right on giv-ing joy to the world until he could no lon-ger raise his baton. And then, even in death, he gave something very special back to the world: He donated his body to science, hoping against hope that something could and would be learned from his catastrophic disease, to help prevent it in the future. ■

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AZN, Mercato, 9118 Strada Place, Naples; 593-8818

This chic Pan-Asian establishment does a fine job of delivering the best of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Indian and Viet-namese fare as well as intriguing co*cktails, sake and a well-chosen wine list. Both the Shanghai spring roll and a dumpling com-bination (two each of shrimp, vegetable and pork) were beautifully plated. The spring roll was crisp, with great texture and enhanced with a side of mango vin-aigrette. Wanchai walnut shrimp wasn’t as colorful as other dishes, but the fried shrimp bathed in lemon aioli and topped with honey-coated walnuts lacked noth-ing in the flavor department. Crispy duck is the restaurant’s take on Peking duck and was quite crisp, as advertised. A creative signature dessert, a Fuji apple dipped in chocolate, caramel and nuts, then sliced, managed to taste both healthy and refresh-ing as well as rich and decadent.

Food: ★ ★ ★ ★ Service: ★ ★ ★ ★ Atmosphere: ★ ★ ★ ★

Fred’s Diner, 2700 Immokalee Road, Naples; 431-7928

The dining room here is a cheery, casual spot where diner classics and some more ambitious fare are served by an accom-modating staff. The patio is for the dogs — and their people. The diner is named for the owners’ beefy Chihuahua, Fred, and all canines are warmly welcomed to the dog-friendly patio. The food runs the gamut, including mile-high stuffed French toast, bada bing shrimp, pepper-crusted ahi tuna, chicken piccata and homemade chocolate cake. Prices are low to moder-

ate, with specials just about every night and Yappy Hour from 5 to 7 p.m. daily, when people who accompany their dogs get discounts on their meals. Full bar.

Food: ★ ★ ★ ½ Service: ★ ★ ★ ½ Atmosphere: ★ ★ ★ ½

IM Tapas, 965 Fourth Ave. North, Naples; 403-8272

There’s nothing puny about the small plates that emerge from the kitchen at IM Tapas. Each looks like a work of art and possesses big, fresh flavors that reveal the passionate dedication to this classic Span-ish cuisine of its creators, chefs Isabel Polo Pozo and Mary Shipman. A polished staff and stylish dining room add to the warmth and conviviality of meal at this little off-the-beaten-path gem. Highlights from a recent meal included fresh ancho-vies in garlic, chorizo in cider, wild bonito with pomegranate seeds and pomegranate foam, duck breast with figs and port wine

reduction, bacalao-stuffed peppers and a plate of stellar artisanal cheeses. While not situated on one of the city’s popular dining areas, it could easily hold its own among them, it’s easy to find and there’s plenty of parking. Beer and wine.

Food: ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Service: ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Atmosphere: ★ ★ ★ ★ ½

M Waterfront Grille, Village on Venetian Bay, 4300 Gulf Shore Blvd. N., Naples; 263-4421

Maxwell’s on the Bay has under-gone a fabulous update with a sleek new look and a sophisticat-ed menu to match. There was no improving upon the view of Naples Bay, which remains a focal point, but the dining room, done in lots of woods and earth tones, gives the res-taurant a contemporary, stylish air. Executive Chef Brian Roland’s menu features cutting-edge Con-tinental cuisine, with dishes such as heirloom beets with fired goat cheese, escargot with wild mushrooms, spin-ach and Boursin cream, orange miso-glazed sea bass with goat cheese dumplings and milk chocolate lava cake. Polished service and an exemplary wine list further enhance the meal. Full bar.

Food: ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Service: ★ ★ ★ ★ Atmosphere: ★ ★ ★ ★ ½

Tarpon Bay, Hyatt Regency Coco-nut Point Resort and Spa, 5001 Coconut Road, Bonita Springs; 444-1234

For a casual seafood bistro, it would be hard to beat Tarpon Bay. It features a cevi-che bar, 16 varieties of raw oysters, a dozen

fresh fish options plus a number of signa-ture dishes, such as banana leaf-wrapped mahi-mahi and crispy whole snapper. Wine devotees will find a host of interest-ing selections from which to choose. Every dish is painstakingly prepared and plated, served by a well-informed staff that fully grasps the definition of good service. In addition to two excellent varieties of cevi-che (shrimp with roasted corn and cori-

ander and salmon with sweet chili, almonds

and cilantro), we enjoyed the tuna

tataki and stone crab claws (in season only). Entrees of A p p l e w o o d bacon-wrapped grouper bal-

anced salty and smoky flavors

with creamy leek fondue and asparagus and red onion con-fit. The showi-est entrée was

a crispy whole snapper that was perfectly fried and served with tender-crisp veg-etables and a light ponzu sauce. Chocolate lava cake and a trio of Key lime desserts finished the meal nicely. Full bar.

Food: ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Service: ★ ★ ★ ★Atmosphere: ★ ★ ★ ½

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✱ Thursday, Sept. 10, 6 p.m., Whole Foods: Learn how to create both sweet and savory crepes with Whole Foods and Sur La Table; $5, 9101 Strada Place; 552-5100. Reserva-tions required.

✱ Thursday, Sept. 10, Bamboo Café: It’s “Thursday with Julia and Julius” — as in Julia Child and Bamboo Café Chef Julius Minarik — featuring curly endive with bacon and garlic dressing, rabbit ragout and floating islands, and a tableside talk by the chef; $24.95, 755 12th Avenue South; 643-6177. Reservations recommended.

✱ Thursday, Sept. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Total Wine & More: Learn about and taste wine at this monthly

class; $25, Carillon Place. 5048 Airport Pulling Road; 649-4979.

✱ Saturday, Sept. 12, 7:30-11:30 a.m., Third Street South: The week-ly farmers market features local farm-ers, artisans, chefs and fishmongers selling a variety of goods; Third Street South and Gordon Drive; 434-6533.

✱ Saturday, Sept. 12, 2-4 p.m., Total Wine & More: Learn about and taste wine at this monthly class; $25, Carillon Place. 5048 Airport Pull-ing Road; 649-4979.

✱ Saturday, Sept. 12, 6:30 p.m., Sea Salt: Jeff and Valerie Gargiulo will pour the wines of their winery, Gargiulo Vineyards, at a pizza, pasta

and wine dinner; $49 plus tax and gra-tuity, 1186 Third St. South; 434-7258.

✱ Monday, Sept. 14, 6 p.m., Whole Foods Market: Chef John Cruz of Fleming’s Steakhouse will show how to make the perfect steak at home and how to get the best flavor from vari-ous cuts of meat; $5, 9101 Strada Place, Naples; 552-5100. Advance registra-tion required.

✱ Wednesday, Sept. 16, M Water-front Grille: Wine dinner featuring the wines of David Ramey and a four-course meal by Chef Brian Roland; $89 inclusive, 4300 Gulf Shore Blvd.; 263-4421. Reservations required.

✱ Sunday, Sept. 20, 2 p.m., Whole

Foods: Learn the age-old art of pickling and preserving as Whole Foods and Sur La Table demystify canning basics; free; 9101 Strada Place, 552-5100.

✱ Wednesday, Sept. 23, 6:30 p.m., Ange-lina’s Ristorante: A four-course wine dinner pairs food and wines from the north, south, east and west of Italy; $89, 24041 S. Tamiami Trail, Bonita Springs; 390-3187. Reservations required. ■

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Growing up in New Jersey during the ’70s, almost all of my dates ended at a nearby diner where we’d hunker down over platters of burgers and fries or, more often, eggs, bacon, potato and toast, which always tasted better at midnight than at the traditional breakfast hour.

It wasn’t until I headed to other parts of the country that I discovered there aren’t 24-hour diners on every corner and breakfast is mighty hard to find after 11 a.m. in most places.

Having been a Florida resident now for about three decades, I’d long ago given up hoping to find a Jersey-style diner. And then I found Mr. Five.

From the outside, you wouldn’t make the connection between what looks like a little white house set along Airport Road South in Naples with the sprawl-ing, silver-plated edifices of my northern youth. But inside, Mr. Five seems like a miniature re-creation of the Jersey diner. And that’s no accident: Anthony Chinaglia, the wunderkind who dreamed up the concept, has roots in the Garden State. His mother, Angela, hails from Bergen County, N.J., and while the family has lived in Europe and Florida for much of his life, the 24-year-old Mr. Chinaglia no doubt has some diner in his DNA.

Mr. Five is based on a simple concept: Everything served there costs $5.

“Anthony was sick of going out for lunch and spending $12 or $14,” says his proud mom. “He wanted to give people another choice.”

After testing out some $5 fish and chips, which he sold from the family’s catering trailer, he decided to open a place where people could eat heartily but without great expense.

Mr. Five was born.There are dozens of items on the

menu, and breakfast is served all the time. Obviously, you won’t find steak or grouper here, but there are plenty of options, even for vegetarians or, in the case of my companion, pescetarians (fish and veggies only), including salads and pasta dishes.

The room has about 16 tables for two, which can be combined as needed for larger parties. The requisite counter has seven seats as well, affording a great

view of the cook, Marc Zalews-ki, working behind the large pass-through window. The laminated place-mats are also the menus, with break-fast filling one side and lunch and din-ner on the other.

Although I con-sidered breakfast, I wound up eating dinner, but I’m plan-ning a return trip to try the tuxedo pancakes (dark and white chocolate chips with chocolate sauce), vanilla French toast and biscuits and gravy.

On this occa-sion, I started with Louisiana honey chicken wings. I can’t count the num-ber of flaccid, undercooked wings I’ve endured over years of review-ing. These, on the other hand, were perfect: super crisp and slathered with a hot-sweet sauce. Although I resolved to eat only a few of the little devils, I devoured seven of the nine before I could stop myself. (Wing lovers should note that the restaurant offer a bucket of domestic beer and an order of wings for $15.)

My companion had a Cape Cod cran-berry salad, a large plate piled with Romaine lettuce, dried cranberries, apple slices, walnuts, tomato and onions, garnished with a slice of carambola and dressed in a light raspberry balsamic vin-aigrette. It was colorful and delicious.

For entrees, I gave Mr. Five the acid test: a Philly cheesesteak, something vir-tually no one gets right south of south Philly. My companion tried the much-touted fish sandwich.

The steak sandwich came in a substan-tial hoagie roll that, while not quite as rugged as the Amoroso Bakery gold stan-dard, was capable of containing its con-tents and possessed good flavor and tex-ture. The thinly sliced steak and onions were just right and were covered with a thick layer of Cheez Whiz. Before you

turn up your nose, know that this is what authentic

cheesesteaks come with in

Philly (because it melts better than

standard cheese). In this case, there was

somewhat more than I like on my sandwich, but I can’t fault

the kitchen for being stingy. The sand-wich oozed Whiz.

The fish sandwich was similarly huge. A long fillet of basa had been expertly fried in a beer batter that was crunchy and delicious. Neither of us is wild about basa, the ubiquitous and inexpensive fish that’s often passed off as the more expen-sive grouper (a practice that’s illegal, by the way), but with the well-seasoned coating, tartar sauce, lettuce and tomato, it was pretty darned good.

Let me add that when asked, our server readily told us that the only fish served there was the inexpensive basa.

Both entrees came with generous por-tions of crisp, fresh fries.

There were only a few wines on the little table tent, although I understand the restaurant has a list of about 15 offer-ings that are $5 a glass. Nonetheless, we opted for a bottle of Chilean sauvignon blanc, priced at $26. What we got instead was Covey Run, a respectable sauvignon blanc fromWashington State, at $18. No

complaints there. (It even came properly chilled and with an ice bucket to keep it cool.)

I’d heard Mr. Five served desserts, but I didn’t see

any on the menu, and our server didn’t ask us if we wanted any. We couldn’t have managed dessert anyway, although I was still thinking about those tuxedo pancakes.

Between Ms. Chinaglia who acted as hostess and our charming young server, we felt very much at home here. We watched as they welcomed a few other tables, which included children, in simi-lar fashion. At one point, Ms. Chinaglia introduced the young boy at one table to the two youngsters at the adjoining one.

Mr. Chinaglia is scouting properties for additional locations. I predict the fast-food chains will get a run for their money should he open nearby. I can’t imagine who would choose an assembly-line burger wrapped in paper when, for the same money, you can get a freshly made meal served on real plates by a smiling and hospitable staff. ■

A Philly cheese-steak comes with the requisite Cheez Whiz generously mounded on top.

A Cape Cod cranberry salad is fresh and large,

with a bright raspber-ry balsamic vinai-

grette dressing.

Mr. Five belongs in a tasty, economical class all its own

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Mr. Five

>>Hours: 7:30 a.m.- 8 p.m. Monday-Saturday

>>Reservations: No

>>Credit cards: Cash and debit cards accepted

>>Price range: Everything is $5

>>Beverages: Beer and wine served

>>Seating: Conventional tables and chairs and at

the counter

>>Specialties of the house: Chicken wings,

cheesy loaded fries, chicken Caesar salad, penne

vodka, honey mustard chicken tenders, Italian sa-

lami and hot peppers sub, grilled cheeseburger,

beer-battered fi sh sandwich

>>Volume: Moderate

>>Parking: Free lot

>>Etc.: Starting Thursday, Sept. 10, the restaurant

offers the beer-battered fi sh in a wrap sandwich.

The fi sh is also available grilled with seasonings.

The price: $5.

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Great condo 2 plus den priced to sell yesterday. Pool, tennis, BBQ, club house and low fees, will go fast.

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