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By Ben Nelson [email protected]

Bonita Springs I was inTallahassee and noticed sev-eral men in business suits

wearing cowboy boots. Iguess thats ok..., but Impretty sure that boots wereoriginally intended to beworn while riding a horse.And these guys certainly hadnot ridden to the capital oranywhere else for that mat-ter. I suppose if you askedthem, theyd tell you theboots were comfortable andthat they liked the way theylooked. Well fair enough.But I think its also a way topay homage to a particularlifestyle or tradition. Thisgot me thinking about someof the old Florida tradi-tions that we hang on to

or even romanticize aboutin connection with raisingcattle, which has been a wayof life for generations herein Florida. As far as my familygoes, I suspect that thecracker cowboy part ofour family tradition mayhave ended with my father...and heres why.

I know that many of youlove horses and thats just

fine by me. My mother loveshorses too. But me... not somuch. Although I am actu-ally pretty good on horsebackand Ive got a lot of experi-ence with them, those ex-

periences have been lacedwith some pretty painful in-cidents.

Ive been kicked, thrownto the ground, head-butted,bitten, stepped on andscraped off on trees by these...animals. Dont get mewrong, they are magnificent

and powerful creatures andI really admire their staminaand beauty, but unlike a re-liable and blissfully mindlessJeep or ATV, they have amind of their own. A mindthat delights in purposefullyand without warning jump-ing sideways, leaving youlike a flipped coin on yourhead, or on your tail, in thepalmettos. They then stay

just beyond your reach,pausing now and then totaunt you... leaving you tofollow them like some kindof sand spur covered horsestalker.

They also demonstratethis equestrian sense of hu-mor when youre saddlingthem. One of their favoritepranks is to simply stand onone of your feet. They wait

until youre distracted, ad-justing the saddle, then theycasually side step pretendingnot to notice as you flailaround, howling and shovinguselessly on their thousandpound bodies. They willeventually let you go withan amused snort, but onlyso that they can set you upfor their next bit. As youchinch up the saddle whilestanding on your one goodfoot they swell up theirbelly so that despite all yourtugging and pulling and put-ting your knee in their girth,the saddle will only get astight as they want it to be.

The punch line generallycomes about 15 minutes intothe ride, when the horse ex-hales and you spin aroundupside down under his belly.My dad used to stubbornlyride the horse upside downfor a couple of hundred feet.I suppose it was an attemptto prove to the horse thatmy dad had purposefullyswung around in order to

inspect the trail conditwith his face.

To my relief, we solast horse a long timbut periodically I still

how get talked intotrail riding. Its actuallything that many of yoenjoy and its a great experience Florida. Thoutfitters are very comand unlike me, they mto keep well trained But as my luck woulit, on my last family twest the outfitter hahorse that had behissues. As she was camatching up horses wers, I quietly waited warms crossed for tevitable. So are any experienced riders? SNo one ever volunte

this kind of mission. Mlater, I threw my hathe air, finally surrento fate. OK, OK... goand put me on PsFifteen minutes laterode upside down hfrom Psychos belly, bornly stayed in the inspecting the trail wface. The family tralives on.

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Bonita Springs ResidentsofShadow Wood CountryClub recently held their 8thannual Shadow Wood GolfTournament to raise funds

for Habitat for Humanityof Lee and Hendry counties.The evening banquet,

sponsored by FineMarkNational Bank & Trust, in-cluded both live and silentauctions as well as a raffledrawing for top prizes.The community-wide eventraised more than $123,000,providing funds for at leasttwo rehabilitated homes forHabitats partnering families.

So many of us pitchedin to make this happen be-cause we believe in the Habi-tat mission, said Bill Lentz,chairman of the event andlongtime member of Shadow

Wood Country Club. Thefamilies who live in Habitathomes earn them throughtheir hours of service in help-ing to build homes, the actual$1,200 in costs they pay attheir mortgage closing, andby staying current with theirmortgages, which are pro-

vided at zero-percent interest.What Habitat for Humanityprovides is really a hand up,not a handout, and werepleased to be part of theeffort that makes Habitatswork possible.

Since 2003, Shadow Wood

residents have contributed$960,000 to Habitat for Hu-manity, enabling 17 familiesto live the American dreamof homeownership.

We are so grateful to ourShadow Wood supporters,said Kitty Green, Presidentand CEO of Habitat for Hu-manity of Lee and Hendrycounties. They have workedhard to get where they are inlife, and theyre now extendinga hand to help others attainthe American dream. Theirexample is extraordinary.

Barbara Purcell wasnamed the 2011 RSVP Out-standing Volunteer Award

winner.The Retired and SeniorVolunteer Program (RSVP)is the only program in LeeCounty, whose focus is onrecruiting and referringRSVP volunteers wherethey are needed, and recog-nizing them for the service

they provide.Barbara Purcell ha

a volunteer at theSprings Area ChamCommerce for threeWith 20 volunteers, Bwas willing to step uhelped fill in the Vol

Coordinator positiotook over the duties ofuling the volunteersaging new volunteering/introductions, recnew volunteers and ming the visitors centmakes sure all the volare happy, fills in fothat are out of towcontinuously improthe information tdistributed in the vcenter.

Barbara is always and unwaveringly with everyone she Her knowledge of SouFlorida is broad and

necessary, Barbara gextra mile to find the if she doesnt know. Bepitomizes the welcattitude that we are for here, stated ChRoss, President and Cthe Bonita SpringChamber of Commer

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Crae Clements | Special to theThe Third Annual Amelia Earhart Luncheon, sponsored by the Zonta CBonita Springs, raised funds to support the Clubs scholarship fund and gpromoting education of women. Faith Pearson, center front, a local vepilot inspired by meeting Amelia Earhart, Susan Bulkeley Butler, left, autWomen Count: A Guide to Changing the Worldand founder of her own Infor the Development of Women Leaders, and Stephanie Schmitz, centerthe archivist of Amelia Earharts papers at Purdue University were the feaspeakers at the luncheon held at the Bonita Bay Club last month. Maggtraits, right, Chair of the Clubs Financial Development Committee and coof the event. As a result of this annual affair, over the past two years thhas awarded substantial scholarships to two area women continuing theucation in math, science or business, fields that mirror those followed bEarhart. The Club also awarded grants to several local non-profits workencourage and promote the education of local girls and women.

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TOWN TALKGiving backThe Bonita Blues Charitable Founda-tion presented a check for $4,500to the Bonita Springs Assistance Of-fice last month. Proceeds from the5th Annual Bonita Blues Festival

were also donated to the Music forMinors Foundation and the Wound-ed Warrior Project. From left: KevinBarry, Jennifer Barry, Letitia Santos,Michael Pfeffer, Maribel Slabaugh,Terry Pfeffer, Caroline Dunlap andLen Eckert.

Credit: Staff Photo | [email protected]

Help fill the pantry

Bonita Assistance Offices new headqujust off Old U.S. 41 houses the largest fpantry in Bonita Springs. Donations candropped off at 25300 Bernwood Dr., Unext to the Lee Country Tax Collector.

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Staff Photo | [email protected] The Relay for Life at the YMCA on Kent Road raised over $52,000 last month to support cancsearch. Next year the event will be held at Riverside Park.

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By Charles [email protected]

Bonita Springs A quickglance at Dorothy Frieden-

reich and you would thinkshe is an ordinary person.She is anything but ordinary.The Bonita Springs residentslove for music inspired her

to make sure children wouldhave the opportunity to playan instrument if they so de-sired. Her contribution to-ward that goal was to createin March 2004 a non-profit

organization called Musicfor Minors, as an acknowl-edgement of the joy broughtto her husband and herselfthrough the wonderful

teachers who taught her son,Glenn, to study music.

Music for Minors missionis to enhance the lives ofchildren by providing themwith the gift of musical in-

struments. "Music," saysFriedenreich, "is the languageof their souls. It inspiresthem to do things, take acertain path in life, act a cer-tain way. It helps make adifference in the lives of thestudents."

Music for Minors buysmusical instruments vio-lins, flutes, clarinets, trum-pets, trombones, alto saxo-phones, and percussion kits new, when possible, gen-erally used when necessary,from monies raised or do-nated. To date, 159 instru-ments have been given tostudents.

These children would nothave the opportunity to learnto read or play music or bein the school's music pro-gram without these instru-ments. Young musicians whocannot afford to purchase amusical instrument, enteringthe seventh grade, ages 11and 12, from both Lee andCollier counties comprise

the student membership.The Music for Minors

Foundation works closelywith string orchestra andband teachers who identifyqualified students. Accept-

ance into the program isbased on the candidatessubmitting a written appli-cation and writing an essayabout why they want to be-come musicians. They mustprovide background infor-mation about their gradesand if accepted they mustmaintain high grades inschool and continue in theschool's music program. Af-ter reviewing their applica-tions the Board of Directorsinterviews each student inthe presence of a familymember or guardian.

Once accepted, the can-didates are invited to a re-

ception, usually held in Cy-press Lake Middle School,Fort Myers or First ChristianChurch of Naples in whichthey are awarded an instru-ment of their choice on a"loan to own" basis.

Each year the studentsprogress is appraised by theBoard to make sure theycontinue to meet the Foun-

dation's requirements. TheBoard evaluates academicprogress, participation inschool music programs andoverall academic achieve-ment of the students. Finally,

when the four-year recerti-fication process is completed,they are awarded a diplomato signify lifetime ownershipof an instrument.

"It is heartwarming forus when we see the appreci-ation from these qualified,talented students, as well asfrom their parents orguardians," says Friedenreich.Music for Minors helps bringabout a positive change inthe life of the studentsthrough the gift of a musicalinstrument. Music affordsthem a path to self-fulfill-ment, pride in accomplish-ment and hope for the fu-

ture.Many of the students have

become members of the AllCounty Bands and Orches-tras in both Lee and Colliercounties, The Naples Phil-harmonic Youth SymphonyOrchestra and also are inGifted School Programs andAdvanced Classes in theirrespective schools.

Music can build to success. Nowheremore evident than ththe efforts of Don RhPresident of the Boais the principal saxop

with the Naples Phmonic Orchestra. Hhis directors work tirto continually evalueffectiveness of the prto increase the capathe Foundation, andsure optimum effectfor its participants. are a wonderful wboard, a great teamhave extreme intereststudents and their mcareers," Friedenreic

This year, Music fnors was designated second year in a row aBlues Charitable Founbeneficiary. Student

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The gift of music

Charles J. Cavaliere | [email protected] Friedenreich, in her Bonita Springs home,stands next to photos of students that have bene-fited from the Music for Minors Foundation, whichshe founded in 2004.


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TOWN TALKSave the dates

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Tracey Drakos, MembershipChair, and Pam Olsen, Pres-ident of the Bonita Estero

Association of Realtors, at arecent 5 oclock somewherenetworking event. B.E.A.R.is holding a Chinese Auc-tion on May 3 at the Vil-lages at Country Creek toraise funds for the Boys and

Girls Clubs. B.E.A.R.s 20thannual charity golf chal-lenge is set for June 3 atMiromar Lakes Beach &Golf Club and will benefitHabitat for Humanity of LeeCounty and the B.E.A.R.charity foundation.

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HappyanniversaPhyllis Ayers and

Johnson were bustacking the subslast month at Sta

Super Subs in BoSprings. Mike Autine, owner of Stacelebrating one yownership of theshop on Old U.SBonita Springs.

Guys Night Outfor Charity May 10

Chris Levy, Eric Solomon and Darrell Brown aGuys Night Out for Charity in February. Theraised $4,000 for Boys and Girls Clubs of LeCounty. This months event will raise funds to port the YMCA on Kent Road in Bonita SpringFor more information, turn to page 16.

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Staff Photo | info@swspotBonita Beach is a great place to see wildlife.

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on me!This photo was takeninches from BarefootBeach Boulevard. Lookfor Gopher Tortoisesunder your car before

you back out your carat the beach.

Celebrate Bonita

Jose Lopez and John Spear had agreat time celebrating our citys birth-day at Celebrate Bonita.

Mayor Ben Nelson was busy servingbeer at Celebrate Bonita last month.

All proceeds from beer sales benefittedthe Bonita Springs Assistance Office.

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By Meghan [email protected]

Bonita Springs Walking

into the studio of artist PeterSargent, guests see a wallfilled with personality. De-tailed graphite drawings ofgiraffes, zebras, dogs andchildren stare out from be-hind framed glass. Eachdrawing consists of cleanshades of black and greycomposed on white paper.Each subject is so true tolife, that you could almostfeel the texture of the alliga-tors skin, or hear the giraffechewing the plants in itsmouth.

Sargent sits at a tabledrawing a portrait of a dog,using a photograph as ref-erence. Looking between the

drawing and the photograph,the dog seems to have muchmore character and person-ality in the pencil drawing.

The drawings havemore life to them than thephotographs, Sargent says.You get such expression inthe eyes. Im working veryhard to bring out the per-sonality.

The drawings are incred-ibly detailed and expressive,with each subject caught ina moment in time.

My favorite medium is

pencil; I like the feel of pen-cil, Sargent says. With inkit is black or white. Withpencil you have shades of

grey.Sargent is no stranger todetailed drawing techniques.He had an architectural prac-tice in London for 20 yearsand was a specialist in theleisure business. He designedsports centers, theme parks,hotels, extravagant pools andsimilar projects and had afirm of 60 people workingwith him.

When he retired andmoved to Florida with hiswife Sharon, he began draw-ing for enjoyment.

I drew like this before Ibecame an architect, andyou dont forget; its like rid-ing a bike, Sargent says.

When Sargent begandrawing for enjoyment, hesaid he did not think of sell-ing anything. His wife urgedhim to consider commis-sioning and selling his work.He began drawing housesand found that many realtorsliked to commission him to

draw houses they had justsold to give to the new own-ers as gifts.

Houses led to pets andchildren and now Sargentdoes a mix of commissionwork and also creates hisown drawings to sell on hisWeb site and in his studioat the Center for the ArtsArtist Studios at the Prom-enade.

I love the dogs and thechildren, they are all so dif-ferent, Sargent says. You

are not drawing the samething all the time.

Sargent also works in col-ored pencil and, in completecontrast, he carves wood. Inhis studio at the Promenadehis abstract, natural, woodcarvings are displayed in thewindow and his drawingsline the walls.

As an architect you drawto express yourself, but you

are also working in 3D, Sar-gent says. Wood is a won-

derful material to carve in,it is softer and easier to con-trol than stone.

The artist says when look-ing for a piece of wood tocreate a sculpture from, helooks for a nice grain and anice color.

As he sits in his studio,the sound from the outdoorwaterfalls drifts in, creatinga calm environment. He hasbeen working in his studioat The Promenade for 18months.

I really enjoy being here,it is a terrific environment

and a quiet place to work,Sargent says. You dontmind being interrupted be-cause people are coming into buy your work.

He says that a lot of hisprofit comes from commis-sion work, but he enjoys cre-ating his own pieces.

As an artist you alwayshave to decide if you wantto do things to sell themor to express yourself; youdo commercial, or you dowhat is inside of you, Sar-

gent says. It is a mucpleasurable thing what is inside of you.my art.

Sargents work cseen at his studio Promenade at Bonitspace 138 or on hissite at www.peter-saart.com.


Bringing out the personalityArtist of the Month: Peter Sargent

Meghan Easterly | [email protected] Sargents favorite medium is pencil. His workcan be seen at his studio at The Promenade atBonita Bay, space 138

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Saint Vincent de PaulThrift StoresWith locations in Naples andBonita Springs, St. Vincentde Pauls thrift stores are wellstocked with a wonderful

variety of household items,including clothing andfurniture that have been do-nated for distribution. Vol-unteer caseworkers give manyitems freely to those in need.Funds raised through salesto the public support financialassistance to pay bills for theneedy. Over 200 volunteersserve the society in the thrift

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Peanut Butter & JellyThe Bonita Estero Associationof Realtors is collectingpeanut butter, jelly and zip-lock bags for the Bonita As-sistance Office this month.

Donations can be droppedoff at the B.E.A.R. officesat 25300 Bernwood Driveoff Old 41 Rd., next to theLee County Tax Collector.B.E.A.R. is also collecting

books for the VA clinic.

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ter. It also helps those whohave a home, but are livingpaycheck to paycheck, often

at or below poverty level. Tothis end, St. Matthews Househas two food pantries stocked

with nonperishable groceryitems generously donated bylocal businesses, churches,supermarkets and individ-uals. For more informationof becoming a volunteeremail Kerri Sparks at [email protected] or call239-774-050.

YMCA of the PalmsThe YMCA of the Palms

wouldn't be able to offer qual-ity programs, provide excel-lent service or build strongkids, strong families andstrong communities withoutits dedicated, gifted and gen-erous volunteers. Volunteersroles are as varied as sup-porting community pro-grams, greeting members andparticipants, coaching and

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Literacy Councilof Bonita SpringsThe Literacy Council providesfree English instruction inreading and writing for adultspeakers of other languages.A Moms and Tots FamilyLiteracy program for mothersand their young children isalso available. Additionally,

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I am humbled by thevote of confidence, Schwingtold the council. I verymuch look forward to theopportunity to work withall of you and the residentsof Bonita Springs. I am veryexcited.

Schwings appointmentwill await negotiation of anemployment contract. Hehas indicated a salary requestof $149,000 to $165,000, de-pending on compensationpackage components.

Schwing was one of fourfinal candidates, culled froman initial qualifying field

of over 70. The other finalistswere Issac Turner, formerVenice City Manager, BruceLoucks, City Manager forCooper City (near FortLauderdale) and JohnMcCue, former City Man-ager of Orange City (near

Deltona).These four gentlemen

are our invited guests, saidMayor Nelson prior to publiccomment. They are pro-fessional people, good per-sons; they come from won-

derful communities. Eachcouncil member personallywelcomed each candidate toBonita Springs, and thankedthem for their interest.

Council members inter-viewed the candidates se-quentially in a marathonsession stretching over fivehours at City Hall on April19. Each candidate answeredtwenty identical questions,covering ethics, managementstyle, land use, the environ-ment, economic develop-ment, council-manager is-sues and personal interests.

After a public candidatemeet and greet at the Trianon

Hotel that evening, councilmembers reconvened thenext morning to hear publiccomment and rank theirchoices by paper ballot.

Schwing was chosen afterMeg Weiss, who coordinatedthe selection process, report-

ed that five of sevenbers had selected himthe other two membeing him as second After receiving the conresults, council membcarded the notion,

discussed, of additioterviews for the two togetters. Turner receivother two first place

Schwing has over 2of public service expestarting in Missoumoved to Florida inand has served Capesince 2002. Self assurcomfortable in discurange of issues with cmembers, he also disthe congenial and fdemeanor described Cape Coral Charter Authority executives iter to the city.

We have never h

Mr. Schwing raising hin any setting, nocasting a condescecomment towards anthey said. His actiodiscourse are always rful, courteous, trand direct.

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Bonita Springs Carl Schwing expressedhis views on various topics during anhour-long interview with Bonita SpringsCity Council prior to being selected asBonitas new City Manager.

On achieving goals:Successes are mostoften accomplished by people working to-gether toward common causes. That relieson relationships built on mutual respect,honesty, trust and collaboration.

On relationship with City Council: Ithink it is inappropriate for staff to be inthe public policy making arena. We canmake public policy recommendations toyou, and do it in a respectful manner. It is your choice what to do with that. It isstaffs responsibility to follow those direc-

tives, regardless of what our individualprofessional feelings might be.

On relationship with staff:I am here tohelp them get barriers out of the way sothat we can make their job easier andmore effective as we all serve a commoncause of serving our residents each andvery day.

On relationship with residents: I enjoybeing out in the public. There are peopleout there that have a variety of differentviews. You may not always agree withthose views, but those good ideas comefrom everybody and you just never knowwhen you are going to miss one if you arenot out there communicating.

On economic development: Youto reach out wherever you can to

contacts and partnerships so that eveunderstands very clearly the seriowith which Bonita Springs takes ecodevelopment. People want to be pasuccessful story, and Bonita Sprbuilding a successful story right no

On quality of life: You need tosure that your community continbe a city where people would wcome. Quality of life is very impYou need to provide recreational tunities and amenities that will folks.

On what is most important for thlong-term success: Protection oronmental resources, because thadirectly to quality of life, especially

have water going into the Imperial

On washing dirty linen: I dont that open clashing between staff and members is healthy for the command I dont think it sends the rightespecially for those folks that we love to come to our city.

On favorite historical figure: AbLincoln, a man who stood up and right thing with regards to all mcreated equal. He is man who spoheart and was a great leader.

On personal beliefs:I am a man oand I pray every day that my wordeeds always reflect that.

Schwing says

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By Max Harris andDorota HarrisBonitas Best Friends

Bonita Springs We failedagain to write about rescue

greyhounds, because theowners we know have gone

north. So if you have a grey-hound you would like us tofeature, please contact Spot-light!

We will discuss insteadsome new thinking on dog

behavior. In particular, someresearchers now doubt the

concept of the dominant, oralpha, dog.

We know that the do-mestic dog evolved fromwild wolves, so wolf behaviorshould help explain how

dogs behave. The dominantdog concept grew from ob-

serving wolves in captivity,where a hierarchy, or naturalpecking order, seemed toexist. But many captive packscomprise animals who wereinitially strangers to one an-

other, and studying themmay be misleading.

Researchers say that wildwolf packs are based on fam-ily units. Dominance doesnot come because of a dom-inant trait, but simply be-cause parents tell their off-spring what to do. And whenthe offspring grow up, theyleave the pack to begin theirown lives. There is little ten-sion within the pack, andlittle need for dominant be-havior so training a dogby asserting the ownersdominance for example,by always walking througha door first may begin

from a wrong starting-point.

For centuries dogs havebeen observing humans, andadapting their behavior toachieve the best results. Forexample, they are unique inthat they understand the hu-

man gesture of pointing. Adog can find a hidden objectby following a humanspointing finger. No otheranimal, including wolves andchimpanzees, can do that.

A famous experiment in-volved placing food in a con-tainer which it was impossibleto open. Wolves continue in-definitely trying to accom-plish the impossible. A dogquickly gives up, and waits

for the human experimenterto solve the problem.

We complicate thingsmore by ascribing humantraits to dogs. If we comehome and the dog has eatena shoe, we shout and thedog looks guilty. But he isntreally feeling guilty. Experi-ments show that the dog re-sponds the same way even

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By Peter A. [email protected]

Bonita Springs Over 10.5million meals have been

packed and distributed to theneedy since Steve Popperfounded Meals of Hope in2007, and on May 14, hun-dreds of volunteers will gatherat three locations to pack onemillion meals in one day.

Weve always felt that thedemand for food assistancehere is so great, said StevePopper, Executive Directorof Meals of Hope. Charitybegins at home.

Formerly known as KidsAgainst Hunger of SouthwestFlorida, the organization re-cently changed its name toMeals of Hope. Kids AgainstHunger is a Minnesota-based

humanitarian food-aid or-ganization that distributesmost of its food to those inneed around the world. WhileMeals of Hope has shippedfood to Haiti, the vast ma- jority of the food stays inSouthwest Florida.

In the summer of 2007,Popper went to civic organi-zations and churches to de-

scribe a packing event.We had our first one in

August of 2007 and wepacked 135,000 meals. About400 people came to Naples

High School to volunteer.Since then, over 30,000 vol-unteers have helped pack anastounding number of meals.

Goals were set for the firstyear after the first event. Wehad a goal of one millionmeals and we packed twomillion, said Popper. Sinceour inception we have packed10.5 million meals.

The Million Meal PackingEvent is a partnership withRotary District 6960, Mealsof Hope and anyone thatwants to alleviate hunger inour community.

This is the first time themillion meal packing has evertaken place, said DonThomas, District Governor

of Rotary District 6960.The project will take place

at the end of the school yearbecause of the rising needfor food. The summer is a

challenging time for manylocal food banks as need in-creases and donations de-crease. 71 percent of ourstudents are on free or re-duced (price) meals atschool, said Thomas. Thefree and reduced price break-fast and lunch programs takesummer break along withthe students. Its my under-standing that this will justbarely get us through thesummer time. A millionmeals seems like a lot, but itreally isnt.

Volunteers will packagethe meals at Naples HighSchool, Harborside Conven-tion Center in Fort Myers,and Riverview High School

in Sarasota. All of the mealswill stay in Southwest Florida.

Its a hands-on, interac-tive volunteer opportunitythat is open to kids of allages, said Thomas. Wevehad people from 5 to 96 par-ticipate. I dont know of any

other volunteer opportunitythat is so inclusive.

Popper worked with nu-trition experts to develop themeals. One of the meals is afortified bean and rice casse-role comprised of soy protein,rice, precooked dried beans,21 vitamins and mineralsand 6 dried vegetables. An-other meal was developed

this fall. The new fortifiedmacaroni and cheese mealprovides 12 grams of proteinin each serving and has beenvery well received. It has soyprotein, 21 different vitaminsand minerals and, of course,macaroni and cheese sauce.Its actually as nutritious asthe fortified bean and ricecasserole, said Popper. Ourcost typically runs about 18cents a meal. Its extremely

cost efficient.After the packing on May

14, the meals will be distrib-uted to those in need. Weutilize the Harry Chapin FoodBank as our primary distri-bution who gives the foodaway free of charge to about170 agencies in SouthwestFlorida, said Popper.

To help Meals of Hope

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Millions of meals

Weve had people from 5 to 96 participate.I dont know of any other volunteer

opportunity that is so inclusive. Don Thomas,

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Volunteers package meals at a recent Meals ofpacking event. Hundreds of volunteers will gatMay 14 to pack one million meals in one day

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Fundraisers

Chinese AuctionTues., May 3, 5 to 7:30 p.m.The Bonita Estero Associationof Realtors is holding a Chi-nese Auction to benefit Boys

& Girls Clubs of Lee County.Where: Villages at CountryCreek. For more information,call 239-992-6771.

Kentucky Derby PartySat., May 7, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.This fun-filled evening atthe Hyatt Regency Coconut

Point Resort and Spa willfeature appetizers, a hat con-test for men and women games of chance, cash barand a live broadcast of theKentucky Derby. Proceedsbenefit the Presidents ClubStudent Scholarship Fundas well as provide supple-mental support to Chamberprograms. During the party,the Beach Bucket for Schol-ars raffle winner will be an-nounced. Cost: $85. Formore information, contactthe Bonita Springs AreaChamber of Commerce at239-992-2943.

Guys Night Outfor CharityTues., May 10, 6 to 9 p.m.The guys raised $4,000 inFebruary to support the Boysand Girls Clubs. This month,the YMCA will be the ben-eficiary of Guys Night Outfor Charity. Where: WorldFamous Cigar Bar, GulfCoast Town Center. Cost:$40. To register, go tohttp://tiny.cc/guysnightout.Turn to page 16 for moreinformation.

Arts and Entertainment

Extreme skiingSundays, 4 p.m.

The Southern Extreme Wa-ter Ski Show Team performsevery Sunday at the MiromarOutlets. For more informa-tion about the show, go toswspotlight.com and readstory on page 11 of our Aprilissue. Cost: Free.

Student ShowcaseFri., May 6, 6 to 8 p.m.Each year area high schoolstudents exhibit their art-work at the Center for theArts. During the openingreception college tuition

scholarships will be givento several students who haveshown extraordinary talentand achievement with theirpieces. For information, call239-495-8989 or go towww.artcenterbonita.org.Cost: Free.Fri., May 20, 6 to 8 p.m.Area middle school studentswill exhibit work that theyhave created in their artclasses at school and at theCenter for the Arts.Fri., May 27, 6 to 8 p.m.Area elementary school stu-dents will exhibit work thatthey have created in theirart classes at school and at

the Center for the Arts

Films for Film LoversMon., May 9, 7 p.m.The Center for the Arts FilmSociety presents the final

film in its Films for FilmLovers series. The Last Sta-tion will be shown thismonth. Where: Promenadeat Bonita Bay. Cost: $8. Formore information, call theCenter for the Arts of BonitaSprings at 239-495-8989.

Youth theaterFri., May 13, 7 p.m.Sat., May 14, 3 & 7 p.m.Not-So-Grimm-Tales byKevin Bean, performed bythe Youth Theater Depart-ment of the Center for theArts. This is a hilarioustongue-in-cheek retelling ofthe classic Grimm fairy tales.

A mother sits down withher daughter and tells hernew, more modern andempowering versions ofsome of the classics. LittleRed is an animal rights ac-tivist and vegetarian whosaves the wolf from theWoodsman. Snow Whiteunionizes the dwarves andoverthrows her beauty pag-eant loving stepmother.Where: Promenade at BonitaBay. Cost: $3 children, $5adults. For more informa-tion, call the Center for theArts of Bonita Springs at239-495-8989.

Live at the PromenThurs., May 19, 7 p.m.Join the cast of NaplImprov, featuring the for the Arts PerformiDirector Craig Pricenight of fast-paced i

comedy theatre basaudience suggestioninvolved by offering stions, sit back and enlaughs, or do both. WPromenade at BoniCost: $25 membernon-members. For mformation, call the for the Arts of Bonita Sat 239-495-8989.

Memorial DayMon., May 30, 9 a.m.The Memorial Day will start at 9 a.m. atside Park.

Meetings

Come watch the aclive and in personWed., May 4, 5:30 p.m.Wed., May 18, 9 a.m.Bonita Springs City CWhere: Council Cha9101 Bonita Beach Rmore information, ca949-6262.

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Bonita Springs Rib Cityis coming to Estero thismonth. The family-ownedbarbecue chain, founded inFort Myers in 1989, has pur-chased the building formerlyoccupied by Arizona Pizzaat 10431 Corkscrew Com-mons Drive.

The Rib City brand hasweathered the downturn inthe economy very well, saidCraig Peden, Rib CityPresident.

Peden said the companyplans on making cosmeticchanges to the facility whichwas built in 2006 includingnew interior paint and dcor,replacing booths, tables andchairs as well as exteriorpaint and signage.

WebsitesTwo local businesses have

recently launched new web-sites.

David Di Martino,of David Michael Photog-raphy, specializes in wed-dings, portraiture, families,events, modeling, pets, prod-uct, and real estate through-out Southwest Florida.The 2009 Bonita Chamber

Small Business Memberof the Years website isdavidmichaelphotography.net.

Life Coach and BusinessConsultant Mary LynnZiemer, founder and CEOofLiving A Joyful Life, alsoannounced the launch of

her new, updated website,livingajoyfullifenow.com.

It is important for thoseseeking information aboutlife coaching, consulting, orcommunity events to havea resource that provides de-tailed information that iseasy to navigate. This sitecan be utilized as an educa-tional tool, providing a deep-er insight into the servicesavailable to them, as well asbetter understanding of thephilosophies behind LivingA Joyful Life, said Ziemer.

In other website news,the Florida Library Associ-ation has announced the

Lee County Library Systemas the winner of the PublicLibrary Website Award forcreation of an appealing,functional, and flexible Webexperience that makes gooduse of resources and staff.The site uses sub-sites di-rected toward specific audi-ences and a home page thatallows users to reach most-

wanted items quickly.We are extremely happy

about this award. We striveto offer a very robust website,with content that is updateddaily. We actually think ofthe website as anotherbranch of the library system- the E-Branch! I hope moreLee County residents willlog on to the website anddig deep. There is so muchthere, said Lee CountyLibrary System Director,Sheldon Kaye.

Ribbon CuttingsThe Bonita Springs Area

Chamber of Commerce cel-ebrated several ribbon cut-tings recently.

My Kitchen DesignStudio, located at 28380 OldU.S. 41, Suite 5 in BonitaSprings, offers complete de-sign services. The Jones fam-ily was on hand to celebratethe ribbon cutting.

PRR Computers special-izes in budget-conscious so-lutions for home and smallbusiness users. PRR Com-puters provides onsite serv-ices and repairs from FortMyers to Naples.

Bank United celebrated

the opening of its new officesat 27200 Riverview CenterBoulevard last month.

Dr. James Croley cele-brated the re-opening ofCataract & RefractiveInstitute of Florida lastmonth at 4061 Bonita BeachRoad.

NetworkingThe Bonita Springs Area

Chamber of Commerce isholding its monthlyBusinessAfter Hours event on May12 at 5:30 p.m. at the Naples-Fort Myers GreyhoundTrackat 10601 Bonita Beach

Road in Bonita Sprinthe Chamber at 232943 to register.

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Bonita Springs The Cityof Bonita Springs supple-

ments the provisions ofChapter 40E-24, FloridaAdministrative Code, as fol-lows: Landscape irrigationshall be prohibited daily be-

tween the hours of and 5 p.m.Watering Options, fied Phase II Landscrigation

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two days.When can I water thin Bonita Springs?Odd-numbered stredress may water lawlandscapes on Wednand Saturdays, midnigtil 9 a.m. or after 5until midnight.Even-numbered stredress, no street addrthose that irrigate botand odd addresses the same zones, whicinclude multi-familyand homeowners astions, may water lawlandscapes on Thuand Sundays, midnigh

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31 to 60 days: from 2a.m. to 8 a.m., Mondays,Wednesdays, Thursdays andSaturdays.more than five acres

1 to 30 days: 12:01 a.m.to 8 a.m., Mondays, Tues-days, Wednesdays, Thurs-days, Saturdays and Sun-days.

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These rules permit newlandscape watering only.Homeowners should keepdocumentation on any newlandscaping, such as a datedreceipt of purchase, in casethey are required to provideproof of the installation date.Irrigation is not permittedon Fridays.Can I hand-water my lawn?

Yes. You can hand waterstressed plants for 10 min-utes per day using a singlehose with an attached au-tomatic shutoff nozzle.What other low-volume

watering methods areallowed?

Persons using a low vol-ume irrigation system willbe allowed to water sevendays a week except duringthe hours between 9 a.m.and 5 p.m. Drip, bubble andmicro-jet systems that applywater directly to root plantzones may be used any time.

However, a voluntary re-duction in use is encouragedand any low-volume systemshould not produce waterrunoff. Watering cans arealso low-volume and can beused anytime.When can I wash my caror boat?

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reception was less than pos-itive. Price repeatedly mo-tioned to his assistant to jointhe table at the front of theroom, but he remainedcamped in the last row.

The meeting ended, andPrice walked back to his as-sistant. Why didnt youcome up when I motionedyou to come up, he asked.Well, I was going to, repliedthe assistant, but then Iheard them talking aboutlynching you and I thoughtit would be better if I stayedclose to the door.

One hundred miles, fortyyears and a lifetime of changeseparate Prices first job andhis current position as BonitaSprings first and only CityManager, a post he will leavein early June.

During the recession of1970, Price worked as a fur-niture mover after graduatingthe University of South Flori-da in Tampa. After spottingan ad, he became assistantdirector of building, zoningand engineering in the townof Temple Terrace, a suburbof Tampa. There, with hischair shoved up to a deskfacing his boss, came a crashcourse in permitting, inspec-tion, and maintenance ofsewers, water collection sys-

tems, buildings and golfcourses.

It kind of clicked, saidPrice. My dad was a me-chanic, so I guess I got someof his skill. I am not themost mechanically in-clinedbut I know howthings work. Promotioncame quickly, as assistantpublic works director andas chaperone to his new boss,who hailed from Philadel-phia. I dont trust this guy

to be out there by himself,the town manager explained.Price and his new boss be-came lifelong friends.

After another promotion,and the Hillsborough Countyjob (and Wimauma), a callcame from the city managerfor Sanibel, a very specialand environmentally sensi-tive place, said Price. Heflew to the old Page Field inFort Myers where, he re-members, the baggage claim

was two lines painted onthe tarmac where they wouldline your bags up.

Price served the City ofSanibel for twenty years, andas City Manager for the lastfourteen until the commu-nity changed, and I changed.He retired as Sanibel CityManager on January 3, 1999.

So when Gary Price be-came City Manager of Bonita

Springs in the spring of 2000,he had almost thirty yearsof public service experience.Nevertheless it was a chal-lenge. It wasnt just a newjob; it was a brand new city, just incorporated.

For the first month orso, we were working out ofthe back of Mayor Paul PasssExpedition using our owncellphones, said Price.There was one office supplyplace. Paul and I went in thedoor. We sort of stood thereand looked at each other be-cause we realized we neededjust about everything in theplace. We did not have a

pencil. He went one way andI went the other. We met atthe door. We had to use ourown credit cards. The cityhad no money because wehad no federal identificationnumbers. I had to get allthat.

The Citys first office wasin the Sunshine ProfessionalCenter. At first Price used afax machine in a nearby of-fice. But every time I got afax it cost me $7, he said.So I went out and boughtmy own fax machine for$49.

Right above us was anemployment service, and I

hired some temporary peo-ple. Everyday it was a differ-ent person. They did notunderstand; it was tough.After a period of time, I saidto Paul This is all wonderful,but I got to have some help.They looked for a Bonitian,who knew her way around,and knew people, and foundGail Dean.

Today, Dean, one of theCity of Bonita Springs firsthires, is likely the first persona visitor will meet at CityHall. Stationed at her lobby

desk, she is welcoming tofriends and newcomers alike,representing the city withthe small town charm andthe big, bright future.

Upstairs, in Prices secondfloor office, there are no ob-vious signs of his comingretirement. Pending matterscover the desk; presentationboards of charts and figurescrowd the corners. His dooris open to everyone, hisschedule is packed and, hesays, I still get butterflieswhen I go to City Councilmeetings.

What will he miss themost? Working with staff,knowing that we are all work-ing towards the same ends.I like to see things get built.Parks. Sidewalks. Bike Paths.I can drive up and down the

road and can remember thethings that we did.

Some of it is the result ofnuts and bolts daily work:sidewalk construction onOld 41 from Rosemary toImperial Harbor, schoolwarning lights at Bonita El-ementary, drainage improve-ment in the Windsor/Mead-owlark area, Little Leaguedugouts, road resurfacing ofBonitas monopoly streets Indiana, Illinois and Ken-tucky, exotic vegetation re-moval and scores of otherprojects, all catalogued in a40 page digest of work ac-complished.

Other projects advancethe vision of Bonitas future,including the importance ofparks, recreation and greenspace highlighted in a 2005community attitudes survey:the acquisition of the tenacre Pfaff parcel on KentRoad, now the home ofBonita Nature Place, 16 acreson US 41 south of the Im-perial River now RiverPark, the Marni Fields, andthe city fields developed onproperty purchased from theYMCA.

I like to think brought a lot of myronmental experiencme from Sanibel, saidThe Imperial River of an unknown gempeople drive over US say that is the Imperier. It is, but you haveupriver, where you sotters. Maintaining thside swale system, w

lot of people dont liketo put cleaner waterImperial River, he sa

The reclaimed which in years past as the town dump part of The Great Blueway paddling traCullum Hasty-inspireTrail walkway will evemeander along the rivQuinn Street in Old to the CREW lands Bonita Grande Drive

If only more citizea better understandtheir property taxes, discover that Bonita Sreceives just 5 percen

proceeds, says Price.chart he prepared shoBonitas share of thproperty tax procedwarfed by the Coshare (30%), State board (34%), local board (13%), the Springs Fire and Rescutrict (12%) and indepspecial districts (6%)

We only get 5%think we are doing agood job with that, hnoting that since inration Bonitians havalmost $12 million property taxes to ththan they would hav

had remained an unporated part of Lee CAnd they can talk City Council without to get in the car and25 miles to Fort Myesaid. What a deal!

Price said that maybe too blunt atI have received somcism over that, he sthink I have made Bbetter place to be. Ita decent living. I donhow it can get muchthan that.

Pricefrom page 1

I think I havemade Bonita a

better place to be. Gary Price



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