Archive for January 13th, 2010
Antique Air Aficionados Vintage Fly-In
On Saturday, Jan 23 the Everglades Air Park will host a fly-in for 'vintage' aircraft from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. There is no charge, and visitors will be welcomed with a free pancake breakfast, courtesy Wings of 10,000 Island Tours, and a chance to win 10 pounds of stone crab claws, generously donated by Triad Seafood Market and Café in Everglades [...]
Project Greenscape Training Offered
Does your lawn service carry this decal? This shows that he is certified in the Green Industries Best Management Practices. Nancy Richie, City of Marco Island Environmental Specialist notes that as of March 31st, all licensed professional lawn and landscape contractors need to be certified in the Green Industries Best Management Practices [...]
Shooting the Breeze
With great pleasure (and not a little fear and trepidation) we welcome you to the first issue of the Coastal Breeze News. The birth and subsequent delivery of this baby have been a result of the combined passions for writing, truth in reporting, and love of the community in which we live, shared by Val Simon, Jeane Brennan, and me (Carol [...]
Identifying a Phishing Attack
Phishing is a form of fraud in which an email sender attempts to trick the recipient into divulging important personal information like a password or bank account number, by pretending to be a representative of a legitimate organization. Even net savvy people have fallen victim to phishing attacks by learning the hard way, that they have been too [...]
Clearing the Air
This is an area where we can politely share different points of view. In our next edition, we will consider the topic of global warming. Do you think it exists? Whose responsibility is it, and what do you recommend be done about it? Please send your responses to: [email protected] The following opinions will not necessarily reflect [...]
Book Review: In the President’s Secret Service
Behind the scenes with agents in the line of fire and the presidents they protect. Talk about timing: just when a publicity-seeking couple crashed a private party at the White House, there was Ron Kessler’s book prompting the reader to ask questions such as, “Why aren’t these people being prosecuted? Why continue to give them undeserved [...]
Second Seafood Fest is a Family Event
On March 20 and 21, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. visitors will find food, fun, and frolic at the second Annual Seafood Festival at Veteran’s Community Park on Marco Island. Based on last year’s gigantic success, “This year’s event is going to be even better!” promised Stan Niemczyk, festival organizer. “The Seafood Festival is growing and is [...]
Sunergy
By Gary Elliott That big, warm Florida sun we see and feel most days of the year has been steadily streaming energy to the earth for millions of years. The sun is basically a giant ball of hydrogen gas undergoing fusion into helium gas and giving off vast amounts of energy in the process. This solar radiation travels everywhere through space [...]
