============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.marconews.com � Aug. 16, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.marconews.com/circulation/ ** TOP NEWS ** HURRICANE: On a day when Hurricane Charley launched one of the largest emergency relief efforts since Sept. 11, storm refugees in Punta Gorda depended on neighbors and good-hearted strangers to get by. HURRICANE: More than 40 members of the Eastside Baptist Church � one-third of the congregation � saw each other for the first time since Hurricane Charley ripped their homes and lives to shreds Friday. They took courage from seeing each other, from seeing who had survived. When many of them spoke, their voices quivered. HURRICANE: Few places have been more devastated by the wrath of Hurricane Charley than Pine Island. And few places have been so ignored. On Friday morning, the barrier island was a pristine and wooded landscape of gorgeous manors, enormous farms and quaint mobile homes that harbored farmworkers and retirees alike. Now it is a hellish expanse of wrecked buildings, boarded-up businesses and pulverized neighborhoods where hungry children play with drooping power lines on sewage-soaked grass. HURRICANE: Elizabeth Atkinson's story was a similar one over the weekend as Bonita Beach residents salvaged windows, signs and cars. With palm trees snapped in half and sand scattered along the roadway, Bonita's barrier island was the hardest area hit in the city. GET THESE AND THE REST OF THE NEWS AT ... http://www.naplesnews.com ** PERSPECTIVE ** EDITORIAL: For decades, after near misses or mild blows, Collier Countians have been well reminded to keep our guard up. The storm just past was not the big one. That message holds true for Collier Countians in the wake of Hurricane Charley. The part of Charley that hit the Naples area was not the big one. But the story is different in Charlotte and DeSoto counties. They got the big one. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ... and more ... GET THESE AND THE REST OF PERSPECTIVE AT ... http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective/ ** IN NEAPOLITAN ** OLYMPICS: The American high jumper Amy Acuff has scored a rare double, even before the Olympic Games begin. She graces the cover of Playboy magazine, which hit the newsstands on Friday, coinciding with the opening ceremonies, and she shares the cover of September's FHM Magazine with fellow U.S. Olympians Amanda Beard, Haley Cope and Logan Tom. WHAT�S HOT ... cookie mix and cutter; and IN THE KNOW. GET BARBARA BOVA AND THE REST OF NEAPOLITAN AT ... http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan/ ** IN BUSINESS * RETIRING WITH AMENITIES: Despite its popularity with retirees, Southwest Florida found itself in a quandary a few years ago. It had too many assisted-living centers. There are about 25 assisted-living centers in the Bonita Springs and Naples areas and nearly 15 nursing homes. That number is not small, but the demand for senior housing keeps growing. After oversaturation, some area communities are now expanding and others have waiting lists, including Moorings Park, The Carlisle and Bentley Village in Collier County. BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF, BUSINESS EVENTS ... GET THIS AND ALL THE REST OF BUSINESS AT ... http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business/
** IN SPORTS ** GOLF: The only birdie Vijay Singh made all day was the only one that mattered. All but counted out of the PGA Championship with a putter that failed him, Singh took advantage of a late collapse by Justin Leonard to get into a three-way playoff Sunday at Whistling Straits, then made the only birdie over the three extra holes to win the final major of the year. It was an amazing turnaround for the 41-year-old Fijian, whose career is defined by second chances. OLYMPICS COVERAGE ... from Scripps Howard News Service�s team ... plus blogs. GET THESE, YOUTH SPORTS AND COMPLETE SPORTS COVERAGE AT ... http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/sports/ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Click on the link below to be removed from the marconews.com mailing list. http://web.marconews.com/cgi-bin/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/BCfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumpulan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
