============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.marconews.com � Aug. 23, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.marconews.com/circulation/ ** TOP NEWS ** HURRICANE: On the ninth day after Hurricane Charley slashed a path through Arcadia and its neighboring rural communities, volunteers were on a search-and-rescue mission to find those who had fallen through the cracks. INSURANCE: While Hurricane Charley is little more than a breeze off the Eastern Seaboard, homeowners in Southwest Florida may fear a second wind is coming from their insurance company. Rates on homeowners' policies soared after Hurricane Andrew ravaged South Florida in 1992. It was a lesson in preparation that insurance companies had to learn the hard way. The difference now is the Florida insurance industry is ready for a major catastrophe. ROADWAY DELAYS: Some Southwest Florida roadway projects may be delayed because of Hurricane Charley and work stoppages in the hardest hit counties. Many main roadways throughout Charlotte, Lee, Hardee and DeSoto counties were under construction before the hurricane made landfall Aug. 13, devastating Charlotte County and northern Lee County's coastal communities before devouring the more sparsely populated communities to the north. HOMEOWNERS: Faraway owners of luxe mansions in North, or Upper Captiva Island have forged an online system to report on their vacation homes in the secluded community accessible only by boat. Lee County officials are estimating 100 percent of North Captiva's few hundred homes to be damaged. Estimates peg 60 percent of damaged property to be major and 30 percent of structures destroyed, Lee officials said. FIRECATS WIN: The Florida Firecats have faced numerous hurdles this arenafootball2 season. Lineman Dunstan Anderson died in a car accident in May. Receiver Cainon Lamb's mother passed away in July. A few tough losses were sprinkled in between. Then came Hurricane Charley last weekend. But for all the hardship they've overcome, their next obstacle is a welcome one. Florida advanced to its second ArenaCup game by beating American Conference top-seed Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 41-31 on Sunday at Wachovia Arena. GET THESE AND THE REST OF THE NEWS AT ... http://www.naplesnews.com ** PERSPECTIVE ** EDITORIAL: It is both remarkable and laudable when surviving family members launch their own investigation of a deadly traffic wreck after the official probe comes up short. The follow-up by kin of Ohioan Michael Moritz, 68, speaks to their devotion to him and justice. We hesitate to call the fatal February 2002 wreck at Pelican Bay on U.S. 41 North an accident. It was for Moritz, a passenger in a car driven by his wife. It may not have been for the pickup truck's hit-run driver, who chose to break speed laws and perhaps others. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ... and more ... GET THESE AND THE REST OF PERSPECTIVE AT ... http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective/ ** IN NEAPOLITAN ** FAKE BAKE: One of the first tanning lotions came out streaky, though, and gave skin an almost fluorescent orangeish cast. Worst of all, pity the poor user who got caught in the rain. Man Tan, it turned out, was anything but waterproof. Today, thanks to technological advances, a world of user-friendly and effective self-tanning products is readily available. And sales are brisk. 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 * HURRICANE AFTERMATH: On the Sunday after Hurricane Charley struck, Naples business owner Laurie Andrea heard on WINK-TV News that DeSoto and Hardee counties were hard hit and that the Hendry County Sheriff's Office was spearheading a relief drive. She reacted immediately, driving to Costco in Naples to buy food, water and other essentials. She loaded everything in her car and drove to the sheriff's office in LaBelle to drop it off. On her long drive home, Andrea thought there had to be a better way to help. Then she came up with one. BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF, SCORE ADVISER, BUSINESS EVENTS ... GET THIS AND ALL THE REST OF BUSINESS AT ... http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business/
** IN SPORTS ** RON HARTMAN: very football team has a basic strategy. Usually it's something like this: develop a solid running game, play good defense, establish good field position and win the turnover battle. So here are a few general do's and don'ts to help you assemble a winning team ... MOTORSPORTS: Local automotive entrepreneur Bob Germain and longtime developer Don Arnold � already a race-team owner in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series � revealed today they are partnering in an all-new, Toyota factory-backed team in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. 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 --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/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/
