============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.naplesnews.com � August 25, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.naplesnews.com/circulation/ CHARLEY�S LITTLEST VICTIMS HURTING Two-year-old Courtney Miller never used to place her hands over her ears and scream. She also never had problems falling asleep at night. And she never used to ask over and over again, when she was going home. Hurricane Charley�s littlest victims are having a difficult time. And to ease the pain, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is doing what it can to ensure the parents of some 6,000 neediest Florida babies in the 25 counties hit by Charley have enough food, formula and basic needs to feed their hurting babies. LEE COUNTY�S CHARLEY CLEANUP COSTS NEAR $100M The cost of clearing and restoring Lee County roads and public facilities damaged by Hurricane Charley is approaching $100 million, county officials said Tuesday. Costs are still being tallied and expenses are rising daily, but Public Safety Director John Wilson said merely making the roads passable and fixing county-owned buildings and property is expected to cost $94 million. STATE BEGINS AERIAL ASSAULT ON MOSQUITOES, WEST NILE Keith Keene describes his life since Hurricane Charley as a living hell. His home in Arcadia doesn�t have a roof, and the cows are getting out of his field because the storm wrecked the fence that used to hold them in. His voice brightens, though, when he talks about the mosquitoes. �I�m just tickled to death that we�ve been having some spraying done,� said Keene, an environmental supervisor for the DeSoto County Health Department. STORM SQUEEZES CITRUS PLANT; $15M IN DAMAGE Peace River Citrus Products got the juice knocked out of it. The plant that squeezes concentrate from acres of DeSoto County�s surrounding orange groves suffered an estimated $15 million in damage care of Hurricane Charley. Every roof at the 10-year-old complex must be replaced, company executives said. Bart Plymale, vice president of operations, was among the first to spot the peeled-off buildings after the storm. SCHOOL CHIEF CITES HARSH CRITICS FOR HIS DEPARTURE He blamed a segment of the community for his quitting, what he called the �cave� people: citizens against virtually everything. But now, Collier County school Superintendent Ben Marlin won�t have to deal with them anymore. �If I were 45 I might be more inclined to stay and do battle,� Marlin, 62, said Tuesday during his tearful farewell. �(But) character assassinations seem to be a way of life down here (in Naples).� Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com IN PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: COLLIER SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT Ben Marlin is resigning after slightly more than a year as superintendent of Collier County Public Schools. We are disappointed. We are disappointed for what this means to the school system, and we are disappointed in him. School system impact first. Schools had only just begun to realize the potential of the Marlin era. Read more commentary and get local editorials and today�s Letters to the Editor at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective/ IN FLORIDA MANY STATE LEGISLATIVE RACES DECIDED; GOP WILL KEEP MAJORITY Democrat and Republican voters in just 35 of the state�s 120 House districts will have a chance to choose their party�s nominee for representative in the Aug. 31 primary. In the other 85 districts, the process is locked up, with one party or the other only putting forth one candidate � and in many cases not having a candidate at all. In the state Senate, even fewer have a choice: there are only three primaries, two in the Democratic Party and one in the GOP. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/florida/ IN NEAPOLITAN: AMERICA�S FAVORITE SANDWICH GROWS UP The hamburger may � or may not � be 100 this year, but there�s no disputing America�s favorite sandwich has grown up. Liberated by the high-protein, low-carb diet craze, the burger, once the domain of fast-food joints and backyard barbecues, has stepped out onto the food scene with pizazz. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan/
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