============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.naplesnews.com � September 9, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.naplesnews.com/circulation/ COLLIER RESIDENTS, OFFICIALS PREPARE AS IVAN LIES IN WAIT After facing two major hurricanes in less than a month, Ted Maupin said he�s become a pro at getting ready for a big storm. With Hurricane Ivan possibly headed to Southwest Florida early next week, the marina manager at Naples Marina & Boating Center said he�s keeping some of the preparations he made for Frances in place. It just doesn�t make sense to undo everything when it takes 10 to 12 hours to ready his dry storage marina off North Road for a storm, he said. ARCADIA RESIDENTS COMBAT FLOODING IN WAKE OF STORMS Water covers the backwoods country road, and instead of the rolling of tires on dirt, all she can hear is the continuous sloshing of water. And then the thunder. It isn�t a great day for Sue Bentley to go grocery shopping. Storm clouds huddle above her and the road to her house is buried beneath 4 feet of water. But Bentley had to fill her refrigerator because she doesn�t know when she�ll get back out again. FEMA GRANT TO PROVIDE AREA WITH LONG-TERM CRISIS COUNSELING Instead of enjoying the Olympics, people in Southwest Florida watched Hurricane Charley. Hurricane Frances stole the spotlight from the Republican National Convention. And before the winds of that storm had even crossed the state, people here were avidly checking the position of Hurricane Ivan. Talk about stress. Mental health professionals say the constant onslaught of storms has not only changed the landscape of Florida, it has virtually eliminated discussion of all other things, giving even the most stable of people the feeling that the disaster will be unending. BUSH COMBINES CAMPAIGN, TOUR OF DAMAGED COMMUNITIES President Bush�s trip to Florida on Wednesday was officially scheduled to tour damages wrought by Hurricane Frances. Yet with less than two months to go until the presidential election, Bush was also able to get in all the photo opportunities of a campaign event. With $2 billion in federal aid in tow, Bush could tour through the Treasure Coast and other South Florida communities devastated by the storm, doling out food and water to hurricane victims while promising them more help is on the way. EMERGENCY OFFICIALS PREPARE FOR IVAN�S POSSIBLE ARRIVAL Ivan remained a Category 4 hurricane Wednesday as it inched closer to Florida, sending debris-removal crews and residents scurrying to prepare. Forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Wednesday it was too early to determine whether Ivan will threaten Florida�s west coast, or the state in general. Ivan is predicted to pass over Jamaica on Friday and possibly hit, or pass near, Cuba on Sunday, hurricane center meteorologist Robert Molleda said. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com IN PERSPECTIVE: ANALYSIS: FOR BUSH, KERRY, IRAQ IS MORE THAN A WAR President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are using Iraq to advance their negative campaign tactics as the U.S. military death toll in Iraq tops 1,000. War, it seems, is just another excuse to call the other guy names. �No matter how many times Senator Kerry flip-flops, we were right to make America safer by removing Saddam Hussein from power,� Bush said Tuesday. The Republican incumbent wants voters to see Kerry as indecisive, even dangerous, certain to waffle on national security as well as domestic policy if he becomes president. Read more commentary and get local editorials and today�s Letters to the Editor at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective/ IN FLORIDA BUSH COMFORTS HURRICANE VICTIMS IN POLITICALLY CRUCIAL FLORIDA President Bush on Wednesday helped distribute bottled water, bags of ice, food and $2 billion in federal aid to hurricane-battered residents of this vital electoral state. �We�re working as hard as we can to get them the supplies they need. That�s what we�re here for,� Bush said, working shoulder-to-shoulder with brother Jeb, Florida�s governor, as he hoisted supplies into a line of waiting cars. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/florida/ IN NEAPOLITAN: CHER FAN ORGANIZES FUND-RAISER TO BENEFIT DIVA�S FAVORITE CHARITY April Fontana was 12 the first time she saw Cher perform in concert. The forever flamboyant Cher left a lasting impression on her fledgling fan. Fontana, who attended the concert with her mother, remembers it as a bonding experience. A year later, in 1991, a magazine article about Cher left another, more serious impression on Fontana. The article chronicled Cher�s friendship with a 14-year-old girl suffering from a facial deformity. Fontana still has that article � and her impressions. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan/
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