============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.naplesnews.com � September 14, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.naplesnews.com/circulation/ IVAN LASHES CUBA WITH 160 MPH WINDS Packing ferocious winds and whipping up monstrous waves, Hurricane Ivan's eye brushed Cuba's sparsely populated western tip as a treacherous Category 5 storm - the most powerful - and barreled north toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. Ivan, one of the strongest storms on record, hammered Grand Cayman with wind gusts up to 200 mph before reaching Cuba. The storm has killed at least 68 people across the Caribbean and threatens millions more in the United States. HURRICANE 2004: WITH IVAN THREAT DIMINISHED, COLLIER RETURNS TO NORMAL Last week, weather forecasters were predicting Hurricane Ivan might slam into the Southwest Florida coast on Monday. So when Monday arrived, many people looked at the bright and sunny day with a sense of relief. Barring a surprise, Hurricane Ivan will bypass the Southwest Florida coast. "This storm is pretty much going to miss Southwest Florida," said meteorologist Michael Formosa of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. "You can tell people in Naples they can take their shutters down if they want." HURRICANE 2004: PARTS OF ARCADIA LOOKING MORE LIKE ISLANDS ARCADIA � The Peace River guards the side entrance of the bungalow, where only fish and an occasional alligator can brush a stair. For now, the only way folks can enter the home is from a wobbly ladder that leans against the elevated porch. Julie Rights stands sweaty and tired inside. Her red hair sticks to her forehead as she cleans. She says she wants the rest of her furniture, as well as a much needed air conditioner, which she wants her husband, Dennis Walton, to install. SCHOOL BOARD TO HEAR PROPOSAL FOR NEW SUPERINTENDENT Ray Baker will be offered a $160,000-a-year contract to become Collier County's next school chief, if the School Board approves the proposed agreement today. Baker has been doing the job since former Superintendent Ben Marlin surprised the School Board last month with his decision to quit. But board negotiator Pat Carroll thinks she's pounded out an agreement the rest of her peers will approve. HURRICANE 2004: TRAVEL INDUSTRY RETURNING TO 'BUSINESS AS USUAL' Southwest Florida International Airport looked like normal Monday. Most flights were operating as usual. After long lines and many overnight guests in the last hurricane-riddled month, the airport was calm as the projected path of Hurricane Ivan was beginning to miss the area. "As it sounds right now we are looking like business as usual," airport spokeswoman Laska Ryan said. AirTran canceled three Monday flights at the beginning of the weekend. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: HURRICANES -- WE'VE LEARNED LESSONS, SO WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IVAN What a difference two ugly examples can make. With Charley and Frances still fresh on Southwest Florida's mind, the community reacted as seldom before in readying for Hurricane Ivan. Homes and businesses boarded up en masse. Parking lots at Southwest Florida International Airport bulged with Christmas-sized crowds, as residents bolted town. Adult children of some local residents came, got their parents and flew them out. They've been watching TV. See more of today�s Perspective stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective BUSINESS: FIRST CANKER FOUND IN COLLIER CITRUS GROVE Collier County no longer can call itself canker-free. On Friday, canker was found at a citrus grove about three miles north of Oil Well Road near the Collier/Hendry county line. And there's fear that the highly contagious disease, which thrives on wind and rain, could have been spread locally by hurricanes Frances and Charley. This latest find comes eight months after the last quarantine area was lifted in Collier County, and more than 21/2 years after the last find in the county. See more of today�s Business stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business NEAPOLITAN: DADS AND DAUGHTERS: WHEN DO NORMAL EXPRESSIONS OF AFFECTION BECOME INAPPROPRIATE? Every night, for as long as Jessica Klein could remember, her father would tuck her into bed with a flourish. First, they'd talk about her day and his. Then he'd mold the covers to her body so she was comfortable and warm. He'd end the ritual with a hug and a kiss. But last year, as Jessica's 9th birthday approached, her father told her that the tuck-ins were going to stop. He figured it was time to end her dependency on such physical contact with him. See more of today�s Neapolitan stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan
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