============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.marconews.com � November 8, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.naplesnews.com/circulation/ BANKRUPTCY JUDGE TAKES CONTROL OF HARDY�S ASSETS A U.S. District bankruptcy judge in Fort Myers has taken control of Collier County real estate mogul Bob Hardy�s assets after a court-appointed auditor investigating his finances recommended the move, calling the bankruptcy a �charade.� Federal Judge Alexander L. Paskay approved the appointment of an as-yet-to-be named trustee, who will oversee Hardy�s accounts in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. MARK GORDON�S �HER MAJESTY� WINS FOUR AWARDS TO CLOSE MARCO FILM FESTIVAL After five days and 85 films, the Marco Island Film Festival brought down its cumulative curtains, giving out 16 awards Sunday night. The audience chose five winners, while a film festival panel picked 11. The awards were presented at �It�s a Wrap Party� at Stan�s Idle Hour Seafood Restaurant in Goodland. �Her Majesty,� with Mark Gordon writing and directing, won four awards. The audiences, who got to vote after every film, chose it as its favorite international film. WOOD STORK NESTING SEASON NEARS AS GANGLY BIRDS ARRIVE One of this continent�s most endangered wading birds is showing up in droves throughout Southwest Florida as the wood stork nesting season nears. The gangly, white birds have enormous gray bills and can be seen along roadside ditches, manmade pond banks and other small waterways in Lee and Collier counties. REFORM PROPOSAL SURFACES IN WAKE OF NAVARRO CONTROVERSY Gus Navarro wants so badly to be Palmetto Ridge High School�s girl�s basketball coach. But he�s got powerful enemies. His fear is that one of them sits on the Collier County School Board. �I know it�s hard to believe but it�s small-town sports politics,� he said. What started out as a simple coach assignment has boiled into accusations of a decade-old grudge. And along the way, School Board Chairman Dick Bruce got dragged into the center of it. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com IN PERSPECTIVE: WASHINGTON TODAY: PRESIDENT�S FOUR MORE YEARS CAN BE A MINEFIELD An upbeat President Bush set forth an aggressive agenda for the next four years, but he also must deal with the realities his predecessors faced � second terms tend to be disappointments, often marred by scandals, infighting and lackluster performances. In his second term, Bill Clinton suffered through impeachment by the House and trial in the Senate after his affair with intern Monica Lewinsky. Read more commentary and get local editorials and today�s Letters to the Editor at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective/ IN FLORIDA ARTIFICIAL REEF AS FINAL RESTING PLACE HELPS HABITAT Twelve-year-old Justin Pierce loved to fish and snorkel before he died in an accident driving an all-terrain vehicle. Now his parents think they�ve found a way for their son to remain close to the water he loved. They mixed his ashes with cement to form an artificial reef � called an Eternal Reef � that was placed in the shallow water off Sarasota in late October. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/florida/ IN NEAPOLITAN: SCRABBLE CLUB OFFERS OUTLET FOR THOSE WHO LOVE PLAYING WITH THE ALPHABET Swear words are legal to use, really. They won�t get a player kicked out of the game or even a rap on the wrist. Of course, yelling the word at the top of one�s lungs wouldn�t be very sportsmanlike. But placing the tiles of four-letter words onto a Scrabble board is a move any player can make. It might result in a few giggles or raised eyebrows, but the points are legit. There�s no challenging it. So there. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan/
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