============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.naplesnews.com � November 11, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.naplesnews.com/circulation/ A DAY OF REMEMBERANCE: WOMEN VETERANS RECALL MAKING HISTORY They're the mothers who taught their children to respect the American flag, and the grandmothers who remind the youngsters to appreciate their freedom. They wear patriotic jewelry and hang flags in their yards, and the stories they can tell about when they were younger go far beyond the first meals they cooked or the first dates they had. Their antique rings sparkle as they flip pages of worn albums, where the young women they once were smile gracefully on paper, standing proudly in their military uniforms, next to their military friends. LELY STUDENTS TO GET ANOTHER SHOT AT TEST In a rare opportunity, Lely High School juniors will get another shot at the prestigious National Merit Scholarship Program. Last month, 196 juniors were handicapped by a poorly lit and cold auditorium, along with disruptions from some of their peers. Collier County school officials apologized for the disruptions and petitioned to have the students take the test again under better conditions. JUDGE DISMISSES BIASELLA SUIT AGAINST COUNCIL TRIO Naples Councilwoman Penny Taylor and two former councilmen are off the legal hook, for now. A federal judge has thrown out most of a lawsuit Naples businessman Joe Biasella filed against the city of Naples, Taylor, and former councilmen Joe Herms and Fred Tarrant. "This is good news for the city," City Attorney Bob Pritt said Wednesday, the day U.S. District Court Judge John E. Steele released his 10-page opinion. RESTAURANT, CITY AT ODDS OVER OUTDOOR SEATING With Fifth Avenue South space at a premium, outdoor seating is on the top of every restaurateur's wish list. But if Chops City Grill owner Skip Quillen can't reach a compromise with the city's fire marshal, he may have to make more of less. Much less. That includes some outdoor dining he's already offering patrons without city approval, Naples officials said. The final "no" could come after a year of negotiations. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: INTERSTATE 75 -- BULLET-TRAIN SAVINGS NEED TO BE ROUTED TO WIDENING Everybody knew that derailing the bullet train � the high-speed rail service approved by Florida voters four years ago � would save money. The savings estimate listed on Amendment 6 at the polls this year was $20 billion to $25 billion. TV ads for the defeat of a vaguely defined rail network serving metro areas indicated schools and hurricane repairs as well as roads would stand to gain. The wide-ranging talk continues even after the votes have been counted. See more of today�s Perspective stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective BUSINESS: LOCAL BUILDING DEMOLISHED BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION ERROR Recently, one building at the under-construction Bellagio at Cypress Lakes in Collier County became a heap of rubble. But the building didn't collapse. Instead, the developer Parkland Development Corp. and the contractor Current Builders decide to demolish it. Bellagio is on the east side of Livingston Road and south of Pine Ridge Road. See more of today�s Business stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business NEAPOLITAN: A GENEROUS JUROR: SALON-STYLE INSTALLATION MAKES QUALITY IN VON LIEBIG'S FOUNDERS EXHIBITION DIFFICULT TO SEE A salon-style installation of paintings � hung one above the other � dominates the von Liebig Art Center's 44th Founders Juried Awards Exhibition. Another indisputable fact: the juror had a hard time saying no. "The initial shock may turn you off," admitted Jack O'Brien, the von Liebig's hard-working, never-complaining curatorial assistant who oversaw the show, "but you come away with a better feeling on examining the work at close range." See more of today�s Neapolitan stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan
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