============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.bonitanews.com � November 16, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Bonita Daily News: http://web.bonitanews.com/circulation/ DELTA STARTS PASSENGER JET SERVICE AT NAPLES AIRPORT The new passenger jet service from Naples to Atlanta and points beyond kicked off Monday to much fanfare and optimism. The 40 seats on the 12:15 p.m. Atlantic Southeast Airlines' jet flight to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International were sold out, so Delta Connection decided to bring in a 50-seater to meet demand. LEE COUNTY POISED TO HELP BUY BABCOCK RANCH Lee County officials will decide today whether to parcel out more than $40 million for the acquisition of the Babcock Ranch. If approved, the allotment will send a strong signal to preservation supporters that a purchase contract will be signed by the state and Babcock family soon. Appraisals for the nearly 100,000 acres are expected to come in at around $500 million, although the appraisals aren't yet public record. WAL-MART DELAYS FIGHT AGAINST DENIAL OF STORE The world's largest retailer needs more time to prepare its plea to build in Estero. Representatives of Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Corp. were supposed to attend a hearing in Lee Circuit Court on Monday to ask permission to modify a petition challenging the county Hearing Examiner's denial of a 208,000-square-foot store planned for the northwest corner of U.S. 41 and Coconut Road in Estero. COMMISSION TO DECIDE CONTROVERSIAL SANDY LANE ROUTE It may indeed be the road to nowhere, at least for now. Lee County commissioners will be asked to give their final blessing to the selected route for Sandy Lane today, though the proposed road is beset by a lack of funding at its southern end and local opposition farther north. Construction of much of the $35-$40 million road isn't expected before 2010, though the section that runs next to the planned huge Coconut Point mall in Estero will be built much sooner. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.bonitanews.com PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL ... GRASS WILL LOOK GREENER FROM FUTURE PERSPECTIVE We dread incidents such as this. The veteran director of the Naples High School marching band is formally reprimanded by the principal for ignoring orders to stay off the field while new sod takes root. The field was being readied for a big football game and the band even marched barefoot to minimize any damage. Still, orders are orders. See more of today�s Perspective stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective BUSINESS: THIRTEEN HONORED FOR GIVING BACK Southwest Florida is a good venue for fund-raising. That sentiment was clear Monday at the "Honored to Give" luncheon at Quail West Golf & County Club. In honor of National Philanthropy Day, 13 community leaders were recognized for charitable efforts in Collier and Lee counties. "I think people need to hear more about the stories of giving and serving," said Mary George, president and chief executive of the Community Foundation of Collier County. See more of today�s Business stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business NEAPOLITAN: SOUTHWEST FLORIDA EXPLORER: JEWELS OF THE SWAMP It's a dusty, dirt road presumably to nowhere that leads to a place so perfect that people come from all over the country � let alone the world � to see. Like Maine resident Geoff Gattis, who at this moment feels like he's completely covered in the mud and muck that's Fakahatchee Strand � but smiling a childlike grin and wishing he could do it all again. See more of today�s Neapolitan stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan
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