============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.marconews.com � December 21, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.marconews.com/marco/subscribe.html FRIGID WEATHER SENDS CHILL THROUGHOUT REGION Just in time for today's first day of winter, a cold front sent temperatures dipping toward the freezing mark in Southwest Florida overnight but a warming trend should arrive by midweek. The cold air was expected to approach record-low temperatures early today. The record low for Naples on Dec. 21 is 33 degrees. MARCO MAN CHARGED WITH SLAMMING MOTORCYCLE A Marco Island man was charged with two felonies after repeatedly cutting off other drivers on Collier Boulevard and then ramming the back of a motorcycle carrying two people, injuring one, deputies said. Heinz Karl Bock, 57, 10 Anchor Court, faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Both are second-degree felonies punishable by up to 15 years in prison. MARCO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR LEAVING FOR N.C. JOB For the first time since incorporation in 1998, Marco Island officials must search to fill the city's top planning position. Community Development Director Greg Niles tendered his resignation Monday morning in a letter to City Manager Bill Moss. Niles will take over as community development director for Guilford County, N.C., a community of 425,000 that includes Greensboro. LOOKING BACK AT 2004: U.S. WORKING WITH INTERPOL TO BRING ACCUSED CHILD MOLESTER BACK TO FLORIDA More than a year after he failed to show up in Naples for trial on lewd and lascivious molestation charges, the search for Farouk Murad continues. At least it does for federal investigators. For state prosecutors, it's all about the wait. It may be a while. Murad, 69, a Saudi Arabian resident accused of molesting a 12-year-old girl in a Marco Island hotel room in 2002, remains wanted on two arrest warrants. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.marconews.com PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: COLLIER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS -- DONOVAN TAKES ON GRINCH WITH REASONABLE GREETING Steve Donovan's straight talk scores again. The Collier County School Board member gets to the heart of a matter that leaves others tongue-tied: What to say about Christmas in public schools. Donovan recommends embracing it and downplays the notion that mentioning it or any other winter holiday is a slap at any other that is not mentioned. See more of today�s Perspective stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective BUSINESS: POSTAL WORKERS FEEL LAST-MINUTE HOLIDAY CRUNCH Last-minute holiday shoppers mean late-night work for post office employees. Monday was one of the busiest mailing days of the year. Wednesday will be one of the busiest delivery days. At Naples' main post office on Goodlette- Frank Road, the stream of people was endless Monday. The line moved quickly, but so did the incoming cars. Around noon, Sally Mahon timed the line � 10 minutes. Not bad, she and friend Carrie Robinson said. See more of today�s Business stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business NEAPOLITAN: CARE MOBILE DOCTORS HELP CHILDREN IN NEED SOME FOR THE FIRST TIME Call it hope on wheels. It's hope in the form of a mobile doctor's office that travels to underprivileged areas of Collier County and provides free medical care to children. It's the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, one of 21 vans in the country that deliver medical care to children who might not otherwise get it. Collier County's Mobile just started operating this month. See more of today�s Neapolitan stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan
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