============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.naplesnews.com � December 21, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.naplesnews.com/circulation/ 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. SON GOES ON ACE SHOPPING SPREE IN DAD'S PLACE He arches his back and stretches his arms forward. His father coaches him by his side. Matthew Irgang prepares himself to race. He stretches. He rolls his shoulders. He listens to his father rehearse a list of items. Remember your sister wants a mixer, Mark Irgang says. Don't forget the camouflage jackets. Seize as many fishing poles as you can, and make sure to grab a carton of ant killer near aisle 27. He really needs that, he says. PUBLIC BELIEVES IN-FLIGHT CELL PHONE BAN SHOULD REMAIN People gabbing on their cell phone in the car, at the mall, in the grocery store, or the doctor's office. Enough is enough. Please don't allow cell phones to be used during flights, where passengers have no escape from an annoying cell-phone user or incessant chatter throughout the cabin. That sums up the sentiment of more than a dozen people interviewed randomly Monday at Southwest Florida International Airport. NAPLES BUSINESSMAN REFILES DEFAMATION SUIT Naples businessman Joe Biasella has amended his federal suit against the city of Naples, Councilwoman Penny Taylor and two former city councilmen, naming the trio as individuals rather than public officials. U.S. District Judge John E. Steele tossed out most of the original case in November, saying Biasella hadn't adequately made his case that he had been defamed by the trio. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.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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