============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.marconews.com � December 30, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.marconews.com/marco/subscribe.html TRAGEDY IN ASIA: DARK SMELL OF DEATH PLAGUES COASTLINE STREETS PHUKET, Thailand � You know the zones of death by the smell. It is a grim, jaw-clenching stench that makes you sad but glad that you are not the poor soul in that white body bag with the black zipper being carried from a basement grocery store to the bed of a pickup three days after a tsunami trapped you there. TRAGEDY IN ASIA: EXPERTS SAY TSUNAMIS COULD EVEN HIT HERE It can't happen here. It could happen here. It shouldn't happen here. Planet Earth continues to amaze scientists, especially when a natural catastrophe slams a previously protected land mass. While Indonesia is one of the global hot spots for earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis, documented as an important link in the Pacific Rim's infamous Ring of Fire, Thailand and India's Indian Ocean coast are not. They were caught off-guard. PROPOSAL TO TRANSFER AIRPARK NOT TAKING OFF A proposal to transfer the Everglades Airpark from the ownership of Collier County government to Everglades City officials is in a holding pattern of federal review. In February, Collier commissioners and Everglades City officials heartily endorsed the idea and instructed attorneys to draw up papers allowing the transfer of ownership. Today, there are more unanswered questions than answers about the possible transfer. WILDLIFE OFFICIALS RESCUE SICK MANATEE, CALF Local wildlife agencies rescued a mother manatee and her calf Wednesday after watching the mother list in a canal near Port of the Islands for two days. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials first spotted the mother and her calf on Monday, said Dr. Martha Keller, an FWC veterinarian. The injured mother manatee was swimming sideways and looked lethargic, Keller said. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.marconews.com PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: HOLIDAY TOURNAMENTS -- A WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR FOR BASKETBALL AFICIONADOS This is a good time of year and a good place to be if you are a basketball fan. The sport is being showcased in Southwest Florida this week. In the spirit of full disclosure, the Daily News is playing a role. The newspaper is a key sponsor of two high school tournaments. See more of today�s Perspective stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective BUSINESS: VERIZON PLANS TO SPEND MORE ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SERVICE Wrapping up a $220 million investment in 2004, Verizon Wireless says it plans to make a similar investment in Florida next year, with a large chunk being deposited in Southwest Florida. A large portion of the money will be used to improve technology in the five-county area, one of the company's fastest-growing markets in Florida. See more of today�s Business stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business NEAPOLITAN: REVIEW: KING OF POMP "To horse! To horse!" is not the only theme in photographer Henry Dallal's exhibition, "Pageanty & Performance," at the Naples Museum of Art. As a handsome addition to "The Grand Tour in Miniature - British Royalty," Dallal has filled the Phil's two west galleries with celebrations of royal pomp as well as a stirring tribute to British soldiers, in the field and at play. To do this he includes many of his best Cibachrome photographs from some 23,000 slides he has taken. See more of today�s Neapolitan stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan
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