============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.marconews.com � December 22, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.naplesnews.com/circulation/ CANDLELIGHT VIGIL SERVES TO DRAW ATTENTION TO ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS They turned out in frigid conditions Tuesday night, all for the purpose of remembering those who have no homes in Southwest Florida and elsewhere in the United States. More than 75 people gathered in the St. Matthew�s House courtyard for a candlelight vigil on Dec. 21, the official National Homeless Persons� Memorial Day. PARKING OPTIONS, NEW FLIGHTS GREET HOLIDAY AIR TRAVELERS This might be the last holiday season that travelers have to cope with crowding at Southwest Florida International Airport�s current terminal. Come next holiday season, a new airport terminal double the size with triple the parking is slated to be open. This might be the last holiday season that travelers have to cope with crowding at Southwest Florida International Airport�s current terminal. GROWERS ESCAPE DAMAGE AS TEMPS STAY ABOVE FREEZING Local growers got lucky again. The four hurricanes that hit Florida earlier this year spared them, and they didn�t get a freeze Tuesday morning. �It was quite fortunate,� said Gene McAvoy, a multicounty vegetable agent based at University of Florida�s Extension Service in Hendry County. AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY GRANTED PRE-ACCREDITATION STATUS Ave Maria University is now eligible for federal financial aid. The American Academy for Liberal Education granted the Roman Catholic school candidacy, or pre-accreditation, status almost one year after AMU submitted its application with the national organization. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com IN PERSPECTIVE: JAY AMBROSE: THE SECULAR FANATICS� ATTACK ON CHRISTMAS To insist that the placing of a nativity scene in a government building at Christmastime represents an effort to establish a state faith is a laughable absurdity, and there�s an appropriate way to describe those who carry on about it: secular fanatics. A fanatic, after all, is someone who is irrational and extreme in devotion to a cause. Read more commentary and get local editorials and today�s Letters to the Editor at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective/ IN FLORIDA TOP RANKING DCF OFFICIAL QUITS, CRITICIZES PRIVITIZATION AND CUTS The Department of Children & Families� top contracting official has resigned, issuing a strongly worded missive criticizing the social services agency�s oversight of private companies it does business with. Robert D. Fierro said in his three-page letter Monday he could no longer manage the state�s child welfare, mental health and domestic violence programs after cutbacks reduced his staff by half. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/florida/ IN NEAPOLITAN: PSSST! WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU CAN SAVE SOME REAL MONEY? Marianne Medina calls it a family trait. �My sisters and I seem to have champagne taste and beer pocketbooks,� the North Naples resident says, �but that doesn�t mean we have to do without nice things.� Or give cheesy Christmas gifts, she adds. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan/
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