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All rights reserved. part this publication may reproduced without written permission publisher. Opinions expressed contributors necessarily those 6 7 L WILL THIS BE YEAR That same type fortitude enthusiasm exactly basis single person organization works together, long, award-winning lifestyle publications totimedia.com. Doing difficult thing course, definition, never easy. But reward accomplishing what set out do an intoxicant unlike other--it feels so good it propels more. I believe each us possesses drive. also discovered looking within singlemindedness go just more step, deed, make small daily effort better life people encounter, lives--and society--will enriched. as year, allow me share personal goals 2017, Im going seek challenging objectives, resist taking easy road. treat whom come contact respect, kindness courtesy which like treated. if strive toward these types simple goals, results will immeasurably positive. One favorite quotes industrialist Henry Ford, who wintered Myers. He said, If think cant thing, youre right. As forward another exceptional appropriate phrase. Enjoy first Publisher inspired--and ike many people, find myself reflecting back--and forward--at year. dawn brand-new brings unbridled Media. It occurs there only keeps own will. Think childhood when parent adult said would achieve something possibly attain specific milestone. anything me, instantly developed determination ever thought possible, order accomplish could do. When reflect times, clear principles seeing through apply us, whether child adult. while ago, fortunate enough visit Allalinhorn, 13,212-foot mountain highest point region Sass-Fee, Switzerland. My spectacular miracle nature, but hike summit. Id truthful told sure it, several during ascent turning back. Fortunately, group who, myself, were determined reach top. now realize singular purpose pushed onward, entire working shared, common goal. PHOTO BY THOMAS ECKERT 9 Making Waves salute residents, businesses island CRAIG GARRETT MILLION GOAL REACHED childrens hospital, happened, 2012 20 Naples billionaire. More contributions followed, 500,000 each, most much smaller amounts. Suddenly November ended shower confetti, happy supporters accepting final donations million. initial goal, capital chair Joseph Catti says, daunting. stepped plate. Every dollar made difference. has been honor it. he seemed hardly possibleto raise nearly half 240 project cost. commitment over five years daunting, behind November. seven-story located next HealthPark Summerlin Bass roads. Opening center April precede Lee Health-Coconut Point medical campus Estero. From beginning funds Confetti rained celebrating funding achievement. opens April. WATER WARRIORS College volunteers cleared 300 pounds debris Caloosahatchee River Watch event. work along stretch city managed creeks preserves Palm Beach corridor Sponsors included Riverwatch, County Mosquito Control District, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program, American Rivers, Myers, Keep Beautiful, Wright Construction Group, Solid Waste, Hans Wilson Associates. TOP COURTESY LEE HEALTH FOUNDATION BOTTOM CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVERWATCH 11 THEATRE CONSPIRACY Deemed edgy giving opportunity striving playwrights, Theatre Conspiracy January presents 23rd consecutive performance schedule. Underlining season author Jeff Lindsay, March stage Cave, Civil War soldiers runaway slave. Lindsay authored Dexter novels evolved television series. Philadelphia playwright Jared Michael Delaneys Noli Timere Dont Be Afraid premieres May. picked 600 annual contest. kicks off staging 33 Variations Moises Kaufman. Performances Alliance Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd. AT GLANCE nonprofit founded 1985 headed producing artistic Bill Taylor. Ma Raineys Black Bottom, opening Feb. Nice TTS, 17 Timere, May Details 239-936-3239, theatreconspiracy.org 12 PHOTOS ALLIANCE FOSTER GENIES Compared surrounding counties, number foster kids staggering. Some 1,309 care, far Collier counties. Jennifer Fischer had observed abused kids, arrive care. Neighbor children looked ill-treated, mom bruised thin. State social workers later removed them. introduction system run Department Children Families, requesting custodial parent, she state granted. She since started Foster Genies, soliciting parents. program grants wishes such trips Disney World, instance. added Little Genie matches stable assistance, says Fischer, three dozen children, modern Brady Bunch. educate emergency in, says. listened stories gone room cry. want give support they need. fostergenies.org. Countys crisis needs qualifying adults step forward. Kids homes asked help. 13 Adventures Fish Wildlife Officer writer ride-along FWC Spoede greater appreciation jobs his colleagues perform. OPPOSITE PAGE WILLIAM COX Conservation Commission greatly helps protect areas state. To fully understand commission job, took boat ride Estero Bay last August Spoede. Initially no idea diverse demanding job n 1966, designated aquatic preserve. Land placed conservation buffer bay encroaching development. provides great fishing, recreational opportunities, course need management protection maintain their ecological functions. dedicated officers. Florida, enforcement division divided Water Squad, Inland Squad. His primary patrol area adjacent federal waters, called upon anywhere Spoedes duties enforcing safety violations. includes observing boaters operate vessels manner, current vessel registration, obey lower speed limits minimum wake zones, proper equipment jackets fire extinguishers. Another important duty resource protection. verifies anglers licenses regulations fish seasonal size limits, bag possession other legal requirements. Many species legally protected, including spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus, redfish Sciaenops ocellatus, snook Centropomus undecimalis mangrove snapper Lutgenus sriseus. game violations take place night daytime. Thus operates hours day, undercover illegal activities gill netting pompano Trachinotus carolinus. Illegal netters thousands dollars night. include inshore fisheries protection, offshore patrolling--day targeted preserve 1966. 15 amberjack Seriola dumerili, red Lutjanus campechanus, snapper, mutton L. analis, grouper Epinephelus morio black Mycteroperca bonaci. Additionally, assistance multiple response calls. watercraft accidents, disabled boats watercraft, participating nine-day hunt Cecil Webb Management Area, tranquilizing relocating bears Ursus americanus floridanus aiding wildlife issues. example, provided short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhyncus, West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus latirostris, panther Puma concolor coryi, gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus, osprey Pandion haliaetus, brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis, bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus, loggerhead sea turtle Careta careta shorebirds. responds shorebird enclosure Sea eggs occasionally dug stolen. nests protected. Sometimes, overzealous photographers beach visitors enter disturb nesting enclosures. dogs inside enclosures, destroying killing nestlings. enclosures beaches Captiva, islands. Snowy plovers Charadrius alexandrinus terns Sterna antillarum protective Captiva. Least terns, skimmers Rynchops niger Wilsons C. wilsonia Beach. addition, officer aides rescuing stranded fishermen, enthusiasts, paddle boarders swimmers. At swimmers officers regulate boater safety, activities, speedwake oversee resources. 16 patrolling-- day venture too cannot because winds strong currents. makes interviews media. member Special Operations against motor theft, smuggling, drug traffic, dangerous carry various weapons wear bulletproof vests. came away professional perform day. outdoor experiences being enhanced law Cox nature photographer ecologist 35 years. Visit him online williamrcoxphotography.com. PAUL HOMES LLC Coral Outdoor Kitchens Are Cookin O ANN MARIE OPHEL AN coolers, cocktail stations even kegerators, lanai entertaining friends easier ever, cool covered space. People move enjoy weather, having space, especially kitchen, them whole lot more, adds Poulton. 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Right top-rated scenic drives Ring Kerry Slea Head Drive Peninsula traveled next. air exquisite, green, skies cloudy, misty, foggy, rainbowed sun-showered. Stark cliffs feet crashing surf. stayed sheep farm. owners husband black-and-white Border Collie, Joe, pet newborn lamb. magnificent flew us. rich archaeological treasures, fantastic easily Ut doloreruptur min es siminve liatur simus nos millesc iendis dolupta tiusae mo veruptatquid molor aperume nimusam, ut optae nis eic torepta ipsamet faccus que cum, quibus sita nulpa dolesti nusdam rempos ernatio spend here. landscape worldfamous sites Gallarus Oratory, chapel sixth centuries. mortar, watertight thousand later. Dunbeg Stone Fort, ring fort 580 B.C., stands weather 200-foot cliff. huts dot hillsides. Kilmalkedar Church, touch tall gravestone Ogham writing, sundial, ancient alphabet sixth-century Latin writing. area, loved Celtic Prehistoric Museum, treasure trove antiquities fossils Viking grave jewelry. Clough too, geometric formations, slashing sideways shore. Fossils visible rocks. finally accessed Valentia Island. showed cottages, whitewashed lime grandmother foundation Connecticut. sworn tropical plants her. true--the Gulf Stream hits right, warming there. ate pub girls fiddles bluegrass. saw married Ireland-born babies baptized, harbor uncles went bodies washed identified patterns hand-knit sweaters. farms, cows, sheep, horses, gardens lives. cutting peat fires, men Collies guiding lambs gardens, yard flowers, vegetables, collecting dulse carrageen seaweed shore soup soaps. During Collie farm pooch herding skills. visited cottages Cahirciveen centuries-old Church cemetery. 43 Oratory castle ruin Cahirciveen, riders Inch Dingle, shared tea Tea House, Shannon, toured Ballycarbery 44 farm, horse castle. pubs, music, talked locals, antiquities, castles landscapes storybook. shopkeeper tomorrow, please God. bonded. Award-winning articles health, arts, travel numerous regional magazines, journals, trade publications. IRELAND BASICS great--thanks culinary reputation. either Johnny Cash airs. driving insane. Roads donkey carts struggle sustain twoway car overlooking side walls other. friendly. Pubs welcoming Irish frugal, save LOCAL LINGO humor poetry musicality language. widely spoken west. lingo. craic pronounced crack eejit idiot, wanker boor. favorites savages unruly mob socks work. 45 Rebel cause strikes pose video. Until happens, theres telling turn. Sanibels obscene catcalls, bystanders afraid intervene, Choosing endure controversy--risking silky image teen prodigy performing Christmas shows--the 26-year-old wrote produced No, song accompanying Records, label sister, Victoria. Wolanins visual four-minute symbolize sexual harassment assault walks life. sharp pop songs superb contralto, driven band thugs London TOPNOTCH RECORDS 47 Her fictionalized womans encounter parking garage aggressor deliverance punishment, isnt alarm sensationalize tragedy. Rather, speaking forum commands Grammy-listed artist, confront crimes hurt. scared much, incident prompting outrage. video, lured turns tables him, victims contemplate rarely execute. felt powerless, upset. Words performances should entertain, ignite action, issues gender bullying, handled disciplinary wink astonishes alienates girls, cautionary highlights societys warped notion consent. 48 49 research, fact, depicts homophobic teasing bullying genders behaviors slip radar, dangerously materializing universities, rape alarmingly common. Sexual Violence Resource reports university report attempted assault, knowing alleged attacker. Since police, higher, advocates concede. messaging school celebrities reduce sexualized threats 2015. bright, sunny morning however, Victoria parents, Illona Vincent, sisters returning Theyve spent promoting dramatic lighting Bouha Kazmi. filmed Adelicia, luxury high-rise Nashville, Tennessee. media stopovers. Life concedes. Back raised, talk post video-hosting Vevo. appear close, finishing sentences. well-educated Cornell grad, Vanderbilt alum. banter interview describing genesis No. crossing verbally assaulted aggressors, didnt reaction pictured, obscenities. bolted. 51 currently download platforms. Editor-in-Chief 52 moments aftermath, diminished. Shed experienced harsher kind frightening sticks. 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