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DEPARTMENTS
10 Best Bets
FEATURES
12 Craft Beer is Here
Microbreweries are on tap in Estero
14 Americas Home Team
David Van Sleets Wounded Warrior
Amputee Softball Team speaks to the
heart of America
18 Art & Nature at FGCU
FLOR500 Spotlights Native Plants
DINING
24 Ruths Chris Steak House
A sizzeling success story
HAPPENINGS
30 Tri-Town Classic Golf Tournament
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32 Speakers Assembly of
Southwest Florida
34 Komen Race for the Cure
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38 Chow Down for Charity
40 FGCU March Madness
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In southwest Florida, May
is one of the greatest months
of the year! This transitional
month from dry to rainy season
is perfect for almost any activity
or interest that you can imagine.
Not too hot, not too chilly, and
just enough rain to keep things
green and shiny, which enables
us to get out and enjoy paradise
in every way. And the best part of
living in this paradise is that you
have the option of doing as much
or as little as you desire.
Many of us choose to keep busy
with golf, tennis, boating, taking
in a Miracle baseball game, or
other activities that our diverse
natural resources offer, while
others opt to simply relax at the
beach or poolside, perhaps with a
good book (or the latest issue of
Estero Lifestyle!).
On the other hand, local
Rapallo resident David Van Sleet
has merged his career with his
love of softball and his respect
and admiration for wounded
veterans, as he leads the charge
for the Wounded Warrior
Amputee Softball Team. What an
uplifting story to kickstart the
month of May.
The more we learn about the
Bower School of Music and the
Arts, the more excited we get
about the cultural opportunities
that are at our ngertips! From
mid-May thru mid-June, art,
history and botany converge
as the opening of the FLOR500
exhibition comes to FGCU. You
will enjoy learning about how
native plants, local artists and
guest lecturers collaborate to tell
an interesting story.
The craft beer craze is beginning
to take the area by storm! Whether
you are interested in where to nd
the best selection to treat your
taste buds or perhaps try your
hand at brewing your own recipe,
this story offers many ways to get
involved. Cheers!
Almost everyone mispronounces
the name of this months featured
restaurant Ruths Chris Steak
House. The key is the apostrophe!
However, once you have eaten there,
the word you wont mispronounce
is delicious! Allow us to help you
discover this sometimes overlooked
gem at Coconut Point Mall. You
will nd it is much more than just a
steak house.
To all mothers near and far, we
wish you a very Happy Mothers
Day. May you receive all the love,
attention, respect and appreciation
you so richly deserve.
And to all of our service men
and women in uniform and our
treasured veterans, we salute
you! Your valor and dedication
keep us safe and free! You are
in the hearts and prayers this
coming Memorial Day and always.
As alwaysEnjoy the Lifestyle!
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MAY 1-10
ARTS-NAPLES WORLD FESTIVAL:
ITALY
Various locations
artsnaplesworldfestival.org
Schedule includes: Venetian
Masquerade at The Club at Olde
Cypress on May 1; Verdis Nabucco
with Opera Naples on May 2;
Introduction to Fazioli Piano and La
Dolce Vita Photography at The Von
Liebig Art Center on May 3; Four
Seasons violin and Sting Orchestra
at Moorings Park on May 5, plus Soul
of Italy photo contest and Quartetto
Gelato at the Sugden Community
Theatre. More performances
on May 6-7 and Italian Cooking
demonstrations at local restaurants
on May 8-9.
MAY 1
BRIT FLOYD: DISCOVERY WORLD
TOUR 2014
Germain Arena,
11000 Everblades Pkwy., Estero
239.948.7825 or germainarena.com
Brit Floyd, featuring music from all
14 Pink Floyd studio albums. Over 1
million tickets sold worldwide. Also
coming to Germain Arena this month:
Foreigner, Styx & Don Felder on May
22; and Hunter Hayes on May 31.
MAY 3
ARTIS-NAPLES COMMUNITY DAY
Artis-Naples,
5833 Pelican Bay Blvd., Naples
239.597.1900 or artisnaples.org
Come explore the entire Artis-Naples
campus, with art and activities
for all. Free activities include live
music, an instrument petting zoo
for kids, bilingual storytelling and
access to all museum exhibitions and
galleries. The Naples Philharmonic
will perform a free concert in Hayes
Hall at 2 p.m. to celebrate Cinco de
Mayo with Mariachis and traditional
Mexican music.
MAY 4
TASTE OF THE BEACH
Fort Myers Beach, along Old San
Carlos Blvd., 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
chamber.fortmyersbeach.org
The 19th Annual Taste of the
MAY
events
The 19th Annual Taste
of the Beach on May 4.
Brit Floyd live in concert at
Germain Arena on May 1.
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Beach offers tasty samples from
area restaurants, along with live
entertainment. Admission is $5 for
adults and children over 12. Food
tickets are $1 each. Taste of the
Beach Awards will be given for Best
Appetizer, Best Dessert, and Best
Entres.
MAY 4-6
MIRACLE BASEBALL VS.
BRADENTON
Hammond Stadium,
14400 Six Mile Cypress Pkwy.,
Fort Myers
239.768.4210 or miraclebaseball.
com
The Fort Myers Miracle take on
Bradenton. Other home games this
month include May 9-10 vs. Jupiter,
May 16-19 vs. Daytona, May 24-25 vs.
Jupiter and May 31-June 3 vs. Tampa.
MAY 7
ANGELINAS FAREWELL WINE
DINNER
Angelinas Ristorante, 24041
S. Tamiami Trail, Bonita Springs
239.390.3187 or
angelinasofbonitasprings.com
The Grand Finale for the Wine
Dinner series, celebrating the
season of eating and drinking. Join
Sommelier Angela Morales and
Executive Chef Sarah Grueneberg on
a dining experience exploring Italys
diverse and rich culinary traditions.
$145 a person.
MAY 9
WIZARD OF OZ
Center for Performing Arts, 10150
Bonita Beach Rd., Bonita Springs
239.495.8989 or
artcenterbonita.org
The famous story and songs you love
presented by CFABS Youth Players.
Songs include: Over the Rainbow,
Munchkinland and If I Only Had a
Brain.
MAY 11
MOTHERS DAY MURDER MYSTERY
DINNER TRAIN
Seminole Gulf Railway,
2805 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers
239.275.8487 or semgulf.com
Throw Mama on the train and watch
I SPY a Murder. Inspector Henri
Dijon is out to save the American
space program from Soviet spies in
this early 1960s romp. Tickets are
$69. I SPY a Murder runs through
June 1.
MAY 17
DVORAK NEW WORLD SYMPHONY:
BARBER CELLO CONCERTO
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts
Hall, 13350 Edison Pkwy., Ft. Myers
239.481.4849 or bbmannpah.com
Dvorak Symphony No. 9, Larsens
Deep Summer Music and Barbers
Cello Concerto in A Mino. Cellist
Christine Lamprea, winner of the
16th Sphinx Competition, joins the
Gulf Coast Symphony.
MAY 19
CENTER FOR THE ARTS CLASSES
BEGIN
Center for the Arts of Bonita
Springs, 26100 Old US 41 Rd.,
Bonita Springs
239.495.8989 or artcenterbonita.
org
A new session of classes begins at
the Center. Choose from drawing,
painting, clay, photography, fused
glass and more. Mini classes, four-to-
six week classes and intense study
workshops with well-known artists
are also offered. View the online
catalog for details.
MAY 29-JUNE 21
MID-LIFE THE CRISIS MUSICAL
Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre,
1380 Colonial Blvd., Fort Myers
239.278.4422 or
broadwaypalm.com
This amusing, sometimes moving,
musical comedy pokes fun at the
curiosities and inevitability of middle
age. The hilarious songs cover
reading glasses, going bald, acid
reux, mood swings, double chins
and hot ashes. Continuing through
May 24 this month at Broadway Palm
is The Music Man. Freckleface
Strawberry opens May 2 in the
Childrens Theatre.
Cellist Christine Lamprea joins the
Gulf Coast Symphony on May 17.
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Craft Beer Is Here
Microbreweries are on tap in Estero
BY LAURA J. CUMMINGS GATES
S
outhwest Florida may be about ve years behind
other regions of the nation when it comes to
craft beer, but options for nding or making
a good beer are rapidly on the rise.
Why people who drink good beer are so
passionate about it is because its so good, says Don
Story, who runs Brew Story, a home brew supply store in
Estero. It tastes so different that I cant drink the other
stuff anymore.
If a restaurant doesnt have craft beer, Story says hed
rather drink water. And thats saying something for a man
who has kept a keg of beer on tap in his home for the last
20 years.
The story of beer in the U.S. was abruptly altered by
Prohibition. Before 1920, there were 4,600 breweries in
the nation, Story notes. After prohibition, just 36 macro-
breweries dominated the market for decades, until
microbreweries started to emerge in the 1970s. Now, craft
beers represent more than 10 percent of overall beer sales
in the U.S., Story says, noting a 100 percent increase over
the last ve years.
Locally, Southwest Florida is just beginning to taste
the difference, with craft beer menus popping up at
local restaurants and microbreweries with tasting rooms
opening in the region.
I think the population is getting a little younger, and
more people are moving from regions where theres craft
beer, says Brian Hahn, who plans to open Momentum
Brewhouse on Bonita Beach Road late this summer. The
area needs something like this. Its fun for the whole family.
Its almost like a coffee shop atmosphere, but with beer.
Will microbreweries become as common as coffee
shops?
This industry is growing by leaps and bounds, says
Story, who prefers to make his own home brews.
He helps craft beer acionados learn to brew their own
ale. A startup system and beer ingredient kit cost about
$350. Story offers kits for 30 different types of beers,
ranging in alcohol content from 4.1-9.5 percent.
Beer is chemistry, he says. People who do this have
FEATURE
House of Brewz carries 300 diferent
craft beers, with 150 on draft.
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Beer is chemistry,
story says. People
who do this have
an engineering
mentality. They
want to make their
own equipment and
tweak their recipes
to get the exact
taste they want.
Clockwise from top: Don Story of Brew
Story, a home brew store in Estero; The
House of Brewz management team;
Premium malt for home brews.
an engineering mentality. They want to make their own
equipment and tweak their recipes to get the exact taste
they want.
Indeed, Hahn is a former industrial engineer.
Its setting up an assembly line and putting a product
out, but now I get to see the smile on the customers face,
he says.
Momentum Brewhouse wont be a bar atmosphere,
Hahn adds. It will be a happening hangout, with live music
and events like car and motorcycle shows.
An increasing number of local eateries are latching onto
the craft beer trend, some centering their business around
it.
House of Brewz opened in Gulf Coast Town Center in
November and celebrated its grand opening in February.
The bar carries 300 different craft beers, with 150 on draft.
The breweries that make these [craft beers] pay a lot
of attention to what they put in the beer, says General
Manager John Howard. Its an art form.
House of Brewz hosts frequent release parties for new
brews and constantly rotates drafts. They carry as many
local beers as possible, from Fort
Myers Brewing Company to Cigar City
Brewing in Tampa, which is ranked
No. 5 in the nation for microbreweries.
We have high quality beer, as well
as high quality food made in our from
scratch kitchen, Howard adds.
Hurricane Grill & Wings was the
rst to bring craft beer to Estero,
Story notes. Fords Garage opened in
Miromar Outlets last fall, with a seven-
page beer menu. While the community
didnt allow World of Beer to come to
Coconut Point, Story says he thinks
attitudes are changing as the industry grows.
I dont drink to get drunk, he adds. I drink beer
because I love the taste of a good beer.
While most home brewers are male, Story is surprised
by the number of couples who are getting into the hobby
together. His own wife, Jackie, wasnt a beer drinker for
years until the couple started hosting beer dinners,
pairing craft beers with entre and dessert courses.
Now shes become a very educated beer geek, Story
says. She loves beer as much as I do.
Brew Story stocks about 35 types of grains, more than
30 hops and 15 varieties of yeast. Creating a recipe may
be art, but consistently producing it is science, he says.
Its not hard, but it takes patience, Story muses. I
always age my beer a long time. Most guys cant wait, but
they admit if you do, it tastes better.
FEATURE
Josh Wege, a double amputee and
medically retired Marine bats for the
Wounded Warriors in their game
against FGCU.
Wounded
Warriors:
Americas Home Team
BY LAURA J. CUMMINGS GATES
PHOTOS BY CAPTIVE PHOTONS
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apallo resident David Van Sleet hit upon an
idea which speaks to the heart of America
when he formed the Wounded Warrior
Amputee Softball Team three years ago.
Merging his career in prosthetics with the
Department of Veterans Affairs and his longtime love of
softball, he formed a new kind of special operating unit
for the military. It includes 20 men who have served their
country in overseas combat and paid dearly with a limb.
They couldve chosen to give up hope, to succumb to
depression and a life of limited opportunity. Instead, these
warriors have chosen to train and live by the Wounded
Warrior motto: Life Without a Limb is Limitless.
Theyve already won before they get on the eld,
says Van Sleet, who retired from his post as prosthetics
manager for the VAs Southwest Health Care Network to
manage the Wounded Warriors full time.
Southwest Florida has played a major role in bringing the
amputee team into the national limelight. A congressional
grant paid for an initial weeklong training camp in Arizona
in March 2011, but there were no funds to continue.
Van Sleets father, Jack, stepped up to organize a
fundraiser with Highland Woods Golf and Country Club
in Bonita Springs, raising $7,000 for the teams rst trip
to Washington, D.C. They played able-bodied teams from
the FBI, Walter Reed Medical Center and the U.S. Naval
Academy, gaining them national media recognition.
Theyve since been featured in Sports Illustrated,
on ESPN and HBO Real Sports, People magazine and
numerous other media organizations. The Warriors have
played games in 67 cities and 28 states, making about 125
trips in the last three years. Their competitors include
Olympians, college players, professionals and celebrities.
This team is not just a softball team, says Josh Wege,
a double amputee and medically retired Marine who has
been with the Warriors since the beginning. For the guys,
its therapy. Its a comeback story, and everybody needs
something like that.
Wege, 24, lost both legs beneath the knee from an
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explosion while on patrol in Afghanistan
in October 2009.
We were on patrol and rolled over a
200-pound IED that blew through the
hull where I was sitting, Wege recalls.
I couldnt feel my feet. I looked down
and my legs were severed. It looked like
a movie prop. My guys pulled me out the
vehicle. They saved my life.
When he had arrived in Afghanistan,
Wege was a strong, invincible Marine. He
had always welcomed challenges, but he
never imagined this. Yet it is now a part of
his story that he embraces, thankful for the
opportunities he experiences as a traveling
softball player, military ambassador and
public speaker.
Its a neat opportunity out of something
most people would quit at, Wege says. Its
denitely given me a different perspective
on life. Ive grown up fast. I know who I am,
which is kind of a unique thing at my age.
The Wounded Warriors come from all
across America, gathering to play roughly
two weekends a month. The team played
a celebrity team from Florida Gulf Coast
University in February, narrowly winning
with a score of 11-10.
The event was a highlight for our
department again this year, says Graham
Diemer, FGCUs director of Athletic
Advancement.
The Warriors play in Rocky Mountain,
N.C., and Norfolk, Va., this month. Always
playing able-bodied competitors, they
boast a winning record.
I get annoyed if people take it easy on
us, says Wege, a utility player who steps
up wherever needed. When we step on
the eld, I expect to be treated like an
athlete. Were competitors. We all have
that warrior ethos.
A Wisconsin native, Wege may be
sighted around Estero more often this fall,
as he is planning to enroll at FGCU.
I like the area, he says. Its a beautiful
school, and its a smaller school, which I
like. Its really where my heart is.
He plans to study prosthetics so he can
help others like himself to live a fuller life.
Wege went through 17 pairs of legs before
finding his current set, the Modified
Cheetah, which he says has made him
twice as fast and agile.
The cool thing about prosthetics is you
have an immediate impact on someones
life, he says.
Hes already got the OK from FGCU
ofcials to continue traveling with the
Wounded Warriors, operating as a student
athlete during his time at FGCU.
Whatever you do, dont us the word
disabled around Wege or any of the other
determined warrior-athletes.
Its part of your past, and its a part of
you; its just another chapter in your story,
Wege says. It tells a lot about you if you
can bounce back from something like that.
Everyone likes a comeback story, which
is part of what continues to make the
Wounded Warriors Americas favorite
home team.
Its denitely
given me a diferent
perspective on life.
Ive grown up fast.
I know who I am,
which is kind of a
unique thing at
my age, says Josh
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rt, history and botany
intermingle as the FLOR500
exhibition comes to Florida
Gulf Coast University this
month.
This statewide collaborative project
dreamed up by Miami artist and Florida
International University professor
Xavier Cortada seeks to commemorate
Floridas quincentennial by giving a
glimpse of what the landscape looked
like when Juan Ponce de Len landed
here in 1513, naming the land La
Florida, from the Spanish word for
ower.
What he has developed is an
environmental art project that spans
the entire state, says Region Seven
curator Mary Voytek, an associate
professor of sculpture at FGCU.
Five hundred Florida artists were
selected, including about 60 from
Southwest Florida, each choosing to
depict one of 500 native wildowers
identified by a team of scientists.
Historians also contributed to this
massive participatory project by
identifying 500 signicant gures in
Florida history. Each will be honored
with a new wildower garden planted
to help support Floridas biodiversity.
The FLOR500 exhibit fits well
with FGCUs mission, which
includes community partnerships
and environmental sustainability,
notes FGCU Art Gallery Coordinator
Anica Sturdivant. The universitys
1,900-square-foot art gallery hosts up
to 10 exhibits a year, including student
art shows, regional artists and national
exhibitions.
This year, the art and music schools
merged at FGCU, forming the Bower
School of Music and the Arts, providing
even more opportunities for creative
ART &
NATURE
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FGCU:
FLOR500
Spotlights
Native Plants
By Laura J. Cummings Gates
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collaboration.
Were trying to bring the program
together and incorporate performing and
visual arts, explains Joanna Hoch, Bowers
new Event Coordinator, who joined FGCU
in January along with Art Gallery Director
John Loscuito. Hes busy planning art shows
and exhibits for 2015-16.
Voytek remembers when the universitys
art program consisted of one carpeted
classroom in the Humanities Building. The
Arts Complex opened in 2002 and now
accommodates 150 art majors.
Voytek has herself created a work of
hand-forged aluminum to depict the
Leatherleaf Airplant in FLOR500.
Believing in the power of art and
building community through collaboration,
Clockwise from left: Lauren
Bakers Coinvine; David
Hatchetts Goldenclub; Kerri
Meehans Sweetbroom
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the soft, uid surfaces of my artwork
are intended to inspire a spiritual and
contemplative connection with nature,
while sparking new awareness and
promoting stewardship, she writes of
her sculpture.
As curator, Voytek is coordinating
admission and placement of more than
50 works of art from an eight-county
region.
Its is a huge undertaking, she
says. Installing all those art pieces is
going to be a big job.
Estero resident Patricia Faye,
an FGCU professor of ceramics, is
creating a piece to represent Lopsided
Indiangrass, while Estero artist Andy
Browne has done an oil painting of the
White Stopper.
My work is primarily concerned
with garden images to illustrate
our connection with the world, he
writes of his inspiration. I am very
concerned with our cavalier attitude
towards the natural world and the
steady destruction of all habitats.
The FLOR500 works span all
mediums, including watercolor,
acrylics, drawings, sculptures of metal
and plywood, even abstractions.
I think the show will have a wide
audience appeal with the variety of
mediums, styles and interpretations,
Voytek says. Most importantly, we will
certainly raise awareness of our native
wildowers, which are sorely under-
appreciated.
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Clockwise from top: Lily
Hatchetts Okeechobee
Gourd; Xavier Cortadas
Beach Creeper; Raymond
Hernandezs Ghost Orchid
GROWING NATIVE
FGCU will be alive with native plant enthusiasts, from artists and backyard
gardeners to serious botanists and biologists.
Growing Native, the Florida Native Plant Society annual conference, will be
happening in conjunction with FLOR500, with speakers and activities planned
for four days from May 15-18.
Its wonderful, Voytek muses. We are having this show and coincidentally,
they are having this conference at the same time. There will be 400-500 native
plant specialists staying on campus.
A special Walking with the Natives event will be held on Saturday afternoon,
offering local families the chance to explore FGCUs many nature trails. The
Florida Forest Service is donating slash pines for families to plant at home, as part
of Xavier Cortadas Native Flag Reclamation Project. Its an urban reforestation
effort to help restore native habitats for plants and animals. Local residents are
asked to create a green ag to display in their front yard next to a newly planted
native tree.
The goal is that when people leave, theyll be able to identify ve native plants
or more, says Growing Native Conference Chair Marlene Rodak. It stimulates
their curiosity and develops a connection with nature.
Cortada will be speaking to conference attendees Saturday afternoon, followed
by Dr. Bill Hammond, who was instrumental in starting the Environmental
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started the Florida Master Naturalist program. Dr. J.C. Cahill, of PBSs What
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As the conference closer, Hammond will speak about the connection between
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Im trying to build a rationale for why native plants and green space are so
critical to our society from a health standpoint, he says, adding green space
boosts tourism, cleans water and air and provides recreational space.
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Our server, Billy, a likable and outgoing FGCU
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I just cant get that anywhere else, Billy says. People
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Other surprises at this upscale eatery include a casual yet
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A full-course meal doesnt have to be outrageously
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Ruths Chris also will come to you for catering needs large
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We cater, from a simple drop off of appetizers and hors
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We happened to be celebrating a birthday, so he made
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Mark and Billy, along with many support staff members,
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This is one of the best looking and tastiest calamari
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Fresh-squeezed juices and other quality ingredients make
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Ruths Chris does seafood as well as steak. This fresh-
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David and Trisha Barton with circus cast members
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Trish Leonard, Debra Haley, GiGi, Keith Buttereld and President of Speakers
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Komen Race for the Cure
Komen Race for the Cure brought more than 2,000
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than $650,000 for breast cancer support and research. This
year, organizers added a Pre Pink Out Party on Friday night.
The event included free survivor makeovers by the Survivor
Glam Squad. Top fundraising teams set up in Team Village
while the Greg Miller Band played. A luminary ceremony at
dark included moving songs by 10-year-old vocalist Gabby
Pizzi and the Spirit of the Gulf Chorus.
SCENE ON SITE
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Meghan Deloney, Caroline Keogh, and Craig Barbaro
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Barbara Anderson and Dr. Dorothy Taylor Becky Hudson and Gloria Delph
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The Rotary Club of Estero held its annual FunFest, Chow Down for Charity,
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and arts and crafts marked the event. Corvettes of Naples brought pristine
vintage and modern Corvettes to show. The Nowhere Band headlined the
musical entertainment, and children enjoyed bounce houses and other
activities. Local art students were recognized for their talent at the Estero
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