Growing Pains
BY EVAN WILLIAMS ewilliams@florida-weekly.com
      In late November of 2001, the city of Fort Myers - defined at that moment as more than 1,500 government leaders, stakeholders and residents - conducted a 10- day "charrette.
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State to reform juvenile justice system
But leaves Southwest Florida off the 25-member committee
BY _JEFF _CULL jcull@florida-weely.com
      Florida announced a plan last week to reform the juvenile justice system that was rocked by the death of a 14-year-old boy in a juvenile boot camp in 2006. That was good news to local experts in teen crime but left some Southwest Florida advocates cold.
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Cord blood can aid future medical battles
BY MICHELLE _L. _START Florida Weekly Correspondent
      Every year along with his property taxes, Dr. Kevin Fleishman receives another bill. Nine years ago, Fleishman decided to collect his newborn son's umbilical cord blood and have it sent to Cryobanks International in Altamonte Springs for storage.
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15 MINUTES
Experience of a lifetime
BY EVAN _WILLIAMS Florida Weekly Correspondent
      Inside the salmon colored Ambassador Hotel on the river, in the bar, it is about 4 p.m. and bartender Liz Shepard, 56, is stocking up on ice and Budweiser, as well as a few sixpacks of Samuel Adams. "Did you want a couple of shots of 1800?," she asks a couple of guys (the only customers) playing ...
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Unclaimed property tops $1 billion mark
Lee residents owed more than $17 million
FLORIDA WEEKLY STAFF REPORT
      Florida's Bureau of Unclaimed Property recently reported that it currently holds unclaimed property accounts valued at more than $1 billion, mostly from dormant accounts in financial institutions, insurance and utility companies, securities and trust holdings.
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Hospitals debut new record system
BY MICHELLE L. _START Florida Weekly Correspondent
      Lee Memorial Health System is rolling out a multi-million dollar electronic record system aimed at linking area emergency rooms with physician offices. The system went live at Cape Coral Hospital's emergency room June 19 under the name of Epic and with Lee Physicians Group under the name Epicare ...
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Enjoying space on Earth
BY ELLA NAYOR enayor@florida-weekly.com
      Exploding nebulas. Bursting stars. And endless black holes. Oh what the thought of space and all of its mysteries do to me. Just the mere thought of the star encrusted heavens and its infinite planets, galaxies and universe launches me into a lather.
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Web site dedicated to seafood consumers
SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY
      Seafood consumers in the U.S., increasingly concerned about the sustainability and quality of seafood, can now turn to a NOAA Fisheries Service Web site, Fish- Watch, for the latest information. The Web site, at www.fishwatch.noaa. gov, has information on more than 30 of the most popular seafood ...
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New Web site highlights area hot spots
BY MICHELLE L. _START Florida Weekly Correspondent
      A Cape Coral woman is hoping her Web site will become the myspace of the 239 area code. "We do the whole myspace thing and everybody is into blogging," said Susan Milner, 27, of Cape Coral. "We need something for people who live in the 239 area code to be able to find out what's going on.
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Less intense hurricane season predicted
But August - October is the big season for Lee County
FLORIDA WEEKLY STAFF REPORT
      August is the real beginning of hurricane season. "This year's hurricane season has gotten off to a fairly slow start, due primarily to unfavorable thermodynamic conditions," said Philip Klotzbach, a Colorado State University storm forecaster.
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