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November 1, 2007
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BUYING time
Nearly 11,000 Lee County pets are euthanized annually
BY KAREN FELDMAN Florida Weekly Correspondent
      I t's human folly, frailty and misfortune that's caused the problem, but it's millions of innocent, surplus animals that pay the price. The reasons people cite for giving up their animals vary - "too many pets," "allergies," "landlord wouldn't allow," "divorce," "stray," "moving" - but the re...
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Public art projects coming to Fort Myers
BY EVAN WILLIAMS ewilliams@florida-weekly.com
      Construction cones, strip malls, graffiti, gated communities, car dealerships, or a man drunkenly urinating on the side of a gas station, are all examples of what is not generally considered "public art," and are appreciated more by some than others, in the often picturesque city of Fort Myers.
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Air travel up at SWF International
Passenger traffic more than 7 percent higher than last year
SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY
      During the month of September, over 387,000 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport, an increase of 5.2 percent compared to September 2006. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 7.5 percent over the same period last year.
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Trash talk and the best dog in town
15 MINUTES
_BY EVAN _WILLIAMS ewilliams@florida-weekly.com
      block north of Winkler Avenue on Fowler Street, you may have noticed the stainless steel hot dog cart that's been there five days a week for 16 years. At 10:30 a.m. last Friday under a grey sky, Joe D'Acunto, the owner and Brooklyn native who moved to Florida in 1991, already had a crowd.
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LMHS board meetings now on TV
      Lee Memorial Health System Board of Director meetings and Trauma District meetings will be held in the Lee County Public Education Center, 2855 Colonial Boulevard, Fort Myers. The monthly meetings, which begin at 6 p.m., will be televised in Fort Myers on Comcast Cable Channel 20. In Cape Coral, m...
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JetBlue adds new routes to New York cities
      JetBlue Airways will add even more snowbird service this winter with the addition of daily nonstop service from Buffalo and White Plains to Fort Myers. Both routes will operate once daily from Jan. 8 - April 30, with introductory fares priced at just $84 each way.
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Downtown road closures
      Road crews have opened Bay Street (as a two-way street) from the City of Palms parking garage east to Jackson Street and have closed Bay Street from the City of Palms parking garage west to Monroe Street for the next phase of the Downtown Utility and Streetscape Improvements Project. Bay Street wi...
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Grants available for nonprofits
Southwest Florida Community Foundation
      The Southwest Florida Community Foundation Founders Grant Cycle deadline for applications is Nov. 6. All applications must be completed and received by mail or delivered to the Community Foundation office, at 8260 College Parkway Suite 101, no later than 4 p.m.
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Gulfshore Life names decade's best
      They've championed the arts and cared for the sick. They've founded retail giants and established a world-class education center in a new town. They are omnipresent trailblazers using their talents and passions to shape and improve our communities.
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Children's injury prevention fair set
Event offers kids safety lessons while having fun
      Lee Memorial Health System will hold a Children's Injury Prevention Fair on Saturday, Nov. 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lee Memorial Hospital, 2776 Cleveland Avenue, Fort Myers. The fair is designed to promote injury prevention by combining fun activities and useful information for the entire fami...
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Who will stop the PAIN?
PET TALES
BY DR. MARTY BECKER and _GINA SPADAFORI Correspondent
      Just as with human medicine, advancements in the way we think of and treat pain for animals is improving the quality of life for pets, with veterinarians now being able to choose from a wide array of products and strategies to ease the hurt.
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Joint disease often untreated in cats
      • An article in Veterinary Practice News compared the written medical records of 100 cats older than 12 years to X-rays of the cats taken at North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
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