Cape Coral Breeze Athletes of the Week

Junior Olympics

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Kiwanis is an organization dedicated to improving the lives of one child and one community at a time

"We at the Pine Island Kiwanis enjoy doing everything we can for the kids with special focus on Pine Island," he said

Saturday’s event went very well, Shevlin said, noting that there have been over 80 kids for the past several years In light of Pine Island recovery from the recent hurricane, the subject of not having the event, never even came up, he added

“There was no question about doing it We’ve done it every year, through the pandemic and whatever else. For the last three or four years we’ve done it in January instead of December and that’s been a big deal,” Shevlin said

He said holding the event after the holidays seems to work better for the community, as the amount of participants doubled immediately following the later date, and foresees continuing the event in January for this reason

According to Shevlin, dedication has little do with his long-time devotion to the event, saying, “It’s just really fun ”

He credits the kids, parents and everyone else who’s helped with the event for the great turnout and camaraderie.

“It’s fun for the community, it’s fun for us who are doing it there are just not enough kid things that we can all participate in out here I wish we had more,”

Cape Coral Breeze Athletes Week of the

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Honc From page 1

H o n c I n d u s t r i e s , b e g a n a s H o n c Construction, under John Honc Sr in Bokeelia in 1955 Of the four Honc companies still in existence, the Honc Industries office is maintained on Pine Island to this day Steve said he feels he’s in good company, as he credits many other Pine Islanders for taking their place in leadership, who’ve offered their skill, talent, ability and generosity for betterment of the island

“When you watch other people accept that award, you see what they do and you understand their contributions to the community. You don’t ever think that what you’re doing is really that signific a n t , b u t t h e n w h e n y o u ’ r e a w a r d e d something like this, it really is kind of a reminder that your contributions don’t go unnoticed,” Steve said

Lovegrove

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“I have like 300 of them, so I paint every morning,” Lovegrove said Having set her sights for a new gallery in downtown Fort Myers, the artist admits the most important thing now is getting settled in so she can continue to paint After hearing the news regarding the post-hurricane destruction of her gallery, the Peace River Botanical and Sculpture Gardens in Punta Gorda invited Lovegrove to be their featured artist The news couldn’t come at a better time, since Lovegrove approximates having lost $800,000 worth of inventory

“We were getting ready for this big season -- we would see 1,000 people a day before this hurricane,” Lovegrove said Her work on the island continues, as Lovegrove has plans to refurbish the mural in the Matlacha Post Office The work, originally scheduled for October, she said, will most likely take place in February

The people of downtown Fort Myers have welcomed Lovegrove with open arms, she said, as she was fortunate to have closed on a condominium there just two weeks before the hurricane, athrough Lovegrove said she’s an island girl at heart who will always be a part of Matlacha

“We still own a home in Matlacha, we’re not abandoning Matlacha I’m actually going to have a little Matlacha corner at my new place in Fort Myers and I’m going to promote the businesses there as well it’s been such a huge part of my life My love affair with Matlacha will continue,” Lovegrove said