Kiwanis Club

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Festival and Trunk or Treat event in October These events, he said, included Kiwanis providing bounce houses, games, food and fun, annually

“During the 2022 to 2023 school year, only 28 days after Hurricane Ian made a direct hit, the Pine Island

“In addition to all the wonderful things Kiwanis does for our community, they also support scholarships for graduating seniors Over the past 40 years, the Kiwanis Club has awarded over $400,000 in scholarships to students that either live on Pine Island or attended Pine Island Elementary School previously.”

Dr Tom Millins, PIE principal

Kiwanis Club continued their 35-year-old tradition of hosting the event Although it was amazing just to continue with this tradition, it was equally impressive that many of the Kiwanis members who volunteered for the event did not have their own houses or were displaced by the hurricane However, these community volunteers continued to support our school community,” Millins said

The Kiwanis Club also assisted in other ways after the h u r r i c a n e , h e a d d e d , e x p l a i n i n g t h a t t h e M a t l a c h a Community Center was destroyed during the storm, which resulted in students not having an afterschool program at the community center The Kiwanis Club members allocated $14,000 worth of financial assistance so the students could attend the afterschool program at Pine Island Elementary free of charge until June 2023, he

Excellence From page 1 excellence in and out of the classroom

“In my 19 years as school-based administrator, I have never worked with a more dedicated employee She is truly outstanding Ms Manguson has been teaching at PIE for the past 33 years and her commitment to the island students is evident when you speak to her or visit her classroom We are proud that she is a part of said

“This financial donation was so appreciated and helped lessen some of the financial burdens placed on families in need In addition to the afterschool program, the Kiwanis Club members support our school by having v o l u n t e e r s h e l p b y r e a d i n g t o o u r s t u d e n t s e v e r y Wednesday. This extra reading assistance helps provide our students with another academic intervention to ensure the success of our school Each year, the Kiwanis, or organization, also provides atlases to all of our fourth grade students,” Millins said

Millins also named the 43rd annual Kiwanis Junior Olympics as a very successful island event in showing community participation and involvement In addition, he said, Kiwanis supports the end of the year award ceremonies by providing awards for the students Each year, he explained, Kiwanis members help during the award ceremonies to present the awards, honoring the outstanding students in grades three through five

“In addition to all the wonderful things Kiwanis does for our community, they also support scholarships for graduating seniors Over the past 40 years, the Kiwanis Club has awarded over $400,000 in scholarships to students that either live on Pine Island or attended Pine Island Elementary School previously I am so grateful to the Kiwanis club and all the other organizations on the i s l a n d f o r t h e c o n t i n u i n g s u p p o r t o f P i n e I s l a n d Elementary,” Millins said the PIE family and she is very deserving of this award,” Millins said Millins said Ajin is a dedicated student who has worked hard at PIE since kindergarten He was selected for this award by both of his fifth grade teachers

According to fifth grade teacher, Ms Amico-Dodig, he exhibits leadership qualities and lives by the school’s motto of being Kind, Caring, Respectful, Responsible and Safe

From page 4 continuously maintain or replace their oyster reefs to fixed parameters? What outside agency is going to supervise these projects?

6 The city has negotiated with the city of Fort Myers on an inter-local agreement for the city to purchase and dispose of reclaimed water generated by Fort Myers (the Connect Project) This Connect Project will result in a substantial reduction of nutrients to the Caloosahatchee River

How’s Cape Coral going to use this water so it reduces the nutrient load in the Caloosahatchee and not raise it in Matlacha Pass? Just curious

7. A detailed public education program concerning endangered species, boater safety and water quality protection

How are you going to make people listen and learn? I love sitting on my dock on weekends and watching two or three DA’s run up on the barely submerged oyster bars because they don’t read charts! These are the same people who go blasting through the channel in Matlacha Pass well above the posted speeds because they have more horsepower than IQ!

The letter writer states the lock has been open for seven months with no degradation of the mangroves Do you believe in acid rain? How about global warming? Neither of these phenomena began shortly after humans started burning high sulfur coal or aromatic hydrocarbons The glaciers took thousands of years to form and subsequently recede Nature doesn’t act, or react, quickly

We have a 42-acre mangrove island behind our house which Ian tore to shreds It is just beginning to look more green than brown at the end of seven months. Are you sure of the viability of the mangroves you’re referring to?

The Chiquita lock has been around a long time Let’s make sure that good science has a say in what happens with it

Dan Herfurth Matlacha