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hat better way to welcome spring than with music and movement? The Southwest Florida Concert Band will perform a concert Swinging into Spring featuring music from Glen Miller to Michael Bublé on Sunday March 15, at 2pm The Southwest Florida Concert Band with at South Fort Myers High Conductor John Monachan School, 14020 Plantation Rd, Fort Myers, FL 33912. The community band made up of 45 local members plans to play all the classics that’ll make you want to move. From soulful Ray Charles to a swing band arrangement of Duke Ellington to Michael Bublé’s newer renderings of the classics, this event is made for any and all attendees. In the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, there will be a feature for Lord of the Dance, an Irish dance sensation. In addition to these great acts, there will also be an original composition from a local composer on the theme of the Mexican Hat Dance melody and a driving Blues Brothers arrangement which includes I Can’t Turn You Loose, Soul Man and Everyone Need Someone to Love. Swinging into Spring is a great way to kick off springtime and shake off the winter. From timeless classics to new-aged renditions, the music is sure to entice even the most stoic attendees into demonstrating their best dance moves. Although the concert is free, donations are welcomed. Learn more about the details at www.SWFLConcertBand.org.
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pring is coming, whether it feels like it or not. While the official start of the season is March 19, spring abides by no mere mortal’s rules. It comes and goes at a pace that surprises even the most prepared of us every month. For many Floridians, spring begins with the start of the numerous festivals that the months of March and April house. Too many to count, these festivals act as an invitation for Florida natives to welcome spring with open arms as they begin to shed their winter woes and clothes. From the Gulf to the Atlantic, festival season is just beginning. BIKE WEEK One of these festivals is one simply called “Bike Week”. Centered around Daytona Beach, this weeklong festival begins March 6 and ends March 15 and presents the opportunity to get out into the fresh air. This year will be Bike Week’s 79th year running, and they’re not holding back with the number of festivities. This huge event attracts fellow riders on an international scale, creating a culturally rich atmosphere of different languages and stories. Thousands of bikers are expected to be in attendance, making for a bustling and electrifying weeklong party. Featured events include the vintage and custom bikes show, concerts and several barbecues. From swapmeets to bike shows to bar and saloon meet ups, Bike Week 2020 holds the promise of excitement and making new friends. Visit their website, www.officialbikeweek.com/ , to learn more. SHARK TOOTH FESTIVAL If you’re looking for something to do with visiting family or even just something that differs from the mundane, Shark Tooth Festival in Venice is a great way to greet spring. Named “The Shark Tooth Capital of the World”, this festival allows you
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to get up close with the classic oceanic predator’s chompers. Paired with great food, music and vendors, this festival ensures a great way to celebrate spring on the beach. Start planning now, because although this short three-day festival doesn’t start until April 3, they’re expecting a big turnout for the weekend. Learn more at their website: www.specialolympicsfloridasarasot.godaddysites.com/ . STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL I wouldn’t be able to talk about Florida springtime festivals unless the Florida Strawberry Festival was included, and rightfully so. This grand festival pulls an average of 500,000 folks annually from all over the state in a celebration of spring, strawberries, and community. The 11-day event has many events for its visitors to attend, ranging from entertainment such as Rascal Flatts or 98 Degrees, to carnival rides and food. But this famous festival doesn’t stop there—you can enter various contests such as the art show, livestock competitions, or even the Strawberry Shortcake Eating Contest. Learn more about the festival at www.flstrawberryfestival.com/ . Spring has sprung and so have our festivals. Whether you’re looking for something to do on the open road or with your family, Florida’s spring events never disappoint. There’s something for everyone no matter where you look. More details for all these festivals can be found at their respective websites, including tentative schedules, scheduled talent, and directions.
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local events around town • MarcH 2020 Event: Date: Time: Cost:
Sanibel Shell Festival March 5 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Outdoor FREE/Indoor $5
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Guys and Dolls March 11, 12, 13 7:30 p.m. $15/$38
Place: Sanibel Community House Address: 2173 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, 33957 Phone: 607-280-0974 Website: www.sites.google.com/ site/sanibelshellfestival
Place: Venice Theatre Main Stage Address: 140 Tampa Ave. W., Venice, 34285 Phone: 941-488-1115 Website: www.venicetheatre.org/ events/guys-and-dolls/
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Estero Christian Women’s Connection Luncheon March 13 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. $30 inclusive
Place: The Club at Grandezza Address: 11481 Grande Oak Blvd, Estero, 33928 Phone: 815-545-5056 Website: www.cwcflorida.org
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Storytelling Workshop with Bil Lepp March 20 6 - 8 p.m. $25/20
Place: Alliance for the Arts Address: 10091 McGregor Blvd., Ft Myers, 33919 Phone: 239-939-2787 Email: www.artinlee.org
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Lifestyles After 50 Fun March 26 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. FREE
Place: Venice Friendship Center Address: 2350 Scenic Dr., Venice, 34293 Phone: 813-336-8247 Website: www.lifestylesafter50.com
Bayside Men’s Club Pancake Breakfast Date: March 8 Time: 8 - 11 a.m. Cost: $6 Place: Bayside Estates Recreation Hall Address: 17601 San Carlos Blvd., South Ft Myers, 33931 Phone: 239-466-6322 Website: Please Call
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Lunch & Learn March 27 12 - 1 p.m. $15 includes lunch
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Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center Address: 300 Tower Road, Naples, 34113 Phone: 2 39-530-5940 Website: www.rookerybay.org/events
Cape Coral Animal Shelter Painting Party Date: March 23 Time: 6 - 9 p.m. Cost: $40 all inclusive Place: Big Blue Brewing w/Nettie Price, Artist Address: 4721 SE 10th Place, Cape Coral, 33904 Phone: 239-573-2002 Website: www.nettieprice.com
March in the Park March 14 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. FREE aycee Park-Garden Club of Cape Coral Address: 4125 SE 20th Place, Cape Coral, 33904 Phone: 239-257-2654 Website: www.gardenclubofcape coral.com
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Grab your green garb and go to a St. Paddy’s Day gathering By Carlene Cobb
Florida’s Gulf Coast lifestyle is all about celebrations, and St. Patrick’s Day is a popular occasion. So, grab your green garb and go! Irish music, shepherd’s pie, Guinness and whiskey all flow freely on St. Paddy’s Day. The following parades, pubs and festivals are sure to please. HillsborougH County • tampa Rough Riders 2020 St. Patrick’s Night Parade, 8 to 11 pm Saturday, March 14, Ybor City, is a popular parade and free to attend. Proceeds from St. Paddy’s events are a major fundraiser for Rough Riders, who contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars in monetary gifts and volunteer hours to many charitable organizations. For information and tickets, call 813248-1898, visit website: https://www. tamparoughriders.org/St.PatricksNight-Parade or email: office@ tamparoughriders.org. Rough Riders St. Patrick’s celebration 2019 pinellas County • st. petersburg Mary Margaret’s Olde Irish Tavern, 29 Third Street North, on the historic “First Block” in St. Petersburg—The grand opening is the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day, continuing March 14, 15 and 17. Named for owner Pete Boland’s late grandmother, Mary Margaret Prescott, the tavern will serve both a proper shepherd’s pie (made with lamb) and a vegan shepherd’s pie made with Beyond meat. Guinness, Smithwick’s and other imports are on tap. The tavern boasts a large selection of Irish whiskey, including high-end favorites Green Spot, Middleton Very Rare, and Red Breast. Follow on Facebook for the latest updates: https://www. facebook.com/marymargaretsdtsp/ lake, sumter and marion Counties • tHe Villages St. Patrick’s Day Festival on March 17, at Spanish Springs Town Square in The Villages, 4 to 9 pm, 1120 Main Street, Lady Lake, FL 32159, will be hosted by Celtic Conundrum, and they will perform a mix of modern and traditional music. Enjoy a huge St. Patrick’s Day Festival with food, drink and ongoing entertainment. Visit the facebook events page for updates: https://www.facebook. com/events/868258420260053/?active_tab=about
sarasota County • sarasota Paragon Festivals presents inaugural Sarasota St. Paddy’s Festival, at JD Hamel Park, Gulfstream Avenue and Main Street, downtown Sarasota, March 13-15. Enjoy traditional food, drink and live music Friday evening 4 to 10 pm, Saturday 11am to 10 pm, and Sunday 11am to 6 pm. Bands performing include The Verge, Twinkle & Rock Soul Radio, Kettle of Fish and more. Paragon Festivals’ special guest is Humane Society of Sarasota County, hosting its “Big Mac” mobile adoption center at the festival on Saturday. Paragon Festivals’ website: https:// www.paragonartevents.com. Sláinte Mhaith! Collier County • naples St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 14 at 11am is a 40-year tradition that draws more than 40,000 people to downtown Naples. Floats, fire engines, school groups, marching bands, dance troupes and civic groups begin at 3rd Street South and end at Crayton Cove. Naples St. Patrick Foundation hosts this free, family-friendly event, followed by the allday festival at Sugden Plaza. Learn more at https://rove.me/ to/florida/naples-st-patricksday-parade Naples St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2019, Photo credit: PtKirk1295 Carlene Cobb is an author, correspondent, ghostwriter, blogger and skilled word wrangler whose lifestyle features are widely published. Profile on the Bay Area Professional Writers Guild website: http://www.bapwg.org/?page_id=2978 Profile on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlene-cobb-356b542a/
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‘The Way Back’ March Film By RANDAL C. HILL
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lending a classic sports story with a tale of midlife crisis, Warner Brothers’, The Way Back, isn’t a predictable Disney-type sports drama or an updated Hoosiers, but an unflinching study of life’s pitfalls that can bring down the best and brightest of us. In high school, he had been a superstar. Handsome, whip-smart, popular. And on the basketball court, nobody could match the jaw-dropping skills of Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck). By graduation, Jack had earned a full university scholarship and a potential ticket to a 24-karat dream life. Then, suddenly, he walked away from
his beloved sport and forfeited his future. From an early age, Jack liked to drink. A lot. His imbibing morphed from adolescent Animal House-type partying to quiet, full-blown alcoholism. As a result, he experienced a fall from grace that would devastate his marriage (which included a life-altering tragedy) and any hopes for a successful, or even satisfactory, life. Since Jack’s glory days more than 20 years previously, the basketball team at his alma mater has fallen with a thud. Then a possible break materializes: the current coach suffered a heart attack. Jack—now a middle-aged, chainsmoking construction worker who has never left town—is offered a shot at redemption: coaching a motley team of troubled, undisciplined losers. Jack reluctantly accepts the task, surprising everyone, including himself. As it turns out, he has as much to learn as his players do. Over time, the boys start to come together as a team and even begin to win some games.
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Richard, as kids, doing the same exact thing. I recalled the two of us playing on a blanket in the back yard one day. Rich started crying loudly after he’d cut himself on the edge of a round Mason jar seal. Our Mom rushed out, lifted me up by one arm, and hit me as I yelled “I didn’t do anything!” In reflection, I realized that my normal behavior must have warranted such a response from her. Rich and I spent many years apart when I went into the Navy and when he moved to Arizona to be Mom’s caregiver during her final years. We really bonded when my wife and I flew out to visit for a week or so. After the boys’ pointing episode, I contacted Rich saying that I wanted to apologize. “Did I pick on you a lot when we were kids?” “Mike, I hated you growing up!” Now, we live roughly an hour apart. With
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‘History’s Heroines’
istorically, recognition of influential women was kept to a singular day (International Women’s Day, after garment workers’ strikes in New York City where women marched for economic rights) or a week (National Women’s History Week) prior to 1987. President Ronald Reagan and the Women’s National History Project, Congress established March as Women’s History Month. Therefore, it is only fitting that we recommend four books that we as mentors, teachers, and grandparents can share with young readers about several special women who broke new ground, changed the world, and deserve our attention.
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World, by Malala Yousafzai
Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed The World by Ann Shen 100 revolutionary women who are profiled in this illustrated book are “bad” because they challenged the status quo and changed staunch rules. From artists to scientists, these influential women affected change in their own eras, times, and places.
Only 10 years old when the Taliban took control of her region in Pakistan, prohibited girls from attending school and didn’t allow women in the marketplace, Malala fought to be educated even in the face of death. An international symbol of peaceful protest, she’s the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. This is the autobiographical story of her attempt to change the world by promoting universal access to education.
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A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America On The Moon by Suzanne Slade and illustrated by Veronica Miller
Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built The Brooklyn Bridge by Rachel Dougherty
A math prodigy, Katherine skips grades in elementary school, begins college at the age of 15, and is employed by NASA. However, because she’s a woman, she is excluded from working with the male engineers. Her acumen, skills and determination are eventually recognized, and she joins in to help plan space missions, including what which put man on the moon for the first time.
Emily Roebling grew up in 19th century New York as a “bright, shiny spark who loved to learn,” and gravitated to science and math. She met her husband, engineer Washington Roebling, who took on the immense task of building a bridge that connects Manhattan to Brooklyn. When he fell ill and could no longer work, Emily learned the science of engineering and supervised the project. The book’s illustrations of blueprints and architectural drawings give one an intense appreciation of Emily Roebling’s contributions.
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10 11 satellite 12 13 have9 cable, or carrier pigeon, the cost keeps rising and the companies seem to find more ways to take money from our already tight budgets. 16 Reducing or eliminating these bills is the genesis of the concept of “Cutting 19 the Cord” to the cable companies. 22 The central concept of cutting the cord is reducing or eliminating what you 25 26cable 27 pay for these TV services. There are two primary approaches, the first involves cutting the cable altogether and going back to the good old days of TV 32 33 over the air, and the second involves changing how you get your TV services 37 to reduce the cost and keep it there. This article describes each approach, the 40 cons and what you should expect while implementing each. pros and The 43 “Good Old Days” approach involves the complete elimination of paid TV services. In effect, you buy an antenna one time, point it to a major city 47 and you get your TV over the air. Fun fact, many of the channels you’ll 51 get over the air are actually broadcasted in high definition, so they’ll be 55 56 crystal clear on 57your TV screen and besides the one-time expense of buying and installing an antenna, you’ll never get a cable bill again. I’ll answer 62 the question before you ask it – the cost of antenna ranges from $25-$150 65 depending on how far away from a city you are. 68 The “Nick the Cable” approach is a little bit different that the “Good Old Days” approach because you effectively eliminate the TV channels from the cable company and use the Internet to “stream” the channels to your TV. Now, I know what you’re thinking – how do I stream and where is this river coming from? Well, the river are companies on the Internet that license many of the same shows that you currently watch and broadcast it over the Internet at lower prices (e.g. Netflix, Hulu etc.). Once you have a streaming service, the rest is history as your TV is most likely ready to stream from these accounts for you with Roku, Amazon FireTV etc. So, you’re probably wondering, is cutting the cable worth it? Most cable cutters will respond with one simple question: do you enjoy paying upwards of $250 a month for TV? If the answer is no, then cable cutting is for you.
Seniors Getting Together WomEn SEEKinG mEn 5405 - SEEKinG SPiRiTED inDiviDUAL. Early 70’s, WF, adventurous, fit, WW. Prefers light-hearted, NS, male companion to enjoy outdoors and arts community, Not a game player. Reply with photo and email. 5409- WRETCHED oLD HAGG SEEKinG miSERAbLE oLD TRoLL. If U respond U obviously have a sense of humor & R adventurous. I’m 76, blond, petite, earthy, easy to B with. Love singing, dancing, biking, cooking, vintage cars & vintage men. Must have a little class & a lot of character. 5389 - To 5382, iSo LTR 75 years old, S, W, disease/drug free, NS very light. A one woman man looking for someone to share life and all its pleasure. Age and looks not important. Lehigh Acre. 5391 - LooKinG FoR FRiEnDSHiP. Someone who is honest & caring. Good sense of hunor. NS, W, D. Someone to share time with. N. Ft. Myers 5388 - i REmEmbER CooKinG ToGETHER, dancing in the kitchen, walks & holding hands. ISO FRIEND, early 80’s, SOH, NS, LT SD. I am W, C, widow, 5’5”, HWP & attractive. Reply with phone or email. S. Ft. Myers area. 5377 - i Am LooKinG FoR A FRiEnDSHiP. Are you a positive gentleman? Passionate about life? I am a attractive lady in my early 70s. I like golf, travel, theater, concerts, dining out or at home. I am always on the go and think it is no fun to have fun unless you have someone to share it with. INTERESTED? 5375 – RETiRED LADy bAnK oFFiCER. Would love to marry a W, NS, NDrg, gentleman, 60-90 yo. I am healthy, have positive thinking, vibrant, intelligent. I love cooking, homemaking, swimming, travel. Bonita Springs. 4119 SEEKinG HonEST GEnTLEmAn. Former airline stewardess and
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mEn SEEKinG WomEn 5407 - in SEARCH oF: Black female, 50+, slender build who likes to read, go out to eat, movies, who is laid back, enjoys laughter and is drama free. Look forward to hearing from you. I am a white man, 5’11”, 155lbs, NS, drama free. 5403 - SWm/LTR 73 yrs old. nS, nD, free easy going, outgoing, loves life and its simple pleasures. Romantic, affectionate. Looking for a lady to enjoy it all with. Will answer all with phone #. Sincerity a plus. No liars or game players thanks. Photo, phone please. XXXOOO 5382 - iSo LTR. 75 yr old, SWm, disease/drug free. NS, very light SD. Romantic/Affectionate. A one woman man looking for same in a lady to share life and all its simple pleasures with. Age and looks not important. Personality and sincerity is. Photo, phone please. Thank you. 5387 - SWm, 73 LooKinG FoR SWF. nS, nD, for travel, quality time, share life’s moments, holding hands, hugs. Affectionate.
4945 - Hi, i KnoW yo U’RE oUT THERE. I am looking for you too. My life partner. DWM, 76, fit, NS, ND. Likes adventure, travel, U.S. National Parks, sharing expenses. Let’s enjoy what life offers. Ft. Myers. 4939 - onE SWEET HEARTED GUy. Early 70’s...playful, adventurous, fit, emotionally & financially secure. Seeks a special lady for cozy togetherness. 4930 - iSo LTR, 68 yR oLD, SWm. Romantic, affectionate, sincere, disease and drug free. Loves life and all it has to offer. Looking for someone to share it with. No game players or liars. Only sincere need reply. Photo, phone please. 4921 - WiDoWED GEnTLEmAn LivinG in vEniCE. I’m 84, honest, stable, caring and affectionate. 5’10” and average weight. Looking for a similar type lady wishing to enjoy the golden years.
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