IF DOGS HAVE MASTERS, CATS HAVE SERVANTS.
True enough.
But our relationships with our pets are for anything but the birds. They preen, they play and they poop where they will.
At the end of the day, they are as devoted to us as we are to them.
Editorials written last year for Florida Weekly by the late Bill Cornwell were awarded first place in the editorial writing category by the state Society of Professional Journalists.
Megan Roberts loves dogs — especially her Brutus.
Megan is the patient, detailed-oriented coordinator of the Pet Lovers Edition.
We couldn’t do it without her.
That new NRA television ad is a beautiful thing — the one with the perfectly coiffed Dana Loesch sneering into the camera and telling us to “fight this violence of lies with the clenched fist of truth. I am the NRA of America, and I am freedom’s safest place.”
Right on, baby! Freedom’s safest place is the National Rifle Association.
Getting out of the country for a few days seemed like a good idea. President Trump headed to the G20 Summit and some Americans were glad to see him go. He left behind a contentious pot on the stove bubbling with foreign and domestic issues ready to boil over.
The world has had its delusions about China over the years, but none quite as fantastical as the notion of Beijing assuming the mantle of global leadership.
In the July 6 issue of Florida Weekly, I described how the North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District commissioners broke their promise to the voters in North Naples and Big Corkscrew.
The American Institute of Architects Florida People’s Choice Competition is well underway, with more than 250,000 votes cast so far.
The Collier County Sheriff’s Office is encouraging people to secure their homes and report suspicious activity as detectives continue to investigate a burglary and sexual battery reported around 4 a.m. July 23, in Golden Gate.
Want instant credibility? Buy a hatchback.
While this segment will never have the top-selling cars, the manufacturers are taking notice that people who buy them are typically a bit wealthier, more active and are better educated.
Here’s where Collier County Sheriff’s Office deputies will be on traffic detail the week of July 31-Aug. 4
Monday, July 31
Napa Boulevard: Aggressive driving
U.S. 41 East and Commercial Drive: Red-light running
Golden Gate Parkway and 44th Street SW: Aggressive driving
Animal attraction
Posting on social media is a great way to alert a wide range of people about a lost pet. Unfortunately, that same publicity can put you at risk for scams. Con artists comb social posts to find targets who have lost their beloved pets. Here’s how it works:
The Southwest Florida Veterans Alliance hosts the eighth annual Spirit of ’45 weekend tribute Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 12-13. Events include the Greatest Generation & Beyond breakfast and Taps Across America to honor the generation that preserved the United States’ founding principles of 1776 and those sentinels of liberty who followed in their footsteps.
¦ The Southwest Florida Stage Writers Group holds its first meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, in Naples. Playwrights, librettists, composers and lyricists of all levels of experience are invited to meet other writers, get feedback on writing samples and keep up-to-date on local theater activity.
How well cancer patients fared after chemotherapy was affected by their social interaction with other patients during treatment, according to a new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. NHGRI is part of the National Institutes of Health.
Over the past 62 years we have come a long way in caring for patients thanks to the hard work, competence and compassion of our NCH colleagues.
Lee Health invites nursing mothers to participate in the Global Big Latch On to raise awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding and the need for global support. The annual event is held during World Breastfeeding Week in locations around the world. Lee Health’s Global Big Latch On events will take place:
Beach House Assisted Living and Memory Care hosts a OneBlood blood drive from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1. Participants will receive a free wellness checkup including blood pressure, temperature, iron count, pulse and cholesterol screening, plus a free OneBlood Tervis Tumbler. Light refreshments will be provided for donors.
Collier County public school students go back to class Wednesday, Aug. 16. To avoid the long lines and extended waiting periods, the Florida Department of Health in Collier County encourages parents and caregivers to check the immunization status and school requirements for their children and visit their local health department or private health-care provider as soon as possible.
AH, THE SWEET SENSATIONS OF JULY IN Key West. Palms swaying in the breeze, frozen drinks slowly melting in the blazing humidity, chubby grandpas with great white beards flooding every inch of our beautiful little island … wait, what?
The Southwest Florida Veterans Alliance hosts the eighth annual Spirit of ’45 weekend tribute Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 12-13. Events include the Greatest Generation & Beyond breakfast and Taps Across America to honor the grandeur of a generation that preserved the United States’ founding principles of 1776 and those sentinels of liberty who followed in their footsteps.
Just beyond my jalousie writing windows, the green subtropics explode with July juice, an advancing army of the twisted and entwined fueled by a chlorophyll river.
It’s been over a month now since President Trump pulled out of the Paris climate accords, and the cries of anguish haven’t stopped. We read every day that the planet is doomed, and it’s all Trump’s fault.
Imagine that President Donald Trump gave a speech praising a strong Europe.
Imagine that he called forthrightly on Russia to stop its aggression in Ukraine and join the community of responsible nations.
Imagine that he embraced the mutual defense commitment, so-called Article 5, of NATO.
Imagine that he extolled the role of women in our society.
To help ensure hundreds of Immokalee children start out the new school year on the right foot, the Guadalupe Center is hosting its 25th annual Back-to- School Shoes and School Supplies Drive.
Youth Haven’s annual backpack and school supply drive runs through Aug. 10. Needed supplies include: large, heavy duty backpacks; basic school supplies such as blue and black pens, highlighters of all sizes and colors and 2-inch, threering binders; and gift cards for clothes at Target, Ross, TJ Maxx and Walmart.
Digital cocktail
We’ve driven the coupe version of the Jaguar F-Type SVR a while back, but waited until the summertime to get our hands on the convertible. After all, if the droptop version of Jag’s ultimate sports car can make it in a South Florida summer, it can make it anywhere.
Consumer sentiment among Floridians rose 2.1 points in June to 96.4, changing course after two months of decline.
Among the five components that make up the index, four increased and one decreased.
Keeping with tradition, the city of Naples’ Fourth of July Parade drew hundreds of patriotic participants and thousands of spectators of all ages along the streets of downtown. Displays of pride in the red, white and blue included uniforms and costumes of all kinds.
Here’s where Collier County Sheriff’s Office deputies will be on traffic detail the week of July 24-28:
Monday, July 24
Collier and Davis boulevards: Redlight running
Shadowlawn Drive and Terrace Avenue: Aggressive driving
Naples Boulevard and Airport- Pulling Road: Speeding
Each year, more than 1 million people in the U.S. rush to the emergency room with pain caused by a kidney stone. Many of them say passing a kidney stone is more painful than giving birth.
Kidney stones are hard, pebble-like pieces of material that form in one or both kidneys. They’re caused by high levels of certain minerals in your urine.
¦ The PCBUG computer and technology club invites all those interested in learning more about computers and mobile devices to meet at 5 p.m. Thursday, July 20, at Naples Regional Library, 650 Central Ave. For more information call J.
The Parkinson Association of Southwest Florida Inc. has started two new support groups for anyone who has Parkinson’s disease and also for those who care for them.
“We are wickedly bad at dealing with the implications of compound math,” said investor Jeremy Grantham, as quoted by Thomas Friedman in his most recent book, “Thanks for Being Late.” When applied to health care, this statement is monumentally impactful. Mr.
Have you been feeling really sad, tired and worried for more than a few days? If yes, you could have depression. This is not a character flaw or a sign of personal weakness. You can’t make yourself well by trying to “snap out of it” or “lighten up.”
Lighthouse of Collier Center for Blindness and Vision Loss invites all who are blind or visually impaired to attend a support group from 10-11:30 a.m. every Wednesday at the center, 2685 Horseshoe Drive in Naples. Facilitator Rick Hart encourages attendees to share the challenges they face and the techniques they find helpful in managing those challenges.
We expect physical changes in pets as they grow older. The muzzle goes gray, the joints get stiff, the eyes become cloudy. But senior and geriatric dogs and cats can also undergo behavior changes. Those changes can sometimes signal underlying physical problems or the onset of cognitive dysfunction.
To adopt or foster a pet
These dogs are available through Golden Retriever Rescue of Southwest Florida. The rescue will consider applicants outside of its normal area for both of these boys, but applicants must live in the state of Florida and be willing to travel to meet them. Call 369-0415 or see http://ift.tt/2ucKGq1. ¦
A COMPREHENSIVE NEW ANALYSIS OF WATER and wildlife in each of the 10 estuary systems sewn into the fabric of the western Everglades offers two conclusions: There is cause for despair and there is cause for hope.
Only a century ago, horses were almost as common in Florida as humans, essential for both food production and transportation.
Although that way of life is gone, horses are not.
As a master of masquerade, President Donald Trump played to his strengths last week, increasing respect for his skill as a tactician.
In 2014, an estimated 3 million people watched a live stream video of a debate on the internet. Its topic was the origins of the Earth, life and humanity.
Does anyone really know Ronald Reagan?
ALTAIR Gun Club will host a crime prevention seminar presented by US Law Shield on Saturday, July 22, from 9 a.m. to noon at ALTAIR’s Deep Lake Facility, 20201 State Road 29 South in Copeland.
The Florida panther, Florida’s official state animal, has been listed as a federally endangered species since 1967. As the state grows, suitable habitat for panthers and other wildlife shrinks. Encounters with Florida panthers are relatively rare but do occur, particularly in rural parts of Florida.
While I realize that I’m not 13, I’m still determined to master the summer selfie.
NCH is now a teaching health care system as 12 internal medicine residents and two pharmacy residents joined our team.
An influenza vaccine can produce robust immune responses and be administered safely with an experimental patch of dissolving microneedles, a National Institutes of Health-funded study led by a team at the Georg
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Adding the word “sport” to a car is usually just about enhancing a vehicle with a few more aggressive features. Ford offers new wheels, a different grille and deletes some chrome for this trim level on the Fusion, Edge and Explorer. So does the Honda Ridgeline. Even the luxury-level Range Rover Sport shares its wheelbase and engines with the standard Range Rover.
Our hands-down favorite project every summer at Florida Weekly is the Pet Lovers special edition that features — what else? — pictures from you, our readers, of the furry, slithery, slobbery, whiskered, feathered, hoofed, amphibious or otherwise non-human companions that help make your lives complete.
Anyone who has lived with them knows that cats are ninjas when it comes to slipping unnoticed out of doors and then hiding successfully from anyone searching for them.
To adopt or foster a pet
“How long will this newest fad last?”
— Popular Science Monthly, November 1930, on miniature golf
Now, 87 years after that question was posed, miniature golf courses still dot the American landscape with new ones popping up around Florida.
The Collier County Board of County Commissioners has hired a former secretary of the Florida Department of Community Affairs, Thaddeus Cohen, as the director of the Growth Management Department.
I don’t really get the whole meal kit delivery popularity sweeping across the country. If you have never heard of these services, it is where a company sends you a package full of ingredients along with a recipe to prepare the meal. You have to prep all of the ingredients and do the cooking along with paying a premium price for the food.
The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce holds its Connections Business Expo 2017 from 2-6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, at the Naples Grande Beach Resort.
The 23rd annual Southwest Florida Blue Chip Community Business Award is coordinated and sponsored by BB&TOswald Trippe and Company and BB&T Bank.
BURT REYNOLDS WANTS YOU to know something: Contrary to tabloid reports, he’s not anywhere near dying.
The first time I set eyes on “Buddy” Reynolds I was walking down the hall at Palm Beach High School (now the Dreyfoos School of the Arts) in West Palm Beach.
Our pets are part of our families — humans love their dogs, cats, snakes, chickens, birds, ferrets, horses — well, all the varieties of animals that love us unconditionally.
Show how much you love your pets by entering the Florida Weekly pet photo contest for our annual Pet Lovers edition.
Horses have lifted us out of a lot of jams.
And there’s no reason they should stop now.
It was a message for the ages: “All through our history, our presidents and leaders have spoken of national unity and warned us that the real obstacle to moving forward the boundaries of freedom, the only permanent danger to the hope that is America, comes from within.” Thus, spoke President Ronald Reagan on Independence Day in 1986.
Donald Trump, the erstwhile Democrat, independent and member of the Reform Party, finally has a fixed partisan identity.
Background: In November 2014, the commissioners of the North Naples Fire District promised the citizens in North Naples that if they approved the referendum to merge with the Big Corkscrew Island Fire District, “NNFD tax money will NOT be spent in BCIFD.
The National Park Service has selected Everglades Guest Services Guest Services to provide visitor services in the park’s Flamingo district. The contract authorizes a total of 40 cottages and 40 eco-tents, with completion of 24 cottages and 20 eco-tents required by December 2019.
In order to keep our competitive edge in today’s knowledge-based economy, the next generation must have the skills, knowledge and dispositions to create and sustain new forms of enterprise. Communities where all children enter kindergarten ready to learn are best positioned to thrive in the 21st century.
