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W elcome to our 2022 Fall issue. I Account Executive
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know that we recently lost one of
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for a magazine I was then representing. Flash forward Opus Studio, Inc.

to the year 2000 when I moved here, and lo and Founder & Consultant
Dan Sheridan
behold, one of the first people I met was Myra. When

I reminded her of our previous meeting, we became

instant friends. Over the years Myra and I spent a

lot of time together. It was always my belief that if

not for Myra Daniels, and the building of the Naples

Philharmonic Center for The Arts, the Naples we know

today would not have happened. Rest in peace Myra. VOLUME 5
ISSUE 8
In our fall issue, you will find interesting articles
Aug/Sept/Oct 2022
about our important non-profits, as well as our local
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live theatre performances, plus local news medical
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EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO

BY JENNIFER J EDWARDS
Supervisor of Elections

O ne of our most sacred rights
as American citizens is the
right to have a voice in our
government by electing
the leaders who will represent us. As
Supervisor of Elections, I am proud of
the work we do to ensure the integrity of
our elections while providing convenient
opportunities for voters to cast their
ballot whether by mail, during early
voting, or on Election Day.

2022 ELECTION DATES & TRUSTED INFO state in voter participation including
DEADLINES in 2020 when over 90 percent of our
PRIMARY ELECTION: With decades of experience, the voters cast a ballot during the General
Collier County Supervisor of Elections is Election. Our goal is to continue this
• Voter Registration/Political Party THE trusted resource for elections and trajectory by ensuring that every voter
Change Deadline – July 25 voting information in Collier County. It has a positive voting experience.
is our priority to exhaust every resource
• Vote-by-Mail Request Deadline available to ensure that our voting system We encourage you to visit our
– August 13 at 5 p.m. and networks are secure. Since elections website at www.CollierVotes.gov for
were designated as critical infrastructure information pertaining to the upcoming
• Early Voting in Collier County in 2017, we have built partnerships elections and follow us on our verified
– August 13-20 from 10 a.m.-6 with multiple agencies including the social media channels for important
p.m. Department of Homeland Security announcements made about voting in
who keep election officials abreast of Collier County.
• Election Day – August 23 from cybersecurity threats and concerns. Our
7 a.m.-7 p.m. office also continues to invest in new The leaders in 2022 will be our
technology for our voting equipment: decision-makers in our community
GENERAL ELECTION: tools to help harden our networks and and our voice in Tallahassee and in
training for our employees who help keep Washington D.C. When we do not
• Voter Registration/Political Party our systems safe from bad actors. take full advantage of the right to vote,
Change Deadline – October 11 we not only give away our voice, we
We understand that confidence in also give away the ability to shape our
• Vote-by-Mail Request Deadline elections and faithful maintenance of the community’s future. In 2022, be an
– October 29 at 5 p.m. voter roll are key factors in voter turnout. informed voter and use your vote to
Collier County has repeatedly led the voice what is important to you.
• Early Voting in Collier County –
October 27-November 5 from 9
a.m.-6 p.m. (Subject to change)

• Election Day – November 8
from 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

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CITYSTATE OF THE
Together
BY TERESA HEITMANN
City of Naples Mayor

O ur new beginnings start The excellent staff at City Hall is DATES TO REMEMBER
with Jay Boodheshwar, our looking forward to working together, INCLUDE:
Naples City Manager. Born setting new standards, and making positive
in Guyana, a tiny country changes. The goal is always to foster ethics • MONDAY, JULY 25
on the South American coast, he has a and accountability with our policies and Deadline to register (Public library, mail,
bachelor’s degree in Parks and Recreation procedures as we come together.
Administration from Bowling Green registertovoteflorida.gov—click on
State University. He also earned a master’s The 100-year celebration of the Register or Update)
degree in Public Administration from establishment of the city is on the
Florida Atlantic University. Certifications horizon and all citizens are encouraged • SATURDAY, AUGUST 13
include the Federal Emergency to participate in the planning stages. Last day to request a vote-by-mail ballot
Management Agency with a specialty in Send us your ideas to https://www.
the management of tropical storm impacts naplesgov.com/contact. • SATURDAY, AUGUST 13-20
on coastal communities. His public Early Voting
service experience in local government The Primary voting on August 23
spans twenty-seven years with twenty-two will include a request to allow our • TUESDAY, AUGUST 23
years in senior management roles. manager to live in unincorporated Polls are open from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Naples so do vote YES.
As a result of an executive search, Together. . .
Naples received forty-eight applications
for the City Manager position. Rising
quickly to the top of the list, Jay
Boodeshwar held the position of Deputy
Town Manager for the Town of Palm
Beach, Florida, a town of about 8,500
residents. His interviews with Naples
City Council focused on his ability to
build a stronger city government with an
emphasis on teamwork. On March 23,
2022, the selection was unanimous. Things
started to come together as he said, “I
am especially excited at the prospect of
leading and further developing a diverse
team of dedicated public servants as
we look for opportunities for service
delivery improvements that will make
the community proud.” What great
sentiments! On to working together as a
team…

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Aug/Sept/Oct 2022

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MEN’S SWIMWEAR

A piece of Florida-born style

n August of 2020, in the midst of the From the beginning, anything—the beach, the pool, the boat,
pandemic, OLSSA Outdoor, a new, we’ve been committed the gym, or out on the town,” says Jeff.
local, family-owned men’s swimwear
brand was born. For company to protecting the OLSSA sells primarily online, but you
cofounders, Jeff and Gina Stankard, the environment from the can also buy the brand from a few stores
idea came to them while sitting on the in the Naples, Marco, Sanibel/Captiva
Naples beach listening to music and "wastefulness of fast area. Jeff and Gina agree that selling at
watching the sunset. “OLSSA was inspired fashion. local shops has been a great way to build
by music, technology, and a coastal lifestyle relationships and get immediate feedback,
that includes a love for the world’s beaches –Jeff Stankard most of which has been extremely positive.
and waterways,” says Gina. OLSSA Outdoor cofounder
The technology piece is a reference to “The men who try our swimwear
their technical fabric. They use recycled percent of sales to the Loggerhead on tell us they love the big pockets and
polyester made from water bottles Marinelife Center, Ocean Conservancy, comfortable fabric. The women tell us
for their swimwear. The practice of and Save the Manatee Club. they love the colors and the modern fit,”
converting water bottles into recycled says Gina.
polyester fabric is a high-tech process “From the beginning, we’ve been
and using it for swimwear is still cutting committed to protecting the environment Looking forward, Jeff and Gina plan
edge. They also source hats and t-shirts from the wastefulness of fast fashion. to find other surf shops and boutiques on
from suppliers using recycled polyester Our intention is to create modern fitting the east and west coasts of Florida that
and organic cotton. swimwear in solid, timeless colors that like their custom-designed swimwear
“Jeff and I have a deep appreciation will pair well with almost any shirt, from and the OLSSA story and want to sell
for the beach and water, especially here in a Budweiser summer tee to a traditional their brand. Eventually, they intend to sell
Naples. Each year, at least 8.8 million tons golf shirt, and will remain a staple in your women’s, boys’, and girls’ boardshorts and
of plastics make their way into the ocean closet for years. If you want a little variety, elastic waist hybrids.
endangering many sea animals, including OLSSA offers three (soon to be four)
manatees, considered one of Naples’s colors, multiple lengths, and two styles. “This is a new experience for us. We
most iconic species,” says Gina. And to We have a classic boardshort and a very like to think that instead of just dipping
further their commitment to protecting popular elastic waist hybrid that’s great for our toes in, we're diving in headfirst.
the environment, OLSSA donates one OLSSA is "Our Little Swimsuit
Adventure,” says Jeff.
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For more information about OLSSA
Outdoor, please visit www.olssaoutdoor.
com.

Aug/Sept/Oct 2022



WHEN IT COMES TO A STROKE
Every minute counts!

BY LORNA FEDELEM, MD • On average, one body fat.
person dies from
A cting F.A.S.T. can help stroke a stroke every PHYSICAL
patients get the treatments four minutes. ACTIVITY
they need to survive and reduce
damage to the brain. According • More than Physical activity
to CDC, only a little more than three 795,000 people have a stroke each can help you stay
out of five people are aware of major year in the U.S. at a healthy weight and lower your
stroke symptoms and know to call 911 cholesterol and blood pressure levels.
when someone is having a stroke. • Stroke kills almost 130,000 of the For adults, we recommend thirty minutes
800,000 Americans who die of of moderate-intensity aerobic physical
KNOWING SYMPTOMS AND cardiovascular disease each year. activity, such as a brisk walk, at least five
RISK FACTORS CAN HELP YOU days a week.
SURVIVE HOW TO PREVENT A STROKE
DOCTOR’S ORDERS…
Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death You can help reduce the risk of having a
and can happen to anyone. When it stroke with a healthy lifestyle. • Make sure you see your primary
comes to a stroke, every second counts! care physician yearly, if not every
Nearly two million brain cells die each HEALTHY DIET six months, to check your blood
minute a stroke remains untreated. Rapid pressure, cholesterol, and blood
access to medical treatment often makes Eating foods low in saturated fats, trans sugars. These three factors, if well
the difference between full recovery and fat, and cholesterol, and high in fiber controlled, will lower your risk of
permanent disability. Control your risk can help prevent high cholesterol. A having a stroke.
factors to improve your brain health. Mediterranean diet is a good diet to
follow. Limiting salt (sodium) in your • Act F.A.S.T.
WHAT IS ACTING F.A.S.T.? diet can also lower your blood pressure. • Know your family history and your
F - Face High cholesterol and high blood pressure
Ask the person to smile. Does one side of increase your chances of having a stroke. risks.
the face droop? • Don’t smoke!
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If you see any of these signs, call 911 and hip measurements to measure excess
right away.

STROKE FACTS

• Strokes can happen to anyone at any
age.

• 80% of all strokes are preventable.
• Stroke is the fifth leading cause of

death in the U.S.

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DAVID LAWRENCE CENTERS

Encourages community wellbeing with Mind Your Mind Initiative

BY SCOTT BURGESS
President, & CEO of David Lawrence
Centers for Behavioral Health (DLC)

M ental health is an incredibly home, school, or the workplace. To learn but access resources and services. Visit
important part of overall more visit, DLCMindYourMind.org. DLCenters.org/events to learn more.
health. David Lawrence
Centers for Behavioral Consider taking these steps to SHARE WHAT YOU LEARN
Health (DLC), Collier County’s only support community well-being AND TALK OPENLY.
comprehensive, not-for-profit behavioral and mind ALL minds:
health provider serving children, adults, Openly and objectively talking about
and families, provided a record-breaking PRACTICE SELF-CARE. mental health contributes to breaking the
number of services in 2021—a number stigma. By sharing a statistic, an available
that has risen year after year as the mental Care for your mental health by taking resource, or a common concern, you are
health and addiction crises rage on during the time to de-stress and relax. By using shining the light on a national challenge.
these unprecedented, complicated times healthy practices to cope with emotions Reassure others that it is okay to seek
spurred on by COVID-19 pandemic, the and challenges, you will be better prepared assistance for mental health concerns.
suicide crisis, and opioid epidemic. to care for others and face difficulties.
HAVE A PURPOSE AND
Prioritizing mental wellness has never EDUCATE YOURSELF. BECOME AN ADVOCATE.
been more critical to better ensure our
community is healthy, well, and safe. Learn the signs and symptoms of Research shows that having a purpose
DLC’s community-wide campaign, common mental health concerns so they can promote good health, happiness, and
Mind Your Mind in 2022, encourages the can be addressed as early as possible. longevity. By supporting organizations
community to participate in a month- You can also identify challenges your through volunteering, donating, attending
by-month approach to mental wellness- community faces related to mental a fundraiser, or spreading awareness, you
promoting acceptance, awareness, and health—such as state and local funding can help yourself and others.
openness. As a community, we can challenges—and make a difference when
establish a common goal to prioritize the time to vote comes. DLC has a variety of ways you can
mental health—it begins with each of us. become a mental health advocate, such as
When we care about ourselves, we can This October, DLC will launch the attending fundraisers, wellness events, and
care for others too! Mind Your Mind Speaker Series, which volunteering. Visit DLCAdvocates.org to
features presentations on important learn more.
The Mind Your Mind initiative and relevant behavioral health topics—
focuses on a new topic each month, such including workplace wellness, children’s We are only as strong as our most
as workplace wellness, senior mental mental health, veteran services, and vulnerable community members. Take
health, children’s mental health, addiction overall wellbeing. Attendees will be able action in prioritizing the well-being of
recovery, community safety, holistic care, to hear from industry experts, share best yourself and others in our community by
and more. DLC works with community practices, and learn how to not only visiting DLCMindYourMind.org and
partners and leaders who help address the address behavioral healthcare needs letting DLC remind you each month how
importance of those topics. Mind Your to Mind Your Mind.
Mind also provides resources, positive
content, tips, and exercises for enhanced
mindfulness and wellbeing. Additionally,
opportunities are presented to support
community mental health—whether at

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BY ALEXANDRA JANZ MISTAKES YOU DON’T HAVE TO MAKE

5WHEN YOU BUY A HOME
OVERALL NAPLES MARKET STATISTIC

JUNE 2022 COMPARED TO JUNE 2021
ALL DATA FROM THE NAPLES BOARD OF REALTORS® MLS – JULY 7, 2022

f you’re like many people, you find you want to put on the back burner. the right coverage for the job. Your
the whole prospect of buying a home You should dive right into routine REALTOR® can help point you in the
exciting, whether it’s your first or your maintenance, such as changing air filters, right direction if you’re having a tough
fifth. Regardless of how many homes checking the batteries in your smoke time finding a reputable contractor.
you’ve purchased in the past, check out detectors, and keeping tabs on all your
these five mistakes that a lot of buyers appliances. When you think about it, your MISTAKE #5 People Make After Buying a
make—that way, you can avoid them. home is more of a collection of assets, and Home: Not Budgeting for New Expenses
First things first: You should only work you need to take care of all of them.
with an experienced REALTOR® you New homes come with new expenses
trust when you’re buying a home. There MISTAKE #3 People Make After Buying a – they’re not going to be the same as
are so many moving parts to a home deal, Home: Letting Maintenance Slide they were with your old home. Sure, you
and it only makes sense to work with a Home maintenance—even if you’ve just have a handle on the mortgage and the
professional who understands all of them. moved in—is never something you want utility bills, but there may be different
Once that’s done and the deal is signed, to put on the back burner. You should dive homeowners’ association fees, taxes, and
check out these five mistakes to avoid: right into routine maintenance, such as even regular maintenance costs. Make
changing air filters, checking the batteries sure you plan ahead so you know exactly
1. Making all the improvements at once in your smoke detectors, and keeping tabs what you’re getting into when you buy a
2. Focusing on the wrong repair people on all your appliances. When you think new home—especially if it’s bigger and
3. Letting maintenance slide about it, your home is more of a collection costlier than your last one.
4. Hiring contractors without doing your of assets, and you need to take care of all
homework first of them. ALEXANDRA JANZ
5. Not budgeting for new expenses Broker Associate & Luxury Properties Specialist
MISTAKE #4 People Make After Buying a
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Although it may be tempting, how small the job is. There are always
immediately making all the home plenty of ways a job can go wrong, so
improvements you want to make can you need to work with someone whose
be a mistake. You should hold off until references you’ve checked and who has
after you’ve lived in your new home for
a while because your dream for your
house will most likely change. After you
have a clearer view of how you use your
home—and how you want to shape it
for the future—you can make all the
improvements you want.

MISTAKE #2 People Make After Buying a
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Home maintenance—even if you’ve
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Executive Director of Communications made $106 in Day where student entrepreneurs pitch
& Community Engagement sales and won and sell their products to their school
Collier County Public Schools first place for an communities.
additional $120,” recalled Quintana.
t is only fitting in a county named “That was a neat experience for them, Expanding entrepreneurship to
after entrepreneur Barron Gift and they were very excited.” elementary students will bolster what
Collier that the local public school When CCPS students return to is already offered at the secondary level
district would create educational campuses on August 10, they will (middle and high). In grade seven,
pathways for the next generation of start thinking critically about how to high achieving students enrolled in
creative minds and business owners. approach problems as opportunities CCPS Cambridge Secondary take
New for School Year (SY ) 2022-23, worth exploring and products that entrepreneurship in Semester one and
elementary school could provide solutions. CCPS then engineering in Semester two.
students enrolled elementary schools will emulate Those course opportunities extend to all
in Collier County middle school students and not simply
Public Schools
(CCPS) will learn Aug/Sept/Oct 2022
entrepreneurship
within their
weekly schedule
of subjects. This
past school year,
CCPS piloted
entrepreneurship
at three of the
district’s thirty-one
elementary schools
in preparation
for extending the
opportunities
district-wide.
“[It has been]
one of the most
exciting things I’ve
done,” said Ysela
Quintana teacher
at Eden Park Elementary School in
Immokalee. “I love business, I love sales,
and having that passion and passing
it on to the kids has been fascinating.”
Several of her students—a team of six
girls—formed “Dazzle Jewelry” and
were honored at the BizKidz Expo, an
entrepreneurial event for the kids of Ave
Maria, Immokalee, and surrounding
areas. “Not only were they prepared,

20 | Old Naples News

those enrolled in the advanced studies Cambridge program. Dmitri Annenkov
Also new for SY 2022-23, high school students will Oil on canvas
39” x 25”
have the opportunity to be dual-enrolled in CCPS and the Top: The Essentials
Florida Gulf Coast University Daveler & Kauanui School Bottom: Cup of Coffee
of Entrepreneurship. Thanks to an articulation agreement
approved by the District School Board of Collier County, 239.691.2484
students will take two courses—half credit for each—and
benefit from a program The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur www.eastwestfineart.com
Magazine rank as No. 22 in the “Top 50 Undergraduate [email protected]
Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies for 2022” list. CCPS is
now building entrepreneurial capacity from the elementary MERCATO
level all the way through post-secondary. “That is exactly
what we set out to do,” explained CCPS Executive Director 9115 Strada Pl, #5130
of Teaching and Learning Carol Artime. “To have an Naples, FL 34108
entrepreneurship continuum that we offer at elementary,
middle, high school, and at the college level.” Students learn Old Naples News | 21
life skills—like the ability to learn from failure—during
the process of creating and marketing their own products.
“Most people think of failure as the end of the road,” Artime
explained. “Entrepreneurship teaches you that is where you
start. You pivot from failure and move in a different direction.”
The ability to work within a team is another incredible life
skill transferable to other areas.

There are ways for the public to get involved even if you
do not have school-age children. Community members may
volunteer as mentors to guide young entrepreneurs through
the Lean Startup processes of developing business concepts,
testing those hypotheses, adapting, and continually learning
and improving. This cycle of experimentation is combined
with foundational business concepts, such as marketing
and finance. Interested? Contact Kelly Wilson from CCPS
Career and Technical Education at 239.377.0333 or email
[email protected].

You could also attend the annual Greater Naples
Chamber’s Youth Business Fair, which CCPS hosts. Bring
a listening ear and cash because the student pitches and
products will impress! More than ever, the forward-thinking
mindset is being developed across a county with deep roots in
the entrepreneurial spirit.

TOP RIGHT: Golden Terrace Elementary Fourth Graders Celebrate at the 2022 STEAM
Competition

TOP LEFT: Student Entrepreneurs at Eden Park Elementary

BOTTOM LEFT: CCPS 2022 Solar Car Competition

MIDDLE: Eden Park Elementary Entrepreneurship teacher
Ysela Quintana

BOTTOM RIGHT: Eden Park Elementary Entrepreneurship teacher
Ysela Quintana

Aug/Sept/Oct 2022

COMMUNITY HEARTS RANCH

works to heal childhood trauma

E xciting News... by flight or fight on hearts. Community Hearts Ranch will
In 2014, I found myself in the the still-developing empower youth to develop character,
oncology unit with my youngest brain hinders social awareness, and leadership
son awaiting a bone marrow development. But qualities using a combination of animal
transplant surrounded by children battling in all of this, I was interactions, research-based programming,
childhood diseases. My heart broke for also taught how and a homeschool curriculum. We equip
them and how these children had done resilient the human youth to lead healthy and fulfilling
nothing to bring these circumstances on brain is. In a healthy, lives, find their purpose, and strive to be
themselves. Then in 2015, when I returned positive atmosphere, successful members of their community.
to work as a law enforcement officer, I was our brains can heal. The programs take place in a Christ-
assigned to an elementary school where This is where it gets centered atmosphere with the finest
I listened to the exciting. American traditions.
stories of children
facing childhood With the Community Hearts Ranch's first big
traumas. Traumas information my obstacle was a need for the property. I
such as living in experience and am excited to announce the collaboration
domestic violence, training provided, I with a local ministry, The Rock Youth
victims of abuse: founded Community Camp. RYC is looking forward to
physically, sexually, Hearts Ranch, a helping this vision take shape. Together
and/or emotionally, program aimed we believe children are the most precious
or parents who to empower and creation of all!
are incarcerated, nurture these
struggling with children who In times such as these, we are all
addictions, or often face ongoing looking for ways to support the youth
absent from their emotional and/or behavioral struggles of our community, if you would like to
lives. I realized stemming from their backgrounds. We learn how to be a part of helping hurting
children battling desire to create a naturally therapeutic hearts heal at Community Hearts Ranch
childhood traumas ranch and farm-like learning atmosphere through direct tax-deductible donations
are no different to support these most vulnerable youth. or volunteering, I welcome you to
from children facing This will help to interrupt the negative reach out to me directly: Bonnie Bee
childhood diseases. thought patterns that come with trauma, (President/Founder), 239.253.7744,
They do not ask helping heal their brains, emotions, and [email protected],
for their lives and communityhearts.org.
have done nothing
to bring these
circumstances on
themselves.

As this
revelation occurred,
my training
further revealed the
physiological impact childhood traumas
have on the development of the brain.
I have seen the brain scan of a healthy
three-year-old child next to the brain
scan of a three-year-old who had lived in
domestic violence and could see a clear
difference. I was taught how the constant
release of the stress hormones triggered

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Aug/Sept/Oct 2022 Old Naples News | 23

EHEAATLTINHYG

for Summer & Fall

BY DR KOGAN clove contains 2.5-4.5 mg of active ingredient allicin per gram
Concierge Holistic Internal Medicine of fresh weight when crushed. Since each fresh garlic clove has a
weight of 2-4 grams, each clove will contain about 9 mg of allicin.
O ne of the things we love about living In my experience, anywhere between one-quarter to one-half
in Southwest Florida is that our cloves of garlic is enough for daily blood pressure use, if used fresh.
communities espouse healthy eating. However, using a standardized Kyolic tablet can be more precise,
We have been designated a Blue Zone convenient, and odor-free. Making garlic a staple of your daily menu
for a good reason. Farm fresh fare here is abundant can have excellent preventive qualities for circulatory health.
and delicious. An additional perk is that many of
these fresh herbs and veggies are healing in quality. Here is an easy-to-make garlic-based recipe for hummus—I have
While evidence for how effective plant-based been using it for years and my family and friends love it.
remedies are mostly anecdotal—it has been passed
on from generation to generation by many ancient This serves 4-6 people so you can adjust the recipe to your needs.
cultures, such as Chinese (Traditional Chinese Drain 1 can of Goya chickpeas of water. Place in the blender or
Medicine) and Indian (Ayurvedic Medicine). food processor. Crush two small, fresh cloves of garlic in a marble or
wooden mortar with a pestle. Add a small amount of lemon juice to
My favorite go-to healing food is garlic. I always crushed garlic and mix it around. Add a pinch of salt to taste if you
buy it organic and fresh. Garlic is one of the planet’s so desire. Transfer this mix into the food blender with chickpeas.
most important medicinal plants. While folklore Add a little bit of spoon-stirred Tahini sauce. I use all organic
has it that garlic protects against impure energy, ingredients and have found organic Tahini sauce from Whole Foods.
vampires and such, after two decades of working in Add a little bit of water. Blend. Taste, and add a little more lemon
private practice medical setting, I am convinced of juice and salt to taste. Skip the salt if you suffer from hypertension.
its health benefits and highly recommend it for your Blend some more. Then add a little bit of olive oil and blend a little
daily menu. Its potent antibiotic properties make it bit again. Your hummus is ready! You can garnish it with parsley and
an excellent remedy for early respiratory infections, paprika. Hummus is a delightfully healthy dish: it has dietary fiber,
including most types of early colds, sinusitis, flu, good non-cholesterol fat, plant-based protein, avery small amount of
sore throat, and cough. Whether you crush a clove sugar, and is chock full of minerals and vitamins including vitamin
of garlic fresh into your dish or take it as a tablet, it C, K, B6, zinc, and iron. Here is to eating healthy in the Southwest
will strengthen the body’s ability to fight infection Florida style!
and speed the recovery. Garlic is also a well-known
Dr. Kogan is a Concierge Holistic Internal Medicine doctor in Naples.
blood thinner, so I recommend that For more information visit CustomLongevity.com.
everyone traveling incorporates
garlic into their daily menu to
help lessen the likelihood
of forming blood clots in
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1.
T2. his time of the year offers a
3. sky that is ever-changing with
drama, color, and clouds. With
PAINTINGS BY PHIL FISHER the afternoon rains, each day can
1: Before Sundown be a variety of scenes, changing colors
within seconds. Phil Fisher finds it to be
2: Sunset At The Naples Pier an exciting time to be painting, always
3: Parrots On Naples looking for that beautiful sunset or
4: Summer Storm sunrise on the horizon.
5: Clouds Of Summer He describes a few of these paintings:
“Parrots on Naples Bay” is a painting
28 | Old Naples News showing Naples’ own wild little parrots
that come back to our Naples City Docks
and love to light on the palms behind our
gallery and make a racket! I believe they
are some species of a Conure parrot but
am not certain. They are loud and offer
a splash of bright green against the sky!
4. “Sunset at the Naples Fishing Pier” is an

oil on cradled wood panel. Those lazy,
hazy, crazy days of summer are here in
Florida! And we’re getting to experience
it! “Summer Storm” is depicting that
time of year when we see beautiful clouds
dropping rain out on the Gulf waters and
sunrises and sunsets are quite a spectacle
as they roll across our horizon.

These paintings and more are on
display at Phil Fisher Gallery in Crayton
5. Cove from September 7 through the 30.
Some of his new works will be showing
in the month of October. Crayton Cove
is located at the intersection of Eighth
Street South and Twelfth Avenue South
by the flagpole on Naples Bay.

Aug/Sept/Oct 2022

NCH NAMED AS ONE OF AMERICA’S

TOP 100 HOSPITALS
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NCH RANKS BETTER THAN 98% OF ALL HOSPITALS NATIONWIDE*
The NCH Healthcare System has received the Healthgrades 2022 America’s 100 Best
Hospitals Award™. This notable distinction places NCH in a small, elite group of
hospitals who are in the top two percent of nearly 4,500 hospitals assessed nationwide
for superior clinical care and patient outcomes for the treatment of the most common
conditions and procedures as measured by Healthgrades, the leading resource that
connects consumers, physicians and health systems.
For more information on the award-winning services of the NCH Healthcare System,
please visit NCHmd.org.

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OVILFLANGEASPCHLOEOLS

Vicki Thomas named as Girls Varsity Basketball Coach for 2022-23 Season

T he Village School of Naples, Originally from St. Louis, Thomas- Her experience with
an independent school serving Ambrose was a four-year varsity two of the area’s
students in preschool through basketball player and a conference MVP.
twelfth grade, announced the She played collegiately at Maryville most respected girls’
appointment of Vicki Thomas-Ambrose University where she earned all- basketball programs
as its first Girls’ Varsity Basketball Coach. conference honors and was recognized as gives us a tremendous
In this newly created position, she will a scholar-athlete. She also helped build boost as we build a
lead the girls’ varsity team during its STL Force Athletics, a youth basketball competitive program
inaugural season, beginning with the club that sent many players on to play in that compliments the
2022-23 season. college.
"school’s strong arts
Thomas- Founded nearly four decades ago as and academics.
Ambrose a private institution for preschool
comes to students, The Village School of Naples –Dennis Chapman
The Village introduced an Upper School division Head of School for The Village School of Naples
School from for high school students in 2017. Since
Gulf Coast then, the school’s leadership has been Florida Council of Independent Schools
High School, aggressively renovating and expanding the and the Florida Kindergarten Council.
where she academic, arts, and athletic facilities to
was an accommodate current and future growth. In 2009, parents asked The Village School
Assistant for a middle school to be added and soon
Coach for the “My task since joining The Village School after added the middle school one grade
girls’ varsity about a year ago has been to build the a year to complete the eighth grade. Four
team the last Knights athletics program into one years later, the Board of Directors voted
three seasons, that attracts top student-athletes across to add an upper school with seventeen
during which the Sharks compiled a Southwest Florida and abroad,” said John students in the fall of 2017.
65-15 record. Prior to that, she was Egan, Athletic Director at The Village
an assistant at Gateway Charter High School. “Vicki’s knowledge of building a In June 2020, The Village School
School in Fort Myers. Off the basketball competitive high school and travel teams celebrated its first-ever graduating class
court, she is a licensed physical therapist. represents a big step toward that goal.” of seniors with a class of twelve students.
The school currently has over 100 upper
“We are excited to welcome Vicki to Located at 6000 Goodlette-Frank Rd., school students, including eighteen in the
our growing athletics department,” said The Village School of Naples originally class of 2022. For additional information,
Dennis Chapman, Head of School for began as The Caring Place Preschool in visit www.villageschoolnaples.org.
The Village School of Naples. “Her 1985 as outreach at North Naples United
experience with two of the area’s most Methodist Church. In 2000, the church
respected girls’ basketball programs gives relocated to the present campus location
us a tremendous boost as we build a and added The Village School, beginning
competitive program that compliments with K-2 and thirty-seven students. In
the school’s strong arts and academics.” 2006, the school was accredited by the

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Pace Center for Girls, Collier at Immokalee helps girls look towards the future

BY MARIANNE KEARNS, M. ED, US have a reported mental, emotional, psychologically. Navigating this crucial
Executive Director at Pace Center for Girls, developmental, or behavioral disorder. stage of development can be difficult and
Collier at Immokalee requires guidance, support, empathy, and
Complex mental health challenges safety.
B efore coming to Pace Center must be met with a multifaceted approach
for Girls, Collier at Immokalee, to support, which is why Pace’s model “I found something at Pace that you
Kimberlee began to see her is designed to meet girls where they are can’t find at other schools. I found a
world unravel—and with it, her both physically and developmentally. family that cared about me and my future,
mental health. She slowly started opening and I believed I could do whatever I set
up to her therapist, Ms. Jama, and “Part of the work we do here at Pace out to do. I found an extension to the
together they created a strong partnership is to help girls find their voice. This is family I already had that was uplifting
and plan grounded in trust and care. a huge part of any girl’s mental health and a positive driving force in my change
journey,” shared Vitina Monacello, for the better. Like countless girls before
“The mental health needs in Therapist at Pace Collier. “For our girls, me, I found myself as well,” shared
Immokalee are significant. The stigma it’s really owning and embracing their Prescilla, a Pace alum.
is real everywhere, but especially in this stories in full context. It’s not disowning
community. For many girls, coming to the difficult emotions or the hard things Sometimes, just asking a girl how
Pace is one of their first opportunities to that’ve happened to them, or the struggles she is doing can be a crucial step to
learn about mental health and to see what they’ve had. It’s finding their voice in all prevention or to beginning a healing
self-care is,” shared Jama Thurman, Social of that and making sense of their story for journey. If you know a girl who could
Services Manager at Pace Collier. themselves so they can move forward.” benefit from Pace’s programs, please
contact Decorah-Cruz, Intake Counselor,
Without support, many girls like Beyond the pandemic and the added at diana.decorah-cruz@pacecenter.
Kimberlee can struggle to find the best stressors this brought on, the adolescent org. To invest in Pace girls, please visit
path forward and consequently develop and teenage stage is one of great pacecenter.org.
harmful coping mechanisms that hinder transformation, both physiologically and
their journey to a brighter future. Aug/Sept/Oct 2022

"People should give therapy a
chance. Therapy has helped me find my
confidence and motivation in life,” shared
Kimberlee. “I don't talk to many people
about my personal life, but I talk to Ms.
Jama, and she helped me.”

At Pace, we believe all girls, regardless
of their story, deserve safe and supportive
spaces to heal that help them become
strong, compassionate, and successful
women. Our exceptional team of
counselors, therapists, and educators
take into consideration each girl’s unique
strengths, experiences as young women,
and history with trauma when creating
their individualized plans of care.

Even before the COVID-19
pandemic, mental health challenges
were the leading cause of disability and
challenging life outcomes in young
people, with the Surgeon General
Reporting in 2021 that up to one in five
children ages three to seventeen in the

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NCH BAKER & NORTH NAPLES HOSPITALS

Nationally recognized with an “A” Leapfrog hospital safety grade

N CH Baker Hospital and our staff and community, along with should be proud.”
NCH North Naples Hospital inviting physicians to be part of the The Leapfrog Group, an independent
have both received an “A” decision-making process have contributed
Leapfrog Hospital Safety to the exceptional grades we have been national watchdog organization, assigns
an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F” grade to
Grade for spring 2022. This national recognized with. hospitals across the country based on over
thirty national performance measures
distinction recognizes our achievements in “Patient safety and quality have always reflecting errors, injuries, accidents, and
infections, as well as systems hospitals
protecting patients from harm and error in been a priority here at NCH,”said Carlos have in place to prevent harm. The
grading system is peer-reviewed, fully
the hospital. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Quintero, MD, Chief Quality Officer, NCH transparent, and free to the public.

Grade is the only hospital rating program Healthcare System. “Recognition such as “Our focus on quality at NCH has been
a priority since I was offered the privilege
based exclusively on hospital prevention of this reaffirms the higher level of care and of leading this great healthcare system
nearly three years ago,” said Paul Hiltz,
medical errors and harm to patients. quality our patients can expect from NCH.” President & CEO, of NCH Healthcare
System. “I thank our entire staff for
An “A” grade from the Leapfrog Group “As the U.S. health care system helping NCH achieve this recognition
from Leapfrog, and for their dedication
is the gold standard when it comes to continues to feel the strain of the and persistence in providing an exceptional
patient experience each and every time.”
patient safety and is a major achievement pandemic, I thank the workforce and
To see NCH’s full grade details, visit
for those who earn it. leadership of the NCH Healthcare HospitalSafetyGrade.org.

NCH has come a long way to achieve System for sustained commitment to

its “A” grade from Leapfrog. We have patient safety, day in and day out,” said

transformed the way we review data to Leah Binder, president, and CEO of The

improve our quality metrics and enhance Leapfrog Group. “An ‘A’ Safety Grade is

the patient experience. We have pulled an outstanding achievement and one that

together a team to focus efforts on is not possible without a 24/7 effort by

improving quality with an exceptional the entire health care workforce to protect

patient experience. Transparency with patients from harm. This community

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STREAEVEDLINTGOTOTABLE?

BY ANDREA GIORDANO
Naples Resident
W
hat one local shares with
another can be sage
advice. When not jet-

setting around the world,

we still want the wonderful delicacies that

remind us of the places we are so fond

of when we travel. Living in Naples, our

family feels so blessed to be able to visit Seed

to Table (STT) which offers so many products

from all over the nation and around the world.

There are over 250 different cheeses in their cheese

department. A wine and cheese enthusiast could spend hours

perusing the cheeses and pairing them with fine wines. Or just watch

as the homemade mozzarella is made on the spot!

For those in love with France, the heirloom flour used to make the

fresh bread, in-store baked chocolate-filled croissants, and the French

press coffee or latte are sure to please. One could have any customer

feel like they are walking along the Champs-Elysées in Paris!

As a lover of Italy, I can say, look no further than the fresh pasta

department where every shape of pasta is made in-house daily, along

with almost every type of sauce found in Europe. There is fresh basil,

grated parmesan cheese, and Italian bread, every item one needs to

create an Italian masterpiece. Even mouthwatering appetizers are

available and freshly baked biscotti in so many flavors. One could

close their eyes and feast on foods that are being served all day along

the Amalfi Coast without ever leaving Naples, Florida. Whether

one is searching for the best capers, anchovies, olives, tomatoes, or

even garlic, there is no better organic market to get all the freshest

ingredients and produce than Seed to Table, or Oakes Farms.

When one is not able to fly out west to get the best beef in

America, there is no worry there. Brave Heart grass-fed meats are

sold at Seed to Table and enjoy every cut possible to eat on the

premises or take home to prepare.

If you have not been to Seed to Table in a while, it is worth

checking out, especially after the snowbirds have departed. You

will find live music daily, excellent weekend brunch options, a

healthy smoothie bar, grocery favorites including grass-fed milk,

unpasteurized orange juice, and an unlimited variety of beers, mixers,

and dessert drinks.

But the best reason to stop in before boating or beaching or just

going to fill your fridge is no matter when you visit Seed to Table you

will leave happier from the experience of visiting. And like the sign

says. “There are no strangers here only friends we have yet to meet.”

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FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT EVENTS

Talks and book signings featuring Historical Fiction in
downtown Naples will benefit Collier County Public Libraries

A dd a new series to Naples’ busy and cost.) publishing in New York. She divides
season of literary encounters: The Thursday, November 3, the her time between that city, London, and
the Author Spotlight Events. Kyoto, Japan.
The lectures—featuring two speaker, Sarah Penner, is a Kansas
novelists who write historical fiction native, now a Florida resident, who left The Author Spotlight Events’
in very different settings—will be in her career in finance in 2021 to devote setting in downtown Naples means that
November and April. herself to writing full time. ticketholders can make a day of it in the
Fifth Avenue South district, enjoying
The series joins the other established Penner’s novel, The Lost Apothecary, lunch and shopping before and after,
events that are sponsored by the is set in London and spans from 1791 said Trish Benisch of the Friends of the
nonprofit Friends of the Library of to the present day. It revolves around a Library of Collier County.
Collier County, which raises hundreds female apothecary who provides poison
of thousands of dollars to support the to women who use it to free themselves And having the April event on a
county’s public library programs and from the abusive men in their lives. Saturday is a boon for those who work
resources. Reviewers have called it “spellbinding” during the week, said Connie Kindsvater,
and “suspenseful.” Her website reports chairwoman of the Author Spotlight.
THE AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT that a TV version of the book is in the
EVENTS WILL FEATURE: works. The series sponsors are Kelly E.
Capolino of Downing-Frye Realty and
• Sarah Penner, author of The On Saturday, April 1, Asha Lemmie Signet Financial Management.
Lost Apothecary, on Thursday will talk about her debut novel, Fifty
afternoon, November 3, 2022 Words for Rain, which opens in post- What: Author lectures that are a fund-
World War II Japan. Its heroine is the raiser by the Friends of the Library of
• Asha Lemmie, author of Fifty young daughter of a married Japanese
Words for Rain, on Saturday aristocrat and her African-American Collier County
morning, April 1, 2023 GI lover. The child is taken in by the
mother’s grandparents, who conceal her Where: Blackburn Hall at Sugden
Both events will be held in Blackburn and subject her to tortures to lighten Community Theatre, 701 Fifth Ave.
Hall at Sugden Community Theatre her skin. Over the following decades,
(home of The Naples Players) on Fifth the girl, Nori, finds the strength to free S., Naples
Avenue South in downtown Naples. herself and take her place in the world.
Seating will be general admission. Each When:
talk will be followed by a book signing. Lemmie is a Boston College • Sarah Penner, Thursday, Nov. 3,
(See info box for details on dates, times, graduate who previously worked in book
2022at 2 p.m., followed by a book
signing
• Asha Lemmie, Saturday, April
1, 2023 at 10 a.m., followed by a
book signing

Cost: $48 for each lecture for current
members of the Friends of the Library
of Collier County; $58 for nonmem-
bers. All seating is general admission,

and “saving” seats will not be per-
mitted. Friends’ memberships begin
at $30/year and provide access and
discounts to many other programs.

Purchase tickets and become a
member: Go to collier-friends.org.

Questions? Email Marlene Haywood,
the Friends’ Program Director, at

[email protected] or call
239.262.8135.

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ith more than twenty
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Naples Players (TNP)

is leading the charge

nationally in providing new and creative

inclusive workshops. Spearheading

their efforts is Director of Community

Education and Wellness, Craig Price.

New to the team and eager to lend her

amazing skills to our community is

Summer Pliskow!

Summer is from Wellington, Florida,

and completed her Master of Arts

in Applied Theatre, or community

engagement using theatre for well-being

purposes, at the Royal Central School

of Speech and Drama in London. She

worked with the National Healthcare

System (NHS) and held different

workshops in care facilities and hospitals.

Summer also worked with schools in

underdeveloped communities and helped

students who need more support in school. Summer Pliskow

For example, to help students transition

from elementary to middle school,

Summer would use theatre to act out

feelings they’re having and try out real-life

scenarios in a safe setting.

After researching TNP’s website, in hospital settings. For example, I’ll go
to a dialysis ward and do a movie with
Summer decided we had an inspiring the patients where I get all their creative
ideas into a script. Working together as a
program that she wanted to be a part of. group to create a project like that promotes
well-being and socializing. Also, being
“I made myself a job here—they weren’t able to have an artistic license and create
something allows them to have ownership.
hiring. What I want to do is very niche and Most of the time, decisions are being made
for them all day about what medications
it’s something that really doesn’t exist in workshops here and my style is a little they need to take, etc., so this allows them
different—I use more scripted material.” to not only have an outlet but also make
this country. After grad school, I wanted their own decisions. It allows for a more
Summer is passionate about using person-centric care—we allow them to be
to be closer to home in Florida. I noticed theatre for social, cultural, and personal seen as artists and human beings rather
well-being and designs workshops to than their label.”
all of the community partners listed on build on all these aspects. “Interaction
is so important and promotes cognitive Explaining her process for coming up
TNP’s website and got in touch with Craig stimulation. For example, in memory with material, Summer says, “I’ve created
care facilities, interaction prevents movies, poetry, and scripts. I’ve also done
(Price) right away and got to hear more hallucinations and other symptoms interactive storytelling workshops in a
of dementia. Group workshops are so
about what they were doing.” valuable and important because they allow Aug/Sept/Oct 2022
for that community aspect.”
Of course, Craig and the staff at TNP
With a background in arts and health,
took notice of Summer’s experience and Summer says, “I’ve done a lot of programs

brought her on in March of this year.

Summer says, “The first month I shadowed

and learned about the type of program

they have here. I’ve been continuing on

with those classes and making some classes

of my own. They have a lot of improv

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Summer says, “In all of this, we’re going into these community
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TOMORROW, AND T he title is from voice of reason, the glue that keeps them all
TOMORROW, AND the devastating together and relatively sane. In the years that
TOMORROW speech follow, more games are created, their business
Shakespeare’s grows, and new gamers are brought into their
by Gabrielle Zevin Macbeth utters at fold, as triumphs and tragedies thread through
Knopf Doubleday Publishing the height of his their lives. But each year that passes reminds
416 Pages despair, though them of the fragility of love and life, and how
$28 US in Zevin’s tenth they must find ways to reinvent, renew, and
novel the message is one of hope. retore themselves if they want to go on.

Sam Masur and Sadie More than a story about love in all its forms,
Green meet in the game room Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
of a children's hospital in Los is ultimately about creativity and the work it
Angeles. Sadie is spending time with her older inspires. Even those who have never played a
sister Alice who has cancer, Sam is recovering video game in their life will appreciate the work
from a car accident that shattered his foot. and story that goes into the craft of creating
They are children and until Sadie asks Sam a one. Anyone who has had artistic aspirations
question, he hadn’t spoken to anyone in six will recognize the agony and ecstasy of Sadie
weeks. They bond over video games as they and Sam’s creative endeavors.
while away the bleak hours of recovery until a
misunderstanding severs them for years. The novel travels from Los Angeles to
The two reconnect in a subway station Cambridge, Massachusetts, back to Venice
in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the 1990s California, and spans thirty years. Definitely
when they are both in college, Sam studying not a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and
mathematics at Harvard, and Sadie in computer fury, signifying nothing (more Macbeth
science at MIT. Tenuous at first, their deep for you), Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and
bond reasserts itself and their video game Tomorrow sweeps along, gathering moss
obsession returns when they decide to combine and pulling threads together into a beautiful
their talents to create their own. With the help novel of ultimate hope that life can be just a
of Sam’s roommate Marx and Sadie’s twisted “restart” away.
Advanced Games professor, they create Ichigo,
a video game where a small Japanese child is ∞ AUTHOR PROFILE
swept out to sea and must find his way back
home. An instant success, Sam, Sadie, and Best known for her 2014 novel, The Storied
Marx find themselves rich and famous in the Life of A.J. Fikry, Zevin graduated from
gaming world. Harvard University in 2000 with a degree in
But commercial success isn’t everything. English, concentrating in American Literature.
Sam’s health troubles with his foot resurface Her novels have been translated into thirty-
and he undergoes an amputation. Sadie feels nine languages, and a film adaptation of
under-appreciated as a female video game The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry is currently in
creator in a male-dominated industry and acts production, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,
out in self-harming ways, but Marx is their and Tomorrow is in development. Zevin lives
in Los Angeles.

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nonprofit senior resource monthly birthday parties, yoga, Collier County Nutrition,
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fall prevention lectures, counseling Friday, at 4898 Coronado Parkway,
“Storm season is here,” explains FPL and support services. Naples, FL; CollierSeniorCenter.org.
External Affairs Manager Charlotte Miller, • More than 1,200 hot lunches to Collier Senior Center (formerly
“and FPL wants to ensure that everyone seniors in need and ninety older Collier Senior Resources) is Collier
is prepared should a hurricane come our adults Harry Chapin “Care & County’s first senior resource center,
way. That’s why we are excited to partner Share” nutritious, easy-to-prepare established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
with the Florida Council on Aging and meal kits each month. organization in 2010 to address the
Collier Senior Center to provide hurricane • Centralized source for local and needs of older adults and caregivers
preparedness meal kits as part of the long-distance caregivers seeking through programs, services, education,
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so that we can help ensure local seniors and resources in Collier County. Golden Gate provides free services for
have the food and water they need on hand • Partnerships to provide programs, seniors, caregivers, and those in need,
should severe weather strike.” socialization, and convenient life-enhancing programs, services, and
access to other agencies. seminars, Leadership Coalition on
After seniors finished their lunch, they • Virtual Resource Directory. Aging, the Virtual Resource Directory,
each received a kit that provides the tools • The nonprofit organizations and more. For more information,
to get through the first three days post- maximize each dollar received please call 239.252.4541, or visit www.
hurricane: by collaborating with trusted CollierSeniorCenter.org.
partners, including AARP
• 3-day supply of shelf-stable food Foundation (job placement and Aug/Sept/Oct 2022
and snacks training for out-of-work, low-
income seniors), Area Agency on
• 3-day supply of water
• Hurricane guide with important

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checklists, post-storm safety tips,
pet planning tips, and more
“This collaboration with FPL and the
Florida Council on Aging compliments
the programs Collier Senior Center
already provides and helps ensure that
all seniors in Collier County have
the resources needed to get through a
hurricane, should that event happen,”
explains Senior Center Director Esther
Lully. “This is simply an extension of
the charity’s ongoing efforts to meet the
needs of our community.”
Collier Senior Center-Golden Gate
provides an array of free services for
seniors, caregivers, and those in need
throughout Collier County:
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ARTIS—NAPLES 2022-23 SEASON

begins with signature variety and excitement

A rtis—Naples, home of The sicians for a program
Baker Museum and the that includes the Dvořák
Naples Philharmonic and String Quintet, Op. 97
Southwest Florida’s pre- on October 9. Chamber
mier destination for the visual and music lovers will also be
treated to Naples Phil-
performing arts, is proud to present harmonic musicians play-
ing Mendelssohn’s String
another season brimming with vari- Quintet No. 1 as part of
the Sypert Salon series
ety and excitement. Starting in Sep- on October 16 and 18.
For the more free-form
tember, there is truly something in crowd, the perennial cool
cats of the Naples Phil-
store for every type of arts lover as harmonic Jazz Orchestra
are joined by guest saxophonist Jimmy Greene
Artis—Naples continues to embrace on October 12. The Naples Philharmonic
Masterworks series triumphantly begins its
its multidisciplinary mission with season on October 20 and 21 with guest con-
ductor Hannu Lintu and guest soloist Conrad
offerings in the visual arts, classical Tao playing Tchaikovsky’s glorious Piano
Concerto No. 1.
music, symphonic pops, dance, tour- Cinephiles can grab their popcorn and head
to Artis—Naples and Silverspot Cinema at the
ing Broadway productions, special Mercato at the end of October for the four-
teenth annual Naples International Film Festi-
presentations, holiday concerts, val. Starting off with a splashy Opening Night
Film and Party on October 27, movie lovers will
and film. enjoy this glamorous evening of film and fun.
Film screenings continue at Silverspot Cinema
“We welcome everyone to from October 28-30, and the festival culminates
with Jack Everly, principal pops conductor of
participate in the 2022-23 season, the Naples Philharmonic, leading the orchestra
in John Williams’ iconic score to Jurassic Park
which is thoughtfully crafted, as Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning
film is projected over the stage on October 30.
creative, and wildly varied,” Ar- The closing night of the festival also includes an
exciting awards ceremony and party.
tis—Naples CEO and President For details on all exhibitions, performanc-
es, and events, visit artisnaples.org.
Kathleen van Bergen said. “An
TOP: Mauricio Lasansky, Triptych, 1963–71, “The Nazi Drawings,”
intrinsic part of our multidis- Levitt Foundation ©Lasansky Corporation

ciplinary mission is to provide MIDDLE: Ran Hwang (Korean, b. 1960). Becoming Again (instal-
lation view at the Asian Civilizations Museum in Singapore), 2017.
artistic experiences across the Paper buttons, beads, crystals, pins on Plexiglas, video projection,

creative spectrum, and this season’s 94 1/5 x 165 1/3 in. Courtesy of the artist.

breadth and depth of programming BOTTOM: Conrad Tao

bring that commitment beautifully

to life.”

The Baker Museum presents a

remarkable slate of exhibitions this

season, starting with Helen Franken-

thaler: Late Works, 1990-2003, open-

ing on September 6 and showcasing

the innovative soak-stain paintings

of Frankenthaler’s late years. Envi- 2022-23, opening October 14. Beginning on

sioning Evil: “The Nazi Drawings” October 22, museum visitors can experience

by Mauricio Lasansky opens on Sep- the exhibition Ran Hwang: Becoming Again.

tember 17 with powerful drawings This stunning installation by Korean-born

by Lasansky, the son of Jewish immi- artist Ran Hwang incorporates buttons,

grants in Argentina, as he grappled beads, pins, and video projections and medi-

with the horrors of the Holocaust. tates on both the transient and cyclical nature

The Baker Museum is also thrilled to of life.

continue its annual tradition of spot- There are also plenty of Artis—Naples

lighting notable Florida artists for a classical and jazz performances to eagerly

tenth year, with varied exhibitions on anticipate this fall. The Wang Chamber

display throughout the Hayes Hall Music series kicks off with violinist James

galleries in Florida Contemporary Ehnes joining Naples Philharmonic mu-

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FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH BID,
NAPLES PATHWAYS COALITION, & NAPLES POLICE DEPARTMENT

Partner on bike safety initiative

T he Fifth Avenue South Business communities in Collier County. Avenue South is
Improvement District has “This initiative builds upon our the ideal location to
partnered with the Naples assist a significant
Pathways Coalition and Naples longstanding tradition of working closely number of workers
Police Department to provide bicycle with the local government and law commuting to and
lights and other safety equipment to enforcement agencies in advocating for from downtown.
workers along the avenue. The initiative is the safety of pedestrians and cyclists on
intended to improve workers’ commutes our roads,” said Michelle Avola-Brown, “We are
to and from Fifth Avenue, especially in Executive Director for Naples Pathways delighted to partner
the dark of late night. Coalition. “We look forward to other with the Naples
successful partnerships going forward.” Pathways Coalition
The inaugural installation event and Naples Police
involved approximately thirty bikes on With several restaurants and bars Department and support their efforts to
Thursday, May 26 in Cambier Park, operating late into the night, Fifth ensure employees have safe and secure
behind Vergina Restaurant, with initial transportation,” said Bruce Barone, Jr.,
community funding executive director for the Fifth Avenue
provided by The South BID.
Norma Foundation. Featuring more than 220 businesses,
Organizers hope to including high-end shops, world-class
secure additional dining, unique boutiques and galleries,
funding in order to and exciting entertainment options,
host another safety Fifth Avenue South is the vibrant heart
equipment event later of Naples. For further information, visit
this year, preferably www.FifthAvenueSouth.com.
before the next peak
season.

“Since coming
on board as the
Community Oriented
Policing Officer
for Fifth Avenue
South, I’ve seen
workers riding their
bikes late at night
with dark clothing on and no safety
equipment other than a cell phone as a
headlight,” said Rey Reyes, TIF Officer
for the Naples Police Department. “This
initiative will help workers have a safer
commute home.”

In addition to installing bicycle lights,
the groups distributed reflective safety
vests/belts, safety information, and bicycle
locks for those who need them. Those
items were provided to at-risk cyclists
by the Naples Pathways Coalition,
a local non-profit organization that
works to create safe, bikeable, walkable

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