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FPRAIENSDSS OSF DTEALNTORE-WPIGAGINRSK

Adopt-A-Nest Program

BY KATHY FOSTER to stop by the Further, the many thousands of visitors
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park park to pick up who walk our beach and picnic in the
Board of Directors their certificate, park will see your logo and your support
plate (the size of of this community-wide program.
F riends of Delnor-Wiggins Pass a license plate)
State Park (DWPSP) is a support which was placed THE LOGGERHEAD $250
group for the park. As a non-profit on the nest, and a (BUSINESS OR INDIVIDUAL)
organization, our mission is to five by seven photo
promote community awareness, use, and of your nest. Out- A business, individual, or a family may
enjoyment of the park. of-town sponsors sponsor a nest dedicated to its business,
will be mailed their family member, grandchildren, or in
We offer certificate, plate, and memory of a special person. A plate will
educational experiences photo. be made to whom the nest is dedicated
and opportunities for (no business logo).
volunteers and visitors All funds raised
to learn about the stay in the park HATCHLING DONATION $20
native environment and will assist the
of our park. We want park in providing needed supplies used This level is a support level where your
to assist in protecting, to protect the nests and will help pay for name will be placed on a sea turtle cut
preserving, and other resource management needs within out and placed in our area #5 pavilion for
restoring the natural the park. visitors to see how you support sea turtle
resources of our park. conservation.
ADOPT-A-NEST
Starting in April, DONATION LEVELS: To Adopt-A-Nest, go to delnorwiggins.
sea turtles begin their org and see a button for Adopt-A-Nest. A
nesting along the THE GREEN $500 (BUSINESS) thank you confirmation will be sent once
sandy beach shore we receive your payment through PayPal.
of DWPSP. Nesting Your business logo will be printed on
season officially begins a plate along with the park’s logo and PHOTOGRAPHY BY URSULA GIBBONS
April 15 and the last the Friends logo and placed on the nest.
hatch is at the end of
October.

Last year, Friends
started a program
where a person or
business may “adopt”
a nest. A nest may
be dedicated to a family member,
grandchildren, your business, or in
memory of a special person. A plate will
be made especially for your adoption and
placed on a nest. See below the various
levels of adoption.

Nests are assigned in the order that
they are laid. A picture and location of
adopted nests will be posted online.

BENEFITS: at the end of the sea turtle
season, local sponsors will be advised

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CITYSTATE OF THE

BY TERESA HEITMANN
City of Naples Mayor

Hello neighbors! tournaments in guest naturalists every Tuesday via zoom
Spring in Naples, especially the the game room, or in person at the Eco Center.
watercolor art
month of April, is a special time in classes, and For more programs and events hosted
our city. Celebrations are happening Italian language by the City of Naples Community Service
everywhere. The information below classes. The Norris Center has an art Department, check us out on Facebook at
will hopefully be helpful when you are gallery with monthly rotating exhibits, www.facebook.com/NaplesParksandRec/.
planning your spring activities. many with opening receptions to meet
and greet with the artists. On the The public is also welcome to call at
Things are booming in the City of weekends, stroll through Cambier Park 239.213.3020 for more information.
Naples and that’s and enjoy the outdoor art shows and
including what’s FREE jazz concerts. It’s a fun way to To end this month’s information to
going on in the spend the afternoon! you, I want to encourage everyone to be
Community For the nature enthusiast: have you kind and patient when driving on the
Services, had a chance to stop by the Naples road. The streets are filled with walkers
Recreation Preserve? The preserve is a unique "green and bikers enjoying our beautiful weather
Division. Staff is space" located in the heart of Naples. It so please remember safety first.
busy preparing for is bordered on the west by U.S. 41 and
summer camps on the North by Fleischman Boulevard. Be safe.
and City Resident An elevated boardwalk enables visitors to Be well.
Registration take a .4-mile self-guided tour through an Be kind.
will open April ecosystem that once comprised most of
1, but first the early Naples. Nature talks are offered by Mayor Teresa Heitmann
community centers
will be hosting a
number of Spring Break Camps such as
Adventure Camp, Skateboarding, Super
Science, Baseball, and Rock-climbing!
Any gamers? Our NEW E-Sports
Lounge at Fleischmann Park has
ongoing E-Sports Tournaments. Check
with the center for upcoming events.

Adults in town looking for some
entertainment? The Norris Center has an
exciting spring planned for 2022. Inside
The Norris Center at Cambier Park we
will continue hosting fantastic Broadway-
style theater performances by Gulfshore
Playhouse through May. In between
plays there will be comedy shows, tribute
acts, Italian films, and discussions hosted
by Collier County Waterkeeper in the
theater. The Center is hosting billiards

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Orchid Lake is painted by Naples artist Emily James and inspired by the LaGrippe Orchid Garden at Naples
Botanical Garden. This limited edition of only 175 full-size, pigment ink on canvas fine art Giclée prints is
being released by the Emily James Gallery at $1,600 each. Naples Botanical Garden has graciously offered a

complimentary one-year individual membership with the purchase of each Giclée.

A portion of proceeds from sales of Orchid Lake will benefit Naples Botanical Garden.

NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN - A TRUE NAPLES TREASURE

Big things really do come from small beginnings. Naples Botanical Garden was founded by a group of visionary
Neapolitans and funded by generous donations. The Garden is now a 170-acre, award-winning, world-class
garden paradise, featuring plants from around the world in a gorgeous, tropical setting.
The Garden now receives more than 220,000 visitors a year.

Emily James

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ASPTRIANRG TCIOSM—ESNAALPIVLEES!

S pringtime programming is in full innovative leadership, and, on April 22 Monk on April 6 and welcoming
bloom at Artis—Naples, with and 23, the orchestra is joined by guest renowned saxophonist Dick Oatts on
many exciting highlights in both conductor Carlos Izcaray and violinist April 27. Also bringing the swing this
the visual and performing arts. Charles Yang to perform popular film spring comes Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern
From a thank-you salute to Sharon and composer Kris Bowers’ inspirational For a Jukebox, a musical collective that puts
Timothy Ubben Music Director Andrey Younger Self Violin Concerto. a vintage spin on today’s most popular
Boreyko for his eight seasons of inspiring hits, making them a sensation on both
artistic leadership to the interactive Many exciting exhibitions fill out YouTube and stages around the country.
multimedia exhibition Baseball Heroes: the galleries of The Baker Museum
Works from the Jay H. Baker Collection, this spring, with Baseball Heroes and Finally, musical theater fans are in for
there is much to enjoy on the Kimberly companion exhibition Love in All a treat as the Naples Philharmonic Pops
K. Querrey and Louis A. Simpson Forms: Selections from the Art Collection series concludes with Broadway’s Leading
Cultural Campus. of Patty and Jay Baker representing rare Men on April 1 and 2, featuring three
treasures from the private collections of leading men and one leading lady from
“April promises to be just as lively, beloved Naples philanthropists Patty some of Broadway’s greatest musicals.
robust, and memorable as the rest of this and Jay Baker. Pam Longobardi: Ocean The Artis—Naples Broadway series also
season has been,” says Artis—Naples Gleaning highlights Pam Longobardi’s reaches its culmination on April 12-17
CEO and President Kathleen van artistic practice of utilizing found ocean with the award-winning revival of Lerner
Bergen. “From The Baker Museum’s plastics to create thought-provoking art. and Loewe’s magical My Fair Lady.
landmark exhibition Another World: The Another World’s companion exhibition, Follow the story of Eliza Doolittle, a
Transcendental Painting Group to the Invisible Thread, explores contemporary young Cockney flower seller, as linguistics
conclusion of this season’s Broadway spirituality and the continued pursuit professor Henry Higgins attempts to turn
series with My Fair Lady, April is of transcending physical mortality. And her into a “proper lady.”
filled with visual and performing arts Florida Contemporary 2021-22, the
programming that is sure to delight our latest installment of an annual series Visit artisnaples.org for additional
patrons.” of exhibitions, features dynamic and details on all programming, and on
accomplished visual artists currently Artis—Naples COVID-19 safety
Classical music devotees of Naples active in Florida. Accompanying each of protocols.
are in for a treat in April—several these fascinating exhibitions is a series of
treats, in fact—with a performance of museum lectures that will offer unique LEFT: Baseball Heroes: Works from the Jay H. Baker Collection
Chopin’s dazzling Piano Concerto No. 1 insights into the artists and their work. Photo courtesy Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum
by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
under the baton of their recently Patrons who love moving and MIDDLE: Shereen Ahmed as Eliza Doolittle (on stairs) and
appointed artistic and music director, grooving can enjoy not one, but two company in The Lincoln Center Theater Production of Lerner &
Andrey Boreyko, on April 3. On April of the Naples Philharmonic Jazz
9, the Naples Philharmonic presents a Orchestra’s popular All That Jazz series, Loewe’s My Fair Lady
special performance celebrating Andrey featuring the extraordinary music of RIGHT: Andrey Boreyko, Sharon and
Boreyko’s eight years of dedicated and legendary jazz composer Thelonious
Timothy Ubben Music Director
Photo courtesy Artis—Naples, Naples Philharmonic

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NCH NAMED AS ONE OF AMERICA’S

TOP 100 HOSPITALS BY HEALTHGRADES

NCH ranks in the top 2% of all hospitals nationwide

T he NCH Healthcare System, confident healthcare
comprised of both NCH Baker
Hospital and NCH North Our commitment decisions by enabling
Naples Hospital, has received to providing an the evaluation and
the Healthgrades 2022 America’s 100 comparison of
Best Hospitals Award™. This notable
distinction places NCH in a small, elite exceptional patient hospital performance
group of hospitals who are in the top experience each and to find the highest
two percent of nearly 4,500 hospitals quality care. Visit
assessed nationwide for superior
clinical care and patient outcomes for every time has been Healthgrades.com/
the treatment of the most common quality/americas-
conditions and procedures as measured
by Healthgrades, the leading resource instrumental in helping best-hospitals for
that connects consumers, physicians, and us finally reach this an in-depth look at
health systems. Or, said another way, NCH’s performance
NCH offers better clinical excellence and
outcomes than ninety-eight percent of "remarkable distinction and profile to explore how we were named
all other hospitals nationwide who were with Healthgrades. as providing the highest quality care in
part of Healthgrades analysis. NCH –Paul Hiltz Naples today.
is one out of only six other healthcare President & CEO of the
facilities in the state of Florida to be NCH Healthcare System *Statistics are based on Healthgrades
recognized with this distinction. analysis of MedPAR data for years 2018
through 2020 and represent three-year
This is no easy feat for the small estimates for Medicare patients only.
percentage who are named within this
coveted category. Recipients must have Healthcare System. “Since my arrival ∞ ABOUT NCH
maintained exceptional quality standards as CEO two years ago our entire team HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
in overall clinical excellence for a has been laser-focused on reaching the
minimum of five years in a row to even be benchmark of being named a top 100 The NCH Healthcare System is a
considered for this prestigious honor. healthcare system. Our commitment to not-for-profit, multi-facility healthcare
providing an exceptional patient experience system located in Naples, Florida, and
From 2018-2020, patients treated in each and every time has been instrumental is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care
hospitals achieving the Healthgrades top in helping us finally reach this remarkable Network. The System is more than just
100 hospitals recognition on average had distinction with Healthgrades.” two hospitals (referred to as the NCH
a 25.4 percent lower risk of dying than if Baker Hospital and NCH North Naples
they were treated in hospitals that did not “We are proud to recognize NCH Hospital) with a total of 713 beds. NCH
receive this award. In fact, if all hospitals as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals is an alliance of 775 physicians and
as a group performed similarly to NCH, for 2022,” said Brad Bowman, MD, medical facilities in dozens of locations
162,830 lives could potentially have been Chief Medical Officer and Head of Data throughout Collier County and southwest
saved from 2018 to 2020.* Science at Healthgrades. “As an America’s Florida that offers nationally recognized,
100 Best hospital, NCH’s clinical quality health care to our community.
“NCH Healthcare System has performance and patient outcomes Our mission is to help everyone live a
always prided itself on delivering quality outpaced nearly all other hospitals in the longer, happier, healthier life. For more
healthcare to our community,” said Paul country. We believe these distinguished information, visit www.NCHmd.org.
Hiltz, President & CEO of the NCH hospitals are leading the industry and
setting the standard for providing safe and
quality care.”

Healthgrades helps consumers make

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NCH NAMED AS ONE OF AMERICA’S

TOP 100 HOSPITALS
BY HEALTHGRADES

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.

*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of MedPAR data for years 2018
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ISNPRSINAGVTIAMNE NAH same gracious manner that Savannah
welcomes her visitors today.
Through a Native’s Lens
It would take ten thousand
Story and Photography pictures to show you everything I
love: massive live oak trees, rope-like
ABY KAREN T. BARTLETT wisteria vines draped with lavender
picture may be worth a thousand words, but the three and white flowers, and cobblestone
words springtime in Savannah are worth ten thousand streets made from river rocks brought
pictures. I wish I had space here to show you ten from England as ballast in the holds of
thousand pictures of my native city—the city that so ships three hundred years ago. I’d show you centuries-old
enchanted General W.T. Sherman in 1864 that he couldn’t bring walls built of tabby—oyster shells, lime, and sand—and
himself to burn it down in his brutal, earth- the heavenly faces of ancient stone angels watching over
scorching March to the Sea. Instead, he gave the most beautiful cemetery in America.
it to President Lincoln as a Christmas present. With my ten thousand pictures, I’d show you the
His Christmas card read: wide verandahs, curlicues, and gingerbread of Victorian
homes, like my grandparents’ house where I spent my
“I beg to present to you as a Christmas gift the first two years of life, and the fine marble steps, stately
columns, and intricate detailing of Georgian, Regency,
City of Savannah with a hundred and forty heavy
guns and plenty of ammunition and also about April 2022
25,000 bales of cotton.”

He neglected to mention the 25,000 bales
of Spanish moss that gives Savannah her
mystique. Being winter,
he didn’t know about the
fragrant magnolia blossoms
bigger than dinner plates,
and azalea flowers as big
as brandy snifters. He
certainly should have
mentioned Savannah’s
legendary hospitality in
the stately Gothic Revival
mansion that hosted
him. Despite his Yankee
leanings, he was received
as an honored guest in the

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and Greek Revival architecture. I’d show you gargoyles and fully immerse in the mysteries of Savannah with
cupolas and decorative dolphin downspouts (the dolphin all your senses. Breathe in the fragrance of night-
fish, not the mammal), not just because they’re way more blooming jasmine. Listen for the murmuring
charming than plain drainpipes, but also because everyone of Savannah’s famous ghosts (oh yes, there are
knows that evil spirits, being afraid of water, are fooled by plenty, but please be careful whose stories you
the presence of fish. I’d show you secret gardens tucked believe). Feel the rumble deep in your chest when
behind one-of-a-kind ornate wrought-iron gates. While the blast of a ship’s horn signals the approach of
the Green-Meldrim House, which a massive freighter into Savannah Harbor. Touch
once hosted General Sherman, is now
a museum, many homes of the era are the old brick and tabby walls and
lovely bed and breakfast inns. marble statues. Taste the flavors
that celebrate Gullah-Geechee
Of course, I’d show you Savannah’s heritage.
beautiful squares. Every single one is
unique, with a fountain or a monument If you’re among the winter
or a wedding-perfect gazebo. I love Neapolitans soon to take that
the large granite boulder honoring drive up I-95 on the way home
Georgia's very first example of Southern to northern climes, plan to linger
hospitality. In 1733, Native American for a night or two. I promise: the
Yamacraw tribal chief Tomochichi waited experience is worth more than ten
on shore to welcome the first settlers. thousand pictures.
Most of the twenty-two squares feature
benches like the one on which Forrest Start here: VisitSavannah.com

Gump rested with his box of chocolates. Finally, we’d Karen T. Bartlett is an award-winning travel
reach the wide promenades of Forsyth Park, where swans writer and photographer, author of several
and tritons spray mist from the fountain similar to the
ones at Place de la Concorde in Paris. coffee table books, and three destination
guidebooks. She lives in Naples.
In my pictures, we’d visit Temple Mikvé Israel, which
houses the oldest Torah in the U.S., and the Anglican Bonaventure Cemetery, Forsyth Park and the Mercer-Williams House are all featured
church where John Wesley was the rector in 1736. We’d feel prominently in "The Book," as Savannahians call it, and the movie by its proper title,
the power in the humble Second African Baptist Church,
where Martin Luther King, Jr. practiced his “I Have a "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil."
Dream” speech before the March on Washington.
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Although there’s more than enough to experience in a MAIN: Bonaventure Cemetery
virtual stroll through these historic streets and squares, I’d TOP: Mercer-Williams House on Monterey Square
want to whisk you away for a photographic moment in the MIDDLE: Wedding gazebo in Whitefield Square
hauntingly beautiful, oak-shaded Bonaventure Cemetery, BOTTOM: Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist
perched on a bluff above the salt marsh of the Wilmington
River; and the avenue of oaks leading to the tabby ruins at PAGE 19
Wormsloe Historic Site. But here’s the thing. You can only TOP: Fountain at Forsyth Park
MIDDLE: One of many beautiful monuments in Bonaventure Cemetery
April 2022 BOTTOM LEFT: Entry gates to Wormsloe Historic Site
BOTTOM RIGHT: A triton (merman) blows his trumpet shell in the Forsyth Park fountain
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THE NAPLES PLAYERS

How theatre prepares you for business

BY LAUREN SPEIRS water, instant family.’ The paint hadn't even
We both gave up our dried, and we were
Y ou might recognize Paulette Oliva equity cards because
from The Naples Players (TNP) we decided we wanted already involved with The
production of Calendar Girls… to do this for fun.” Naples Players! When
Did you know she also volunteers you get involved with a
offstage at TNP? Paulette and her husband Paulette and Peter theater, it’s always ‘add
Peter (McClung, most recently appeared in discovered TNP while water, instant family.’
An Ideal Husband) have ushered and they strolling down Fifth We both gave up our
also lent a hand at the Gala. Avenue South. “Peter
said, ‘I heard there’s "equity cards because we
The couple recently gave up their equity a community theater
cards, which you receive from working in down here, I think decided we wanted to do
an equity theater or you build up points. it’s on this street.’ this for fun.
Paulette says, “I got mine when I was We were blown away
twenty-one and had a contract right away. when we saw the –Paulette Oliva
I wound up taking the business route and size of it! We took a Naples Players Actress
owned a marketing company. I was still tour and got involved
able to do theatre on the side. I would right away—we felt was given an honorary doctorate and
be backstage during intermission on my immediately embraced.” was invited to address the graduates of
laptop! My company Paulette is originally from Valhalla
was completely in New York State and she’s a Broadway
outside of the arts— fanatic—she still has an apartment in the
we started out in theater district in New York City. Involved
direct mail marketing with acting and music since she was a
and developed it into child, Paulette went to Mercy College to
an email and social continue her studies. In 2021, Paulette
media marketing.
We brought our
clients kicking and
screaming into the
twenty-first century
by moving from
catalogs to where
things are now.”

After thirty years
in the industry,
Paulette sold her
company in 2019 to
a private equity firm.
Soon after, she flew
down to see three
friends performing in
different shows in Fort Myers. While in
southwest Florida, Paulette immediately
fell in love with the elegance of Naples
and was able to buy a home in Bonita
before the pandemic. “The paint hadn't
even dried, and we were already involved
with The Naples Players! When you get
involved with a theater, it’s always ‘add

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organizational structure here is really phenomenal. The
infrastructure for that has probably taken a long time
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will be a support system every step of the way and
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With preparations for When We Were Young and
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RIGHT: Paulette Oliva and Brad Brenner in Calendar Girls
LEFT: Paulette Oliva in Calendar Girls

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THE ARTS – UPTOWN

“As Equals” Enjoying Art and Music Together

Story and Photography
BY LEEZA ARKHANGELSKAYA
Owner of East West Fine Art

T he idea for the “As Equals”
concert for pets came to us
after the isolating long days and
nights of lockdown during the
current pandemic.

Our social circles suddenly Planet selected a repertoire of Aidan, teaching him how to be a “good
contracted: family, friends, and colleagues beautiful music for pets and their boy.”
all seemed so far away. When we were owners that they could enjoy
feeling lonely and overwhelmed, our pets “As Equals.” The songs were Hopefully, the lockdowns are all in
came to our rescue. especially selected melodically the past, but we will never forget the
and rhythmically to soothe. friendship and dedication of our four-
We did our best to adjust and took legged friends.
comfort in small enjoyments during And what a success!
lockdown. We now had more time to The pups wagged their tails We will prepare a second iteration
listen to music, to read, to beautify to the light polkas and then of this innovative and joyful event
our homes. curled up by their owners’ sides when the in the near future. For upcoming art
program closed with melancholy lullabies. exhibitions and concerts please visit our
Our pets were always by our side Owners had no tails to wag but were equally events pages: www.eastwestfineart.com
comforting us and sharing our hobbies delighted by the concert. We also witnessed and www.artsplanetnaples.org.
and pleasures. My cats Dasha and our four-legged friends react to color in
Masha were “paws-on” in helping me paintings, as well as in Daniela’s flame *Founded in 2000, East West Fine Art is one of the
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a particularly long lockdown period! some paintings of seascapes and landscapes Olga and Leeza Arkhangelskaya delight Naples
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To honor our bond with our devoted Beach” was an especially popular work of art
pets, East West Fine Art* and Arts amongst the pups. **Arts Planet was founded in 2019 by Naples
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combining visual and audio delights, at and that only made our guests of honor even mission to provide enriching artistic crossroads
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handsome Rocky was rescued from Katrina acclaimed local artists.
Daniela Shtereva, founder of Arts and has been owner Jen’s best buddy ever
since. You can rely on Mischa, Jen’s second TOP: Back Row: Antonio Innaimo and Gregg Zavodny
dog, to be a funny and sassy diva. Olesya’s Front Row: Leeza Arkhangelskaya, Jen Darnell, Olesya Garshi-
rottweiler Ruby might appear intimidating,
but she is as sweet as she is big. Ruby was na with dogs Mischa, Rocky, and Ruby
comforting her whole family during Covid. BOTTOM: (L to R) dog Ruby, Olesya Garshina, Jen Darnell,
She provided her snuggly body to toddler
Olga Arkhangelskaya and dog Mischa
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WHAT IS PARKINSON’S?

BY LORNA FEDELEM, MD

A pril is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. This 1. TREMOR
month we bring to light this disease that actor Have you noticed a slight shaking or tremor in your
Michael J. Fox has lived with for many decades.
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative finger, thumb, hand, or chin? A tremor while at rest is
disorder that affects predominately dopamine-producing a common early sign of Parkinson’s disease.
neurons in a specific area of the
brain called substantia nigra. 2. CONSTIPATION
Do you have trouble moving your bowels without
Symptoms generally develop
slowly over years. The progression straining every day? Straining to move your bowels
of symptoms is often a bit can be an early sign of Parkinson’s disease and you
different from one person to should talk to your doctor.
another due to the diversity of
the disease. People with PD may 3. LOSS OF SMELL
experience: Have you noticed you no longer smell certain

• Tremor, mainly at rest and foods very well? If you seem to have more trouble smelling foods like
described as pill-rolling bananas, dill pickles, or licorice, you should ask your doctor about
tremor in hands. Other Parkinson’s disease.
forms of tremor are
possible. 4. TROUBLE SLEEPING
Do you thrash around in bed or act out dreams when you are
• Bradykinesia or slow
movements deeply asleep? Sometimes, your spouse will notice or will want to
move to another bed. Sudden movements during sleep may be a sign
• Limb rigidity of Parkinson’s disease.
• Gait and balance problems
The cause remains largely unknown. Although 5. TROUBLE MOVING OR WALKING
there is no cure, treatment options vary and include Do you feel stiff in your body, arms, or legs? Sometimes stiffness
medications and surgery. While Parkinson’s itself is not
fatal, disease complications can be serious. The Centers goes away as you move. If it does not, it can be a sign of Parkinson’s
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rated disease. An early sign might be stiffness or pain in your shoulder or
complications from PD as the fourteenth cause of death hips. People sometimes say their feet seem “stuck to the floor.”
in the United States.
6. SMALL HANDWRITING
TEN EARLY SIGNS OF Has your handwriting gotten much smaller than it was in the
PARKINSON’S DISEASE

It can be hard to tell if you or a loved one has
Parkinson’s disease (PD).

Below are ten signs that you might have the disease.
No single one of these signs means that you should
worry, but if you have more than one sign you should
consider making an appointment to talk to your doctor.

April 2022 ...continued on page 26

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past? You may notice the way you write UNDERSTANDING No single one of
words on a page has changed, such as PARKINSON’S AND THE these signs means
letter sizes are smaller, and the words IMPORTANCE OF AWARENESS that you should
are crowded together. A change in worry, but if you
handwriting may be a sign of Parkinson’s Awareness is key as we work toward have more than one
disease called micrographia. a world without Parkinson’s disease. sign you should
Parkinson’s Awareness Month is an consider making an
7. A SOFT OR LOW VOICE opportune time to share tips and resources
If there has been a change in your that help make life better for people "appointment to talk
with Parkinson’s. Everyday people in our to your doctor.
voice you should see your doctor about PD community face obstacles—some
whether it could be Parkinson’s disease. anticipated, others new. This month, the your tips and make their life just a little
Sometimes you might think other people Parkinson’s Foundation wants to know easier. Head to Parkinson.org/Awareness
are losing their hearing when really you your key to living well with PD. Whether to share your #KeyToPD. If you have
are speaking more softly. you are living with PD, are a caregiver, concerns that you or a loved one may have
or a healthcare professional, tell us your early signs of Parkinson’s Disease, make
8. MASKED FACE tip. From managing freezing to sleeping an appointment right away with your
Have you been told that you have a and bathroom tips—no topic is off-limits. primary care physician to be evaluated.
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Bloomington, Illinois, her junior year in where she was the only batik artist. As a settled in Crayton Cove in the Phil Fisher
high school. Spending numerous hours pioneer in this medium, she continues to Gallery/Studio and the Guess-Fisher
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on to college where she majored in art art form that paints hot, clear wax on silk is one of the artists they feature in the
and minored in business yet spent much and colors the fabric with dyes one step at gallery as well as Jan Ellen Atkielski, Janet
of her time experimenting with batik in Kirby, Kevin Barton, Phil Fisher, and
her dorm room. In 1979 she moved to 2 others. The show for the month of April
Naples and focused on her artform and is “Contemporaries,” a collection of works
participated in art shows on the weekends by these artists in their various mediums.
while working various jobs. She met Phil They, along with Random Acts of Art and
Fisher in 1980 then married him in 1981, Paws Pet Boutique are some of the local
and her life became a life of art, as he was businesses that make up the shopping area
an artist, too. They opened their gallery/ called Crayton Cove and are located where
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I MUST BETRAY YOU With no choice, Cristian does as he is ordered,
R uta Sepetys is but not without a spark of rebellion in his heart.
by Ruta Sepetys what is known For even as Romanians were cut off from news of
Philomel Books as a “crossover the greater world, most families had illegal radios
336 Pages author.” This to listen to Radio Free Europe and hear that the
$18.99 US means that Eastern Bloc was beginning to collapse. Filled
while she with righteous anger, Cristian begins a secret
primarily writes journal filled with prose, poetry, and his feelings
for teenagers, about living in a totalitarian regime. And then his
her themes and sophisticated brilliant idea forms: he will smuggle this journal
writing are also well-received into the hands of the embassy delegate so people
by adult audiences. The New in the greater world will know the crimes against
York Times Book Review humanity committed against Cristian and all the
described Sepetys as, “…a Romanian people.
champion of the interstitial
people so often ignored—whole populations This is a harrowing story, one filled with
lost in the cracks of history.” bone-cracking tension, violence, and ultimately,
I Must Betray You is set in Bucharest, the strength of the human spirit not to bow to
Romania in 1989. While most of us (author of oppressors. Cristian, while only seventeen, finds
this book review included) remember where himself in the middle of the revolution when it
we were in 1989, it is an important piece of begins near Christmas of 1989. His friend Luca,
history already as it describes the crumbling his girlfriend Liliana, and Cristian are caught in
of Communism and the rending of the Iron the middle of the protest when it is started by
Curtain. Romania, the last to fall, under the college students but quickly swells to most of the
tight-fisted control of Nicolae Ceaușescu, was able-bodied population of Bucharest. We know
the bloodiest and most violent of all. the end of Ceaușescu, but it is Cristian’s story that
Narrated by seventeen-year-old Cristian shines here, showing us the power of courage
Florescu, I Must Betray You tells this part of when there is nothing left to lose.
history through his eyes. A young man living in a
concrete apartment block in Bucharest, Cristian This important part of history is one that
and his family struggle to gather the basic should never be forgotten. A timely topic
necessities to survive. Food is scarce, electricity for today as we watch world events, it is an
is spotty, and there are spies everywhere. important book that must be read. More
Neighbors, teachers, classmates, and even the girl importantly, we must give it to our youth so they
Cristian likes is not free from the suspicion of might read and know what people their own
being an informant for the Securitate, Romania’s age were once (not so long ago) willing to do for
fearsome secret police. their freedom.
Then Cristian is approached by one of the
Securitate because his mother cleans house for ∞ AUTHOR PROFILE
one of the American Embassy’s delegates. His
orders are to befriend the delegate’s son Dan The daughter of a Lithuanian refugee, Ruta
and find out more about the workings of the Sepetys was raised in Michigan. She attended
American household. If he completes his work Hillsdale College for her B.A. and did graduate
successfully, medicine will be given to Cristian’s work in France. She has written five novels of
grandfather, who is ill with leukemia. historical fiction for young adults and currently
lives in Los Angeles.

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your practice. Today I will highlight some great nutritious snack and keep your also loaded with vitamin B12, phosphorus,
of these important functional foods. Take complexion hydrated and radiant. magnesium, vitamin D, organic acids,
a look at the cantaloupe for example. One and over sixty different strains of live
cup of cantaloupe provides 110 percent A lesser-known fruit chock-full bacteria making them a very rich source
of the Recommended Daily Allowance of nutrients is kiwi. Vitamin C and of probiotics for the gut. However, if you
(RDA) of vitamin A in the form of beta polyphenols in kiwi can reduce levels of have absolutely no tolerance for these
carotene. This cleansing antioxidant triglycerides by up to fifteen percent. A products, you can easily substitute them
combines with the melon’s high-water perfect breakfast or a snack for someone with almond or cashew milk.
content to help speed the elimination trying to mend their metabolic syndrome
of fat-trapping toxins from the body. naturally is to blend one small cup of When it comes to healthy eating, my
So, if I have a patient who is trying to organic non-fat kefir or plain yogurt, one philosophy has always been to stay away
optimize his or her weight and is asking kiwi fruit cleaned and diced, and one from ninety percent of what is sold in the
for a nutritious breakfast, I recommend teaspoon of chopped fresh mint for a supermarket. Instead, go for fresh fruits
combing a small slice of cantaloupe with delicious smoothie. and vegetables, and a healthy and organic
either a small cup of plain low-fat organic source of dairy and poultry. Smaller wild
yogurt, or a small serving of low-fat You have probably noticed that I often fish is a bonus, as are lentils and legumes.
organic cottage cheese, or just about any recommend non-fat or low-fat yogurt or Food is much more exciting and safer
other non-processed source of protein you kefir as a medium for many fruit snacks. than medications and should be engaged
like. As you face Florida’s heat—adding These two happen to be in the top ten as a healing modality as much as possible.
a cantaloupe to anything you eat will calcium-rich foods out there. And calcium
make you feel brighter, cooler, and more can reduce dietary fat absorption by a Dr. Kogan is a Concierge Holistic Internal Medicine
hydrated. whopping 250 percent. Calcium also doctor in Naples. Her website is CustomLongevity.com.
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Another great fruit to use abundantly slow down the metabolism. In addition,
in your Naples home is watermelon. kefir and yogurt’s natural combination
of calcium with vitamin D improves our
Packed with skin- sensitivity to insulin.
nourishing antioxidants,
like vitamins A, C, Some people shun dairy for allergic
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the skin’s sun
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BY LUCITT & CO.

M aybe it is Antilles’ great
location. Maybe it is
the elegant island-style
architecture and a long list
of superior standard features included
in every residence. Certainly, the pricing
and low monthly fees have significantly
influenced buyers. However, the
calculations have been weighed, adding
up all the elements that distinguish
Antilles as a preferred resort property,
and the result is Phase One of the new
construction release is now sold out.
Everything that made Antilles’ first
sixty-eight residences so attractive to
buyers is being continued in the design
and construction of the balance of its

April 2022 212 coach homes. The newest release of the new Grand
Coach Homes is selling well, and crews have been
working flat-out to keep up with demand and due
dates. Units are still available. All coach homes are one-
floor residences with rolling delivery dates from now
through fall.

Grand Coach Homes are the largest four-unit
structures in Antilles, and each includes an attached two-
car garage and deep, screened-in lanai. Its first floor Nevis
is a three-Bedroom floorplan with 1,980 square feet under
air. The upper floor Montserrat is the largest in Antilles at
2,444 square feet and features a three-bedroom and loft
floorplan arranged in a split-plan format with the owners’
suite across the residence from the other bedrooms.
Grand Coach Home pricing starts in the mid-$500,000s.

Construction of smaller Classic Coach Homes will
begin shortly. As starter properties, they will continue
to be an important part of Antilles’ overall composition.
They are also three-bedroom units with attached single
car garages and offer floorplans in the 1,500+ square
foot range. The new designer model of the first floor
Saba unit features an open great room floorplan with an
open kitchen layout. The pantry layout maximizes the
kitchen’s footprint while still offering 1,537 squares feet
of living space. The upper floor Tobago will also include

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an open kitchen and pantry design, but The calculations have an end-to-end service bar and alfresco
its higher ceilings and treetop views will been weighed, adding seating. A pergola-covered conversation
remain as wide open as ever. up all the elements that and fire pit and sun and shade decks
distinguish Antilles complete the gated pool area and offer
The standard features included in as a preferred resort multiple opportunities for casual seating
the purchase price of Antilles’ homes property, and the result and optimum basking. Four regulation
distinguish it from other new construction is Phase One of the new pickleball and two bocce courts have
projects, and have been influential among been purpose-built away from Antilles’
value-oriented buyers as they compare "construction release is residences as a noise consideration and
other builder-grade standards to Antilles’, now sold out. a four-hole putting green was recently
where solid core eight-foot interior doors added as a free golf amenity. JMD
with Merano hardware, high ceilings, here and the exercise and fitness center, Development supplies game equipment
quartz countertops, Kohler fittings, massage room, and Antilles’ buyers’ for its homeowners and their guests, also
concrete roof tiles with tie-downs, sixteen selection center are to the rear. The huge free of membership or rental fees.
SEER Carrier A/C systems and exterior gathering room is about one-half of the
doors and windows that are wind-rated to club’s 5,000 square foot expanse and Antilles is a gated community two
the exacting Miami/Dade standards are features wall-to-wall views over its 9,000 miles south of Tamiami Trail East (US
included, in addition to the long list of square foot outdoor living area centered 41), set back from Collier Boulevard
superior specifications and fittings noted on Antilles’ 3,500 square foot resort pool (SR 951). Turn east on Port Au Prince
on Antilles’ feature sheet. with wade-in entry and negative edge Road and continue to The Flamingo
perimeter. It is bordered by a multi-person Club, 155 Indies Drive East, Naples,
Antilles’ Flamingo Club amenity heated spa and oversized tiki hut with FL 34114. Antilles is represented by
center was designed to be at the heart of JRW Developer Resources, a division
community life. It offers 14,000 square of John R. Wood Properties. Please
feet of pure luxury, indoors and out, refer to AntillesNaples.com to register
and is a showcase for the subtle tones for the most current updates or call
and elegant West Indies Island-style 239.691.4455 for an appointment. The
architectural details that define the sales center is open daily from 10 a.m.
community’s appeal. It is as representative to 5 p.m. and from noon to 5 p.m. on
of Antilles’ luxury resort presentation Sundays. Jaime and Kerry are on-site to
as it is of the quality built into every introduce the community.
residence. Executive services are managed

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