Kay Smith: Applications available for BSU board posts

Any BSU member who is a full-time resident of the area served by BSU is eligible to run. Candidates cannot be related, as defined by BSU bylaws, to members of the board. Those interested in applying for candidacy may pick up application forms at the BSU office at 11860 E. Terry St. Completed applications must be received by BSU before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31.

Ballots will be mailed to BSU members in February, and the results of the election will be announced at the annual meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, March 16. Bonita Springs attorney John D. Spear will monitor the election process for the fourth year.

The nine board members meet at 5 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month and serve on a voluntary basis. The board works with the utility's management and staff to carry out the mission of providing safe, reliable potable water and wastewater treatment, emphasizing responsible protection resources at the most effective cost to all members.

Incumbents Robert Bachman, Marc Ciaffone and Robert McGrath are eligible to run for re-election. Other board members are Paul Attwood, Harvey Haines, Henry Hochstetler, Frank Liles Jr., John Mathes and David McKee.

Bonita Springs Utilities serves nearly 20,000 homes and businesses in a 50-square-mile area. To learn more about the utility, visit its Web site at BSU.us.

Two students and one teacher were honored at last Wednesday's breakfast meeting of the Rotary Club of Bonita Springs at Highland Woods Golf and Country Club on U.S. 41.

Rotarian Steve Akers said the Academic Award went to Jose Don Juan of Fort Myers, and the Service Award, which best exemplifies Rotary International's creed of "Service Above Self" was presented to Courtney Brown of Bonita Springs.

Teacher of the month was Barbara Young, who has been with the Lee County School District 17 years.

Logan Newell's Blood and Bone Marrow Birthday Bash will be held from noon until 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30, at Golf Safari on Bonita Beach Road.

When he was going through years of cancer treatment, he and his family held many blood and bone marrow drives. No bone marrow was ever found for him, but super aggressive chemo worked and he is now cancer free and healthy, he said.

For more information, contact the Community Blood Center at 945-1138, or Logan at 841-0001.

The Rev. Sam Newell of Bonita Springs Ministerial Association announces that the annual Thanksgiving Eve Community Worship Service will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Leo Catholic Church on Beaumont Avenue.

The entire community of faith is welcome, he said. Clergy and lay people from the Bonita Springs Ministerial Association Member Churches will be participating in the service. The entire community is invited, he added.