Photos from September 18, 2006

  • FEET & BILLS. A flock of Giant White Pelicans (9' plus wing span) waiting for take off until the runway in front is cleared. White Pelicans winter in the 10,000 Islands and are very interesting to watch as they FISH entirely different than their cousins the Brown Pelicans. As we know the Brown Pelicans dive from air into the water to capture thier food. The White Pelicans as a large group, while paddling on the surface, HERD fish into shallow waters and then capture them in their large bills.
  • Furniture found along the SR 92 shoreline was part of the debris found in the Collier Coastal Cleanup on Saturday.
  • Neils Hansen and Brooke Cleary check the numbers on their bingo card during family night at Tommie Barfield Elementary School Friday.
  • Lely's Rolph Bathold uses his blocking to squeeze in for a Lely score.
  • Lely High defensive back Sam Baptiste raised his hand in victory after making his third interception to seal Lely’s 28-21 win over Golden Gate on Friday night. Behind him, a Lely cheerleader is a blur in sharing in the exuberance.
  • Mindy Matusiak and Tony Sans of the parks and recreation department will receive the Employee of the Month award tonight at the city council meeting. Director Dana Souza said that the duo have significantly improved community relations and customer service and have developed new programs.
  • Ken Knauf heads Marco Island Real Estate LLC., a new real estate company headquartered at The Business Center within the Island Plaza on Marco Island.
  • The Business Center and real estate company are situated near Beall’s Outlet.
  • Jillian Pitone draws a star on her pirate hat at the Movie in the Park on Saturday at Mackle Park. Jamie Blodgett showed the kids how to fold the newspaper to make their hats. The pirate theme was for the Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
  • Dolphins defensive end Matt Roth, right, pulls down Bills running back Willis McGahee during the first half Sunday at Dolphin Stadium in Miami.
  • Brayan Pena (8) of the Atlanta Braves is congratulated by teammate Brian McCann, left, after scoring the winning run in the 10th inning Sunday against the Florida Marlins in Atlanta.
  • Florida wide receiver Dallas Baker scores on a 21-yard pass play in front of cheering Gators fans to give Florida a 21-20 lead over Tennessee in the fourth quarter Saturday night.
  • Falcons quarterback Michael Vick eludes Bucs linebacker Derrick Brooks to score a touchdown in the first quarter Sunday at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
  • Alicia Evans, 7, right, Blake Turner, 12, left, and Jacob Bickel, background center, practice blowing the shofar, or Ram's Horn, during a shofar workshop Sunday afternoon at Temple Shalom in North Naples. The shofar is an announcement tool that is blown to call people together. Rosh Hoshana, the Jewish new year, is Friday and the children will blow the shofar at the end of the final service of Yom Kippur.
  • Carlos Zuniga, center, Alex Nuñez, left, and Silvano Salinas, right, members of Danza Azteca Guadalupeña from Naples, prepare to perform for a crowd outside of the Farmworkers Association of Florida office in Immokalee on Sunday. An event was held in honor of Mexican Independence Day, which was Saturday, and featured authentic Mexican food, a band and the dancers. A representative of the Mexican Consulate in Miami also spoke, having the crowd yell 'El grito,' or The Cry, where people say 'Viva el Mexico' and sang the Mexican national anthem. The U.S. national anthem was also performed.
  • Jose Camacho, center, 7, a first-grader at Pinewoods Elementary, rehearses the song, 'John 3:16,' in the chapel at the Manna Christian mobile home park in Bonita Springs on Thursday evening.
  • Sgt. Patrick O'Mara, a diver for the Lee County Sheriff's Department, searches the bottom of a shallow drainage canal in San Carlos Park Sunday looking for a .22 caliber hand gun disposed by Jesse Adams. Adams turned himself in after apparently shooting a gun into the air after a domestic dispute early Sunday morning.
  • Ellen Nichols, left, director and founder of New Horizons, a faith-based nonprofit organization, spends time with Abel Gonzales, 6, a kindergartner at Pinewoods Elementary School, as he plays with a pop-up book in the chapel at the Manna Christian mobile home park in Bonita Springs on Thursday evening. The gathering of volunteer tutors and elementary school students was part of the Super Kids Club, the after-school offshoot of the New Horizons program, that provides 700 hours of free tutoring each week to at-risk children in Lee and Collier counties.
  • Jesse Adams is escorted into the back of a squad car by Lee County sheriff's officials Sunday afternoon after he was brought back to his home, 17465 Laurel Valley Road, to help determine where he disposed of a firearm there. Adams, accused of shooting a gun into the air at the residence after a domestic dispute early Sunday, turned himself in to police later in the day.
  • Anne Batte writes down items she and husband Joe have found during the Collier Coastal Cleanup along Tigertail Beach on Saturday.
  • Rope from a crabpot, with some of the remains, were in the bag collected by Christian Hansen at the Collier Coastal Cleanup on Saturday along the Marco shoreline.
  • Joe Batte tosses a bottle from the grass to his wife Anne as they took part in Collier Coastal Cleanup on Saturday along Tigertail Beach.
  • Sarah Oliver carries her garbage bag as she takes part in Collier Coastal Cleanup on Saturday. More than 200 volunteers worked the Marco shoreline.
  • A sunken boat was recovered in the Collier Coastal Cleanup on Saturday. The boat was part of the debris and refuse colletced and taken to the Calusa Island Marina to be hauled away by Collier County Waste Management. The water in the boat was pumped out and the boat was hauled away.
  • Shirley Davis raises her hands signifying a bingo at Family Night at Tommie Barfield Elementary School on Friday.
  • It appears that Will Konkus has more on his mind than his bingo card with his pizza and drink during Bingo at Tommie Barfield Elementary School Friday night.
  • Michael Sundholm, 6, is heading out of the pile of hay with gold coins. Before the movie children hunted for gold coins and some of them were chocolate. Michael said he had a handful that were all chocolate.
  • Nicholas Smithem, 2½, wore his pirate hat and eye patch as he waited for the movie to start. 'Argh, matey,' he said.
  • The Buffalo Bills beat the Miami Dolphins 16-6 on Sunday, sending the Dolphins to 0-2 for only the second time in the last 37 seasons.
  • The Buffalo Bills beat the Miami Dolphins 16-6 on Sunday, sending the Dolphins to 0-2 for only the second time in the last 37 seasons.
  • The Buffalo Bills beat the Miami Dolphins 16-6 on Sunday, sending the Dolphins to 0-2 for only the second time in the last 37 seasons.
  • The Buffalo Bills beat the Miami Dolphins 16-6 on Sunday, sending the Dolphins to 0-2 for only the second time in the last 37 seasons.
  • Dolphins' tight end Randy McMichael lowers his shoulders into Buffalo cornerback Terrence McGee during the second quarter of play in Miami on Sunday afternoon. The Bills defeated the Dolphins 16-6, taking their record to 1-1, while the Dolphins look for their first win against the Tennessee Titans at home next week.
  • Dolphins' veteran defensive end Jason Taylor, left, rallies the crowd during a third down stand in the beginning of the first quarter against the Buffalo Bills in Miami on Sunday afternoon.
  • The Buffalo Bills beat the Miami Dolphins 16-6 on Sunday, sending the Dolphins to 0-2 for only the second time in the last 37 seasons.
  • The Buffalo Bills beat the Miami Dolphins 16-6 on Sunday, sending the Dolphins to 0-2 for only the second time in the last 37 seasons.
  • The Buffalo Bills beat the Miami Dolphins 16-6 on Sunday, sending the Dolphins to 0-2 for only the second time in the last 37 seasons.
  • The Buffalo Bills beat the Miami Dolphins 16-6 on Sunday, sending the Dolphins to 0-2 for only the second time in the last 37 seasons.
  • The Buffalo Bills beat the Miami Dolphins 16-6 on Sunday, sending the Dolphins to 0-2 for only the second time in the last 37 seasons.
  • The Buffalo Bills beat the Miami Dolphins 16-6 on Sunday, sending the Dolphins to 0-2 for only the second time in the last 37 seasons.
  • Dolphins' wide receiver Wes Welker tries to out run the Bills' defense during the first half of Sunday afternoon's game between the Miami Dolphins and the Buffalo Bills in Miami.
  • Jesse Adams told Lee County Sheriff's deputies he disposed of a gun used in an early morning Sunday shooting into a drainage canal behind his home on Laurel Valley Road in San Carlos Park. S.W.A.T. teams entered the home to arrest Adams who was not home at the time. He later turned himself in to authorities.
  • Saks Fifth Avenue employee Donaldo Taylor works in the Giorgio Armani makeup area of the Atlanta store on Aug. 28.
  • Katie Binkowski and Joe Labbe, land planners with WilsonMiller, do grading and site layout at the office on Sept. 11.
  • Joe Labbe, a land planner with WilsonMiller, uses color and lines to show grading on plans in the office on Monday, Sept. 11.
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  • Eric Garrison does land planning for a project at the WilsonMiller office in Naples on Monday, Sept. 11.

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