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Gianna Rose, 8, Evan Meredith, 9, Brooke Cleary, 10, Cody Young, 11, Alex Proehl, 12 and Devin Noel, 15 are awarded trophies at Monday's City Council meeting for winning the 2008 Marco Island NFL/Pepsi Punt, Pass and Kick Competition. Young and Proehl will advance to the Team Championshiop at Dolphin Stadium, Nov. 16.

Photo by KELLY FARRELL, Staff

Gianna Rose, 8, Evan Meredith, 9, Brooke Cleary, 10, Cody Young, 11, Alex Proehl, 12 and Devin Noel, 15 are awarded trophies at Monday's City Council meeting for winning the 2008 Marco Island NFL/Pepsi Punt, Pass and Kick Competition. Young and Proehl will advance to the Team Championshiop at Dolphin Stadium, Nov. 16.

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  • Chairman Bill Trotter beams as he presents Gianna Rose, 8 with a trophy for her 90-foot softball throw that won Rose second place nationally in the NFL/Pepsi Punt, Pass and Kick Competition.
  • Gianna Rose, 8, Evan Meredith, 9, Brooke Cleary, 10, Cody Young, 11, Alex Proehl, 12 and Devin Noel, 15 are awarded trophies at Monday's City Council meeting for winning the 2008 Marco Island NFL/Pepsi Punt, Pass and Kick Competition. Young and Proehl will advance to the Team Championshiop at Dolphin Stadium, Nov. 16.
  • Resident Sal Sciarrino speaks up against performing an audit at this time and follows with a request from council and the community to show more support through positive comments about the city and its employees.
  • City Planner Bryan Milk, recommended by Parks and Recreation Director Dana Souza, participated in the City Council meeting as Milk will become interim Parks and Recreation director when Souza departs the city Nov. 14.
  • Bob Creighton, City of Marco Island purchasing/contracts manager is named interim Finance Director after the October retirement of Bill Harrison.
  • Ted Ryznar of Zap Marine directs his staff on how to approach getting a 60-foot by 22-foot barge out of the canal near Dorando Court. The barge sunk sometime between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. Ryznar said it's relatively common and he anticipates less than $2,000 damage to the $60,000 barge which was carrying cement used for the construction of a seawall.
  • Jeanne Patterson and Marian Harris encourage voters to approve amendment 2, called the 'Marriage Protection Amendment' to the constitution, as they talk to voters on their way to the polls at Mackle Park Tuesday. Patterson and Harris got their wish as voters across Florida approved the amendment.
  • Though supporting opposing candidates, Joe Senica and Jan Jennings say they enjoy spending time together outside a polling precinct at the Marco Lutheran Church Tuesday. Senica said he supported McCain while he encouraged voters to support Amendment 2, which passed, and Jennings encouraged voters' support Obama.

People and places on Marco Island: At City Hall, in a canal, at the polls...

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