http://www.marconews.com/news/news/columnists/?partner=RSSmarconews.com Stories: Columnistsen-usnews/columnistshttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/may/16/on-the-hook-our-big-summer-fishing-problem/?partner=RSSThere's a denizen of the deep, preparing to decimate your next deep water fishing trip. He thrives on ambushing the hooked fish you so painstakingly sought, in one fell swoop – snook, permit, cobia et al – all fall to his veracious appetite. It's the infa dawnpatrolcharters@compuserve.com (BILL WALSH)Thu, 16 May 2013 12:36:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-341236-735004news/columnists/bill-walshBILL WALSHMarco, FLOn The Hook: Our big summer fishing problemmarconews.comon-the-hook-our-big-summer-fishing-problemurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-341236-735004Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/may/15/marcophiles-a-funky-kind-of-a-birds-eye-tour-of/?partner=RSSThe next time you attend one of those "Tour of Homes" events we have around here now and then, why not expand your horizons? After a day admiring dramatic dining rooms, killer kitchens and cool pools, take a few hours to go looking for birds' nests. Unusu chris@chriscurle.com (CHRIS CURLE, DON FARMER)Wed, 15 May 2013 19:04:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-341163-735003news/columnists/chris-curleCHRIS CURLEDON FARMERMarco, FLMarcophiles: A funky kind of a bird's eye 'Tour of Homes'marconews.commarcophiles-a-funky-kind-of-a-birds-eye-tour-ofurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-341163-735003Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/may/13/its-the-law-stock-might-be-effective-even-though/?partner=RSSQuestion: My father was signing over some stock to me and before he finished changing the name of the certificates, he died. My sister claims the stock is now part of his estate and is not mine. That would mean she gets half. Is she right? Mon, 13 May 2013 16:13:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-340882-735001news/columnists/bill-morrisStaff WriterMarco, FLIt's The Law: Stock might be effective, even though not completemarconews.comits-the-law-stock-might-be-effective-even-thoughurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-340882-735001Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/may/01/on-the-hook-the-clean-water-debacle/?partner=RSSIf there is one factor that angler's around these parts value is fishing in nice clean and green water. Visibility. The ability for the denizens of the deep to see your proffered bait makes all the difference, since all desirable species are equipped to f dawnpatrolcharters@compuserve.com (BILL WALSH)Wed, 01 May 2013 15:24:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-339765-734989news/columnists/bill-walshBILL WALSHMarco, FLOn The Hook: The clean water debaclemarconews.comon-the-hook-the-clean-water-debacleurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-339765-734989Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/may/01/marcophiles-bored-by-shuffleboard-want-to-get/?partner=RSSWe have learned two good ways to discover that recreational skydiving is very popular these days. One is to Google "skydiving." You'll find 10s of millions of results. A research method closer to home would be to check out the Southwest Florida Skydive Cl chris@chriscurle.com (CHRIS CURLE, DON FARMER)Wed, 01 May 2013 13:36:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-339755-734989news/columnists/chris-curleCHRIS CURLEDON FARMERMarco, FLMarcophiles: Bored by shuffleboard? Want to get sky high?marconews.commarcophiles-bored-by-shuffleboard-want-to-geturn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-339755-734989Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/may/01/gardeing-helping-yards-survive-hot-dry-weather/?partner=RSSWell it looks like we are going right from winter, of which there wasn't much, to summer. We seem to be in a summer-like rain pattern. The recent rains and late fertilizing, due to cold March temperatures, had lawns, shrubs and weeds jumping out of the gr Wed, 01 May 2013 12:25:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-339753-734989news/columnists/eileen-wardEILEEN WARDMarco, FLGardening: Helping yards survive hot, dry weathermarconews.comgardeing-helping-yards-survive-hot-dry-weatherurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-339753-734989Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/apr/29/its-the-law-tax-sale-certificates-are-not-deeds/?partner=RSSQuestion: I understand that you do not lose title to your property if you do not pay taxes. Instead, some type of tax certificate is issued. Can you explain? wgmorrislaw@earthlink.net (WILLIAM MORRIS)Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:38:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-339549-734987news/columnists/bill-morrisWILLIAM MORRISMarco, FLIt's The Law: Tax sale certificates are not deedsmarconews.comits-the-law-tax-sale-certificates-are-not-deedsurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-339549-734987Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/apr/19/gardening-prepare-your-lawn-for-drought-and-save/?partner=RSSYou may have noticed that your lawn is drying out much faster these last few weeks. April is a very dry month averaging only 2.03 inches of potential rain fall. Add to that fact the higher temperatures and wind and you end up with a high evapotranspiratio Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-338440-734977news/columnists/eileen-wardEILEEN WARDMarco, FLGardening: Prepare your lawn for drought and save our valuable water resources every daymarconews.comgardening-prepare-your-lawn-for-drought-and-saveurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-338440-734977Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/apr/18/its-the-law-adoption-of-a-girlfriend-can-be/?partner=RSSQ: I heard something recently about an old man who wanted to adopt his girlfriend. Is that legal? A: Adoption terminates the status of parent and child with a former parent and replaces it with a new, legal relationship. An adopted child is treated as if wgmorrislaw@earthlink.net (WILLIAM MORRIS)Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:33:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-338550-734976news/columnists/bill-morrisWILLIAM MORRISMarco, FLIt's The Law: Adoption of a girlfriend can be problematicmarconews.comits-the-law-adoption-of-a-girlfriend-can-beurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-338550-734976Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/apr/18/on-the-hook-tarpon-lunacy/?partner=RSSOf all the great fish species that ply the salt, the tarpon has engendered a position of eminence especially for our fabled "now" generation; eyes roll and palms sweat when they are even mentioned. They are the Porsche Boxter with fins and a "gotta have" dawnpatrolcharters@compuserve.com (BILL WALSH)Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:20:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-338503-734976news/columnists/bill-walshBILL WALSHMarco, FLOn The Hook: Tarpon lunacymarconews.comon-the-hook-tarpon-lunacyurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-338503-734976Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/apr/18/marcophiles-old-dogs-8211-how-old-staying-alive/?partner=RSSIf you could wave a magic wand at your dog allowing it to answer one question in English, what would be your question? Mine would be, "Hey you big sweetie, good girl, yes you are, yes you are! How old are you in human years?" I realize that in non-magic w chris@chriscurle.com (CHRIS CURLE, DON FARMER)Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:11:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-338502-734976news/columnists/chris-curleCHRIS CURLEDON FARMERMarco, FLMarcophiles: Old dogs – How old? Staying alive and learning new tricksmarconews.commarcophiles-old-dogs-8211-how-old-staying-aliveurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-338502-734976Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/apr/10/gardening-the-411-on-ipm-8211-integrated-pest/?partner=RSSThe harmful effects of pesticides and other toxins on our environment are increasingly in the news. Because of our tropical climate we have more pests and diseases than most areas and therefore use more pesticides, fungicides and fertilizers. A new and be Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:23:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-337712-734968news/columnists/eileen-wardEILEEN WARDMarco, FLGardening: The 411 on IPM – Integrated Pest Managementmarconews.comgardening-the-411-on-ipm-8211-integrated-pesturn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-337712-734968Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/apr/10/its-the-law-condominium-can-install-hurricane/?partner=RSSQuestion: Hi. My condo complex board decided to let everyone change out their sliding doors and windows to hurricane proof type, only for the owners who wanted them. Now they are talking about forcing the rest of the owners to this upgrade. My question is wgmorrislaw@earthlink.net (WILLIAM MORRIS)Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-337321-734968news/columnists/bill-morrisWILLIAM MORRISMarco, FLIt's The Law: Condominium can install hurricane protectionmarconews.comits-the-law-condominium-can-install-hurricaneurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-337321-734968Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/apr/05/gardening-its-time-to-fertilize-lawns-plants-and/?partner=RSSApril has arrived. It's time to fertilize lawns, plants and trees. While this was a very warm winter some winters are very cold and this fertilization helps plants recover from any cold damage done in the winter months. In fact, March temperatures were co Fri, 05 Apr 2013 08:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-337111-734963news/columnists/eileen-wardEILEEN WARDMarco, FLGardening: It's time to fertilize lawns, plants and treesmarconews.comgardening-its-time-to-fertilize-lawns-plants-andurn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-337111-734963Change0Usablehttp://www.marconews.com/news/2013/apr/04/marcophiles-nobodys-too-cool-for-this-marco/?partner=RSSThe Marco Island Academy may be the coolest place in town. From the visionary founder and chairperson, Jane Watt, to the high-octane faculty and staff, this charter public high school apparently is a place where teachers love to teach and students are lea chris@chriscurle.com (CHRIS CURLE, DON FARMER)Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:18:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-336940-734962news/columnists/chris-curleCHRIS CURLEDON FARMERMarco, FLMarcophiles: Nobody's too cool for this Marco schoolmarconews.commarcophiles-nobodys-too-cool-for-this-marcourn:publicid:www.marconews.com:news-Story-336940-734962Change0Usable