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Foundation very impressive million endowment allows us recruit distinguished scholarsresearchers, sponsor interesting provocative lecture series, invest faculty development award than annually scholarships welldeserving final stage fundraising campaign had goal, one weve already exceeded tremendous success experienced short unmatched higher education. Thanks visionary leadership my predecessorsDr. Roy McTarnaghan late Bill Merwinthe generosity donors, persistent advocacy citizens within region, hard work legislative delegations commitment staff, enjoy living learning environment challenging rewarding. As we celebrate anniversary, am confident continue improve do economic, social cultural vitality region. recently developed comprehensive forward-thinking strategic plan. This plan both aspirational inspirational. It provides road map FGCU. unwavering support enjoyed so many past years, serve region with distinction new improved ways. been privilege fine institution My wife, Jo Anna, also unique opportunities community large. Her Harry Chapin Food Bank establishing Campus were labors love. service boards Horizon Council, Schools, Imagine Solutions, Alliance Leaders Naples Garden permitted involved communities boundaries campus. While retiring end June, successorpresident-elect Michael Martinwill find vibrant level excellence. leaving great sense pride accomplishment gratitude wonderful friendships. FGCUs bright. 11 PROFILE WOMAN HELPING LITERACY, SIDE-STEPPING IMMIGRATION POLITICS mmigration debates new. America 1924, example, limited exodus under Johnson-Reed Act, which included ban certain countries. Sound familiar Aside politics immigration, there depending Floridians such Smith, volunteer fluent Spanish who helps testing other literacy hurdles. She works Literacy Council Coast, nonprofit helping non-English speakers acquire reading writing skills. agency some 800 tutors largest Florida. magazine asked her role. MY TEACHING ROLE prepare citizenship test. test four parts speaking, tested interview 21-page application readingread sentence they applicant writingwrite spoken history questionsapplicants must answer out questions produced 100-question list. registered Selective Service System, help them explain why get number. If green card, yes, eligible draft like every citizen ages 26. Many only went fifth grade, it class gives need pass. become citizens. tell certificates needed send marriage, death birth. Most never HOPE HEALTHCARE WHAT AMERICANS SHOULD KNOW immigrants permanent resident cards legal, pay taxes, criminal records, children, us. want productive society. common story among no different grandfather told came better life willing it. take costs 700. Im sure card know renewal 400, these people paid dues along. 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Orchids colorful blossoms intermix reproductions stained-glass pieces created churches synagogue, create effects day. color light absolutely dapple throughout conservatory, Rominiecki. Cypress trees, bougainvillea plantings form vignettes bring French Riviera Coast. Date palms sway breeze point overlooking Bay, neat rows salvia evoke field lavender too temperamental parts. Payne Mansion, 16 archival photos selected Chagalls estate illustrate Lithuanian-born artists career, took him Russia, France, finally back Frances Cte dAzur. He died France 1985. Also display vases used collect blooms he often painted. centerpiece masterwork o say artist appreciated nature might bit understatement. all, modernist once proclaimed, Art unceasing effort compete beauty flowersand succeeding. Sarasotas saw explore Russian-French way done. studied many, times, Jennifer O. Rominiecki, CEO. But context love flowers nature. So history-making moment. Chagall, Flowers, Color Dreams 31. influential 20th-century words woven 15-acre site, features reminiscent beloved Riviera. intimacy really conducive garden-wide interpretation, Reproductions bottom right dramatic sun shifts His Lovers top centerpieces exhibit. master whose fetch millions dollars auction. Lovers, painted 1937 around obtained Bella, float amid large bouquet red white against blue background overlook village Lithuanian birthplace. Two paintings view--Bouquets Lilacs SaintPaul Couple Lilies Valley--come private collection shown. Throughout run, host classes, musical performances events. said thought painting finished, hold flower rock it, Carol Ockman, curator Gardens. And looked good, OK. was Venice, Floridabased freelance writer contributor Media. IF YOU GO located Sarasota. information gardens, visit selby.org call 941-366-5731. RIGHT PAINTING ISRAEL MUSEUM, JERUSALEM ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY ARS YORK ADAGP, PARIS CHAGALL 17 EXPLORER center ring, Circus Conservatory JACOB OGLES s performers stand atop anothers shoulders pyramid formation, carried circus legend Nik Wallenda wobble seen. misstep mean major injuries, death, maintain cool look show. risk comes entertain audience, children guffaw adults breath, bracing disaster assuredly come. instructors Conservatory, though, moment serves feed fear swell pride. Five seven Sailor alums, boasts Mitchell, managing director performing arts institution. Circus, decades-old run police athletic league circus-rich town, purchased ago Sarasota, rebranded then operating town today. former standing literally shoulder giant testament enduring art form, traditional More doing watching, anticipates 700 kids enroll summer camps. American seems question. News closing Ringling Bros. Barnum Bailey hit west coast particularly hard. Greatest Show Earth, Uniondale, York, dates 19th century, various points maintained winter headquarters Venice Tampa. Parent company Feld Entertainment moved properties campus Palmetto, Florida, 2012. result history, generations families settled area heritage fabric community. Before skywalking Chicago skyline national television few conducted similar stunts downtown Fort Myers hes seen practicing outdoor facility beside Mall Town Center according spirit still flows area. spring, 105 remained actively enrolled after-school programs held expected camps hosted year. We programming blossom CIRCUS CONSERVATORY WE ARE SEEING IN YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY IS ITS LESS ABOUT SPECTATING OBSERVING MORE ENGAGING DOING. --JENNIFER MITCHELL, 19 grow, Mitchell says. seeing young less spectating observing engaging doing. sitting butts seats. Whether learn aerial spinning silks turning rhythm wheel offers rich experiences combine athleticism crafting performance art. school, 250 country recognized Youth Organization, grown greatest caretakers legacy big top. organization celebrating founded veteran Pedro Reis Dolly Jacobs 1997 National Performing Artsquickly evolved turned focus exhibition. 2013, roots foreground nonprofit. aerialist stressing training can add value childs life, isnt high wire. self-esteem monumental dont athletic-type programs, That another return investment. stellar succeed what. notes percent graduates go professional performers. homes troupes Cirque du Soleil. Of course, related fields, whether theme parks live entertainment. regularly sends nursing share schools. expands, presence colleges SarasotaBradenton while, continues put each spring. Ogles journalist Professional come ranks. 21 ABSOLUTELY TURNING OUT STELLAR STUDENTS WHO WILL SUCCEED LIFE. --PEDRO REIS, CO-FOUNDER CULTURE Retirees preserving stories LINDA ABBOTT prise persons led start life-story business 2014. soon found joy derive listening shared storytellers. Mom spring step, Doug, retail industry CEO, interviewed mother, woman 80s gifted storyteller humor. When she passed away last summer, passages book eulogy. retired nurse Wisconsin process creating revisiting memories childhood, marriage family. truly rewarding interest grandchildren shown book. probably valuable gifts Ive ever given family, me. Sometimes adult initiative. always loved hearing dads stories, theyre priceless now own Matt, telecommunications engineer. Theres weight off knowing preserved grandchildren. options range books videos audiotapes. Online publishing platforms possible produce cost. tell. Youll regret taking yours ones generations. 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Wall Street Journal reports working wealthy clients services chronicle family along investment management planning services. 10,000 baby boomers 65 day, theres market there. popularity Ancestry.com StoryCorps, oral projects kind. founding 2003, StoryCorps collected archived 65,000 interviews 100,000 participants U.S. searches capturing fathera seemingly healthy mandied suddenly 74. spent kitchen table flash moment, gone. experience, fascination kaleidoscope com- Writer lessons. 23 NATURES NOTEBOOK Easily repeated feeding dives, head crest rattling Other prey includes crayfish, insects, frogs, tadpoles, reptiles, aquatic invertebrates, birds mice. dives food either perch telephone lines, utility poles tree branches, hovering water. water escape raptors. distinctive resembling machine gun. belted kingfisher monogamous breeding season pairs mates subsequent seasons. selects nesting sites waterways vertical earthen banks sand sand-clay mixture. places nest site association bank swallows Riparia riparia produces two broods. Both sexes excavate burrow diameter size grapefruit feet long, though long. male spends twice much female excavating burrow. generally takes three days finish long weeks. horizontal angled slightly upward. Some nests placed hollow trees. WILLIAM COX Ceryle alcyon slate-blue chunky bird bill crested head. inches wingspan weighs 140 170 grams. male. bluish upper bluegray breast band collar. rusty flanks. gray base black distal half. underwings small patch forward eye. legs feet. widespread North America. breeds Panhandle April July. observed central south migrates August February rare occasional sightings perched power wires parallel flooded roadside ditches. inhabits cypress swamps, marshes, hardwood wet prairies, agricultural environments salt marshes. rivers, lakes, ponds open-water wetland. feeding, headfirst deep. consists mostly fish, minnows, killifish shiners. ON THIS OPPOSITE PAGE KINGFISHER GENUS FOSSILS DATING BACK MILLION HAVE BEEN FOUND ALACHUA COUNTY, FLORIDA. incubate eggs, eggs. eggs 1.4 size. Incubation days, fledge 23-plus hatching. altricial helpless hatch, closed eyes bare pink skin. regurgitant young. Parents teach fish dropping dead meals onto surface retrieved. At post-fledging, dive parents force leave natal territory. captured fill throat, rapid digestion allow inch down gullet. Nestling kingfishers strong acid stomachs digest bones, scales arthropod shells. Just before fledge, however, stomach chemistry changes regurgitating pellets containing scales, hair, feathers These accumulate chamber near roosting fishing perches. Scientists examine determine eating watching feed. wide-ranging accidental Greenland, Iceland, Azores, Netherlands, Galapagos Islands, British Isles Hawaii. Pleistocene fossils found, old 600,000 Virginia Tennessee. genus dating Alachua County, Hawks, mammals snakes upon kingfisher. population stable declined locally abandoned because human disturbance. being hunted trapped hatcheries trout streams. Fortunately, legislation made practices illegal. Cox photographer ecologist 35 years. Visit online williamrcoxphotography.com. 25 LEE VIRTUAL SCHOOL ALT ED Schools classroom-free evolves expands L VS language teacher Liz Kroll reviews expectations schoolers. student mother far registration. Teacher Dennis Quisenberry middle Elijah Lefkowitz phone orientation. include grader Maya Benson, sixth Conner Stout, fourth graders Mariam Hernandez Kadyee Stout. ee original enrollment stealthily rose 328 full-time 3,564 part-time kindergarten 12th grade Consistently earning A, ranks schools statewide district-led virtual countys lowest attrition rate. Educators, simply VS. school walls. alternative bells, parent pick-up classrooms cafeterias grows discover how meet academic needs-- areas lives. preparing education, distance increases. One driver behind growth mandate course requirement. Meanwhile, middle-school enrolling supplementary Spanish, math credit courses advance academically. Coursework interactions place via district-issued Google Chromebook computer. county, Al Shilling, whos principal since launched 2009-2010 here, here. impetus choose route student. focused becoming athlete, dancer artist. coping physical CATHY CHESTNUT 27 HYBRID OPPORTUNITIES daily peers educators, office districts administrative Colonial Boulevard orientation, assessments mandated Field trips faceto-face session below schoolers day semester. 28 injury illness. Others confines anxiety, asocial tendencies, religion, homeschool tradition, lack confidence business. arent travel extensively. decision street, Shilling explains. quick format designed falling coursework. predominant characteristics successful learner self-motivation, independence, coupled parental support. enroll, upfront motivation. We, quite honestly, here wrong reason. credit-recovery program, scrambling catch up, likely well independently, adds. headed year, next, anyones guess. Like rest district adopted Chromebooks grades 12. laptops mainstream interfacing Classroom decreased tech frustration reduced software browser conflicts. hired teachers exploring load face-to-face SouthWestern State Colleges auditorium, estimated changing broaden scope. Weve sending brickand-mortar desks front setting, began 1995. Honestly, brand-new. Wild West education--completely unchartered territory--so whats going hill. involvement, huge thousand better. --Marilyn Skolnick, 2016-2017 staff members together portrait. testing. There trips, in-person instruction. Getting facetime subjects math, science extra comfort parent, child house hours, join discussion, digital design robotics clubs, participate organizations, honors advanced placement courses. hybrid attend extracurricular activities, sports, core electives. High dual College, technical college. Valerie developing portfolio, Lake classes. graduated 2015 class, earned BIG ARTSRobert Rauschenberg Scholarship, sophomore studying illustration Design Christian Wood, homeschooled Buckingham, flexed option enrollment. seventh save money homeschooling fees books, materials charges. Woods realized computer, kind streamlined guidance counselor cost-saving signing Technical Wood reached junior piled credits certified automotive technology. sounded idea. youre student, Despite workload, valedictorian 5.42 average. state automobile SkillsUSA, nationally. interning car repair senior realize wasnt career him. freshman Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Daytona Beach, plans earn bachelors mechanical engineering. broad field, cant gauge until degree, 19. BAIT BOX GARTH FRANCIS 29 school. team are, left, Diana Santiago, studies careerbusiness Alesha VanDevender exceptional Analee Moore. Meagan Ausman girls schedule. 30 Hybrid surfacing fundamental fuse world real-life applications socialization. pretty darn successful, Shilling. opinion, headed. Excelling goal VS, explains, doesnt pass level. So, ways, stakes Teachers typically between a.m. p.m. schedule hours minutes. Therere aspects Submit stay contact teacher. incredibly structured organization. Full-time sign attendance. speak month. elementary level, quarter. whove difficulty communicating makes difference. communication did, Monica Busbee, daughter, Kelsey, attended ninth Obviously, go. Marilyn Skolnick notices difference, issue, handle rather blame hate that, thats appreciate. Caloosa Middle School, struggled talk parents. Some, met. Recently, discovered high-achieving dyslexic. good efforts overlooked. rewarded enough, Everything data driven. making grade. Busbees successfully Much younger, Kelseys choice uncertain. Kelsey struggles flat continued struggle. suffered, too. courage help. slipping academically, Busbee attends instruction Tuesday landed honor roll again loves fact control shes burned does English done self-esteem. Chestnut WHATS STORE GINA BIRCH Need keeping track temp milk self-adjusting smart watch easy precious faster room temperatures slower refrigerators freezers. Rainbow colors. 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Dried bundles rosemary away. Tied bow, nice touch dcor. pesky scientific, anything chemicalplant-based repellents picaridin idea, tool landscaping assist you, pets. INFORMATION Centers Prevention, cdc.gov 5781 Road, 239-543-1443, bayshoregarden.net 1300 Periwinkle Way entrance city Sanibels Roadside Park, 239-472-1932, sccf.org FloridaIFAS Institute Agriculture Sciences 3410 Beach Blvd., 239-533-7400, leegov.com 37 FLOWER POWER Careful danger lurking consult eye bad health. bet checking gardener greenhouse, county agriculture landscaper. clubs web helpful. obvious from, poison ivy oak. poisonous Beckford, expert office, resources decades rural farming livestock production. everything dangerous weed. boldly amaryllis bulbs cause serious problems pets ingesting them, lilies, azalea, holly, mistletoe daffodils. Mold Christmas firs plays havoc drinking water, heyre at. number household sickness. Or worse. 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