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School Supply Collection Campaign

Matlacha Isles Edward Jones Branch Office Supports Kiwanis in the School Supply Collection Campaign.

Ceitus Boat Lift/Barrier Boondoggle

Attached is the latest and hopefully final package from the Ceitus EMA Group. Although presented as a Group proposal, it's actually a Cape proposal.

OIL SPILL PREPARATIONS EXPAND

Lee County, FL, JUNE 24, 2010: Updated information for Pine Island residents and businesses.

Pine Island Events Calendar Update 6/26

The Matlacha Hookers are hosting a Dinner Dance at the Elks Lodge #2781 on Saturday, June 26 to benefit the Beacon of Hope’s Senior Services. The doors will open at 4:0

Save Our Shores Reminder

Reminder of second meeting on Pine Island's response to the oil disaster will be at 3 p.m., Friday 25th of June, at the Fisher's of Men Lutheran Church.

Pine Island Youth Arrested

Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Bokeelia youth Wednesday, June 16^th. The 14 year-old who is not being identified because of his age was charged with a felony b

Lee County Plans Oil Response Meeting

The second meeting of Pine Islanders to respond to the oil disaster will be on 25 June at 3 p.m. at the Fisher's of Men Lutheran Church (a few hundred feet south of the four-way stop).

ROFFS Oil Spill Update 5-15-2010

Overall we continue to monitor the distribution and movements of the oil and oil-water-dispersant mixture from infrared, RGB, visible and synthetic aperture radar (SAR

Tarball Training, Just In Case

Pine Island Waters, On Monday, I drove the 120 mile round trip to South Seas to take the 40 hour course in oil spill volunteer training, which costs $25.
They taught the following:

Great Night Out for Teens!

On the evening of Friday, June 4^th a group of 12 middle & high school students, all from Pine Island, boarded the Pine Island Taxi and headed to the Family Fun Night in Ft.

One Objection to Dollar General

Dennis Wood, an engineer working for Dollar General, conducted a meeting on Pine Island to present their plans to build an outlet on Stringfellow Road next to Boat Lift US.

Kiwanis Award 2010 Scholarships

On June 4^th the Kiwanis Club of Greater Pine Island proudly presented 9 of the 18 scholarships awarded for the year 2010. Like in years past we invited all the students and familie

Pine Island's Protecting Our Shorelines

Needless to say, Pine Islanders in particular are getting very nervous as the BP oil spill gets closer and closer to our shores.

Judah, Bigelow Support Ceitus Boat Lift/Barrier

Commissioners Judah and Bigelow supported Pine Island Ceitus Boat Lift/Barrier meeting on 6/7/2010.

Notice of Public Meeting Galt Preserve Addition

To whom it may concern: A Public Meeting for the recreational amenities planned for the Galt Preserve Addition will be held on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 between 4:00 to 6:00pm at Matlacha Community Center, 4577 Pine Island Road, Matlacha, Florida. A record will be made of this meeting. A public meeting is p

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Little Known Facts

Who's The Real Enemy?
Average Prices as of 3/10/22
Russian's pay $.44 per gal. of natural gas & $2 a gal for gasoline.
The U.S. pays $5 gal + del for propane and $4.35 for gasoline
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UPDATE:
Temp Extremes
on Earth's surface
These ARE "everyday" & NOT Record Temps!
7-20-2016!
Iraq: 126deg. F.
Antartica: -91deg. F.
217 deg. spread
8-4-2021!
Samoa: 129deg. F.
Antarctica: -96deg. F.
225 deg. spread
4 deg. warmer
5 deg. colder
>In over 5 Years<
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Sea Levels in Pineland
have NOT gone up 1 inch in 50 years - But the Atlantic Ocean, 150 miles away has risen 3 feet?
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The Dollar's Value IS Tanking!
'92-'05 ~ $400 oz.
2011 - $1800+ oz.
The Gold Story
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Money Isn't Counted
in Venezuela,
It Is Weighed:
10-31-16; Wall
Street Journal,
1 Doz. eggs, $150
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In 1757, Lomonosov fathered the theory crude oil originates from biological material. The Story
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Little Known Arab Facts The Story
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The REAL “Cellular Therapy” Story The Cell Story
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Read: Climate Change "Consensus" a Fallacy
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Read: Astronauts Object to Global Warming "Crisis" Assertion
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17,000+ children and teens are treated for lawn mower injuries each year. The Story

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Items of Note

4th of July, 2025 Parade - Video
HURRICANE IAN - Video
4th of July, 2024 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2023 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2022 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2021 Parade - Video
Common Sense American Patriot Dearly Missed -
Rush Limbaugh - Died 2-17-21
4th of July, 2019 -- Here for 4th of July, 2019 Parade video
ClamJamSWFL Video video link
PIN Upgrade -- Here for Upgrade Story
4th of July, 2018 -- Here for 4th of July, 2018 Parade video
4th of July, 2017 -- Here for 4th of July, 2017 Parade video
4th of July, 2016- Here for 4th of July, 2016 Parade video
Actual Photo of the Calusa Golden
Mask discovered over 40 years ago

Wisdom From 450 BC

Just in case you or anyone you know or heard of thinks they have had one original thought in their entire life. . .some technology excluded.

“The longer a war lasts, the more things tend to depend on accidents."
“You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.”
“Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.”
"The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
"I am more afraid of our own blunders than of the enemy's devices.”

Quotes from Thucydides translated from the classic Greek text:
Born:460 BC, Halimous, Athens (modern Alimos)
Died:400 BC, place of death unknown
Thucydides was an Athenian historian and a general having fought in many Greek battles. Most notably fighting in and cronicaling the Pelopeneasean War in the fifth-century BC between Sparta and Athens manuscript of which he didn't finish for unknown reason. (more to come)

Relevant Quotes

The U.S. Constitution is just words on parchment. If no one protects and defends. . .protects and defends it, God won't bother.

“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” — Thomas Jefferson

When accused of colluding with the Russians, Winston Churchill said, “If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself in the House of Commons."

". . .while the excesses of McCarthyism may be fairly described as a witch hunt, it was a witch hunt with witches, some in government.... " (Thomas Powers, New York Review of Books, 11th May, 2000)

"It (not being conclusively exposed until 1999) meant that he (Alger Hiss, assistant to Secretary of State Edward Stettinius under Franklin Roosevelt) could take pride in acting as Soviet agents in the United States were instructed by their handlers to act. Never reveal your covert existence, they were told; if exposed, categorically deny any complicity; if convicted (he WAS convicted with the help of Richard Nixon), strenuously maintain your innocence as long as you live... (G. Edward White, Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars - 2004)

In 10,000 years no one ever sacrificed their arms, their legs, their family or their life for "progress."

Speaking of Iran's crude nuclear bomb technology and inaccurate delivery systems, "If I were the (west bank) Palestinians, I'd be a little nervous." --John Wohlstetter, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute

"Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops. " --Salman Rushdie (On the death of Christopher Hitchens, Dec.,16, 2011) UPDATE 8-22 (See link)

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."...."To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."-- Thomas Jefferson

"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare… The powers of Congress would subvert the very foundation, the very nature of the limited government established by the people of America."--Alexander Hamilton:

“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else." --Winston Churchill

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