Photos by Mr. Jim Finton

Supreme Grand Champion –
Maddison Norsworthy

2013 4-H/FFA Swine Show at the SW Florida Lee County Fair

Here are the Supreme Grand Champion and Reserve Supreme Grand Winners:Sunday evening a number of students from Riverdale, Buckingham, Alva, Lehigh Acres and many other surrounding areas gathered to compete in the 2013 4-H/FFA Swine Show held at the Southwest Florida and Lee County Fair.

Reserve Supreme Grand Champion –
Shayla Connell

Supreme Grand Champion – Maddison Norsworthy

Reserve Supreme Grand Champion – Shayla Connell

The Arts of the Inland invites visual artists to submit up to two framed/gallery wrapped pieces of art for the First Annual INSPIRATIONS Art Show, April 14, 2013 at the Crown Room, Majestic Golf Course, 350 Homestead Rd.S., Lehigh Acres, FL. For complete prospectus and application, please visit our website: www.artsoftheinland.com . This is a judged show. Art mediums accepted: watercolor, mixed media, pen & ink, oil, acrylic, pastels and charcoals. All work must be original and have been completed within the last two years. Arts of the Inland members and Art Council of Southwest Florida members fee is $10 per art work; non-members fee is $20 per art work. Applications must be received by April 5, 2013. For further information contact: LaVon Koenig 239-303-5849 or artsinland@gmail.com.

Two residents were taken to Lee Memorial Hospital by ambulance with serious injuries after a head-on collision on Gunnery Road.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Jose De Guzman’s vehicle crashed into the front of Jaclyn Suarez’ vehicle near 1st Street SW around 3:24 a.m.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, charges are pending and troopers are investigating whether alcohol was a factor in the crash.

What is Sequestration?

Sequestration, sometimes called the sequester, is a process that automatically cuts the federal budget across most departments and agencies.

Congress included the threat of sequestration in the Budget Control Act of 2011 as a way to encourage compromise on deficit reduction efforts.

Congress couldn’t agree on a budget by the deadline set in the Budget Control Act, so mandatory budget cuts were scheduled to go into effect on January 2, 2013. (more…)

Evelyn Largo, Latham Johnson, Jada Crespo and Kodi Barry

Lehigh Acres Middle School National Junior Honor Society students participate in the Adopt-A-Road cleanup program on the first Saturday of each month.  The students pick up litter on Homestead Road between Alabama Road and Lee Blvd.

Looking for Green GMC Jimmy similar to this one

We are now on the lookout for Green GMC Jimmy North Carolina Tag BHM 9577 with Five Youths…4 Males and 1 Female Broke into a House 2/25/13 @ 1 p.m. Please call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at 239 477 1234 Give them the case # 13-077621. And where you see vehicle! Please call.

According to a spokesperson, Terri Durdaller at the Department of Children and Families stated an employee has been fired following his arrest on charges of drug possession, battery on an officer and having a weapon while committing a felony.

Raymond Denson Jr., of Lehigh Acres, was hired as a child protective investigator by DCF in 2011.

Fort Myers Police Department pulled Denson over on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd on for illegal window tint on his vehicle. During the stop, officers discovered an unsecured handgun on the floor of the driver’s side of the vehicle.

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By Bob Garver

“Snitch” is the epitome of a “star vehicle”. In this case the star is Dwayne Johnson. There is no reason to see “Snitch” other than Dwayne Johnson. I’ve seen some movies lately that offer zero reasons to see them, so it’s fair to say that Dwayne Johnson is better than nothing. Still, this movie was made entirely as an excuse to put Johnson’s face on a vaguely thrilling poster and get his fans into a theater to see something, anything, starring their champion.

If I could describe the mood of the film in one word, it would be “worried”. Johnson’s character John Matthews worries about his son Jason (Rafi Gavron), who has been arrested on a drug charge that carries a ten-year prison sentence. The rest of the family worries about Jason too. John worries as he meets with a crusty prosecutor (Susan Sarandon) who won’t lift a finger for Jason unless she gets some leads on some bigger criminals. So John goes undercover for the DEA to catch drug dealers, which means he has to worry about being discovered as a snitch. He learns that a dangerous cartel knows where he lives. Now he has to worry about the rest of his family. He enlists the help of a friend named Daniel (Jon Bernthal) to get him a meeting with a drug lord (Michael K. Williams) and we get some scenes of Daniel worrying about his and his family’s safety. When it begins to look like John is in danger, the other characters worry about him. Jason is worried himself, of course, but he’s taking too many prison beatings in the present to worry much about the future. Naturally it’s the bad guys who don’t do a whole lot of worrying. (more…)

The Lehigh Acres Rotary Club presents the 37th Annual Lehigh Spring Festival 4-Mile Road Race on Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 8:00 am. This is the longest running road race in Lee County and is a great opportunity to challenge yourself with a new distance. Pre-registration is only $20 for adults and $10 for youth (18 and under), and $5 more on race day. Please visit www.ftmyerstrackclub.com for race details and to register online. Facebook Event page

Saturday was opening day of the Little League Baseball Season in Lehigh Acres. All information about games and teams are at www.lehighacresll.com

Thanks to Allison Studer and Angie Gonzales Estrada for the photos

Photos by: Kevin Gourley

2013 4-H/FFA Steer Show at the SW Florida Lee County Fair

Saturday evening a number of students from Riverdale, Buckingham, Alva, Lehigh Acres and many other surrounding areas gathered to compete in the 2013 4-H/FFA Steer Show held at the Southwest Florida and Lee County Fair.

Here are the Grand Champion and Reserve Champion Winners:

Grand Champion – Shyann Mann.

Grand Champion Bull

Shyann Mann

Reserve Champion Bull 

Shyann Mann

Grand Champion Heifer

Shyann Mann

Reserve Champion Heifer

Wyatt Edwards

Grand Champion Cow 

Kleyton Slaybaugh

Reserve Cow

Kayleigh Brown

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2013 Spring Festival Stage & Event Schedule

EVERY DAY:
Nicks Kids Show - Multiple Shows On the Midway Stage
Modern Midways Carnival - Rides & Games
Commodore Cutter- SW Florida’ Pirate- Join The Crew!

Friday March 15th *
6:00 PM: Opening Ceremonies, National Anthem by Idol Winner Mark Phister
6:30 PM: East Lee County High School
7:30 PM: Footnotes Dance and Music
8:15 PM: Junior Spring Festival Idol Contest
9:15 PM: Spring Festival Idol Contest  (more…)