As traditional farmers disappear in Lee County, a new breed is appearing: small-scale homesteaders caring for decidedly nontraditional critters: fluffy alpacas, miniature zebu cattle and horn-headed Guinea fowl.
Archive for June, 2010
Unusual animals being raised in backyards
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Alva Woman Pilot Wins X-Country Race
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010Terry Carbonell's Cessna Wins Long Distance Air Race LABELLE, FL. -- A three-pilot team of Terry Carbonell, Ellen Herr & Laura Ying Gao won the 2010 Air Classic Race for women Saturday after racing from Fort Myers, Florida to Frederick, Maryland in Carbonell's single-engine aircraft.
Tropicalia history: Where was this?
Monday, June 28th, 2010The photo of this inland beach was taken on the shore of Lake Camille in Lehigh Acres in what is now the Charlie R. Matheny Park .
Tropicalia: Nontraditional Lee County livestock now small-scale industry
Monday, June 28th, 2010As traditional farmers disappear in Lee County, a new breed is appearing: small-scale homesteaders caring for decidedly non-traditional critters: fluffy alpacas, miniature zebu cattle and horn-headed Guinea fowl.
Lee County summer camps see enrollment drop
Sunday, June 27th, 2010Enrollment is off at some summer camps as parents wait longer to register their children in arts, sports and other programs.
Free Food Fridays
Friday, June 25th, 2010FORT MYERS, Fla.-On Friday, June 25th at Lehigh Elementary School, The Salvation Army will once again prepare to put its canteen into action.
Bayshore Community Chapel to celebr…..
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010Locals call it the original "prairie church." Founded a century ago this month, Bayshore Community Chapel, like many area churches, from Alva through Pine Island, was started by the original worshiping families that settled in those communities through the years.
Book clubs have own stories to tell
Sunday, June 20th, 2010Like the selections they read, local book groups vary in plot, pacing and characters.
Driver goes to hospital after crash with Lee County school bus
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010A driver was taken to a local hospital after her car rear-ended a school bus carrying students from Alva Elementary and Middle schools around 12:45 this afternoon.
North Olga community plan takes step back
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010A plan from a group of property owners in north Olga to take more control over planning in their community hit a roadblock today.