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INSIDE X BY SCOTT SIMMONS ssimmons@fl oridaweekly.com E RODE THE TRAIN THEY CALLLLL H “The City of New Orleans”” to legend. But the road to Arlo Guthrie’s place cuts through scrub and farmland, past an ashram, a V Arlo Guthrie relaxes on the lanai Publix and on past an abandoned of his home near Sebastian on Eckerd Drug Store, deep in the Florida’s east coast. heart of Roseland. V Turn right onto Indian River Drive, and Creating nest eggs The singer’s “Alice’s Restaurant” you’re there. album was released in 1967. Mr. Guthrie’s neighborhood is decided- Startups are making it easier for small companies to offer 401(k) SEE ARLO, A10 X plans. A33 X COURTESY PHOTOS COURTESY It’s all happening at the 93rd Southwest Florida & Lee County Fair _________________________SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY Where can you smell the delicious More than Mozart aroma of freshly fried funnel cakes mixed with the, uh, pungent odor of livestock Amadeus issues resonate with poop? modern audiences. C1 X It can only happen at the fair. The 93rd Southwest Florida & Lee County Fair will offer knuckle-gripping amusement rides on the midway, more Download than 1,300 entries in the 4-H livestock our FREE show and auction, all kinds of entertain- App today ment and foods fried to freakish perfec- Available on tion. COURTESY PHOTO The fair is set for the Lee Civic Center The midway will be rocking Feb. 23 through March 5 at the Lee County Civic Center on Bayshore the iTunes and Android App Store. SEE FAIR, A20 X Road in North Fort Myers. COURTESY PHOTO Florida Weekly won awards for stories on growth, human trafficking and Arlo Guthrie. Florida Weekly Behind the Wheel sweeps press awards: The Volkswagen Golf GTI turns Named best weekly 35. A20 X newspaper in state _________________________SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY The Florida Press Association has named Florida Weekly the best weekly newspaper in the state after the news- paper racked up 25 journalism awards at the 2018 Florida Media Conference in Orlando. Florida Weekly also recently earned five awards at the Society of Pro- Seaside solidarity fessional Journalists Sunshine State Hundreds turn out for Hands Awards in Miami, which included all daily newspapers in the state. In addi- Along the Water. A9 X tion to the top FPA award for weekly newspapers with circulation above 15,000, Florida Weekly writers, design- ers and editors won 12 first place, five second place and seven third place awards. The team of Vandy Major, Scott Sleeper, Jan Norris, Nanci Theoret, Evan Williams, Roger Williams, Eric Raddatz, Scott Simmons and Betty Wells won the prestigious Claudia Ross Memorial Award for Investiga- tive Reporting for a 20-page special report on Florida’s water issues. It is the fourth time that the newspaper has won this award. The Dish Evan Williams won six first place BY RON HAYES awards along with three second place We’re hungry for Hunan Chicken and one third place awards. Florida Weekly Correspondent at Grand Lake. B11 X “It’s very gratifying to be singled out by your peers for outstanding work,” S YOU’VE NO DOUBT HEARD BY now, said Florida Weekly cofounder and the good old, independent Download Executive Editor Jeffrey Cull.