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Post Comments, share Views, read Blogs on CaPe-Coral-daily-Breeze.Com Sweep Ida S. Baker CAPE CORAL beats Island Coast 3-0 DAILY BREEZE — SPORTS WEATHER: Partly Sunny • Tonight: Partly Cloudy • Thursday: Partly Sunny — 2A cape-coral-daily-breeze.com Vol. 48, No. 245 Wednesday, October 21, 2009 50 cents Mayoral, council candidates answer questions Chamber holds forum for races Candidates for general election Mayor District 4 I Jim Burch, incumbent I Dolores Bertolini, incumbent By MEGHAN McCOY said this year’s crowd was one of the day. I John Sullivan I Chris Chulakes-Leetz [email protected] largest he has seen during a city During the first portion of The Chamber of Commerce of election. Tuesday’s forum, each candidate District 1 District 6 The chamber holds a forum was asked five questions, which I Jim Martin I John Cataldi Cape Coral hosted a candidate I I forum Tuesday night at First Baptist every election year to educate the were accumulated from the cham- Marty McClain Kevin McGrail Church for an audience of approxi- public on the candidates and the ber, along with one question from mately 100 people. issues, he said. The debates let peo- their opponents. were read to the candidates. The last using cards, preventing verbal Chris Berardi, chairman of the ple know an election is coming and The second part allowed the portion consisted of the candidates answers or explanations. chamber’s public affairs committee, get residents out to vote on election audience to submit questions, which answering yes or no to questions See FORUM, page 6A Halloween spirit CRA executive director receives raise, plus bonus Board OKs 3 percent By DREW WINCHESTER “I don’t want to put a [email protected] The Cape Coral Community bull’s-eye on John Redevelopment Agency executive (Jacobsen)’s back. It’s director will see a slight bump in his tough times and every- paycheck following an annual per- body is making cuts. formance review that drew mostly Whether the market is rave reviews from board members. great or not, the 3 (per- The board approved at cent) is generous.” Tuesday’s meeting a 3 percent cost of living increase and a 4 percent — CRA Board Member performance bonus for John Robert Greco Jacobsen, whose annual salary is $107,500. three-year contract, of which he has The cost of living increase was served a year. already factored into Jacobsen’s YUNET HOLMES See CRA, page 3A Caloosa Elementary fourth-graders Janessa and Alejandra’s pumpkin, named “Piggy Witch,” sits among the pumpkins entered in the contest at Outback Steakhouse. School board does Cape restaurant hosts decorated not hold vote on pumpkin contest for local youth censuring member By MEGHAN McCOY [email protected] Outback Steakhouse on Pine Island Road is Dozier just asks all to hosting a contest featuring pumpkins decorated by elementary school students. Voting on the creations continues until Monday. follow rules in future Owner Scott Chausse said he delivered pumpkins, donated by his produce company, to By MCKENZIE CASSIDY “We simply want all of us Caloosa, Diplomat and Gulf elementary [email protected] schools last week to provide second-, third-, After two weeks of waiting to follow procedures and fourth- and fifth-grade students with an oppor- to hear whether he would be rules and be respectful. tunity to decorate them. censured by the Lee County When our board meeting A week after he dropped them off, he went School Board, board member becomes a screaming back to the schools to pick up approximately Bob Chilmonik left Tuesday’s match with disrespectful- 30 decorated pumpkins and brought them back meeting without any marks on ness between the super- to his restaurant. He said he has them scattered his permanent record. intendent and board around the restaurant so visitors can vote on Board member Jeanne members, that doesn’t their favorite. Dozier introduced a motion set a good example.” Chausse said a free Outback dinner will be Oct. 6 to censure Chilmonik for provided to the winner, which will be being critical of the school dis- — School board member announced on Halloween night. trict, for refusing to follow Jeanne Dozier “Whichever pumpkin wins, they all win din- board procedure and for using ner,” he said, referring to the students and board stationary to send a letter did not bring it for a vote. teacher. Outback Steakhouse greeter Chelsey to President Barack Obama. Instead, Dozier said she wants Jenkins stands among the pumpkins on Dozier never verbally tabled all board members to work See CONTEST, page 2A display for the decorating contest. the motion Tuesday, but she See CENSURE, page 8A Emergency mobile simulation lab visits Cape Local fire and First responders undergo training EMS crews work to save the life of By DREW WINCHESTER Center’s mobile simulation lab of “Austin Powers,” a comput- “Austin Powers,” [email protected] brought together Cape fire and er controlled dummy that was a computer con- Smallpox, botulism and the Lee County EMS personnel at fighting for its life via simula- trolled simula- bubonic plague struck Cape the old public safety building, tion. tion dummy Coral Tuesday — all part of a putting the first responders “We’ve done a poor job edu- through intense drills to help cating our first responders on afflicted with bot- training exercise to help local ulism. fire and EMS crews learn how them recognize uncommon the dangers of weapons of mass to deal with biological attacks. afflictions that could be the destruction in this country,” The Emergency Medicine result of terrorist attacks. said Eric Dotten, clinical pro- DREW WINCHESTER Learning and Resource They worked to save the life See TRAINING, page 6A ATAGLANCE AROUND THE CAPE NEWS OF NOTE WHAT’S INSIDE City to host two debates Neighborhood Association Annie’s Mailbox......14A Nation ................8A The city of Cape Coral will host a 90- Fla. Lottery minute debate for the Districts 1, 4 and 6 planning candidates forum Cape Life ..........7A Obituaries ..........2A candidates at 7 p.m. Thursday in council The Southwest Cape Coral Neighborhood CASH 3: Association will host a candidates forum for Classifieds ............1-4B Police Blotter ....2A 8-6-9 / 4-6-5 chambers. It also will host a 60-minute debate for the mayoral candidates at 7 p.m. the mayoral and District 6 seats at 7 p.m. Comics ............10A Sports ........11-13A PLAY 4: today in the cafeteria at Oasis Charter Middle 4-3-1-1 / 8-9-3-6 Friday in council chambers Both debates will Crossword........10A State ..................6A be broadcast live on CapeTV, Channel 98. School, 3507 Oasis Blvd. Following an Fantasy 5 introduction and opening comments by the Dr. Donohue......14A Today in History....14A 1-2-11-13-36 7-9-34-43 MB 20 candidates, there will be a 60-minute ques- Editorial..............4A TV Listings..............9A Lotto Honor loved one with brick tion-and-answer session. All questions must 20-41-42-45-49-52 x 2 Honor a veteran, serviceman, service- be submitted in writing to the moderator, Horoscopes......14A Weather ............2A Florida Powerball woman or loved one by buying a 12-by-12 Marilyn Stout, before the start of the meet- 5-16-25-30-49 brick by the flag array at Eco Park. Proceeds ing. It is suggested they be formulated and PB 39 x 5 are used to maintain the flags and bricks. written on a 3-by-5 card prior to arriving at Cost is $135 plus tax. Stop by the site for an the meeting. The meeting is open to the pub- application or call Gary Bowler at 549- lic. For information, call 549-2051 or visit: 7 48445 46010 1 2822. Donations are appreciated. www.swccna.com. Page 2A Wednesday, October 21, 2009 cape-coral-daily-breeze.com CAPE CORAL DAILY BREEZE OBITUARIES Survivors include her husband, contributions in her memory may will be no funeral service. A for the family at: www.horizoncre- Ruth ‘Ruthie’ Richard of Cape Coral daughter, be made to the Lee County YMCA remembrance ceremony will take mation.com. M. Cerrina Joyce (Robert) Swimming Endowment Fund, place at a time and location when Ruth “Ruthie” M. Cerrina, 92, Karaitis of Cape 1360 Royal Palm Blvd., Fort all of his loved ones can be togeth- Coral sister, Myers, FL 33919. er. Connie Gale LaRocco of Gulf Coast Village in Cape Connie Gale LaRocco, 67, of Coral, died Sunday Oct. 18, 2009. Jean Brady of To leave condolences and view New Jersey a video tribute, visit: www.metzfu- Cape Coral, died Monday, Oct. 19, She was born in 1917, in Paterson, Nadine Pikiel Herring 2009, at the Hope Hospice House N.J. grandchildren, neralhome.com. Karen Cohill of Arrangements by the Metz Nadine Pikiel Herring, 93, of in Cape Coral. She was born Feb. She married Richard in 1936 Cape Coral, died Oct. 5, 2009, at 15, 1942, in Griffen, Ga., a daugh- and they spent 73 wonderful years Cape Coral and Chapel of Harvey-Engelhardt-Metz Robert Karaitis Funeral Homes and Crematory. the Cape Coral Hospital. She was ter of Lacer and Leilla Turner together. She lived in Paterson most born Dec. 7, 1915, in Esthonia, a Morris, now deceased. of her life and moved to Florida in of Jacksonville and great-grand- child of Anatole Oswald and She retired from United Airlines 1982. George E. Dautel Anastasia Karloff (Gorbach) Pikiel. after 34 years of dedicated service. She loved swimming in the children, Megan, Ruth Daniel, Michael, George E. Dautel 78, of Cape She was a registered nurse and a She had resided in Cape Coral for ocean, no matter what the ocean “Ruthie” Coral, formerly of Long Island, member of the First Baptist Church, the past five years, coming from temperature was.