THREE DAYS A WEEK POST COMMENTS AT CAPE-CORAL-DAILY-BREEZE.COM Action on CAPE CORAL the court Junior Tennis Summer Camp to resume at Yacht Club BREEZE — SPORTS MID-WEEK EDITION WEATHER: Chance of Storms • Tonight: Partly Cloudy • Friday: Chance of Storms — 2A cape-coral-daily-breeze.com Vol. 50, No. 81 Thursday, July 7, 2011 50 cents Candidates begin to ‘qualify’ for city election seat, and having no found no other candidate By DREW WINCHESTER Early voting for the non-partisan primary will be Sept. 3 - 10; election day [email protected] from the district he could support, Deile said is Sept. 13. Early voting for the general election will be Oct. 31 - Nov. 5; he decided he should run again. As Friday’s noon deadline for this year’s election day is Nov. 8. municipal election draws near, the field of A citizen petition effort that encouraged potential candidates is shaping up with a Deile to run was another motivating factor, as already begun by the current council. statement he made in which he said preferred was the reception he received during public majority of the announced names having filed “We’ve started a lot of positive things. to serve in Iraq instead of on city council. the necessary qualifying paperwork. events. Some of them are complete, many are works A retired Army colonel, Deile said the “A motivating factor was the number of Incumbent Bill Deile is among those who in progress and some are in the queue, all of statement was made “somewhat in jest,” but qualified for District 3, saying Wednesday people that approached me and told me I which are opportunities to make things better that he did volunteer for duty after 9/11 and would be missed,” Deile said. “Every time I that he decided to take another run at retain- in this city,” he said. was rejected. ing his seat so he could complete work Deile said he was serious about an earlier After his wife decided against a run for the See ELECTION, page 3A Hope PACE Center sets open house Program information will be provided By MEGHAN McCOY [email protected] An open house will be held To go later this month for an all-inclu- What sive elder care program in Fort Hope PACE Center Myers for those who wish to stay open house independent and at home, but still When are in need of medical attention. July 19 from John Strickling, community 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. relations director of Hope Where HealthCare Services, said the Hope PACE Center is a relatively Hope PACE Center, new program. They scheduled 2668 Winkler Ave. the open house to draw more Information attention to the services offered. RSVP by calling 239-985- “We want to make as many 7789 or www.hopepace.org See PACE, page 6A Five Lee students ready for national ACT-SO competition African American Cultural Technological Scientific Olympics a ‘showcase of talents’ By MEGHAN McCOY “It is not just for and about [email protected] African Americans, it is about Five students from Lee any youth who has talent,” he County will travel to Los said. “Our youth is willing to Angeles later this month to cross the color line to be a part compete in the national level of of something together, regard- the African American Cultural less of race. It is a wonderful Technological Scientific example of what our future Olympics to showcase their tal- looks like.” ent in a variety of fields. The students include Oasis James Muwakkil, president High School Senior Tyler of Lee County NAACP said the Omundsen, who will sing con- Olympics, which originally temporary music at the national began in 1978, was created to competition; Sage Meyers, a give disadvantaged youths an sophomore at Oasis High opportunity to advance their School, who will participate in genius and display it in front of dramatics; Quinton Thomas, a thousands of people. junior at Cypress Lake High The ACT-SO includes 26 School, who will sing classical competitive categories, includ- music; Jasmine Tonge, a recent ing sciences, humanities, busi- graduate of East Lee County ness and performing and visual High School, who will dance; arts. and Fort Myers High School Muwakkil said the diverse senior Keana Jordan, who will group presents a wonderful sing contemporary music. Art Camp story because they represent See COMPETITION, 6A different races. Cameron Curl, 10, works on a weaving project during the Cape Coral Arts Studio’s Fine Arts For Spongebob to soak up Kids Camp Wednesday. At right, Emmanuel Vergez, 9, gets some help from Cape Coral weaver the fun at Sun Splash Rose Young on a weaving proj- ect. Young visited the camp as a A Family Fun Night also scheduled for Saturday guest artist. Camp continues with the big yellow guy. through this month in one-week By DREW WINCHESTER [email protected] “This is huge,” said Sun sessions for children 7 to 12 He usually lives in a pineapple Splash Manager Sandy Greiner. years old. To register or for under the sea, but this weekend “Its rare for Spongebob to make more information, call 574-0802. Spongebob Squarepants will be appearances anywhere ... it took a hanging out with us land lubbers whole year to get him.” for a few hours at Sun Splash. The chance to meet MICHAEL PISTELLA Cape Coral’s family water Spongebob is included with the park is set to welcome the regular park admission, so it Nickelodeon mega-star for a meet won’t cost anything extra. and greet from noon - 3 p.m. on There also is a Family Fun Saturday, July 9. Night scheduled for that evening, Fans will be able to have their and while there is a separate photos taken with Spongebob, admission for that event, same- give him a hug, or just hang out See FUN, page 6A ATAGLANCE NEWS OF NOTE NEWS OF NOTE WHAT’S INSIDE Park playground will be Watermelon Festival A Watermelon Festival will be held July Annie’s Mailbox ....9A Horoscopes........9A closed for new equipment 16 at 4 p.m. at Fleamasters Fleamarket, S.R. The playground at Giuffrida Park will Business ............8A Obituaries ..........2A 82 1-1/4 miles west of I-75, (exit 138), Fort CASH 3: be closed on Monday, July 11, to allow Myers. Classifieds........1-3B Police Blotter ....3A 8-3-9/ 4-3-9 installation of new playground equipment. Seed Spitting, Speed Eating, and Best PLAY 4: The playground will be closed for about Comics ............10A Sports ........12-13A 9-2-6-6 / 5-8-2-8 Watermelon Recipe competitions. Live three weeks. Giuffrida is at 1044 N.E. 4th music from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the Crossword........10A That’s Racing ....4B Fantasy 5 Street. 15-16-24-30-36 Music Hall stage featuring country music Dr. Donohue ........9A Tides ..................2A Plans include replacement of the play artist Chris MacArthur. Kid’s craft area, face Lotto units used by children 2 - 5 years old, and Editorial ..........4-5A TV Listings ......11A 3-4-6-39-48-52 painting and balloon animals with x 5 ages 5-12 years old. Removal of the sand Turkleberry the Clown. iPad 2 giveaway. Education ..........7A Weather ............2A Florida Powerball and old equipment will take about two Sweet, juicy Florida watermelon. Free admis- 11-15-24-50-55 weeks. The contractor will begin installa- sion. Fee to participate in Seed Spitting ($1) PB 8 x 2 tion of the new equipment on July 25. and Speed Eating ($10 adults/$5 16 and Tentative reopening date will be Monday, under) competitions. Schedule at Aug. 1. The cost of the project is http://www.fleamall.com/ .Phone 334-7001 7 48445 46010 1 $35,416. Page 2A Thursday, July 7, 2011 cape-coral-daily-breeze.com CAPE CORAL BREEZE POLICE BLOTTER (The police blotter contains public age and resist officer obstruct without vio- ■ Carl Nils Lawton, 46, of 1113 S.E. N.E. Second Ave., was charged Friday with information obtained from the Cape lence. Fifth Court, was charged Sunday with DUI. cocaine possess, loitering in order to com- Coral Police Department, the Lee County ■ Michael Troy Coleman, 33, of 2012 ■ Stanley N. Logston, 49, of Cape mit prostitution and trespassing property not Sheriff’s Office and the Lee County Jail S.W. Eighth Court, was charged Monday Coral, was charged Sunday with battery structure or conveyance. booking log. Arrests made are suspicions with robbery carjacking without firearm or touch or strike disorderly intoxication pub- ■ Jamie Leigh Roush, 24, of 2408 S.W. of crime(s) committed. All persons are weapon. lic place cause disturbance. 53rd St., was charged Tuesday with drugs innocent until proven guilty in a court of ■ Gregory Andrew Feulner, 40, of 1529 ■ Daniel Antonio Lopez, 22, of 123 possess controlled substance without pre- law.) S.W. 52nd Lane, was charged Wednesday S.W. 31st Terrace, was charged Sunday scription, marijuana possess not more than with marijuana posses over 20 grams and with battery touch or strike. 20 grams, drive while license suspended drive while license suspended. ■ Michael Kelly Love, 34, of 3101 N.E. and DUI. Arrests ■ ■ ■ Susan Lee Baur, 40, of 5450 Eighth Patricia Lynne Hall, 52, of 909 S.E. Sixth Ave., was charged Tuesday with lar- Greg Michael Sanborn, 43, of 1424 35th St., was charged Wednesday with DUI ceny grand theft $300 less than $5,000. N.W. Seventh Place, was charged Tuesday Ave., was charged Tuesday with DUI ■ unlawful blood alcohol .15 or higher or with and refuse to submit to DUI test after Jorge Luis Mederos, 21, of 1506 N.E.