Rosewind Motel in Disrepair, a Concern for Nearby Residents
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THREE DAYS A WEEK POST COMMENTS AT CAPE-CORAL-DAILY-BREEZE.COM Swimming CAPE CORAL showdown Green Wave rolls over Seahawks BREEZE — SPORTS MID-WEEK EDITION WEATHER:Partly Cloudy • Tonight: Mostly Clear • Friday: Partly Cloudy — 2A cape-coral-daily-breeze.com Vol. 49, No. 117 Thursday, September 30, 2010 50 cents Brandt seeks solidarity on northwest spreader issue By DREW WINCHESTER Monday stating that while all projects were being forced on the [email protected] members of council might not “There were two votes against, not city by Pine Island and Matlacha, Despite a majority support for support the net ecosystem benefit because they believed it was right to put and the projects’ goals were not the Northwest Spreader Ecosys- (NEB) projects list, none of them the barrier back in, but because they did fair to Cape residents. tem Management Agreement support putting the barrier back not support the slate of projects.” “I didn’t think the options (NSEMA) benefit projects, in. afforded the citizens of this city Councilmember Pete Brandt still Mayor John Sullivan and — Councilmember Pete Brandt were fair and equal,” he said. wants city council to show some Councilmember Chris Chulakes- Some of the NEB projects solidarity as a governing body on Leetz voted against the projects. included a fertilizer ordinance the issue. “There were two votes against, because they did not support the because they were nervous about and new seawall requirements, Brandt asked council to write a not because they believed it was slate of projects,” Brandt said it.” letter to the state of Florida on right to put the barrier back in, but Monday. “Two people dissented Chulakes-Leetz said he felt the See BRANDT, page 3A Public hazard? Voter registration deadline Oct. 4 for general election By DREW WINCHESTER different voting precinct, accord- [email protected] ing to Harrington. For those looking to cast a bal- Harrington said the number of lot in November’s general elec- last-minute voter registration tion but are not yet registered vot- depends on the election. ers, all application materials must “It depends on the election, be received or postmarked by but right now I don’t see a mass Monday, Oct 4, 5 p.m., to be eli- of applications coming in,” she gible. said. “Most people got registered Supervisor of Elections close to the primary.” Sharon Harrington said the dead- There are four locations coun- line pertains to all Florida resi- ty-wide where voters can register. dents who are not registered in The Cape Coral Branch is Florida, or who must re-register. located at 1031 S.E. 9th Place, Harrington said that applica- Suite 3, across the street from the tion materials postmarked for the Lee County Government Center Oct. 4 will be accepted at her and near city hall. office up to five days after the Other branches include: Main deadline. Office in Downtown Fort Myers, “We can go up to five days 2480 Thompson St., 3rd Floor; later,” she said. Bonita Springs Branch Office, DREW WINCHESTER For people who have moved Coconut Commerce Center, within Lee County, address 24951 Old U.S. 41; Lee County A once popular location for out-of-town guests, the Rosewind Motel now is suspect- changes can be made by phone or Election Center, South Fort ed of being haven for criminal activity by nearby homeowners. by stopping by the office. A change of address may mean a See VOTER, page 6A Rosewind Motel in disrepair, Greenwell’s Haunted a concern for nearby residents Hike promises to be Councilman cites potential safety problems with old building, grounds ‘very scary, very twisted’ By DREW WINCHESTER she recently found syringes and the boards get torn away, so [email protected] hypodermic needles on the edge there probably are some ongoing The Rosewind Motel on of the property. problems at the site.” 19th annual event begins this Friday Santa Barbara Boulevard has City Spokeswoman Connie Chulakes-Leetz said By MEGHAN McCOY ed.” one concerned mother worried Barron said via email the city’s Wednesday that he has been [email protected] The hike takes individuals that the property, now in various Department of Community working with Westgate and code The 19th annual Mike through 16 different scenes states of disrepair, is attracting Development is “putting togeth- compliance officer Frank Greenwell’s Family Fun Park through the woods, which the wrong element and is a dan- er details” about the property. Cassidy for three months to Haunted Hike will feature four includes old school scare tactics ger to kids. She also wrote that she was resolve Westgate’s issues. old ideas for the dark, claustro- and 12 new modern ideas. Barbara Westgate asked city “sure” the Cape Coral Police “I would like to see the build- phobic, very scary 13 nights of Vampires will be present during council Monday during public Department had been to the ing sealed off immediately so no terror. the Haunted Hike, along with the comment what can be done to location and surrounding neigh- access can be gained and then The ideas for the annual old favorites of crazed clowns secure the structure, but also has borhood, but did not elaborate to have it razed,” he said. Haunted Hike start to get tossed and deranged chainsaw maniacs. been communicating with the lengths in which the CCPD Chulakes-Leetz pointed to around in June, when the scenes Waters said every year they Councilmember Chris Chulakes- has become involved. the property’s swimming pool as begin to be created. change the theme and scenes, so it Leetz prior to Monday’s meet- While more information is another potential hazard, adding Park Manager Dana Waters remains different year after year. ing. forthcoming, Barron also wrote, said the haunted hike this year is She said since the hike is in its Westgate said Monday that “The building gets boarded, and See ROSEWIND, page 3A going to be incredible due to it being “very scary and very twist- See GREENWELL’s, page 6A Hospital teacher helps 5-year-old Koreeanna Myers and Children’s ill youngsters keep Hospital school teacher Tom Mango go over numbers at up with school work the Lee Memorial Children’s Hospital By MEGHAN McCOY they are assigned a home-bound Wednesday after- [email protected] teacher by state law. noon, so she does A teacher with almost 40 Michele King, director of the not get behind in years of experience joined the Lee Child Advocacy Program for the Memorial Health System as the Children’s Hospital, said they her studies at Alva Children’s Hospital school began the hospital school pro- Elementary School. teacher two years ago to help chil- gram six years ago to prevent dren who are hospitalized for long children from falling through the MEGHAN MCCOY periods of time. cracks with any school work they When a child is absent from school for 14 consecutive days, See TEACHER, page 6A ATAGLANCE COMING EVENT NEWS OF NOTE WHAT’S INSIDE Sun Splash to host Cape Bike Night Oct. 2 Annie’s Mailbox......6A Health................8A ‘Yappy Hour’ Saturday Bike Night will be thundering into downtown Cape Coral on Saturday, Oct. 2. Although the attractions at Sun Splash Cape Fare..........9A Horoscopes......10A CASH 3: Bike Night is becoming one of Cape closed for the season Sept. 26, the water- Cape Life............7A Obituaries..........2A 4-1-5 / 3-9-9 Coral Parks and Recreation’s fastest grow- PLAY 4: park will be hosting a special one day event ing events. Over 15,000 people will enjoy Classifieds................B Police Blotter......2A 5-4-9-9 / 5-8-9-0 for dogs this Saturday, Oct. 2. The park’s the roar of motorcycles and thunder of live Comics.............11A Sports.........14-15A Fantasy 5 first “Yappy Hour” will be held from 10 rock-n-roll. This Bike Night will be the 1-2-6-7-36 a.m. to 2 p.m. with the Tot Spot and Family Dr. Donohue......10A That’s Racing...13A largest that Cape Coral has ever attempted Lotto Pool areas being open for the occasion. in the 5 year history of the event. Editorial...........4-5A TV Listings............12A 4-17-18-19-45-47 Admission is $7 per canine and free for Bike Night will be held on Southeast x 5 humans; however, swimming will be per- Education......7A Weather..............2A 47th Terrace, between Coronado Parkway Florida Powerball mitted by dogs only and limited to the des- and Vincennes from 5-10 p.m. The street 13-44-51-52-55 ignated areas. All dogs must have proof of PB 30 x 4 will be closed to all cars, but motorcycles current vaccinations and a completed regis- and pedestrians are welcome! tration form to be admitted to Sun Splash. For additional information, call 239- Parking will be free for this event. 573-3121. 7 48445 46010 1 For information, call 239-574-0558. Page 2A Thursday, September 30, 2010 cape-coral-daily-breeze.com CAPE CORAL BREEZE CAPE CORAL POLICE BLOTTER BREEZE (The police blotter contains pub- Wednesday with opium or derivative with DUI. lic information obtained from the sell and drugs possess controlled sub- ■ Michael Shaine Lizotte, 24, of (ISSN 10726152) Cape Coral Police Department, the stance without prescription includes 3431 S.W. Seventh Place, was charged Office of publication Lee County Sheriff’s Office and the marijuana over 20 grams. Monday with resist property recovery 2510 Del Prado Blvd., Cape Coral, FL 33904 ■ Phone: 239.574.1110 Lee County Jail booking log. Arrests Tracey Roberts Coffin, 25, of retail merchant or farmer and larceny Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.