Post Comments, share Views, read Blogs on CaPe-Coral-daily-Breeze.Com Just CAPE CORAL kickin’ it Cape soccer league hosts tournament DAILY BREEZE —SPORTS WEATHER: Mostly Sunny • Tonight: Mostly Clear • Tuesday: Partly Cloudy — 2A cape-coral-daily-breeze.com Vol. 48, No. 97 Monday, April 27, 2009 50 cents Venue change a hit for seafood festival and car show By MCKENZIE CASSIDY numbers now, but we are over- scallops, rice and coconut [email protected] whelmed with what is here,” shrimp while a nearby vendor The Matlacha Mariners' said Reed. “This is the first year advertised “local seafood” and annual Seafood Festival and Car we are doing it out here.” doled out gulf shrimp and James Makuch Show offered the community of In the past the seafood festi- smoked mullet. Many of the res- from the Blue Southwest Florida an opportuni- val was held at the Winn Dixie idents who attended the festival parking lot on Pine Island, but went from vendor to vendor Crawfish Catering ty to taste local seafood. serves one of the Thousands attended the as it grew each year organizers tasting what each had to offer. determined that it needed a new Tom and Jennifer Terrell customers of the event on Saturday after it was Seafood Festival moved to the German American venue. While the crowd didn't stood in line tasting different Social Club in order to accom- rival other large events hosted seafood from each vendor. on Saturday. modate more people. Wayne at the social club – such as “It's great, we are going to Reed, president of the Matlacha Oktoberfest – in terms of sheer try to go to each one,” said Tom YUNET JOMOLCA Mariners, said the club is over- numbers, the club was pleased Terrell. whelmed with the amount of with the turnout. They added that the fish at people who showed up. “So far it looks like we are the festival tasted much better “We had some numbers in set up pretty good,” said Reed. than a lot of other seafood Big Papa's sold blackened mind, I'm not sure about the See FESTIVAL, page 3A Man over cardboard! Lions award Peace Poster contest winners By ANDREA GALABINSKI [email protected] Artistic talent apparently runs in the family. Twins Olivia and Kira Finan, students at North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts, were the winners of the North Fort Myers Noon Lions Club annual Peace Poster contest. Eighth grade student Olivia got first place and Kira a close second, with seventh grade student Nate Sabarro winning third place in the awards. It's a contest coordinator Ron Manchester of the Lions Club looks forward to every year, as Chairman of the Peace Poster Contest. He surprised the students during an art class at the Academy, and he and other Lions Club officials explained the significance of the venture. "It's an international contest, and the winner gets to go to the United Nations assembly to be awarded," said Al Monack, who is president of the Noon Lions Club. "There's a $2,500 scholarship along with the recognition. There are also 23 Merit Awards that are also given, and they are given to stu- dents from many different countries." Manchester noted merit awards winners from all over the globe, including Belgium, Brazil, Japan and several from the U.S., including the top poster winner from California. The contest is open to 11, 12 and 13-year-olds from around the world. But local students doing the exceptional art- work is the local Lions Club's pride. "We start at a local level, and then send them to regional," Monack said. "We provide materials for the kids to do the posters," said Manchester. From there, the students do the artwork, and the school coordinates picking the top pics to give to Lions Club officials for their own judging. The Club works through school nurse and fellow Lions Club member Maiya Christensen to coordinate the judging. "This first went through our art teacher, Theresa West- Taylo, who picked the top entries," said Christensen. "She choose the top ones to submit to the Lions Club to be judged. We wanted to recognize the students in the school." The top three were presented with gift certificates from Wal-Mart in denominations of $75 for first place, $50 for sec- ond and $25 for third place, something they were all excited YUNET JOMOLCA Captain Berez (front) and co-captain Cuffman salute the finish line at the Cardboard Boat See PEACE, page 3A Regatta on Saturday. More photos are available online at: cu.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com. Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta inspires New audiologist at Cape Eye Center ingenuity, competition and sportsmanship By ANDREA GALABINSKI [email protected] By MCKENZIE CASSIDY The senses go together hand in hand — especially vision [email protected] and hearing — according to physicians at Cape Coral Eye Hundreds attended the Cape Coral Centers. Cardboard Boat Regatta this weekend That's why they have hired a full-time audiologist to work to watch as boat teams attempted to at their main center in Cape Coral. She will also serve the navigate their makeshift boats through North Fort Myers area. Bimini Basin. Dr. Karen Major, AuD, is the new director of audiology. As The crowd at this year's regatta a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology, Major is an swelled across the banks of the basin expert in all areas of audiology or hearing, including adult and and was more numerous than in 2008 pediatric diagnostics, treatment, and rehabilitation. at Seahawk Park in north Cape Coral. “In our country there are almost 32 million people with Teams displayed their boats – made of hearing loss right now, which is a staggering number and they cardboard boxes and layer after layer say only about 20 percent of those with hearing loss do some- of glue – as each was called one-by- thing about their hearing problem,” said Major. “Balance, and one to the water. a lot of disorders that give people eye problems like diabetes The height of the action Saturday — a big one — can also give you hearing loss. Some can have afternoon brought the Community both going on at the same time.” Bank of Cape Coral facing-off against Hearing loss is not only a health issue, but a safety issue as All Aboard Preschool. well, she said. The race began and both teams “I have patients who literally don't hear their smoke alarms, successfully rounded the basin, but the they don't hear door bells in the house, warning sounds in your community bank’s “Yellow car, things that start dinging,” she said. Submarine” became caught in a strong YUNET JOMOLCA They also can't discern which direction a car is coming wind and capsized leaving the four The crew from the Aquaholics celebrate their victory over the when they are walking down the street, she said. paddlers from All Aboard Preschool SS Diva ladies on Saturday. More photos are available online It's a social barrier as well. See REGETTA, page 3A at: cu.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com. See CENTER, page 3A ATAGLANCE AROUND THE AREA NEWS OF NOTE WHAT’S INSIDE Mayor’s Scholarship Goff to speak at Historical Annie’s Mailbox......14A Nation................8A Florida Awards Banquet Society meeting Cape Life............7A Obituaries..........2A The 23rd Annual Awards Banquet for the Wayne B. Goff, a fourth generation Lottery Cape Coral Mayor’s Scholarship Fund, will Southwest Floridian who is president of Classifieds.............1-6B Police Blotter......2A Goff Construction Inc., will be the speaker CASH 3: be Wednesday April 29, at the Cape Coral Comics.............10A Sports..........11-13A 2-4-9 / 4-7-6 Yacht Club, 5819 Driftwood Parkway. at the next Cape Coral Historical Society Crossword........10A State..................5A PLAY 4: This year, sponsors will present scholar- meeting on May 12 at Cultural Park 3-3-6-0 / 5-1-7-2 ships to 13 students from several local high Theatre. His topic will be “The way it Dr. Donohue.........6A Today in History......9A Fantasy 5 was,” a discussion of growing up in Florida 8-23-24-32-33 schools. Mayor Jim Burch will be the master Editorial..............4A TV Listings..............9A Lotto of ceremonies for the event. in the 1930s and 1940s. 19-25-26-32-37-45 If anyone is interested in attending the As a reminder, this meeting will be the Horoscopes........6A Weather..............2A Florida Powerball awards banquet, tickets can be purchased for last of the season for the Historical Society. 8-26-30-42-52 The museum will be closed in July and PB 15 x 5 $40 by calling the mayor’s office at 574- 0436 or visiting: www.capecoralmayorschol- August, and the society’s programs will arship.com resume in October. For additional information call 772- 7 48445 46010 1 7037 Page 2A Monday, April 27, 2009 cape-coral-daily-breeze.com CAPE CORAL DAILY BREEZE OBITUARIES Theresa Benner and Gloria Cape Coral died Thursday, Cape Coral passed away on Dr, Steve Galloday, Partners- Lyle John Bernauer; brother, Ronald; 17 April 23. Formerly of April 4, 2009. He was born on in-Care, Jeannie and Suzanne, Greenwood nieces and nephews; three sis- Waconia, Minnesota, the Jan. 15, 1998 in Flint, nurses Frazier and Teri, Paster Lyle John Greenwood, 51, ters-in-law; and three brothers- Honebrinks moved to Cape Michigan Greg and the congregation of of North Fort Myers passed in-law. Coral in 1979. She was a He is survived by his loving Cape Alliance Church, Cape He was preceded in death by member of Grace United family including his mother, away Wednesday, April 22, Coral EMT and fire and police his father.