THREE DAYS A WEEK POST COMMENTS AT CAPE-CORAL-DAILY-BREEZE.COM Bulldogs CAPE CORAL win Ida Baker edges visiting Estero BREEZE — SPORTS EARLY-WEEK EDITION WEATHER: Chance of Showers • Tonight: Partly Cloudy • Wednesday: Chance of Showers — 2A cape-coral-daily-breeze.com Vol. 50, No. 116 Tuesday, September 27, 2011 50 cents Council decides not to outsource functions at Coral Oaks By DREW WINCHESTER course’s debt and make the city continue to have the city subsi- Councilmember Bill Deile felt the Golf Course Advisory Board [email protected] additional funds. dize the course,” the mayor said. the flat fee $3 per round is a good on adjusting the various fees, Cape Coral City Council Mayor John Sullivan suggest- Parks and Recreation Director idea, but there might be other where applicable. decided to abandon plans that ed charging an additional $3 in Steve Pohlman said the added $3 ways to adjust fees to make Chulakes-Leetz universally would have outsourced some, or greens fees per round. greens fees per round would earn money other than simply focusing praised the maintenance staff at all, functions of the Coral Oaks Sullivan said there are far too the city $100,000 - $140,000 a on the charges per round. Coral Oaks, but hopes the Golf Course but will likely look many people in the city hurting year. “Rather than a broad brush course’s management staff can to increase fees in the future. financially to continue to pay for Pohlman added 61,500 approach, I’d like to fine tune it,” come up with additional ways to Increasing fees — which the golf course. rounds of golf are played at Coral Deile said. make and save money for the city. could include greens, driving “I don’t think people fully Oaks per year, although a few of Councilmember Chris The councilman also suggested range, cart fees or others — will understand some of the problems those rounds were unpaid because Chulakes-Leetz said he is plan- hopefully offset some of the golf our residents are having. We can’t of youth programs. ning to work with city staff and See CORAL OAKS, page 6A Tech talk Cape to remain on Regional Planning Council Liz Donley, interim director City to take ‘free’ for the Regional Planning Council, said the city of Sanibel seat previously voted to pay its own assessment for the seat, which, based on the held by Sanibel number of residents, equates to $1,900. By DREW WINCHESTER The free seat now falls to Cape [email protected] Coral. Cape Coral will have its cake “No other cities have stepped and eat it too so to speak, by sav- forward to ask for the seat,” ing $50,000 but still retaining its Donley said. seat on the Southwest Florida Donley invited Mayor John Regional Planning Council for Sullivan, who serves as the city’s free, at least for a year. representative on the Regional City Council voted to continue Planning Council, to work with to be part of the Regional the other voting members to come Planning Council, taking the free seat occupied by the city of Sanibel for the last decade. See COUNCIL, page 6A MICHAEL PISTELLA Mariner High School senior Paul Teleweck discusses the robot he designed during Ceremony marks a meeting with other high school students Monday. Mariner High Technology Team completion of Iwo mentors other schools’ students Jima statue restoration iors explained and shared with Project done in memory of fallen Marine Preparations begin for First Tech Challenge the students included competi- By MEGHAN McCOY said. “It was his big dream. This By MEGHAN McCOY not lost,” Nicole Ballman, who tion rules and regulations; organization of a team; what [email protected] was his passion.” [email protected] leads the Mariner Technology Fuller, 33, was ambushed and Team, said about why they should be in their tool box; An intimate ceremony was Seniors and co-captains of held Saturday morning to honor killed April 25, 2010, in a road- the Mariner Technology Team decided to hold the meeting for robotics programming and recording of what has been done everyone who played a crucial side attack in Afghanistan. He at Mariner High School shared other students. had served overseas in the U.S. Mariner High teacher Adam through slideshows and live role in the restoration project of knowledge they gathered from the Iwo Jima monument. Marine Corps before going back their first year of competition to Nowicki, STEM instructor, TSA demonstrations. Students also had the opportunity to ask ques- Bonnie Harcleroad Willey, the to the country to work as a private other students and instructors advisor and VEX, FTC and FRC contractor. Fuller had worked as a robotics coach, said his students tions when they arose through mother of Craig T. Fuller, whose Monday afternoon to help pre- love of the statue spurred its reju- security and construction contrac- wanted to hold the meeting the presentation. pare them for the First Tech venation, said the ceremony tor for five years before he was Challenge. Monday to share what they all Ballman said when they began their team last year they meant everything to her. killed. Students and instructors from learned last year about design- “My son loved the statue and ing, building, programming and found all of their information South Fort Myers High School, he wanted to see it restored,” she See CEREMONY, page 3A Dunbar High School and entering their robot into a com- online instead of through a men- Evangelical Christian School petition. tor. She said she hoped to help stopped by for the student train- “They wanted to reach out ease the other students into it ing on building, game strategy because it’s too cool not to through mentoring, so they do and computer programming of share,” he said. “They are not not feel the shock of how over- robots. just building robots, they are whelming it can be. “I am most excited about building the future.” helping other people so they are Some of the topics the sen- See MENTORS, page 6A Bonnie Harcleroad Willey pours Rain doesn’t dampen enjoyment sand from Iwo Jima into an urn Saturday morn- of closing weekend at Sun Splash ing during an intimate ceremo- By MEGHAN McCOY park would have been more first time at the park ny for all those [email protected] crowded on Sunday since it was “I like the lazy river because who helped in the last day of the season and the you can just float around,” Despite the dark clouds occa- the restoration sionally dropping patches of rain great admission price of $7, but Howard said. over Sun Splash on Sunday, the figured the rain discouraged some She said the weather did not project of the last day of operation for the facil- from coming. affect their day either because Iwo Jima monu- ity, families still came out and The Richards visited the water they stayed in the lazy river while ment in Cape enjoyed what the water park had park a couple times this year it rained. Coral. to offer. because the kids love going. Next year when Sun Splash Dawn Richards, who brought “My favorite is the lazy river opens again, Howard said she will MEGHAN MCCOY her four children, said it began because I get to walk around in definitely come back with her raining 10 minutes after they it,” Reid, 6, said. kids. arrived and rained for about half Fort Myers resident Debbie Sandra Greiner, Sun Splash an hour. They stayed in the lazy Howard decided to use tickets she manager, said the last weekend of river because there was no light- won for free on the last day of operation went remarkably well ning. operation with her five children. Richards said she thought the She said they really enjoying their See SUN SPLASH, page 6A ATAGLANCE AROUND THE CAPE NEWS OF NOTE WHAT’S INSIDE Garden Club seeks vendors Cape man critically injured Annie’s Mailbox ..11A Horoscopes......11A for ‘March in the Park’ in Sunday morning shooting Preparations are under way for the A Cape Coral man remains in critical Cape Life ..........7A Obituaries ..........2A CASH 3: fourth annual “March in the Park,” a major condition after being shot while dropping a Community ........8A Police Blotter ....2A 8-5-6 / 9-5-0 fund-raising event of the Garden Club of friend off in Fort Myers early Sunday Cape Coral. The club is now looking for night. Nicholas Willis, 26, who was trans- Classifieds........1-4B Sports ........12-13A PLAY 4: 0-9-3-4 / 9-3-7-7 new vendors to join our event. ported to Lee Memorial Hospital as a trau- Comics ............10A Tides ..................2A Fantasy 5 “March in the Park,” a plant and garden ma alert, was shot as he got out of his black Crossword........10A TV Listings ........9A 9-11-12-24-26 art sale, will be held Saturday March 10, Chevy Tahoe at the Jones Walker apart- Lotto from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Jaycee Park in ments. Dr. Donohue ......11A Weather ............2A 4-16-31-36-41-44 Cape Coral. He remained on a life support system X 3 Editorial ..........4-5A Web Poll ............5A If you are a vendor selling plants, or there early Monday afternoon, officials Florida Powerball food, or do a craft that is garden related, said. The incident occurred at 2909 Blount 3-4-12-27-44 and would like to join our juried show, con- Street at 7:58 p.m.