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Looking for something to do between now and October 31? We've got dozens of events - for kids of all ages - in our calendar at naplesnews.com/halloween. Search - and you shall find!

Halloween Party on Fifth Ave.Oct 31, 2010 - Oct 31, 2010 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Live Music and Costume Contest on 5th Ave. South.

Location: Fifth Ave.Contact: L. SwirdaPhone: 4353742

Mercato's Monster Mash Halloween Celebration! Sunday, October 31, 2010

The fun starts at 1pm under a decorated art tent with face painting, mask creation, and two puppet shows. Merchants will be passing out candy to the kids from noon to 5pm. Bring your own sack to collect the sweet treats. Kids in costume get 10% off their purchase at Yogurbella.

Participating merchants dispensing confections include, Yogurbella, Sur la Table, Silverspot, Coldwater Creek, Simply Natural, Sportalm, Capital Grille, Swim ‘n Sport, McCormick & Schmick’s, Spectacles, The Pub, GiGi’s, AZN, and Bravo! Cucina Italiana. Whole Foods will dispense candy from 2-4pm. Outside Blue Martini, a costume-clad waitress will pass out candy starting at 4pm.

Weekend Events: A 'spook-tacular' line-up of activities

Below is this year's list of local Halloween events from today through October 31st, 2010. To submit your own event please click here.Click here

Do you dress your pets up for Halloween?

CITY FEST, Naples, Florida

CITY FEST Highlighting and celebrating the City's variety and uniqueness of the Downtown retail and waterfront areas, restaurants, cultural destinations, traditional or newly-established "social and cultural" activities.

2010 - 2011 MERCATO SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR
CALENDAR of EVENTS Sat., Oct 16 Wed., Oct 20 Fri., Oct 29 Sun., Oct 17 Thur., Oct 21 Sat., Oct 30 Sat., Oct 23 Sun., Oct 24

To add your Downtown Event to the CityFest calendar, please email Dave Lykins at DLykins@naplesgov.com

To advertise your Downtown Business during the CityFest events, please contact Maureen at mmagee@naplesnews.com

Special hotel accommodations during CityFest! For rates and packages contact the Downtown Information Center at 239-435-3742

Saturday, October 16

Farmers Market (Annual/Reoccurring) 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Third Street South Shopping DistrictParking Lot behind Tommy Bahamas/GattlesContact: Terry Banks (239) 649-6707

Memory Walk– Alzheimer’s Association – Florida Gulf Coast Chapter8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. • Commencing at Saint Ann SchoolContact: Alzheimer’s Association (727) 578-2558

Outdoor Family Movie Night7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. • Cambier ParkContact: (239) 213-3058

Octoberfest – Downtown Naples AssociationLive music and entertainment, beer gardens, and 2011 New Car Roll Out.3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 5th Avenue South (3rd St. S. to 9th St. S.) and Park Street to the AlleyContact: (239) 435-3742

Naples Backyard History – Waterfront Artist and Music3:00 p.m. to 9:00 pm. • Crayton CoveContact: 777-2281

Sunday, October 17

Naples Concert Band2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. • Cambier Park BandshellContact: (239) 593-5054

Wednesday, October 20

Music on the Waterfront5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. BayfrontContact: (239) 777-2281

Thursday, October 21

Thursday on Third7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. – Third Street South Shopping DistrictContact: (239) 261-8936Anniversary Party 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. – Old Naples PubContact: (239) 263-3146

Saturday, October 23

Farmers Market (Annual/Reoccurring)7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Third Street South Shopping DistrictParking Lot behind Tommy Bahamas/GattlesContact: Terry Banks (239) 649-6707

Naples Art Crafters Fine Art and Craft Show10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. • Cambier ParkContact: (239) 598-2529

Stone Crab Fest – Naples Backyard History and Waterfront District10:0 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.Tin City, Crayton Cove, Kelly Fish House, Marine Max, Port-O-Call, Cove Inn, City Dock, Naples Bay Resort, Bayfront, and Bayfront InnContact: (239) 777-2281

Cruise Naples“Loving Locals” – Kids ride free on Double Sunshine Dolphin Watching and Sightseeing Cruise Departing at 10:00 a.m., Noon, 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.Contact: (239) 262-4949

Sunday, October 24

Stone Crab Fest – Naples Backyard History and Waterfront District10:0 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tin City, Crayton Cove, Kelly Fish House, Marine Max, Port-O-Call, Cove Inn, City Dock, Naples Bay Resort, Bayfront, and Bayfront InnContact: (239) 777-2281

Naples Philharmonic Orchestra FREE Concert3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. • Cambier Park BandshellContact: (239) 591-1900

Wednesday, October 29

History Films – Naples Cultural Landscape/Naples Backyard History7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Third Street South from Broad Avenue South to 12th Avenue South • Contact: (239) 777-2281

Saturday, October 30

Farmers Market (Annual/Reoccurring) 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Third Street South Shopping DistrictParking Lot behind Tommy Bahamas/GattlesContact: Terry Banks (239) 649-6707

“Naples Own” Artisan Festival – Downtown Naples Association and 10th Street DistrictLocal Artisans demonstrate their talent and wares.10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Third Avenue North and courtyard River Park Community CenterContact: (239) 263-9448

“Films and Flavors” Festival – Downtown Naples Association and Naples International Film FestivalA day and evening of interactive entertainment, music, art and theater for the entire family.

At 6:00 p.m. Cocktails & Dinner in the middle of 5th Avenue! Make your reservations for an outside dining experience at the 3 longest tables on 5th Ave. Pre-Fixed menus offered with a portion of the dinner proceeds benefiiting Naples International Film Festival.

Swamp Buggy Parade Collier County’s oldest and largest parade.10:00 a.m. to NoonU. S. 41 from Fleischmann Blvd to 3rd Avenue SouthContact: (239) 774-2701

Live Auction & movie on the street at 9 pm. For participating restaurants Click Here, for The City of Naples Presents CityFest“Films & Flavors” 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.5th Ave. S. from 3rd St. S. to 9th St. S. (U.S. 41)Contact: (239) 435-3742

25 Diet-Busting Foods You Should Never Eat It really is a shame: Some of the best-tasting foods are actually some of the worst in terms of fat and calories. But it can be hard to avoid them, especially in places-like malls - where nutrition information usually isn't available.

Not to worry. Our friends at Health.com have come to the rescue. Take a look at their list of foods you should skip -or pick - at a mall, restaurant, or grocery store.

Note: A 2,000-calorie-a-day diet should have no more than 66 grams of fat, less than 20 grams saturated; 2,400 milligrams of sodium; and 300 grams of total carbohydrate, including sugars.

Health.com: The 50 Fattiest Foods in the States Read more...Health.com: 50 Fattiest Foods in America>

Strike up the band for 39th season of free concerts

The Naples Concert Band kicks off its 39th season of free concerts for the community at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, at Cambier Park. Music Director/Conductor Harris Lanzel will lead the band in favorite marches, classical pieces and popular standards.

Guest artists will include vocalist Amy Bright singing a Gershwin medley and Hoagie Carmichael’s “Georgia On My Mind,” a jazz trio, a Dixieland pianist and a xylophonist.

Guests are encouraged to arrive early with lawn chairs and blankets for seating. Although admission is free, donations are always appreciated and go toward the band’s scholarship fund for its student members.

An all-volunteer ensemble, the Naples Concert Band is a nonprofit organization dedicated to entertaining the community with old-fashioned concerts in the park. For more information, call 263-9521

or visit www.naplesconcertband.org/

Celebrate stone crabs on the Waterfront

The Naples Waterfront Association presents its first annual Stone Crab Festival on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 23-24, at several waterfront locations. Partial proceeds will benefit Grace Place, a collaborative partner of Naples Backyard History.

Festival fun will take place at Bayfront, Crayton Cove, Tin City, Naples Bay Resort, Naples City Dock, Port O’Call Marina and Naples Harbour-Jack’s River Bar. Activities include sightseeing cruises, live music, children’s arts and crafts, fishing, Segway tours, a farmers market, wine tastings, an art show, a chance to meet area authors and artists, an antique car show, a boat show, Taste of Bayfront and, of course, plenty of stone crabs.

For details, visit www.stonecrabfestival. org.

Much More than a Walk-Thru Zoo!

Southwest Florida's only nationally accredited zoo is where you will get really up close to the animals - from alligators to zebras. Explore a full day of fun wildlife in this historic botanical garden, where you can take a cruise on a guided tour past islands of monkeys, lemurs, and apes. Visit Leopard Rock, where you will stand nose to nose with the cats, separated by just over an inch of clear zoo-grade glass.

NAPLES ZOO AT CARIBBEAN GARDENS1590 GOODLETTE-FRANK ROAD NAPLES, FL 34012 MON-SUN 9am - 5pm Closed Christmas & Thanksgiving Phone: (239) 262-5409 Click here to read more…

Pinocchio's is a landmark for islanders and visitors alike

It's simply the best!

A Sanibel tradition for more than 30 years, Pinocchio's is a landmark for islanders and visitors alike. Pinocchios fans enjoy any of the 24 homemade ice creams, gelatos, frozen yogurts, sherbets and sorbets available daily. Pinocchios prepares over 130 flavors including their signature flavors: the World Famous Sanibel Krunch, the Dirty Sand Dollar and Wedding Bells.

PINOCCHIO'S ORIGINAL ITALIAN ICE CREAM362 PERIWINKLE WAY SANIBEL, FL 33957 Seasonal Hours Open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Phone: (239) 472-6566

Click here to read more…

Day Trip: Weeki Wachee

By Ellen HellerWater LIFE Publisher

Sometime during my most impressionable years, probably in the 1960’s, I saw an ad, TV special or maybe just a colorful bumper sticker wired on to a station wagon for Weeki Wachee Springs inFlorida.

Forty years later, 13 years of them in Florida, I finally went to Weeki Wachee Springs, and dragged my husband with me. Today it is a State Park but back in the day it was privately owned. The underground springs keep the tropical water a constant 74 degrees. The pond that the springs form had several water slides pouring adults and children alike into the crystal clear water. The swimming area neatly overflowed and created a slow moving Bahama-blue river that served as another way to enjoy the water, by tour boat.

Although the landscape and buildings had seen better days, Weeki Wachee Springs State Park is far better than the glitz, glam and over the top commercial feeling new theme parks are offering families elsewhere in Florida today.

Click here to read more…

Genetically Modified Food

By Dennis Vasey

In a subsequent "Wall Street Journal" article Bill Tomson reported: "FDA Panel Supportive of Gene-Altered Salmon, but More Research Needed."

The fish story is part of a larger global trend. Driven by a growing population and higher food prices, genetically altering food can offer several benefits, scientists say. A crop can be engineered to provide larger yields, to be more tolerant of pesticides or to better resist drought or pests. Sometimes, they may be cheaper to produce. Many countries are racing to take advantage of genetically modified (or GM) food.

Industry experts expect Chinese GM rice and corn to be produced in two to three years. South Africa grows GM corn. Brazil and Pakistan grow GM soybeans and corn. India has been growing GM cotton for several years. Farmers world-wide pay roughly $9 billion annually for GM seed, according to seed-industry estimates. Monsanto Company of St. Louis, Missouri is the largest developer of genetically modified crops.

Click here to read more…

Salmon farmer facing prosecution after pesticide kills thousands of fish

Rob Edwards, Environmental Editor

26 Sep 2010

One of Scotland’s leading fish farm companies may face prosecution after thousands of salmon were accidentally killed by an overdose of an unauthorised and highly toxic pesticide.

The Sunday Herald has learned that investigators found significant quantities of pesticides banned for use on fish farms, during raids on boats used by Hoganess Salmon, run by the Lakeland Group at Burrastow near Walls on the west coast of Shetland.

Excessive amounts of the pesticides, meant to kill the lice that eat away at salmon are thought to have been used to douse the fish, causing mass deaths and destroying other marine wildlife.

Brouhaha over GM salmon Seafood News Commentary

By Fiona Robinson, SeaFood Business editor in chief

24 September, 2010 - In the late 1990’s when the news surfaced that AquaBounty Technologies was developing a genetically modified (GM) salmon there was little talk about the market ramifications.

Fast-forward 12 years, and now that AquaBounty’s GM Atlantic salmon, called AquAdvantage® Salmon, is nearing approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a firestorm has erupted over what could be the United States’ first GM animal approved for human consumption.

While there are many issues at hand, what vexes most consumer groups is the labeling issue. Should a GM farmed salmon be labeled as such? I’ve always been a proponent of giving the consumer as much information as possible and let them choose. But the FDA says it can’t require a different label under current food-labeling rules — the GM salmon doesn’t have any major differences between it and traditional farmed salmon.

U.S. retailers are already mandated under country-of-origin labeling regulations to show if a seafood species is wild or farmed and the harvest origin. But how would they add GM to that label? I can see the display case tag now: “farmed salmon, previously frozen, combination ocean pout and chinook salmon, Canada.” That’s a sure sales winner.

And how are retail counter staff going to keep the GM product from not being mixed in the case with the traditional farmed salmon? Maybe a whole new branded product name for the GM salmon can be developed to make it easy to differentiate in the market. The seafood industry loves tinkering with names to make a species more attractive. How about “salpo” (salmon + pout)?

Clearly, there are a lot of issues to be fleshed out, and the FDA has its hands full listening to all of those opinions. Hopefully, the original product, which is supposed to make closed-containment farmed salmon more economically feasible, doesn’t get lost in the brouhaha.

Senators want review of modified salmon ended

A company wants approval of genetically modified chinook salmon .

By Lyndsey LaytonWednesday, September 29, 2010Eleven senators, mostly from coastal states, urged the Food and Drug Administration Tuesday to stop moving forward with the approval process for a genetically modified Atlantic salmon.

Shorelines

By Dennis Vasey

Our estuaries, found at many of our local shorelines. Formed where rivers meet the Gulf of Mexico or Naples Bay, my recollection is that there are no two identical estuaries. Some are small, others cover a very large area,

What takes place at the shoreline?

In the estuary, river and tidal currents play very important roles in mixing the lower and upper layers of water. This estuarine circulation is a crucial factor determining estuary productivity.

The freshwater from rivers is lighter than saltwater, so it has a tendency to stay on top of the saltwater. If the estuary is deep enough, the saltwater from the sea will travel up the estuary by passing under the freshwater, while the freshwater going down the river will stay above the saltwater layer and enter the Gulf of Mexico or Naples Bay.

By following the saltwater wedge, some marine organisms can advance farther into the estuary. Thus, if not blocked artificially, some marine species can be found very far upstream in an estuary and in the summer there is an abundance of biological activity in the estuary that provide high-quality habitats for many species of wildlife.

Southwest Florida's Hottest Bachelors

Event dates: 10/14/2010 - 10/14/2010

Love the Bachelors? Then come meet them at Gulfshore Life’s Bachelor Party on Oct. 14 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Naples Grande Beach Resort. Meet and greet this year’s handsome, charming and available men. Enjoy complimentary cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and entertainment. Stay for dinner at the Aura Restaurant and receive a free bottle of wine with the purchase of two entrées. Stay the night at the Naples Grande Beach Resort and receive a special room rate of $99. To make reservations, call 594-6022. For more information, call 449-4154 or visit www.gulfshorelife.com.

OCTOBER SUNSETS on the Gulf

01 Friday 7:14 17 Sunday 6:5802 Saturday 7:13 18 Monday 6:5703 Sunday 7:12 19 Tuesday 6:5604 Monday 7:11 20 Wednesday 6:55 05 Tuesday 7:10 21 Thursday 6:5406 Wednesday 7:09 22 Friday 6:53 07 Thursday 7:08 23 Saturday 6:5208 Friday 7:07 24 Sunday 6:5209 Saturday 7: 25 Monday 6:5110 Sunday 7:05 26 Tuesday 6:5011 Monday 7:04 27 Wednesday 6:4912 Tuesday 7:03 28 Thursday 6:4813 Wednesday 7:02 29 Friday 6:4814 Thursday 7:01 30 Saturday 6:4715 Friday 7:00 31 Sunday 6:4616 Saturday 6:59

Concert dates for The Philharmonic, Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, Germain Arena and Lee Civic Center.

Apply now for season’s art festivals

The Naples Art Association at The von Liebig Art Center announces that online registration at www.JuriedArtServices. com is now open for five national art festivals taking place in Naples between November 2010 and March 2011. The festivals are:

• The Naples Fall Fine Art & Craft Festival (formerly the Naples Renaissance Fall Art Festival) on Nov. 26-27. The application deadline is Sept. 1.

• The 15th annual Downtown Naples New Year’s Art Fair on Jan. 1-2, 2011 (application deadline Sept. 29).

• The 32nd annual Naples National Art Festival on Feb. 26-27, 2011 (application deadline Nov. 3).

• The second annual Mercato Fine Arts Festival on March 5-6 (application deadline Dec. 1).

• The 23rd annual Downtown Naples Festival of the Arts on March 26-27 (application deadline Dec. 29).

Sponsorship of these events is vital to the continued success of the arts in the Naples area. Potential sponsors as well as artists are invited to call Marianne Megela at 262-6517, ext. 103, or to e-mail her at marianne.megela@naplesart.org.

Visit Juried Art Services for complete registration details for the individual festivals.

Downtown Naples Festival of the Arts

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