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Subscription price 24.00 for one-year domestic subscription. Copyright Inc. rights reserved. No part publication may be reproduced without written permission publisher. Opinions expressed contributors not necessarily those 8 9 publishers letter FANTASTIC he moment we dread stepping on scale after holidays. doubt big digital numbers staring back were anything but fantastic. More like frightening. However, if could do again, would have indulged wholeheartedly fantastic holiday meal prepared your family Would passed second piece daughter-in-laws homemade pumpkin pie refused neighbors crazy concoction cocktail And how nibble grandkids hand-frosted gingerbread men looked more characters Walking Dead Truth told, couldnt. moments spent friends so worth extra pounds. good news, though, unlike Northerners who homebound because snow ice, sunshine temperatures 80s. We parks, hiking trails abundant green space explore. You start walking weight gain Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve see story page guided birding Birders Feather 48. Im sure celebrating arrival New Year, double 20, was special, too. Imagine many young couples will select February 2nd 20th as engagement wedding day. With dates 222020 2202020, almost impossible forget an anniversary also exciting automobile industry, some cars hitting market. Late last I previewed two very impressive had me dreaming about driving coast top down speeds allowed only Daytona. Our special section, Wheels pages 52-67, newest Porsche coveted Corvette, Volkswagens SUV debuts later year. If buy brand-new vehicle, then definitely want check these stunners dealership. Year means setting personal goals--and staying focused business goals, which no set during quarter 2019. To reach dedication, leadership, inspiration, motivation most importantly teamwork. team home colleagues workplace, reaching level perfection together striving for. fact, thought, prosperous certainly follow. Group Publisher, Media PHOTO COURTESY MEDIA, INC. 11 gulf zeitgeist BY DR. RANDALL NIEHOFF venture outside empty-handed O dwellers stately towns, come ye This common earth, sky, flowing free --John Greenleaf Whittier people surrendered numbing bells whistles diddling--a habit grows stronger they grow older. How break away allure screen dont doctor, poet scientist look away. Like folks, identify wry comment Sometimes shock myself smart say ... other try get car my seat belt Once leave building go outside, unbuckled holds us in, breathe deeply, encounter nature around enter into empty hands heightened awareness. Paying attention judgment called mindfulness. It often begins taking note breathing, flow thoughts sparked sounds, smells, tastes, touch, always deferential willingness ride swing moods. athletic training, such practice makes fit life experience increased focus, reduced stress, improved physical well-being, greater empathy understanding, deeper gratitude lasting joy. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell it, writes Oliver Sometimes, 2008. Then, outdoor adventure isnt just screensaver lifesaver. Dr. Niehoff has been working paying since 1991. W hittiers question embodied everyone drawn sunny shores, whether snowbirds winter natives weekend break. sense need turn machines, put devices, let fill senses. Last June journal eMarketer reported first ever U.S. adults mobile devices than watching TV. Then August, MarketWatch average adult spends hours per day looking at, reading, listening simply interacting media--we passing waking screen. Psychologists claim addictive. Poets sounded alarm me, plan one wild precious implores Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Summer Day, 1990 later, Listen, breathing little, calling Have Ever Tried Enter Long Black Branches, 1997. Research scientists National Institutes Health shown front screen, lower thinking language scores become. Physicians American Academy Pediatrics urge parents basics best toys, argue, allow pretend play, hands-on objects shared between real animals. Since April 21, 1989, however, when popular hand-held gaming device introduced Nintendo Boy, 13 NATHAN MAYBERG FGCU basketball programs hope seasons here Myers national attention-- Major League college basketball. single sporting event brought Gulf Coast University mens upset No. Georgetown 15 seed round 2013 NCAA Tournament. game remembered long played FGCU. womens side, three straight trips Tournament elevated program stage. season, Lady Eagles lost heartbreaker relinquished late lead Miami, great upset. While women better record 2018-2019 both teams high expectations 2019-2020. regions fans eager watch them make marks play against talented country season. MENS TEAM Mens coach Fly took Joe Dooley returned head East Carolina Uni- Fly, Zach Scott culture right, winning PHOTOS TESSA MORTENSEN --Michael Caleb Catto versity, taken appearances. coaching staff arriving Andy Enfield, led run. disappointing 14-18 season sees lot positives hopes build on. Kentucky native went Kentucky, successful history. But didnt there, either. He elsewhere his name, spending years video coordinator State before making His still him. unbelievable nobody saw coming. thought next year, says team. That earned moniker City, nickname stuck proudly boasts royal blue white jerseys. no-nonsense attitude uses toughness players. preseason practice, asks shake you, 10,000 warns players stay games. think Kawhi Leonard NBAs Los Angeles Clippers playing Fortnite eternal optimist quickly points much progressed. proud team--after losing guard Brandon Goodwin NBA, Johnson, transferred Miami. notes each starter 2018-19 signed professional contract. boasted Atlantic Sun Conference 10-4. squad number faces. They include Jalen Warren, sharpshooting Ontario, Canada, College. freshman Harper FGCUs starting point guard. Georgia native, brother former Auburn star Jared Harper, NBA Phoenix Suns. returning scorer Scott, 6-foot-4 sophomore ball floor drive hoop while boasting .414 three-point shooting percentage. two-time state champion Miami attended summer camp school. Corals slouch 6-foot-5 Player Christian Academy. shot .333 range expected larger role length, athleticism. excited, notes. adds enjoys every game. Bill teachers area. does everything Catto. carries himself wisdom way beyond years. group personality standpoint, explains. stresses importance character follow, says. defense. field goal percentage defense Conference. WOMENS win fourth behind conference player Nasrin Ulel. 5-foot-9 California goals made getting boost return redshirt senior Keri Jewett-Giles, enrolled graduate student educational leadership. MVP brings leadership backcourt. happy back. decision, Jewett-Giles reports. forward championship going further bothered loss Tournament, rallied quarter--only lose 69-62. expecting really show compete. poorly win, Ulel Karl Smesko 18th program. Division II school appearances seriousness intensity job. communicates efficient terms. succinctly expresses significant achievement faced nation place chance it. believes Ulels aggressive mentality key success. She versatile scorer. Shes got quick release. read defenses score cuts. rim finish, adds. her 2019-2020 decisions percent range. Tytionia Adderly 16 know Weve give them. --Tytionia Adderly, defensive them, Adderly. 42 rebounds owning rebound record. any position floor. post run us, expects Adderlys offense improve now hand injury her. miss starters team, graduated Destiny Washington Lisa Zderadicka. Davion Wingate junior Kerstie Phils step games pre-season. 5-foot-11 Alyssa Blair, walk-on scholarship up-tempo style. tough non-conference schedule Notre Dame, Duke LSU, notes, fast, push tempo, spread out. weaknesses. fastest weve had, chemistry. feel other. same hungry map. 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Leonard, civic leader served five donated gardens pivotal transitioned founding Piper city, classes gardening environment general. 27 434 Flamingos crowd-pleasers earning title emeritus, envisions footbridge Imperial River Riverside Park visitors decide there. Lots guests already do, Executive director Thomas Hecker, veteran Botanical Garden formative years, master exhibits infrastructure, including wheelchair-friendly brick walkways, climbing. welcome 1, roles. 2020, self-proclaimed Flamingo, hold annual gala--Enchanted Flamboyance--on proceeds gardens. Flamingo souvenirs T-shirts calendars earmarked showcasing brightly colored stars. Hecker fundraising flamingo statue decoration contest alumni rival universities. nations premier attraction. Other efforts trip Galpagos Islands May. Ernie Sandie Schaub Butterfly Orchid Pavilion close butterfly pavilion. 28 heads roll publicity debut miniature Victorian-style expo pavilions originally built Euro Disney Garden. Named sponsorships 75,000 apiece. October 2019 opened. Robert Karin Moe Tea House, private events gatherings, opened November, Terry Arlene Riegel Lorikeet Pavilion, feature free-flying rainbow lorikeets, ready mid-January. fourth, Honeycreeper Sunbird tropical pollinating birds, funding interested benefactors. timetable, Heckers determination projects soon donors forward--now likely result gifts, done, estimates, cost 500,000--about less budget, full- part-time employees. An overall theme freshen upgrade original animal display areas respecting communitys allegiance nostalgia. alligator fountain clear promises highlight--a definite neglect. Hands-on another emphasis--except gators snakes. tireless optimist. felling nearly trees Hurricane Irma serendipitous--instigating loads cleanup work giving venue openness. has. potential, puts envisioning weathered, open-air storage barn wonder party corporate meeting center, employee housing turning classrooms camps animals display, macaws iguanas peacocks parrots, rescues. travels collecting donations. dedicated Leonards dream saving icon kids Gardens, convinced, rest Lytle retired editorial editor TV host Daily News. lives Springs. IF YOU GO 27180 41, 239-992-2591 evergladeswondergardens.com Open seven days week, a.m.-5 p.m. 29 Flyaways LIBBY MCMILL AN HENSON opposite found Arizonas resort McDowell Sonoran Scottsdale amazing hike sunset. C Authenticity unparalleled historic Hermosa Inn. ountless destinations within Airport. 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May October, offered Wednesday meet Cathy Sedlacek, guide whos moves slowly boardwalk, comfort familiarity someone appreciates home. keeps coming simple quiet, Sedlacek she, Michigan fern nesting brand space, mother knows freckle childs Hers bond forged love, details--a little surrounded civilization, states. WHAT YOULL SEE 1.2-mile boardwalk network planked paths, outsiders glimpse species behaviors--without interruption humans. such, jogging, power-walking permitted. Nor phones, smoking excessive noise. rules sightings--many Exploring 41 theFriends Facebook Group, 933 members. uploads vary wood storks crested flycatchers, otters Swainsons thrushes. mere fellow hiker telephoto trained upward. branch perches red-shouldered hawk, bead eye aimed Otter Pond yards is, still. Even binoculars, use patchwork coloring birds shoulder plumage concentration gaze. tour fauna, equally flora. otherwise escaped attention, bright shoestring fern, skinny spaghetti noodles. thin until rains puffs freshly washed hair. circular patches middle preserve. Lichen. disease living relates. algae together. food. sign air quality--you never expressways. draws churned pigs hunting, balls sand pushed pile burrowing crayfish. spy gator, feet long, gliding across, well, Alligator Pond. catch-and-release But, somebody walked pole, umbrella cane, up, Fishing summarily outlawed. stayed, feeding gar. biggest Al--but naturalists refer name. split name wildlife, Each mentions something known idea crayfish piles spheres pink trees. Floridians, locals, learn preserve--but hardly bulk here. upwards 1,000 day, countries. Oh, fifth Sedlacek. tell decided usually surprised underestimate preserve--just third mile across. Yet spans miles. Maybe doesnt ecological importance. 33-square-mile watershed, puri- photographer quietly zooms fying nutrients water, unbounded. Save earth overturned pigs, upon green, ferns crowding understory, decorating braches bald cypress packed spruce Christmas lot. water--in summer, makeshift deep--brings food chain. Abundance level, prey. PRESERVATION EFFORTS flowed preserve, Aquatic Preserve. process entirely halted ago hadnt educator Hammond. obligation story, volunteer David Minnick, leading tours half. Minnick outgoing, cracking jokes chitchat. 435 Winners Friends Preserves photo Hofers warbler category Peter Sidells category. Larry Brophys heron honorable mention. Krystle DiNicola mention squirrels photo. Benjamin Dion pileated woodpecker Chuck Pavlicks eastern tiger swallowtail Hammond, teaching Lake students Monday 1960s. told Enjoy view, cut, Hammond warned students. forest periodically clear-cut, used lumber. connection hating destroyed, rallied. approached everybody, Minnick. federal government, finally county. county supported idea, challenged money park reality. Together, forced referendum ballot support passed. wasnt kids, parking lot, --Or seventh hole, Instead, evolve developers. ruled natures cycles, else. example, frenzies descend breed reaches highest height. Come winter, pond drains, inch inch. fish, gar, evolved strategies survival. swim bladder allows gulp burrow mud essentially hibernate, Gayle Sheets, naturalist. fish ponds dry nowhere line deli-- fish. frenzies, greatest migratory flying ranks species. cause canopy thicken overhead, bringing least degrees ushers new. So, too, week--perhaps active. Photographers share shots wildlife flown appearance. Whatevers arrived become Log bit cheat sheet truly, draw lies fact anything--any species, behavior--can happen time. Dynamic indeed. Morton specializing founder Sober Outside, company teetotaling adventure-lovers. 7791 Penzance Blvd., 239-533-7557 sloughpreserve.org Boardwalk daily, dawn dusk unless noted Monday, Admission paid hour, maximum 43 SPRING TRAINING AROUND CORNER TWINS RED SOX Jos Berros pitches Stadium. MINNESOTA World Series ended speed preparations Sox, includes homes baseball. seasons. won upheaval failing playoffs 84-78 2019, despite 236 million payroll. Twins, payroll rate, regular 1965--with 101 wins--although swept Yankees playoffs. Pitchers catchers report February, using CenturyLink Sports Complex. base 1991 central nervous system Mark Weber, operations director. Because minor league JetBlue quite significance operations. critical preparations. 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Visual statistical data downloaded saved study coaches analytics department. Although centered highly disappointment, titles helped generate sell-out crowds moved 2012. 9,900 seats 10,600 standing room. sells out, mean should tickets Many sets aside purchase ticket window. varies, Jay Fandel, ballpark Between leaguers, approximately 250 housing. Most agents housing, Fandel 260 members office staff. Brennan Whitley, operations, seasonal returns hires dozen customer service jobs in-house caterer breakfast. nutritionist optimal restrictive access facilities wont full-squad workout 17, Whitley Parking Lot, attendees screened security granted field. stopping autographs, Lucky Martinez, Jim Rice, Tiant Dwight Evans, public, grant VIP access. 1993. base, atmosphere prior pitch, gather Complex 47 San-Cap walks--even youve Pileated HUGH VERRY Trail hey birder anywhere. Anywhere fly, quiet observer collect sightings, noticing behaviors. Of stack deck, December Society. oldest chapters country, history seasoned experience. birders seasoned, own walk, collaboration connection, opening door age, first-timers elementary beginners Hugh Verry. walks. promptly pace organic, driven whichever where. cover most, extends mile, Youre rushing thing--we slowly, Verry kick-off Bird Count, Dec. 15. birds--and snowbirds--are total possible 300 resident numbering 150, additional country. aim diversity possible, covering types habitats. series targets locations, famous Refuge, Island. Walks conducted Bailey Tract Inn Road Bunche Causeway. 49 Ruddy turnstone Black-necked stilt Osprey Phyllis Gresham snipe guides, experts guests, newbies, scatter ourselves group, birded before, willing pair information. limited pastime. learns something. Gresham. Usually else be, part, volunteers participants walks-- among interestingly, inhabiting island, teach arrivals. amazed kites ago, nest amazing. Then--wow sudden kite nests developing colony. 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