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July 4th, 2025 Parade Video is Published

Manatee's Still Dying From Red Tide

Pine Island, FL - Fourteen year old Nick Cornell from New Jersey is a proud young man today.

Two Car Crash Stops Traffic in Matlacha for Hours

Traffic backs up in both directions for hours after a large van and compact car was involved in a crash on Pine Island Road in Matlacha.

Matlacha Community Center Summer Camp Registration

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Matlacha Community Center Summer Camp

Shopping Center Across From BOA is Closer to Being Approved

Roger Wood (GPICA President) and I spent all day yesterday at the hearing for the rezoning of the property across the street from the Bank of America to build a shopping center with a grocery store an

The Search is on for Pine Island Royalty

Mark your calendars and who will be our next MangoMania 2013 Queen..........

Mark your Calendars
MangoMania 2013 will be held July 13th & 14th at the German American Social Club.

MangoMania 2013 Art Contest Underway

Winners from last year were children's division was Ashley McGraw.
The photo in the article was for 2012 winner for the adult division was Kristine "Birdi" Smoch.

Memorial Services for Heather Irene Reppa

HEATHER IRENE REPPA (1984 - 2013)

4/2/2013

Heather Irene Reppa of St. James City was born 10/27/1984.
She went home to be with the Lord at 28 years of age 4/2/2013.

Come Join Us at the 15th Annual Bobby Holloway Fishing Tournament

15th Annual Bobby Holloway Annual Tournament now at Pineland Marina!
Saturday April 6th, 2013

Matlacha Hookers Wine Tasting Event to Benefit Beacon of H.O.P.E. Seniors

Wines, Cheeses and Chocolates will be in abundance at this year's Wine, Cheese & Chocolate Tasting Event.

April 7, 2013
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Calusa Ridge
12401 Stringfellow Road

Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce Members- Free Booth Space at the Seafood & Farmers Market

GPICC Members,

Matlacha Hookers Wine Tasting Event to Benefit Beacon of H.O.P.E. Seniors

Wines, Cheeses and Chocolates will be in abundance at this year's Wine, Cheese & Chocolate Tasting Event.

April 7, 2013
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Calusa Ridge
12401 Stringfellow Road

22nd Annual Mullet Toss Championship

The 22nd Annual Mullet Toss Championship

Saturday March 23, 2013...Starts 10:30am
Location: Matlacha Community Park
(Behind Barnhill Restaurant - Second left after the Matlacha Bridge

Easter Egg Hunt, Matlacha Island Style!

Matlacha Island. March, 2013. -- Second annual Hoppin' Down the Island Bunny Trail at Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens in the heart of Matlacha Island.

Matlacha Hookers 11th Annual "Bag ‘n Tag" & Breakfast

What is the Bag ‘n Tag? Each year, The Matlacha Hookers host the Bag ‘n Tag to raise monies for their ‘Hooked on Education’ Scholarship program.

Pine Island Land Use Plan Update

Proposal Update:

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Little Known Facts

Who's The Real Enemy?
Average Prices as of 3/10/22
Russian's pay $.44 per gal. of natural gas & $2 a gal for gasoline.
The U.S. pays $5 gal + del for propane and $4.35 for gasoline
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UPDATE:
Temp Extremes
on Earth's surface
These ARE "everyday" & NOT Record Temps!
7-20-2016!
Iraq: 126deg. F.
Antartica: -91deg. F.
217 deg. spread
8-4-2021!
Samoa: 129deg. F.
Antarctica: -96deg. F.
225 deg. spread
4 deg. warmer
5 deg. colder
>In over 5 Years<
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Sea Levels in Pineland
have NOT gone up 1 inch in 50 years - But the Atlantic Ocean, 150 miles away has risen 3 feet?
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The Dollar's Value IS Tanking!
'92-'05 ~ $400 oz.
2011 - $1800+ oz.
The Gold Story
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Money Isn't Counted
in Venezuela,
It Is Weighed:
10-31-16; Wall
Street Journal,
1 Doz. eggs, $150
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In 1757, Lomonosov fathered the theory crude oil originates from biological material. The Story
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Little Known Arab Facts The Story
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The REAL “Cellular Therapy” Story The Cell Story
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Read: Climate Change "Consensus" a Fallacy
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Read: Astronauts Object to Global Warming "Crisis" Assertion
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17,000+ children and teens are treated for lawn mower injuries each year. The Story

Event Calendar

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Items of Note

4th of July, 2025 Parade - Video
HURRICANE IAN - Video
4th of July, 2024 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2023 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2022 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2021 Parade - Video
Common Sense American Patriot Dearly Missed -
Rush Limbaugh - Died 2-17-21
4th of July, 2019 -- Here for 4th of July, 2019 Parade video
ClamJamSWFL Video video link
PIN Upgrade -- Here for Upgrade Story
4th of July, 2018 -- Here for 4th of July, 2018 Parade video
4th of July, 2017 -- Here for 4th of July, 2017 Parade video
4th of July, 2016- Here for 4th of July, 2016 Parade video
Actual Photo of the Calusa Golden
Mask discovered over 40 years ago

Wisdom From 450 BC

Just in case you or anyone you know or heard of thinks they have had one original thought in their entire life. . .some technology excluded.

“The longer a war lasts, the more things tend to depend on accidents."
“You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.”
“Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.”
"The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
"I am more afraid of our own blunders than of the enemy's devices.”

Quotes from Thucydides translated from the classic Greek text:
Born:460 BC, Halimous, Athens (modern Alimos)
Died:400 BC, place of death unknown
Thucydides was an Athenian historian and a general having fought in many Greek battles. Most notably fighting in and cronicaling the Pelopeneasean War in the fifth-century BC between Sparta and Athens manuscript of which he didn't finish for unknown reason. (more to come)

Relevant Quotes

The U.S. Constitution is just words on parchment. If no one protects and defends. . .protects and defends it, God won't bother.

“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” — Thomas Jefferson

When accused of colluding with the Russians, Winston Churchill said, “If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself in the House of Commons."

". . .while the excesses of McCarthyism may be fairly described as a witch hunt, it was a witch hunt with witches, some in government.... " (Thomas Powers, New York Review of Books, 11th May, 2000)

"It (not being conclusively exposed until 1999) meant that he (Alger Hiss, assistant to Secretary of State Edward Stettinius under Franklin Roosevelt) could take pride in acting as Soviet agents in the United States were instructed by their handlers to act. Never reveal your covert existence, they were told; if exposed, categorically deny any complicity; if convicted (he WAS convicted with the help of Richard Nixon), strenuously maintain your innocence as long as you live... (G. Edward White, Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars - 2004)

In 10,000 years no one ever sacrificed their arms, their legs, their family or their life for "progress."

Speaking of Iran's crude nuclear bomb technology and inaccurate delivery systems, "If I were the (west bank) Palestinians, I'd be a little nervous." --John Wohlstetter, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute

"Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops. " --Salman Rushdie (On the death of Christopher Hitchens, Dec.,16, 2011) UPDATE 8-22 (See link)

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."...."To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."-- Thomas Jefferson

"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare… The powers of Congress would subvert the very foundation, the very nature of the limited government established by the people of America."--Alexander Hamilton:

“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else." --Winston Churchill

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Americans Support the Entire Constitution

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Manatee's Still Dying From Red Tide

Two Car Crash Stops Traffic in Matlacha for Hours

Matlacha Community Center Summer Camp Registration

Shopping Center Across From BOA is Closer to Being Approved

The Search is on for Pine Island Royalty

MangoMania 2013 Art Contest Underway

Memorial Services for Heather Irene Reppa

Come Join Us at the 15th Annual Bobby Holloway Fishing Tournament

Matlacha Hookers Wine Tasting Event to Benefit Beacon of H.O.P.E. Seniors

Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce Members- Free Booth Space at the Seafood & Farmers Market

Matlacha Hookers Wine Tasting Event to Benefit Beacon of H.O.P.E. Seniors

22nd Annual Mullet Toss Championship

Easter Egg Hunt, Matlacha Island Style!

Matlacha Hookers 11th Annual "Bag ‘n Tag" & Breakfast

Pine Island Land Use Plan Update

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Secondary Links

Image Links

Little Known Facts

Event Calendar

August

Items of Note

Wisdom From 450 BC

Relevant Quotes