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July 4th, 2025 Parade Video is Published

Proposed Changes to Pine Island Plan - Summary

Pine Island, Florida (March 10, 2015) The Greater Pine Island Civic Association (GPICA) held a town hall meeting on 9 March to deal with this issue.

The Bobby Holloway Jr. Memorial Fishing Tournament Teams up with the Edison Big Snook!

Pine Island, FL – (March 10, 2015) – The Bobby Holloway Jr. Memorial Fishing Tournament is excited to announce its partnership with the Edison Big Snook for this year’s tournament.

Wounded Warrior Anglers 3rd Annual Redfish Shootout

Saturday, May 23rd and 24th, 2015 we will be holding our 3rd Annual Memorial Day Weekend Redfish Shootout, previously known as

Matlacha Hookers General Membership Meeting

The Matlacha Hookers general membership meeting will be on Monday, March 9th at the Sandy Hook Restaurant in Matlacha beginning at 6:30pm.

Traffic Problems in Matlacha

Meeting with DOT and Matlacha/Pine Island residents has been set for February 18th at 6:00 PM.

Early Planning for MangoMania 2015

MangoMania 2015 will be held July 18th & 19th at the German American Social Club.

GPICC Presents the Al Mills, and Deputy of the Year Awards.

The Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce is proud to again present the Al Mills Award to an individual for their outstanding dedication to the community, residents and businesses of the Greater Pin

Kiwanis Taste of Pine Island

Date: Saturday, January 24, 2015 & Sunday, January 25, 2015
Time: Saturday, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM & Sunday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Where: 5675 Sesame Dr Bokeelia, FL 33922
Venue: Phillips Park

Chamber Building Grand Opening

On December 2nd the Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce held its Grand Opening/Christmas Party.

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for the Galt Preserve

To all Pine Islanders:

The 5th Annual Holiday House of H.O.P.E

The Beacon of H.O.P.E.
The 5th Annual Holiday House of H.O.P.E
Hosted by the Historic Tarpon Lodge

Welcome Center Invites You To Their Grand Opening-Christmas Party.

Happy Holidays From The Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce

100th Birthday Wishes to Pat Burman's Great Aunt.

Edith Mae Breckenridge Weirath Latimer (Aunt Ede) celebrated her 100th birthday Nov. 17th.

Local UCF Undergrads Meet Renowned Theoretical Physicist

University of Central Florida Undergraduates Nathaniel Burman and Stormie Futch , whose families live in Bokeelia, attended the FreeFLo (or Freethought Florida) conference in Orlando FL, October 10th

7th Annual Christmas Toys for Girls and Boys

Pine Island 7th Annual Christmas Toys for Girls and Boys
Hosted by : Kip Lawrence , Strange Arrangement & Picc Thrift Mall poster / flyer art provided by ; Mel Meo

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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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