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Adel Khalil holds up a bottle of wine in Sam-Bucco Bistro's wine cellar.


Audience members give the Bonita Springs Concert Band a standing ovation after a rousing medley that ended with the song "God Bless America."


Dick and Barb Nelbert sit on one of the statues at Riverside Park during the Bonita Springs Concert Band Inaugral Concert on Sunday.


Conductor Dennis Hill leads the Bonita Springs Concert Band in their first concert at Riverside Park in Bonita Springs.


The Riverside Park is full of lawn chairs as hundreds of Bonitans turn out for the Bonita Springs Concert Band Inaugural Concert on Sunday.


Susan Stauffer applies makeup onto fifth-grader Cole Weegar for his role as Captain Hook.


At curtain call, cast members from Bonita Springs Elementary School's production of Peter Pan wave to their audience.


Members of the Peter Pan cast perform on stage for their friends and parents Thursday night at Bonita Springs Elementary School.


Drama and dance teacher Jeanne Snedeker gives students notes before they take the stage Thursday night for their final performance of Peter Pan.


Baskets of Ruskin tomatoes are on display at Trudy's Garden.


John McClure sells produce outside Dolly's Eatery.


Veterinarian Pegah Rachedi holds a comfortable kitten during her pet tips lesson.


The class waits to hold the kittens.


Michelle Merito gently holds Socks as she takes her turn petting the kitten.


First-grade Baylee Childers looks down at Blaze, the kitten.


Nallely Rico recieves Socks. Everyone child who wanted to handle one of the cats got a chance to pet them.


Veterenarian Pegah Rachedi teaches a Bonita Springs Elementary School first grade class how to take care of cats and dogs.


Before Thanksgiving break, Jason Larraga solicits donations for the Make A Wish Foundation.


Enrico Costagliola jokes with Joe Krause at Pizza Village Cafe in Bonita Springs.


Children's Librarian Jodie Raddatz gives an example of bad manners as she smears cake on her daughter Sally. Sally Raddatz, a junior at Estero High School, was helping her mother teach manners class.


Jessica Treece, 9, and Taylor Poole, 9, enjoy civilized conversation at their table.


Alexandra Alfaro, 4, sips lemon-lime soda during manners class at the Bonita Springs Public Library.


Alexandra Alfaro, 4, and Lisset Lopez, 7, politely enjoy cake in the Bonita Springs Public Library activity room as Libet Orzoco encourages them.


Cindi DeBrino sits at the postmaster's desk at the post office Old 41 Road post office in Bonita Springs. DeBrino will become the Bonita Springs postmaster on November 22.


Jason Williamson and his stepson, T.J. Mansberger, 10, march toward for their first amusement ride of the night.


Louis Holland and Bobbi Bird with the Bonita Assistance Office organize non-perishable food items brought by Harvest Night attendees.


Louis Holland of the Bonita Assistance Office accepts a charitable check fromt the Bonita Springs Professional Firefighters.


Members of the local business community network with their peers during Harvest Night at The Promenade at Bonita Bay.


Ray Austin at the American Legion Post 303 in Bonita Springs. Austin served as an electronics technician on a destroyer ship in Korea.


Vietnam veteran Mike McCoy sits at the Bonita Springs American Legion. McCoy served as a helicopter gunner with the Marine Corps.


Dan Leatherman sits at his desk in a contruction trailer in Naples. Leatherman served in the Air Force as civil engineer in Iraq.


Julie Carlson puts some of the finishing strokes onto one of her large oil paintings.


Cgrape owners Mai Nguyen and Andrew Harkness present contest winners Sarah Ryan and Stephanie Ogilvie with a giant $600 check.


Stephanie Ogilvie impresses her audiences with her voice while performing "Time to Say Goodbye."


Sarah Ryan gives a powerful rendition of the Aretha Franklin song "Chain of Fools."


Bonita Springs Mayor Ben Nelson and Nancy Keefer embrace after his speech during the Keefer tribute.


Nancy Keefer sits through some jokes and plenty of praise during her tribute on Thursday.


Nancy and Chris Keefer are in stitches during Sharon Van Rite's roast speech.


Nancy Keefer laughs with her husband, Chris, during a speech given by Sharon Van Rite during a tribute party thrown for her Thursday night.


Critter Sitters owner Jennifer Semro embraces her dog, Katrina. Semro adopted Katrina from an animal shelter several years ago.


Art League docent Jette Whitely, Smithsonian Project Manager Devra Wexler and Art League Director Susan Bridges converse during the opening night for the NASA art exhibit.


Charlie Tweed, bottom left, examines a painting at the NASA art exhibit at the Center for the Arts in Bonita Springs on Friday. Tweed said the exhibition was of special interest to him because he is both on artist and an avid follower of the NASA space program.


Bob Pierpont points his keychain flashlight into a piece by artist E.V. Day called "Wheel of Optimism." Pierpont said the flashlight gave him a better look inside the three-dimensional piece.


Patty Neira shows her son, Jean Paul Bermudez, 6, one of the NASA commissioned paintings at the Center for the Arts in Bonita Springs.


Vocalist Ann Marie Babos and pianist Joann Lawler provide musical entertainment for the opening night.


Unmasked superheroes Matthew Wolf, 10, Ellis Evans, 5, and Bryan Wolf skate together at the Halloween Skate.


Luke John and Jeremy Brown goof off during at Germain Arena.


Sophie Mantell, 4, and her cousin Casey Shane, 12, show off their costumes at the Halloween Skate.


Morgan King, 3, and Mallory King, 5, navigate the crowded rink at Germain Arena on Sunday night.


Dressed as a pirate, Juan Ramirez speeds across the ice Sunday night at Germain Arena.

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