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By Monte Lazarus By Coastal Breeze News Staff [email protected] Island. His son, Dr. Fred Tiley is still prac- ticing medicine in Salem, Oregon. He has six grand-children and eleven great grand- children. A special thank you to the following contributors: We appreciate sharing your special expertise with our readers! VOLUME II - ISSUE 12 310 Royal Palm Drive Marco Island, Florida 34145 239/393-4991 office 239/393-4992 fax Follow us on [email protected]TRANSCRIPT
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NEW KAYAK AND CANOE LAUNCH
A s many Islanders have seen, there has been a huge pile of debris at the entrance to Isles of Capri on
State land for almost 3 years. Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve,
managed by the FDEP, has wanted to move forward with this project, but until now there has been one delay after an-other. Rookery Bay has now successfully completed all the engineering designs for the site and obtained all the required ap-provals from local, state and federal agen-cies, and the trash piles are ready to be sorted and hauled to the County landfill. Once these trash piles have been hauled to the landfill, construction can begin. And what will you see and enjoy?
It will be called the Isles of Capri Park, serving the county’s first public launch site designed exclusively for paddle craft, including kayaks, paddle boards and ca-
noes. The use of paddle craft in Collier County coastal waters by local residents and visitors has been increasing rapidly in the last 10 years, and there is a growing need to meet this increasing public use.
The new Isles of Capri Park will include public restroom facilities that will also be available to users of the 951 County boat ramp. The lack of restroom facilities at this boat ramp has been a great concern among boaters, especially after a day of fishing and boating.
The new park will also include two pavilions for use by families, picnickers, school groups and summer recreation programs. The park will also serve as an
important interpretive site where visitors can learn about the value of protecting some of Collier County’s precious natural resources.
When the project is complete, the state and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s total investment of ap-proximately $4.2 million in this property will be made available to Collier County. The park will be subleased to Collier County’s Parks & Recreation Department to be managed within their parks network.
Ecotourism is a growing and signifi-cant economic engine, and this park will be tailored to meet this need, bringing sig-nificant returns to the local economy.
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DON’T CALL ME ELDERLY
A while ago a newspaper report referred to someone as “elderly”. Since I find myself in the same age bracket I take umbrage at that characterization. I AM NOT ELDER-LY. I am a geezer. That is different. Being a geezer means that I can buy discount tickets for movies and rides at amusement parks. Aha! Amusement parks. Elderly people do not go to amusement parks.
I examined my situation and it’s clear that I don’t qualify as elderly. For example, my running times are virtually identical now to my high school times. The only dif-ference is distance: I run 100 yards in the same time as I used to run the mile. The key, of course is time. Forget distance.
I am still upright (usually), and I rarely
need assistance walking. Since I am natu-rally clumsy there’s not much difference in the way I totter now and the way I tottered 30 years ago. I even refuse to get a handi-capped parking sticker for my car.
Some whippersnappers call me “sir”. I’ve never been knighted by the queen, and I never shall be; I was only a sergeant in the army. I flatly refuse being called “sir”, and I refuse to acknowledge it. My great-grand-children do not call me “great-grandpa”. They call me “grandpa” or a lot of mum-ble-jumble I don’t understand. It’s not my hearing at fault; it’s their inability to speak clearly.
My son-in-law and I often discuss base-ball. I tell him tales of seeing Lou Gehrig and getting autographs of such as Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Pee Wee Reese and Phil Cavaretta (that’s a throw-away for poor Cubs fans). That’s
not elder-talk. It’s only my status as an his-torian.
On a certain unnamed cruise line I be-lieve I am one of the younger guests. I even eat chewable main courses for dinner. It’s reached the point, however, where I just cannot find anything in common with all those old people. So we’ve switched cruise lines.
You will never catch me calling a 60 year old “sonny”. So, why should they call me “elderly”? It’s an insult, and I demand fairness in labeling.
It may be true – it is true – that when I have enough courage to look in a mirror I see a lot more gray hair, any number of wrinkles, furrows, scars and stuff a der-matologist won’t even touch. That doesn’t make me “elderly”. Just experienced.
What’s that you say? Give me a minute to adjust my hearing aid.
By Monte [email protected]
Celebrating 100 Years!
William F. (Bill) Tiley, a native of Tam-aqua, Pa. is observing his 100th Birthday on June 28th on Marco Island. Many rela-tives and friends will gather to celebrate the occasion.
Bill went to Temple University where he played football under the coaching of the famous Glenn “Pop” Warner. He played on the winning team of the first Sugar Bowl game.
Following college he started working for the Allentown Call-Chronicle Newspa-per at their Lansford office as a cub report-er. He advanced into management where
he remained until his retirement in 1976 as Bureau Chief of all the satellite offices. At that time he and his wife, the former Virginia Bachman of Lansford, Pa., retired to Sun City, Arizona. Because of their love of golf they became active as volunteers in numerous PGA and LPGA tournaments.
Bill remains active with walking, swimming and an avid interest in sports. If you see an elderly gentleman cruising up and down Barfield with his walker, often chatting with his friends, that’s Bill! Upon his doctor’s advice he has had to give up golf, however, he shot his last “Hole In One” just prior to his 96th birthday.
Since his wife’s death he has lived with his daughter Dana Cleary on Marco
Island. His son, Dr. Fred Tiley is still prac-ticing medicine in Salem, Oregon. He has six grand-children and eleven great grand-children.
By Coastal Breeze News Staff