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Matlacha Hookers kick off Back to School Supply Drive for Pine Island Elementary Special to The Eagle
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The Matlacha Hookers Pine Island Elementary Back to School Supply Drive started the last week in June and runs through July 22. The items PIE teachers have requested include: headphones for grades K-1 and earbuds for grades 3-5, scissors (blunt tip only), #2 pencils, erasers (both cap and large pink rectangles), whiteboard markers
(erasable and fine tip), markers dry eraser, glue sticks, colored pencils, pens (black, blue and red), white-out correction tape, pocket folders with brads (green, yellow, blue), Crayola markers (washable). Crayola crayons, scotch tape, yellow highlighters, 9V and AA batteries for microphones and computer accessories, facial tissue, stickers (fun, numbers and alphabet letters), sticky or Post It notes, Ziploc bags (all sizes), bandages (large and small), dis-
infectant wipes, paper towels and copy paper. School supplies may be dropped off at the following participating businesses through July 22: in Matlacha at the Post Office, The Perfect Cup, Blue Dog Restaurant, Trader's Hitching Post, CW Fudge, and Miceli’s Restaurant. At the Center, bring supplies to Ace Hardware, Pine Island Community Church, Pine Island First Baptist Church, Winn-Dixie,
Centennial Bank, Pine Island United Methodist Church, or the Fishers of Men Lutheran Church. In Bokeelia, donate items at Salty Girls Island Cafe, the Pine Island Library, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Catholic Church or Salty Girls Grab and Go at Pineland Marina. In St. James City, donation bins can be found at the Moose Lodge, the Frozen Flip Flop Frozen
See SUPPLY DRIVE, page 15
Kramer’s Kutting Edge relocates, adds services Shop now located at 5459 Pine Island Road By PAULETTE LeBLANC
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Promised Land Mangoes getting off the ground By PAULETTE LeBLANC
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Dave and Carol Etscovitz have owned Promised Land Mangoes, which sits on 15 acres, for two years now. Dave Etscovitz said it wasn’t long ago they were raising and selling partridges and partridge eggs to restaurants. “Between then and now, we’ve gotten into the goat grazing business, so when we finally sold our farm in Myakka, we found Pine Island and a week later we were here,” Etscovitz said. Goat grazing, he said, is a natural way to go about farming, on land that has remained poison free, without pesticides or other harmful chemicals. In an
Kramer’s Kutting Edge has relocated, although Tom Kramer said the old location served its purpose at approximately 300 square feet, now he has over 900. He’s also added some new services, such as cutting and programming car keys, fobs and remotes and testing batteries. In addition to his new services, Kramer now sharpens hair cutting shears for groomers and salons. “I sharpen the clipper blades for the salons and the groomers. I do gardening tools and chain saws. I sharpen everything but circular saw blades and hand saws. I even do watch battery replacement now,” Kramer said. Kramer said there is almost nothing he can’t sharpen, as he is currently taking on
sharpening food processor blades. Now he has everything placed where he wants, he said, with his key-cutting equipment on one side of his work bench and sharpening tools on the other. Miss Kitty is still with them, from the old hardware store, Kramer said. “I am still staying busy, even though we’re out of season right now — I’m doing a lot of locksmith work,” Kramer said. Kramer said although he doesn’t feel that he’s in competition with anyone, he’s covering so much ground in his work, people should never have to leave the island just to have something sharpened, or to change the batteries in their watch. Kramer’s Kutting Edge is at 5459 Pine Island Road, N.W., Bokeelia. For additional information, call 239-710-0600.
effort to keep the land pure, the couple brought in their 40+ goats, which made the family from which they bought the land, very happy, he explained. Since Etscovitz wants nothing to do with farming equipment, he said, having the goats is integral to maintaining the land, besides being fun and very sociable animals. “Basically, they (the goats) eat everything. They knock everything See MANGOES, page 14 Promised Land Mangoes is located on Pineland Road in Bokeelia. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY DAVE AND CAROL ETSCOVITZ
PHOTO PROVIDED BY TOM KRAMER
The interior of the new Kramer’s Kutting Edge in Bokeelia.
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