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Manuel Ozambela

From left to right, Amy, Natasha Alescodata, Stephanie Cintron and Nicole Long count their tips and cup sales from their beer booth during a Pamela Anderson look-a-like contest held at Sun Sports in Fort Myers. The tip money goes to derby girls player accounts and the cup sales go to team funds.

Fans Heather Blakely Zavala, center, and Erin Long, right, cheer for the Palm City Punishers at their first bout held at Generations Skating Center, Sunday, April 20, 2008.

Fans Jenk and Goat (names given) cheer for the Palm City Punishers at their first bout held at Generations Skating Center, Sunday, April 20, 2008.

Stephanie Cintron, aka "Mess You Up Buttercup," tapes her toe before putting on her skates prepping for her first bout. Cintron is one of the teams hardest hitters, her position is usually blocker.

"Lil Miss Slambags" Jaclyn Koc and "Mess You Up Buttercup" Stephanie Cintron take a smoke break before their first bout at Generations Skating Center on April 20, 2008.

Jammer "TeqKillYa Sunshine" Stacy Pratt avoids a hit skating through Bradentucky Bombers girls in the first period at Generations Skating Center.

Blocker "Breakneck Brie" Brianne Lepa pushes past Bradentucky Bombers "Gun Toting Tina, " left, and "Snow Wipe You Out," right.

Palm City Punishers coach Stephan Hanna, right, gives instructions and encouragement during the teams first bout against the Bradentucky Bombers.

Brie Coffman, aka "Flyin Da'Brie," pumps up her teammates just before their first bout begins against the Bradentucky Bombers, at Generations Skating Center in Fort Myers on April 20, 2008.

Katelynn DeLeon entertains herself at the Palm City Punishers team practice. Her mom Michelle is a new member on the team and usually takes her daughter and son to watch her practice.

Angel Tassogloy aka "Motor Godess" takes off her gear at the end of her teams first bout against the Bradentucky Bombers, April 20, 2008. The Bombers helped trained the Punishers, even though they are a competing because they want to cultivate the sport.

Stephanie Cintron holds son Bryant, 4, while teaching Skylar, 9, how to roller skate in the drive way of their home. Cintron is a single mom, holding three jobs, raising two girls and twin boys, she says roller derby is her only outlet and juggles her schedule to accommadate her sport.

Former Immokalee head coach John Weber is recovering with his wife, Darlene, after giving her a kidney May 1.

Sea Turtle Festival poster

Sea Turtle Festival

Sara Trochessett, 5, is reflected in the glass as she looks at Terrapin turtles in a tank while exploring the Discovery Center during the Sea Turtle Festival on Saturday at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. About 2,000 people attended the event that was held so the public could say goodbye to the loggerhead turtle that has been at the Discovery Center since August of 2005 after it was taken as a hatchling from Sanibel Island illegally, transported to Minnesota and eventually sent back to the Conservancy. The turtle will be released back into the wild in June.

Julia Van Fleet, 10, waits for her friend Shenai Malo, 10, as they walk through the Florida Panther exhibit in the Discovery Center during the Sea Turtle Festival on Saturday at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. About 2,000 people attended the event that was held so the public could say goodbye to the loggerhead turtle that has been at the Discovery Center since August 2005 after it was taken as a hatchling from Sanibel Island illegally, transported to Minnesota and eventually sent back to the Conservancy. The turtle will be released back into the wild in June.

Jessica DiLauro, center right, her husband Omar, center left, Linda Ivers, left, and several others wait in anticipation to see a loggerhead sea turtle swim through an aquarium as they visit it during the Sea Turtle Festival on Saturday at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. About 2,000 people attended the event that was held so the public could say goodbye to the loggerhead turtle that has been at the Discovery Center since August 2005 after it was taken as a hatchling from Sanibel Island illegally, transported to Minnesota and eventually sent back to the Conservancy. The turtle will be released back into the wild in June.

Keira Wood, 8, top right, and Erika Mogelvan, 5, look at Terrapin turtles in a tank while exploring the Discovery Center during the Sea Turtle Festival on Saturday at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. About 2,000 people attended the event that was held so the public could say goodbye to the loggerhead turtle that has been at the Discovery Center since August 2005 after it was taken as a hatchling from Sanibel Island illegally, transported to Minnesota and eventually sent back to the Conservancy. The turtle will be released back into the wild in June.

Jeremiah Slaton, 6, looks at a loggerhead sea turtle as it swims through an aquarium during the Sea Turtle Festival on Saturday at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. About 2,000 people attended the event that was held so the public could say goodbye to the loggerhead turtle that has been at the Discovery Center since August 2005 after it was taken as a hatchling from Sanibel Island illegally, transported to Minnesota and eventually sent back to the Conservancy. The turtle will be released back into the wild in June.

Noah Trochessett, 2, right, and other children look at Terrapin turtles in a tank while exploring the Discovery Center during the Sea Turtle Festival on Saturday at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. About 2,000 people attended the event that was held so the public could say goodbye to the loggerhead turtle that has been at the Discovery Center since August 2005 after it was taken as a hatchling from Sanibel Island illegally, transported to Minnesota and eventually sent back to the Conservancy. The turtle will be released back into the wild in June.

People take pictures as a loggerhead sea turtle swims through an aquarium during the Sea Turtle Festival on Saturday at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. About 2,000 people attended the event that was held so the public could say goodbye to the loggerhead turtle that has been at the Discovery Center since August 2005 after it was taken as a hatchling from Sanibel Island illegally, transported to Minnesota and eventually sent back to the Conservancy. The turtle will be released back into the wild in June.

Jeremiah Slaton, 6, from left, Elizabeth Urbanowski, 11, and Abby Ramieriz, 2, watch as a loggerhead sea turtle swims through an aquarium during the Sea Turtle Festival on Saturday at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. About 2,000 people attended the event that was held so the public could say goodbye to the loggerhead turtle that has been at the Discovery Center since August 2005 after it was taken as a hatchling from Sanibel Island illegally, transported to Minnesota and eventually sent back to the Conservancy. The turtle will be released back into the wild in June.

Two terrapin turtles bump against each other in a tank at the Discovery Center during the Sea Turtle Festival on Saturday at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. About 2,000 people attended the event that was held so the public could say goodbye to the loggerhead turtle that has been at the Discovery Center since August 2005 after it was taken as a hatchling from Sanibel Island illegally, transported to Minnesota and eventually sent back to the Conservancy. The turtle will be released back into the wild in June.

Jessica DiLauro, left, and several others watch a loggerhead sea turtle swim through an aquarium as they visit it during the Sea Turtle Festival on Saturday at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. About 2,000 people attended the event that was held so the public could say goodbye to the loggerhead turtle that has been at the Discovery Center since August 2005 after it was taken as a hatchling from Sanibel Island illegally, transported to Minnesota and eventually sent back to the Conservancy. The turtle will be released back into the wild in June.

A person reaches out to touch the glass as a loggerhead sea turtle swims through an aquarium during the Sea Turtle Festival on Saturday at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. About 2,000 people attended the event that was held so the public could say goodbye to the loggerhead turtle that has been at the Discovery Center since August 2005 after it was taken as a hatchling from Sanibel Island illegally, transported to Minnesota and eventually sent back to the Conservancy. The turtle will be released back into the wild in June.

A loggerhead sea turtle swims through an aquarium during the Sea Turtle Festival on Saturday at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida. About 2,000 people attended the event that was held so the public could say goodbye to the loggerhead turtle that has been at the Discovery Center since August 2005 after it was taken as a hatchling from Sanibel Island illegally, transported to Minnesota and eventually sent back to the Conservancy. The turtle will be released back into the wild in June.

Big Brown horse

Big Brown ridden by Kent Desormeaux crosses the finish line to win the 133rd Preakness horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 17, 2008, in Baltimore.

Kent Desormeaux rides Big Brown to victory in the running of the 133rd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore Saturday, May 17, 2008.

This Climbing Peace rose has pink tips, white petals and a creamy center.

At Home: Rosy rose affair

The Gemini, a rose softly edged in a second color, as been a prolific bloomer this year.

This sepia-glazed yellow rose is known as Honey Dijon.

John Yves Martel admits he babies his roses, as the blooms of Gemini in the foreground prove, but the huge caladium leaves to his right show that all his plants get plentiful attention.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy participates in a ribbon-cutting ceremony during the opening of the Corson Building in downtown New Bedford, Mass., on Friday May 16, 2008. Kennedy was airlifted to a hospital Saturday, May 17, 2008, after suffering a seizure at his home. AP Photo/The Standard Times, Peter Pereira

An African Tulip Tree at the Third Street park between Broad Street and 11th Avenue South in downtown Naples.

African Tulip Tree bloom.

The home office, with oak shelves and a burnished oak floor, was added in 2001.

The large master bathroom features cultured marble and has a Jacuzzi.

At Home Appel home

This batik of zebras was acquired in Nairobi, Kenya, in the 1960s.

The ancient Chinese painting shows an unidentified emperor as a child. The Appels brought home many paintings from their travels and Judy painted one of the home’s works.

The formal dining room has one of the couple’s Korean cabinets in the background.

The master bedroom shows Asian influence with Oriental throw rugs, a pale silk coverlet on the bed and Chinese lacquered furniture.

The former garage is now a roomy recreation space with dart board and pool table.

The formal living room is surrounded by a decorative rock wall. Its 16-by-22-foot area has four couches for good conversation space.

The Appels’ home features a fountain with sculpture of a boy and a dolphin; it’s one of at least three fountains in the home.

Grant and Judy Appel relax in the family room with several souvenirs from their travels in the background, including a Peruvian walking stick and a bow from New Guinea Grant used the stick to climb the Mayan ruins at Machu Picchu last year.

At Home rose affair

Martel’s Fragrant Cloud is a prolific bloomer and changes colors from a light tangerine into pink.

East Naples standoff

East Naples standoff ends peacefully