Beautiful Bonita – 4th of July 2008 Celebrations
Highlights of the 4th of July 2008 celebrations at Riverside Park. Program includes the parade, a presentation from the mayor and general entertainment, along with children's games and activities. And don’t miss the Bonita's Best Blue Ribbon Pie Contest and the Bonita's Top Dog Hot Dog Eating Contest. A Bonita Springs Television Channel 12 Production.
Government Works – Rain Barrels Workshop
Learn about a new way to save and recycle water. Program hosted by Councilwoman Janet Martin. A BTV12 production.
Government Works – Safety Day
Summer is here and pools are open. Have fun and be safe. Program hosted by Lora Taylor. A BTV12 production.
Beautiful Bonita – Memorial Day 2008
Remembering the celebrations at Riverside Park of the City of Bonita Springs. A Bonita Springs Television Channel 12 Production.
Beautiful Bonita – Celebrate Bonita 2008
Highlights from the big annual birthday bash. Happy birthday Bonita. A Bonita Springs Television Channel 12 Production.
Beautiful Bonita – City Wide Clean-up
Bonita Springs had its second annual city-wide Keep Bonita Beautiful clean-up.The event brought together volunteers from around the city to pick up debris and garbage for proper disposal instead of littering the streets. Volunteers were given coffee, donuts and a clean-up kit at Community Hall on Old 41. From there, they went to locations throughout Bonita, touching on some of the particularly bad areas. The event is the brainchild of Nelson, who started it by rallying people together to clean up his own District 6 in the city’s southeastern corner. Middle school students cleaning near Bonita Springs Elementary also found discarded underwear, but not as many pairs as another group of students found at last year’s Keep the Beautiful in Bonita cleanup. Volunteers then headed back to the Community Hall and the banyan tree area where Mayor Jay Arend cooked 170 hot dogs for all the volunteers. A BTV12 production.
Beautiful Bonita – Mayor’s Cup 2008
The second Mayor's Cup soccer tournament in Bonita Springs was a smashing success. The heavily attended event, which centered around the sport, included many more activities, and brought together the Hispanic community. Thousands of people traveled to the Bonita Springs YMCA to watch four men's and four women's teams square off for the prize. The competition was not unlike other tournaments held by Casa Mexico, which co-sponsored the event with the city. The city, vendors, social service organization, the Lee County Sheriff's Office and the Bonita Springs Fire District all set up and interacted with the crowd. Their participation made the soccer tournament more of an event with music, giveaways and camaraderie. A BTV12 production.
Beautiful Bonita – Arbor Day 2008
The City kicked off the Arbor Day celebrations with a ceremony at the Bonita Springs Middle School on West Terry Street. Parents, teachers and City Hall officials joined students to mark Florida Arbor Day and a groundbreaking ceremony, which marked the first participant in the street tree program created by Bonita’s tree advisory board. The city will planted the trees but the property owners — in this case the students — are responsible for assuming the maintenance work. A BTV12 production.
Government Works – A Night for Giving
The city of Bonita Springs and the Corvette Club of Naples have teamed to to present a two-day charity event/car show. The event took place on Jan. 11-12 at Riverside Park on Old 41 in Bonita Springs. The city's Night Out for Charity included drink tickets, hors d'oeuvres, live entertainment, dance performances from Fred Astaire Dance Company instructors, a fashion show showcasing Bonita’s very own firefighters, viewings of local artist cottages, a silent auction, and first look at the most exclusive cars in the show. Tickets’ proceeds went to Make-a-Wish Foundation of SWFLA, The Gabriel House, and the Rotary Club of Bonita Springs. Saturday’s Auto Show included food and drinks for sale, a kid’s area, music, and more. Hosted by Parks and Recreation Specialist Lora Taylor. A BTV12 production.
Beautiful Bonita – Eagles in Bonita
A photo documentary, featuring some extraordinary sights of American Eagles around the City of Bonita Springs. The photos were taken by Bonita Springs’ resident Ed Parks. A BTV12 production.
Beautiful Bonita - Holiday in the Park
The city government continues its annual tradition of Holiday in the Park with real snow, free cider and cookies, live music and a spetacular tree lighting ceremony. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office kicked the festivities off with the Holiday Parade from the Everglades Wonder Gardens to Riverside Park, culminating in the arrival of Santa Claus. Santa arrived, seated in a carriage drawn by a white horse and handed out presents to all the children in attendance, also courtesy of the Sheriff’s Office. Afterward, children could be seen riding around in the sleigh With a flip of a switch, city officials let the colored lights on a 20-foot Christmas tree and a Menorah light up. The holiday season is on. A BTV12 Production.
Government Works – Our Parks
A 2-parts program hosted by Recreation specialist Lora Taylor about local Community Theater group Stage 88 and the Artists’ Cottages at Riverside Park. A Bonita Springs Television Channel 12 Production.
Beautiful Bonita – Riverfest 2007
Riverfest is part of the Calusa Blueway Paddling Festival. The festival includes more than 40 events spread over nine days in every waterfront community in Lee County. The Great Calusa Blueway is a water trail that runs from the Imperial River north to Pine Island Sound. This was also the very first Imperial River Challenge ever hosted in Bonita Springs. Competitors started in the upper reaches of the Imperial River at Kent Road, proceeding two miles down a serpentine course until finishing at Riverside Park. About 200 people attended this event. A $1,000 purse was evenly distributed to the kayak race winners in four categories. Proceeds of the festival benefit the Bonita Springs Waterways Conservation Fund, created to preserve and restore the city’s waterways. The event was organized by Bonita Councilwoman Martha Simons, assisted by City staff. The event is one of the ways the City is using to draw attention to one of the city’s most important resources.
Beautiful Bonita – Veterans’ Day 2007
Remembering our veterans. This program presents the November 11th ceremonies taped at Riverside Park and emceed by Jay Arend, Mayor of the City of Bonita Springs. The event was attended by hundreds of people gathered at Riverside Park in Bonita Springs on a beautiful sunny Sunday. A 21-gun salute, a sea of American flags, a mournful performance of “Amazing Grace” on horn and a resounding chorus of “God Bless America” were just a few of the many ways the City paid tribute to the men and women who have served their country in uniform through the years. Program hosted by Arleen Houston. A Bonita Springs Television Channel 12 Production.
Government Works – Civics Workshop
Want to know what it takes to run the City of Bonita Springs? Then this is the program for you. This workshop was a meeting on the workings of city government, and a mock council was a part of the civics lesson. The event was held at the request of a new group of community activists, “Citizens for a Better Bonita Springs”. Learning more about how the process works was to be one of their first steps, and the Thursday evening workshop was the result. More than 50 people attended, many with questions about the way the nearly eight-year-old city runs. A Bonita Springs Television Channel 12 Production.
Beautiful Bonita – International Coastal Clean-up Day
On Saturday, September 15th volunteers spent the morning covering the area between Barefoot Beach and Lovers Key. Last year, at a similar cleanup in Bonita Springs, volunteers came back with more than four tons of trash. The event in Bonita Springs was part of an international coastal cleanup effort. With several local business sponsors helping out, too, volunteers received shirts, breakfast, lunch and ice cream for their time. A Bonita Springs Television Channel 12 Production.
Beautiful Bonita – Earth Day 2007
The “Keep the Beautiful in Bonita Earth Day Celebration of Trees” was held on April 21 at Depot Park off Pennsylvania Avenue in the city’s downtown. The event was designed to be the city’s Tree Advisory Board’s first public showing and to advance environmental causes on a weekend all about the environment. At the Earth Day Celebration of Trees, the Tree Advisory Board planted a tree in Depot Park, a first for the committee. The City also handed out free saplings to anyone who wanted one as well.
A Bonita Springs Television Channel 12 production.
Beautiful Bonita – Bicycle Safety Fair 2007
The June bicycling safety event was the first for the city, and may also be the first of many, likely including bike safety events for children at summer camps.
Florida laws require bikes to have a light on the front and a red reflector and light at the rear if they are on the roads between sunset and sunrise, but as with many of the regulations detailing how bikers and drivers should act, the laws sometimes get ignored. Free safety gear was made available at a bicycling event on June 3 at the city soccer fields at the corner of Kent Road and East Terry Street. Brochures detailing laws for bicyclists in both Spanish and English were also handed out.
A Bonita Springs Television Channel 12 production.
Beautiful Bonita – Flag Day 2007
Since 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14, Americans have commemorated the adoption of the Stars and Stripes by celebrating June 14 as Flag Day. A Congressional legislation designating that date as the national Flag Day was signed into law by President Harry Truman in 1949. This program features the Flag Day Celebrations at Riverside Park.
A Bonita Springs Television Channel 12 production.
Beautiful Bonita – Star-Spangled Bonita 2007
The city of Bonita Springs celebrates the fourth of July with fireworks, a parade, a presentation from the mayor and entertainment, along with games, face painting, a water slide and other children's activities throughout the day. Also in this program, don’t miss the Bonita's Best Blue Ribbon Pie Contest and Bonita's Top Dog Hot Dog Eating Contest.
A Bonita Springs Television Channel 12 production.
The City Report
“City Report” is a summary of actions taken by the City Council at their most recent meeting, providing viewers with a quick way to learn what happened at the most recent City Council meeting. It is presented by Dianne Lynn, the City of Bonita Springs City Clerk. Since it is intended to be a short summary of the results of the meeting, anyone seeking more information on a decision should visit the City of Bonita Springs website at www.cityofbonitasprings.org , or call the City Clerk’s office at 239-949-6262. This program is not the Official Record of the meeting.
A Bonita Springs Television Channel 12 production.
Fire Control District Meetings
Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District Commissioners’ monthly meetings. A FCRD production.
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Adopt A Pet TV
Hosted and produced by animal behaviorist, Christina Crawfis, “Adopt A Pet TV “ features two episodes per month about Lee County Animal Services and the pets in their care. The program also features other pet protection agencies and programs. On each episode Animal Services staff will discuss timely topics such as pet hurricane preparedness, kitten season, dog bite safety, pet sterilization, animal laws, and the prevention of cruelty to name a few. Upcoming local events for pet owners and their pets plus answers to pet care, pet behavior, and training issues are also highlighted as well as the many pets for adoption at Animal Services.
Crime Stoppers
Crime Stoppers is a program designed to solve crime with the help of concerned citizens. This effective program asks that citizens like you fight crime by supplying leads and information, which may assist in bringing criminals face to face with justice. Each week, the facts about an unsolved felony crime are aired on television, throughout Southwest Florida. Citizens are asked to call Crime Stoppers if they have any information regarding the crime. All calls are kept in complete confidence. Citizens supplying information leading to an arrest or indictment are eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. A Lee County Sheriff’s Office production.
Army Newswatch
From the offices in the Pentagon to the Soldiers in the field, Army NewsWatch showcases the Army. Meet the future and learn from the past as the Army executes its missions in support of the nation. Army NewsWatch is an award-winning television newscast. produced by the Department of the Army."
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