LEXEY SWALL

• Our World: Peace of mind Published 05/07/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Janet Muse and her mother Dorothy Bradley were never very close. But shortly after the two women started living together at Heritage Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Naples eight years ago, their relationship grew briefly closer.

• Our World: Reliving the past Published 04/16/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Mary Ann Lankford never feels more comfortable than when she is wearing a hoop skirt. Her mother always told her she was born 100 years too late. The Hollywood, Fla., resident made the past her passion when she became a ...

• Home is where school and heart is Published 03/19/2012 at 10:25 a.m.

  Tennille Hansen dreamed someday of having a pharmacy, a petting zoo and an orphanage. Instead, she has a medicine cabinet full of herbal remedies, four goats, 25 chickens and six of her own children whom she teaches at home.

• Our World: 'It's about what the baby wants' Published 01/30/2012 at 12:40 p.m.

  It's hard to believe breastfeeding is a controversial issue in 2012. If it weren't, many mothers wouldn't feel the need to create code words for breasts.

• Our World: 'My advice might not be the best for them' Published 01/30/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Vicki Chorman sits on the floor in front of her grandfather, Claude Jolliffe, leaning toward him as he speaks. She’s hanging on every word. She asks him about the changes he’s seen in the world.

• Our World: Organization helping open doors to the future for area youth Published 12/01/2011 at 2:29 p.m.

  Sometimes all you need to make the right decisions is encouragement from someone who has seen the consequences of the wrong ones. That's is what Vaughn and Rose Young are hoping as they mentor youth through the Mother Perry Youth ...

• Our World: One man’s trash is another woman’s treasure Published 10/14/2011 at 1:47 p.m.

  They are “two scrappin’ ladies.” It’s an apt moniker for Michaela McNier and Jo-Ann Jarvis, two San Carlos Park residents who use their mornings to dumpster dive in search of scrap metal to sell for extra money. “Money is money,” ...

• Our World: ‘A long history of their lives’ Published 09/09/2011 at 6:35 p.m.

  Mary Pent is “the talker.” She’s sassy, funny and not afraid to speak her mind. It’s no surprise that it was at her table where she and others were discussing four-letter words. “Love, that’s a four-letter word,” says one of ...

• Our World: Skilled beyond their years Published 07/15/2011 at 5:31 p.m.

  Warm light peaks through the branches of a nearby tree causing the shadows of five teenage boys to lengthen behind them. Their once crisp shirts grow heavier with each step — steps they hope will lead them to a championship. ...

• Our World: Some are unfortunately still far from being color-blind Published 05/19/2011 at 11:25 a.m.

  “A Face in the Crowd” is a mural project that reflects the community it is in. Photographs of faces of men, women, children — many of whom live and work in the East Naples and Bayshore area — look out ...

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