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Estero's Gianna Clemente, the number-one ranked junior female by Golfweek and the third by the American Junior Golf Association, shot a 68 final round Friday to win the PGC Junior Championships at the Hot Springs Country Club in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

810 Billiards and Bowling’s concept has many entertainment drivers. The Estero center will have 16 bowling lanes, eight billiard tables, four lanes for axe-throwing, dart-tossing lanes and 50 arcade games. The bar and dining area will be able to hold 100. Patrons will be able to try one of 810’s newest ideas, Mean Mugs Milkshake Bar.

Gianna Clemente won’t have a difficult time if she is assigned to write an essay on how she spent her summer vacation.The Estero 15-year-old, the number-one ranked junior female by Golfweek and the third by the American Junior Golf Association, will chalk up the frequent flyer miles during the next two months.

Dorlisa, a popular Greek name meaning vision and Gift of God, has been living at the Gulf Coast Humane Society shelter in Fort Myers for more than a year, unusual for the majority of animals that pass through the no-kill facility. Her breed, pitbull/terrier mix, goes against her since many Lee County rentals and HOAs have breed and weight restrictions.

The dog days of summer have been sweltering for the Gulf Coast Humane Society.Three air conditioners at the no-kill shelter wheezed their final breaths in the past 10 days, putting an unexpected financial burden on the non-profit.

Think of Guns N’ Roses’ debut album as a marathoner who starts way back in the pack, but slowly and steadily moves to the front until he ends up winning the race. “Appetite for Destruction” was all but ignored when it came out July 21st, 1987. Five weeks later it was ranked only 182nd on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart.

The Residences at the Brooks took another step toward approval Tuesday night when the Estero Planning Zoning and Design Board approved the 154-unit apartment complex. The apartments were the first of two projects the planning board moved forward. It also approved a development order for Via Coconut, a mixed-use project with 330 multi-family units and 29,000 square feet of commercial space, including a possible church.

Estero Village’s staff and consultants will be busy the rest of the summer finishing plans for an entertainment center off Via Coconut Way and Williams Road.The Village council gave the staff the go ahead last week at its final meeting before the summer hiatus to negotiate agreements with Chicken N Pickle, of North Kansas City, Missouri, and High 5 Entertainment, of Austin, Texas, to provide entertainment facilities on 10 acres of the 20-acre site.

Ringo Starr was the final piece of the puzzle that would become the most influential band of all time.

Estero Village Council members on Wednesday unanimously approved the rezoning request for Woodfield Estero.