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A total of 42 students from the Donahue Academy and Ave Maria Youth Group left Friday to attend the March for Life in Washington, D.C.
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Parishioners stopped by the office of the Quasi Parish of Ave Maria Oratory Thursday morning to wish Pastor Fr. Robert Tatman Happy Birthday. Above, Fr. Tatman opens cards made by Mary Claire, Luke, Mary Rose and Mary Elizabeth Klein, at left in picture.
The Ave Maria Founders Club got a look at the newly-upgraded rooms in the Xavier Hall and Conference Center Monday night. The rooms can be rented nightly by visitors to the university or those attending university events. Above, the sitting room of one of the suites.
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More than 100 students from Ave Maria University and the Donahue Academy will travel to Washington, D.C., this weekend for the March for Life. Above, AMU senior Jon Scharfenberger updated the Ave Maria Founders Club on campus pro-life activities Monday night. The founders also toured the newly-upgraded Xavier Hall, offering overnight accommodations that can be seen here.
It almost seems like walking into a musuem when entering the new Conrad-Moroder store, which has a wide variety of carved wooden religious statuary on display in the Ave Maria town center. Above, owners Tom and Nancy Klopp amid some of their wares.
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A month-long project to mount a 70-ton marble sculpture of the Annunciation concluded Friday when stonemasons placed the last of 15 panels in place atop the sculpture on the front of the Ave Maria Oratory.
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Two brothers from Naples who had earlier proposed building a brewery at the Immokalee airport, now say they are considering buying a six-acre plot of land in Ave Maria for their venture.
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Barron Collier has told the Jackson Lab that the development company has withdrawn its offer of 50 acres of land which had been the proposed site for a genetics research facility, the company announced Friday. The announcement effectively eliminates Ave Maria as a potential location for Jackson Lab, which said it has begun discussions about locating in either Sarasota or Tampa.
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The Jackson Laboratory has disclosed that there are preliminary discussions about the possibility of locating its proposed Florida research facility in Tampa or Sarasota as fallback locations. The lab says that the talks involve the University of South Florida, which s located in Tampa.
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 The noted political scientist and public policy expert will deliver an address titled Where are the Limits of a Limited Government? at the Ave Maria University Spring Convocation Friday, Jan. 14.
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Naples artist Tim Murray (above) has just finished a mural of flowing dance silhouettes for a wall at the Ave Maria Dance Academy.
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The motion, made by Commissioner Georgia Hiller, was defeated by a vote of 3-2, with Commissioner Tom Henning joining Mrs. Hiller in supporting it. The commissioners did vote to request a full accounting of all all time and money spent on the project to date.
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Barron Collier has at least temporarily withdrawn its application to move 50 commercially-zoned acres from Camp Keais Rd. to a site on Oil Well Rd. and is expected to resubmit an application to relocate a larger amount of property currently zoned for commercial development. Barron Collier executive Blake Gable said the decision was not directly related to the Jackson Lab's decision to withdraw its initial application for state funding for its research facility that was proposed to be built on the Oil Well Rd. location.
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Work crews overcame a number of obstacles Friday night to mount the panel with the face of Mary on the sculpture of the Annunciation on the front of the Ave Maria Oratory. Just three more panels remain to be mounted, after which work will continue until the official unveiling on the Feast of the Annunciation, March 25.
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Saying it remains "enthusiastic" about its plan for a research facility near Ave Maria, the lab announced Tuesday that it has withdrawn its original funding application to the State of Florida pending meetings with Gov. Rick Scott and his economic team. The lab hopes to submit a new proposal once it has an opportunity to hear the governor's views, Lab COO Chuck Hewett said.
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Resurfacing and other improvements to SR29 between Oil Well Rd. and I-75 will be taking place during daytime hours Monday-Friday for the first half of 2011. Motorists can expect temporary lane closures.
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A simple 3-2 majority of Collier County Commissioners is sufficient to approve zoning changes within Ave Maria and its surrounding Rural Land Stewardship Area, an arbitrator has decided. The issue came up because of a request to move 50 acres where commercial development is permitted to a site on Oil Well Rd. proposed for the Jackson Laboratory.
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Marco (the dog) and Monty (the cat) join us in wishing all our friends in Ave Maria a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The Ave Maria Choraliers entertained at several Naples nursing homes this week, performing a Christmas program of songs and narrations of the Nativity story.
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Ave Maria Knights of Columbus served up hundreds of pancakes Sunday at a "Breakfast with St. Nick" fundraiser on the AMU campus. Pictured, Abigail (L) and Madeline Augustine with Santa.
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