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After 30 years of offering pretty much the only game in town, owners of Estates Country Stores — formerly called G's Country Stores — will close their two Golden Gate Estates locations Sunday.

Robert D. Klausner and the Center for Cosmetic Surgery will host a facial rejuvenation seminar at 7 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Bonita Community Health Center, 3501 Health Center Blvd. Information: 239-498-4968

Van Gogh. Picasso. Monet. Yours truly? Not even close. But after about two hours of alternately swinging a paintbrush and swigging from my $7 cabernet sauvignon at “Painting with a Twist — Naples” I couldn’t help but feel satisfied with the “Tranquil Tree” I had produced onto the once blank canvas.

Sean Waight has learned a lot about life, death, and humanity in the last two years. The humanity part is largely due to local physicians and staff of the Physician Led Access Network of Collier County which provided him a life line to treatment after he was diagnosed with cancer.

Jobless rates fell last month in Lee and Collier counties. In September, Lee’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.1 percent, down from 5.4 percent in August and 6 percent a year ago, according a monthly report released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.

A man and woman have been arrested after officials say they prolonged a standoff with police in order to have sex.

A second University of South Florida football player is now accused of firing a gun on campus.

I have a friend whose idea of heaven is a big, fat juicy T-bone steak smothered in sautéed onions, served with a “loaded” baked potato, a Caesar salad and a bowl of ice cream. This friend claims popping a Lipitor with a red-wine chaser negates the effects of his deliberate cholesterol overload.

It’s that time of year for seniors to think about their medications and consider what might change next year.

Follow Daily News reporter Maryann Batlle for live updates from the meeting.