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"Get out your lederhosen! Starch your dirndl!" urged the flyers. St. John the Evangelist Church in North Naples hosted an Oktoberfest celebration on Saturday, bringing a little bit of the Bavarian Alps to the flatlands of Southwest Florida.

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Opened on December 13, 1969 as the Marco River Bridge. Cost to build was $1.5 million and it took 15 months to complete. Spans 1,595 feet and is 55 feet high. Reduced the drive to Naples from 28 to 16 miles. Tolls, originally $0.40 per car (later reduced to $0.20), were eliminated in 1979. The bridge was renamed in honor of Judge S.S. Jolley in 1991. A second span was added in 2011. Photo courtesy of the Marco Island Historical Society.

A major art conference takes place in Naples this week. Plus a man on trial for robbery claims he was sleepwalking.

It's the second time this year that someone sleeping outdoors in Idaho has been attacked by a black bear. In early September, state officials trapped and killed a black bear near McCall in west-central Idaho that bit a sleeping firefighter who had been battling blazes in the region.

A king cobra snake that had been missing was found under a dryer in a garage not far from its owner's home near Orlando.

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“ ’The Glass Menagerie’ brings up issues that haven’t disappeared in this country. It’s not that far away."

He noted that he recently reread Twain’s classic novels “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”