U.S. Senator To Visit Moore Haven

MOORE HAVEN, FL. -- A Glades County Town Hall Meeting with U.S. Senator
Bill Nelson will be held at the County Commission Chambers Wednesday July 6
at 1:30 PM. For more information please call Senator Nelson's office at
561-514-0189

Humane Society In LaBelle

LABELLE, FL. -- The Caloosa Humane Society serves all of Hendry and all of
Glades counties with pet adoptions, low-cost spay neuter clinic, and dog
bathing events every 3rd Saturday among other programs geared to help pets
stay in their homes as apposed to being released to shelters. The Society
relies on donations and membership dues, financial donations, volunteer
time and necessary donations of supplies like Clorox, laundry soap, Dawn
dishsoap, papertowels, toilet paper, canned cat food, old bath towels, old
hand towels, pet supplies like leashes, collars, bedding for small
animals, feed for small animals (gerbils, rabbits, hamsters, chicken /
duck feed), and toys Locations is in LaBelle at 1200 Pratt Blvd. Website
address is www.dogncat.petfinder.com, e-mail dogncat@earthlink.net. Hours
of operations; Tuesday 12:00 to 4 pm, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 11:00 to
4:pm. (Spay Neuter Surgery days are always on Fridays, at least 3
Friday's per month and we will open at 1pm to 4pm), Saturday 10:00 to 3pm.
Volunteers are welcomed.

Arrests Made For Port LaBelle Thefts

Sheriffs office also nabs animal offender

LABELLE, FL. (July 27, 2005) -- The Hendry County Sheriff's Office Criminal
Investigation Division
arrested Ramiro Chavez Marron, 20, as a result of
an on-going investigation into recent construction site thefts in the
Port LaBelle area of Hendry County. Investigations there were at two
different locations where items of the thefts were recovered
and returned to owners. Marron is being charged
with Grand Theft and Trespass on a Construction Site.

In an unrelated case on Tuesday, June
21, the Agricultural Crimes Unit arrested Hector Mendez. Several livestock
animals, ducks and fowls along with dead
animals/carcasses were found on the property belonging to Mendez. Mendez
is being charged with Confinement of Animals without Sufficient Food or
Water and Disposal of Dead Animals.

LaBelle Homes Sales Last Week

Last week there were eight homes sold in the LaBelle area for an average
price of $111,250. The highest price was for a home on Davis Street for
$205,000 and the lowest for a mobile home on Bennett Ave. for $45,000.
Homes in Port LaBelle went from $50,000 to $152,000.

Gallagher Blasts Allstate

Tom Gallagher, Chief Financial Officer in Florida with the Florida Division
of Financial Services, blasted Allstate Floridian Insurance for its
proposed gigantic raising of home insurance rates saying, "It has become
apparent that Allstate Insurance Company plans to file a 28 percent
statewide average rate hike in July, but has already begun sending the
bills to Florida homeowners. Allstate's move to implement a rate hike and
then file for approval blatantly ignores a new law that requires a public
hearing for any rate request exceeding 15 percent. This is unconscionable.

"Just one month ago, Allstate announced the non-renewal of 95,000
Floridians. Now they are hitting their remaining policyholders with a rate
hike that they are afraid to hold up to public scrutiny.

"With these actions, Allstate has broken faith with their policyholders and
the people of Florida. This conduct is even more reprehensible considering
just four months ago Allstate's chairman Edward Liddy characterized the
company's 2004 financial performance as a 'great year for Allstate' and
"We're growing and generating solid returns for our shareholders."

"This is a company that says one thing to analysts and investors and
something else to its policyholders when it sticks them with the bill. I
am urging Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty to do everything in his
power under Florida law to stop Allstate from circumventing the law and to
tell Allstate to cease and desist billing this unapproved rate increase to
Florida homeowners.

"Allstate's policyholders and the people of Florida deserve straight
answers from the company and we intend to hold Allstate accountable."

Allstate is one of the state's largest home insurance companies and one of
the few that until recently was still writing home insurance policies.