TONIGHT ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

IN FOCUS A NEW JW MARRIOTT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NAPLES.

WHAT BUILDING THIS FLAGSHIP HOTEL IN COLLIER COUNTY COULD SIGNIFY FOR FUTURE GROWTH IN OUR AREA.

SPRING IS HERE.

POLLEN IN THE AIR.

THAT MEANS SNIFFLES, SNEEZES AND WATERY EYES.

ALMOST EVERYWHERE.

WE TALKED TO A LOCAL DOCTOR ABOUT HOW TO STAY HEALTHY DURING PEAK ALLERGY SEASON.

AND CALL IT A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN PART 2, WE TAKE YOU OUT TO THE BALL FIELD TO CHECK OUT THE NEW WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE HOLDING ITS VERY FIRST SPRING TRAINING RIGHT HERE IN FORT MYERS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

IN FOCUS ON JENNIFER CRAWFORD, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS KNOWN AS A TOURIST DESTINATION AND VACATIONERS PARADISE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY AS GROWTH INCREASES AND BUSINESSES, BOOM, MAJOR COMPANIES ARE TAKING NOTICE.

A LOCAL EXPERT SAYS THE AREA APPEARS TO BE ON THE WAY TO BECOMING A DESTINATION FOR BIG CONFERENCES AND LARGE CORPORATE MEETINGS.

THE BUSINESS OBSERVER, A NATIONAL PUBLICATION THAT COVERS REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS REPORTS MORE THAN 20 MILLION DOLLARS IN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS IN JUST ONE WEEK IN FEBRUARY, IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET IS BOOMING IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

MATT SIMMONS, PROPERTY APPRAISER AND PARTNER WITH MAXWELL HENDRY AND SIMMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING I APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

NOW I HAVE LEARNED A NEWS THAT WE HAVE A FLAGSHIP HOTEL COMING TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THAT IS NOT ON THE BEACH.

IT WILL NOT HAVE A GOLF COURSE AND THAT IS UNUSUAL.

WHAT IS GOING ON YET IS THAT SOUNDS HARD TO BELIEVE, JW MARRIOTT IS COMING TO NAPLES AND IT'S COMING ON THE EAST RAIL.

>> AND IN NAPLES.

SO IT'S AN UNEXPECTED LOCATION, NOT IN DOWNTOWN, BUT I THINK THERE THERE IS THEY'RE PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO HOST CONFERENCES AND HAVE A CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT THAT DRAWS PEOPLE BUILDING OFF OF THE DRAW THAT NAPLES IS NATURALLY.

BUT IN A A SELF-CONTAINED LOCATION WHERE THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE MEETINGS AND EVENTS AND STILL ALLOW A HOTEL GUEST TO VISIT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT NAPLES HAS TO OFFER.

>> AND THAT YOU MENTIONED, IT POSSIBLY COULD BE 2 DRAWN INTERNATIONAL.

THE CORPORATIONS, BUSINESSES CONFERENCES TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING SIGNS WITH THE SUNSEEKER MORE THAN DOUBLING THEIR CONFERENCE AND MEETING SPACE.

WE HAVE THE LUMINARY HOTEL WHICH ALSO IS AIMING TO HOST MORE CONFERENCES, REALLY MAKING OUR AREA A DESTINATION FOR THESE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MEETINGS, WHICH IS REALLY A BIG BOOST TO OUR AREA.

>> IT IS AN PRIOR TO THE LUMINARY PLANNING A FLAG IN DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS.

WE WERE REALLY VASTLY UNDERSERVED FOR MEETING AND CONFERENCE SPACE THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE MIDSIZE, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE RETREATS INDUSTRY CONFERENCES.

WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE LIKE LAS VEGAS, NASHVILLE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MAJOR CONFERENCE MARKETS.

BUT FOR MIDSIZE COMPANIES, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.

AND WE'RE NOW GETTING THE REAL ESTATE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT ACTIVITY.

>> I CANNOT BELIEVE ANOTHER JW IS COMING TO COLLIER COUNTY.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ONE DOWN IN MARCO.

SO THEY ARE VERY SPECIFIC AND PRETTY SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR SITE SELECTION.

BUT THE FACT THAT THEY'VE CHOSEN NAPLES IS SIGNIFICANT.

IT IS SIGNIFICANT.

IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA OBVIOUSLY SAYS A LOT ABOUT NAPLES.

>> AND THE RECOGNITION THAT NAPLES IS A RECOGNIZABLE BRAND.

BUT IT ALSO SAYS A LOT ABOUT AN AREA CALLED THE GATEWAY BAYSHORE TRIANGLE IN NAPLES, WHICH IS AN AREA OF REDEVELOPMENT IN FRANCES FOR NAPLES.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF EFFORT PUT INTO REDEVELOPING THAT AREA.

THERE'S ALREADY A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.

BUT JW MARRIOTT.

I THINK HE'S KIND OF A CHERRY ON TOP OF THAT.

THEY'VE DROPPED INTO THAT LOCATION AND THEN MOVING UP TO FORT MYERS AT COLONIAL AND 6 MILE RECENTLY, THE CHICK-FIL-A OPENED.

I THINK IT WAS THE END OF LAST YEAR.

WE HAVE A STARBUCKS.

>> THOSE ARE DRIVE-THRU ONLY RESTAURANTS, WHICH IS A BIT UNIQUE FOR OUR AREA.

I KNOW IN URBAN SETTINGS IT'S PRETTY COMMON, BUT THIS ALSO SIGNIFIES TO YOU MORE MORE GROWTH THAT THEY'RE CAPITALIZING ON.

I THINK YOU MENTIONED 80,000 CARS A DAY THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IT'S THE MOST HEAVILY TRAFFICKED INTERSECTION IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

>> AND SO THAT SECTION OF COLONIAL SEES 80,000 CARS A DAY THAN US.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, DRIVE-THRU ONLY LOCATIONS ARE NOT A NEW CONCEPT.

WE'VE SEEN THAT EVOLVING FROM LOT OF BRANDS OVER THE PAST 5 TO 10 YEARS WHERE THERE, YOU KNOW, GETTING RID OF LITERALLY THE INDOOR SEATING, BUT IT'S NEW TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

AND SO THESE 2, THE CHICK-FIL-A IN THE STARBUCKS THAT ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF PARCELS AWAY, BOTH MADE THAT TRANSITION RIGHT AWAY.

STARBUCKS WHEN THEY OPENED, THEY WERE ONLY THE 3RD DRIVE-THRU, ONLY STARBUCKS IN THE COUNTRY AND THEY PLAN AND THAT RIGHT HERE IN FORT MYERS AND CHICK-FIL-A, OBVIOUSLY HAD AN EXISTING STORE, BUT THEY CONFIGURED IT TO BE DRIVE-THRU.

ONLY.

SO IT'S FASCINATING THAT YOU'VE GOT THOSE 2 BRANDS WHO CERTAINLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, SAYING WE WANT TO BE HERE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE HERE ESSENTIALLY WITH AN EXPRESS LINE.

>> WE WANT TO GET IN AND OUT IN AND OUT.

>> AND THERE'S THE TRAFFIC TO SUPPORT IT.

>> AND SAME WITH COFFEE LOVERS.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE NEW COFFEE SHOPS OPENING UP SOME THAT ARE PRIVATE EQUITY-BACKED AND THEN WE'VE GOT LOCAL ONES, BUT THEY ARE REALLY POP POPPING UP IN PLACES.

WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY SEE THEM.

>> THEY THEY ARE.

THEY'RE POPPING UP IN YOU KNOW, INFILL REDEVELOPMENT IS WHAT WE CALL IT.

BUT THEIR SIGHTS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE DRIVING OUT ON THE ROADS, IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A WHILE.

AND YOU MAY NOT THINK WHY.

BUT USUALLY IF YOU SEE IN A HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AREA, A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S EMPTY, IT'S EMPTY FOR A REASON.

THERE'S SOME SORT OF CHALLENGE WITH US.

BUT THESE COFFEE BRANDS BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF STORIES THAT THEY BUILD, OFTENTIMES THOSE SITES WORK PERFECTLY FINE FOR THEM AND WHAT THEY'RE REALLY ATTRACTED TO IS THE TRAFFIC.

THEY DON'T NEED A BIG STORE FORMAT OR HUNDREDS OF PARKING SPACES.

AND SO THERE'S 2 COFFEE BRANDS IN PARTICULAR.

7 BREW AND COFFEE RUSHED THAT ARE BOTH OPERATING WITH THAT KIND OF STRATEGY.

>> ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US TODAY?

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT WE COULD TALK ABOUT.

BUT THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT THIS JW OPENING AND AND THESE OTHER CHICK-FIL-A'S, IT'S IT'S REALLY, REALLY A COOL THING TO SEE.

I THINK THE CENTRAL THEME IS.

>> THE MARKET IS CHANGING HERE.

IT'S CHANGING BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH.

THE GROWTH IS IS INEVITABLE.

THE GROWTH ALSO FUNDS WHAT WE NEED MORE OF IN THE COMMUNITY ROAD PROJECTS TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC AND IT HAPPENS.

IT'S CERTAIN INFLECTION POINTS IN POPULATION.

SO SEVERAL YEARS BACK.

TWEET BACK, LEE AND COLLIER CROSSED OVER THE MILLION POPULATION.

MARK.

AND THAT'S KIND OF A MARKER FOR BRANDS LIKE LIKE WAWA AND OTHERS.

THAT'S AROUND THE TIME WHEN THEY DROPPED INTO THE MARKET WILL FAIRLY COLLIER AND CHARLOTTE WERE RIGHT AROUND THAT MILLION 5 TERRITORY.

AND THAT'S ANOTHER TRIP POINT FOR CERTAIN RETAILERS TO SAY, HEY, THAT'S A MARKET.

WE WANT TO BE IN.

SO THE SO THE WAY THAT THIS WORKS IN THE BRANDS THAT WE SEE, THERE'S KIND OF A SCIENCE BEHIND ALL OF IT.

AND THAT'S REALLY JUST WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE EVOLUTION OF THAT.

AS WE'RE ON OUR PATH TO GROWTH.

AND YOU MENTIONED THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN A REMINDED THE CHICK-FIL-A IN NAPLES.

I THINK THEY HATE.

>> UPWARDS OF $700,000 IN IMPACT FEES JUST TO BUILD ON THIS MALL SITE.

SO FOR OUR FEES BEING PAID TO ASSIST WITH THAT SIGNAL BACK AND FEES 7, GET THAT.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT WAS A $750,000 IN IMPACT FEES ALONE.

>> AND 650,000 OF THAT IS FOR ROAD IMPACT.

FEES.

>> SO WHENEVER WE SEE THESE NEW PROJECTS AND WE, OF COURSE, RECOGNIZE THAT THE INCREASED TRAFFIC AND THEY HAVE IMPACTS ARE WE CAN JUST REST ASSURED THAT THERE'S A FAIR SHARE BEING PAID OF FEES THAT CONTRIBUTE TOWARD ACCOMMODATING THAT GROWTH.

>> GREAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING IT WITH US.

WE WILL HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MATT SIMMONS.

>> FOR OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE AND A CLOSER LOOK AT THE REAL ESTATE MARKET TRENDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

WE HAVE THOSE STORIES AND MORE ON WGCU.

.ORG.

SINCE 1987, THE EDISON AWARDS HAVE CHAMPIONED A GLOBAL INNOVATION HONORING THE MOST IMPACTFUL PRODUCTS IN THEIR CATEGORIES.

ITS NAMESAKE THOMAS ALVA EDISON INVENTED THE LIGHT BULB IN MANY OTHER TECHNOLOGIES.

HE CALLED FORT MYERS HOME DURING HIS WINTERS HERE.

THIS YEAR'S EDISON AWARD WINNERS WILL BE NAMED RIGHT HERE IN THE FORT MYERS RIVER DISTRICT.

5 FINALISTS ARE FROM SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

WGCUS EMMA RODRIGUEZ INTRODUCES US TO ONE OF THOSE FINALISTS.

THE FORT MYERS BASED ADVENT GROUP.

>> FOR ADDMAN CEO JOE COUNTIES, THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD COMPANYS, FIRST EDISON AWARD NOMINATION IS A BIG DEAL.

I THINK ANY TIME YOU'RE PETERS RECOGNIZE.

>> THAT YOU ALSO HAVE THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTFUL TO THE HUMANITY.

THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR.

>> AD MAN IS SHORT FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, WHICH IS THE FORMAL TERM FOR INDUSTRIAL 3 D PRINTING 3 D PRINTERS CREATE STRONG, COHESIVE PARTS OUT OF PLASTIC AND METAL TO BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.

THIS IS THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF THE COMPANY.

AS FOUNDER MARK SABERTON EXPLAINS, WE MAKE PARTS FOR INDUSTRY PLASTIC PARTS METAL PARTS, THEN THE MEDALS WE'D MAKE EVERYTHING FROM.

>> TINY LITTLE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR COMPANIES TO LOCAL COMPANIES LIKE OUR TRACKS AND LARGE OTHER LARGE INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES, ALL THE WAY TO GIANT ROCKET ENGINES FOR SPACECRAFT.

UNLIKE MOST EDISON AWARD FINALISTS.

>> ADDMAN'S NOMINATION IS NOT AN ACTUAL PRODUCT.

IT'S A BRAND NEW TECHNIQUE IN THE REALM OF 3 D PRINTING CALLED AT CAM SHORT FOR ADDITIVE COMPUTER AIDED IN TRADITIONAL 3 D PRINTING MACHINES CREATE PARTS BY APPLYING MATERIALS LAYER BY LAYER ONE ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER INSTEAD.

AND CAM INTERLOCKS.

THOSE LAYERS AD MAN SAYS THIS TYPE OF 3 D PRINTING MAKES THE FINISHED PRODUCT 100 TIMES LESS.

POROUS AND UP TO 70 PER CENT STRONGER.

SAY BURTON SAYS THIS NEW TECHNIQUE IS AVAILABLE BY DOWNLOADING A SIMPLE PIECE OF SOFTWARE AND IT'S REVOLUTIONIZING THE COMPANY'S OPERATIONS.

>> 90% OF THE PARTS WE MAKE OUR FUNCTIONAL PARKS WHERE THEY'RE UNDER STRESSES AND STRAINS AND ABUSE THAT ACTUAL FUNCTIONAL CONDITION.

THAT'S A THAT'S IT.

HUGE STAFF FROM THE SHOW AND TELL TYPE MODELS TO ACTUAL FUNCTIONAL PARTS.

>> BUT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE NOT JUST FOR AT MAN THERE FOR THE ENTIRE 3 D PRINTING WORLD.

ED KAMM DOES NOT REQUIRE AN EXPENSIVE MACHINE THAT USES ENVIRONMENTALLY STRESSFUL MATERIALS.

>> THIS SOFTWARE ENABLES COMPANIES, UNIVERSITIES, INDIVIDUALS AT THEIR HOUSE TO GET STRONGER PARTS, MUCH, MUCH, MUCH LOWER COST THAN WHAT YOU COULD PROVIDE OTHERWISE.

BUT OUR BELIEF AND OUR HOPE IS THAT I CAN REALLY SERVES AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR FOR SOME 5TH GRADER, RIGHT?

OW.

WHO NEEDS SOME PROJECT TO BE STRONGER AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE EQUIPMENT.

SO ANYTIME YOU CAN SORT OF DEMOCRATIZE ACCESS TO IMPROVE TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A WHOLE WORLD OF INNOVATORS FOR WDSU NEWS.

AND EMMA RODRIGUEZ.

>> THE 2026 EDISON AWARDS WILL BE HELD AT THE LUMINARY HOTEL AND CALOOSA SOUND CONVENTION CENTER IN FORT MYERS.

COMING UP ON APRIL, 15TH AND 16TH TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT EDISON AWARDS .COM.

COMING UP NEXT ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

WELL, WE'VE JUST JUMP INTO SPRING ALLERGIES CAN BE A YEAR-ROUND PROBLEM FOR SOME OF US.

Y IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA VULNERABLE TO PROLONGED ALLERGIES AND WHAT LONG-TERM HEALTH PROBLEMS CAN THEY CAUSE?

THAT STORY NEXT?

ALLERGY SEASON IS PRETTY MUCH YEAR ROUND IN FLORIDA.

BUT THIS TIME OF YEAR, POLLEN COUNTS TEND TO BE AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVELS.

JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT ALLERGY SEASON AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO REDUCE SYMPTOMS.

DR.

ELVIN MENDEZ, AN ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY SPECIALIST WITH LEE HEALTH JOINS US NOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION.

CAN YOU FIRST EXPLAIN WHY ALLERGIES PERSIST?

>> MOST OF THE YEAR IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND WHAT TRIGGERS THEM.

>> YES, ITS AS GOOD QUESTION TO ASK, BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF US ENJOY THIS WONDERFUL COLD FRONT THAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR AREA, NOT REALIZING.

IT'S ALSO COINCIDING WITH THE TIME OF YEAR.

OUR POLLEN COUNTS ARE HIGHEST, EVEN IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, WE TEND TO HAVE YEAR-ROUND ALLERGIES.

THIS IS A PEAK FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR TREE POLLEN SEASON.

SO IF ANY, DO ANY INDIVIDUALS HAVE SOME DEGREE OF SENSITIVITY TO TO TREAT?

PAUL SAYS THIS IS YOUR TIME OF YEAR.

>> WHAT KINDS OF SYMPTOMS DO YOU SEE WHEN SOMEONE IS COMPLAINING THAT THEY THINK THEY HAVE ALLERGIES?

WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?

>> YEAH, AND THAT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND HOW THEY'RE COMING IN CONTACT WITH THESE.

PAUL IS THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOMS ARE USUALLY WHAT WE TURN UP OR ARE WE?

SO IT'S GOING AFFECT BODIES IS GOING TO FIGHT, KNOWS.

SO INDIVIDUALS WITH HAPPY TO WATERY EYES, RUNNY NOSE AND CONGESTION.

TYPICALLY THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOMS AS NASAL.

SO THERE'S EITHER GOING TO BE RUNNY NOSE, SNEEZING, OR NASAL CONGESTION, FOLLOWED BY I SYMPTOMS.

SO INDIVIDUALS MAY EXPERIENCE RED, ITCHY, WATERY EYES.

ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS STRESS TO FOLKS WHO ARE HAVING ANY I CAN PLACE AND THEY'RE ATTRIBUTING TO ALLERGIES IS THERE HAS TO BE AN ELEMENT OF PATIENTS.

ALSO, IF YOU HAVE YOU READ IT FOR ANY OTHER REASONS.

SEA OFF THE MALL JUST TALKED TO PRIMARY DOCTOR, BUT THERE'S A TON OF ALL.

IT IS MOST LIKELY ALGAE RELATED.

>> HOW DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE JUST AS A AS A MOM OR DAD AT HOME WHEN YOU'VE GOT KIDS, WHETHER YOUR CHILD MIGHT HAVE THE COLD OR IS IT AN ALLERGY HAVE?

HOW CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE?

>> YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE THERE'S AN OVERLAP BETWEEN SEASONING, SOUTH PEAKING OF ALLERGIES IN THE SPRINGTIME IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

BUT ALSO WE'VE GOT SEASONAL TRAVELERS.

WE HAVE A COLD FRONTS.

WE HAVE KIDS ARE OFF A SCHOOL TRAVELING TO AND FROM BACK HOME AND, YOU KNOW, BRING FORWARD SOME SORT OF OUR OWN FACTION.

SO IT'S OVER.

IT'S OVER OFTEN THE SYMPTOMS ARE OVERARCHING.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO FIND SOME OVERLAPPING NASAL EYE SYMPTOMS.

YOU MAY HAVE SIGNED AS COMPLAINS PRESSURE RYPIEN AND IT'S SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT AS A PARENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CHILD IS EXPERIENCING AND THE ADULT MAY BE EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS OF ALLERGIES OR A COMMON HEAD COLD.

WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND ITS LEADING OFF FOR MORE THAN 2 OR 3 DAYS OFF.

CONTACT YOUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.

ALL THEY WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THERE'S A NEED FOR MEDICATIONS AND THE SYMPTOMS.

AND AT SOME POINT, PERHAPS REFER TO DISCUSSIONS THAT IF LEFT UNTREATED, CAN IT BE MORE SERIOUS LEAD TO MORE SERIOUS MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN KIDS >> AND WE DO QUITE SEE SEE A LOT OF THAT ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN ARE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT CASE TO COME A TENDENCY TO HAVE YOUR INFECTIONS AND TYPICALLY GULZAR VIRAL IN NATURE.

HOWEVER, HE THAT THERE'S AN UNDERLYING TENDENCY TO ALLERGIES.

COMPLICATE MATTERS AND EASY ABILITY TO CHILD.

THAT CHILD HAS SYMPTOMS RELATED TO THE STATION TO DYSFUNCTION WITH TUBES IN THE YEARS FOR THEM MAY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PRESSURE BUILT UP IN THE MIDDLE YOUR CHAMBER.

SO CERTAINLY I LEFT ON TREATING A CHILD WILL HAVE COMPLICATIONS AND DOLLS.

LIKEWISE MAY EXPERIENCE SEVERE SYMPTOMS FOR THE 10 MORE TO HAVE SIGNS READ PROBLEMS THAN THAN THE THE YEARS.

ALL THERE TO GET IS ALSO CONCERNED WITH WHAT WE CALL THE ROY.

SO THAT'S THE ERIE AREA BELONGS.

AND IF THERE'S A TENDENCY TOWARDS A ASTHMA OR WOULD YOU CAST NOT ON TREATED, YOU CERTAINLY CAN EXPERIENCE SHORTNESS OF BREATH, TYPES IN THE CHEST AND OFTEN TIMES, JUST BY DEFENSE IS A COUGH WHICH CAN BE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CAUSES.

>> WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP REDUCE THE IMPACT OF ALLERGIES?

HONEST, ICY AIR PURIFIERS.

I HEAR KEEPING YOUR WINDOWS CLOSED AND YOUR, YOU KNOW YOUR QUARTERS, TIGHTEN YOUR HOUSE AND DOES ALL THAT HELP.

>> YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T.

IT'S SAD BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY THE BEST TIME OF YEAR FOR US TO HAVE THOSE WINDOWS OPEN OUR DOORS OPEN, ENJOYING THE WONDERFUL AIR.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME COMMON SENSE THINGS THAT WE MAY NEED TO FOLLOW.

KEEPING IN MIND HOW SEVERE THE SYMPTOMS MAY BE.

THE FIRST THING I WOULD SUGGEST IS OF THINK ABOUT THE TIME WHEN POLLEN IS GOING TO BE PEAKING.

TYPICALLY THAT'S IN THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY, ANYWHERE FROM 05:00AM TO 09:00AM IN THE MORNING.

SO I, YOU KNOW, CLOSE 11 O'CLOCK OR SO BEFORE IT GETS WARM.

BUT IN THE EARLY EARLY AS PART OF THE DAYS WHEN POLLEN COUNTS ARE HIGHEST AFTER RAIN.

SO WE HAVE EARLY MORNING RAIDS TO GOOD THINGS LIKE THAT.

CERTAINLY YOU WANT TO WALK UP AND SAY DO THIS AFTER THE RAIN ALL BECAUSE THAT IS A WASHOUT PERIOD THEREAFTER.

ALL SO COMMON SENSE, HIGHEST PEAK TIME OF THE DAY.

I WOULD SAY NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS IN TERMS OF LEAVING DOORS, WINDOWS OPENS.

THAT IS JUST INVITING POLLEN TO THE HOME AND GOT RATING THING.

MAKING THEM WORSE.

SO KEEPING DOORS AND WINDOWS SHUT, KEEP IT HERE.

ARE WE CIRCLING THE HOME?

HAVE IT YOUR PURE FIRES TO HELP?

AND TYPICALLY ARE A REGULAR CONDITIONING SYSTEM PROVIDED YOU ARE CHANGING.

THOSE FILTERS SHOULD SUFFICE.

WITH REGARDS TO PREEMPTIVELY TREATING IN OTHER WORDS, TAKING MEDICATIONS PRIOR TO.

MY ONLY SUGGESTION IS BECAUSE I ALWAYS MINIMIZE MEDICATION AS THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

PIECE IS IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO ARE HIGHLY SENSITIZED TO TO THE PEAK OF POLLEN COUNTS, THERE'S NO HARM IN TAKING WHAT WE CALL SECOND GENERATION AT HIS DEMEANS PRIOR TO EXPOSURE AND DOING THAT DURING THOSE PEAK DAYS, WE PREFER THOSE BECAUSE THERE'S LESS LIKELIHOOD OF SIDE EFFECTS, LESS LIKELIHOOD OF THOUGHT DROWSINESS EXPERIENCE WITH THEM ALL NO HARM TO ORGAN SYSTEMS AND NO COUNTRY.

THE CASES, THE MEDICATIONS YOU MAY TAKE.

SO THERE'S NO HARM IN DOING THAT.

IF YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL PEAK SEE NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY OR NOW EVEN IN APRIL.

ALSO, KEEP IN MIND, WE HAVE ALLERGIES OR YEAR-ROUND.

SO YOU MAY KIND OF PLAY WITH THE THE CITIES ARE EXPERIENCING OR YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB OF ANNOUNCING WITH THESE POLLEN COUNTS ARE HIGH AND I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY DO IMPACT HOW WE FEEL.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT REALLY THE BEST WAY WE CAN GET THROUGH THE SPRINGTIME ALLERGY SEASON WITH MINIMAL SEIZING.

>> COMPLICATIONS.

I THINK THE KEY HERE IS TO AVOID OR KNOW WHEN YOU GET INTO TROUBLE, SEIZING CONGESTION CAN BE MILD, BUT IT CAN BE QUITE A NUISANCE.

WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF LOST WORK DAYS.

A LOT OF US WORKED ALL LAST SCHOOL DAYS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF ALLERGIES.

SO THE KEY IS NOT ALLOW THINGS TO PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.

SO IT'S A FIRST SIGN OF HOW YOU SYMPTOMS.

THAT'S ALWAYS THE BEST TIME TO START MEDICATING TO THE CARE.

OBVIOUSLY, IF YOUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAKE THAT WILL GIVE YOU MORE OFTEN THAN REALLY FOR YOUR SYMPTOMS.

SO PREEMPTIVELY TREATING DOES WORK WELL AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT?

YOU'RE GETTING INTO TROUBLE AND IS LASTING MORE THAN 2 OR 3 DAYS CONSISTENTLY, DESPITE MEDICATION USE, SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION >> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH TODAY FOR YOUR TIME.

DOCTOR MENDEZ, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> YOU CAN FIND OUR EXTENDED INTERVIEW WITH DR MENDEZ AS WELL AS OTHER HEALTH STORIES IMPACTING YOUR LIFE BY GOING TO WCU DOT ORG.

STAY WITH US.

WE'LL BE BACK RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.

ON FORT MYERS BEACH, AN ANCIENT SITE IS BRINGING HISTORY TO LIFE.

ONE LAYERED SHELLS SOIL AND CENTURIES OF HUMAN HISTORY DURING FLORIDA PUBLIC ARCHEOLOGY MONTH, THE MOUND HOUSE INVITED GUESTS TO STEP INTO THE SHOES OF ARCHAEOLOGIST DURING A HANDS-ON MOCK DID AS WGCU DOCUMENTARIAN TOM JAMES SHOWS US THIS IS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S EARLIEST INHABITANTS >> MATT ASKED IS 120 YEAR OLD HISTORIC HOUSE MUSEUM SITUATED ON A 2000 YEAR-OLD CALUSA SHELL MOUND.

>> THE CALUSA ARE ONE OF THE MANY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE DEADLIFT IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, PARTICULARLY DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME WHERE EUROPEANS FOR STARTED ARRIVING TO THE AMERICAS.

>> THE CALUSA WERE A VERY FIERCE TRIBE OF NATIVE AMERICANS WHO DOMINATED ALL OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ABOUT 2000 YEARS AGO AND THEY SAID THEY SETTLED DIRECTLY ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY BETWEEN 400 AD AND 16, 50 AND DEVELOPED A SATELLITE VILLAGE HERE.

>> ARCHEOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF THE PAST THAT BY STUDYING THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.

>> ARCHEOLOGY IS A VERY IMPORTANT SCIENCE BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HISTORY WITHOUT ARCHEOLOGY.

WE GET OURSELVES DIRTY AND PULL UP HISTORY EVERY SINGLE DAY FROM THE OBJECTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE LEFT BEHIND FOR US TO FIND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US OBJECTS ACCESS A PUZZLE PIECE TO CREATE A BIGGER PICTURE OF WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR PASS CULTURES.

FLORIDA'S PUBLIC ARCHEOLOGY MONTH IS THE MONTH OF MARCH AND WE DECIDED TO HAVE A EXCAVATION AND ARCHIVES PUBLIC EVENTS IN WHICH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COULD COME VISIT US TODAY.

THEY GOT A A PRESENTATION BY NATALIE WHO IS OUR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FLORIDA PUBLIC ARCHEOLOGY REALLY IS A PARTLY WE DO NOT HAVE A TIME MACHINE INTO THE PAST.

>> BUT WE HAVE SIGNS THAT THE CLOSE ENOUGH, RIGHT?

IT IS THE START OF PAST HUMAN BEHAVIOR THROUGH MATERIAL CULTURE, MEATY ANYTHING LEFT BEHIND BY OFF TO GAVE IT TO WEAR ON WHAT ARCHEOLOGY IS.

>> AND THEN VISITORS WERE ABLE TO GO UPSTAIRS INTO OUR ARTIFACT PRESERVATION CENTER, WHICH IS THE FIRST AND ONLY PUBLIC ARCHEOLOGY LAB IN ALL OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

NOW AND TAKE A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES IN THE LAB AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE DO WITH THESE ARTIFACTS FROM THE TIME THEY ARE EXCAVATED ALL THE WAY TO THE TIME THEY ARE PUT UNDER A DISPLAY CASE WITH A FANCY LABEL I THINK YOU.

TAKE ONE OF THESE ARTIFACTS OUT OF THAT FACT.

BRUSH IT OFF AS BEST AS I CAN.

ITS ARTIFACTS WILL THEN GO INTO A SEPARATE THAT A BRAND NEW CLEAN BAGGY LIKE THIS.

THEN THEY WERE ABLE TO COME OUT HERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR MOCK DID PITS THAT WE JUST CREATED FOR THE SPECIAL PURPOSE.

VISITORS ARE ABLE TO GET THEIR HANDS DIRTY WITH A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW TO EXCAVATE AND LEARN PROPER EXCAVATION TECHNIQUES, USING TRAVELS, BRUSHES, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO STAB INTO THE EARTH DOWN LIKE THIS.

YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SCRAPE AWAY AT THE LAYERS OF THE DIRT A LITTLE BIT OUT OF CURRENT.

IT'S A VERY HANDS-ON OF THE REVIEWS OF THE PARK AND OUR DATA FROM THE AND I HAVE CAN YOU TRY TO BE THEY COME IN >> ISN'T ALL ABOUT TAKING.

IT'S MORE ABOUT THE INVESTIGATED.

I LEARNED THAT ARCHEOLOGY IS A VERY CAREFUL SCIENCE.

AND THAT YOU CAN REALLY LEARN ABOUT YOUR PAST OTHER PEOPLE'S PAST.

YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT IT FROM ARCHEOLOGY.

>> SO TODAY VISITORS WERE ABLE TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARCHEOLOGY AND JUST HOW SPECIAL EXCAVATION REALLY IS AND WHAT IT CAN TELL US ABOUT PAST CULTURES.

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