THIS IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUSED.

COMING UP, MILD TEMPERATURES AND WINDY WEATHER.

HAS PEOPLE ENJOYING THE SEASON.

BUT THIS WEATHER PATTERN ALSO BRINGS ANOTHER NOR'EASTER ON THE EAST COAST.

AND WE'RE FINDING OUT IF THOSE HARSH CONDITIONS WILL DISRUPT THE HALLOWEEN WEEKEND.

>> GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT MANUFACTURER IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TO LET OUR YOU KNOW THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO LEAVE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THERE ARE JOBS HERE TO OUR LUCRATIVE >> AND NAPLES FIREARMS MAKER IS SUPPLYING A STEADY CAREER PATH WITH MOSTLY WOMEN STEPPING UP TO TAKE THE REINS.

AND FINDING A PATH THROUGH LIFE.

WELL, LIVING WITH IMPAIRED VISION, THE TECHNOLOGIES AND RESOURCES THAT PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS THE TOOLS THEY TO LIVE AN INDEPENDENT LIFE.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

IT FEELS LIKE FALL WEATHER IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WITH MILD TEMPERATURES AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE.

BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD LOTS OF WIND WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR REPORTED AT AREA OF AREA AIRPORTS AND ON FLORIDA'S EAST COAST, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUTTING UP WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES PER HOUR AND SEVERE FLOODING FROM WHAT ARE CALLED KING TIDES RAISING WHAT YOU COULD CALL YOUR TRADITIONAL HIGH TIDE AS OUR COAST PREPARES FOR A HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

WE LOOK AHEAD TO SEE IF THIS COULD DISRUPT IN THE HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS.

>> JOIN ME AS ONCE AGAIN AS METEOROLOGIST ANDREW WOOLFOLK FROM THE FLORIDA PUBLIC RADIO EMERGENCY NETWORK.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> AS WE ENTER DRY SEASON IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, IT HAS BEEN UNUSUALLY WINDY AND WE'RE ALSO HEARING A LOT ABOUT KING TIDES.

ARE THEY RELATED >> WELL, KING TIDES ARE ALWAYS SET TO HAPPEN.

SO UNRELATED IN THAT SENSE.

QUINCY DENTAL THAT THEY'RE OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME.

WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT THERE'S A MASSIVE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.

SO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA IS WE'RE SEEING NOR'EASTERS DEVELOP.

SO WE'RE ON THE PERIPHERY OF THOSE ON THE GULF COAST.

SO WE'RE SEEING THOSE WINDY CONDITIONS.

WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING UP TO 30, 40 MILES AN HOUR.

BUT JUST IMAGINE THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA CLOSER TO THESE STORM SYSTEMS.

SO THEY'RE SEEING GUSTS IN THE 40 TO OUT AN HOUR RANGE.

>> AND THAT IS UNUSUAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> IT'S A BIT UNUSUAL.

HOWEVER, WE'RE IN THIS EL NINO CYCLE.

SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE EL NINO IN PLACE, THEN WE LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A HURRICANE NOW, FORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.

THESE ARE NOT TROPICAL AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE BUT STILL SITS.

NOT IN YOUR AVERAGE DAY.

IT'S NOT YOUR WALK IN THE PARK.

>> SO AS FAR AS THIS WIND GOES AND PEOPLE WHO MAY BE OUT ON THE WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR BOATERS?

>> WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO GET OUT OF THE BEACH SEASON.

SO WE'RE SEEING LESS AND LESS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, LETS YOU KNOW, SURF THEN SWIM IN THE WAY.

SO THAT'S A GOOD NEWS BECAUSE IT IS ROUGH OUT THERE.

HOWEVER, WITH THE BOATING CONTINUES A BIT LONGER IN THE YEAR AND IT'S BEST JUST ADVICE TO STAMP OR TO STAND DOCK UNTIL THESE CONDITIONS SUBSIDE.

>> AS WE MOVE INTO NOVEMBER.

>> ANY SPECIAL WEATHER PATTERNS THAT WE SHOULD BE KEEPING OUR EYES ON.

>> ABSOLUTELY WELL.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

FORECAST MODELS ARE SHOWING THIS PATTERN CONTINUOUS CONTINUING INTO GOOD PART OF THE MONTH.

WE LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM THIS WEEKEND WHICH WILL BE INTERSTING FOR HALLOWEEN.

WHETHER OR NOT IT INTERFERES WITH THAT HOLIDAY AND NOW LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

THE ONLY GOOD NEWS I HAVE IS THAT ELECTION DAY LOOKS FINE ON TUESDAY.

IT'S REALLY BEFORE AN ACTOR THAT WE HAVE 2 MORE EPISODES OF THESE STORMS DEVELOPING EITHER OVER THE STATE OR EAST OF THE STATE.

AND SO WE'LL GET THE WINDS.

A LOOK AT THE OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS FROM US.

>> THE WIND HAS ALREADY MESSED WITH PLENTY OF OUTDOOR HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS THIS WEEK.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR TRICK OR TREATERS AND ALL THE OUTDOOR FESTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR THIS WEEKEND?

>> ALL MY BEST ADVICE IS TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE RADAR BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STORM SYSTEM BEING MOVED FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST ACROSS THE STATE.

SO THERE WILL BE SCATTERED SHOWERS.

THAT WILL BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AROUND.

IT WILL BE BREEZY AT TIMES.

SO I CAN'T GUARANTEE IT'S GOING TO BE THE PERFECT HOLIDAY.

AND THEN I DO HAVE SOME ADVICE FOR PEOPLE.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE START LISTENING TO MARIAH CAREY.

I'M GOING TO START DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS, RIGHT?

AS SOON AS THE HALLOWEEN ENDS AT MIDNIGHT, YOU MAY WANT TO HOLD OFF ON THAT UNTIL AT LEAST A VETERANS DAY WEEK AND THEN HOPEFULLY WEEKENDS TO GET THESE WINS THIS OF SIDE AND EVERYONE CAN GO ABOUT ON A NORMAL DAY WITHOUT THESE BLUSTERY CONDITIONS.

>> THAT'S GREAT ADVICE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANDREW WOOLFOLK FROM ASPIRIN.

>> YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CHANGES IN OUR WEATHER PATTERNS.

>> JUST CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE WGCU DOT ORG.

WE OFTEN THINK OF TOURISM AND CONSTRUCTION AS THE ECONOMIC ENGINES OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER DRIVING FORCE AND THIS INDUSTRY HAS SOME PRETTY UNUSUAL TWISTS.

WGCUS MIKE WALCHER HERE WITH THE STORY AS PART OF OUR COVERAGE OF LOCAL BUSINESS.

>> YEAH.

JENNIFER WERE TALKING ABOUT MANUFACTURING WHICH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY SALUTES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, ALONG WAS TO LOSE FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

NOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 5 COUNTIES OF CHARLOTTE, LEE COLLIER, HENDRY AND GLADES MORE THAN 24,000 PEOPLE EARN THEIR LIVINGS BY MAKING PRODUCTS FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OR FOR THE CONSUMER MARKETPLACE.

AS MOST TECHNOLOGY IN COLLIER COUNTY IS ABOUT TO LAST PLACE.

DO RAIMONDO'S UP EVER THOUGHT HE WOULD WORK?

BUT HERE SHE IS A SINGLE MOM OF 2 MAKING HIGH-PRECISION WEAPONS FOR CIVILIANS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND COMPONENTS FOR PRODUCTS FOR THE MILITARY.

>> AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY KNEW IT IT COMES OUT RIGHT?

MEASUREMENTS.

EVERYTHING.

>> IT'S WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AS MONTH OPERATES SEVERAL PLANTS AND GOD, YOU'RE EMPLOYING 260 PEOPLE.

THE COMPANY SAYS IT HOPES TO DOUBLE THAT NUMBER WITHIN 5 YEARS, MAKING QUALITY PRODUCTS IS KEY, BUT SO ARE WORKERS WHO ARE PASSIONATE AND PRODUCTIVE.

>> I WAS TELLING EVERYBODY THAT THE GREATEST PRODUCT EVER TURN OUT OF HERE.

IT'S NOT THE PIECES OF METAL THAT WE TURN OUT.

JUST EMPLOYEES JUST OVER ONE HALF OF THE WORKERS THAT I WAS MOST ARE WOMEN.

>> THE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION SAYS SOME MANUFACTURERS IN THIS REGION EMPLOY UP TO 65%.

WOMEN.

JOHANNA TORRES HAS WORKED HERE 13 YEARS.

AND NOW AS A QUALITY CONTROL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMAN'S WORKING ON THESE COMPANY.

>> AND ME, I LOVE IT.

I LIKE LATE TO BE THINGS INTO LEADER THE TAIL IS ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT SOME OF THE MORMON WOMAN?

ARE IN THE WORKFORCE?

>> OH, YES, BUT I AM JUST SAYING WHY?

BECAUSE WE PAY MARTIN IS KNOW THAT THE MAN'S THEM DO IT, BUT WE PAY MORE THINGS SO LATE TOO.

NO DETAILS.

LAKE.

WE ARE MORE CAREFUL.

>> DOCTOR PHIL RIGHT GRANT DIRECTION.

THE SOUTHWEST REGIONAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, HE SAYS TODAY'S MANUFACTURING APPEALS TO WOMEN BECAUSE IT OFFERS YEAR-ROUND WORK.

THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE GREASY ARE DIRTY.

>> I CAN GO INTO MANUFACTURER WEARING THIS WHITE SURE IN THIS BLAZER AND LEAVE THE SAME DAY WITH THE WHITE SHIRT AND BLAZER.

IT'S NOT DIRTY.

IT'S NOT LIKE IT IS UP IN THE NORTHERN STATES.

WE TO THINK IF YOU DIRTY UNDER SMOKESTACKS, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.

IT'S CLEAN ENVIRONMENT IS CLEAN ROOMS.

MACHINE OPERATOR PAY IT AS MOST STARTS AT $17 AN HOUR.

>> FOR UP TO 48 HOURS A WEEK WORKERS EARNING MUCH MORE AS THEY MOVE UP.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE TOMMY THACKER SAYS THE KEY IS FINDING PEOPLE WILLING TO BE TRAIN WHO THEN WANT TO ADVANCE THEIR CAREERS.

>> EMPLOYEE WANT TO COME IN AND AS A DRIVE AND WILL TO WORK.

THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT.

THE SKILL SETS WE CAN TEACH.

YOU GOT TO WANT TO GET HERE.

YOU'VE GOT TO WANT TO BE A PART OF A TEAM.

AND IF YOU FIT THAT CRITERIA, WE CAN MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU.

>> DOCTOR WRIGHT GRANT SAYS HE WANTS TO CONNECT YOUNG PEOPLE WITH MANUFACTURERS.

>> AND SO WHAT DRIVES ME IS REALLY TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT MANUFACTURER IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TO LET OUR YOUTH KNOW THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO LEAVE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

THERE ARE JOBS HERE TO OUR LUCRATIVE.

>> AT THE HEART OF IT ALL ARE PEOPLE LIKE DORA MENDOZA.

SHE SAYS SHE HAS THE DRIVE AND GETS THE COMPANY SUPPORT TO TAKE HER CAREER TO HIGHER LEVELS.

>> FOR ME LIKE TEAMWORK, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE GET THE JOB DONE AND WE HELP EACH OTHER OUT.

IT'S MORE LIKE FAMILY.

TEAM USA HAS A NEARLY 10 HOURS AND THE SO THIS WOULD BE LIKE MY SECOND HOME.

>> YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MIGHT OWN A GIVEN COMPANY.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE A BIT SURPRISED TO LEARN A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE IN CALIFORNIA OWNS AS MOST TECHNOLOGY, THE SANTA YNEZ BAND OF THE TO MASH TRIBE IS THE OWNER THAT TRIBE AS A RESERVATION AND THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY NORTH OF LOS ANGELES AND CEO THACKER SAYS HE GETS A LOT OF HIS MOTIVATION FROM KNOWING THAT THE MORE AS MOE'S SUCCEEDS HERE, THE MORE GENERATIONAL WEALTH HE CAN SUPPLY FOR THE TRIBAL MEMBERS OUT WEST.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MANUFACTURING HERE?

>> WELL, THE PEOPLE THAT WE TALK WITH SAY THAT IT'S PRETTY BRIGHT.

THEY KNOW WHAT A LOT OF COMPANIES, ESPECIALLY SMALLER ONES MOVED TO FLORIDA DURING AND RIGHT AFTER COVID.

AND THERE STILL IS AVAILABLE LAND HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

PLUS, A WORKFORCE FOR COMPANIES WILLING TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN THEIR EMPLOYEES.

SO IT'S IT'S LOOKING GOOD.

LOVE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MIKE, FOR JOINING US.

>> COMING UP, THEY'RE CREEPY AND THEIR SPOOKY AND LOOKING TO EXTEND THEIR FAMILY.

LEARN HOW YOU CAN CELEBRATE THIS HALLOWEEN BY JOINING UP WITH THE ICONIC ADDAMS FAMILY.

ONCE A YEAR WHEN HALLOWEEN COMES AROUND, EVERY MEMBER OF THE ADDAMS FAMILY LIVING DEAD OR UNDECIDED GATHERS TO CELEBRATE WHAT IT IS TO BE AN ADAMS.

YOU TOO, CAN JOIN IN ON THE FUN AT FORT MYERS DINNER THEATER CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN WITH THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL WGCU ARTS REPORTER TOM HALL HAS DETAILS.

>> ADDAMS FAMILY IS A SHOW A BIG FLASHY MUSICAL NUMBERS SUCH AS THE OPENING WHEN YOU'RE AN ADULT.

>> WEDNESDAY, ADDAMS.

THE ULTIMATE PRINCESS OF DARKNESS HAS GROWN UP AND FALLING IN LOVE WITH A SWEET, SMART YOUNG MAN FROM A RESPECTABLE FAMILY.

NORMALCY IS PLAYED BY SO WELL, NOVELLA.

>> HONESTLY, IT'S SO EXCITING.

IT'S FUN.

PLAYING OF ROLE.

THAT IS EXACTLY SAID.

SO ICONIC AND IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT VIBE.

THEN ANYTHING THE 9 EVER.

BEEN A PART OF IT'S VERY DARK, BUT IN A COMEDIC WAY.

>> AT ITS CORE, ADDAMS FAMILY TELLS 3 PARALLEL LOVE STORIES.

WEDNESDAY.

LUCAS NEGOTIATE NEW LOVE, WHICH INCLUDES BEING ACCEPTED BY EACH OTHER'S VERY DIFFERENT FAMILIES.

>> DON'T DESERVE THAT.

>> LUCAS SAYS PARENTS WITH ALLISON NOW FIND THEMSELVES IN A MARRIAGE GONE HORRIBLY STALE OF.

>> OH, WHAT A CROSSBOW.

YOU KNOW, ALL.

>> LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT.

SHE RUNS AROUND WITH A CROSSBOW.

IT'S OK THAT SHE HAS A PERMITS.

>> ASKED THE AUDIENCE DISCOVERS IN THE TUMULTUOUS ACT.

ONE TABLETOP CLOSING NUMBER FULL DISCLOSURE >> AND THEN THERE'S GOMEZ AND MORTICIA.

>> THERE SEEMINGLY SOLID RELATIONSHIP CRUMBLES.

WHEN GOMEZ BREAKS HIS BRIDE SACRED TRUST BY KEEPING A SECRET FROM HER TO ENTER BACK.

GOMEZ HAS TO CAJOLE HER INTO DANCING WITH HIM TOO.

HE DOES THIS IN THEIR DUET LIVE BEFORE WE DIE POLICY.

FUENTES, THE ADDAMS FAMILY'S BEGUILING MORTICIAN EXPLAINS GETTING OF THE DO IT.

I'M STILL VERY MAD AT HIM.

>> AND THEN HE BREAKS MEAN DOWN SLOWLY, YOU KNOW, WITH HOW GOMEZ'S WAV, YOU KNOW, AND VERY GOOD WITH HIS WORDS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE KISS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DANCE THAT SHE GIVES INCOMPLETELY TO HIM.

>> THAT DANCE IS THE MUSICAL'S MEMORABLE TANGO DE MORE WHICH FEATURES CIFUENTES AND HER REAL-LIFE HUSBAND PERISHED VANISH AND THE ROLE OF GOMEZ ADDAMS.

>> TANGO MORE.

IT'S FINALLY AFTER THE TENSION THROUGH THE WHOLE MUSICAL BETWEEN GOMEZ AND MORTICIA KEEPING SECRETS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT TANGO DE MORAES WHERE THEY FINALLY COME BACK TOGETHER AS THE COUPLE THAT THEY'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE.

AND I HOPE THAT THAT SHOWS IT ON THE DANCE FLOOR.

>> YOU KNOW, IT JUST TIES THE THE FORGIVENESS THEME INTO IT BECAUSE MORTICIAN SPENDS, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE SHOW MAD AT GOMEZ, THE U.S.

SO THIS IS MORE OF, YOU KNOW, THE FORGIVENESS, PIRATE AND AND SHE TAKES THE LEAD ON THAT.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, MITT TIES IT ALL TOGETHER.

>> 3 PARALLEL LOVE STORIES.

3 DIFFERENT TRAJECTORIES TOLD THROUGH A PLETHORA OF BIG, BOLD DANCE NUMBERS AND THE GHOSTLY ENSEMBLE OF ADAMS ANCESTORS WHO DEPARTED BEFORE THEIR TIME.

THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL IS ON STAGE IN THE FORT MYERS DINNER THEATER, OCTOBER 29TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 7.

>> AND >> AS YOU CAN TELL THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THEATER SEASON IS HERE AND YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL THE SHOWS THAT ARE COMING UP BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE.

WHEC YOU DOT ORG.

FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE.

DAILY ACTIVITIES MIGHT TAKE A BIT MORE TIME, THOUGHTFUL PLANNING, BUT THEY OVERCOME PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS TO DEVELOP UNIQUE TALENTS.

WGCU REPORTER YOUN JOO PARK SPOKE WITH 2 WOMEN WHO ARE NOT LETTING SITE ISSUES GET IN THE WAY OF THEIR WORK AND HOBBIES.

>> THESE 2 LADIES LIVE WITH VISION CHALLENGES.

BUT AS FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES AT THE LIGHTHOUSE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THEY GUIDE OTHERS USING THEIR UNIQUE TALENTS.

ROSELYN.

HALF MEN IS A LIGHTHOUSE WORKER WHO IS LEGALLY BLIND WITH THREAT.

TONIGHT US PIGMENTOSA THIS GENETIC CONDITION RESULTS AND VISION LOSS DUE TO WEAKENING OF THE RETINA AS HER EYESIGHT.

WEEKENDS, HER VISION IS SLOWLY SHRINKING TO A SMALL PET HOME.

HOFFMAN'S ROLE AT WORK IS TO TEACH BABIES AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE VISION IMPAIRMENTS.

AT HOME.

SHE TAKES CARE OF HER TODDLER SON WHO IS CITED.

HE WILL SOON BE JOINED BY A BABY SISTER SHE SET UP HIS ROOM TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR HER TO NAVIGATE ALL >> BUT UNKNOWN SHIRTS HERE AND HE'S LIKE POLO SHIRTS, A NICER SHIRTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MORE LIKELY TIME LIKE FUN SHIRTS OVER HERE ON THE SIDE.

>> AND FOR THEIR FAVORITE SHARED ACTIVITY BECAUSE OF US READING ALL THE TIME AND FAMILIAR WITH WHAT SIZE DIFFERENT BOOKS, I'LL PROBABLY FEELS LIKE A NOISE LIKE, YOU KNOW, FINDS BOOKS THAT HE'S ASKING FOR ON THIS AFTERNOON.

THEY TAKE A MOMENT TO REACH TOGETHER OF BEFORE SHE PULLS OUT HER ART SUPPLIES.

I THINK YOU SAW WHAT CAUSES.

A HALF MEN HAS A SKETCHBOOK FILLED WITH DRAWINGS.

SHE HAS PENNED OVER THE YEARS.

WHAT SHE SAYS, THE FIRST THING SHE ALWAYS DRAWS OUR EYES.

>> I AM LOOKING AT THIS.

I RIGHT HERE.

IT WAS THE ONLY THING I CAN SEE.

I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE AROUND IT.

>> IT'S HOWEVER HOFFMAN DOESN'T LET SIDE ISSUES BECOME OBSTACLES.

LOVE DOING HER AND THE STRIATIONS.

>> JUST THE WAY THE WORLD IS LIKE IT'S NOT MADE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE MOMENTS WHERE THE VISION IMPAIRMENT.

BECOMES.

>> A BARRIER AND THE SAYS ANOTHER LIGHTHOUSE EMPLOYEE.

SHE WAS BORN PREMATURE AND HAS BEEN BLIND SINCE BIRTH.

YOU'D NEVER KNOW IT IN HER ROLE AS AN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST.

SHE TEACHES VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE.

HOW TO USE PHONES AND COMPUTERS.

HER CO-WORKER, QUINN, BAILEY IS A SIGHTED PERSON AND MARVELS AT HER SKILLS.

>> AND HE SHE IS COMPLETELY BLIND AND SHE TEACHES US TECHNOLOGY SO WE CAN ADD TO KNOW TO DO IT BY PHONE AND SHE CAN CERTAINLY IN WHAT WE DO THE STEPS ON STUFF WITHOUT EVEN BEING ABLE TO SEE IT.

>> GRATITUDE IS WHAT FUELS RESILIENCE FOR ANY FLINT S.

>> SO I GET DEPRESSED SOMETIMES EYE ON THAT.

BUT AND THE SAME TYPE OF THE HALF ON FRIENDS.

I HAVE MY OWN HOUSE.

HOW MY JOB SO HOW TO I TRIED TO THINK AND ENJOY.

TO ENJOY WHAT I HALF AND NOT WHAT I DO.

HALF.

>> FOR BOTH WOMEN, IT'S ABOUT USING THEIR OTHER SENSES TO DO ACTIVITIES THAT BRING THEM JOY AND TO SERVE OTHERS.

>> I BEEN ABLE TO GET TO KNOW PEOPLE A LOT MORE INTIMATELY LIKE.

YOU KNOW, GET TO THINK MORE ABOUT.

THEIR PERSONALITY AND THEIR MANNER OF SPEAKING AND, YOU KNOW, LISTEN MORE TO THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

JUST LIKE BEING MORE.

>> BUT THAT I THINK IT MIGHT TAKE MORE PLANNING FOR THESE 2 LADIES TO DO ACTIVITIES THAT EVERYONE ELSE TAKES FOR GRANTED.

BUT THIS DOESN'T DETRACT THE PASSION FOR THEM TO PURSUE THEIR HEAD AND TALENTS.

AND WHEN TO US FROM LIGHT SPOKE WITH A SITTER WGCU STUDIO.

I'M KERRY US.

>> AS THE SAME PERSON SOMETIMES USING TECHNOLOGY IS DIFFERENT.

>> AND VERY DIFFICULT TO LEARN THE TECHNOLOGY AND HOW TO PRESS THE RIGHT BUTTONS.

HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO LEARN YOURSELF?

>> BUT I'M A BLIND SINCE BETH.

SO OF COURSE, I CANNOT SEE SCREENS ARE COMPUTERS FANS, OUR PHONES, IT WAS SO DIFFICULT FOR ME WHEN I HAD MY FIRST JOSH CLEAN DEVISED WITHOUT FEELING, YOU KNOW, THE BEEN SO I JUST BY MYSELF.

SO I HAD TO LOOKING ON YOU TO HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO USE THOSE DEVICES BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS BY BOYS.

SO YOU HA 2.

AT LEAST 10 TO YOU.

FUN AND NOT GOOD FOR YOU, TOO.

WORK ON IT.

>> WELL, WHAT WAS AMAZING TO ME IS THAT ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS IDENTIFIED YOU AS THE TECH GURU.

AS THE UT TO OTHER TO USE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AS WELL.

HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING BACK.

CAN YOU SHARE THAT WITH ME?

>> SCHATZ.

>> AND I WAS THINKING THAT, OK, I IT WAS SO HARD FOR ME TO SO HOW ABOUT IF I CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALL OF THIS.

SO LYNETTE RICE, SO A HOT TUB, A SET OF 5 OF TASTE IT THEN OG SPECIALIST.

AND THAT'S WHY I STARTED WORK AT THE LIGHT BUT SHOULD HE LIKE DOES THOSE EVERY TIME THEY WE HAVE TO DELAY NEW ALL DATES AND AND NOBODY CHANGE LIKE EVERY DAY.

SO YOU HAVE TO BE IN TOP OF THAT.

SOME FIND THE PHONE, THE LAYOUTS CHANGE HOME.

I GOT OUT OF DOES MY PHONE NOW THAT HE TENDS TO SO WE HAVE EVERY DAY WE HAVE CALLS FROM CLIENTS ASKING FOR HELP.

ESPECIALLY AFTER DONE THIS.

SO YOU HAVE TO TRY TO LURE A V-DAY.

WHAT IS COMING ONE?

IT'S NEAL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANDY, FOR SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE WITH US.

THANK YOU.

>> YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE EFFORTS AND SERVICE IS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED BY VISITING THE WEBSITE.

LIGHTHOUSE SWFL DOT ORG.

COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF AN ANCIENT FLORIDA ATTRACTION.

WE TAKE YOU TO MOUND KEY TO FIND OUT HOW THE CALUSA CREATED THIS MANMADE ISLAND.

WGCU JUST RELEASED THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF IT'S DECODING ANCIENT FLORIDA SERIES ON CALUSA HISTORY.

THE DOCUMENTARY SHORT IS FOCUSED ON MAUNA KEA IN ESTERO BAY, WHICH THE CALUSA PEOPLE BUILT UP WITH SHELLS OVER CENTURIES WGCUS JANINE ZEITLIN SPOKE WITH DOCTOR MICHAEL SABA REESE, A COASTAL GEOLOGIST AT FTC'S WATER SCHOOL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS.

ONE OF A KIND ISLAND.

HOW U.S.

MOUND KEY CREATED.

IT'S REMARKABLE.

>> WHAT THE CALUSA DID WITH THAT ISLAND.

>> IT REALLY AS A COLLECTION OF MOUNDS THAT WERE AMALGAMATED OVERTIME.

AGAIN, JUST DEBRIS AND THEN AS THE SOCIETY MATURED AS MOUND.

KEY, GRUELING SIZE AND CAPACITY FOR LARGER POPULATION.

IT BECAME MORE INTRICATE IT SO UNDOUBTEDLY WHAT THE CALUSA WERE DOING AS THEY WERE THROWING TRASH ON THE ON THE PILE AFTER EATING IT.

BUT THEY WERE MOVING STUFF AROUND WITH TIME.

SO THEY WERE MAYBE EXCAVATING HERE IN DEPOSITING THERE.

>> SO BEFORE THE CALUSA WERE THERE, DID YOU GET ANY SENSE OF WHAT THE LANDSCAPE OF MOUNT HE LOOKED LIKE BEFORE THE CALUSA AWRY?

>> IT'S CLEAR THAT MOUND KEY STARTED OUT AS A MORE SIMPLISTIC STRUCTURE.

THE OLDEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS THAT ARE DOWN LOW AND MAUNA KEA DON'T SHOW THAT ARCHITECTURAL COMPLEXITY.

IT'S ALSO CLEAR THAT MAUNA KEA CREW IN CONCERT SEA LEVEL RISE BECAUSE DURING THE TIME THE COSORI HERE SEA LEVEL WAS CONTINUING TO GO UP.

AND SO THE MOUNT PRESUMABLY WENT UP IN ELEVATION IN CONCERT WITH THAT.

AGAIN, IT'S MOST OF INCREASED IN DIAMETER OVER TIME TO ACCOMMODATE MORE PEOPLE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE THE SUPPOSITION IS THAT.

WITH THAT ELEVATION COME SECURITY BECAUSE THE CALUSA WERE WELL AWARE OF THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES AND STORM SURGE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

SO.

CLEARLY IT'S REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THAT WAS A CONSCIOUS DECISION.

LET'S LET'S BUILD UPWARD AND GET OUT OF HARM'S WAY.

>> ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS JUST BEING OUT THERE AS A RESIDENT, IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HISTORY AND A SENSE OF PLACE THAT YOU DON'T GET A LOT OF PLACES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

>> YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY ANOTHER IMPORTANT VALUE IS IT DOES PROVIDE A SENSE OF PLACE, A SENSE OF PLACE THAT.

MISSES MOST PEOPLE'S ATTENTION RIGHT?

HOW MANY TIMES THAT I CALL PAST MAUNA KEA AND NEVER REALLY APPRECIATED THAT IT WAS.

COMING SOON BUILT STRUCTURE.

>> YOU CAN WATCH THE LATEST DOCUMENTARY FROM WGCU DECODING ANCIENT FLORIDA MOUND KEY ITS STREAMING RIGHT NOW ON WTC, YOU DOT ORG.

A HAND-DRAWN MAP THAT DETAILS ONE OF THE MOST DIVIDED MOMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY JUST WENT UP FOR AUCTION.

THE MAP SHOWS THE ORIGINAL SURVEY LINE OF THE MASON DIXON LINE, WHICH DIVIDED FREE STATES FROM SLAVE OWNING STATES.

THE MAP WAS CREATED BY CHARLES MASON AND JEREMIAH DIXON PACK IN 17.

68 THE SURVEY WAS COMMISSIONED TO SETTLE A BORDER DISPUTE BETWEEN THE COLONIES OF MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA.

AND ONLINE AUCTION SAW 45 BIDDERS BATTLE FOR JUST UNDER 3 MINUTES.

ULTIMATELY A WINNING BID OF $950,000 WOULD CLAIM THE MAP COMING UP ON OUR NEXT PROGRAM, MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS DRESSED UP FOR HALLOWEEN, INCLUDING THE DOGS, HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR 4 LEGGED FRIENDS GET THE PROPER COSTUME FIT AND DESIGN ALL 4 HOLIDAY FUN.

THEY'RE SO CUTE.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

MAKE SURE YOU HEAD TO WHEC DOT ORG WHERE YOU'LL FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN BRIGHT HERE FOR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.