Ave Maria University founder Tom Monaghan paid tribute to Jon Scharfenberger Thursday night, saying the former student who died in a car accident shortly after graduating in 2011 exemplified the type of student he envisioned when he founded the school. Above, Mr. Monaghan with Jon's mother, Anna, at a dinner held to raise money for a scholarship fund in her son's honor.
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 Ave Maria University's popular Dean of Faculty, Michael Dauphinais, has been appointed the school's VP of Academic Affairs, AMU President Jim Towey announced at a fundraising dinner Thursday night. Dr. Dauphinais, the school's dean of faculty for many years, had been serving as the Academic Affairs VP on an interim basis for about a year.
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 The end of each academic term offers the community the opportunity to hear outstanding musical performances at Ave Maria University Music Department Recitals. This year there are two, one on Saturday afternoon featuring instrumental and vocal performances, and a special Liederabend Sunday featuring students in the Vocal Literature class.
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The Romeo family (above) won the first Ave Maria Knights of Columbus golf scramble, a fundraising event held Saturday at the Panther Run Golf Club.
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Several thousands of people came to the annual Celebration of Lights in Ave Maria Friday night for music, food, a parade, games and, of course, a visit from Santa. The outdoor skating rink (above) was a hit in its second year at the festival.
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The traditional advent service will be held in the Ave Maria Oratory at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, featuring the Ave Maria University Choirs accompanied by and ensemble of professional musicians.
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This year's Farm City BBQ, held in Ave Maria near the new Arthrex building, was the most successful ever, organizers said, with more than 1,000 people attending. (ptoto - Naples Daily News)
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"Only Santa can get it all done in one day," explained Kurt Brimmer, owner of Brimmer's Custom Decor, as his employees decorated Ave Maria this morning. The company decorates 120 places such as developments, retail areas and golf clubs - and Ave Maria as well - between September and December.
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 A dinner to raise money for the John Scharffenberger Memorial Scholaship Fund is being at the LaPlaya hotel in Naples on Thursday, Dec. 6. The fund provide scholarships for Ave Maria University students exemplifying the values of the AMU graduate who died in 2011 in a car accident while working for Students for Life.
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In what is becoming an annual tradition, the Thanksgiving Day flag football "Turkey Bowl" will be held Thursday, Nov. 22, at North Park. Anyone 15 years old or older is welcome to play.
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A story on the increasing use of golf carts features Ave Maria resident Don imbus, who just opened a second location for his Coastal Carts business in Naples, and Tropical Smoothie in Ave Maria, which uses carts for delivery. (photo - Naples Daily News)
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UPDATE: There is one more chance to see the Ave Maria University Drama Club's entertaining and enthusiastic performance of Fiddler on the Roof -- Sunday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. in the student union ballroom. Tickets sold at the door: $8 for adults, $4 for children.The show was well received in its opening Friday night by an audience that filled the ballroom.
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 The event, a local tradition between farmers in Eastern Collier County and businesses in Collier County for almost 50 years, will be held just north of the Arthrex facility Wednesday, Nov. 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tickets for the festivities, including a steak meal, can be purchased online here.
 The Ave Maria Stewardship Community District expressed its appreciation Tuesday to Tom Sansbury, a Barron Collier executive whom district lawyer Ken van Assenderp said "played a special role" in getting the formation of the district approved by various levels of government. Mr. Sansbury is retiring at the end of the year.
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The Ave Maria Choraliers start rehearsals Nov. 30 for their Christmas programs. They will be entertaining residents of nursing homes in Naples among other activities. Anyone with a love of singing is welcome to join the Choraliers.
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A film about the uprising in the Vendée section of France during the French Revolution – a heroic effort by ordinary Catholic people to fight back against Catholic persecution – will be shown free tonight in the AMU lecture hall at 7 p.m. All the roles in the film are played by children of varying ages.
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A landowners meeting will elect three members to the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District board at a meeting Tuesday morning. Other business, including final approval of the budget for the last fiscal year, also will be considered at a regular board meeting preceeding the landowners meeting.
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As chair of the Ave Maria University Music Department, director of its choirs, and director of the Symphonic Chorale of Southwest Florida, the Christmas season is a busy one for Tim McDonnell. But Ave Maria residents benefit from opportunities to hear great music, as Ave Herald Editor Patricia Sette writes in her column in the Naples Daily News Collier Citizen, available by clicking here.
 AMU students working on the "Mary's Meals" project are showing a half-hour film two times this week to introduce a project they are hoping the entire town, as well as the AMU university, will embrace.
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