PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE CITIZEN A clown entertains on June 10 at the annual Children’s Day at the Florida Skin Center’s Lehigh Acres location.

Over 100 children receive skin checks

Florida Skin Center’s Lehigh Acres location commemorated Children’s Day with 104 complimentary pediatric skin checks.

Despite a rainy June 10, young patients and their families filled two waiting rooms to play with toys, eat snacks, watch Disney favorites and blow bubbles with colorfully-dressed staff as they waited to be examined and treated for skin cancer, eczema, acne and dry skin.

Baby Boot Camp-Estero and Fort Myers Central provided information to mothers about workouts, such as stroller fitness, mat-based classes and running programs, as they waited for their children.

Family Music Time piqued children’s interest in instrumental classes, while Pelican’s SnoBalls greeted attendees with free snow cones and a clown entertained.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office brought its K-9 Unit to interact with the children.

The day concluded with two bike raffles, following a visit from the first Children’s Day event winners, and a gift card raffle by Pelican’s SnoBalls for one round of golf for a family of four.

Airport reports traffic

During May, 629,321 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., an increase of 3.7 percent compared to May 2016. This number also represents the best May in the 34-year history of the airport. Year-to-date, passenger traffic is up 1.4 percent from the same period last year.

The traffic leader in May was Delta Air Lines with 161,356 passengers traveling to and from Fort Myers. Rounding out the top five airlines were Southwest (139,117), American (112,631), JetBlue (78,081) and United (52,638).

Southwest Florida International Airport had 5,922 aircraft movements (takeoffs and landings), an increase of 3.8 percent compared to May 2016. Page Field saw 8,319 movements, an 11.7 percent decrease from May 2016. In addition, slightly more than 2.5 million pounds of air freight moved through Southwest Florida International Airport in May 2017, an increase of 12.1 percent compared to May 2016.

Grand opening set

A grand opening for the Publix at the Sky Walk Plaza will be held on June 29 from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Skyplex, at 13121 Paul J. Doherty Parkway, Fort Myers.

Lee County Commissioner Cecil Pendergrass will be in attendance, along with other business and community leaders.

Applications being accepted for awards

The Horizon Council and Lee County Economic Development Office are currently taking applications for the 2017 Industry Appreciation Awards.

Businesses will be honored in five different categories: Business Citizenship, Nonprofit of the Year, Diversity in Business, Startup of the Year and Business of the Year.

The deadline for applications is June 30.

For information or to apply, visit: LeeCountyBusiness.com.