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NEWS-PRESS A3 CONTACT Assistant Managing Editor Sheldon Zoldan 239-335-0560 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. CUSTOMIZED KNEE REPLACEMENT IS HERE! One Patient. One Implant. fortmyersknee.com Generous acts can turn your world around very quickly. My son recently did something that stunned me, in regard both to generosity a nd to my failings as a parent.

Logan is a very giving soul. That I have no doubt. He once spent a late night with a friend dreaming up a charity to help kids in need. This time, he donated a large chunk of his spending money to a cause called Kids. A teacher at his school organized the fundraiser.

That he donated surprise me. It was he amount. Of the $150 he ad saved up from months mowing lawns, he gave he charity $100. Ihoped my jaw actually drop as much as I felt it had. Then I felt guilty or that being my first react ion.

my first houghts be supportive? Alot of thoughts passed through my mind in that moment. That was a lot of oney. What if some bully ad gotten wind of it and eat him up for it? Was this alegitimate charity or was it some kid just saying he was PARENTING PAMELA HAYFORD Generous act shows parental failure SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PARENT CHILD Southwest Florida Parent Child magazine is available free at undreds of locations in Lee and Collier counties, including all CVS stores and select Publix, Winn- ixie and Walmart Neighborhood Markets, in iTunes for the iPad and electronically on wflparentchild.com. You can also connect with SW FL Parent Child on Facebook (swflparent- child) and Twitter child). Or subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter at swflpcnewsletter.

In the December issue, find our 2014 holiday gift guide full of great ideas for kids of all ages, asecret for creating incredible oliday appetizers, parenting lessons from India, lots of family- friendly events and more. Are you distracted by your smartphone? Take our poll at ANorth Naples man acc used of decapitating and utilating his girlfriend in 2011intends to use the insanity defense when he heads to trial next year. Christopher Serna, 37, is charged with second-deg ree murder in the brutal killing of Suzanne Bishop. Deputies who arrived at apartment early July 26, 2011, found him covered in blood and unable to speak. head was stuck on a pole in the living oom and her nude body was found on the floor in a ool of blood in a bedroom, a ccording to reports.

A ccording to paperwork filed by attorneys last month, the defense intends to convince a jury he was not in his right mind when he killed Bishop. he insanity defense is a rarity in Southwest Florida, with few defendants opting to use it. Experts say it can be difficult to convince a jury and can carry unintended consequences even if the defense prevails. saying did this, but not fair to hold me esponsible because I have the faculties to nderstand what I was doing was said Susan Rozelle, a criminal law professor at Stetson University College of Law in Gulf- port. amantha Syoen, communications director for the state office, said she comment on the motion because the case is ongoing.

attorney, assistant public defender Shannon Brown, return a request for comment. erna is scheduled for a rial in February, but that ate is likely to be moved back. In a motion filed Thursday, attor- COLLIER COUNTY Accused to try insanity defense North Naples man charged with decapitating his girlfriend in 2011 By Steve Doane Serna Bishop The names of 45 homeless men and women who lost their lives in Lee and Collier counties in 2014 were memorialized Sunday by the lighting of candles and the ringing of a bell, public acknowledgment that these were real eople to be recognized. Separate ceremonies in each county bserved the national Homeless Persons Memorial Day, held traditionally on the longest night of the year and the first day of winter, days that bring added concern for the homeless to keep warm and safe. was murder, there was a car accident.

But we know for some of them the true cause of their death was said Janet Bartos, executive director of the Lee County Homeless Coalition. She said the purpose of the observation was to publicize homeless individuals who lost IN REMEMBRANCE PHOTOS BY JACK NEWS-PRESS Visitors to the Old Lee County Courthouse attend the 17th Annual Candlelight Vigil for the Homeless on Sunday evening. 45 were homeless, but not nameless Candle ceremony spotlights those who lost their lives By Michael Braun Tammie Schafer and Talee Leeper, 9, attend the 17th Annual Candlelight Vigil for the omeless on Sunday evening..