News-Press from Fort Myers, Florida • Page 10

NEWS-PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1996 THE FORECAST ACROSS THE COUNTRY Tom Chisholm's local outlook Rain in Midwest; snow across North tr The Associated Press Friday Thunderstorms 87 72' Winds: SE, 8 mph Rain forecast: Today Partly cloudy 90 71 Winds: SE. 10 mph Rain forecast: 30 Saturday Sunday Monday Sunny Sunny Sunny 79 60 80 62 74 56 Winds: Winds: Winds NW, 15 mph 10 mph 10 mph Rain forecast: Rain forecast: Rain forecast: 30 9iw. onv. it. -10s -Os Os 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s The national high Wednesday was, once again, in Fort Myers.

The 92 degree high broke the previous record set in 1989. 40 FRONTS: Cold Warm JL Stationary 6 lwtmmau'h0'0'0 fo wm-JV- Chisholm's forecast can be seen on Fox News at Tides High tides in bold face. There are one to four tides a day, depending on positions of the Earth, Moon and Sun. rry lMar Today Next a.m. dE A HJi Ml I -i -4 A cold front from northwest Texas into the Midwest brought showers and thunderstorms to the region Wednesday.

Rain turned to snow in northeastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. Much of the West was fair because of a high pressure center over the Great Basin. Temperatures dropped into the teens and 20's across the region. Sacramento, fell to 34 degrees, breaking a record of 35 set in 1942. Severe thunderstorms moved across eastern Iowa along the cold front.

More strong thunderstorms developed in Oklahoma City, Okla. The cold front was sliding into the Mississippi River Valley, preceded by showers and thunderstorms with gusty winds and large hail. Showers were expected to continue behind the front. Snow advisories were in effect for northeastern North Dakota and northeastern Minnesota, and 3 to 5 inches could fall during the night. Showers were moving into the Ohio Valley.

There were Fnglewood Punta Gorda Boca Grande Bokeelia Pineland Matlacha Redfish Pass Captiva St. James City Punta Gorda Boca Grande 'Bokeelia Pineland Matlacha Redfish Pass Captiva St. James City Edison Bridge Cape Coral 7.44a 5.02a Englewood 6:41 517a scattered showers over the Tennessee Valley and centra! Gulf Coast states. In the Pacific Northwest, rain showers spread through Washington and northern Oregon. Snow fell in higher elevations in the Cascades.

The area around Spokane, to 1 to 3 inches of new snow Wednesday morning. Showers and thunderstorms were scattered in the East. Wednesday's temperatures around the Lower 48 states ranged from morning lows of zero degrees at Craig, Colo, to early afternoon readings of 90 at Alice, Texas. The highest heat index, a combination of temperature and humidity, was 96 at Sarasota and Fort Myers, Fla. and the lowest wind chill was 18 below zero at Rawlins, Wyo.

NATIONAL TEMPERATURES On the beach In the sky Thursday Humiture: 92 Gull temperature: 78 Sets SunSun Moon Rises 6:41 a.m. 3:18 a.m. Rises 6:42 a.m. 4:12 a.m. TODAY'S TEMPERATURES Friday 5:41 p.m.

3:34 p.m. Sets 5:40 p.m. 4:11 p.m. Sun Moon Florida UV index: 5 l5kjML Tanning index: 7 UVuale Fair skin Dark skin 0-2 30. min Up to 2 hrs.

3-4 15-20 min. 75-90 min. 5-6 10-12 min. 50-60 min. 7-9 7-8V2 min.

33-40 min. 10 4-6 min. 20-30 min. Boating forecast From Cape Sable to Tarpon Springs TODAY AND TONIGHT: Wind to SE, 15 knots; seas 3 to 5 feet; bay, inland waters a moderate chop. Tallahassee 8758 Gainesville Jacksonville First Moon phases New Full 84759" 79759 Last Dec.

3 Pensacola Orlando 87766 Tampa 76770 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 Nov. 10 0-70cQ" Wed. Today Frl.

Wed. Today Frl. HiLo HlLoSky HiLoSky HlLo HlLoSky HiloSky Albany.N.Y. 5440 6045r 6354r Juneau 3937 3933c 3728c Albuquerque 5835 5632f 6230f Kansas City 6548 5337c 5229c Amarillo 5538 5929f 6727f Knoxville 6645 7056r 5250r Anchorage 3433 2622c 241 2c. Las Vegas 6150 65391 .73411.

Asheville 6845 6753r 5454r Little Rock 7556 6460r 6838r Atlanta 7757 7461r 6255r Los Angeles 7351 81511 84551 Atlantic City 6546 6758c 6861c Louisville 6951 7457r 5341r Austin 8671 7059c 7240c Memphis 7361 6665c 5442c Baltimore 6143 7053c 6362c Milwaukee 6045 4743c 4735c Birmingham 7662 7465C 6048C Mpls-StPaul 4744 4529C 3927C Bismarck 3830 4326C 4421c Nashville 7357 6864c 5242c Boise 4523 4928c 5835c New Orleans 8362 8070r 6755r Boston 5141 5847c 6554c New York City 5853 6454r 6659r Buffalo 6340 6655r 5352r Norfolk.Va. 7458 7560c 7266c Burlington.Vt. 5537 6145r 6258r Oklahoma City 6764 5637c 6332c Charleston.S.C. 7963 7965c 7364c Omaha 5343 5027c 5128c Charleston. Va.

7047 7158r 5454r Philadelphia 6248 6954c 6858c Charlotte.N.C. 7551 7158c 6660c Phoenix 7554 78501 8352f Cheyenne 3920 4425f 5033f Pittsburgh 6545 6954r 5249r Chicago 6245 4847c 4632c Portland.Maine 4937 5139c 5749c Cincinnati NA NA NA Portland, Ore. 5347 5444c 5748c Cleveland 6451 6956c 4947c Providence 5543 6147c 6455c Columbia.S.C. 7853 7959c 6862c Raleigh-Durham 7550 7458c 6860c Columbus.Ohio 6049 6955c 5045c Reno 5018 571 9f 6426f Concord.N.H. 4932 5739c 5850c Richmond 7355 7555c 6563C Dallas-Ft Worth 7269 6350c 7342c Rochester 6032 6754r 5352r Dayton 5948 6555c 4640c Sacramento 6534 6737f 7038f Denver 4526 5220c 6528c St Louis 7059 5450c 5638c Des Moines 5945 4830c 4729c Salt Lake City 4326 4829c 5230c Detroit 6248 6155c 4844c San Antonio 9171 7262c 7438c Duluth 4338 4030c 3726C San Diego 6754 7251f 7752f El Paso 7439 6736f 7030f San Francisco 6543 6949f 7149f Evansville 6752 6563c 4738c Santa Fe 5631 5227f 5925f Fairbanks- 146 105c 4-5C St Ste Marie 4942 4643c 4232c Fargo 4438 4027c 4021 Seattle 5245 5242r 5748r Flagstaff 5124 5220f 55201 Shreveport 7761 6560r 7036r Fort Wayne 6051 6256c 4136c Sioux Falls 4739 4829c 4424c Grand Rapids 6546 5350c 4635c Spokane 4730 4528c 5235c Great Falls 4323 4024c 4630c Syracuse 5436 6551c 5654c Greensboro.N.C.

7252 6956c 6458c Toledo 6348 6354c 4840c Harrisburg 6040 6752C 6456C Topeka 6348 5333f 5433f Hartford Spgfld 5540 6146r 6154r Tucson 7044 7641f 8347f Helena 4329 4224C 4828C Tulsa 6964 5843f 6439f Honolulu 8773 8673c 8774c Washington.D.C. 6451 7155c 6462c Houston 8566 7169r 7841r Wichita 5449 5831f 6032f Indianapolis 6250 6058c 4335c i Wilkes-Barre 6146 6452c 6255c Jackson.Miss. 7965 7267r 6344r Wilmington.Del. 6047 6854c 6858c I Vero Beach 85768 WEDNESDAY'S WEATHER Around Lee County FORT MYERS CAPE CORAL 90771 Sky: Partly cloudy Wind: SE, 10 mph Rain: 30 chance W. Palm Beach 84773 Bonita Cape Fort Myers Lehigh Fort Sanibel Springs Coral Beach Acres Myers Island 90 91 90 89 92 92 71 71 71 69 70 69 0.2" Trace 0.25" 0.0" 0.02" 0.0" High Low Rainfall Kev West Miami 85775 85778 ferJH 1 MftriffciiS Mil urnm November Rainfall almanac Rainfall at Page Field: None as of 5 p.m.

Relative humidity: 100 at 7 a.m., 56 at 1 p.m. Highest sustained wind: 1 1 mph (N) Lake Okeechobee: 14.99 feet --14 -10 -6 -r2 Average 1.57" Total. 0.02" -g J-0 World Canada HiLoSky HlLoSky HiLo Amsterdam 5446c Mexico City 7954f Calgary 4431 Athens 7352f Moscow 5041c Ottawa 4530 Auckland 6446pc Nassau 8473f Toronto 4639 Barcelona 6852f Osaka 6864f Vancouver 5239 Beijing 4636f Oslo 4637r Winnipeg 3332 Berlin NA Paris 6352c Bermuda 7268c Rio 8170f Bogota 7237pc Rome 6846pc Cairo 7359c San Juan 8473pc lint linp Dhahran 9166f Sapporo 5545sn nui line Hong Kong 8177f Stockholm 5245r 1-900-773-6000, Jerusalem 6452pc Sydney 6654c Cost: 95 cents a Lima 6859f Tokyo 7557f minute; then press 1 London 5952f Zurich Year to date Total '96 '95 Avg. Rec. Yr.

November 00.02 1.71 1.57 8.06 '87 December 00.00 1.36 1.53 5.42 '40 January 3.03 3.12 1.84 7.89 '91 February 0.88 1.40 2.23 10.82 '83 March 5.15 0.88 3.07 18.58 70 April 2.38 5.34 1.06 7.66 '41 May 6.29 1.38 3.87 10.32 '68 June 12.86 14.05 9.52 20.10 '74 July 8.12 12.14 8.26' 15.28 '41 August 3.25 13.75 9.66 16.73 '81 September 5.52 9.26 7.82 16.60 '69 October 5.16 6.89 2.94 12.04 '59 57.68" ccloudy; ffair; flflurries; fgfog; hhazy; pcpartly cloudy; rrain; rsrain snow; shshowers; snsnow; tthunderstorms; wwindy. Airport hub cities in bold Average through Oct. 31 50.27" 60 40 20 0 -u j. nation's high: JH, nation's low: Craig, Colo. Fort Myers SAKS OPENING WHAT THEY THINK OF SAKS Store adapts to need 7 0 1 "New York.

High fashion." Pat Haines, Port Charlotte By ANNE MITCHELL News-Press staff writer The job of preparing Fort Myers' newest and perhaps ritziest store for its opening Friday fell to Edward Heller. Having less than two weeks between completion of construction and the opening of the store is about average for fitting out a Saks Fifth "Something very special." Reba Stout, winter resident "My sister says if you are disappointed with something you have no trouble getting It exchanged at Saks." Sam Pollak, Port Charlotte. SAKS FACTS Saks Fifth Avenue FOUNDED: 1924 at 61 1 Fifth New York U.S. STORES: 48 with eight in Florida EMPLOYEES: 12,000 PLANNED FLORIDA STORES: Sarasota, Orlando in next two weeks LARGEST STORE: Beverly Hills, Calif. (260,000 square feet) Saks in Fort Myers LOCATION: Bell Tower Shops at Daniels Parkway, U.S.

41 OPENING: Friday MANAGER: Edward S. Heller EMPLOYEES: 100 SIZE: 39,000 square feet DEPARTMENTS: cosmetics, jewelry, handbags and accessories, men's and women's clothing and shoes, personal shopping service. HOURS: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Thurs. and FrL, 10 a.m.

to 9 p.m.; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sun. noon to 5 p.m. Saks at Bell Tower JANUARY: Groundbreaking AUGUST: Recruiting office opens LATE SEPTEMBEREARLY OCTOBER: 100 employees hired MID-OCTOBER: Employee training LATE OCTOBER: Construction complete, employees prepare interior OCT. 28: Merchandise starts arriving TODAY: Charity preview OPEN TO PUBLIC: 10 a.m.

Friday I' 7 ANDREW WESTNews-Press 'V' mm 1 MILE 1 a (i A Avenue store, said Heller, the general manager. A team of Saks' corporate designers, display artists and executives swept into town to help the local staff members get the store up and running. Heller himself is a veteran of store PREPARATION: Marti Montgomery ties bows on boxes for display at the new Saks' Fifth Avenue store. Saks Fifth Ave. at Bell Tower Shops HELLER: Prepared store.

I CO College Pkwy. Like all Saks stores, the local one will have original, commissioned artwork, including sculptures and florals in ink on paper and oils. A high level of service is part of Saks' success story. Behind it is the company's LINK computer, an automated client file that allows sales associates to track clients' spending and sales data, preferences and lifestyle. LINK also tells employees which customers need valet parking, multilingual sales staff and other Cypress Lake Dr.

Deco-inspired salon with its own small kitchen. Consultants "edit" the store before the client's appointed visit to make shopping easier. "We will bring the whole store to them. We can make them travel ready, hostess ready, whatever they need," Maddox said. "People need the service more than ever these days." Along with club membership comes priority alterations, same-day delivery, lunch and beverage service and after hours appointments.

Daniels Pkwy. exclusive names and private label collections seen in larger Saks stores, names like Gucci. Kate Spade, Es-cada, Donna Karan and Saks' own label, Real Clothes, Heller said. It also will have a larger than usual golf apparel department, more casual wear and some brighter colors to reflect Lee County's casual lifestyles. The Fifth Avenue Club, with its own staff of three, headed by Dee Maddox, will provide a personal shopping service in a separate, Art openings, having handled four Macy's openings and one for Federated Department Stores' Jordan Marsh in the last 13 years.

He moved to Fort Myers from Connecticut, where he managed Saks in Stamford. The "jewelbox size" Fort Myers store, in Saks' parlance, will have the Six Mile Cypress Pkwy. rx News-Press 00 936-2193 CREDIT APPLICATION' ss KELTS Name. Address. Phone D.O.B.

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