Author Archives: Lois A. Bolin, Ph.D.

“Sometimes an opportunity presents itself; and only in hindsight, can you see its importance.”

Albert Einstein stated that a problem could not be solved at the same level of thinking that created the problem. Perhaps this is why Women of Initiative, Dr. Lois A. Bolin and Lavern Norris Gaynor, have accomplished so much in so little time with Naples Backyard History Inc.

“Thank God! Now there will always be Our Keewaydin!”

Those were the parting words of John “Speedy” Rush in 1945, as he handed over the keys to the fondly remembered “Angels of Keewaydin,” Lester and Dellora Norris. Mr. Rush, the former director of all the Keewaydin Camps across America, had taken over Keewaydin Florida when it came upon financial difficulties in 1935.

There is no history here,” remarked a newly transplanted City of Naples employee in 2007. “If the Historic District is ever de-listed, all we’ll have to do is take down the signs.”

For generations, Palm Beach has reigned supreme in matters of high society. Its Mediterranean style villas, with their barrel-tiled roofs and sweeping ocean vistas, may rest at sea level or slightly above, but the view from their wind-swept balconies is decidedly Olympian.