Stories

Post-hurricane Ian – Lighthouse Women of Shrimp Fishing Recovery of Fort Myers Beach, FL.

This is a true story of endurance by two women at the helm of their respective family’s legacies in the shrimp industry located on the inlet waters of Fort Myers Beach. The surge of monstrous Hurricane Ian made pickup-sticks of most of the aging fleet of 40-some shrimp boats and some were pushed onto land. …

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Gourmet Incubator – Eddie Morton of Morton’s Gourmet Market

November 4, 2022 — Back in 2007, Co-owner of Morton’s Gourmet Market, Eddie Morton with a twinkle in his eye, told Melinda and me “yes, we will carry Watt-Ahh”. We celebrated that such a premier store is the first one to offer Watt-Ahh to its discriminating customers. His son, Todd, and others back in his …

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Life Cycles – Ted and Carol Suratt

July 23, 2022 — Stories of our ancestry can link us. Ted Suratt, who co-founded AquaNew and WIT with Rob Gourley, was proud of the Suratt name. His relative, Tavern Owner Mary Suratt, was the first woman to be hang for her supposed crime by the U.S. Government. Ted defended her, believing that she was …

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Immediately Change the Chemistry of the Body through Hydration

February 11, 2022. You can listen to today’s podcast with Health Matters Show Radio Host Janet Cimorelli who interviews AquaNew Inventor Rob Gourley at this link. Rob talks about three forms of hydration by osmosis, diffusion and electrical potential differential such that the last one is the fastest absorption into cells. Janet said this is …

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50th Reunion

By: Rob Gourley of AquaNew I attended my 50th reunion at Proctor Academy, located in the foothills of New Hampshire, along with 21 other classmates this month. The record-breaking 50th reunion attendance for the school actually represented half the class (in the photo to the left, I am the guy in the center, standing and …

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Where in the World is Katie Kopinski? (AquaNew’s favorite intern talks about her most recent work with exotic felines)

Guest Post by: Katie Kopinski My latest adventure was as an Exotic Feline Intern at a private sanctuary near West Palm Beach, Florida. Many of my duties at this facility involved diet preparation, cleaning enclosures, daily training of animals, and giving guided tours to guests. Tours were made by appointment only, so that the cats didn’t become …

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Repurposed Bridge

By Rob Gourley, CEO, AquaNew, LLC While working on the Alaskan pipeline project in the 1970s and 1980s, I worked on repurposing parts … even salvaging and modifying what were available in the Arctic to keep the large ice trucks, oil drilling equipment, and cranes operating and provide essential warmth for the crews to continue …

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