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St Lucie County Community Services, in partnership with Community Transit, is seeking local business support for the 5

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Annual Secret Santa Giveaway. More than 40 businesses located along St. Lucie County bus routes were promoted to residents through business spon-sorships last year. The week of Dec. 14-18, randomly selected transit riders will receive treasures provided by local business-es and presented by VIP Secret Santas. Participating busi-nesses receive targeted promotion as well as media coverage and gain an introduction of their business to new customers. Last year more than 100 transit riders received a gift pack-age containing gift certificates/cards, coupons, event tickets, informational flyers, promotional items and more. This low-cost advertising option increases awareness of local businesses and dining options and supports transit as an alternative trans-portation option for area residents. The program ensures that riders know that local businesses can be easily accessed through the transit system and encourages them to support these businesses as they complete their holiday shopping. Please join us in spreading the holiday spirit. Businesses interested in participating should call 772-462-1777 or email transportation@stlucieco.org. To find out more about the Community Transit call 772-464-RIDE (7433) or visit: http://treasurecoastconnector.com. The Route Shout app (http://m.routeshout.com) is also available for

Apple and Android smart phones to obtain bus stop and route information, map your trip, save your favorites and track the current location of buses.

St. Lucie Secret Santas seek donations from area businesses

City of PSL employees recycle 250 pounds of clothing Keep Port St. Lucie Beautiful (KPSLB) asked city employ-ees to think outside the recycling bin and reach into their clos-ets to help celebrate America Recycles Day on Nov. 15. Ameri-ca Recycles Day is a nationally-recognized day for community education and collection events encouraging hundreds of thou-sands of individuals to recycle. KPSLB, a Keep America Beautiful affiliate, has encouraged its members to take the recycling pledge to show support in the past, but this year for the first time they held a clothing drive to benefit Hope’s Closet, a non-profit organization, supported by St. Lucie County United Way, that collects clothing for children of St. Lucie County who are referred by social service agencies and the school district. KPSLB placed donation boxes in city facilities during the week of Nov. 9. where employees could drop off their unwant-ed gently-used clothing for children ages newborn to 17 years old. During that four-day workweek, employees donated 256

Port St. Lucie writer wins State awards for memoir and children’s book

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Port St. Lucie writer and public relations pro-fessional Dorothy Kamm was awarded third place for two entries, which includes cash prizes, in a Letters Competition sponsored by the Florida State Association of The National League of American Pen Women (www.fsanlapw.com). One award was for her memoir, “Floating Rain-bows,” the other award for her children’s book manuscript Birds of Flori-

Dorothy Kamm

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SCHOOL IS OPEN

Home Town Cable offers free Wi-Fi in Tradition Square Home Town Cable Plus launched free Wi-Fi service throughout Port St. Lucie’s Tradition Square this month. Home Town Cable Plus, the broadband and cable television provider for Tradition, kicked off the free 50 mbps service dur-ing the Food Truck Invasion on November 6. Smart phone users who connected to the open Home Town Cable network that evening received a coupon from Tradition Square’s Kil-wins shop. “We have an incredible high-speed, all-fiber network throughout the Tradition community,” said the company’s gen-eral manager, Kevin Killen. “Sharing this open network with the people who work, play, shop and dine in Tradition Square provides an additional service to our customers and introduc-es our state-of-the-art broadband service to Tradition’s guests.” Home Town Cable Plus also provides broadband service and cable television to Newport Isles, Tesoro, Vizcaya Falls, PGA Village Verano, Portofino Court and Magnolia Lakes.

Hey Port St. Lucie “Single Stream Recycling”

Residents Who Recycle

Can Win Money

It’s a new year and Waste Pro is continuing to give away fifty $100 Visa gift cards per month to randomly selected customers who have their carts out for collection and recyclables properly pre-pared. A representative from St. Lucie County will hand-deliver the gift cards to each winner. Monthly winners will be entered in a drawing for a $2,500 Visa gift card at the end of the year. The more you recycle, the better your

chances at winning will be! For more information, contact Waste Pro at (772) 595-9390.

Do your part, it’s a start.

EVENTS and NOTICES

Port St. Lucie Sunset Rotary at Catering Revolu-tion, 440 Peacock Blvd. on the first and third Tuesday’s at 5:30 for cocktails and 6:00-7:00 PM for dinner. We are a non-profit and do great things for the community.

Eating out of control? Thinking about food of-ten? There is help! Come to a Food Addicts Anonymous meeting every Wednesday at 6PM. Call 772 878 9657 for more information.

Coffee with the PSL Council Every fourth Friday of each month beginning at 8:30 a.m. at the PSL Community Center, (unless otherwise noticed). Hosted by the St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce. Public is wel-come.

The Solid Gold Dance Band "Dance Party" At the Civic Center on the last Thursday of every month, at the Port St. Lucie Civic Center from 7—10 PM.

Open Informational Meeting Free Do you want to learn about “green“ safe consumer products? Contact Dr. Jack about the weekly meeting time and place at 772.343.7122

Special Olympics Track, Bocce and Tennis, Tuesdays at 5:30 pm, Saturdays at 9:00 am, Lawnwood Stadi-um, Ft. Pierce

Port St Lucie Botanical Gardens Jazz & Blues Night Listen to the wonderful sounds of the Fort Pierce Jazz and Blues Society indoors at the Gardens every other Wednesday night from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Admission is only $5 per person. Visit our website calendar at www.pslbotanicalgardens. org for more info.

Blues Alliance August 28, Fri., “Hooked on Blues and Music” with the Duffy Bishop Band at Double Roads Tavern, 251S. USI, Jupiter, FL 33477, 561-203-7061, 7:30, http://doubleroadstavern.com/

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pounds of clothing! The clothing was taken to Hope’s Closet in Fort Pierce and placed in a bou-tique-style setting where chil-dren and their fami-lies can shop for clothes free of charge. “I think people typically picture cardboard, plastic and alu-minum when you talk about recycling, but this year we wanted to do something different,” said Keep Port St. Lucie Beautiful Coordinator Christina Daigle. “If you think about it, donating clothing can be considered recycling because it can be reused instead of being thrown away,” she added. “We’re thrilled to help and so proud of our generous city employees for making America Recycles Day such a success!”

Home For The Holidays Come celebrate the holiday season with Home For The Holidays at the Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens on Friday – December 11th, 2015 at 8pm, featuring the marvelous talents and spectacular singing voices of Don Meritt and Annette Mo-reau. These sensational performers will delight you with great holiday music and wonderful comedy wrapped up with all the trimmings of the perfect holiday show. From Broadway to nightclubs to television, Done Meritt and Annette Moreau weave a spell of warmth and excitement that captivates every audience. They combine good looks, comedy and sensational singing in an act that’s bursting with energy, enthusiasm, and an obvious love of music. So give everyone on your list a special gift this season...Home For The Holidays, starring Don Meritt and Annette Moreau. Tickets are on sale at the Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens Front Desk. For more information call 772.337.1959.

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Writer continued from page 1 da. In her memoir Kamm talks about growing up in a multi-generational household, with grandparents who were born in Poland. Their home was a modest ranch house built in the 1940s for returning Word War II veterans and their families. She writes, “It is hard to imagine how six of us lived in such a small house. . . Living in such close quarters, I developed an imaginary and very private world. I was artistic, and like many artists, I needed a lot of personal space.” She would arise when it was still dark, everyone sound asleep, and descend into the basement, where she would spend an hour writing and illustrating books. As a six year old she recognized that she was destined to be an artist and a writer. In the morning when sunlight entered the windows of her bedroom, tiny rainbows washed the walls when sunlight re-fracted off the bevel-edged mirror hanging over the low dress-er. “At night I would dream I was underwater, surrounded by floating rainbows,” she wrote. Birds of Florida is an illustrated non-fiction children’s book geared to ages 5 to 9 that introduces young readers to the birds of Florida that share our waterways, forests, fields and backyards. The text engages the reader by presenting unique features and facts to enhance a child’s ability to remember and to identify each bird. Birds of Florida is written to pique a child’s curiosity, sharpen powers of observation and ultimately create a lifelong interest in the avian world. Did you know that ospreys can completely submerge un-derwater, unlike most other birds of prey that eat fish? The osprey has a third, semi-transparent eyelid that closes and acts like a pair of goggles, helping it see clearly beneath the water. Did you know that birds, like children, also like to play? Both the female and the male tree swallow search for feathers in which to line their nest. Tree swallows will travel a great distance to gather loose feathers. Above the nest they can be seen playfully chasing a purposely dropped feather, re-catching it in flight. Sometimes an aerial free-for-all follows, where several birds chase the dropped feather until one re-trieves it. Kamm has been a member of the National League of American Pen Women in the Art category since 1989 and in the Letters category since 1993. She has won numerous awards for her poetry, articles and books in competitions sponsored by this organization. Founded in 1897 and based in Washington, DC, the Na-tional League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) encour-ages, recognizes and promotes the production of creative work in Art, Letters, and Music. Its membership is comprised of professional artists, writers and musical composer. For more about the NLAPW, visit www.nlapw.org. For information about the Florida State Association of the NLAPW, visit www.fsanlapw.com.

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