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ST. LUCIE WEST • TRADITION YourVoiceWeekly.com “We’ve got to get along and find that middle ground to get something done.’” Congressman Patrick Murphy VOL. 1/ISSUE 48 YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2013 PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID FORT PIERCE, FL PERMIT NO. 248 ECRWSS Local Postal Customer Vitalia grows in grandeur A GALS’s gal Norma Doody making a difference with Guardian ad Litem Getting jazzed New monthly column by Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society Children’s assist New guild to work with Hibiscus Children’s Center Playing Pickler Country songstress takes the stage at the Sunrise Theater Abuse recognized Domestic Violence Awareness month marked with first-hand account from Your Voice managing editor 9 7 12 28 6 TRADITION — Developers of Vitalia at Tradition broke ground on the community’s expansive clubhouse on a clear and bright day last week that could have easily made many meteorologists jobless in the Sunshine State. Slated for a mid-2014 com- pletion, the extravagant 24,000-square-foot gathering area will embody what each resi- dent is all about: fun, friends and family with a touch of luxury. “We worked very hard and very diligently, trying to work as close- ly with you guys as homeowners to understand what it is you want out of your community,” David Nicole Rodriguez STAFF WRITER [email protected] See VITALIA page 8 Supporters and critics see very different Seven50 plans Manatee students get congressional civics lesson TREASURE COAST — To its critics, the Southeast Florida Regional Partnership’s Seven50 Southeast Florida Prosperity Plan is a usurpation of property rights and local government. To its supporters, it’s necessary regional planning for inevitable popula- tion growth that had widespread public contribu- tion. The American Coalition 4 Property Rights, an advocacy organization formed to oppose the part- nership, had a presentation about the developing Patrick McCallister & Nicole Rodriguez STAFF WRITERS [email protected]/ [email protected] See SEVEN50 page 3 ST. LUCIE WEST — Amid a faltering fiscal house, the threat of strikes in Syria and a deteriorating waterway he’s desperately trying to save, U.S. Rep Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter made a scheduled appearance at Manatee Academy K-8 last week. During his visit, Murphy explained the world’s tumultuous times and the inner workings of the federal government to the school’s seventh-grade students partaking in civics studies. “Unfortunately right now, as you might have See MANATEE page 22 Nicole Rodriguez STAFF WRITER [email protected] Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Vitalia residents Neecie Kablan, Cathy Powers, Kathy Pachuta, Diana Cous, Julianna DiPasquale, Arlene Cohen and Vito Blancato made half of the Vitalia Singers to per- form the Naonal Anthem to celebrate the opening of the development’s new club- house as part of the next phase of the Vitalia community in Tradion. 6071 SEE US ON PAGE 5

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YourVoiceWeekly.com

“We’ve got to get along and find that middle ground to get something done.’”

CongressmanPatrick Murphy

VOL. 1/ISSUE 48 YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2013

PRSRT STDUS POSTAGE

PAIDFORT PIERCE, FLPERMIT NO. 248

ECRWSS

LocalPostal Customer

Vitalia grows in grandeur

A GALS’s galNorma Doody making a difference with Guardian ad Litem

Getting jazzedNew monthly column by Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society

Children’s assistNew guild to work with Hibiscus Children’s Center

Playing PicklerCountry songstress takes the stage at the Sunrise Theater

Abuse recognizedDomestic Violence Awareness month marked with first-hand account from Your Voice managing editor

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TRADITION — Developers of Vitalia at Tradition broke ground on the community’s expansive clubhouse on a clear and bright day last week that could have easily made many meteorologists jobless in the Sunshine State.Slated for a mid-2014 com-

pletion, the extravagant 24,000-square-foot gathering area will embody what each resi-dent is all about: fun, friends and family with a touch of luxury.“We worked very hard and very

diligently, trying to work as close-ly with you guys as homeowners to understand what it is you want out of your community,” David

Nicole RodriguezStaff writer

[email protected]

See VITALIA page 8

Supporters and critics see very different Seven50 plans

Manatee students get congressional civics lesson

TREASURE COAST — To its critics, the Southeast Florida Regional Partnership’s Seven50 Southeast Florida Prosperity Plan is a usurpation of property rights and local government. To its supporters, it’s necessary regional planning for inevitable popula-tion growth that had widespread public contribu-tion. The American Coalition 4 Property Rights, an

advocacy organization formed to oppose the part-nership, had a presentation about the developing

Patrick McCallister & Nicole RodriguezStaff [email protected]/ [email protected]

See SEVEN50 page 3

ST. LUCIE WEST — Amid a faltering fiscal house, the threat of strikes in Syria and a deteriorating waterway he’s desperately trying to save, U.S. Rep Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter made a scheduled appearance at Manatee Academy K-8 last week. During his visit, Murphy explained the world’s tumultuous times and the inner workings of the federal government to the school’s seventh-grade students partaking in civics studies.“Unfortunately right now, as you might have

See MANATEE page 22

Nicole RodriguezStaff writer

[email protected]

Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerVitalia residents Neecie Kablan, Cathy Powers, Kathy Pachuta, Diana Coutts, Julianna DiPasquale, Arlene Cohen and Vito Blancato made half of the Vitalia Singers to per-form the National Anthem to celebrate the opening of the development’s new club-house as part of the next phase of the Vitalia community in Tradition.

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Staff photo by Patrick McCallisterTreasure Coast property rights activist Phyllis Frey, American Coalition 4 Property Rights and Bill Paterson, chairman of the Republic Party of St. Lucie County takes ques-tions about Seven50 during a recent meeting at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library. Seven50, supporters say, is an effort to better unify the planning efforts of Broward, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties. Critics say Seven50 will pre-empt property rights and local government.

Seven50 Plan at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library, Palm City, on Saturday, Sept. 28. About 100 attended. “In the end, it’s about controlling

decisions, controlling local gov-ernment, controlling individuals,” Kate Boland, chairwoman of the Martin County Republican Party, said at the meeting. The Martin Republican Party

issued a resolution in May op-posing the partnership and its Seven50 Plan. Ed Fielding, Martin County

Commissioner and member of the partnership’s executive commit-tee, said such characterizations are simply wrong. “(Seven50) is a voluntary plan-

ning effort that is a cooperative effort by the seven counties of Southeast Florida,” Fielding said. “In that region, there’s about 6.5 million people. During the next 50 years, that’s expected to in-crease about 50 percent.” Fielding is a Republican. The “Seven” in Seven50 is for

seven counties, Broward, Indian River, Martin, Miami-Dade, Mon-roe, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties. The “50” is for 50 years. The partnership was launched in 2009 by the South Florida and Treasure Coast Regional Planning councils to apply for a $4.25 mil-lion grant from the Departments of Housing and Urban Develop-ment’s, HUD, Sustainable Com-munities Regional Planning Grant Program. The partnership was one of 45

successful grant applicants. It hired Dover, Kohl & Partners of Coral Gables to help facilitate public meetings, gather infor-mation and facilitate drafting a regional planning guide. Public meetings started in 2012. Words such as “sustainable”

raise critics’ concerns. They say

that HUD is using grant fund-ing to implementing portions of the United Nation’s Agenda 21 through regional planning proj-ects, such as Seven50. While the United States is a signatory to the international document, the Sen-ate never ratified it as a treaty. The U.N. Conference on Environ-ment and Development produced Agenda 21 in 1992 as a volun-tary action plan for sustainable development. Agenda 21’s critics have long said it’s communism in cloak. The Martin Republican resolu-

tion opposing Seven50 refers to Agenda 21 numerous times. “United Nations Agenda 21

operates through ‘sustainable development’ and ‘smart growth’ policies which are being enacted by Regional Visioning Projects and other such initiatives and projects, as revealed in govern-ment documents such as the one featuring the South Florida Regional Planning Council and ‘Seven50: Southeast Florida Pros-perity Plan,’” the resolution reads. St. Lucie West resident and blog-

ger Suzanne Eovaldi fears the im-plementation of plans developed by the Southeast Florida Regional Partnership in St. Lucie County would mean low-income housing forced into affluent areas.“Targets of opposition are pre-

cincts in PGA (Village) and Tra-dition and a precinct in North Hutchinson Island,” Eovaldi said in an interview. Eovaldi said money used to

promote Seven50 is wrongly spent and she hopes the St. Lucie County Commission will reject the final plan. “They’re using taxpayer money

to promote this highly specula-tive, socialism agenda,” Eovaldi said. The St. Lucie commission is set

to review a draft of the Seven50

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Plan on Nov. 7, Tod Mowery, chairman, said. Mowery is the vice chairman of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council.“The plan is nonbinding and is

developed for various communi-ties to review,” Mowery said.The draft, which is essentially a

study of how different areas and communities would be affected by Seven50, should be finalized sometime in February, Mowery said. The commission can choose to adopt the plan or parts of it,

he said. It can also be rejected all together, he said.Nevertheless, critics, such as

Phyllis Frey, co-founder of the American Coalition 4 Property Rights, say that the Southeast Florida Regional Partnership is a Trojan horse and its Seven50 Plan will become an enforceable document giving the partnership widespread power to veto local government’s development deci-sions. “No matter what Seven50 tells

you now, they will hold all the planning control,” she told at-

tendees at the recent meeting in Martin County. Fielding said that critics’ charges

that the partnership will become a megalithic overseer enforcing the Seven50 Plan is baseless. “That’s just a fantasy,” he said,

“Not even a favorable fantasy. It’s a fear.” Fielding added that after the

HUD grant funding for it runs out next year, the partnership will disappear. What’ll be left, he said, is a document that can help local governments make planning choices for decades.

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Speak up about abuse – sometimes that’sthe first step to stopping it Editor’s note: Twenty-four

years ago, Congress proclaimed the month of October as Domes-tic Violence Awareness Month. The story you’re about to read is quite common, yet continues to be told, year after year, person after person. Jill Borowicz, CEO of SafeSpace,

a local shelter for domestic vio-lence victims, quoted some statis-tics in a recently published piece: “One out of every three women will be a victim of domestic vio-lence in their lifetime. There is no bigger threat to women today. Not cancer. Not heart disease.” A proclamation is a start, but 24

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I’m in a hair salon, waiting on my just-broken-up-with-boy-friend to get his hair cut. It was an accidental meeting; he was getting his hair cut when I walked in. He asked me to go to lunch when he was done to talk things over. I was considering it. We’d been together four years. We’d gotten engaged a few months prior, but just broken up the previous week. We were done, but not all the way. We needed to wrap up some things. I was considering going to lunch and talking it over. The stylist cutting his hair was

talking to the stylist at the next station: “Did you hear that (so-and-so) beat the crap out of his wife the other day?”Stylist No. 2: “Really? Wonder

what she did to deserve that?” I looked at Stylist No. 2 in

disbelief. Did she really just say what I just heard? A split sec-ond later, the flashbacks start-ed. My clothes all over the lawn, front yard and back, where he’d thrown them. His voice messag-es, threatening to turn on the sprinklers and ruin my entire wardrobe. Me, ignoring my in-cessantly ringing cell phone and looking at the dingy walls of the Motel 6, my few-miles-down-the-road refuge at that moment, scared to death he might drive by and see my car. Other pictures flooded my

mind. Me, crouching in a closet, hearing him wandering through the house, looking for me, angry, opening and closing closet doors, calling my name. Me crawling be-hind a hedge at a house down the street, trying to talk sotto-voce to one of his daughters – the only one who can calm him down – on my cell phone because it’s 4 a.m. and I don’t want to wake the neighbors … Countless, numerous pictures

run a continuous and fast-paced loop in my head. His voice cata-pults me back to the present day and the hair salon. “So, lunch?” he says, freshly shorn, grinning and now spun around in the chair to face me. The mental slide show does

another furious spin through my brain. I looked at the two women who were just talking about an abused woman they both knew, them wondering what she did to bring it upon herself. I looked at him, my ex, and another picture popped up in my head: him in handcuffs, clad in only his un-derwear, being led away from the house by deputies. I blinked. He, right in front of

me at that moment, looked harm-less. He was in “nice mode.” He just wanted to talk. Then I remembered, that’s how

it started last time. He was nice, charming, and apologetic. That night ended with him threatening to throw me off the balcony of the fifth-floor hotel room where we were staying. What did I do to deserve that?

I’d fallen asleep before he was ready for me to go to sleep. I hear my girlfriend’s recent

words ringing in my ears: “If you go back with him, I’m not talking to you anymore. A good friend of mine was killed that way …” I looked at my ex-boyfriend,

who wanted to talk me into

coming home, to the house we’d shared for two years, the place that contained all the dirty little secrets of our four-year turbulent relationship. “No,” I said, about lunch. “I

can’t.” I walked out of the salon, and

didn’t look back — that day. Those women, ignorant as they sounded, probably saved my life. The man whom I hid in closets

from was a professional engineer, employed with a world-renowned company, possessed a Mensa-lev-el IQ and bigger ego. He com-manded $100,000-a-year-plus salary; he wore suits and ties to work every day, and no one at the fancy corporate lunches and din-ners he attended regularly would have ever guessed he was capa-ble of banging my head against the wall hard enough to take two weeks for the swelling to go down. I think I had a concussion, but I’ll never know. I didn’t go to the hospital, because I didn’t want to get him in trouble. That’s what I tried to explain

to the prosecutor, when — after one night he threatened to knock my teeth down my throat and threw a pseudo-punch whizzing an inch past my face, twice — I called the cops. The prosecutor pleaded with me, but I couldn’t go all the way. The state offers a comprehensive, 26-week domes-tic violence awareness education program for first-time offenders, but the only way he was going to be required to attend was for me to press charges. But if I had pressed charges,

he would have lost his securi-ty clearance, and therefore, his high-paying, prestigious job. Still, the prosecutor kept pushing. Why, lady, is pressing charges

in my best interest? Don’t you, with all your training in domestic violence, know that’s the most dangerous thing I could do, re-port him and cause him to lose his job? Then he has nothing to lose. And then he’s REALLY com-ing after me … I wish I could say I walked

away immediately and made a clean break. Logically, it doesn’t make sense to stay with someone who’s hurting you on a regular basis. But that’s not exactly what happened. And the biggest question I an-

swer, from those who know about it, is, why did I stay? Why didn’t I walk at the first sign of trouble? Well … my answer is not going

to be much different than that of countless others who have en-dured such treatment. He was charming, smart, treated me well

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JazzScat Corner was born a few weeks ago when I had a chance to sit down with Steve Erlanger, who’s way more than the publisher of Your Voice News & Views. An active mem-ber of the community and an ar-dent supporter of the arts, Steve and I talked about how to let people know about the music, dancing, cultural enrichment, and fun happening right here. Steve offered to let us connect with the wonderful Your Voice readers once a month to keep you posted on all we’ve got to share. Have you ever found yourself

sitting in an easy chair, watch-ing Vanna spin the Wheel of Fortune and wondering if you might just be missing out on something better? How long since you’ve gotten up in the morning and been really excit-ed about something terrific you had planned for that very eve-ning? For about the price of a cup of coffee and donut at the local drive-through, you could be enjoying an entire evening of fantastic, live music courtesy of the professionals involved with

the Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society. For 17 years, a group of

dedicated, talented professional musicians, talented amateurs, youngsters just getting start-ed, and music-lovers of all ages have enjoyed performances, jazz jams, workshops, master classes, outreach programs, clinics, and community edu-cation opportunities all to help enrich the area’s population and

share our love of music and the most American of all musical art forms, Jazz and Blues. In addition to master classes,

scores of local performances, and the coordination of the weekly Jazz Market on Satur-day mornings by the fountains in downtown Fort Pierce, mem-bers of the Fort Pierce Jazz and Blues Society work tirelessly throughout the year in an effort to raise money to fund schol-arships for talented student musicians and raise the level of cultural influence in the Trea-sure Coast area. In addition to our regular

Tuesday nights at the Black Box Theatre in historic downtown Fort Pierce, where $5 gets you three hours of live, professional music, refreshments, and more humor than you can imagine. We also have our Wednesday Night Jazz Jams just down the street at Tutto Fresco or the Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens. We also have some special events coming up, including an Irish Jiggidy Jazz Jam on Oct. 15

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Smith, president of AV Homes Florida said during the cere-mony attended by more than 150 Vitalia residents and their friends.“This wonderful lifestyle center

over my shoulder is representa-tive of our commitment to you and the neighborhood,” Smith said.The new clubhouse will add

to the current amenities resi-dents enjoy including over 25 active clubs, walking paths, an exercise room, club room and pool in the current community center.“This isn’t any building, it’s

the catalyst for many of you to continue to do what you love to do already in life or to try some-thing new and exciting,” Smith added.The community’s unofficial

mayor, Rick Baxter, was brim-ming with excitement over the future facility.“It’s scary how excited every-

body is. They’re all bananas,” said Baxter, who never forgets a birthday or anniversary within the community.Baxter’s better half, Linda, said

she’s looking forward to spend-ing time in the Cyber Café with neighbors who have become like kin.“They really are like family

around you ... When people are sick or they have a death — God forbid — in the family, they come to your aid and bring food, presents, whatever is needed,” Linda Baxter said.Upon completion, residents will

enjoy a resort-style heated pool and hot tub, outdoor pavilion, state-of-the-art fitness center, billiards and game room, grand ballroom with a stage and dance floor, as well as a Cyber Cafe with a demonstration kitchen. Beyond the walls, a great lawn complete with fire pits will offer a great location for events. The clubhouse will also contain two bocce courts, eight pickle ball courts, five tennis courts and a professionally maintained golf putting green, AV Homes repre-

sentatives said.Port St. Lucie Mayor JoAnn

Faiella delivered a keynote ad-dress during her first visit to the community.“I’ve been getting a lot of calls

lately from people from out-of-state, passing through our city, saying, ‘Hey, what’s Vitalia all about?’” Faiella said.“And now that I’ve been here, I

can tell them it’s warm in here and people are just wonderful in this community,” she said.The mayor’s assessment

couldn’t be more accurate, Vita-lia resident and St. Lucie Coun-ty native Tony Reagan said.“I’ve lived in Vitalia for about

two years,” Reagan said. “You just couldn’t meet a better group of people, just fun-loving to be around.” “Vitalia has every activity and

every club you could imagine and that’s only going to expand with the new lifestyle facility, so we’re very excited about it,” he said.Andrea Tuckman, who can’t

wait to join the drama club and rehearse in the clubhouse’s new theater, said the community of-fers something for everyone.“It’s the kind of communi-

ty where you can do as much as you want or as little as you want. People are very welcom-ing,” Tuckman said. “The homes are beautiful, absolutely beau-tiful. The prices are great right now and I really think that anybody considering moving into this community will be very happy.”Vitalia at Tradition is a gated

age-restricted neighborhood planned for 1,200 single-fam-ily homes, ranging from 1,400 to approximately 2,500 square feet of living space. It is locat-ed within Tradition, the mas-ter-planned residential com-munity that encompasses more than 400 acres of lakes, water-ways and neighborhood parks and playgrounds all linked by miles of paved pathways. Learn more at www.vitaliahomes.com.AV Homes, Inc. is engaged in

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Staff photo by Nicole RodriguezVolunteer recruiter Gail Griffith, volunteer Norma Doody of St. Lucie West and circuit director Vern Melvin are part of the St. Lucie West-based 19th Judicial Circuit Guard-ian ad Litem program. The 19th Circuit services abused, abandoned or neglected chil-dren in Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties.

As country celebrates Hispanics, one local making a difference

ST. LUCIE WEST — St. Luc-ie West resident Norma Doody symbolizes the very spirit Hispan-ic Heritage Month was founded on. The month was created 45 years ago to celebrate Hispanic Americans who have positively impacted the nation and enriched society. And Doody, 44, has done just that for the past two years.The Nicaraguan native, who

emigrated to the U.S. at age 10, is a volunteer guardian for the

state’s 19th Judicial Circuit Guardian ad Litem program, based out of St. Lucie West. The 19th Circuit services children in Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and Okeechobee counties. Coun-ty-wide, the program has 300 volunteers.Volunteers visit just under 800

children in St. Lucie County who are in the foster care system. Every child has experienced some form of neglect or abuse during their short life spans. After taking a 30-hour long training course,

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95 percent of the time … I thought I loved him. I made

excuses: His last wife cheated on him, so it’s natural for him to accuse me; he’s wounded, so he acts out; if I just show him enough love, he will stop being this way and become my white knight once again … This man — who went to the

trouble of finding and wrapping a cloth around my shoulders when he noticed me shivering at an outdoor event — was the same man who turned into a monster at the slightest provocation, or none at all. And I never knew when the monster was coming out. No one else ever saw the mon-

ster, just me and the grown daughters, whom were all aware of his temper, but grew up “going along to get along.” They were relieved not to be the momentary targets of his wrath. And he was always so nice a

few days later. The man I fell in love with returned, temporarily. But the monster always returned, too, and the time between acts was getting shorter. I am fortunate that I was not

economically dependent on him, as is the case with many who find themselves unable to easily walk out of an abusive situation. Nor did we have small children to-

gether to serve as mini-hostages. Still, it wasn’t easy to go. His re-action to the mere thought of my walking away ran the gamut from not caring at all to threatening suicide. I was on such an emo-tional roller coaster, after so long, I began to think I was the crazy one. And I continued to hold out hope: If I just do THIS, or don’t do THAT, he won’t get angry. If I just tiptoe around him, everything will be OK. It has taken a lot of counseling,

tears, and research to realize I wasn’t the problem. It has taken me years to be able to publicly talk about this. I’m telling it now because before it happened to me, I once upon a time looked at professional, intelligent people in abusive situations and asked the same question everybody asks: Why didn’t he or she just leave? If my girlfriend hadn’t been so

insistent about cutting me off if I hadn’t cut HIM off, my personal history might be reading quite a bit differently today. Please, if you know someone who is in an abusive situation, take a leaf out of my girlfriend’s book and offer something stronger than sympa-thy. For me, it was the first step on the long road toward becoming healthy again.

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featuring Irish music you just have to hear to believe, and Big Band Night FDO, Big Swingin’ Band on Oct. 29. During the coming months, guest colum-

nists like the renowned Gene Hull and Doc Grober will share with you even more of the fabulous opportunities for music, friendship and fun that we’ve got coming up, so be sure to keep your mailbox clear for your weekly copy of Your Voice, and if you’re on the web, check us out at www.jazzsociety.org, or friend us on Facebook and Twitter. If you’d like to become a member or volunteer so you can get exclusive deals, discounts, and chances to be the first to check out the latest tunes, we’d love to hear from you at (772) 460-JAZZ (5299) today. Sure, you could sit home and watch

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Photo courtesy of Hibiscus Children’s CenterHibiscus Children’s Center has just the St. Lucie Guild to help in fundraising efforts. The new officers are, from left, Shirley Komanetsky, Mike Henry, Scott Camire and Renee Komanetsky.

New guild to help HibiscusST. LUCIE WEST — Hibiscus

Children’s Center helps abused, abandoned and neglected chil-dren through its many programs. They include prevention, resi-dential and shelter programs and recovery services. All of this is expensive.The organization recently started

the volunteer St. Lucie County Guild. Its mission is to plan fund-raising events that the communi-ty can participate in while learn-ing more about the organization. Veronica Kolibab, director of

special events for Hibiscus Chil-dren’s Center, said that this is the first St. Lucie County Guild, although Martin and Indian River counties have had them.“Having a presence in St. Luc-

ie County is vital, considering that many of our programs in St. Lucie service the entire Treasure Coast as well as Okeechobee County,” she said. “Over 50 percent of the children served by Hibiscus originate in St. Lucie County.“I believe that what makes the

St. Lucie Guild unique is that we have invited men to join in the fundraising efforts here in St. Lucie County. The men bring a lot to the table and have a pas-sion for the cause.”That is certainly true of Scott

Camire, the first Guild presi-dent. He and his wife, Nancy,

who is also a guild volunteer, live in Heatherwood. Camire is the owner of A/C Advantage, an air conditioning company. He was delighted to be asked to serve on the Guild.“Helping kids out, helping

abused kids is a passion for me,” he said. “It’s dear to my heart. When I was asked and they told me about the Guild, I stepped up. When people hear about it, they step right up to help.”The Camires are originally from

the Boston area and they arrived here in 2004. They were not sure where in Florida they wanted to live.“We just kind of drove around,”

he said. “We started seeing adver-tisements for the St. Lucie area. We got off at St. Lucie West and fell in love with it.”Camire is quick to say that he

is working with a great group of volunteers.“We brainstorm,” he said. “It’s

not just myself. I work with really fantastic people with different ideas. We have some who are still in high school. Renee (Ko-manetsky), the secretary has all kinds of ideas. We have such a phenomenal group I totally expect it to take off.”The Camires are not the only

family group in the Guild. Renee Komanetsky’s mother, Shirley, serves as the treasurer. The new president also acknowledged the help of Brittany MeHaffey, Maa-

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Community CalendarFriday, Oct. 4

Fun, Feathers & Fashion at Tradition Square. 6-10 p.m. A breast cancer awareness event with an evening of fun, entertain-ment, fashion and education in support of the Roseann Gregory Cancer Foundation. Admission is free. Food Truck Invasion 6-9 p.m., live music by Relapse 6-8 p.m. Fashion show featuring breast cancer survivors at 8:30 p.m., fireworks at 9 p.m. For more information, contact Veronica May at (772) 323-2801 or email [email protected] m

Oktoberfest at the Port St. Lucie Civic Center. 5-10 p.m. and Saturday from noon-10 p.m. Presented by the city of Port St. Lucie and the German American Club of the Treasure Coast. A celebration of German culture, foods, crafts and entertainment. Admission and parking are free. Event will include lots of kids’ activities, authentic German beer and food, live entertainment and more. 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 878-2277.

Varsity High School Football St. Lucie West Centennial vs. Trea-sure Coast at South County Re-

gional Sports Complex. 6-9 p.m. Tickets are $6. 560 N.W. Univer-sity Blvd., St. Lucie West.

Varsity High School Football Fort Pierce Central vs. Vero Beach at Lawnwood Stadium at John B. Parks Sports Complex. 6-9 p.m. Tickets are $6. 1301 Vir-ginia Ave., Fort Pierce.

Tai Chi for Health Classes at the Oxbow Eco-Center. 9:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Tai Chi instructors Hilde and Hector Ruiz-Puyana will lead classes in Tai Chi for Health, designed for everyone including those who suffer from arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis and bal-ance issues. Appropriate for ages 16 and up. $10 per class or $32 for four classes. RSVP a must. 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 785-5833.

Saturday, Oct. 5 Community Green Market at the Port St. Lucie City Hall park-ing lot. Rain or shine. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Locally grown fruits and vegetables, seafood, fresh baked goods and arts and crafts. Free

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Oktoberfest at the Port St. Luc-ie Civic Center. Noon-10 p.m. Presented by the city of Port St. Lucie and the German American Club of the Treasure Coast. A celebration of German culture, foods, crafts and entertainment. Admission and parking are free. Event will include lots of kids’ activities, authentic German beer and food, live entertainment and more. 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 878-2277.

Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day at the Port St. Lucie Public Works Department. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. This event makes it easy for residents to get rid of their unwanted household chem-icals and hazardous waste by providing a convenient place and time where the materials can be handed over to experts — free of charge — for proper dispos-al. Event is for residential waste only; business waste will not be accepted. For a list of acceptable items, visit www.cityofpsl.com. 450 S.W. Thornhill Drive, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 871-7340.

Sunday, Oct. 6TC RC Scale Boats at Tradition on the east side of the lake. 8 a.m.-11 a.m.

Treasure Coast Pink Heals Tour in Tradition Square. 3-8 p.m. Fire truck parade, The Guardians of the Ribbon, firefighters dressed in pink fire suits. Honor Guard presentation, live fire demonstra-tions, live music, bounce houses and a train for children. A Touch-A-Truck area including a garbage truck, forestry truck and Dalma-tion rescue. Be there for the cele-bration of life for all breast cancer survivors and their families. All survivors will be given an op-portunity to sign one of the pink

fire trucks. Entry into the event is free. For more information, call (954) 914-5125.

Tradition Green Market at The Landing at Tradition. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Shop local vendors for fresh produce, arts & crafts, and more! Every Sunday through Dec. 1. Event is subject to change with-out notice. For more information, visit traditionfl.com

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Monday, Oct. 7Latin Dance Night with live music by St. Lucie Tropical Jazz Band at the Port St. Lucie Civic Center. Every Monday night from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Will resume on Monday, Aug. 12. Doors open at 6 p.m. Free dance lesson at 6:30 p.m. St. Lucie Tropical Jazz Band plays at 7:15 p.m. Special pricing includes $5 per couple in advance and $8 per couple at the door. 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 807-4488.

Canoe and kayak rentals at Savannas Park and Campground. $5 per hour, $15 for four hours and $20 for eight hours. 1400 Midway Road, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 484-7855.

St. Lucie River Princess Eco-Historic Boat Tours 1:30 p.m.-3:10 p.m. Rivergate, 2200 S.E. Veterans Memorial Parkway, Port St. Lucie $14-$20. For res-ervations, call (772) 342-2450 or visit stlucierivercruise.com

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at John B. Parks Sports Complex. 6-9 p.m. Tickets are $5. 1301 Vir-ginia Ave., Fort Pierce.

JV High School Football Trea-sure Coast vs. South Fork at South County Regional Sports Complex. 6-9 p.m. Tickets are $5. 560 N.W. University Blvd., St. Lucie West.

Tuesday Jazz Jams by the Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society every Tuesday at the Sunrise Theater Black Box. 7-10 p.m. $5 cover charge requested at the door. Cash bar open. Refreshments and

snacks available. 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce. For more informa-tion, call (772) 460-JAZZ.

Wednesday, Oct. 9Feeding Frenzy Tours at the St. Lucie County Aquarium featuring the Smithsonian. 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m. Join the underwater resi-dents enjoy their morning meal. A volunteer or staff person will pro-vide information on the exhibit’s daily menu, as well as share sto-ries and provide insight on what makes the constantly changing ecosystems so unique. Free with paid admission. 420 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce. For more infor-mation, call (772) 461-FISH.

Senior Adult Financial Ex-ploitation Workshop at the Havert L. Fenn Center. 10-11:30 a.m. Presented by Florida Depart-ment of Financial Service. 2000 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 462-1521.

Thursday, Oct. 10Ask the Pro Golf Tips at the Saints at Port St. Lucie Golf Course. Every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., PGA golf pro Da-vid O’Kelly is available to golfers to answer questions and give tips that will help improve his or her

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game. Meet O’Kelly on the Saints driving range and he’ll give pro-fessional advice and feedback free of charge. 2601 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 398-2901.

Friday, Oct. 11City Golf Championship at the Saints at Port St. Lucie Golf Course. Friday, Oct. 11: 1st tee beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 : 1st and 10th tee begin-ning at 7:30 a.m. Entry deadline is Oct. 6. Open to amateurs age 16 or older who are full- or part- time residents of Palm Beach, St. Lucie, Martin, Indian River or Okeechobee counties. $75 per person. Entry fee includes all green fees, cart, range balls, Fri-day lunch, Saturday buffet lunch, tee gift and prizes. 2601 S.E. Morningside Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 398-2901.

Pizza Jam at Minsky Gym. 6-9 p.m. Ages 6 to 12. Participants will play basketball games, have contests and eat pizza. Parents are required to register their chil-dren the evening of the event at the door. This is a lock-in pro-gram. Doors will be locked at 6:30 p.m. Children will not be allowed to leave until a parent picks them up at 9 p.m. Parents must bring

identification when picking up their child. Cost is $7.90 per child. 750 S.W. Darwin Blvd. For more information, call (772) 344-4142.

Coffee with the Council at the Port St. Lucie Community Cen-ter. 8:30 a.m. Join Mayor JoAnn Faiella and members of the City Council for a discussion of im-portant topics of the day while you enjoy breakfast refreshments and coffee. This month’s speaker is Mayor JoAnn M. Faiella. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce. 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 871-5219.

City Council Workshop at the Port St. Lucie Community Center. 9 a.m. 2195 S.E. Airoso Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more informa-tion, call (772) 871-7325.

Walk a Mile in Her Shoes in Tradition Square. 8:30 a.m. Cost is a minimum $50 per walker, which includes stilettos to wear in the walk or $10 per student walker. Pre-registered walkers will receive an event T-shirt. Sponsor opportunities are still available. Proceeds benefit SafeSpace, a non-profit that helps domestic violence victims. For more infor-mation, call (772)223-2399 or visit www.safespacefl.org

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ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Women and men of St. Lucie County are invited to wear the color pur-ple to the Treasure Coast NOW chapter meeting of the Nation-al Organization for Women on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m., at The Inner Truth Project, 2190 Reserve Park Trace, No. 13, St. Lucie West, in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. A panel of three wom-en will share their stories and expertise regarding domestic violence and what can be done to raise awareness and effectively counter abuse. Suzanne Ensmann will share

her personal story and triumph from an intolerable situation. Jill Borowicz, executive director of SafeSpace, a nonprofit organi-zation helping victims of domes-tic violence, will speak about the shelter, its programs and advocacy. Roberta Katz, a senior attorney with the Guardian ad Litem Program advocating for abused, abandoned and neglect-ed children, will discuss her role

in dealing with domestic violence and its effect on families. Meetings are held on the third

Tuesday of each month. For more information, contact President Mindi Fetterman at (561) 909-9991, by email at [email protected], or visit www.TreasureCoastNOW.org.

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The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States. Since its founding in 1966, NOW’s goal has been to take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate discrim-ination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; erad-icate racism, sexism and ho-mophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society. For more information, visit

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seen, our Congress isn’t getting along as good as they should be, similar to some of the games that are played on the play-grounds here at schools when you don’t get along with some-body,” Murphy said from the school’s gymnasium. “The idea is you should be able to reach an agreement at the end of the day. You should be able find that common place.”Teamwork and bipartisanship

were recurring themes through-out Murphy’s hour with the children. The congressman also urged students to keep positive in all that they do, referring to his controversial and often-times volatile Congressional run against Allen West for seat 18.“You saw what an ugly cam-

paign it was and the negativity that’s gotten into politics,” Mur-phy said. “I’ve done everything I can in my power to try to make friends on the other side of the aisle. And say, ‘You know what, I don’t care if you’re a Republi-can, Democrat or Independent, it doesn’t matter. We’ve got to get along and find that middle ground to get something done.’”Murphy also addressed the In-

dian River Lagoon.“I’ve got to make sure it’s there

for you all ... That river was declared toxic in three different places. That means you can’t go swimming in it,” Murphy said.

“All of your parents were able to go swimming, boating, fishing and diving and now you can’t go in it. To me, that’s unaccept-able.”“So I’ll do everything I can with

my team and my office to get some funding from Washington, D.C., and to work with the state government and the local gov-ernment to fund projects to help that water.”Speaking on Syria, a popular

subject with students because of its relevancy, Murphy said Amer-ica must set a strong example.“Because of our strength in the

world, because of our leader-ship in the world, the president, the administration decided that we needed to do something to send a message, that we can’t let these chemical weapons be used,” Murphy said.Shortly after his speech, which

included questions from stu-dents, Murphy spoke individual-ly with some.Jimmy Wagner, 12, said Mur-

phy had a fair stance on immi-gration.“He said we should give all the

12 million people who are undoc-umented a chance to be doc-umented in our country,” said Wagner, who clutched a copy of the Constitution.Student Deja Harris, 12, asked

the Congressman if he’s ever met President Barack Obama.Murphy obliged with an anec-

dote from the president’s last State of the Union address.

“I happened to be standing at one of the exits as he was leav-ing, and he walked by and said, ‘Hey Murph, you having fun?’” Murphy said to a roar of laugh-ter. “And he gave me a little (knuckle) pound. I thought that was kind of cool.”Murphy also talked about the

tougher part of politics, which he embraces with open arms.“I also get yelled at once in a

while. Sometimes you go to these events and people aren’t happy with the vote you took, but that’s the beauty of our government and our constitution, freedom of speech,” Murphy said. “You have the opportunity to voice your opinion.”At the hour’s close, Manatee

Principal Lillian Beauchamp and student Marvelle Pittman, 13, gifted Murphy with a pedometer to count his steps on Capitol Hill.Keona Nixon, 13, said the expe-

rience brought politics to life.“I appreciate that he came to

our school to visit,” Keona said. “Every time I think of Congress now, I’ll think of him.”St. Lucie County Schools Su-

perintendent Genelle Yost, who attended, said the experience will give students a better grasp on national and global issues.“This is a real-life connection,”

Yost said. “This is our civics program and who better than a congressman to share firsthand experiences with our young peo-ple?”

MANATEE from page 1 Manatee Academy K-8 student Jimmy Wagner, 12, talks immigration reform and Syria with U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy during the congressman’s visit to the school on Sept. 24. Murphy spoke about politics and the govern-ment’s structure to seventh-graders.

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IRSC Performing Arts presents ‘Autograph of a Murder’ dinner theater at the Sunrise Blackbox Theatre Oct. 10-11

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ST. LUCIE COUNTY – Adam Emanuel has been working with air conditioners since he was 15. His first job was after school, working for a friend’s father. The New Jersey native started his own business when he was 19, install-ing appliances and air condition-ers.Emanuel moved to Florida in

1988 and began Adam’s Air Con-ditioning in 1997. The Palm City resident has a business that now serves an area from Sebastian to Boca Raton.The company’s EPA-certi-

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owner and has so much on his plate already, he not only joined the Guild, but stepped up into a leadership role as president. That is a huge commitment of time. I am honored to be working directly with Scott for a cause that is near and dear to both our hearts.”Camire and his group have

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program volunteers visit the chil-dren and take note of their needs and advocate for the children to local judges.Doody, who looks after two chil-

dren, ages 2 and 16, said she’s spent many sleepless nights filled with worry over her teen case.“They need someone in their life

to guide them in the right path and that’s where it becomes a challenge, because they are con-fused,” Doody said.Her time and effort with the teen

seem to be paying off after Doody decided upon a school change, she said.“She wants to graduate. She

wants to go to college,” Doody said of the girl, who was once “hopeless and confused.”Doody knows first-hand how

it is to feel those emotions. As a young girl, she was separat-ed from her parents during her homeland’s violent revolution in the early 1970s.“It’s a poor country now, but

back in the day everything was better,” Doody said through tears. “I haven’t been back since and I don’t miss it.”Doody and her parents were

reunited in Miami when she was 10. The program’s volunteer recruiter Gail Griffith said Doo-dy’s experience has made her a relatable guardian and given her the life tools she needs to help her children in a unique way.“I think she really feels this

compassion for children and she understands what it’s like to be separated from your family and to be scared and not know what’s going on,” Griffith said. “She is a true voice for children. We are very privileged to have someone like Norma to have compassion and strength.”Doody encourages all able His-

panics to give back in some way, regardless of cultural or language barriers.“Go and do it and not be afraid,”

said Doody, who became an American citizen in 2008. “That

was the one thing that was stop-ping me from becoming a guard-ian, because I wasn’t sure what it entitled and what I was going to get myself into.” “Was I going to be able to handle

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Vern Melvin, 64, commended Doody for her dedication.“I continue to be impressed by

the passion and commitment of the volunteers like Norma, who help the most vulnerable in our society,” Melvin said. “People like Norma are giving them a voice. What better mission can there be?”Melvin has been involved in the

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Pickler fame as a contestant on “American Idol,” as the reigning champion on “Dancing with the Stars” and as a singer/songwriter

of such hits as “Best Days of Your Life,” written with Taylor Swift. She has been to Iraq and Afghanistan to entertain the troops six times. Oh, yes. She’s also featured in OK! Magazine’s “Hottest Bodies Summer Special.”Kellie Pickler comes to the Sunrise

Theatre on Oct. 12 for one perfor-mance. She is promoting her new single, “Little Bit Gypsy,” co- written by her husband, Kyle Jacobs, and is working on a new album, which will be released in November. She spoke

Shelley KoppelStaff writer

[email protected]

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Vine & Barley Live music. 6 p.m.-10 p.m. 1680 S.W. St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie West. For more information, call (772) 446-7550.

ThursdaysTGI Fridays Karaoke 9 p.m.-midnight. 1775 N.W. St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie West. For more information, call (772) 343-1981.

Good Times (West) Thirsty Thursdays 10 p.m.-2 a.m.,2096 N.W. Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 878-8844. Rinelli’s Yellow Tail Restau-rant Bike night every Thurs-day, weather permitting. 101 N. Second St., Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 466-5474.

West End Grill Live music on the patio. 6 p.m.-9 p.m. 1680 St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie West. For more information, call (772) 343-1147.

City Limits Sports BarKaraoke 9 p.m.-2 a.m., 900 S.W. Gatlin Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 336-8201. Shindig Irish Restaurant & PubAcoustic Vibes by Jason Montero 9:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m., 464 S.W. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 785-6202.

Rebar Karaoke 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m., 8283 S. Federal Highway, Port St. Lucie. For more informa-tion, call (772) 340-7777.

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Bogey’s and Stogeys Karaoke 8 p.m.-2 a.m., 1032 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 337-7778.

West End Grill Live music on the patio. 6 p.m.-10 p.m. 1680 St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie West. For more information, call (772) 343-1147. Rinelli’s Yellow Tail Restau-rant Classic car show last Fri-day of every month, weather

See CLUBBIN page 30

An Evening With Kellie Pickler October 12

Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours November 16

National Touring Co. of Hello, Dolly!November 29

An Evening With America November 22

Kenny G

November 14

The Nutcracker

December 13 & 14

The Comedy of Paula Poundstone January 12

KC & The Sunshine Band January 25

National Touring Co. of

Man Of LaManchaFebruary 21

National Touring Co. of Rock Of Ages January 19

Jay & The Americans and Brooklyn Bridge

March 7

Doo Wop & Rock n Roll March 29

National Touring Co. of Ring of FireNovember 8

Hungarian State Folk Ensemble December 4

Jack Hanna’sInto The Wild-Live December 29

Memories Of Elvis Rockin’ Birthday Bash January 17

Late Night CatechismJan. 31, Feb. 1 & 2

An Evening With Kansas

November 9

An Evening With Neil Sedaka January 3

Kenny Rogers

February 7

Sister’s Summer School Feb. 28, Mar. 1 & 2

Country Legend Loretta Lynn March 27

An Evening With Vince GillMarch 23

One Night Of QueenApril 18

An Evening With Sinbad December 7

Sleeping Beauty

January 10

L’Elisir D’Amore

January 23

Kenny Vance & The Planotones / The Mystics

February 15

Ronnie Milsap40 - 40 Vision TourMarch 1

The Midtown Men

March 28

Menopause The MusicalNovember 1 & 2

Slippery When Wet

November 30

The Nutcracker

December 26

An Evening With Garrison Keillor January 15

The Summer Of Love Concert January 16

The Spencers: Theatre of IllusionJanuary 31

Red Hot Chilli PipersFebruary 23

Swan Lake

February 26

Hotel California

March 19

Three Dog Night

April 5

A Christmas Carol

December 21

National Touring Co. of Godspell January 14

G. Bizet’s Carmen February 22

Michael Londra’s Celtic Fire March 13

Lily Tomlin April 4

Sunrise TheatreF O R T H E P E R F O R M I N G A R T SThe Best in Entertainment on the Treasure Coast

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St Lucie Ballet Presents: -The Ultimate Bon Jovi Ttribute -

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South Florida Dance Company Presents:

Moscow Festival Ballet Presents: -

A Salute to the Eagles -

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Classic Albums Live-

Presenting Sponsors

Tickets for the 2013/14 Season GO ON SALE Monday,

September 30 at 10am

For Tickets Call 772.461.4775 or visit SunriseTheatre.com 117 South 2nd Street in Historic Downtown Fort Pierce

An Evening With Kellie Pickler October 12

Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours November 16

National Touring Co. of Hello, Dolly!November 29

An Evening With America November 22

Kenny G

November 14

The Nutcracker

December 13 & 14

The Comedy of Paula Poundstone January 12

KC & The Sunshine Band January 25

National Touring Co. of

Man Of LaManchaFebruary 21

National Touring Co. of Rock Of Ages January 19

Jay & The Americans and Brooklyn Bridge

March 7

Doo Wop & Rock n Roll March 29

National Touring Co. of Ring of FireNovember 8

Hungarian State Folk Ensemble December 4

Jack Hanna’sInto The Wild-Live December 29

Memories Of Elvis Rockin’ Birthday Bash January 17

Late Night CatechismJan. 31, Feb. 1 & 2

An Evening With Kansas

November 9

An Evening With Neil Sedaka January 3

Kenny Rogers

February 7

Sister’s Summer School Feb. 28, Mar. 1 & 2

Country Legend Loretta Lynn March 27

An Evening With Vince GillMarch 23

One Night Of QueenApril 18

An Evening With Sinbad December 7

Sleeping Beauty

January 10

L’Elisir D’Amore

January 23

Kenny Vance & The Planotones / The Mystics

February 15

Ronnie Milsap40 - 40 Vision TourMarch 1

The Midtown Men

March 28

Menopause The MusicalNovember 1 & 2

Slippery When Wet

November 30

The Nutcracker

December 26

An Evening With Garrison Keillor January 15

The Summer Of Love Concert January 16

The Spencers: Theatre of IllusionJanuary 31

Red Hot Chilli PipersFebruary 23

Swan Lake

February 26

Hotel California

March 19

Three Dog Night

April 5

A Christmas Carol

December 21

National Touring Co. of Godspell January 14

G. Bizet’s Carmen February 22

Michael Londra’s Celtic Fire March 13

Lily Tomlin April 4

Sunrise TheatreF O R T H E P E R F O R M I N G A R T SThe Best in Entertainment on the Treasure Coast

2013/14 SEASON

The Music of Johnny Cash -

Starring Sally Struthers -

Chris MacDonald-

St Lucie Ballet Presents: -The Ultimate Bon Jovi Ttribute -

The Nureyev State Ballet Presents:

The Nureyev State Ballet Presents:

South Florida Dance Company Presents:

Moscow Festival Ballet Presents: -

A Salute to the Eagles -

Teatro Lirico D’Europa Presents: -

Teatro Lirico D’Europa Presents: -

Kyman Entertainment Presents: -

Kyman Entertainment Presents: -

Richard Nader’s -Featuring 4 Stars of

Broadway’s Jersey Boys -

Gary Mullen & The Works Perform: -

Classic Albums Live-

Presenting Sponsors

Tickets for the 2013/14 Season GO ON SALE Monday,

September 30 at 10am

For Tickets Call 772.461.4775 or visit SunriseTheatre.com 117 South 2nd Street in Historic Downtown Fort Pierce

An Evening With Kellie Pickler October 12

Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours November 16

National Touring Co. of Hello, Dolly!November 29

An Evening With America November 22

Kenny G

November 14

The Nutcracker

December 13 & 14

The Comedy of Paula Poundstone January 12

KC & The Sunshine Band January 25

National Touring Co. of

Man Of LaManchaFebruary 21

National Touring Co. of Rock Of Ages January 19

Jay & The Americans and Brooklyn Bridge

March 7

Doo Wop & Rock n Roll March 29

National Touring Co. of Ring of FireNovember 8

Hungarian State Folk Ensemble December 4

Jack Hanna’sInto The Wild-Live December 29

Memories Of Elvis Rockin’ Birthday Bash January 17

Late Night CatechismJan. 31, Feb. 1 & 2

An Evening With Kansas

November 9

An Evening With Neil Sedaka January 3

Kenny Rogers

February 7

Sister’s Summer School Feb. 28, Mar. 1 & 2

Country Legend Loretta Lynn March 27

An Evening With Vince GillMarch 23

One Night Of QueenApril 18

An Evening With Sinbad December 7

Sleeping Beauty

January 10

L’Elisir D’Amore

January 23

Kenny Vance & The Planotones / The Mystics

February 15

Ronnie Milsap40 - 40 Vision TourMarch 1

The Midtown Men

March 28

Menopause The MusicalNovember 1 & 2

Slippery When Wet

November 30

The Nutcracker

December 26

An Evening With Garrison Keillor January 15

The Summer Of Love Concert January 16

The Spencers: Theatre of IllusionJanuary 31

Red Hot Chilli PipersFebruary 23

Swan Lake

February 26

Hotel California

March 19

Three Dog Night

April 5

A Christmas Carol

December 21

National Touring Co. of Godspell January 14

G. Bizet’s Carmen February 22

Michael Londra’s Celtic Fire March 13

Lily Tomlin April 4

Sunrise TheatreF O R T H E P E R F O R M I N G A R T SThe Best in Entertainment on the Treasure Coast

2013/14 SEASON

The Music of Johnny Cash -

Starring Sally Struthers -

Chris MacDonald-

St Lucie Ballet Presents: -The Ultimate Bon Jovi Ttribute -

The Nureyev State Ballet Presents:

The Nureyev State Ballet Presents:

South Florida Dance Company Presents:

Moscow Festival Ballet Presents: -

A Salute to the Eagles -

Teatro Lirico D’Europa Presents: -

Teatro Lirico D’Europa Presents: -

Kyman Entertainment Presents: -

Kyman Entertainment Presents: -

Richard Nader’s -Featuring 4 Stars of

Broadway’s Jersey Boys -

Gary Mullen & The Works Perform: -

Classic Albums Live-

Presenting Sponsors

Tickets for the 2013/14 Season GO ON SALE Monday,

September 30 at 10am

For Tickets Call 772.461.4775 or visit SunriseTheatre.com 117 South 2nd Street in Historic Downtown Fort Pierce

6032

Tickets for The 2013/14 Season

On Sale Today!

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permitting. 5 p.m.-9 p.m. 101 N. Second St., Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 466-5474.

Good Times (West) Live music 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., 2096 N.W. Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 878-8844. City Limits Sports Bar Live mu-sic or DJ 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m., 900 S.W. Gatlin Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 336-8201.

Neely’s Grog House Karaoke 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 802 S.W. Bayshore Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 249-4195. Rebar DJ 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m., 8283 S. Federal Highway, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 340-7777.

Saturdays

Vine & Barley Live music. 8 p.m.-midnight. 1680 S.W. St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie West. For more information, call (772) 446-7550.

West End Grill Live music on the patio. 6 p.m.-10 p.m. 1680 St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie

West. For more information, call (772) 343-1147.

Good Times (West) Live music 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., 2096 N.W. Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 878-8844.

Tin Fish (East) Live music. 6 p.m.-9 p.m., 327 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie For more information, call (772) 879-3900. City Limits Sports Bar Live music or DJ 9 p.m.-2 a.m., 900 S.W. Gatlin Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 336-8201.

Shindig Irish Restaurant & PubLive music 9:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m., 464 S.W. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more informa-tion, call (772) 785-6202.

The Original Tiki Bar Live mu-sic after 5 p.m., 2 Avenue A, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 461-0880.

Sundays

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For more information, call (772) 337-7778. The Original Tiki Bar Live mu-sic after 4 p.m., 2 Avenue A, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 461-0880.

Events:Friday, Oct. 4

On the Edge Bar & Grill Live music. 7 p.m.-11 p.m. 1136 Sea-way Drive, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 882-9729.

Live Rock & Roll at Good Times Bar (East) 9 p.m. 21 and up. No cover. 9144 S. Federal Highway, Port St. Lucie. For more informa-tion, call (772) 337-3546.

Saturday, Oct. 5On the Edge Bar & Grill Mu-sic all day. 2 p.m.-11 p.m. 1136 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 882-9729.

Seductive Saturdays at Flavors Restaurant and Lounge. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ladies get in free all night and ladies in groups of five get a free bottle. 529 N.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 807-1585.

Ladies Night at 2nd Street Bistro. 9 p.m. Ladies well drinks and domestic drafts are $1. Shots of Purple MF and Sex on the Beach are $2. 122 N. Second Street, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 293-9191.

Sunday, Oct. 6On the Edge Bar & Grill Bloody Mary Sunday & live music. 3 p.m.-7 p.m. $4.75 Bloody Marys and live music every Sunday. 1136 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 882-9729.

The Original Tiki Bar Reggae Sunday featuring 23 Trees. 3 p.m. 2 Avenue A, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 461-0880.

Wednesday, Oct. 9On the Edge Bar & Grill Wino Wednesday with live music. 8 p.m.-11 p.m. $2 off all glasses of wine all day. 1136 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 882-9729.

Ladies Night at Superplay USA 9 p.m.-midnight. Ladies bowl (shoes included), play laser tag and/or mini golf for free. Guys can do the same for $12. 1600

CLUBBIN from page 30

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N.W. Courtyard Circle, St. Lucie West. For more informa-tion, call (772) 408-5800.

Tropical Wednesdays at Good Times West. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 21 and up Music by DJ Lenny C. No cover. Salsa, merengue, bachata, reggae-ton, house and Top 40. 2096 N.W. Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie. For more informa-tion, call (772) 878-8844.

Thursday, Oct. 10On the Edge Bar & Grill Ladies Night and live music. 8 p.m.-11 p.m. Ladies enjoy extended happy hour from 6 p.m. to close. Half off do-mestic drafts, house wines and well liquor. 1136 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce. For more in-formation, call (772) 882-9729.

Ladies Night at the St. Lucie Inn 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. No cover. $1 well drinks, $1 drafts and $2 wines from 11 p.m.-midnight. Music by DJ Ozmosys and DJ Quake, playing dance music all night. 2101 N. Dixie Highway, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 464-1326.

CLUBBIN from page 31

by telephone about buzz cuts, music and her biggest accom-plishment. Last year, when Pickler learned

that her best friend had breast cancer, she was devastated.“Oh, my gosh, it’s a phone

call you never want to get,” she said. “It’s tough, as a friend. It’s hard to see anyone you love go through so much hurt, to be a woman and lose both your breasts and your hair so fast. It’s emotionally, physically and spiritually exhausting. I would never want her to feel she was doing it alone.”Pickler went with Miller to the

appointment where the treat-ment regimen was mapped out. When the nurse told Miller to get a buzz cut so she wouldn’t see her hair fall out on the pil-low or go down the drain, the reality of her situation hit Miller all at once.“We went to the gift shop and

bought a hat,” Pickler said. “I wanted to buy her her first hat. She put her hat on and it hit her. I said, ‘Summer, dry it up. I don’t want you to say you’re going to lose your hair. We’re going to lose our hair.”The two got their hair buzz

cut, even though Miller worried about how Pickler would look at upcoming concerts. “I told her that was second-

ary,” Pickler said. “I said, ‘We’re going to rock it.’ I had all these wigs and I didn’t take one out of the box. It was so liberating. She would have done the same thing for me.”The two appeared on “Good

Morning America,” this week to kick off Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month. Miller has just about completed her chemother-apy.For her Sunrise concert, Pickler

will perform songs from her first three albums as well as some

new songs and some old friends.“I love Loretta Lynn and Tammy

Wynette,” she said. “I’ll probably do some covers.”Pickler’s new album, “The

Woman I Am,” has some songs she wrote with her husband. “My husband and I wrote the

title song,” she said. “Right before ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ someone asked what song I would play that described me best. I said, ‘I don’t think I’ve written it yet.’ That night, we wrote ‘The Woman I Am.’” She also has a song, “Selma

Drye,” written about her great grandmother.“It’s a song about her and her

generation,” Pickler said. “She was very set in her ways. She never had a driver’s license and washed her clothes in the sink. She grew up ragged, rough and tough. She had to be. She’s part of the reason I am the way I am. I get it honest.”Pickler has come so far that it’s

hard to imagine which honor or accomplishment pleases her the most.“I’m proud of just not giving up

on myself, of taking risks and jumping on the opportunity,” she said. “Sometimes the para-chute opens and sometimes it’s not fast enough, but I’ve been so blessed. “My greatest blessing is my

husband. I’m so proud I waited and married my soul mate and got it right. He’s my sanctuary. He’s the prize.” After a conversation with Kellie

Pickler, you can only conclude that her husband got a prize, too. Singer Kelli Pickler comes to the

Sunrise Theatre, 117 S. Second St., Fort Pierce, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45 and $49.Call the box office at (772) 461-

4775 or visit the website www.sunrisetheatre.com.

PICKLER from page 28

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Fresh food and camaraderie staples at Tin FishPORT ST. LUCIE — Tin Fish has

such a friendly atmosphere, one would almost expect to see Norm sitting at the counter.Much like the hit TV series,

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Boulevard is also a plus, she said.“We love being central in the

city,” said Beutel, who owns and operates the storefront with her husband, Greg. Beutel hopes the restaurant could be a meeting

See TINFISH page 35

Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerTin Fish on Port St. Lucie Boulevard own-er Debbie Beutel and her staff are nev-er short on a smile that comes with the great service during the day and night

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place for city workers and city residents in the surrounding area.Beutel, who began working in

the restaurant industry during her teenage years, said she learned early on what good cus-tomer service is.“Customer service is most

important to us,” Beutel said. “I probably drive my wait staff and the staff in the back crazy be-cause it’s got to be right because that’s the way I’d like it when I went out, that’s what people are looking for.”Beutel started as a dishwasher

in her native upstate New York and worked her way up.“I cleaned the restaurant, which

was my favorite job,” she said. “The cushions by the bar had

a lot of money in there,” Beutel said with a grin.The food, of course is also worth

noting.“Everything here is fresh, so

there’s a lot of intensive work into prep,” Beutel said. “It’s very important for us, because there’s not many places left that provide fresh food.” “Unlike other box companies

that call and order packages of their food and it comes prepared and they put it in a microwave and they serve it to their guests,

we don’t own a microwave back there.”A must-try appetizer exclusive

to the boulevard location is the Tin Fish Mahi Roll ($6.95). The over-sized roll, which resem-bles an egg roll, includes freshly grilled Mahi-Mahi, rolled into a tortilla with avocado, roasted bell pepper and red cabbage. The dish, the brainchild of the eat-ery’s very own Diego Benavidez, is coated with Panko and deep-fried to a perfect, crisp golden brown. The crunch upon first bite is resounding.A delectable dish, perfect for

lunchtime, is the New England lobster roll ($17.95). Fresh Maine lobster comes stuffed in a but-tered and grilled roll and comes either served hot in butter or cold and tossed in a creamy celery-tarragon dressing. The hot version is irresistible.Another great entrée is the

grilled seafood flatbread ($11.95) made with fresh ricotta and moz-zarella cheese spread over a thin, crispy flatbread and topped with seared scallops, grilled shrimp and fresh basil.Tin Fish creator Joseph Mellu-

so of St. Lucie West sold Beutel the restaurant three years ago. Melluso, who started the eatery in California in 2000 to honor a

TINFISH from page 34

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to procuring quality seafood, managing quality seafood and delivering quality seafood on the plates,” Melluso said. “We really have a system of not letting any-thing age.”Melluso plans to franchise the

name within the next year. Mel-luso hopes to bring fresh seafood to up to 15 locations within the year in the Southeast from Loui-siana to the Carolinas, he said.Beutel said she will also prepare

food for patrons with special glu-ten-free diets or food allergies.The Beutels also give back to

the community by donating to and hosting events for local charitable organizations. The restaurant also helps individuals adversely affected by the econo-my. They hire through Workforce Solutions, which uses a serving manual created by Beutel for the agency’s restaurant trainees looking for jobs.They’ve also hired first-time

employees who have ended up staying and excelling. Beutel is currently looking to expand her staff.“We’re looking to grow. We’re

looking for some more experi-enced wait staff,” she said. “And I’d like to take on some more folks to intern.”

Tin Fish is located at 327 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie

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Other Treasure Coast Tin Fish locations include Jensen Beach and Tradition.

TINFISH from page 35

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upgrades and over 2500 sq ft living,a must see!

Call shanda Lamb 321-228-7732

OPEN AND AIRY FLOOR PLANCharming 3 br/ 2 ba/ 2cg home completewith In-laid tile entry, beautiful moldings

and backs to the preserve.Call Linda olsinski 772-359-2227

GORGEOUS SUNSETS WITHWATER VIEWS

Plenty of breathing room, with one acre!3 brs/ 5 ba/ 3 cg, pool, and lots more!

Call Diane Gault 772-342-7455

RARE4 BR, 2 BA, 2 CG In LAKE FoREst

Immaculate and nicely updated withprivate preserve lot.

Michelle Agrusa 772-263-6131

FABuLous MID oCEAn MoDEL3/2/2 on oversized lot in desirablePGA Greenbrier with all upgrades

and on private cul-de-sac Moira Feely-Rekus 772-626-7812.

LAKE FOREST Immaculate 3/2/2 plus den.Open and airy floor plan.

CALL MIChELLE AGRusA 772-263-6131

PERFECT GREAT ROOM PLAN 3 br with ensuites + den + powder room.

Heated pool/spa, golf course view & loads of upgrades!Linda MacCormack 772-812-0469

or Elise Danielian 418-2992

ON LEGACY GOLF COURSESpacious three bedrm/2bath with an oversized lanai.

Tile throughout living + new carpets.Call Kay Rodriguez 772-486-2126or June D’Angelo 772-979-0255

BEAUTIFUL PGA HOMENicely upgraded 3 br/3 bath + den on premium preserve homesite. Close to the Island Club.

Christine Chapdelaine 772-529-3748

BEAUTIFULLY APPOINTED3 br/ 3 baths on quiet preserve.

Ensuite guest rooms, many upgradesincluding granite and wood cabinets.

Diane Gault 772-342-7455

ST JAMES GOLF CLUBRemarkable 3/2/2 home with upgrades galore.

Oversized corner home site featuringviews of both water and golf.

Call MoIRA FEELy REKus 772-626-7812

NEWLY RENOVATED!Furnished and beautiful 2br/2.5bath golf villa has

new floors, paint and furniture. Fabulous golf views.Call Kay Rodriguez 772-486-2126or June D’Angelo 772-979-0255

$399,000 $299,900 $259,900

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$239,900 $359,000

EASY OWNER FINANCINGLike new 4/2/2 home in the Del Rio area.

Loads of features, upgrades and top of theline appliances. Priced to sell!

Call Ralph Lizza 772-979-0711

$219,900 $449,900 $229,900 $289,900

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