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CONNECTING WEST VIERA TO ORLANDO
Newspaper of Viera & Suntree...........BLUEWATER CREATIVE GROUP APRIL 2015
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Six conservation heroes tapped for ‘Charlies’ BY LINDA WIGGINS
The Charlie Corbeil Conservation Awards will celebrate the accomplishments of six noted conservation leaders at leaders at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 9 at Heritage Isles Clubhouse Ballroom in Viera, hosted by Viera Voice and Preserve Brevard. “We’re talking about some real game changers, and there are a lot of people who have done some amazing work in the environment, including businesses that have gone beyond what the law requires and can lead the way for others to do the same,” said Beth Blackford, awards committee member and board member for the Indian River Lagoon National Scenic Byway Coalition.
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1. Mike Daniel – Surfrider Foundation and a founder of the Ocean-Reef-Beach Festival in Satellite Beach. 2. Dr. Duane DeFreese – First director of the Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program. 3. Brandon Smith – Naturalist at Riverwalk Family Park and lead instructor in the Florida Master Naturalist Program. 4. Michelle Smurl – Director of Animal Programs and Conservation Programs for the Brevard Zoo. 5. Laurilee Thompson – Founder of the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. 6. Suzanne Valencia – Former chair of Turtle Coast Sierra Club and current president of Conradina Chapter Florida Native Plant Society.
Local McDonald’s picked as nation’s idea ‘seed store’ BY GEORGE WHITE
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As sweets seekers roll up to the drive-through windows and swarm front counters for the newest fare the nation’s No. 1 fast-food giant has to offer, they’ll be enjoying a slice of life that was made in Brevard. The Viera/Suntree McDonald’s restaurant was chosen to be a “Seed Store” to help introduce new products, such as tasty mini Bundt cakes. If you sampled a new creation at the store and later found it starring front and center of national television, radio, newspaper and social media ad campaigns, you may have been among those who said “I’m lovin’ it.”
Galina Kann and Sara Carlson make mini bundt cakes for Viera/Suntree McDonald’s.
VIERA VOICE 7630 N. Wickham Rd., #105 Viera, FL 32940 VieraVoice.com VieraMD.com
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Moving soon to Brevard Medical City
State-of-the-art Medical Facility • Everything under one roof Conveniently located on Wickham Road in Suntree
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RAY RODRIGUEZ McDonald’s owner
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