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Larry Laoretti and Tico Torres host 12th annual Celebrities Fore Kids Golf Classic HOBE SOUND -- Although the players competed with heavy hearts, a field of more than 80 golfers gathered on a beautiful November morning to take swings for a terrific cause.

On Nov. 26, Palm City resident Larry Laoretti and Tico Torres hosted the 12th annual Celebrities Fore Kids Golf Classic at the Medalist Golf Club in Hobe Sound.

The charity works toward making a difference in the lives of children affected by cancer in Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties.

“When you see these children and realize what you’ve done to help them, it makes you feel really good in your heart,” said Laoretti, the 1992 U.S. Senior Open champion.

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The event was held in dedication to the late Major League Baseball Hall of Famer, Gary Carter. Carter, a longtime Palm Beach Gardens resident known for his immense philanthropic and charitable work, lost his battle with brain cancer in February.

The former New York Mets and Montreal Expos’ catcher co-hosted the event for years and helped build this event more than a decade ago with Laoretti.

“He was such a wonderful man,” Laoretti said. “He’s done more for charity in this town than just about anybody and was always available to help anybody.”

“He was always a class

Residents gather to hear Mapp Road plans The Community Redevelopment Agency has an incremental plan to restore road

By Patrick Bernadeau Staff writer PALM CITY – Thirty Palm City residents entered the Palm City Community Center by Leighton Park on Nov. 19 wanting to hear the plans of fixing of one of the major roads in the area.

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Filling the void of co-host is Jupiter resident and Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres.

“It’s an honor to be asked,” Torres said. “When I was asked to do this, I thought this was perfect, as long as it benefits the kids.”

“The money all goes to the kids and that is what’s important.”

Torres, who has hosted nine golf tournaments through his own charity, Tico Torres

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Haddox ready to go to work After a successful campaign season, District 5 County Commissioner enters office

By Patrick Bernadeau Staff writer PALM CITY -- At 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 19, John Haddox entered the Palm City Community Center interested in getting a look at the people he

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PALM CITY – Christine Terezakis is a local girl. She grew up in Stuart, attended Jensen Beach Elementary School and Martin County High School and has lived in Palm City for 25 years.

Ms. Terezakis has a degree in marketing and merchandising and experience with promotional events in retail businesses. She took that experience when she created Dreamday Weddings and Events, a full-service wedding planning business. She recently added Amazing Proposals, a business to help clients pop the question.

Ms. Terezakis said her business, which she started seven years ago, was an outgrowth of her love of entertaining.

“I volunteered my heart out with the school and did events and parties,” she said. “I dabbled in The Pampered Chef, doing cooking demos. I loved anything to do with entertaining.

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Sitting in on a neighborhood advisory committee meeting open to the public, Haddox listened intently in the incremental plans to revitalize Mapp Road. Haddox also listened in on the frustrations expressed from some of the committee members and 30 Palm City residents in attendance.

At the end of the meeting, many residents stopped to greet and chat with their newly elected commissioner. Hours before being sworn into office, Haddox was happy to see the community interested in local issues.

“In the beginning, when I first came, it was just the board and no residents,” said Haddox. “But the last time I was here, we had about 50 people here. Tonight, there are about 30 people here.”

“That’s good seeing community involvement and that’s something we need a lot more in Martin County.”

The next day, Haddox was inaugurated as District 5 Commissioner during a regular Martin County Board of County Commissioners meeting.

“The time for campaigning is over, the time for speeches is over,” Haddox said during his inauguration. “It’s time to get to work for the entire community.” ”We are blessed to live in Martin County, where we enjoy a unique quality of life.”

Haddox, a Martin County resident since 1988 who served his country for two decades in the

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With his Aug. 14 primary victory, Haddox was awarded the Palm City district after running unopposed.

For more than three months, Haddox was eager to get started “It feels good,” Haddox said.

“I’ve been waiting to get to work.”

One of the priorities on Haddox’s early agenda include creating an economic development plan, tying in the business development board, economic development council, the commission, the capital improvement projects and utilities.

But before anything can get done, Haddox hopes to see the community rally as one to make progress.

“I’m interested in hearing and seeing how the community feels,” Haddox said. “In Martin County, just like Washington D.C., we have groups that are extreme one way or the other, but they are very vocal and often influence the commission’s decisions.”

“I’m looking at the 80 percent of the people who agree on where we want to go on certain things, to be more vocal and get behind the commission to get things done that we all want to get done.”

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PLANNER from page 3 of Bridal Consultants. I gained experience and education through them.”

Ms. Terezakis now runs a full-service planning service, providing everything from linens and invitations to music and, yes, proposals.

She said that one of the most popular trends today is personalization.

“Everyone wants to be different from everyone else,” she said. “I learn a lot about (the client’s) personality and interests. I ask a lot of one-on-one questions and I really get to know them. I ask where they go on vacation, what a typical date is, where they went to school. A lot of them are Gators.”

Couples today are also concerned that their guests have a good time at the wedding.

“They really want guests to have a fantastic time,” she said. “They want to have really good entertainment. Gone are the days of the Chicken Dance and the Macarena.

Personality comes into play With a DJ, they have to be matched to the bride and groom. It’s not ‘one size fits all.’”

“Food is also very important.

They may have food stations, with different types of food, like Asian, pastas, their own favorite foods or foods from their cultures. Cakes

Wedding planner Christine Terezakis and bride Heather Bush prepare for her backyeard wedding in Fort Pierce.

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They are absolute works of art.”

While planning a wedding is hard work, sometimes it is the proposal that is the trickiest. That’s why she began Amazing Proposals in January. It caters to a largely male clientele.

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“They went out to dinner and he escorted her to a suite that was decorated with candles and had a table for two overlooking the balcony,” Ms. Terezakis said.

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Here by a phone call, love and an adoption

By Mitch Kloorfain Chief photographer

B

eing born into a loving family is a blessing. Being adopted to be part of a family is that same blessing, with an added dose of privilege.

In mid-1963 in suburban New York’s Westchester County, Warren and Rusty Kloorfain wanted a son to complement their family, consisting at that point of themselves and their daughter, Laura, born four years earlier. However, their doctor told the Kloorfains they wouldn’t be able to have another baby, for unknown medical reasons.

They wanted a son and were open to the idea of adoption, until they learned that if a couple already had conceived a child, the avenue to adoption was closed in New York.

When the New York door closed, the California door opened. California didn’t have the same laws.

Through a series of rotary-dialed long-distance phone calls to agencies and attorneys in the Golden State, in August, the couple’s attorney found a woman seeking to give up her son, for whatever personal reasons.

I was born in mid-August.

Warren and Rusty flew to California to seal the deal and adopt me without ever having to meet my birth mother.

In the first 48 hours of my existence, my life path was adjusted 3,000 miles east and three time zones because of the decision of a one couple and the happenstance of the connection between a couple and an attorney.

Ironically and miraculously, my parents conceived another daughter, Diana, in 1966. I can now own up to being the middle child and all the syndromes associated with it.

Except for my mother telling me she didn’t answer the phone for six months because that was the window of time my birth mother had to change her mind I lived a very normal life.

My early life was filled with classes at Pennington Elementary School, summer camps, Little League baseball, neighborhood friends, and more.

I remember my parents telling me from an early age that I was “adopted,” but they left out the part about what that word meant.

It wasn’t until I was about 11 or 12 when I grasped the concept.

As a keen sense of observation would have it, I began to suspect

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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer It was evident by the time of my Bar Mitzvah at age 13 that there would be a height disparity between both my parents and I. If I remember correctly, my mother was standing on a riser as well as having a few inches of high heels under her.

I might be “adopted” because I was now taller than my 4-foot10-inch mother and creeping up to my 5-foot-7-inch tall father as I was on course to top off at 6-foot-3.

There are two avenues of processing feelings for an adoptee. The first, wondering why my mother gave me up, and the second, how I came to be the lucky baby taken in and chosen by a couple who loved me. I definitely felt both, but the feeling of being wanted significantly outweighed the sense of not being wanted … although they were both ever-present in some way.

In 1977, at 14, my summer adventure was to take a YMCA Teen Tour to California by bus with 100 other kids my age.

The first half of the trip, I had mentally plotted to slip away from the group while they were at Disneyland in Los Angeles and find the hospital listed on my birth certificate to learn what I could about my birth parents.

My 14-year-old sense of priorities prevailed and I opted for Mickey Mouse and my first time at the theme park, rationalizing that I had plenty of time to look for my birth parents again in the future. No regrets … yet. I had a great time. Who wouldn’t?

It wasn’t until May of 1985, nearly eight years later, when my first daughter, Michele, was born that I felt my first real pain of the adoption, brought on by a simple question by the obstetrician.

“What is your family medical history?” she asked.

Michele’s new mother listed a few family medical history items involving her parents and grandparents.

I just said “I don’t know” and within minutes of being a father, felt my first failure.

I knew nothing of my genetic pool except for the possibility of being tall that I passed on to this wrinkled, 8-pound-plus little bundle of hope.

Did I trade a day with Mickey Mouse eight years earlier for not being able to answer this question? Did the cause-and-effect of this dilemma also change the path of my daughter’s preventative health care options?

Michele became my first known blood relative on that day.

I didn’t ever feel disconnected from my sisters or my parents who raised me, but I did feel more connected and less alone in the world with someone who shares my bloodline and any other traits associated with a parent-child relationship.

Two years later, to the week, we doubled our pleasure with our second and last child, Samantha.

Similar pangs of guilt from not being able to answer the questions of medical history washed over me again, but it was out of my hands. In the two years between my daughters’ births, the only information I was able to find was the names of my birth parents, nothing more.

Since 2003, when the first was born, and just last week, I have been blessed with four granddaughters, amping up my tally of known blood relatives to six.

My mother died in 1999 of cancer and my father died this past spring. The two people who raised me and loved me no dif-

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ADOPT from page 6 ferently than their natural-born daughters are now gone.

I have often wondered if something as simple as a busy signal during the flurry of calls to the agencies while my parents were seeking to adopt me could have changed my history -- my life, location, friends and more.

Without that connection, my daughters would not have existed, nor their daughters and the families they will create over the next 100 years.

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GOLF from page 1 Children Foundation, couldn’t say enough about the man the event honored.

“He had a great heart,” Torres said. “It’s nice with the fact that his memory is still carried on through this.”

In addition to Laoretti and Torres, 82 other celebrity golfers participated in the event.

Notables include Palm City resident and professional golfer Ken Duke as well as professional golfers Dana Quigley, Larry Ziegler and Michelle McGann.

Florida Marlins television broadcaster Tommy Hutton and National Hockey League Legend and Hall of Famer Bobby Orr were a part of the large field.

in this beautiful Florida community.

It was a single phone call in 1963 that brought our paths together and for that I am ever grateful to my parents, Warren and Rusty Kloorfain.

November is National Adoption Month but you don’t have to wait until next year to give a child a positive path in life.

Contact a representative at Children’s Home Society to learn how you can make a difference with a phone call and a lifetime of love.

Mitch Kloorfain is chief photographer for Your Voice News & Views.

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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer I was slouching a bit to avoid being having my head lopped off while being bookended by my petite sisters Laura and Diana during a photo made last spring. Laura lives in South Carolina and Diana lives in New York City but with the technologies of FaceTime, text and old fashioned phone calls we stay in touch regularly.

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MAPP from page 1 -$1.3 million to work with, the Community Development Department is planning an incremental restoration of Mapp Road.

The cost of the project in its entirety is worth roughly $6-$7 million, but with the incremental plan, the hope by the developers is to take minor steps while luring private business into the area.

“The community has been behind this project for a number of years,” Community Development director Kevin Freeman said.

“What’s been missing has been the funding.”

“We’ve struggled as a commu-

Your Voice News & Views nity and as an agency to develop the amount of funding to do the whole project to its full extent.”

What has been proposed by the Community Development Department is a step-by-step plan to construct a comprehensive stormwater system, water treatment train, on-street parking, wide sidewalks, new roadways and lighting.

“I describe it as a very precisely engineered Lego set where we can choose a component as the framework and enhance gradually through that process,” said Freeman. “We have to be very precise in what we do so that the small pieces don’t get ripped apart as we start putting in the

large pieces.”

Many residents in the room were happy to see that this project more than 10 years in the making was on the verge of getting started.

“I think you got to get the ball rolling,” said Palm City resident Douglas Legler. “There has been a lot of planning on this that hasn’t gone anywhere, but by doing it incrementally, you going to be able to jump-start the process.”

Legler, a Palm City resident since 2004, still would like to see some details.

“I would like to see some kind of timeline,” Legler added. “I’d like to see some details to when this

Palm City & Tesoro 9 would occur. Seeing some of the phases would’ve been helpful, but other than that, I’m glad to see it going.”

Others aren’t so thrilled.

“Personally, I don’t see the benefit of fixing Mapp Road because it doesn’t benefit the residents of the old neighborhood,” Tissa Harrah said, a resident of Palm City since 1970. “It’s only for the businesses and the tax money from all of us is going to that road.”

For more information on the Mapp Road project, visit the Old Palm City community development section on the Martin County website, www.martin.fl.us.

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Rivers led the Lady Tigers to an impressive 18-5 record last year and an appearance to the FHSAA postseason as the District 12-7A runner-up. In his three seasons leading Martin County as head coach, Rivers has compiled a 53-22 record.

Entering his third season in Martin County boys’ basketball head coach, Leon has only seven losses in 58 contests. The Tigers finished a phenomenal 2011-2012 campaign with a record of 25-4. After capturing the District 12-7A championship, the boys fell one game short of the Class 7A State Final Four after suffering an excruciating one-point loss to St. Petersburg in the Regional 3-7A final.

For the boys returning from last season’s success, the message sent for the upcoming year is all about paying attention to details.

“As coach, we try to go over as many details as possible,” Leon said. “We are going to go back at the game we lost against St. Pete. We can look over the tape and see some missed some steals, box-outs and defensive assignments.”

“So I think when I start talking about details in practice now, everyone has something to refer back to on why these little things are important. “ While Leon is meticulous during practice, Rivers preaches the value of playing fast and as one.

“I like to practice at 100 mph so that it is second nature come game time,” said Rivers. “But more than anything else, trust is something that I strongly stress to the ladies.”

“As long as we play as a team that’s together, the trust we develop for one another will take us as far as we need to go.”

If the trust is tight as Rivers thinks it is, his lofty goals are too far-fetched.

November 30, 2012 “We want to make a strong push to become district champs and then make a deep playoff run,” Rivers said.

In order to reach said goals, Rivers and the Lady Tigers will have to contend with Sebastian River, the District 12-7A title holder for the past three seasons and the defending Class 7A State champions.

Coach Leon, on the other hand, isn’t looking too deeply into the future.

“The goal of this season is to win the next game,” Leon said.

“People want me to set a standard, but I think once we start doing that, we lose focus on the next opponent.”

“I never talk about districts, regionals or states. I just think and talk about the next game.”

There are similarities between the two programs.

Aside from recent years of success, both teams are returning many veteran players to combat the loss of their respective team leaders. 2012 Martin County graduates Justin Simmons and Palm City’s Taryn Richards have moved on to their athletic collegiate careers.

Richards is just getting her season underway as she plays basketball for Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., while Simmons has just finished his first season as a member of the Boston College football team.

Juniors Nene Johnson and Asia Dingle will join sophomore Yasmine Queen and senior Mariah Newkirk as the leaders on the floor for the Lady Tigers.

Fresh from a record-setting performance on the football field, senior Jermohn “Boo” Queen will lead a talented group of players on the hardwood, including the likes of juniors Traevis Graham and Nick Marder and senior Alton Edwards.

Edwards, who led the area in three-point field goals made (55) last season, isn’t taking anyone for granted.

“I’ve learned that you got to take every team seriously and you can’t take anyone lightly,” Edwards said.

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Eighth annual Environmental Stewardship Awards ceremony coming soon Keep Martin Beautiful to recognize those improving their community by keeping it clean

Palm City resident and executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Martin County Anne McCormick volunteers her time by painting on a project in Indiantown.

By Patrick Bernadeau Staff writer PALM CITY – It’s not easy being green, as one Sesame Street character would say.

But the efforts of the Martin County residents who try to keep their area clean are not being ignored. They are being rewarded.

The eighth annual Environmental Stewardship awards will recognize efforts within the community that promotes environmental stewardship and innovation through education and action.

The event will take place on Feb. 6 at Piper’s Landing Yacht & Country Club.

The ceremony is being hosted by the organization Keep Martin Beautiful.

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Tykes & Teens hold its fifth annual Festival of Trees Palm City organization holds annual event in downtown Stuart

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Photo courtesy of Melissa Zolla Keep Martin Beautiful President Rhonda Irons stands with Keep Martin Beautiful logistics coordinator and Palm City resident Rob Ranieri.

AWARDS from page 11 Founded in 1994, Keep Martin Beautiful is a volunteer-based, community action organization based in Palm City focused on preserved and improving the community’s quality of life through litter prevention, waste reduction and environmental stewardship education.

The public at large can nominate individuals, groups or businesses for any project that they’ve worked on in line with the Keep Martin Beautiful movement.

“It’s pretty interesting to see the dedication the people have to their community and to see them get some recognition is pretty nice,” Keep Martin Beautiful logistics coordinator Rob Ranieri said. “It’s a fun night.”

“It’s a true cross-section mixture of the community, from Scout and school groups to homeowner’s associations and individuals

who take the time every day to clean the road or the beach near where they live.”

Keep Martin Beautiful is a local chapter of Keep American Beautiful, a nationwide nonprofit that works to keep America’s communities cleaner and greener.

Many of the programs and activities that Keep Martin Beautiful takes part in include the International Coastal Cleanup, The Great American Cleanup, AdoptA-Road/Highway and Adopt-AShore/Island.

The organization has 3,500 active volunteers annually who participate in a Keep Martin Beautiful organized activity.

The deadline to submit a nomination for the ceremony is Dec. 5.

For additional information on Keep Martin Beautiful, the Environmental Stewardship awards, and when to submit a nomination, please visit www.keepmartinbeautiful.com.

Pancake breakfast with Santa: Gift, picture with Santa to the first 50 children. 8-11 a.m. Dec. 1. St. Paul AME Church, 900 East Ave., Stuart. $3-$5.

Shorebird ID Workshop: Learn Shorebirds hands-on. 8:30-10:30 a.m. Dec. 1. Florida Oceanographic Society, 890 N.E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart. Children under 12-$5, adults-$15. Reservation: pprich39@aol.com.

Learn to Row Day: Junior Program of the Treasure Coast Rowing Club is recruiting new rowers for its spring season. No experience necessary; students will need to have a parent or guardian sign a waiver. 9 a.m.-noon, Dec. 1, Treasure Coast Community Boathouse, 771 S.W. 28th St., Palm City. tcyouthrowing@gmail.com HO-HO-HOliday Art Fair: Shop early for one-of-a-kind Holiday gifts created by local artists. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 1. Cedar Pointe Plaza, 2611 S.E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart.

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Rising Star Exhibit & Open House: 5-7 p.m. Dec. 1. Visonary School of the Arts, 1650 S. Kanner Highway, Stuart. (772) 834-8844; visionaryschoolofarts.com.

Mystery In Monte Carlo: Masquerade party benefitting Hibiscus Children’s Center. 6 p.m. Dec. 1.

Willoughby Golf Club, 3001 S.E. Doubleton Drive, Stuart. Tickets: $250. (772) 334-9311; lswift@ hcc4kids.org.

Sunday 21st Annual Holiday Breakfast & Silent Auction: 8 a.m.-noon Dec. 2. Hidden Oaks Middle School, 2801 S.W. Martin Highway, Palm City. Tickets: $3-$5.

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Out of the Darkness Community Walk: Raise funds for suicide prevention. Registration-9 a.m., Walk-10 a.m.-1 p.m., Dec. 2.

Indian RiverSide Park, 1707 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach.

Register: (772) 341-9439; afsp. donordrive.com Christmas in the Caribbean: Benefits Salvation Army of Martin County. Donation and unwrapped toys. 2-5 p.m. Dec. 2. Hutchinson Island Marriott Beach Resort

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Kids play gangsters with a smile STUART – Gangsters and molls take the stage on Dec. 7-8 as students from StarStruck Performing Arts Center present “Bugsy Malone Jr.,” based on the 1976 movie starring a young Jodie Foster and Scott Baio.

For Jennifer Jones, StarStruck’s artistic director and director of this show, this show is about fun.

“It’s an adorable show,” she said. “It’s great for kids to perform and watch. It is little kids dressed up like big people. As a director, I don’t get a chance to do slapstick. This is old-time physical humor. It’s great for teaching comedic timing. It’s amazing how well we can teach young kids to do it and they love it.”

The large cast of 34 includes Leo Hojonowski as Bugsy; Erich Schuett as Fat Sam; Charlotte Krieger as Tallulah; Madison Bailey as Blousy; Noah Shull as Dandy Dan; Logan Messer as Fizzy; and Jillian Plymale as Knuckles.

Ms. Jones said that the kids

TREES from page 12 So for their fifth annual Festival of Trees, the organizers decided to go for a change of scenery.

From Nov. 18-24, the Tykes & Teens event was held at the Courthouse Cultural Center in Stuart. The early returns on the event have been great.

“We’ve had a very positive response from moving it from the mall,” said Hundt. “We knew we needed to drive people in here while at the mall, they walked by.”

“We had to create a number of events, from a Junior League tree, the Stuart/Martin County chamber breakfast and photos for Santa. We have been well received.”

Every specially themed, decorative tree and wreath was donated to by residents and organizations in the community. Each large tree had to have a minimum

have fun with the gangster details.

“They love the 1920s flapper-style dances and costumes,” she said. “They love talking with a 1920s Brooklyn accent and cracking their knuckles.

They shoot each other with string marshmallows. It’s called ‘splurging’ and the kids love getting ‘splurged.’”

The director said that the music, written by Paul Williams, who wrote “The Muppet Movie,” was fun for the kids to learn and perform.

“In the stage show, the kids are actually singing,” she said.

“The movie is hilarious, but the live show is better. In the movie, they dubbed adult voices, so when you watch, Scott Baio is mouthing the words. To me, it loses something, as well done as it was.”

Jillian Plymale and Madison Bailey, both of Palm City, are two of the students in the show.

They’re very excited about it.

Ms. Plymale, 10, is a 4th grade student at Palm City Elementary School. She is playing

Photo Courtesy of StarStruck Theatre Eric Schuett, 9, of Fort Pierce, Charlotte Krieger, 10, of Palm Beach Gardens, Madison Bailey, 13 of Palm City and Leo Hojnowski, 10, of Port St. Lucie are dressed in character for their upcoming performances in ‘Bugsy Malone Jr.’ . Performances begin at StarStruck Theatre Friday Dec. 7 in Stuart.

See BUGSY page 17 value of $250. Smaller trees had to have a minimum value of $175 while the minimum value of wreaths costing $125.

Palm City’s Taylor Schneider, a junior at the Clark Advanced Learning Center, helped the school with their tree donation.

“We wanted to create a tree with a superhero theme,” Schneider said. “We wanted to make something that would appeal to the kids.”

Raffle tickets were $5 with the proceeds benefitting Tykes & Teens direct patient services.

Tykes & Teens is a nonprofit agency in Palm City that provides mental health counseling and substance abuse prevention and treatment to children and adolescents. The more than 5,000 children and teens are served every year.

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BUGSY from page 15 the role of Knuckles and having a wonderful time.

“I think it’s a great role,” she said. “I think it fits perfectly.

I do crack my knuckles. He’s kind of funny and I like to joke around I think it’s cool because it’s going back in time.

For Ms. Bailey, 13, a 7th grader at Hidden Oaks Middle School, going back in time is fun.

“I really like the 1920s, the flapper era,” she said. “The costumes are really cool. My character, Blousy, has a Midwest accent. It’s cool portraying a different accent. We have so much fun together as we are working. It can be hard and other times, it’s a lot of fun to do. I’m doing what I love.”

StarStruck is celebrating its first anniversary in its own theater. Ms. Jones said that this is a real advantage for the young performers.

“The kids get to rehearse on their own stage, so there is more rehearsal time,” she said. “They’re seeing more of the backstage action and it’s a wonderful learning curve.

“They’re seeing the set builder work. That’s new for us. The students are more aware of the teamwork to put on a show and have insights

into other careers like stage managers, set designers and costumers. It’s creating a lot of growth.”

In addition to Bugsy Malone Jr., StarStuck has a number of professional productions.

“I’m starring in the musical ‘9 to 5,’ from Feb. 21-March 3,” Ms. Jones said. “Dolly Parton wrote the music and I’ll be playing the Lily Tomlin character. It’s hilarious. We’ll have two New York Equity actors.

In January, StarStruck will present its first professional drama, Geoffrey Naufft’s “Next Fall.” Ms. Jones will direct it.

“It’s about relationships, religions and family,” she said. “It was up for a Tony in 2010. I’m really excited to do a non-musical for the first time.

It’s tragic and funny. It’s the kind of thing people will walk away from with a lot of conversation. I’m very proud and excited to be working on it.

Students at StarStruck Performing Arts Center, 2101 S. Kanner Highway, Stuart, present “Bugsy Malone Jr.” on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 8 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $17.99-$29.99. Call (772) 283-2313 or order online at www.starstruckfl.com.

Visit the website for a complete list of upcoming productions.

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31. French abbot 32. Prevents entry 33. Be next to 34. Stalk of a moss capsule 39. Books of maps 40. Jump upward or forward 41. Can’t move 42. Covers a building 44. Division into factions 45. Boat area 48. Lesion 49. Bonitos genus 50. Good gosh!

51. Cruise 52. State of comfort 53. Young woman (French) 54. 100-year-old-cookie 55. Exchange 56. Shopping receptacle

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Saturday Dec. 1 Hot Rod Band at Sailor’s Return 8 p.m. 625 S.W. First St., Stuart. For more information, call (772) 872-7250.

Bowl your Brains out Blazer at Jensen Beach Bowl. 8 p.m. to midnight.

All you can bowl $11 per person. Black light bowling, everything glows in the dark, disco lights, music and fog. 2303 N.E. Dixie Highway, Jensen Beach. For more information call (772) 225-2695 or visit jensenbeachbowl.com Sunday Dec. 2 County Line Band live at Horsefeathers Sports & Spokes. 4 p.m.-8 p.m.

10314 S.E. Federal Highway, Hobe Sound. For more information, call (772) 546-4445.

Bobby and the Blisters at Sailor’s Return 6 p.m. 625 S.W. First St., Stuart. For more information, call (772) 872-7250.

Tuesday Dec. 4 Scott Benge at Sailor’s Return 6 p.m.

625 S.W. First Street, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 872-7250.

Wednesday Dec. 5 Ladies Night at Applebees. 10 p.m.

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Ronnie Incinitti at Sailor’s Return 8 p.m. 625 S.W. First St., Stuart.

For more information, call (772) 8727250.

Cruisers Bar Wacky Wednesday.

8 p.m. to midnight. Contests and prizes. Beer pong. $6 pitchers for players. 843 S.W. Federal Highway, Stuart.

1st Baseball Grip - All 10 fingers go on club

with the left thumb inside palm of right hand – both V’s that form between the index finger and thumb of both hands should face between chin and right shoulder.

Ladies Night at Stuart Cowboys’ BBQ & Steak Co. 8 p.m. Ladies Drink free 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. DJ, drink specials and free shots. 2902 S.E. Gran Parkway, Stuart.

2ND Vardon Grip – Pinky of right hand lays on top of the index finger of left hand...

V’s apply as above. This is the grip most people prefer.

Freestyle Thursdays at Club Dejavu. 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Ladies drink free until 11 p.m. Everyone in free all night. Ladies 18 and up, guys 21 and up. Music by DJ Richie O and DJ Sombra. 715 North U.S. Highway 1, Stuart.

3rD Interlocking Grip – Pinky of right hand interlocks with index finger of left hand – V’s again…same as above. Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus have used this grip forever, and so do I.

From Larry Laoretti Lessons available at the Fox Club Call: (772) 285-6467

Brand New Thursday Night at Stuart Ale House. 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

DJ Dr. Dave will be spinning rock, old school, hip hop, house, breaks and freestyle. 21 and up. No cover. Drink specials. 1630 S. Federal Highway, Stuart.

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Hearing Aid Ads Confusing You? A Clients True Story of Superior, Compassionate Service and Care

It was a hot night in July, 1995 when the world went completely dark for Rachel Guild. A passenger in a vehicle involved in a rollover crash on I-95, Rachel’s mom was told her daughter would likely only survive for hours, and Rachel was still in a coma when her best friend (another passenger in the car that fateful evening) was buried.

Seventeen years later, Rachel Guild is a testament to persistence, miracles, and caring professionals. Though completely blind as a result of the accident, Rachel lets absolutely nothing stand in her way, and she finds beauty in the way the world can be experienced through her remaining senses. As a matter of fact, that’s how Rachel became acquainted with Joe Mutter of Mutter’s Hearing in St. Lucie West.

not the way he is. I explain to Joe that if I am ever going to regain total independence, I need to be able to hear everything with great clarity.” For Rachel, the way that Mutter compassionately listened to her concerns, asked her questions about her needs, lifestyle, and was hesitant to make a sale simply for the sake of making a sale were the deciding factors in doing business with him. “I had consulted with other hearing aid dealers and I was very disappointed that their only concern was how I would be making payment,” Rachel says. “Joe was the opposite; he wasn’t just trying to make a sale he actually cared about me and my special needs!”

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evaluations and he utilizes state-of-the-art technology.

He even includes a hearing loss simulator to replicate for family members what their voices sound like to someone with a hearing loss because, of course, a hearing loss is invisible and affects every member of the family. “What I deal with is a very precious commodity – “my clients’ trust and their hearing,” says Mutter. “I care about my clients, not their pocketbook.”

Stop Chasing Deals That Don’t Exist Mutter’s Hearing Center is conveniently located at 1420 SW St. Lucie West Boulevard, just west of the Wells Fargo bank, in St. Lucie West. The office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with evening and weekend appointments available, as well as home visits can be arranged by appointment. Mutter’s Hearing Center will guide you through your insurance options and assist you with financing your hearing aids if necessary. The initial consultations and clinical evaluations are absolutely free. Call Mutter’s Hearing Center today at (772) 871-1222 to arrange a your free hearing consultation. Mutter’s Hearing Center has been voted the Readers Choice #1 Hearing Center in St. Lucie West since 2004 and is the ONLY full time hearing center in St. Lucie West.

One of the lesser injuries Rachel suffered as a result of the crash which claimed her best friend, Sarah, and her eyesight was some hearing loss due to scar tissue in her left ear. When some close friends told her about Joe and Mutter’s Hearing, Rachel and her mom set up a free clinical hearing evaluation with Joe, a Florida Licensed Deal With the OwnerHearing Aid Specialist and retired law He Can Make it Right enforcement officer with the St. Lucie County Sheriff ’s Office. Joe Being blind is difficult, but for Rachel was ranked Top Cop in the State Guild, losing her hearing would be of Florida by the Florida Fraternal so much worse. “I think it would be Order of Police and highly hona very lonely world,” she says. “Being ored for his accomplishments and deaf makes you feel so isolated; Commitment to the community everyone has a conversation going, Joe Mutter, H.A.S. and Client Rachel Guild through volunteerism. Mutter but when they try to talk to you, you Share a Moment at His St. Lucie West Office performed several tests on Rachel cannot understand them. It’s hard for to determine the level of her people who haven’t been there to rehearing loss and then broke the alize, but being able to participate in news. “He didn’t think I needed hearing aids,” Rachel Service • Care • Quality the conversation when your loved ones and friends are talking is a way to keep from being isolated and alone. said. “He said I had a mild hearing loss and it may I am so grateful to Joe and Mutter’s Hearing Center Service with integrity is something Joe Mutter believes in not be great enough to warrant the considerable for helping me rejoin the conversation and regain ardently. He encourages spouses and family members to expense that I would incur with hearing aids. Even my independence”. accompany their loved one for free clinical hearing though he could have easily made a big profit, that’s

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Dr. Michael Sohl is “The Gold Standard” on the Treasure Coast

Imagine actually looking forward to a dental appointment. Imagine coming out of your dental visit relaxed and refreshed. Dr. Michael Sohl and his expert team have brought dentistry innovation and your comfort to a whole new level, providing gentle sleep for all implant, cosmetic, and general dentistry. From the simplest to the most sophisticated dental procedures. Performed with expertise, delivered with a deep commitment to personal attention and caring.

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A standard of excellence in personalized dental care enables Dr. Sohl to provide the quality dental services our patients deserve. We providecomprehensive treatment planning and use restorative and cosmetic dentistry to achieve your optimal dental health. Should a dental emergency occur, we make every effort to see and care for you as soon as possible.

CerAMIC CroWnS, InlAyS, onlAyS. Do you have a tooth or some teeth that are badly damaged or decayed? Would you like to restore those teeth to their original size, shape, and strength? If so, our Stuart cosmetic dentist Dr. Michael Sohl might have the perfect solution for you. Dr. Sohl would like to share some information about ceramic crowns, inlays, and onlays.

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