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Holiday tips
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Audubon celebrates 60 years
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Luke and Bo Duke
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YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
Sheriff urges citizens to secure guns
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015
Celebrate Chanukah
Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
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MARTIN COUNTY — Sheriff William Snyder is a concerned about seeing guns falling into the wrong hands lately. “I know we’ve had over 40 guns stolen in the last six months,” he said. The county’s top cop added, “We’ve had them stolen from unlocked cars, locked cars and homes.” Snyder said he’s a big believer in gun rights. “With the Second Amendment rights, there comes responsibilities,” Snyder said The county has had no murders this year, and there’s no evidence any of the recently stolen firearms have been used in crimes. Nevertheless, Snyder said the more guns stay in the hands of law-abiding citizens the better. “My concern is a gun taken in a burglary presents significant danger to the community,” Snyder said in a previous interview. “It presents a danger to the public when they have to face the business end during a burglary.” Since taking office Snyder has promoted gun safety and
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Rabbi Shlomo Uminer of the Chabad Jewish Center in Palm City dances with children in celebration of the first night of Chanukah Sunday, Dec. 6 at Memorial Park in Stuart.
A Castle Christmas Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
pmccallister@YourVoiceWeekly.com
PALM CITY — It’s bigger and better. A Castle Christmas is back with the dancing light show that’ll put everyone in the holiday spirit. “I’m in a lot of (online) lighting forums,” David Castle said. “It’s
the largest one I know of between Orlando and Miami.” The annual light show has almost 80,000 lights this year. Last year Castle treated folks to a 64-channel light show. This year — oh, just get this. “This year I have 9,000 (channels),” Castle said. Meaning that about the only limitations he had for the four-song show were in his imagination.
Literally. Fortunately, Castle has quite an imagination. This year visitors will get treated to the Pentatonix rendering of “Mary Did You Know,” a contemporary version of “Angels We Have Heard on High,” along with a rock version of “O Holy Night. “That’s my favorite,” Castle said.
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