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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2013
Speaker to county: Come together By Patrick McCallister For Your Voice News & Views Jobs in St. Lucie are jobs in Martin and vice-versa. That was the message Ronnie Bryant, pres-
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ident and CEO of the Charlotte Regional Partnership, had for the recent Martin County Economic Development Forum. “He said collaboration is necessary, which everyone here in Martin County agrees with,” Tim Dougher, executive director of the Business Development Board of Martin County, said. “He resonated the message we’re putting out there from a third person.”
The Business Development Board, which hosted Bryant’s talk, is a public-private economic development partnership that represents Martin County. “We have a lot of organizations doing their thing, and we need to collaborate,” Dougher said. Stacy Ranieri, owner of the Fire-
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By Shelley Koppel Staff writer PALM CITY — Fran Wilson is proud to be a Gold Star mother, but it’s a title she never wanted. She became a Gold Star mom when her son, Marine Lance Cpl. Justin Wilson, was killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan on March 22, 2010. He was 24. Fran Wilson was there when her son boarded his bus for deployment. She was able to hug him and tell him she loved him. He told her how much it meant to him to have her there and asked her to be there when he returned. She promised she would be there
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Katie Rodgers of Palm City performed ‘I Could Have Danced All Night’ by Rogers and Hammerstein under the accompaniment of Peter Jones during ‘Showdown: Legit vs. Belt’. The event featured six local student singers from Craig Wich Studios of Performing Arts offering a musical performance lesson in in range, pitch and octave at StarStruck Theatre Sunday, Jan. 27.
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