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Haddox aims to be peacemaker in Martin feud MARTIN COUNTY — June 30 is a red-circled date on some Martin County calendars. That’s when the county is supposed to make its next payment to the Business Development Board
of Martin County under a 2009, $643,000-a-year contract. The board essentially serves as the county’s economic-development agency. It was established
in 1991. If the day comes and goes without the payment, it’ll be the latest salvo in what’s becoming something of a Martin County smackdown. In a contentious vote at its April 23 regular meeting, the county commission narrowly nixed the
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PALM CITY — Felice Firestone has twin 7-year-olds. They are both considered gifted, but her son, in particular, struggled in school. “My son struggled with the curriculum in kindergarten and first grade,” she said. “It was too easy. Instead of our son learning wonderment and excitement, he was learning to shut down.” In her efforts to help her own children, Firestone found that gifted children who are not given the opportunity to challenge themselves have a high drop-out and failure rate. Still, access to specialized programs is limited because many don’t see a problem. “One of the quotes I came
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Vet traveled from Zimbabwe to receive Martin Schools honor Megan Davis spends time with Shamwari, an Arabian gelding who’s taken top spot in the American Endurance Ride Conference’s Southeast Region. Davis is a Palm City mobile veterinarian who’s also taken a top spot — she’s one of Martin County’s two business partners of the year.
By Patrick McCallister Staff writer pmccallister@yourvoiceweekly.com PALM CITY — Megan Davis took a long trip to be honored as one of the Martin County Schools’ two business partners of the year. “The award came as quite a surprise,” she told Your Voice News & Views. Davis owns a mobile veterinarian clinic. She lives in and works out of Palm City. Davis volunteers time and talents at South Fork High School’s Veterinarian Assistant program. She grew up in Zimbabwe where she became fascinated with animals. “I was raised on a game reserve and grew up with wildlife around me,” she said. “My grandfather was a dairyman.” Wildlife as in lions. Students who attend South Fork’s career program graduate from high school with the chance to get certificates to be veterinarian assistants. “It’s a vocational program that has the kids leaving school with a skill that is useful,” Davis said. Stacy Lynn Hickman runs the school’s program. She said Davis’ good nature and mobile clinic are major assets to the program. “Her, being a mobile vet, she is able to come in and share cases with the kids,” Hickman said. “It lets them get into a real-life clinic setting without me having to take them to an office clinic.” Hickman said Davis is proving to be a very good
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GIFTED from page 1 across in my journey was that advocating for gifted students is like advocating for beautiful people,” Firestone said. Last fall, Firestone founded the Advocacy Group for the Gifted of Martin County. Its aim is to be a resource for parents and teachers in an effort to provide quality gifted education. The Martin County School District website states that a student is eligible for special instructional programs for the gifted if the student has a majority of characteristics of gifted students according to a standard checklist and superior intellectual development as measure by an intelligence quotient of two standard deviations or more above the mean. In practice, Firestone said that translates to an IQ of 130. The website lists characteristics of gifted children that include being highly curious, having wild, silly ideas, showing strong opinions and feelings, prefers the company of adults, initiating projects, has intensity, enjoys learning, thrives on complexity and is highly self-critical. Many of these characteristics can cause discipline problems in a general education classroom. “My son could read before he walked into kindergarten, do subtraction and all basic skills,” Firestone said. “My son was the only one in his class who performed at that level. The kids hated going to school. They’re supposed to love school in kindergarten. That’s when I got involved.” Martin County schools offer full-time gifted services for grades three to five at Crystal Lake, Felix A. Williams, J.D. Parker and Palm City elementary schools. Palm City offers a district-wide program for second-graders. Gifted students from k-5 may participate in enrichment programs where they are taken out of the classroom for a period of enrichment. “I got involved because I felt there was so much more that could be done for younger students,” Firestone said. “That’s when the difference between the academic skills in the gifted and their peers is most dramatic. They’re trying to teach the ABCs and your child is already reading.” Firestone’s children participated in the full-time gifted children’s second grade and she is grateful for that opportunity. Many eligible students were unable to participate because parents deemed Palm City too far for their youngsters to travel each day. “Both of my children have blossomed, love learning, have friends and feel like a community within their classroom,” she said. “There is a passion in gifted teachers. It’s been super.” I feel
badly that first-graders won’t have the same opportunity.” Gifted education is under the umbrella of exceptional student education. Firestone has worked with program specialist Kathy Considine on programs for the gifted. “She is a wealth of information,” Firestone said. “She helped distribute information (about our group) to teachers to give to families to make a choice about being involved.” Firestone hopes her organization will also be an advocate for gifted children. “We want to support students and teachers,” she said. “We can improve programming. One for our goals is to increase communication. A lot of parents don’t know how to have their children tested and what opportunities are available. We’re trying to create a pamphlet to help parents make good decisions.” The group also wants to help teachers. It is getting ready to apply for nonprofit status so that it can fundraise and help provide extra supplies and materials that the school district can’t afford. Firestone has high praise for the teachers who work with the gifted students, but said that her group will provide support for them. “I’m a realistic person,” Firestone said. “Teachers can’t do it on their own. They need help. We can be hands where they don’t have hands.” Firestone said that many parents of first-graders are upset at the end of the full time gifted program for second graders. Students will only have a oneday-a-week enrichment program, or pull-out program, available to them. In a written email response to submitted questions, Cathleen Brennan, public information officer for the Martin County School District, said that ending the program was a matter of equity and budget. “To provide equity among elementary schools, align gifted services across the District and ensure cost effectiveness, in the 2013-2014 school year all of the District’s elementary schools will provide a pull-out enrichment program for kindergarten- 5th grade students identified as gifted. “In addition, gifted students in grades 3-5 may choose to participate in either the pull-out enrichment program or enroll in a full-time gifted program at one of the District’s four cluster school sites, which are Palm City, Crystal Lake, Felix A. Williams and J.D. Parker elementary schools. “This represents one change for Palm City Elementary School. The school’s full-time gifted program will now begin in third
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GIFTED from page 6 grade, the same as all other fulltime programs in the District. The current 2012-2013 school year marked the first time fulltime classes were offered for second-grade students at Palm City Elementary. “Current 2nd grade students who participated in the full-time program will be able to continue in the full-time program as 3rd grader students. In the upcoming school year, gifted students entering 2nd grade can participate in the pull-out program. “The district’s pull-out enrichment program for gifted students is a research-based model. Due to significant budget issues, the District is not considering fulltime gifted classes for 2nd grade students for the upcoming school year.” Firestone’s advocacy group has met several times to discuss gifted education issues and present speakers who discuss topics of
and communities,” Maddon said in an e-mailed response to queries. Durham said that the county commission is on good legal footing to suspend payments to the BDB. “There are about a half dozen legal reasons the contract could be invalid,” he said. interest to the parents of gifted students. “Most districts have gifted advocacy groups,” she said. “Our goal is to unite enough support to be able to go to the school board to open a task force to look at the program and make it stronger,” she said. “We want to fund-raise to support programming. No one is raising money for gifted education and we want to provide tools for the teachers. There’s no extra money for what they need. We need parents to help us. We’d like to see more participation from parents. It’s not just about my kids. It’s about all the kids.” For more information about the Advocacy Group for the Gifted of Martin County, email Felice Firestone at felice@goldengatecompanies.com. The Martin County School District website has information about gifted education, including online resources. Visit the website, www.martinschools.org.
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Folks go nuts over tiny Palm City celebrity PALM CITY — Al Bino is becoming a bit of a Palm City celebrity sought after by some amateur paparazzi. He doesn’t seem to mind. So long as he gets bread or nuts out of the deal. Al’s an eastern gray squirrel. You wouldn’t know it looking at him. He looks more like a … well, like a towhead. Palm City man Eric Loomer said he was taken aback the first time he spotted Al. He remembers his thoughts exactly. “Oh, wow, white squirrel,” he said. Loomer said his son, Thomas, mentioned seeing a white squirrel at Jock Leighton Park, 3755 S.W. Mapp Rd. Loomer was a bit skeptical of his 15-year-old’s ability to make out finer details of woodland creatures, such as, say, color. David Hitvig, executive director of the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary at Loxahatchee River District in Jupiter, said there’s a word for Al, and it’s not albino. “This one seems to be what we refer to as leucistic,” he said in a phone interview after looking at a
photo of Al. Leucism is reduced pigmentation caused by a recessive allele. That’s the same reason some folks have blue eyes. The word is derived from the Greek term leukos, or white. That’s also where the name Luke comes from. “With leucistic, you don’t see red eyes,” Hitvig said. “That’s when you’re getting into albino.” Although Loomer recalls Al having tinted eyes when he was younger. “He had pink eyes at first,” he said. Hitvig, too, said Al’s eyes seem a bit different than what he’d expect. “The interesting thing with your squirrel is the eyes are a little lighter than what you’d typically see,” he said. Leucistic critters, Hitvig said, usually don’t last very long in the wild. They lack good camouflage for either sneaking up on prey, or avoiding the watchful eyes of predators. However, Al’s living in a park where he has some Darwinian advantages over his largely uniform gray-and-white siblings and cousins — he’s so cute. People seek out the towhead squirrel to feed him, and take a few photos while they’re at it.
Hitvig said while Al’s a rarity in these parts, there are some substantial populations of leucistic squirrels in the Panhandle and Big Bend. “In some parts of North Florida, you see as many white squirrels as gray squirrels,” he said. Additionally, Hitvig said there’s a pocket population of leucistic squirrels that moved from Florida to Maryland. An owner took a pair of them from the Sunshine State in the 1950s and they got loose. Apparently they were a bit of a hit with squirrels in the Old Line State, since their decedents are still around. Loomer remembers seeing a much younger and smaller Al back around November. He’s likely less than a year old. Al’s habituated, meaning he’ll freely mingle and interact with humans. However, as with all wildlife, it’s best if only qualified experts with cause ever handle Al. Nevertheless, Hitvig said it’s worth taking children on a trip to the park to see Al. “It’s cool when you see something different,” he said. Additionally, the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary sometimes gets leucistic critters in. Possums are a common one. The sanctuary is
Staff photo by Patrick McCallister Al Bino declined repeated requests for an interview. open to the public at 2500 Jupiter Park Drive. It’s website is buschwildlife.com. Al declined a request for an interview. Actually, he sort of ran up a tree and hid.
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Reviewing aprons, napkins and T-shirts painted by area artists at last year’s White Shirt Night are: seated, at left, noted artist Dan Mackin and at right, White Shirt Night committee member Lynn Austin. Standing is Taste Casual Dining owner Craig Kingston, who has hosted the event for several years at his Hobe Sound restaurant.
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Healing has always been a motif for Tasha, her sister, Tara Anstensen, and their mother, Tina Patterson. They are known to many as the 3 T’s. Tara is a choreographer and massage and water therapist at Martin Health System. Tina, who once ran the Performing and Visual Arts Center at the ARC of St. Lucie County, now is a volunteer dance teacher at both the ARC of Martin and St Lucie counties. All three have joined forces to present a special program. On June 8, they will debut “Life,” a show that integrates artists with disabilities and without them. It will be performed June 8 at the Sunrise Theatre and will benefit
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Wings to Fly Dance Company presents “Life,” featuring guest artists and performers from the ARCs of Martin and St. Lucie counties, on June 8 at 7 p.m. at the Sunrise Theatre, 117. S. Second St., Fort Pierce. Tickets are $28 for adults and $15 for students. Proceeds benefit Very Special Arts, a national program that enables people with disabilities to enjoy and participate in the arts. To order tickets, call the Sunrise box office at (772) 461- 4775 or order online at www.sunrisetheatre. com. Wings to Fly Dance Company is located at 524 S.E. Dixie Highway. For more information, call (772) 320-9233 or visit Facebook at www. facebook.com/pages/Wings-to-fly.
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Very Special Arts, a national program that helps people with disabilities participate in and enjoy the arts. “The performances are based on waking people up,” Tasha Patterson said. “There’s a way to look at life that creates peace. My shows are like a big yoga class in the shape of a show.” This year’s theme, “Life,” starts with life’s beginning. “You start with cosmic energy,” Patterson said. “There’s a video of the galaxy. There’s a piece called ‘Mystical Childhood,’ where we’ve harnessed children with cerebral palsy to another person, ‘giving them legs.’ We stand and give them movement.” Performers from the ARCs of Martin and St. Lucie counties will participate in the event, as will singers Lorrianna Colozzo and Gigi King and a fleet of dancers. Among the dancers will be Anthony Flores, a guest artist from Los Angeles, and Gen LaGratta’s Tappers. “Gen is one of our main inspirations,” Patterson said. “Her son, Chris will be tapping and playing an awesome ‘John Travolta.’ She is extremely supportive.” Patterson said that she has struggled for several years to describe what these performances mean. The answer came to her a few weeks ago. “We are working with people’s souls and spirits,” she said. “We
allow their spirits to shine. It’s ego-less. When you’re an audience member, you can’t explain why you’re laughing and crying. It’s life-changing for all of us. “My sister has been dancing with one girl for 13 years. She’s an older woman with cerebral palsy. Her mother told my sister, ‘This is what she lives for. She watches the video all year.’ The joy of sharing the arts does wonderful things for this community.” Singer Lorrianna Colozzo said that watching those who cannot walk find movement was a special experience. “It was breathtaking,” she said. “It was a really beautiful night. You have to bring tissues.”
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STUART — Classic musicals, French farces and murder mysteries are staples of community theater. They are crowd-pleasers and are fun for both the cast and the audience. Once in a while, it’s nice to see a community theater spread its artistic wings a bit. The Barn Theatre is doing just that from May 31-June 16, with a production of Jonathan Tolins’ play “The Twilight of the Golds.” The production, directed by Ed
Wilhelms, was written in the early 1990s, but it couldn’t be more topical. It deals with several controversial issues: genetic testing to determine the sexual orientation of an unborn child, abortion and homosexuality. The phrase ‘ripped from the headlines’ comes to mind, even though the play was written some 20 years ago. Wilhelms noted that the selection of the play was unusual. “It’s a departure,” he said. “Last year our Black Box Theatre did a controversial one-act play about bisexuality, ‘Beyond Therapy.’ This is a departure for the Main Stage. While there is abor-
Photo courtesy of Lynn Mozena Kreps Christian Birkett and Denise Brodie rehearse a scene from Jonathan Tolin’s drama, ‘Twilight of the Golds.’ The show will be produced at the Barn Theatre from May 31June 16. Birkett as Rob, Denise Brodie as tion and homosexuality, the play Suzanne, Arlette Eulo as Phylis about human relationships, about the people in a family.” The cast includes Christian See DRAMA page 22
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DRAMA from page 21 lis, Stuart Nelson Mohr as David and Dante Marelli as Walter. It was Mr. Marelli who was instrumental in choosing the play. “Dante Marelli was the theatrical vice president and he recommended it,” Wilhelms said. “He wanted more interesting and varied dramas.” The play centers on Suzanne, who discovers though genetic testing that her unborn son will be gay. She considers abortion, even though she has a gay brother, David. His homosexuality has not been accepted by the family. In an interesting twist, “The Twilight of the Golds,” ran on Broadway with one ending. When Tolins adapted his play for a television movie, the ending was completely different. The movie, starring Jennifer Beals, Brendan Fraser, Garry Marshall, Faye Dunaway and Jon Tenney, aired in 1997. This production uses the theatrical ending. Wilhelms said that drama is always a challenge for a cast. “It’s a drama, not a comedy,” he said. “A drama is a drama is a drama. The approach is different from
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• NiTrOuS OxiDE • OraL SEDaTiON
WE HAVE AFFORDABLE FINANCING PLANS Whether you need a procedure not covered by insurance or an aesthetic procedure you’ve always wanted—we can help you feel and look your best! Any major dental procedure is covered. We provide you with the financing you need, so you can accept treatment now and pay for the procedure over time. Dr. Sohl’s Office offers:
• Credit decisions in as little as 30 seconds • Minimal fees and high approval rates • Affordable payment plans 853 SE. Monterey Commons Blvd., Stuart, FL • Office: 772-287-3010 • Fax: 772-220-8218 www.DrSohl.com • Email: MSOHL @ DrSohl.com
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Dr. Sohl provides easy, flexible financing that allows you to make affordable monthly payments on major Dental procedures that previously may have seemed too cost prohibitive.