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VOL. 1/ISSUE 31
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2013
Women’s Prosperity Network prospering after a year Patrick McCallister Staff writer
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All shook up
Hair dresser turned Elvis impersonator coming to Kane Center
Photo courtesy of the Tasha Chen The Women’s Prosperity Network, Treasure Coast chapter, is turning 1. The chapter’s first anniversary meeting will be on Saturday, June 8, at the Monarch Country Club, 1801 S.W. Monarch Drive, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Weather an important ingredient to bridge building Patrick McCallister Staff writer
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PALM CITY — The perfect day for gardening, going to the beach, riding a motorcycle or doing some work on the house is not necessarily a good day for building a bridge. As work on the Veterans Memorial Bridge continues,
Chamber honors community members, area businesses Patrick McCallister Staff writer
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PALM CITY — The Chamber of Commerce presented its annual awards on Wednesday, May 22. Mike Searle, Searle & Associates Insurance, was startled when named Business Person of the Year. “My volunteer effort was probably the No. 1 thing,” he told Your Voice News & Views after the award presentation. “I do the handyman
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Thou shalt not micromanage
There’s better ways to get top performance
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Interpreting the Dow’s swings
What individual investors need to know
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PALM CITY — The Women’s Prosperity Network, Treasure Coast Chapter, is celebrating its first birthday. “We have 60 members,” chapter founder and director Tasha Chen said. “We’ve had more than 180 women attend our events.” Chen explained that the network’s monthly meetings are minus something often expected: expert speakers pontificating upon subjects. With a room full of women, she said, expertise on just about any subject under the sun is already sitting there for the tapping. “The philosophy behind the Women’s Prosperity Network is
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