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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Florida Oceanographic Society executive director Mark Perry, of Palm City, shows how local seafood restaurants are participating in the local ecology by collecting oyster shells that will later be bagged and used as reefs in our waterways. Other speakers such as Zack Jud, a biologist from Florida Oceanographic Society, educated supporters on what effects are to come.

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TREASURE COAST — There’s not much Zack Jud could say is certain about the blue-green algae in the St. Lucie and Indian rivers, except for where it’s from. “This is 100 percent a Lake Okeechobee issue,” he told dozens at the Rally For The River & Treasure Coast Waterway Cleanup on Saturday, July 23. The event was at East Island Park, Hutchinson Island. Jud is a biologist and the Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center’s director of education. He specializes in studying human effects on coastal ecosystems. As scientists wrestle with a

myriad of unknowns about bluegreen algae, so does the Treasure Coast. While it’s too early to say what effects blue-green algae have had on the local economy, unemployment is up from when news about the algae bloom hit the region and beyond. At the rally Jud told attendees that there remains a more than 200 square mile blue-green algae bloom in Lake Okeechobee. The South Florida Water Management District first reported it in early May when it was about 33 square miles. The lake is about 730 square miles. Not long after the water management district reported the bloom, the Florida Oceanographic Society started finding cyanobacteria, blue-green algae, in the St. Lucie

Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Annabella Motto of Palm City joined in on the letter writing campaign to elected officials put out by the Florida Oceanographic Society during the Ninth Annual Treasure Coast Waterway Cleanup Saturday, July 23 in Stuart.

River’s South Fork. None has been found in the North Fork by press time. The freshwater bacteria species quickly migrated east toward the Indian River and even started washing up on Martin County beaches likely by riding freshwater currents pushed by the river into the ocean. St. Lucie and Martin counties declared states of emergency. The state followed. The federal government has so far declined requests for an emergency declaration. Jud said until the cyanobacteria is gone from the lake, it’ll stay in the St. Lucie and Indian rivers. “It travels wherever the water flows,” he said at the rally. Jud offered grim news — the bloom is probably only about

“We can expect months of (the blue-green algae), but probably not more than that.” Zack Jud Florida Oceanographic Coast Center

halfway through its life cycle. Probably. Jud said there are a number of lurking factors making many predictions impossible. Worsening the matter for the Indian River Lagoon is the presence of more than just blue-green algae. Brevard County had a large fish die on the Banana River — which is part of the Indian River

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“We didn’t give the Neighborhood Advisory Committees or public the opportunity to speak about that significant cut.” Commissioner John Haddox is set aside for CRA projects in it. TIF is based on a formula of increases in land values since an area was established. Every year the commission sets the rate. It’s 75 percent this fiscal year. The county has seven community redevelopment areas, including one in Old Palm City. That redevelopment area runs along Mapp Road between Martin Downs and All American boulevards. It was established in 2003. The Old Palm City redevelopment area was created to help finance work on Mapp Road to make it more of a pedestrian-friendly downtown area. The current county commission has largely shelved that in favor of putting accrued redevelopment area dollars into a forthcoming septic-to-sewer conversion. In an unusual move, Haddox took to Facebook after the TIF reduction to criticize the three commissioners who voted for it: Anne Scott, Sarah Heard and Ed Fielding. “To all the CRA supporters and members of the 7 Neighborhood Advisory Committees, the commission majority owes you an apology,” he wrote on Facebook. Commissioner Doug Smith, too, objected to reducing the TIF from 75 to 50 percent.

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“Our volunteers establish a rapport with the children. Their reading scores improve, but their self-esteem also improves because when they are better readers, they are more confident and feel better about themselves.” Betty Mulligan knowing that we are fostering the love of reading and making a real impact on their lives,” she said. Betty recommends volunteer service to other seniors who would like to give back to the community. Especially opportunities, like the 4Cs Reading on Wheels, where in a few hours you can make a huge difference for children in our community. For more information about 4Cs, visit www.4CMartin.org. For more information on other United Way partner agencies or volunteer opportunities, visit www.UnitedWayMartin.org or Facebook.com/ UnitedWayMartin. Nancy McCarthy, APR, is the Director of Marketing and Communications for United Way of Martin County. United Way of Martin County’s mission is to lift the community and change lives together through the collective power of advancing the common good. These monthly columns will focus on issues in the community and the programs that are addressing these needs. You can reach Nancy at nmccarthy@unitedwaymartincounty.org.

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TREASURE COAST — As bluegreen algae blooms in area waterways, the Indian River Lagoon Council’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Modeling Committee cranked up at the end of July. “We have a simple goal,” Duane De Freese, executive director of the council, said. “We want a healthy lagoon. We want a healthy economy. We want the lagoon to be safe for our kids and grandkids.” Martin County was the first county to join the council. Last year the county commission unanimously approved spending $50,000 a year to join in efforts to restore the Indian River Lagoon to health. St. Lucie, Brevard and Volusia counties followed. Indian River County opted not to join. De Freese said the council is seeking more to join the Citizens Advisory Committee, “For a number of months we had an open call for volunteers,” he said in an interview. “We didn’t want to just appoint (members). We wanted to see the community interest in volunteering.” The council is a non-regulatory, non-taxing collaborative of four counties and 50 cities along the 156-mile Indian River Lagoon. Additionally, the St. Johns and South Florida Water Management districts are members. The coun-

ties, cities and districts pay to be in the council, which administers the federal National Estuary Program for the Indian River Lagoon. The St. Johns Water Management District used to. The idea behind the council is to improve results of local, state and federal water-project dollars by coordinating efforts, along with members applying peer pressure on each other to do things such as get homes off septic tanks and onto central sewer systems. Septic tanks leak nutrients and bacteria into waterways through storm water. Additionally, the council aims to increase political clout for getting federal dollars for projects by unifying counties and cities along the Indian River Lagoon. It formed last year. De Freese said the upstart council has big plans to build its projects priorities from the neighborhoods up. “The big driver for us over the next year will be to revise the Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan,” he said. De Freese added, “This is going to be our link to ecosystem restoration: people.” He said grand plans for restoring the lagoon that stretches from Martin to Volusia counties mean little if the people living, working and playing along it aren’t the biggest part in making them. De Freese hopes that the citizens com-

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LAGOON from page 7 mittee will do two things — take information from communities to the council and visa-versa. Right now, folks living along the lagoon are just angry. There’s the blue-green algae, cyanobacteria, in the southern end of the lagoon certainly coming from Lake Okeechobee discharges into the St. Lucie River. That blue-green algae did something highly unusual and unheard of among local water experts and advocates. The freshwater bacteria migrated into the ocean to wash up on beaches. The migration was apparently along freshwater streams pushed into the Atlantic by water volume driven by a heavy rain season in South Florida. Brevard County had a large fish die on the Banana River — which is part of the estuary — in March. The cause was another bacteria, aureoumbra lagunensis, commonly called brown tide. The brown tide was spotted in November, and started blooming in January. Some water experts are warning that conditions are ripe this summer for the blue-green algae to migrate to possibly Volusia to fill the entire lagoon. The council’s job isn’t to tackle today’s blue-green algae and brown tide. They’re battles, yes, but the council is in for the war. Frank Sakuma, chief operating

officer, said more catastrophic events will come. It’s a matter of time. “This isn’t going to be the last (large algae bloom),” he said. “You can’t do so much (damage) to a system and expect it to bounce back immediately.” De Feese worked with Gov. Bob Martinez to introduce the National Estuary Program into Florida. He said attitudes have changed dramatically over the years, especially since 2013, and residents are increasingly driving the state and federal decisions. That year hastily-arranged protests against continued pollution of the St. Lucie from Lake Okeechobee discharges drew thousands and hit a pitch that resonated to Tallahassee and Washington D.C. That led to the creation of the Florida Senate Select Committee on the Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee, headed up by Sen. Joe Negron. Due to the committee’s recommendations, during the 2014 session, the Florida Legislature appropriated $232 million to help with Everglades and Indian River Lagoon restoration. “For the first time, I see that mobilization where we’re looking beyond this (catastrophic) event and saying ‘Let’s fix this problem,’” he said. “It’s a transformation where we are looking at local-level leadership.”

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RIVER RALLY from page 1 Lagoon estuary — in March. The cause was another bacteria, aureoumbra lagunensis, commonly called brown tide. The brown tide was spotted in November, and started blooming in January. “This past fall and winter we had a bad brown algae bloom in the Indian River Lagoon and that’s not a time of year when we’d expect to find it,” Jud said. In addition to the brown tide, green algae made a comeback in the Indian River Lagoon’s middle section earlier this year. The 156mile lagoon stretches from Martin to Volusia counties. The thick concentrations of algae are darkening the water. At the rally Jud said that about 47,000 acres of seagrass has died in the Indian River Lagoon over the last five years. “Seagrass needs a lot of sunlight,” he told attendees. Seagrass is a barometer of the lagoon’s health. In the interview after the event, Jud said much more research is needed to understand what triggers Lake Okeechobee’s bluegreen algae blooms. “The organisms don’t always fit our predictions,” he said. Jud added, “(A bloom) doesn’t happen every single year, and that’s the weird thing. We don’t know what

YOUR VOICE NEWS & VIEWS • PALM CITY & TESORO • JULY 29, 2016• 11 changes the factors one year to another in Lake Okeechobee.” At the rally, Mark Perry, executive director of the Florida Oceanographic Society, urged attendees to tell federal officials that as long-term solutions to area water woes are worked out, there’s one already known for the St. Lucie and Indian rivers. That’s for the Army Corps of Engineers to stop sending Lake Okeechobee waters into the St. Lucie Canal, C-44. It lets into the St. Lucie River’s South Fork at Palm City’s southern end. “Stop the discharges and save our water,” he and attendees chanted in sing-song. Florida Representative Mark Cafford, West Palm Beach, was among rally attendees. He said in an interview afterwards members of the Treasure Coast state legislative delegation — including Sen. Joe Negron, who’ll be the State Senate president in the upcoming session — have been tireless advocates for the Indian River Lagoon. He said they’re up against a strong adversary: South Florida’s sugar industry. He said there’s one way to curtail the industry’s influence — deny it consumer dollars. “There are things people can do,” Cafford said. “They can do more than rally. If they bypassed products, they could start pushing the industry.”

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LYRIC from page 21 musicians. The last of the new offerings is Pants Down Circus April 2. The award-winning acrobatic troupe presents its performance, “Rock,” inspired by classic groups like Aerosmith, AC/DC, Joan Jett and Queen, all companied by circus artistry, from clown performances to daredevil flying stunts and acrobatics. It is a mini-circus, set to rock ‘n roll, for the entire family. Tickets for these shows are on sale to members now. They will go on sale to the public Sept. 6.

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While we’re talking Lyric, don’t forget previously announced shows this summer. Comedian Rita Rudner, who has the longest-running solo comedy show in the history of Las Vegas, appears Aug. 19 and the boys from “Thunder from Down Under” bring their “Outback Fantasy” tour to the Lyric Sept. 17. Tickets for both shows are on sale now. For more information. Call the box office at (772) 286-7827 or order online at www.lyrictheatre. com.

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Kane Center offers summer of fun, fitness and more MARTIN COUNTY — Baby, it’s hot outside. It’s summertime and sometimes getting though the day feels like an Olympic event. Still, the Kane Center has a number of events in August that allow you to have fun inside, where it’s cool. If fitness is your goal, there are several classes from which to choose. You can have a total body workout with Osvaldo Parrotta Thursday from 4-5 p.m. This is an advanced one-hour exercise class for active seniors, designed to tone and strengthen muscles while building range of motion. It incorporates cardio, weights, and elastic bands, with warm-ups and stretches. The cost is $4 per class for Kane Elite members and $6 for non-members. There are Zumba classes on Tuesday and Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. with Ewa Ramirez. It’s a great way to exercise, have fun and release some stress. Classes are $4 for Elite members and $6 for non-members. If jazz dance and exercise is more your thing, Donna Stanford will offer this class on Wednesday from 1-2 p.m., beginning Aug. 10. The class runs for five sessions and is intended for those 55 and over. It includes smooth jazz warm-ups and simple jazz steps and routines. The cost is $30 for Kane Elite members and $35 for non-members. Line dancing is always popular at the Kane and a new session starts Wednesday, Aug. 3 from 5-6 p.m. for six weeks. You don’t need a partner, but grab a friend and come along. The cost is $30

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for Kane Elite members and $36 for non-members. The entire class fee is payable at the start of the class. If you’re planning a trip, or just dreaming of one, there are two groups for you. The Kane Center Travel Club meets once a month, hosted by Kane Center volunteer and travel agent Debbie Wegner. It’s a chance to socialize, have destination seminars, give ideas for upcoming Kane Center trips and meet local travel industry experts. The next meeting is Monday, Aug. 15 at 11 a.m. If you’re planning to take pictures on one of those trips, you might want to join the Photography class, starting Aug, 4 with instructor Paul Careccia, who has more than 30 years of experience as a photographer. The class runs for five sessions from noon1 p.m. and covers developing an eye, cameras and lenses and camera basics, including exposure, focusing and photographing people, landscapes and nature. The cost is $90 for Elite members and $100 for non-members. You have a chance to dine and listen to live entertainment at a dinner dance fundraiser for the Adult Day Program at the Kane Center. The Aug, 5 event runs from 5-7 p.m. and includes old-fashioned meatloaf, mashed potatoes, salad and dessert, crafted by chef Christopher Collier. The entertainment will be provided by Kane Center favorite Daryl Magill. Tickets are $12 a person and reservation are required by Aug. 2. The Kane Center is located at 900 S.E. Salerno Road, Stuart. For more information, visit the website www.kanecenter.org or call (772) 223-7800. Dates may change, so check the website for any last-minute changes.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 1 Splish Splash End of Summer Bash vacation Bible school will be at New Hope Fellowship at 3900 S.W. Citrus Blvd. The VBS will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. For more, visit www.PalmCityNewHope.com.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 New Member Reception will be at Seacoast Bank, 2601 S.W. High Meadow Ave. 8 to 9 a.m. The Palm City Chamber of Commerce event is free, but reservations are required. For more, call (772) 286-8121, or visit www. palmcitychamber.com. Drop in Workshop at the Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Children get to be messy and learn about art and science. The museum is at 1707 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach. For more, call (772) 225-7575. Tech Tuesday at the Peter &

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Julie Cummings Library will be 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Using LEGO WeDo materials and software, children will work together in small groups to build and program working models. Children can explore the basics of robotics engineering with these fun, easyto-use kits. For those ages 7–12. Sponsored by the Clare & Molly Tyler STEM endowment. Registration required. The library is at 2551 S.W. Matheson Ave., Palm City. For more, call Susan Hellenschmidt at (772) 288-2551. Tuesday Trivia Night 7 to 9 p.m. at Hurricane Grill & Wings, 2355 S.W. Martin Highway , Palm City. For more, call (772) 7814295.

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Live music on the patio at Fresh Catch Seafood Grill, 1411 S.E. Indian Street, Stuart. Starts at 6 p.m. For more, call (772) 2866711, or visit www.freshcatchstuart.com. Jammin’ Jensen from 6 to 9 p.m., weather permitting, at downtown Jensen Beach. There’s food, music and vendors. For more information, call (772) 3343444.  Texas Holdem 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at Vine & Barley Palm City, 2951 S.W. High Meadow Ave. No buy-in. Win gift certificates and bar tabs. For more, call (772) 7811717, or visit www.VineAndBarleyPalmCity.com.

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Line dancing 5 to 6 p.m. at the Charles & Rae Kane Center, 900 SE. Salerno Road, Stuart. For more information, call 772-2237800.

The Senior Wii Bowling League will meet from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library, 2551 S.W. Matheson Ave, Palm City. Cummings’ number is (772) 288-2551.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 Drop in Workshop at the Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Children get to be messy and learn about art and science. The museum is at 1707 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach. For more, call (772) 225-7575.

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