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YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 3/ISSUE 35
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
Honoring Vaughn
FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2015
Graduates earn VNA scholarships Staff Reports
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Rameses Rodriquez of Port St. Lucie, Christian Banega, 17, of Stuart and Shane Toner of Palm City, race ahead of the pack in hopes of having an advantage in the Fourth Annual Aaron Vaughn Frogman swim. Toner finished fourth overall in the 1k swim contest at Jensen Beach Saturday, June 27. The event benefits Operation 300, a not for profit organization which hosts adventure camps for children who have lost their fathers as a result of military service and seeks to honor the families of the fallen.
PALM CITY — Three recent high school graduates from Palm City and a former resident who now lives in Port St. Lucie are among eight area students recently awarded $1,000 scholarships by the Visiting Nurse Association of Florida. Most of these recipients overcame harrowing and hardscrabble circumstances to achieve stellar accomplishments — academic and otherwise, said Jennifer Crow, VNA of Florida marketing and communications director. “These young people are amazing in what they’ve overcome and what they’re poised to achieve,” Crow said. “We’re thankful for the chance to provide a small investment in their future careers — which are headed for greatness.” Navigating the rough waters of affording college and forging careers is difficult for high school
See VNA page 6
Commission reschedules CRA meeting Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
pmccallister@YourVoiceWeekly.com
PALM CITY — The Martin County Commission rescheduled its anticipated Community Redevelopment Area workshop. The meeting had been scheduled for Tuesday, July 7. It’s been moved
back a day, to Monday, July 6. The meeting will be at 5 p.m. at the Blake Library, 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart. Kevin Freeman, the county’s community redevelopment director, said it’s important for folks to attend. “I think it’s important for people to express an opinion,” he said. Freeman added, “It’s up to the
community and whether you’re for the CRA or against the CRA it’s important to be interested in what goes on in your community.” Old Palm City resident Dick Landrum has been emailing folks to get them to attend the meeting and show support for the Mapp Road Town Center Design. “We’ve got to educate the pub-
lic on what this is,” he said. “We need to help neighbors understand that it’s not just an economic development thing, it’s a storm water management thing.” At its April 21 meeting, the County Commission narrowly nixed a proposed $1.4 million Community Redevelopment Area,
See CRA page 7
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