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Stepping, swirling for Healthy Start In photo at left, Martin County Sheriff William Snyder spins dance instructor Emily Powers during the annual Dancing with the Martin Stars event Saturday, Sept.

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At right, Bob Murray leads Rachel Terlizzi in the Argentine Tango. Murray and Terlizzi were the overall winners of this year’s event, which raised over $92,000 from the participants and sponsors to benefit the Martin County Healthy Start Coalition.

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TREASURE COAST — Since NFL running back Ray Rice started making national headlines for punching his fiancé Janay Palmer and knocking her out on an elevator, more people are seeking help for domestic violence.

Spikes like this happen often when high

profile cases happen, said Jill Borowicz, CEO of the Treasure Coast SafeSpace, an organization that helps victims facing domestic violence issues.

“Last Monday, our calls tripled. We usually get two or three a day. Now, we’re getting about 12,” Borowicz said.

Since the video of Rice hitting Palmer was released Sept. 8, calls to the National Domestic Violence Hotline have increased 84 percent, according to Katie Ray-Jones, the organization’s president and CEO. “We’ve heard from people who are reaching out for the first time, from survivors who are triggered by the violence of the video, from

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Rebecca Beckett’s story is like others’. She lived what would appear to outsiders as a normal, happy life up until 2009.

She worked in the financial services industry and commuted from her home in Stuart to Coral Springs. She was married and had five children. She had a husband she loved and never thought that would change.

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Chabad readies for Rosh Hashanah Rabbi Shlomo Uminer said. “The shofar has a number of meanings.”

As for “Rosh Hashanah”— “The literal translation is ‘Head of the Year,’” Uminer said.

Rosh Hashanah is among the most important Jewish holy days, and many hold that it’s the literal anniversary of God’s creation of Adam and Eve. “Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the new year, is the day we celebrate the birth of the world and the birth of humanity,” Uminer said. “It’s a time for us to renew our relationship with God. We reinvigorate it, and carry that out in our relationships.”

Uminer leads the Chabad Jewish Center of Martin & S. Lucie County, 2809 S.W. Sunset Trail, Palm City. The center, he said, doesn’t use membership, or attendance numbers. He estimated that Chabad serves a few hundred Jews on the Treasure Coast.

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PALM CITY — Grab your Bibles and turn to Numbers 29:1.

“And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no manner of servile work; it is a day of blowing the horn unto you.” — Jewish Publication Society Bible.

And so is the origin of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah, which begins as the sun sets on Wednesday, Sept. 24. “Shofar,” by the way, is the horn mentioned in the Torah passage. It’s not just any horn. It’s a hollowed animal’s horn, usually a ram’s, used to sound calls. The shofar — often rendered “trumpet” in Bible translations — makes numerous significant appearances in the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible.

“There’s one thing you don’t want to miss on Rosh Hashanah: the shofar (blowing), which is done in the middle of the service,”

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Uminer said there are a couple things that keep some from Rosh Hashanah services. One is a sense that they’re not devout enough. Another is a sense that they don’t have enough money to donate to a house of worship during the high holidays. He said neither is an issue at Chabad.

“We believe a synagogue, a center, should be a home,” Uminer said. “Every child is always welcome in a home.”

But — “We are limited in space, so we’d appreciate people calling in advance,” he said.

Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement, services start on Friday, Oct. 3.

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In addition, Uminer said Rosh Hashanah has important customs with community, family and spiritual significance.

“Rosh Hashanah is a day of celebration,” he said. “We have a lot of special holiday meals.”

One such special meal consists of apples dipped in honey.

“To bring a sweet year, we dip the apple into honey,” Uminer said. “There is a very big holiday celebration and sweet foods are the thing of the day. We try not to eat spicy, sharp things. We eat sweet things.”

More importantly, Uminer said there’s a spiritual sweetness during the High Holidays, which Rosh Hashanah starts.

“Prayer takes on a special significance,” he said.

“To bring a sweet year, we dip the apple into honey. There is a very big holiday celebration and sweet foods are the thing of the day. We try not to eat spicy, sharp things. We eat sweet things.”

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Staff photo by Patrick McCallister Peter Wernick, right, and AC Smith, left, examine stock at Peter’s Hardware Center, 1105 S.W. Martin Downs Blvd., Palm City. The store is heading into its fifth year this month. Wernick said keeping enough stock so customers always leave with what they need is essential to building a successful hardware store.

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PALM CITY — One doesn’t have to go over the bridge looking for an inspiring business story.

There’s a great one right here in Palm City. Peter’s Hardware Center is heading into its fifth year this month.

“We opened in the toughest of times,” owner Peter Wernick said.

“Everyone else was closing.”

OK, a little reminder about the times. In September of 2010, Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 11.9 percent. Martin County’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was about 12.5 percent.

The county’s taxable property value was about $17.5 billion, down from $22.7 billion in 2007.

There were another two years of declining property values yet to go despite millions of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars flowing into the county for construction of the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Wernick owned Peter’s Water Treatment & Irrigation, Ecowater Systems, in Jensen Beach at the

time. That’s sort of how he came to own a hardware store. More about that in a moment.

Wernick and his wife, Angela, had their first child, Alexander, in 2003. They lived in Connecticut.

“I brought him home in 28 inches of snow,” Wernick said.

The family had a deck where the new parents wanted to spend time with their new child. In addition to bonding with his son, Wernick was getting pretty good arm muscles. He had to clear snow off the deck to head out with his son — a lot of snow.

“After the third weekend of 20-inch snowfalls, I said, ‘Come on, get in the car. We’re going to Florida,’” Wernick said.

His mom lived in Boca Raton. By 2004, the Wernicks were moving to the Treasure Coast. The self-proclaimed “serial entrepreneur” bought a Jensen Beach water-systems business, and started putting down roots. Things were good. Then came the 2008 housing crash.

“I lost so many customers,” Wernick said. “People were walking away from their houses.”

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She never thought he would leave nasty messages to her and her coworkers, demanding to know where she was at all times.

She never thought he would throw a filled coffee pot at her.

She never thought he would punch her in the mouth, and she never thought he would hit her with a broomstick, as if it was a baseball bat and her thigh was a ball.

But, all those things happened April 23, 2009, after she had returned home from a 3 p.m. meeting. Her husband apparently thought she was going to be home at that time. He had grown suspicious of her whereabouts.

He was losing control and had to take it back.

Until 2006, everything was fine between Beckett and the man she knew since they were 5 years old.

They had been neighbors as kids in New Jersey and reconnected and married in 2000, after having gone separate ways in school.

Beckett was the breadwinner of the household as a real estate agent. The market was booming from 2002 to 2006 and she was able to be home a lot, working a cozy schedule.

As the market turned in 2006, she decided it was time for a career change. Her husband was a stay-at-home dad and she couldn’t support the family on her own during a housing crisis.

So, she went back to school, making an hour and 15-minute trip every day to Coral Springs.

She was gone a lot and was doing well.

Her husband had grown suspicious. With her being gone all day, he was losing control – or at least the sense of control he thought he had over her.

“It contributed to strain of relationship. He didn’t know where I was going and I was in a male-dominated industry,” Becket said. “He was constantly

becoming concerned with me becoming too successful so fast. He was convinced I was doing something inappropriate.”

The relationship was deteriorating. Beckett came to expect verbal abuse. It had escalated and became a regular thing. Her husband started physically abusing her, too.

“Leading up to the April 23 event, it wasn’t a matter of if I was going to get hit, it was when,” Beckett said.

She stayed because it would have been tough, financially to pack up and leave. She stayed because she didn’t want to break up the family.

Borowicz said, for many women, it’s hard to accept the fact that their marriage isn’t the dream they had hoped for.

“The national statistics show that it takes about seven times for the average American woman to make the decision to leave,” she said.

“Some women, one incident will happen and they are gone, though.”

Beckett’s only defense that day was a cup filled with marigold seeds that one of her children made her for Mother’s Day. The kids had been present during the ordeal.

Even as she tried to call 911, the man who promised her on their wedding day that he’d love and respect her ripped the phone cord out of the wall and terrified her.

She hoped he would show some mercy. He got what he wanted — control.

One of the biggest misconceptions about domestic violence is that it stems from anger, Borowicz said.

“That’s not what it is at all. One person in the relationship is exerting power over their significant other,” she says.

At about 8:30 p.m., he went to bed. Beckett stayed in.

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The coffee stains went away after a wash. Her busted lip took a few weeks to clear up. The watermelon-sized bruise on her thigh took nine months to go away. The emotional scars have faded, but they’ll never go away completely.

Beckett started the next day like any other. She got up, got herself ready and got her kids ready for school. She took three of them to elementary school, and, on her way to take the other two to preschool, took a detour to the sheriff’s office.

She filed a report, and deputies took pictures of her bruises. An hour later, her husband was arrested. A day later he was released. She didn’t know what to do, so Becket called a friend, who said she would have never guessed what was going between the two.

Borowicz said it’s nearly impossible to pinpoint domestic violence offenders or those abused.

In-home behavior is rarely duplicated in public by such couples.

“It’s all age groups, races, wealthy and impoverished communities. We’ve had doctors, lawyers, every type of person,” she said.

The friend told Beckett to call SafeSpace. A victim advocate helped Beckett file injunctions to stop her husband from contacting her or her children.

He violated the injunction, but

he didn’t see any jail time. Instead, he tried to take control of Beckett’s life, yet again. Over the next five years, he took Beckett to court 13 times, costing her about $32,000 in legal fees for issues like disputes over her belongings and changes to the divorce paperwork. He tried getting custody of their children, too.

“It was just constant harassment. He never really had anything substantial to stand on.

He went through three different attorneys. Once one would dump him, he just picked up another,” Beckett said.

He finally let up in March, promising her to never take her to court again as long as the current child support agreement didn’t change.

The struggle took its toll on the children, too, Beckett said. Her daughter was recently diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of the ongoing conflict.

During custody battles, some of Beckett’s husband’s parenting methods were revealed. The kids admitted they didn’t like being left with him. He banished the kids by sending them into their rooms and tying the door knobs together with rope, so they couldn’t open them. He inhibited them by using zip ties to tie their hands behind their backs. He silenced them by covering their mouths with Duct Tape.

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one who had seemed like a loving, caring man.

Borowicz said even if a victim isn’t ready to pick up and leave everything behind, he or she should make a call to SafeSpace or another professional organization to come up with a plan to get away from the danger.

“You don’t have to leave your entire life behind right away,” she said.

While friends can be of great support, professionals should be contacted, Borowicz said. “(Friends) mean well and can be a great support for domestic disputes, but they don’t have the expertise to deal with this and shouldn’t have to,” she said.

Beckett said that, had she not left, she wouldn’t have been in a position to teach her children proper behavior between spouses.

“I‘ve taught my daughter what is acceptable behavior and what is not. I’ve taught her to talk to someone if any of these things happens to her. I’ve taught my boys the acceptable way to handle a conflict and that violence is not the answer,” she said.

“Make the call,” she urges other victims. “If I had certain information or education, I would have left years ago.”

It’s been a long road getting rid of her ex, but Beckett said it has been worth it.

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The Florida Department of Veterans Affairs is sticking to the Treasure Coast, but at least one county hopes to pull a coup. On Wednesday, Sept. 10, the state veterans department executive director, Mike Prendergast, sent members of the Florida Cabinet letters asking them to approve construction of the next state veterans nursing home in Tradition. “(The letter) is to let the governor and cabinet know that at the Sept. 23 meeting he will make a recommendation for St. Lucie County to be the site for the seventh nursing home,” Steve Murray, communications director at the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs, FDVA, said.

Murray, who was on the site selection committee, said the cabinet has always voted to approve the FDVA’s recommended sites for state veterans homes, and it’s

Mike Prendergast always been a perfunctory procedure. Nevertheless, the Ocala Star-Banner reported that officials in Marion County aim to sway the cabinet to break tradition and nix Tradition. It quoted Marion County Commission Chairman Carl Zalak as saying, “We’re not done with the hunt yet. All we can do is go (to the September cabinet meeting) in case they have any

questions and tell them what we think.”

Zalak didn’t respond to Veteran Voice requests for comment by press time.

During its 2013 session, the Florida Legislature approved about $100,000 for an independent study to determine whether a new veterans nursing home was needed, and if so, where it should go. Gov. Rick Scott and the cabinet considered the study, which Health Strategies did, at a February meeting in Tampa. Scott and the cabinet opted to send letters to the top 10 counties the study identified as good places for veterans homes requesting letters of interest back from them. Eight responded.

Murray said that St. Lucie and Palm Beach counties were on that list. Palm Beach didn’t send a letter of intent. Others on the list were Lee, Collier, Polk, Manatee, Hillsborough, Marion, Putnam and Sumter. Lee was the other county that didn’t send a letter of intent.

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He also knew Doug Vesper, who’d once owned and had sold the hardware store in town that closed.

“I tell Doug my story, and he said, ‘I can help you,’” Wernick said.

Hardware stores live on thin margins. They’re all about attracting a lot of customers to make repeated visits to survive and thrive. Wernick said he couldn’t count on locals’ dislike for driving over the Palm City Bridge to stay in business.

“It was high risk,” Wernick said.

“It was high risk at a bad economic time.”

Wernick said Peter’s Hardware has been successful because of a three-part strategy he implemented from the start. First, he said, is having not just friendly and helpful workers, but plenty of them to attend to customers. The store now employs seven. Second is keeping extended hours, so the store is open when customers need things. Third is keeping the store well stocked, so customers find what they need.

And about that great slogan, “Why go over the bridge?”

“The customers coined the phrase,” Wernick said. “I can’t take credit for it. They’d come

in here saying, ‘Why go over the bridge?’”

So, Peter’s Hardware was an instant hit?

“We lost money the first month,” Wernick said. “We didn’t’ turn a profit the first year.”

Things steadily improved after that.

“We have been doing fine,” Wernick said. He added, “We did exactly what we were supposed to do. We gave customers a reason to come in here and locked it up with service.”

Last September, Wernick about doubled the size of the store by opening Peter’s Paint Center.

That was because of listening to customers’ product requests.

“It was paint, paint, paint, paint,” Wernick said.

Wernick weaved the store more deeply into Palm City’s fabric with extensive involvement with the Palm City Chamber of Commerce and by supporting numerous fundraisers.

And in a day when businesses are scrambling to keep up with the latest social media trends to get and stay connected to their customers, Wernick doesn’t need to. He said an older piece of technology is doing the trick.

“They just call the store,” he said.

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HOME from page 9 mittee picked St. Lucie County by a paper-thin margin over Marion in a scoring system done after visiting proposed sites. If business had gone as usual, Prendergast would have been at the cabinet’s August meeting, and it would have approved the recommendation.

But this proposed veterans home became an apple of discord. Competition for it was and is remarkably fierce.

Martin County Commissioner John Haddox, Palm City, has worked for about a decade to get the state to consider Indiantown as a place to build a veterans home, and he quickly jumped aboard local lobbying efforts when St. Lucie was named as a possible site. The Navy veteran used to run the county’s veteran services office. He said there’s a reason for the intense competition for the next veterans nursing home — they’re now seen by local governments and businesses as a much-needed economic boost.

“The biggest benefit to the broader community is jobs,” he said. “This is bringing in 200, 300 jobs.”

The homes have about a $7 million annual budget. In addition to direct jobs, there’s also the

so-called economic ripple effect.

Wayne Teegardin, St. Lucie County’s veterans services manager, will head to Tallahassee to attend the Florida Cabinet meeting.

“A huge benefit (of getting the veterans home) of course is the employees will be buying (goods and services) here,” he said.

Tony Reese, manager of the Martin’s veterans services, is going with Teegardin to strengthen the pitch for the cabinet to pick the Treasure Coast. He said the fierce competition for getting the veterans home is because Florida has about 1.6 million veterans. About 500,000 are Vietnam era. The homes, he said, stay at capacity, and the state probably needs to build three.

“Conversation with other (county veterans) service officers, it definitely couldn’t hurt,” he said.

The Tradition Land Company donated 28 acres to St. Lucie County to bolster its bid to get the next home. But in Marion, developer Kenneth Colen donated land in On Top of the World, a planned community. In Collier, Barron Collier Cos, lined up to donate one of two sites in the Ave Maria development.

Murray refused to address rumors that one or more state legislators from Collier, which took third place in the site-selection

committee’s rankings, put brakes on the state veterans department submitting its recommendation to the cabinet in August.

“That’s going to be addressed at the cabinet meeting,” he said.

The Naples Daily News reported in August that State Representative Matt Hudson, R-Naples, sent emails to the FDVA in July raising questions about how the veterans home site-selection committee made its findings. However, the newspaper reported that Hudson refused to say whether he was responsible for Prendergast delaying his recommendation to the cabinet. The paper quoted Hudson as saying, “I just want to make sure the area that needs it the most gets it, where the veterans actually are. There is a clear need on the west coast and I am trying to rationalize how the west coast lost to the east coast.”

Hudson’s office didn’t respond to Your Voice’s repeated requests for comment.

The closest state veterans home to the Treasure Coast is the Alexander “Sandy” Nininger Veterans’ Nursing Home, 8401 W. Cypress Drive, Pembroke Pines.

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Murray said the last home was built in 2010. That was the Clyde E. Lassen State Veterans’ Nursing Home in St. Augustine. That home cost about $30 million to build. The state paid about 35 percent of the costs. The federal Department of Veterans Affairs paid about 65 percent. Other homes are in Land O’ Lakes, Panama City and Port Charlotte.

There’s also a state veterans assisted living facility in Lake City.

Murray said the FDVA has the needed money for its share to go forward with building a state veterans nursing home, because of changes the legislature made to its trust funds last session.

The trust has about $47 million. Murray said if the cabinet approves a site at its next meeting, construction would start in late 2015.

“Our last facility took nearly two years to build,” he said. “These aren’t little fast food places that are pre-fabbed.”

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Going Meatless, A Savory History of Vegetarianism will start at 11 a.m. at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library, 2551 S.W. Matheson Ave., Palm City. Explore the history of vegetarianism and sample vegan and vegetarian foods with David Vaina, a board member from Slow Food Gold & Treasure Coast. For more, contact Carolyn Smith at (772) 463-2883 or csmith@martin.fl.us.

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Laura had it made. She was a lovable bundle of laughs living the American Dream. Then she killed herself in the mid-80s.

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Homework Helpers will be on hand at Blake Library from 3 to 5 p.m. The Martin County Library System volunteers help children grade school to high school find and use library resources needed to do homework assignments ranging from math pages to science-fair experiments and term papers. Homework Helpers have even helped some fill out college applications. The library is at 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart.

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Homework Helpers have even helped some fill out college applications. The library is at 5851 S.E. Community Drive, Stuart. Call Patti May at (772) 221-1431.

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The Nonfiction Book Club will examine “Bunker Hill” by Nathaniel Philbrick from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Blake Library, 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart. For more, call (772) 288-5702.

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CALENDAR from page 16 Sign language and music stimulates learning through different senses. Sign language is a blessing for children that are visual, spatial, or tactile learners. There are no spaces available at press time. The library is at 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart. For more, call Corina Bennett at (772) 2211407.

Yoga Poolside at the Racquet Club at Tesoro. Every Tuesday at 11:30 am folks are invited to stretch and get a great workout poolside at the Racquet Club at Tesoro. Just take a mat and the yoga fitness instructor Heidi Kambour will bring an invigorating yoga workout in the serene setting of poolside. Classes are $10 for members and $15 for non-member. Sign up at the ProShop (772)345-2100. The club is at 199 S.E. Via Tesoro Blvd. Port Saint Lucie.

Exploring the Internet will be at Blake Library starting at 2 p.m. Learn how to go to websites and find information. Classes are for Martin County Library card holders. There are two spaces available. The library is at 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart. For more, call (772) 288-5702.

Story Time for the 3- to 5-year-olds will be at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library from 3 to 4 p.m. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 288-5702.

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Treasure Coast Tuesday night car show at 2930 Federal Highway, behind the Stuart Chickfil-A. More than 100 antique and collector car enthusiasts begin to gather about 4:30 p.m. for the weekly show (weather permitting) that runs until 8:30 p.m. The show also draws several hundred spectators and is the longest running car show on the Treasure Coast.

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In other words, the days of being able to dedicate four to six hours to playing a round of traditional golf seem to be increasingly a thing of the past. Big holes, Wenrick said, can be an antidote to what’s ailing golf.

“It’s designed to be something you can do without giving up your whole afternoon or evening,” he said.

That, Wenrick hopes, will translate to fathers and mothers out with their children on Martin Downs’ greens. The larger holes, he said, restore a sense of fun to the sport, especially for younger players.

“It’s not fun to play a par four and have it take 10,” Wenrick said. “It’s like going to the bowling alley and having nothing but gutter balls.”

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“This is our attempt to get more of the younger people involved in the sport,” Brian Wenrick, owner, said.

On Tuesday, Sept. 16, the club rolled out the option to play rounds with 15-inch cups. A conventional hole is 4.25 inches. Along with the bigger holes, there’ll be small prices: $20 for adults and $15 for juniors to do a nine-hole game. That includes a cart. Tee times start at 8:30 a.m.

The bigger holes will make weekly visits on Tuesdays after that.

Wenrick said this game innovation is all about getting families, children and youths golfing again.

He said there’s a combination of social phenomena sapping away players.

“In the last 10 years, we’ve lost 5 million golfers,” Wenrick said.

One reason, he said, is that the old promise of technology giving people more family time just hasn’t worked out that way.

He said the educational system seems to be making greater and greater demands on children and youths, along with their parents.

When they graduate from college, those now young adults are tied up with increasingly formidable work demands. And as Americans age, more are working later in

Bloomberg Businessweek figures that the number of golfers in the United States has dropped almost 25 percent since 2002. It reports there are now about 23 million players.

The nation’s population is nearing 320 million. Bloomberg claims that in 2013 golf lost more than a million players.

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Bloomberg Businessweek figures that the number of golfers in the United States has dropped almost 25 percent since 2002. It reports there are now about 23 million players. The nation’s population is nearing 320 million. Bloomberg claims that in 2013 golf lost more than a million players.

Another local course is trying another game innovation, FootGolf. An 18-hole game played with soccer balls. The Florida Club, Stuart, kicked off that game on Sept. 7.

Wenrick said Martin Downs isn’t placing bets on big hole golf being an ace. It’s looking at other golf innovations.

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Luckily I didn’t join her in death.

I deeply wished instead of doing whatever it is I did the Sunday before her death after church that I’d driven the mere 40 miles to see Laura. A part of me fantasizes that I would have said the right thing to prevent her untimely death. Then I get a sick feeling in my stomach thinking it might be true and I’m somehow responsible for her dying. I even fantasize that this column will somehow save someone’s life and good will come out of Laura’s death.

While there doesn’t seem to be a scourge of suicide in our area, I’ve learned something harsh over the years. Probably no life has gone untouched by another’s suicide. Laura, after all, lived in a gated community back in the 1970s, when there were only 2,000 nationwide, not 50,000 like today. Her death rocked the entire neighborhood, as I recall.

Suicide seemed like something that could have never gotten

past the encircling wall and gate guards to visit there.

I wish I knew how to prevent suicide. I don’t. I hope that others do. The Department of Veterans Affairs and others are recognizing September as Suicide Prevention Month. Maybe they have answers, and maybe not. Just the same, it seems like a good time to pause and remember those lost to depression and drug addiction through deliberate or accidental suicide.

Denise Funaro urged me to let folks know that there is a local chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Health, NAMI. It has a support group for family members affected by others’ mental health issues. That meets the first and third Monday of the month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Stuart.

For more about NAMI, visit nami. org or call (772) 286-5507, or email namistuart@gmail.com.

Patrick McCallister is a staff writer for Your Voice News & Views.

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5-year-olds will be at the Robert Morgade Library from 1 to 1:30 p.m. The library is at 5851 S.E. Community Drive, Stuart. The phone is (772) 463-3245.

LEGO Club meets at Blale Library from 4 to 5 p.m. LEGO fans 4 and older are welcomed to create with the library’s collection, or take their own. Pictures of the creations are posted on the library’s online gallery. The library is at 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart. For more, call (772) 288-5702.

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Breakfast with Benefits will be from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Sandhill Cove Retirement Center, 1500 S.W. Capri St., Palm City. Taryn Kryzda, county administrator, will discuss the proposed 1 cent sales tax voters will decide in November. Members are $20, non-members $25. For more or to make reservation, call the chamber at (772) 286-8121, or visit www.palmcitychamber.com

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Family Place at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library, will be 10 to 11:15 a.m. This 5-week program encourages parents and caregivers to play with their children in a fun, educational setting. A local resource professional is available at each session to discuss parenting topics. After an hour of free play there’ll be a short circle time that’ll include singing children’s favorite songs.

Ages infant to 5. Registration required. Online registration requires an email address. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. For more, call Lisa Holland at (772) 221-1407, or email lisaholl@marting.fl.us.

Story Time for the 2- to 5-year-olds will be at the Blake Library from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.

The library is at 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart. For more, call Children’s World at (772) 2211407.

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Feener said the show is has a contemporary feel.

“It’s surprising to see new material be so strong and well-written,” he said. “It’s an emotional roller coaster. It touches on the relationship nerves of mothers and daughters, of children and parents. The old roles are player over and over. The beauty of the piece is that it’s universal.

Children and parents have thematic issues in all families. It’s the struggle of trying to love and not smother and to blossom and not reject.”

Playwright DiSavino has written a new comedy, “Seasonal Allergies,” with her fiancé, Kevin Mead.

It sounds like something we will be seeing on the Treasure Coast sometime soon.

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MARTIN COUNTY — The Barn Theatre’s first show of the 20142015 season is the comedy, “Things My Mother Taught Me.” The play is the work of a young playwright, Katherine DiSavino, whose first play, “Nana’s Naughty Knickers,” was written in 2010, while she was a student at George Washington University. “Things My Mother Taught Me” had its premiere in 2012.

The comedy tells the story of Gabe and Olivia, a young couple who are moving away from family, into a gentrified neighborhood in Chicago.

Gabe is planning to propose when two sets of parents descend on the couple, causing a series of misunderstandings.

Michael Feener, a veteran director at the Barn, is directing the show.

He is very excited about his cast.

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Free movie matinee will start at 1:30 p.m., at the Kane Center, 900 S.E. Salerno Road, Stuart.

The feature movie is “The Grapes of Wrath, starring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell and John Carradine. Free admission; popcorn and refreshments will be available for purchase. Reservations requested. For more, call (772) 223-7807.

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Intro to Infographics will be 3 to 4 p.m. at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library. Infographics are powerful tools for visualizing data and information. This class takes a closer look at how infographics are designed. Registration is required. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City.

The phone is (772) 288-5702.

Homework Helpers will be on hand at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library from 3 to 5 p.m. The Martin County Library System volunteers help children grade school to high school find and use library resources needed to do homework assignments ranging from math pages to science-fair experiments and term papers. Homework Helpers have even helped some fill out college applications. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City.

For more, call Patti May, (772) 221-1407.

Drop in Autumn Craft will be at Blake Library’s Children’s World from 3 to 5 p.m. Drop in any time to make something to take home.

For ages 4 to 11. The library is at 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart.

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Palm City Chamber of Commerce Town Hall will be from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Palm City Community Center, 2701 S.W. Cornell Ave., Charlie Leighton Park. Kelly Cowger, P.E. Target Engineering Group, will discuss the ongoing widening of Martin Highway. For more call the chamber at (772) 286-8121, or visit www.palmcitychamber.com Jazz Night at Vine & Barley Palm City featuring Mike Milo from 6 to 9 a.m. 2951 S.W. High Meadows Ave., Palm City. More at www.miloswingsjazz.com. Call (772) 781-1717.

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David Goodman at Fresh Catch Seafood Grill, 1411 S.E. Indian Street, Stuart. Starts at 6 p.m.

For more, call (772) 286-6711, or visit www.freshcatchstuart.com.

Spred the Dub 7 to 10:30 p.m. at Terra Fermata, 26 S.E. Sixth St., Stuart. For more, call (772) 286-5252 or visit www.terrafermata.com.

Karaoke with Sheila at Amvets, 7 to 10 p.m., 10450 S.E. Dixie Highway, Hobe Sound. For more, call (772) 546-6004.

Sierra Band at Sailor’s Return, 8 to 11 p.m. 625 S.W. Anchorage Way, Stuart. For more, call (772) 872-7250.

Saturday, Sept. 20 GinoSings at La Borgata Ristorante & Pizzaria from 6 to 9 p.m.

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CALENDAR from page 25 p.m. at the Robert Morgade Library. Carrie Sue Ayvar, will present Cuentame Un Cuento/Tell Me A Story in English and Spanish.

For more, call Lee Gorski at (772) 463-3245. The library is at 5851 S.E. Community Drive, Stuart.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Herbert Hoover Dike rehabilitation presentation will be at 6:30 p.m. at Jupiter Community Center, 200 Military Trail. For more, visit www.saj.usace.army. mil/Missions/CivilWorks/LakeOkeechobee/HerbertHooverDike. aspx.

Heatwave: A musical tribute to the Legendary Ladies of Motown presented by Curtain Call Productions at B Merry Gastro Pub, 23 Osceola St., Stuart.

Enjoy some of the most time-honored solid gold songs from the ladies of soul, such as Mary Wells, Martha Reeves, Gladys Knight, the Supremes, Whitney Houston and Diana Ross. Cocktail hour is at 5:30 p.m., dinner seating is from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Show follows at 7:30 p.m. General admission is $40. For more information, visit www.curtaincallfl.com.

Thursday, Sept. 25 Thursday Morning Social will be at Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, 1939 S.E. Federal Highway, Stuart, from 8 to 9 a.m.

The Palm City Chamber of Commerce event is free. For more or to make reservation, call the chamber at (772) 286-8121, or visit www.palmcitychamber.com Get Your Salsa On to benefit the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast will be 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 2147 S.E. Federal Highway, Stuart.

The dance lesson is free, but donations to the society are urged.

Relaxed, semi-formal dress code.

For more, call (772) 418-5612.

Not All Aboard Discussion, will be 6 to 8 p.m. at Blake Library,

2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart.

The Martin County Conservation Alliance and The Guardians of Martin County will discuss All Aboard Florida, the proposed passenger rail that would go through the Treasure Coast. For more, call (772) 286-9845, or visit www.savemartincounty.org.

Homework Helpers volunteer training will be at Robert Morgade Library from 6 to 8 p.m. The Martin County Library System volunteers help children grade school to high school find and use library resources needed to do homework assignments ranging from math pages to science-fair experiments and term papers.

Homework Helpers have even helped some fill out college applications. The library is at 5851 S.E. Community Drive, Stuart. Call Patti May at (772) 221-1431.

Story Time for the 12- to 36-month-olds will be at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library from 10:30 to 11 a.m. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 2885702.. iPad for Beginners will be at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This class covers basic tips and tricks for using the iPad. Attendees can take their own device, or use one of the library’s. Registration required. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 288-2551.

Sept 26th thru Oct 12th Call Now 772-287-4884

Story Time for the 12- to 24-month-olds will be at the Blake Library from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. a.m. The library is at 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart. The phone number is (772) 288-5702.

Story Time for the 0- to 12-month-olds will be at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library from 11:30 a.m. to noon. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 2885702.

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Jason Green at Vine & Barley Palm City, 2951 S.W. High Meadows Ave. 8 to 11 p.m. For more, call (772) 781-1717, or visit www. vineandbarleypalmcity.com

Retro Saturdays at Crush Wine Bar 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 21 and up.

Music by DJ Loco and DJ Classick spinning ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s.

100 S. Dixie Highway, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 6005853.

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Bobby and the Blisters at Sailor’s Return, 4 to 8 p.m. 625 S.W. Anchorage Way, Stuart. For more, call (772) 872-7250.

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JP Soars & the Red Hots 5 to 9 p.m. at Terra Fermata, 26 S.E. 6th St., Stuart. For more, call (772) 286-5252 or visit www.terrafermata.com.

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Jonathan Cummings at Sailor’s Return, starting at 6:30 p.m. 625 S.W. Anchorage Way, Stuart. For more, call (772) 872-7250.

Lyrical Ramblings open mic night with host Deal James. 7 to 10 p.m. at Terra Fermata, 26 S.E. 6th St., Stuart. 21 and older. For more, call (772) 286-5252 or visit www.terrafermata.com.

Open mic night at Osceola Street Café, 26 S.W. Osceola St., Stuart. 8 to 11 p.m. For more, call (772) 324-9768.

Tuesday, Sept. 23 Irish music with John Lang at Carson’s Tavern, 2883 S.E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart. 5 to 9 p.m.

For more, call (772) 286-7611.

Scott Benge at Sailor’s Return, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. 625 S.W. Anchorage Way, Stuart. For more, call (772) 872-7250.

The Blue Marlins Motors Band at the CarPro Auto Show, at the Chic fil-A, 2930 S.E. Federal Highway, Stuart. 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Karaoke at Harpers. 3168 S.W. Martin Downs Blvd., Palm City. 7:30 to 10:30. For more, call

Wednesday, Sept. 24 Chubby Bones at Sailor’s Return, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. 625 S.W. Anchorage Way, Stuart. For more, call (772) 872-7250.

Nicholas Caputo French Café Music at Coffee Bar Blue Door, 7 to 9 p.m. 38 S.E. Osceola St., Stuart. For more, call (772) 2217707.

Karaoke and Dancing with Permanent Affair. Stuart-Jensen Elks Lodge, 1001 S. Kanner Highway, Stuart. 7 to 10 p.m. For more, call (772) 287-0277.

Thursday, Sept. 25

Harold Seay at La Borgata Ristorante & Pizzaria from 6 to 9 p.m. 3227 S.W. Mapp Road, Palm City. For more, call (772) 2882121.

Ronnie Dechambeau at Sailor’s Return, 6:30 p.m. 625 S.W. Anchorage Way, Stuart. For more, call (772) 872-7250.

Howl At The Moon local writers jam at Stuart Coffee Company, 55 S.W. Flagler Ave., Stuart. 7 to 9 p.m. For more, call (772) 6008243.

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CALENDAR from page 27 Getting Acquainted With The Computer will be 2 to 4 p.m. at Blake Library. Learn the mouse, keyboard and Windows basics.

Registration required. There are four spaces. The library is at 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart. The phone number is (772) 288-5702.

PAWS to Read Kickoff Pajama Party will be 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Blake Library, 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart. Put on your pajamas and head to Blake Library to meet some new fourlegged friends during this pajama party to kick off the new session of the PAWS To Read program.

The PAWS to Read program is in partnership with the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast. Children read to trained therapy dogs. Readers gain confidence and improve their reading fluency. For more, call Patti May, (772) 221-1441.

LEGO Club meets at the Robert Morgade Library from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. LEGO fans 4 and older are welcomed to create with the library’s collection, or take their own. Pictures of the creations are posted on the library’s online gallery. The library is at 5851 S.E. Community Drive, Stuart. The phone is (772) 463-3245.

Friday, Sept. 26

Free Golf Clinic at the Martin County Golf & Country Club from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Instruction by Rick Hengstenberg, P.G.A. professional. Clubs provided. The club is at 2000 S.E. St. Lucie Blvd., Stuart. For more, call (772) 2873747.

The Senior Wii Bowling League will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library, 2551 S.W. Matheson Ave, Palm City. Cummings’ number is (772) 288-2551.

Music and Motion will be at the Robert Morgade Library starting at 10:30 to 11 a.m. musical program gives young children fun exercise for motor development.

The library is at 5851 S.E. Community Drive, Stuart. The phone is (772) 463-3245.

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Avengers ... ASSEMBLE! Party with Earth’s greatest heroes with food, crafts, fun, and a viewing of “The Avengers.” Feel free to wear superhero attire. The program for those sixth to 12th grade will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Cummings’ number is (772) 288-2551.

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.86

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28,991

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30,991

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