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Breaking up is hard to do Lt. Kevin Carmichael of the Port St. Lucie Police Department spoke to the residents of the St. Lucie West community about safety and crime prevention Wednesday, Feb. 19 at San Snead’s Restaurant.

The next meeting takes place Thursday, March 20 at 10 a.m. at the same location.

Nicole Rodriguez Staff writer

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ST. LUCIE WEST — In recent weeks there have been murmurs of a split between St. Lucie West and the city of Port St. Lucie.

Western residents have assembled to brain storm a potential breakup and voiced distain on scandal at city hall.

Some residents are unhappy with the way their tax dollars are being spent and believe the funds disregard the western community and are being poured into other areas of the city, including the bankrupt City Center on U.S. 1 and the now-defunct Digital Domain. Others believe elected officials on the dais have become corrupt.

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Many on Treasure Coast aren’t aboard Patrick McCallister Staff writer

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TREASURE COAST — Not everyone is All Aboard Florida.

“I do not see one positive thing from All Aboard Florida for Martin County,” Commissioner John Haddox, said.

Florida East Coast Industries, which owns rail lines running through Stuart, is proposing the 235-mile, privately-owned passenger train service from Miami

to Orlando International Airport that’ll have stops in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.

In other words, no stops in Martin. Not in Stuart. Not nowhere in Martin. And it’s not like the extra 32 trains will quietly make their ways through the county every day if the company’s plans are realized. The rail tracks they’ll use cross a bridge over the St. Lucie River, and freight trains will continue to cross them, too.

That’s a very important bridge.

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Gone but not forgotten One year since slain deputy’s death Nicole Rodriguez Staff writer

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TREASURE COAST — A gaping hole remains in the hearts of the Morales family. The ache in their cores hasn’t dulled with days passed. It’s just as agonizing as the day their husband,

father, brother, uncle and son was violently ripped away from them a year ago today.

The brother of slain Sherriff’s Sgt. Gary Morales said the old adage “time heals

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ST. LUCIE WEST — Vincent Brazauskas, of Country Club Estates in St. Lucie West, worked in the insurance industry for more than 35 years. The Pittsburgh native began as a claims adjuster and eventually rose to managing director of several large companies in Boston, where he spent most of his professional career.

Brazauskas retired in 2004 and was able to pursue his love for reading suspense novels. Many of them left him unsatisfied.

“You can always tell when someone has not lived or worked in a given place,” he said. “Some things don’t ring true. I was frustrated. The thrillers were weak and the stories not threaded well.

The character development was not that good. Nelson De Mille and David Baldacci weave stories that make you want to read on.”

Brazaukas’ wife encouraged and perhaps challenged him to try his hand at writing. The result, “Lethal Indemnity,” written under the name Vincent Anthony, was

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Eovaldi said she understands splitting with the city would be an uphill battle, but she’s ready for war.

“What’s the alternative? I just noticed this week that the city has started an initiative to empower the older neighborhoods, anything east of the Turnpike … I said, yes, that’s a good thing, but what about us? My concern here is that the residents in St. Lucie West are getting thrown under the bus. We’re paying very high taxes,” Eovaldi said.

Eovaldi, who recently held a St.

Lucie West taxpayer educational meeting, said she would be willing to a sit down with government officials to discuss how St. Lucie West can receive better attention from the city, but is not optimistic.

“I would welcome it, but I just do not see that happening. The deeper I’ve gotten into this thing, I’ve realized the dysfunction is very severe,” she said.

In order for an area to break away from a municipality, a petition of 15 percent of qualified voters in the area desiring to be excluded from the city boundaries must file the document with the clerk of the governing body

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In order for an area to break away from a municipality, a petition of 15 percent of qualified voters in the area desiring to be excluded from the city boundaries must file the document with the clerk of the governing body to propose such an ordinance. to propose such an ordinance, Chapter 171, Section 051 of Florida law states. The process is known as boundary contraction or deannnexation.

The responding municipality is required to immediately perform a study to determine the request’s feasibility. In this case, the city of Port St. Lucie would have six months to either initiate contraction proceedings or reject the proposal and state the facts upon which the rejection is based.

There are also several more steps.

“The contraction ordinance shall be noticed at least once per week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality, such notice to describe the area to be excluded,” law states.

“Such description shall include a statement of findings to show that the area to be excluded fails to meet the criteria of section 171.043, set the time and place of the meeting at which the ordinance will be considered, and advise that all parties affected may be heard,” Florida law states.

The criteria under 171.053 is stringent and dictates the total area to be annexed must be contiguous to the municipality’s boundaries at the time the annexation proceeding is begun. No part of the area can be located within the boundary of another incorporated municipality.

Also, part or all of the area must be developed for urban purposes. An area developed for urban purposes is defined as any area which has a total resident population equal to at least two persons for each acre of land included within its boundaries.

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resident population equal to at least one person for each acre of land included within its boundaries, Florida law states.

Once a meeting commences, the 15 percent of voters can request the issue is voted on by putting a referendum on a ballot. A referendum is a direct vote in which voters are asked to accept or reject a particular proposal.

The governing body can also call for a referendum on the question of contraction, law states.

The referendum, if required, shall be held at the next regularly scheduled election, or, if approved by a majority of the municipal governing body, at a special election, which must be held no sooner than 30 days. The election and notice of the referendum must be advertised at least once a week for the two consecutive weeks immediately before the election in a newspaper.

Ballots or mechanical voting devices are required to offer the choices “For deannexation” and “Against deannexation,” in that order, law dictates.

A majority vote “For deannexation” will cause the area proposed for exclusion to be excluded upon the effective date set in the contraction ordinance.

A majority vote “Against deannexation” will prevent any part of the area proposed for exclusion from being the subject of a contraction ordinance for two years, law states.

Lynn Tipton, director of member development for the Florida League of Cities headquartered in Tallahassee, said in her 23 years with the organization, a contraction has not happened.

“As a matter of history, I’m not aware of a city that has done this,” Tipton said.

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“Maybe because I’m the older brother and I’ve seen my brothers come into our lives – my three brothers grow up to be young men – so for me, it’s been very hard. The pain is still there as if it happened yesterday,” said Brian Morales, the eldest of his four brothers.

The only way for the elder Morales brother to feel a sense of normalcy is to banish his younger sibling from his mind.

“As selfish as it sounds, the only way to cope with it is I don’t think about Gary,” Brian Morales said.

“I try not to think about him and that’s the only way I can cope with it right now.”

The family’s agony began on Feb. 28, 2013 when Sgt. Gary Morales, a married father of two called in a traffic stop near Oleander Avenue.

“And so he’s taking off on me.”

Those are among the last words Sgt. Gary Morales, 35, said to dispatchers minutes before he was gunned down in broad daylight.

The sheriff’s sergeant radioed in the stop and pursuit on a maroon, late-model Toyota Corolla near Oleander Avenue at 9:28 a.m. According to dispatch chatter, 1:57 later, shots were fired on Naylor Terrace. Morales, who was seated in his patrol cruiser, gun still holstered, was fatally wounded. He was shot in the side of the head, neck and arm.

Morales died on that dirt road, where a small tribute of dusty flowers and a flag still stands today.

File Photo/Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Officers from across the state stand at attention during the funeral service for Sgt. Gary Morales at Forest Hill Memorial Park in Palm City Monday, March 4 last year Sgt. Morales was killed in the line of duty Thursday, Feb. 28 in Fort Pierce.

Brian Morales mustered up the strength to visit the hallowed ground.

“It was just emptiness and still disbelief that my brother’s last moments were on that road at that location,” Brian Morales said.

St. Lucie County Sherriff Ken Mascara also made the emotional trip.

“We had someone very close to us pay the ultimate sacrifice right there at that very location.

I feel somewhat angered by the fact that someone in that community actually was the suspect who did that … I also have an appreciation that someone continues, almost one year later, to put little trinkets and little flowers.”

The man from the community who unleashed a string of bullets at point-blank range on the sheriff’s deputy, who according to police reports, had no time to react is Fort Pierce resident

Eriese Tisdale, 26. Tisdale, who is awaiting trial in a Martin County jail is facing the death penalty in Morales’ death.

Tisdale said the shooting was self-defense during police interrogation the day of the shooting.

Tisdale, a convicted felon stemming from a 2010 drug charge, had a gun in the car and was driving on a suspended license.

Evidence also suggests Tisdale

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TREASURE COAST —Who should control the dirty Lake Okeechobee water once precipitation begins to fall in May and the flood gates need unleashing?

In a Feb. 18 letter, Florida State Senator Joe Negron, R-Stuart, chair of the Senate Select Committee on the Indian River Lagoon and Lake Okeechobee Basin, called on Florida’s congressional delegation to push for federal legislation to remove the Army Corps of Engineers’ sole jurisdiction over Lake Okeechobee releases and to include authorization of the C-43 Reservoir project in the federal Water Resources Development Act of 2014, also known as WRDA. “Over the last few months, the Army Corps has demonstrated a willingness to be more proactive and coordinate with the South Florida Water Management

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ST. LUCIE COUNTY — The Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida hosted a delegation of medical scientists from the Karolinska Institutet for a research symposium titled “Innovative Approaches to Treating the Diseases of Aging”, held on Feb. 5-6.

Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, is world-renowned for bestowing the annual Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Over the course of two days, researchers from VGTI Florida and Karolinska University, along with guest speakers from across North America, presented on topics that focus on diseases of aging.

The symposium was one of the first steps that VGTI Florida is taking toward developing the Center for Diseases of Aging at their location in Port St. Lucie.

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will be a platform for scientists from VGTI Florida to find solutions to health issues in the aging population in collaboration with scientists from Karolinska Institutet and other medical research institutions around the world.

“VGTI Florida was honored to host the medical scientists from Karolinska Institutet in this collaborative symposium. The goal of this research is to develop more effective treatments and thus reduce the personal and economic burdens of diseases of aging”, said Richard Jove, Ph.D., president and director of VGTI Florida.

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Robert Plowden of Samule Gaines Academy, Distinguished Minority Educator, Heather Bolitho of Oak Hammock K-8 was chosen as the St. Lucie County Teacher of the Year, and Angela Jean Louis of Parkway Elementary School was recognized as the School Related Employee of the Year. Leilani Ankiel,of Treasure Coast High School, not in attendance, was also chosen as Outstanding First Year Teacher.

Mitch Kloorfain/Chief photographer Heather Bolitho of Oak Hammock K-8 reacts to being named as the St. Lucie County Teacher of the Year during the annual Night of the Stars Saturday, Feb. 22 at Lincoln Park Academy presented by the St. Lucie County Education Foundation. Bolitho is a media specialist at Oak Hammock.

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Westcliffe Estates’ construction will commence in March and the brand new sales model will be completed in the summer. The innovative new model center will be open seven days a week and greeting the potential homeowners will be Lang Realty’s agents lead by Elise Danielian and Linda MacCormack.

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We are honored to be involved in such an important community,” said John Falkenhagen, sales manager of its Port St. Lucie office at PGA Village.

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A reception and dinner at VGTI Florida on the Feb. 5 allowed the researchers, speakers, and special guests the opportunity to discuss how their collaborative research might have the greatest impact. The keynote speaker at the event was Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren, M.D., Ph.D., dean of research at Karolinska Institutet.

“Aging research is becoming a very important research focus at the moment; perhaps one of the most discussed areas of research in all categories, both in the US and in Europe, and in Asia as

The homes will be green certified by the Florida Green Building Coalition. This certification was created to highlight homes with low cost of ownership and a lifestyle of comfort and peace-ofmind from weather events using building methods and products superior to traditional code-built homes. Homecrete Homes has a strong reputation for building efficient green homes throughout the Treasure Coast since 2003.

“We at Lang Realty think very highly of the Tradition area and are impressed with its continued growth. This development will be another positive step for Tradition and Port St. Lucie as an ideal place to live,” said Scott Agran, president of Lang Realty.

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This was the second delegation of medical scientists from Karolinska Institutet to visit VGTI Florida, following up on their initial introductory visit in October to explore possibilities for research collaboration.

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ST. LUCIE WEST — A crime spree by two criminals who targeted unsuspecting seniors in finally over. James Bozarth, 40, and Stephanie McKinney, 27, were arrested on Feb. 16 at a Riviera Beach Travelodge, where they were hiding out after committing their third known armed parking lot robbery, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies wrote in an arrest report.

Earlier that day, the pair from Missouri, committed an armed robbery crime in The Gardens Mall parking lot in the same fashion they carried out two St. Lucie West robberies. The victim was sitting in the driver’s side of her car, purse in lap. With Bozarth at the wheel, the two blocked the victim in with their own black Honda Civic with stolen license plates and threatened the victim’s life, demanding belongings.

During an interrogation at the Palm Beach Police Department, McKinney told investigators she and Bozarth were in a romantic relationship for years.

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Bozarth selected the victim in the Palm Beach crime, McKinney said, according Stephanie McKinney to an arrest document.

After The Gardens Mall robbery, McKinney said the two went shopping at Walmart and Kohls with the victim’s credit James Bozarth cards.

McKinney told police the gun she used wasn’t a real firearm.

“McKinney advised they used an airsoft handgun and they also had a black handgun McKinney

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ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Volunteers are needed to help St. Lucie County create 235 additional oysters modules in the Indian River Lagoon around Fort Pierce Veterans Park before the Fort Piece Oyster Festival in April.

Volunteer opportunities include: • Saturday, March 1 from 9 a.m.

– noon at Harbour Pointe Park, 350 Avenue M, Fort Pierce: Bagging session.

• Saturday, March 8 from 9 a.m.

– noon at Harbour Pointe Park, 350 Avenue M, Fort Pierce: Bagging session (if needed).

• Saturday, March 15 at 2:30 p.m. behind the Fort Pierce Riverwalk Center, 600 N. Indian River

Drive, Fort Pierce: Deployment of 350 oyster modules into the lagoon.

St. Lucie County’s oyster restoration program helps to improve water quality in the Indian River Lagoon, while at the same time providing habitat and stabilization. An adult oyster can filter between 20 and 50 gallons of water per day, eliminating unwanted nutrients and sediments from the waterway.

Volunteers should wear comfortable clothing and bring sunscreen and water.

For more information about volunteering or donating oyster shells contact St. Lucie County Coastal Resources supervisor Jim Oppenborn at (772) 462-1713 or at oppenbornj@stlucieco.org.

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“I put it down and picked it up,” he said, “Then the story took off in my head.”

The book follows Benjamin Chaze, chief administration officer for an insurance company, as he picks up the pieces after a divorce blamed on his working all the time. He decides to return to his roots as a claims adjuster.

As the book opens, he wakes up in Massachusetts General Hospital, the victim of a drugging and beating.

Ben, working with a rookie police detective and Katrina Peters, a public adjuster, seeks to find out what happened to him and why. When they find out that his apartment and car were burglarized, the assumption is that the beating was related to a case.

Searching for the reason involves all of them in something much bigger than anyone expected.

For Anthony, the characters are the most important part of the story.

“The characters make a good book,” he said. “Sometimes (writers) develop the protagonists and don’t develop the others. I spent time molding the characters so that they seem real through their personalities and demeanor.”

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Both were charged with multiple counts of armed robbery, grand theft, fraudulent use of a credit card and fraudulent use of a PIN. On Feb. 15, the two robbed a 77-year-old woman at gunpoint in the Staples parking lot in St. Lucie West.

“The victim told police that as she was sitting in her car, a white female approached her from the driver’s side opened car

Anthony said that his genre, in particular has a standard for success.

“The key to a good suspense thriller is that you don’t want to put it down,” he said. “I showed it to a professor of creative writing and he said it was a ‘page turner.’”

While the characters are important, so is plot.

“There has to be multi-faceted things occurring,” he said.

“Are they connected? You have to thread it to try to map it into a nice story. Most of the people who have read it said it reads like a screen play and should be a movie.”

Anthony published the box himself and it is available in e-book form from Amazon.com for $2.99, the lowest price allowed. That price point was another choice Anthony made.

“If I read a good article about a mystery, would I spend $17-$18?

Probably not. Would I spend $3?

I’d like to get people to read it.

Feedback is good, and I’m glad I wrote a ‘good read.’”

To find out whether Benjamin and Katrina survive, you’ll have to read the book. Anthony is already in the middle of a sequel, but that’s not giving anything away.

“Lethal Indemnity” by Vincent Anthony is available at www.amazon.com.

door and reached in to the car and stole her purse,” Port St. Lucie Police Master Sgt. Frank Sabol said. “The victim told police that she was holding her wallet and the suspect told her to give her the wallet or she would shoot her. The victim gave the assailant her wallet, after which the suspect ran to a getaway car that was driven by a white male suspect and fled the scene.”

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The spring training season at Tradition Field kicks off against the Washington Nationals on Friday, Feb. 28 at 1:10 p.m.

The Mets will play 14 games in Port St. Lucie against the Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, St. Lucie Cardinals, Houston Astros, Washington Nationals, Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins.

Season and single tickets for Mets Spring Training games are on sale now at the Port St. Lucie Ticket Office, (772) 871-2115.

Tickets and information are also available online at www.mets. com, and www.stluciemets.com.

Located at 527 NW Peacock Blvd., Tradition Field is owned and operated by St. Lucie County’s Parks, Recreation and Facilities Department.

PORT ST. LUCIE — Tradition Field is listed as one of the best spring training facilities by USA Today. The spring training home of the New York Mets has a chance at beating out 20 other finalists in the national newspaper’s 10 Best Reader Choice contest.

Voting is open now and runs for four weeks only — ending on Monday, March 24. Voting takes place at www.10best.com/ awards/travel/best-spring-training-facility.

Nominee supporters can vote once per day, per category.

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This experience demonstrates the state water managers and the Army Corps can work effectively together,” Negron wrote. “However, the fact remains the Army Corps has sole jurisdiction and authority over lake levels and acts within that authority even when those actions conflict with the state water managers’ better judgment. We need your help to permanently and officially rebalance this delegation of responsibility and authority.”

Negron contended that the Corps’ authority derived from Congress, is failing to maintain the dike. The water release schedule is also a failure to the Treasure Coast’s estuaries, human health in the area and the economy.

Negron also called on Congress to designate funds to repair the dike and set aside more money for vital water projects in Florida.

“With the wet season scheduled to begin in just a few months, federal action is needed to address several recommendations designed to better manage lake levels, regulatory releases and water quality,” Negron said.

Would the state drown under such responsibility if Negron’s request is granted?

“Until the South Florida Water Management District comes out and says that they can handle and afford to manage the lake, I don’t think we should be moving one problem from here to another,” U.S Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter said during a scheduled appearance at Nature Fest in Fort Pierce on Feb. 22. “Unfortunately, they agree with that schedule.”

Nyla Pipes of One Florida Foundation has some doubts “I would want to look at how. I would want to look at the plan.

I have some reservations,” Pipes said. “I’m concerned that it’s an opportunity to take charge as a state when things are good, but shove the blame back to the Army Corps when they’re not.”

Don Voss, of One Florida Foundation said it’s an option that needs to be further explored.

“I don’t think we could do a worse job … the Army Corps was asked to come into Florida in the late 1920s by a referendum. They don’t seem to be doing their job very well,” Voss said. “I would suggest another referendum asking them to leave might be the way to go.”

“And when we started shopping that idea around was the first time they ever sat down and starting talking to us at the table.”

St. Lucie County Commissioner Chris Dzadvosky shared some of Pipes’ reservations.

“I think the state is qualified enough on the water quality side.

My concern with the idea is who is going to pay to maintain (the dike) and fix it? It all will be in the nuts and bolts of the final agreement,” Dzadovsky said. “Will the federal government provide the funding over a 20 year period, 50 year period? Because I don’t think the state of Florida has that ability. That would be my first concern. And how that transfer occurs needs to be written in the details.”

“If we fix the dike that changes everything,” he said. “We have to stop bringing water in from the north,” Dzadovsky said. “So stormwater treatment areas to the north and more lake storage has to be part of the big picture.”

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“Once the Kissimmee River Restoration Project is complete, more than 40 square miles of the river’s floodplain ecosystem will be restored, including almost 20,000 acres of wetlands and 44 miles of historic river channel,” the letter

Normally it’s left open so river traffic can pass through. It closes to let trains pass. Generally, trains and boats can’t pass at the same time.

Darrell Brand — Palm Cove Golf & Yacht Club Marina Committee member — said local boating is suffering greatly from Army Corps of Engineers discharges of nutrient-rich waters from Lake Okeechobee and other stresses.

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“Additionally, the project has the potential to add 100,000 acre feet of storage to the watershed, which will help alleviate water flows into Lake Okeechobee by raising the levels of Lakes Kissimmee, Cypress and Hatchinehaw another 1.5 feet. The project also maintains the flood reduction benefits of the original Kissimmee River channeling,” the letter read.

“What that will do is help slow down the rate in which the water from Orlando gets to the lake, so that ratio doesn’t fill up so quickly, so they can manage and better predict,” Murphy said.

for most boats.

“That bridge is right at the intersection of the North Fork and South Fork of the (St. Lucie River) there,” Brand said. “This bridge, it’s not a very tall bridge. The only thing that fit under it is an inflatable dingy.”

Palm City resident K.C. Traylor started a Facebook page opposing All Aboard Florida. It’s named Florida Not All Aboard. Additionally, she’s involved with an online petition against the proposed rail at www.change.org, and an opposition web site, www.floridanotal-

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“We launched (the petition) this Friday afternoon, and we’re already up to 300 signatures on (change.org),” Traylor said.

At press time, the online petition had about 550 signatures.

Brand’s is among them.

Kim DeLaney, spokeswoman, said the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council generally approves of more passenger rail, but has some heartburn over All Aboard Florida’s proposals.

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company is high-speed express service with limited stations, which by definition is limited access for Treasure Coast residents,” she said.

DeLaney said the company claims it can open and close the train bridge crossing the St. Lucie, beside the Roosevelt Bridge in Stuart, in less than 15 minutes. Haddox, Brand and others are skeptical about that claim.

DeLaney said even going with best-case numbers, the planning council still sees problems with the extra train traffic.

“All Aboard Florida has indicated it takes about 14 minutes each time that bridge is closed,” she said. “Two trains an hour is 28

“What’s been suggested by the company is high-speed express service with limited stations, which by definition is limited access for Treasure Coast residents.”

Kim DeLaney, spokeswoman, Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council minutes.”

DeLaney said the company is proposing service between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.

Haddox said that he believes that what’s starting as a private venture will eventually consume state dollars, but will only benefit larger metropolitan areas.

“We will be a donor county along with every other smaller county in the state,” he said. “This is all about developing the bigger hubs and regionalism.”

The company didn’t answer or return repeated calls for comment.

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Seacoast National Bank’s Treasure Coast president earns honors from Economic Development Council Seacoast National Bank Treasure Coast President Tom Wilkinson was recently installed as chairman of the Board of directors for the Economic Development Council of St. Lucie County. At the same installation

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ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Improper beachfront lighting can imperil our endangered and threatened sea turtle populations. St. Lucie County enforces sea turtle lighting codes during sea turtle nesting season, which runs from March 1 – Nov. 15. Failure to comply with sea turtle lighting requirements can result in a code violation and increased sea turtle mortality.

So how can beachfront residents, businesses and visitors comply with sea turtle friendly lighting requirements? Knowing the code is the key to successful compliance.

According to St. Lucie County Code, between March 1 – Nov. 15, exterior light sources directly visible from the beach or illuminating areas seaward of the primary dune must be turned off between sunset and sunrise during nesting season. Existing artificial light sources should not be directly

visible from the beach and cannot illuminate areas seaward of the primary dune. Lights illuminating beach access points, dune crossovers, beach walkways, piers or any other structure seaward of the primary dune designed for pedestrian traffic must be shielded so they are not directly visible from the beach.

To prevent interior lights from illuminating the beach, window treatments are required on all windows of single and multi-story structures if these windows are within the line of sight of the beach. Blackout draperies or shadescreens are preferred. Alternatively, approved window tint may be applied to beachfront windows. It is encouraged that people turn out all unnecessary interior lights during nesting season.

For additional information on sea turtle friendly beaches, please contact St. Lucie County Natural Resources Extension agent Ken Gioeli at (772) 462-1660.

St. Lucie Fair spins up Staff Report

ST. LUCIE COUNTY — The 49th annual St. Lucie County Fair spins up on Friday, Feb. 28.

The fair will open 4 p.m. at 15601 West Midway Road, Fort Pierce. It’ll be opened until Sunday, March 9. Admission for adults is $10, and $6 in advance.

Veterans and those 50 and older get in for $5. Children 6 to 12 get in for $3, or for $1.00 in advance.

Children to age 5 get in free. Children 6 to 13 receive $1 admission on Saturdays. The fair is free to all on Monday and Wednesday, March 3 and 5. Parking is $3.

The fair is open, weather permitting, 4 p.m. to midnight Monday to Thursday. On Fridays, it remains open until 1:30 a.m. On Saturdays, it’s open from noon

until 1 a.m. On Sundays, from noon until midnight.

In addition to daily livestock shows, there’ll be a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Rodeo on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 28 and March 1, at 7:30 p.m. Among numerous other musical acts, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will perform. There’ll be lots of other entertainment, too. For example, the Lady Houdini show will be on the Your Voice News & Views stage daily.

Murphy Brothers Exposition and James E. Strates Shows is putting on this year’s midway.

It’ll have more than 40 rides over more than 15 acres.

The fair attracts about 130,000 a year.

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Yes, she’s talking about the St. Staff writer Lucie River sick-fish investigapmccallister@YourVoiceWeekly.com tion. Fortstchem said without study it’s impossible to know PALM CITY — News that a local whether the recently-found disfisherman caught a sheepshead eased sheepshead was a victim fish with a large lesion in Bessey of polluted waters. She said there Creek earlier this month got a are numerous causes of lesions. lot of folks talking about 1998.

“One lesioned fish does not That’s a year many remember for make the whole estuary sick,” innumerable sick and dying fish Fortstchem said. in the St. Lucie River. Indeed, the Perry agreed. However, he said Florida Fish and Wildlife Conserthere have been at least eight vation Commission had verified large events of fish with lesions reports of 17 fish with lesions in in the St. Lucie in memory, and Palm City that year. they struck more than 30 kinds Science eventually pinned Army of fish.

Corps of Engineers’ discharges of “If it’s an isolated incident, then nutrient-rich water into the river you say, ‘Well, let’s keep our eyes system as the likely culprit. open,’” Perry said.

“We were sending them all kinds However, Perry said he wished of samples of (fish with lesions) in that the fisherman had experts ‘98,” Mark Perry, executive direcinvestigate the diseased sheepstor of the Florida Oceanographic head. His tip to others if they Society, said. catch diseased fish?

The commission runs the Fish “They should freeze that fish, and Wildlife Research Institute, put it on ice, and send it to Ann St. Petersburg. That lab investiForstchem,” heFlorida said. “If they start Visit diseased PlatinumHomeSearch.com for all South listings! gates and mysteriously catching more of them, bag them dead fish, among other things. up and send them to the lab.”

The recently-caught diseased fish Brown said the more information never made its way to that lab the commission has about what for analysis to see what caused causes diseased fish, the better its lesions, said Catalina Brown, the state can respond to hufish kill hotline coordinator at the man-made problems. commission.

“If we don’t get the samples and “This sample never made it to we don’t get the calls, we can’t our lab,” Brown said. “We saw a have that data,” she said. “Even Facebook post of the fish with a if it’s one fish once in a while, we tumor on it.” don’t get the data.”

To Ann Forstchem, biologist, that tumor looked familiar.

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The Port St. Lucie Anglers club is pleased to have Capt. Bruce Hrobak as its March Speaker.

Capt. Bruce is the owner of Billy Bones Bait and Tackle here in Port St. Lucie. He brings with him many years of experience as a Charter Captain and as friend and sponsor of many or the Port St. Lucie Anglers Club’s activities especially our upcoming Kids Fishing Tournament

on April 19 at our club’s headquarters at the Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd. Capt Bruce will speak on the topic of “Boating Large Cobia” the meeting starts at 7p.m. on March 13 at the Botanical Gardens.

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Public defender and Tisdale’s attorney Diamond Litty said she can’t speculate when Tisdale’s trial will begin. On behalf of her client, Litty declined an interview with Your Voice News & Views.

Brian Morales said he has found it in his soul to forgive his brother’s killer. Other family members have, too.

“There is forgiveness there. We are Christians we do not want to teach our children hate ...

Immediately we wanted people to know there was forgiveness for such a heinous, unspeakable act,” Brian Morales said.

“At the same time, people need to understand there is anger and a lot of sadness and a great sorrow over family events we’ve had this past year.”

Holidays were especially hard for Gary Morales’ two young daughters Brooklynn and Jordan, but the two stay connected to their father in a special spiritual way, Brian said.

“When they speak about their father, it’s like they’re having a two-way conversation from

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“He carried it into my office and said ‘Sheriff, I have something for you.’ When he swung that suitcase open with all this money, it was a gotcha moment for both of us. I was like, What! I couldn’t believe it.”

A photo of the moment is framed on the sheriff’s desk as a tangible reminder of the lost hero.

Mascara said Morales’ absence at the Sheriff’s Office has been

MORALES from page A27 heaven down to wherever they are,” Brian said.

“They’ll say ‘Oh yeah I showed daddy my dress,’ they basically speak as if their daddy is in another country and they can speak to him at any time.”

Brian Morales said life just isn’t the same without his younger brother’s presence. When asked what he misses the most about his brother, he replied “Everything.”

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“He was such an integral part of a lot of things that went on in the office. He was a member of the SWAT team, he was a very big member of our training unit, plus he was a road sergeant,” Mascara said. “We, as an office, got to see him quite a bit, and he had an infectious smile and every time you saw him, he had that smile.”

“In this last year, we just don’t see him anymore. It’s a great loss for the office.”

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Sometime before Law Enforcement Memorial Week in May, Sgt. Gary Morales’ name will be permanently etched on the Florida’s Sheriffs Law Enforcement Memorial Wall in Tallahassee and the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C., Mascara said.

Once the Sheriff’s Office finishes constructing a memorial wall of its own, Gary Morales will be memorialized there, too.

The Sheriff’s Office will have a private luncheon for the Morales family on Feb. 28. No public events have been scheduled.

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ST. LUCIE WEST — It’s party time when Doc Grober and the Mudcats perform, so it makes sense that they would give a concert for Mardi Gras, the biggest of party days.

The Dixieland band will perform March 4 at St. Bernadette Church in St. Lucie West as part of the St. Bernadette Concert Series.

Just back from a ski trip, the retired orthopedic surgeon talked about this special concert.

“It’s on Mardi Gras night and they specifically wanted a Mardi Gras theme,” he said. “In addition to that kind of music, I’ll talk briefly about the history of Mardi Gras and what it represents.”

Mardi Gras means “Fat Tuesday” in French and it is traditionally the last day of indulgence before Lent. The biggest stage for Mardi Gras in the United States is New Orleans, and this concert will celebrate the music of the Big Easy.

“We’ll play traditional New Orleans music, like “The Bourbon Street Parade,” Grober said. “It will be the kind of music heard on Bourbon Street and at New Orleans jazz funerals. It will be festive.”

Grober has a number of fine

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A one-two alternative rock punch with Collective Soul and Ed Kowalczk at the Sunrise FOR YOUR VOICE NEWS & VIEWS

ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Collective Soul, celebrating their 20th music anniversary of seven number one rock hits, a double platinum album, a triple platinum album and more than 10 million albums sold across the world, will rock the Sunrise Theatre on Friday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.

Opening act is Ed Kowalczk, former lead singer of Live who helped define alternative rock into what it is today. Kowalczk kicked off the next chapter in his career by releasing a new solo album and revisiting his complete body of work with the I Alone – Acoustic Tour.

Hailing from the city of Atlanta, Collective Soul shot to international fame with their 1993 release “Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid,” and their mega No.1 hit “Shine.”

The self-titled “Collective Soul,” released in March of 1995, the album that helped define their sound of catchy melodies and guitar driven songs. Containing four outstanding singles (three of which reached No. 1), “December,” “The World I Know,” “Where

Photo courtesy of National Association of Broadcasters Multi-platimun recording artists, Collective Soul perform for one night at the Sunrise Theatre in Fort Pierce Friday, Feb. 28 The River Flows” and “Gel,” it became Collective Soul’s highest selling album to date. The album went triple-platinum and spent

76 weeks on the Billboard Top 200 charts.

Other songs they are known for include: “Precious Declaration”

and “Listen,” “Heavy,” “Why,” “Part 2,” “Vent,” “Better Now,”

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Vine & Barley Live music. 6 p.m.-10 p.m. 1680 S.W. St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie West. For more information, call (772) 4467550.

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Tin Fish (East) Live music. 6 p.m.-9 p.m., 327 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie For more information, call (772) 8793900.

TGI Fridays Karaoke 9 p.m.-midnight. 1775 N.W. St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie West. For more information, call (772) 343-1981.

Bogey’s and Stogeys Karaoke 8 p.m.-2 a.m., 1032 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 3377778.

Good Times (West) Thirsty Thursdays 10 p.m.-2 a.m., 2096 N.W. Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 878-8844.

West End Grill Live music on the patio. 6 p.m.-10 p.m. 1680 St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie West.

For more information, call (772) 343-1147.

Rinelli’s Yellow Tail Restaurant Bike night every Thursday, weather permitting. 101 N. Second St., Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 466-5474.

Rinelli’s Yellow Tail Restaurant Classic car show last Friday of every month, weather permitting.

5 p.m.-9 p.m. 101 N. Second St., Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 466-5474.

West End Grill Live music on the patio. 6 p.m.-9 p.m. 1680 St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie West.

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City Limits Sports Bar Karaoke 9 p.m.-2 a.m., 900 S.W. Gatlin Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 3368201.

Shindig Irish Restaurant & Pub Acoustic Vibes by Jason Montero 9:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m., 464 S.W. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 785-6202.

Rebar Karaoke 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m., 8283 S. Federal Highway, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 340-7777.

Good Times (West) Live music 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., 2096 N.W. Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie.

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City Limits Sports Bar Live music or DJ 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m., 900 S.W. Gatlin Blvd., Port St. Lucie.

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Neely’s Grog House Karaoke 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 802 S.W. Bayshore Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 249-4195.

Rebar DJ 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m., 8283 S. Federal Highway, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 340-7777.

SUNRISE from page B2 and “Perfect Day,” a duet with Sir Elton John. “Tremble For My Beloved” found Collective Soul on the soundtrack to the 2008 Twilight movie.

The long awaited ninth studio album “See What You Started

By Continuing,” to be released in summer of 2014, fully embodies the journey that Collective Soul has taken musically and personally throughout the last two decades.

“As a band we have experienced and developed so much as musicians and people in the last twenty years,” said Collective Soul frontman, Ed Roland.

“This album represents a full circle, coming back to the roots of Collective Soul, and continuing to build on the music that we started making from the beginning.”

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night of rock at the Sunrise! Tickets are priced at $65/$55 and are available at the box office at (772) 461-4775 or visit us online at www.SunriseTheatre.com.

The Sunrise Theatre for the Performing Arts is an intimate venue, offering the best entertainment and state-of-the-art sound on the Treasure Coast.

The Sunrise Theatre presents a diverse schedule of national touring Broadway shows, musical and comedy acts, ballet and opera companies with full orchestras, country stars and classic rock icons. For a comprehensive listing and description of all events booked to date, go to www.

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Vine & Barley Live music. 8 p.m.-midnight. 1680 S.W. St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie West.

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West End Grill Live music on the patio. 6 p.m.-10 p.m. 1680 St. Lucie West Blvd., St. Lucie West.

For more information, call (772) 343-1147.

Good Times (West) Live music 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., 2096 N.W. Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie.

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Shindig Irish Restaurant & Pub Live music 9:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m., 464 S.W. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 785-6202.

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The Original Tiki Bar Live music after 4 p.m., 2 Avenue A, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 461-0880.

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Live Rock & Roll at Good Times Bar (East) 9 p.m. 21 and up. No cover. 9144 S. Federal Highway, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 337-3546.

Fridays After Dark with DJ Jay Dee at Good Times West. 9 p.m.2 a.m. 21 and up. Drink specials.

Dress to impress. No cover. 2096 N.W. Courtyard Circle, St. Lucie West. For more information, call (772) 878-8844.

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9 p.m. Ladies well drinks and domestic drafts are $1. Shots of Purple MF and Sex on the Beach are $2. 122 North St., Fort Pierce.

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The Original Tiki Bar Reggae Sunday featuring 23 Trees. 3 p.m. 2 Avenue A, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 4610880.

Tuesday, March 4

Tequila Tuesdays at Flavors Restaurant and Lounge. 10 p.m.2 a.m. 18 and up. Ladies free until 11 p.m. Drink specials. 529 N.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 807-1585.

Sexy Tuesdays at Tesoro Nightclub Ladies 18 and up. Guys 21 and up. Drink specials. Ladies drink free until 11 p.m. $2 drinks until midnight. $5 Jager Bombs.

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GROBER from page B1 musicians he calls upon to play the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, piano, bass drums and guitar that make up the band. There’s a vocalist as well. Grober considers himself the least accomplished musician on the stage.

The doctor is modest. Newcomers to the area might not know that he put himself through the University of Pennsylvania playing the piano. He stepped away from music during medical school and the lengthy process of becoming a surgeon.

Several years ago, the Pelican Yacht Club in Fort Pierce need-

ed a fill-in band for an event.

Grober put together a group for a one-time gig. The manager gave them the name “Mudcats,” after a catfish indigenous to Mississippi.

While the players changed, the name and band stuck.

Grober is pleased to be performing in the church concert series.

He has found Tom Bold, the director, and his team, a pleasure to work with.

“They are wonderful,” he said.

“They’ve been so nice to me. They have been cooperative and very warm and friendly.”

Bold returns the praise. In an email, he talked about why he invited the group to perform.

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world-class artists from around the world and, as we often say, from around the corner. To that end, we are very fortunate to offer our loyal concert patrons a star in our midst, Doc Grober and his Mudcats. What a treasure Doc is here on the Treasure Coast!

“St. Bernadette’s concert with Doc Grober and the Mudcats will be special because the venue is a church. Sometimes, the fact that this magnificent music venue is a church is off-putting for some folks. We are hoping to dispel those fears of ‘churchy’ music with artists such as Doc Grober.

However, because they are performing in our beautiful church, they have added a special set

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Doc Grober and the Mudcats perform March 4 at St. Bernadette Church, 350 N.W. California Blvd., St. Lucie West. Tickets for the 7 p.m. concert are $35.

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For Grober, adding the hymns just seems right.

“Hymns have played such an important role in the development of jazz that I felt it was appropriate,” he said.

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Closer Than Ever: The Musical Revue by Shire & Maltby FOR YOUR VOICE NEWS & VIEWS

TREASURE COAST — Riverside Theatre’s 40th Anniversary Season continues with the delightful and enchanting musical, “Closer Than Ever.”

Featuring the music of David Shire and the lyrics of Richard Maltby Jr., “Closer Than Ever” plays the Waxlax Stage from March 11 through March 23 and is sponsored by Riverside’s 20132014 Patron Producers.

“Closer Than Ever” is an intimate, insightful musical revue about love, happiness, aging, and life’s challenges. With some of the most sophisticated and inventive songs ever written about people and relationships, these melodies are based on real life experiences and stories as told through the music and lyrics of David Shire and Richard Maltby Jr. “Closer Than Ever” originated as a cabaret act, “Next Time Now,” which had a successful run at the Greenwich Village nightclub, Eighty-Eights. The work was a critical success with both the

public and critics, and Shire and Maltby decided to expand the act into a full evening-length show.

The full-scale version of the show went through a trial run at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts during the summer of 1989. Marcia Milgrom Dodge, who has directed a few productions at Riverside, was hired to choreograph the expanded show. Well-received by audiences, the show headed for New York City. “Closer Than Ever” opened at the Off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theatre in 1989, and ran for 312 performances. It won the Outer Critics Circle Award for the Best Off-Broadway musical as well as garnering Drama Desk nominations for Shire and Maltby. A recent Off-Broadway revival was well received by The New York Times and The New Yorker.

Richard Maltby Jr., born in Ripon, Wis. in 1937, was the son of Richard Maltby Sr., a wellknown band leader. A director, producer, and screenwriter, he is also a constructor of cryptic crossword puzzles. Maltby con-

Kevin Spirtas ceived and directed the only two Broadway musical revues to win Tony awards: “Ain’t Misbehavin’” in 1978 and “Fosse” in 1999. He was also a co-lyricist for “Miss Saigon.”

David Shire, born in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1937, was also the son of a well-known society band leader.

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he met Richard, and the two have collaborated on theatrical projects ever since. Shire might be best known for scoring the feature films “All the President’s Men,” “The Hindenburg,” “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three,” and “Zodiac.” Shire and Norman Gimbel received an Academy Award for “It Goes Like It Goes,” the theme song for “Norma Rae.” Riverside Theatre’s production of “Closer Than Ever” is directed

by DJ Salisbury and stars Jennifer Byrne, James Ludwig, Kevin Spirtas, and Kristen Beth Williams.

Kevin Spirtas (Man 2) is, perhaps, best known for his 7 ½-year portrayal of dashing Dr. Craig Wesley on NBC’s Emmy Award-winning drama, “Days of Our Lives.” His career began at 18 when he landed his first professional job as Mike (“I Can Do That”) Costa, in Michael Bennett’s Broadway musical “A Chorus Line.” He has starred on Broadway and Regional tours,

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TRADITION — American Craft Endeavors, the largest producer of high-end juried craft fairs throughout Florida, brings a new event to Tradition Village in Port St. Lucie. The Downtown Tradition Craft Festival will debut March 1-2, 2014. Admission is free and open to the public.

Town Hall Square will be transformed into an outdoor craft showcase featuring a full spectrum of craft media including photography, pottery, leather items, functional art, stained glass and much more. The prices will be set to suit all budgets and will range from as little as $3 to $3,000.

In order to ensure a superior event with quality affordable original crafts, all of the local and national crafters will be hand-selected from hundreds of applicants by American Craft Endeavors.

Located in the heart of the popular community of Tradition, Tradition Square boasts shops, restaurants, parks, and outdoor performance pavilions geared especially toward hosting exciting outdoor events.

• Juried outdoor craft showcase Original crafts — handmade in America • Unique and affordable gift items • 150 crafters from 30 different states • Crafters hand-selected from hundreds of applicants • All crafters on site for duration of festival • Vast array of craft media including folk art, pottery, personalized gifts, handmade clothing, basket weaving, beaded utensils, candles, cork assemblage, fabric design, fiber quilts, fused wax & glass, hair accessories, handbags & accessories, handmade cards, leather, mosaic, wood, painted wood, plaster craft and stained glass American Craft Endeavors produces some of the nation’s most exciting high-end juried craft shows in many of Florida’s vibrant downtown areas and popular tourist destinations including the Lauderdale by the Sea Craft Festival, the Holiday Craft Festival on the Ocean in Jupiter/Juno Beach, the Downtown Stuart Craft Fairs, the Siesta Fiesta Craft Festival in Sarasota and the Downtown

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Photo courtesy of American Craft Endeavors Craft presenters and purchasers will flock to the debut of the Tradition Craft Festival Saturday, March 1 & 2.

Sarasota Craft Festivals among others. The group’s founders personally select unique, culture rich cities for their show locations providing a complete outdoor experience unmatched by other festivals. All crafters are handselected from hundreds of applicants in order to ensure a superior event featuring diverse art media and the highest quality of original handmade crafts.

The debut of the Downtown Tradition Craft Festival will be March 1-2, Saturday and

Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Town Hall Square at Tradition Village,10824 S.W. Village Parkway, Port St. Lucie, to support the arts, crafters and the local economy.

Admission is free and open to the public.

For additional information on the debut of the Downtown Tradition Craft Festival and other American Craft Endeavors craft shows across the country, visit www. artfestival.com or call (561) 7466615.

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including “Hairspray,” “Meet Me In St. Louis,” “Company, Damn Yankees” and “Into The Woods.”

A tribute to his high-octane talent came in 2003 when he was cast (over hundreds) as the stand-by for Hugh Jackman in Broadway’s smash hit musical, The Boy From Oz. His television and film credits include: “L.A. Heat,” “V.I.P.”, “Fired Up,” “Silk Stalkings,” “Quantum Leap,” “Embrace the Darkness,” “Striking Resemblance,” and “Green Plaid Shirt.”

Spirtas has been featured opposite Sir Ian McKellen in Bryan Singer’s Apt Pupil and Ben Affleck in Mark Steven Johnson’s director’s cut of “Daredevil.” He can also be seen starring in those fantastic cult classic slasher sequels: “Friday the 13th VII,” “Subspecies II,” and “Subspecies III,” Wes Craven’s, “The Hills Have Eyes II,” and “Albino Farm.”

In October 2009, Spirtas made his debut as a Broadway producer with the critically acclaimed revival of “Finian’s Rainbow.”

Currently he is one of the producers on the smash hit Broadway musical, “Priscilla- Queen Of The Desert” While continuing his work in film and television, he tours the world with his highly acclaimed one-man musical shows: “Night & Days,” “Jersey Men,” and “Let There Be Love.” www.kevinspirtas.com The crew includes: Brent Frederick (music director), Allen D. Cornell (scenic designer), Rebecca Franklin (lighting designer), Emily Baldwin (costume cesigner), Craig Beyrooti (sound designer), and Audrey M. Brown (stage manager).

“Closer Than Ever” performs March 11–23, on the Waxlax Stage at Riverside Theatre. Tickets are $50. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Box Office at (772) 231-6990 or online at www.riversidetheatre.com. Performances are Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. with matinees on Wednesdays, Saturdays

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“Closer Than Ever” is final production in the Waxlax Stage for the 2013-2014 season. The Stark Stage the season also includes “South Pacific” (Feb. 18 – March 9) and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” (April 8 – 27).

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49th Annual St. Lucie County Fair at the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds. 4 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

Midnight Madness starting at 9:30 p.m. Special gate admission and unlimited ride armband combo for $25. Parking is $3. 15601 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce. For more information visit www.stluciecountyfair.org or call (772) 462-2581.

Toddler Story Jam at Port St. Lucie Library Branch. 10:30-11:15 a.m. Join Miss Alicia for literacy through rhymes, stories, movement and more. All Library events are open to the public and offered at no charge. Parents and caregivers, please plan to stay with children during the story session.

180 S.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 871-5450.

Tai Chi for Health Classes at the Oxbow Eco-Center. 9:15 a.m.10:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Tai Chi instructors Hilde and Hector Ruiz-Puyana will lead classes in Tai Chi for Health, designed for everyone including those who suffer from arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis and balance issues. Appropriate for ages 16 and up. $10 per class or $32 for four classes. RSVP a must. 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772)

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by DJ Jay Dee. 21 and up. No cover. Dress to impress. 2096 N.W. Courtyard Circle, St. Lucie West. For more information, call (772) 878-8844.

Ladies Night at Superplay USA 9 p.m.-midnight. Ladies bowl (shoes included), play laser tag and/or mini golf for free. Guys can do the same for $12. 1600 N.W. Courtyard Circle, St. Lucie West. For more information, call (772) 408-5800.

Tropical Wednesdays at Good Times West. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 21 and up Music by DJ Lenny C. No cover. Salsa, merengue, bachata, reggaeton, house and Top 40.

2096 N.W. Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 878-8844.

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Art & Craft Festival at Tradition Square 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. For more information, call (561) 746-6615.

Food Truck Invasion at the PSL Civic Center. 5-9:30 p.m. Held the fourth Friday of every month. Free admission. 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 807-4499.

Square Dancing at Walton Community Center. 6-10 p.m. 11090 Ridge Ave., Port St. Lucie. For more information, contact Michael Doughty at (772) 631-2184.

Oyster Reef Volunteering at Harbour Pointe Park. 9 a.m.-noon.

Volunteers have placed recycled oyster shells, collected from area restaurants and raw bars, into more than 500 mesh bags that now need to be strategically placed into permitted areas in the Indian River Lagoon, so that they can help rebuilt oyster reefs. Volunteers should wear comfortable clothing and bring sunscreen and water. 350 Avenue M, Fort Pierce.

If you are interested in helping to place oyster shells into mesh bags, please contact Lewis Garrett at (772) 359-7939 or glewisg42@ gmail.com.

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Port St. Lucie Green Market at the Civic Center 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Ladies Love Thursdays at Tesoro Nightclub 21 and up. $3 domestic drinks until midnight, $7 margaritas, $3 well drinks until 11 p.m. Ladies in free all night and drink free until 11 p.m. 7159 South Federal Highway, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 626-2425.

Ladies Night at the St. Lucie Inn 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. No cover. $1 well drinks, $1 drafts and $2 wines from 11 p.m.-midnight.

Music by DJ Ozmosys and DJ Quake, playing dance music all night. 2101 N. Dixie Highway, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 464-1326.

Irresistible Thursdays at Good Times West 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 21 and up. No cover. Drink specials. Dress to impress. Playing ‘80s, ‘90s and top 40 mash-ups all night. 2096 N.W. Courtyard Circle, St. Lucie West. For more information, call (772) 878-8844.

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CALENDAR from page B11 baked goods, arts and crafts, unique gift ideas and more. Admission and parking are always free. 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 807-4499.

49th Annual St. Lucie County Fair at the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds. Noon-midnight. Kid’s Day. Gate admission for all children 12 and under is $1. Parking $3. 15601 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce. For more information visit www.stluciecountyfair.org or call (772) 462-2581.

Sunday, March 2

Art & Craft Festival at Tradition Square 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. For more information, call (561) 746-6615.

49th Annual St. Lucie County Fair at the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds. Noon-11 p.m. 15601 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce. For more information visit www.stluciecountyfair.org or call (772) 4622581.

Tradition Green Market at The Landing at Tradition. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Shop local vendors for fresh produce, arts & crafts and more.

Event is subject to change without notice. For more information or

to become a vendor, contact Tara Farrell at tarafarrell@cle​archannel. com or call (772) 359-1462.

TC RC Scale Boats at Tradition on the east side of the lake. 8 a.m.-11 a.m.

Treasure Coast RC Scale Boat Club meets every Sunday morning. For more information, visit tcrcboaters.org

Monday, March 3

49th Annual St. Lucie County Fair at the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds. 4-11:30 p.m. Free Admission Day. $3 parking. 15601 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce. For more information visit www.stluciecountyfair.org or call (772) 4622581.

Port St. Lucie City Council meeting at City Hall. 121 S.W. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie.

For more information, call (772) 344-4296.

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Feeding Frenzy Tours at the St. Lucie County Aquarium featuring the Smithsonian. 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m. Join the underwater residents enjoy their morning meal. A volunteer or staff member will provide information on the exhibit’s daily menu, as well as share stories and provide insight on what makes the constantly changing ecosystems so unique. Free with paid admission. 420 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce. For more information, call

49th Annual St. Lucie County Fair at the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds. 4-11:30 p.m. Free Admission Day. $3 parking. 15601 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce. For more information visit www.stluciecountyfair.org or call (772) 4622581.

Thursday, March 6

49th Annual St. Lucie County Fair at the St. Lucie County Fairgrounds. 4-11 p.m. BOGO Day. Buy one, get one onm gate admission and unlimited fair ride armband. $3 parking. 15601 W. Midway Road, Fort Pierce. For more information visit www.stluciecountyfair.org or call (772) 4622581.

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B16 • FEBRUARY 28, 2014 • ST. LUCIE WEST/TRADITION • YOUR VOICE NEWS & VIEWS

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IS ALL ABOARD FLORIDA 100% PRIVATELY FUNDED? NO All Aboard Florida applied for a federally guaranteed loan (RRIF) from the Federal Railroad Administration in March 2013.

This is the same type of financing scheme that was behind the housing finance crisis that came tumbling down in 2008.

Taxpayers would be left holding the bag when the RRIF loan goes into default.

We ask if Amtrak is running just four trains per day from Miami to Orlando, how can All Aboard Florida justify 32 trips?

How can this be viable?

“No privately run train offering passenger service has operated successfully since the automobile became the main choice of travelers. Government typically helps pay for mass-transit systems because they are so expensive to build and operate.” - Orlando Sentinel, March 18, 2013 Why has Senator Brandes filed SB 642 bill on January 15, 2014 repealing the authority of the Auditor General to conduct audits of transportation corporations authorized under the Florida Transportation Corporation Act? If AAF is using taxpayer’s money for a loan, shouldn’t they be audited??? Is this a money grab from taxpayers?

Transportation Corporation Act General Bill

by Brandes Florida Transportation Corporation Act: Repealing a provision relating to the authority of the Auditor General to conduct audits of transportation corporations authorized under the Florida Transportation Corporation Act; repealing a provision relating to the type, structure, and income of an authorized transportation corporation; repealing a provision relating to the contract between the Department of Transportation and an authorized transportation corporation; repealing a provision relating to the board of directors and advisory directors of an authorized transportation corporation, etc.

http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2014/0642/ByCategory

WHAT CAN YOU DO? Write a letter to the senators reviewing this bill. It must be stopped. Visit our website for addresses and a sample letter.

Sign our petition

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WHAT IS ALL ABOARD FLORIDA? THIRTY-TWO passenger trains traveling daily from Miami to Orlando, through our towns, between 7:00 a.m.—11:00 p.m. There are no scheduled stops between West Palm Beach and Orlando! All Aboard Florida (AAF) will simply pass through our towns 32 times per day! Expect traffic congestion, noise pollution, as well as property values and access to the ocean from the west side of the bridge to be severely impacted.