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JENSEN BEACH — Should the state see another soggy wet season with record rainfall, the flood gates will again wreak havoc on the Indian River Lagoon as it did last year, water managers for the Army Corps of Engineers said. The Corps had no choice but to release billions of gallons of polluted water into the Indian River Lagoon and Caloosahatchee River, water managers said last week during a Jensen Beach town hall meeting with concerned residents. Had they not dumped the water, a Herbert Hoover dike breach would have led to catastrophic casualties south of the aging dam, said Jorge Tous, chief of the water management section in Jacksonville. “All you need is a weak point ... That’s the way it is with dams and levees,” Tous said. “You start with a small breach and they keep opening and opening.” The large discharges were authorized under the Corps’ water control plan, the 2008 Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule, also known as LORS for short. The schedule is determined by climate and weather forecasts. The plan took two years to formulate, water managers said. Only an act of Congress could change the plan. But that option would take time, years in fact,
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Suspended Port St. Lucie City council member Ron Bowen speaks with his attorneys following a hearing at the St. Lucie County Courthouse Friday, Jan. 31. The case had to be rescheduled when Judge Kathryn Nelson recused herself for having a friendship with one of the witnesses in the case.
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PORT ST. LUCIE — The judge presiding over a suspended Port St. Lucie city councilman’s misdemeanor case for an alleged open records law violation has recused herself from the case. During a hearing in a St. Lucie
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“We’ve been friends since 1990. We’ve traveled together, we’ve been on vacations together,” Nelson told the court. Bowen was present in the courtroom, but had no comment on the case. The case will be reassigned to another judge, which could take a week, Bowen’s attorney, Rich-
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TREASURE COAST — After a Washington, D.C., cocaine charge and a stint in a Naples rehab center, a Southwest Florida congressman, best known on the Treasure Coast for partnering with U.S. Rep Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter on state water issues has resigned, effective Jan. 27. In a letter to the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner, R-Ohio, U.S. Rep. Henry “Trey” Radel, R-Fort Myers, referenced his 2013 drug-related trials, saying the issues placed a heavy burden on his capacity to serve Florida’s 19th congressional district. “Regardless of some personal struggles in 2013, this year has already been tremendously positive as I focus on my health, family and faith,” Radel wrote in the letter, dated Jan. 27. “Unfortunately, some of my struggles had serious consequences. While I have dealt with those issues on a personal level, it is my belief that professionally I cannot fully and effectively serve as a United States Representative to the place I love and call home, Southwest Florida.” Copies of Radel’s letter to Boehner were also sent to Gov. Rick Scott and Florida’s Secretary of State, Ken Detzner. Radel, a married father of two, ended his resignation letter on a high note. “As an eternal optimist, I know there are great things in store for our country when we find ways to work together,” Radel wrote. “Whether it is as a father, a husband, or in any future endeavor, I hope to contribute what I can to better our country in the years to come.” Gov. Scott issued a special election in an executive order on Jan. 31 to fill Radel’s vacant seat. A primary election will be held on April 22. The general election will be held on June 24. Radel was arrested on Oct. 29 in Washington, D.C., after he agreed to purchase 3.5 grams of cocaine for $250 from an undercover officer who was accompanied by an acquaintance of Radel. Radel
Henry ‘Trey’ Radel agreed to purchase the drugs in the undercover officer’s car outside of a Washington restaurant. Had he been arrested and charged in Florida where cocaine possession is a third degree felony, Radel would have faced a potential five-year prison sentence, a $5,000 fine and lost his right to vote. “After the undercover police officer and the defendant completed this transaction and got out of the undercover police officer’s vehicle, federal agents approached the defendant,” court documents stated. “The defendant dropped the cocaine to the street, where it was recovered by the agents.” During an interview with federal agents at his Washington apartment that night, Radel admitted to the purchase and surrendered a vial of cocaine he had in his residence, documents state. He was sentenced to one year of probation on Nov. 20 and entered a Naples rehab shortly after. Radel’s arrest and sentencing came on the heels of an Oct. 3 congressional briefing he co-hosted with Murphy on the Lake Okeechobee discharge-ravaged Indian River Lagoon. The meeting was attended by more than 20 members of Congress, including U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Radel and Murphy also co-authored a letter to President Barack Obama, inviting the president to tour the deteriorating waterways on both of Florida’s coasts.
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hy is an entity that is one BILLION dollars in debt, namely Port St. Lucie, trying to develop anyone’s economics? Yet again, we are being treated to glowing press releases from the Economic Development Council’s elitists who take delight in slicing, dicing, and playing elaborate brain games with our taxpayer dollars, our homes, our lives, our property. How will the EDC’s pie-in-the-sky ideas be made to work in real world, real time practicality? From the wonderful agency that gave us the costly Digital Domain failure, these county and city leaders continue to play fun and games with schemes such as siting an extreme sports center replete with rock climbing walls in and around many of our retirement homes. “You’ll have all of those gang bangers from Fort Pierce out here,” a retired police sergeant said to me one morning as I was doing something very unusual. I was out driving around talking to residents to ask them what they wanted done out here in St. Lucie West. “The city did not use a real estate broker to find a buyer the first time and relied mainly on the Economic Development Council’s former president, Larry Pelton,” states the Liberty Caucus website in its anal-
ysis of Digital Doman. “And local residents are footing the bill,” continues the web report. http://thelibertycaucus.com/ economic-interventions-plaguing-saint-lucie/ “Now we have Port St. Lucie wanting to turn the $25 million dollar boondoggle into a parks and recreation facility that may choke out private business,” says the conservative blog posting which is of the opinion, as am I, that government intervention in the marketplace is a bad idea, especially when you consider that our tax dollars are going into a city that carries a $1 BILLION DEBT LOAD on taxpayers without the demographic profile to support such a huge debt. Government needs to serve the public trust with basic needs, not dabble where it doesn’t belong. So far, not one resident in St. Lucie West has
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said to me we’re wrong in saying we want our tax dollars returned to us out here to take care of our needs! “I think they came down here with a lot of ideas but didn’t know how to make them work,” said another very astute young man. You think? I got my hands on the elaborate EDC prospectus produced at our expense for in-house distribution to PSL city council and higher-ups in the staff bureaucracy. I then paid to have it printed out and distributed to our first meeting of the St. Lucie West Taxpayers, many who said this was the first they had heard of a possible extreme sports center in their midst. By the way, a consultant, who I suspect was paid well with our dollars, told the City Council that “I was pleasantly surprised when I got to PSL … I thought it was just U.S. 1 and a farm behind it.” “Excuse me,” said the mayor. I became dismayed when I saw the local elitists smiling on our dime at their big soiree held for more than 300 of them and their partners at the pricey Pelican Yacht Club, when, in contrast, many of our taxpayers, especially in the older part of the city, are so in need of food that pantry handouts seriously have depleted supplies. I bet some of those poor people could have benefited much more from dollars used to fund the EDC than some executive whose salary and perks ap-
proach nearly $500,000 a year, or the other guy with one public salary payout which is being enhanced by his two other private sector jobs. New EDC chairman Tom Wilkinson welcomed the new EDC board with this telling sentence: “The EDC in 2014, through its partnerships, will take the lead in achieving a healthier, more vibrant and diversified economy for St. Lucie County.” He wants to “execute several strategic initiatives entrepreneurial development to create jobs,” blah, blah, blah. Let’s defund the EDC so they won’t get another chance at academic theory paradigms that cost us more money. I agree with the conservatives who conclude by saying the Digital Domain “property should be put up for auction” and sold to any willing buyer. “The continuing failed economic interventions, supported by (the) taxpayer funded Economic Development Council, are still plaguing St. Lucie,” says the Liberty Caucus. Amen. Why is government getting into private-sector market dynamics in the first place? Is it so the elites can wine and dine and eat beef steak on our dime while we eat chopped liver? Suzanne Eovaldi is a former journalist and retired English professor who has been a St. Lucie West resident since 2001.
The cost to secede from city is too much To the editor: I read with interest your article regarding the above captioned matter. It seems those residents of St. Lucie West who wish to secede from the city of Port St. Lucie have done little research into the cost to its residents if this should occur. The city was left owing millions in connection with the shutdown of Digital Domain. Would St. Lucie West be willing to take over this problem? If St. Lucie West is without police protection, crimes would increase in the area. Property taxes would be substantially raised and water rates would increase. There are many senior citizens in St. Lucie West who live
on a fixed income and could not afford to remain in the area, increasing the number of foreclosed homes. It seems to me there is a simpler way to better the landscaping, improve those busy intersections by adjusting the way the traffic lights work and getting representation on the council. As a resident of Kings Isle in St. Lucie West, I sincerely think those objectives could be met by discussing the matter with the city to see if some of our tax dollars could be used for this purpose rather than incurring additional expenditures to secede from the city. Ruth Panariello Kings Isle
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for getting the Chief’s report for the Central Everglades Planning Project done as soon as possible. Additionally, I am so pleased to see that the leadership of the crucial federal agencies that partner in efforts to improve our waterways attended the 29th Annual Everglades Coalition Conference, weighing in and hearing from members of the community. It is so important that all federal officials and decision makers who have oversight over the many aspects of this issue get these firsthand experiences to truly understand the severity of the situation and the need to find real solutions for this problem that has gone on for far too long. The problem we face has become so severe, in fact, that it was elevated this year to the national level. I was honored to host a Congressional briefing on the state of the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee Rivers on Capitol Hill in the midst of a government shutdown, where more than 20 bipartisan members of Congress attended, including leadership of the House and influential Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. But what really stood out about this briefing was the overwhelming show of support of concerned residents. With over a hundred community members who came to bring national attention to this pressing issue, we were left with standing room only. The bus full of dozens of “river warriors” who held fundraisers to make the long journey up to Washington, D.C., was unprecedented, and their presence helped demonstrate the gravity of this issue and its impact on
the lives of those in the affected communities. Together, we shared with other Members of Congress the urgency to act on several key initiatives to provide much-needed relief to our struggling waterways and the entire Everglades system. In order for the entire system to benefit and for the federal government to work efficiently, we must continue to aggressively push for the completion of Everglades restoration projects that we have already invested in, including the C-44 Indian River Lagoon project and repairs to the Herbert Hoover Dike. This was one of the most important takeaways from the briefing and is especially important to the areas where irreversible biological damage is occurring in the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon. Some other outside-the-box initiatives I have also been advocating for and that were discussed at our Congressional briefing include: fighting for water storage initiatives; supporting monitoring equipment and funding programs to help collect and analyze data for scientists; seeking assistance to move more homeowners from septic tanks to sewer lines; supporting programs that promote the health and restoration of estuaries; and the importance of having more federal involvement to address all of these issues. The health of our waterways and the Everglades is in the national interest as much as it is in the state and local interest, and the only way we can find real solutions to this pressing issue is by all working together. Patrick Murphy is a U.S. Congressman representing District 18 of Florida.
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St. Lucie Clerk to wed 10 couples at fourth annual Valentine’s Day Wedding ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Clerk Joe Smith is once again partnering with local businesses to offer couples the sweetest Valentine’s Day wedding around. Twenty lovebirds are being given the opportunity to get married at the clerk’s annual group wedding ceremony at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 at Fairwinds Golf Course in Fort Pierce. A wedding cake, roses, floral
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TREASURE COAST — Chief John Bolduc is no fan of medical marijuana being sanctioned in the Florida Constitution. That has nothing to do with moral or social questions. He’s a lawman. “My problem with this situation is federal law still bans marijuana,” he said in a telephone interview with Your Voice News & Views. “It’s still against federal law to possess or distribute marijuana.” The Florida Supreme Court recently released a ruling allowing a ballot initiative to go forward that’ll let voters decide whether to let doctors prescribe marijuana.
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Of course, not much good to have a prescription without a source to get any medication. The ballot measure would also amend the Constitution to require the Florida Department of Health to register and regulate businesses involved in the growing, transporting and selling of marijuana for medical use. If approved, the measure would also allow caregivers registered and regulated by the department to assist those with prescriptions to use marijuana. Chances are voters will approve the constitutional amendment. According to numerous reports, 80 percent or more Floridians favor allowing medical marijuana. But, generally federal laws trump
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Delhi. I’d go into Google and do an advanced search.” The book deals with several themes, among them, the theft of coins from an Israeli bank in Malaysia and its investigation by Ari Gershon, a retired banker and former agent of the Israeli secret service, or Mossad. There are terrorist connections, murders, and an effort by a wealthy Malaysian to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace. Somehow, these disparate elements interweave. “I tried to take information that is factual and work it into the fictional part of the story,” Hochhesier said. “When people read it, they can identify with what’s going on.” The dentist said that he had several threads he was weaving together in his mind. “The Smiling Buddhas are gold coins,” he said. “The story starts with the bank robbery at the Israeli bank. Another main element deals with the wealthy individual who is trying to bring peace to Israel and Palestine. The Israeli ex-Mossad agent is called on to look into the robbery. It dovetails together.” Terrorists and arms dealers are also in the mix and as Ari Gershon probes the robbery, he unleashes terrorism in Kuala Lumpur. It took Hochheiser more than
two years to write the book. A walker and jogger, he would work on the story lines while he was getting his daily exercise. “I’d go walking for an hour and a half,” he said. “I’d try to run the story lines through my mind, getting it into a movie unfolding on a screen. Then I’d come back and write for two or maybe five hours. I don’t do it until I feel comfortable with the outline. I make an outline and connect it together. I had four or five story lines and had outlines on different pages. I had to make sure everything ran smoothly and logically. It was fun for me, like doing a puzzle.” Hochheiser is in the early stages of his next novel, a sequel. “I left several aspects open,” he said. “That leads to a follow-up story. ‘The Smiling Buddha’ tracks several terrorist incidents by groups that want to perpetrate a major attack on the United States. It will be dealt with in the next book.” An unusual element of Dr. Hochheiser’s work is that he always tries to incorporate dentistry into his writing. It would be giving too much away to explain the connection between terrorism and dentistry, but you might not want to read the book just before your next dental appointment. “The Smiling Buddha” by Alex Heiser is available at www.amazon.com.
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Treasure Coast activists for our waterways, Don Voss and Nyla Pipes, listen to the data at a presentation by the Army Corps of Engineers during a public meeting Thursday, Jan. 29 at Indian Riverside Park in Jensen Beach. Voss and Pipes are two of the founding members of the One Florida Foundation, a nonprofit organization formed to take on the watchdog initiative of keeping our waterways clean through the accountability of businesses and politicians.
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TREASURE COAST — Founding members of a new nonprofit are crusading for a cause that they say unites all of the state’s 19.3 million citizens: clean water. One Florida United sprung to stardom after billions of gallons of phosphorous and nitrogen-laden Lake Okeechobee water were released into the Indian River Lagoon over the summer, leaving the water on life support. Treasure Coast residents Nyla Pipes, Don Voss and Stuart native Steven Edmonds of Oviedo, recently started the foundation to act as a mouthpiece in Tallahassee for the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee rivers. Pipes, a former radio talk show host in her home state of Washington, said the water advocates need funding to continue the fight. “We’ve reached a level where we’re wanting to go to Tallahassee every month and that costs us, $600, $700, $800 by the time you add up travel and your overnights and food and all of that,” the Port St. Lucie resident said. One Florida United will also donate funds to other organizations that support clean water, statewide, Pipes said. “What we’d love to do is fundraise at a high level and act as an
umbrella for other organizations throughout the state, whether they’re environmental organizations or the chamber of commerce,” Pipes said. “Anybody who is looking to work at Florida’s water issues, we would like to be able to support.” Water quality is a statewide issue, Pipes stressed. “If you’re a person in the state of Florida, who cares about Florida’s waters, we care about what you have to say and we want to work with you,” Pipes said. Right now, the foundation’s founders are pushing for a state water bill with language from Florida Sen. Joe Negron’s senate select hearing, which called for millions of dollars to be allocated to help dying waterways on the Treasure Coast. An ideal bill would contain big bucks for lagoon projects to purify water, send more of it south and provide more space to hold and clean water north of the lake, Pipes said. “That’s going to be a challenge. This is a year that Gov. Scott wants to cut taxes,” Pipes said. “There’s going to be a budget surplus in Florida, but everybody wants a piece of the pie.” The founding trio travelled to Washington, D.C., in October to advocate for the river at a congressional hearing co-hosted by U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Ju-
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Love, jazz, and community You know that feeling when your heart starts to race a little and your palms start to sweat whenever you see that certain someone who rocks your world? That’s how it feels for all of us at the Fort Pierce Jazz and Blues Society whenever we have a chance to make music and help provide scholarships for up-and-coming young talented musicians in our community. We admit it; we’re in love with this community, and we work hard all year long to provide plenty of cultural venues where you can enjoy great music and good fun, raise funds to offer scholarships to deserving students, and coordinate the weekly Fort Pierce Jazz Market, which encompasses nearly everything that isn’t food and produce-related on your Saturday morning stroll by the waterside in historic, downtown Fort Pierce. You’re our funny Valentine, and we want to treat you to some pretty spectacular music during the next month, so I hope you have your calendar ready and your dancing shoes handy. You’re already used to coming out to enjoy the Jazz Society perform every Tuesday night at the Black Box Theatre. For a nominal fee (even less if you’re a
member), you get to enjoy a few hours of fantastic music played by seasoned and well-respected professional musicians. You may even be familiar with our Wednesday night jams at the Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens or Tutto Fresco, depending upon the week. Not only do we provide refreshments and a chance to get your jazz groove on, but we do it with a heaping helping of humor and an opportunity for student musicians and amateurs to join in and learn about performing from the pros, too. On Sunday, Feb. 9, you’ll have a chance to enjoy some of the finest music ever as the Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society takes over the main stage at the Sunrise Theatre for a very special afternoon — a Society Variety Show, with Dave Shelley (of Dave Shelley & Bluestone), Latin jazz with a Phill Fest twist, the song stylings of vocalist Maurice Frank, members of the Jensen Beach High School Jazz Band, and past Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society scholarship winners. Hosted by Chris Dzadovsky and James McCreavy, this event will help raise funds for both the Sunrise Theatre and the
Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society’s Scholarship program. The love continues all month long with our regular jazz jams on Tuesday, and if you keep your eye on Your Voice, our Jazz Scat column next month will give you all the details of our wildly popular annual Jazz & Blues Week, filled with free concerts by the water and more great music than you can shake a stick at. It’s all about the love — for music and those who will keep it playing far into the future. The Society provided
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40th anniversary of its release in February 2013. • “Man Of LaMancha” The Impossible Dream Musical Friday, Feb. 21 at 8 p.m., tickets, $65/55. Audiences at the Sunrise Theatre soon will be able to share the delights of theatergoers all over the world, in experiencing the Broadway musical interpretation of the world’s first modern novel, Don Quixote of LaMancha, written by Miguel de Cervantes. “Man of LaMancha” had a phenomenally successful run in New York for five years, surpassing the original run of “Oklahoma” and “South Pacific.” In the “two hour traffic of the stage” and more than 20 rousing song hits, the show crystallizes the 1,000 episode-crammed pages in which Cervantes exposed the absurdities of his day. Enter the mind and the world of Don Quixote as he pursues his quest for the impossible dream. Against all odds, a man sees good and innocence in a world filled with darkness and despair. This lyrical and amusing adventure is a classic tale of the triumph of man over his follies. Don’t miss this superb, imaginative, original and moving musical … a play that restores one’s faith in and love of theater. • Teatro Lirico D’Europa Pres-z ents G.Bizet’s “Carmen” Featuring a cast of 65 with live orchestra, chorus in French with English surtitles.
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SUNRISE from page A22 Saturday, Feb. 22, at 8 p.m., tickets, $55/45. • Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” premiered in Paris in 1875. Two characters are at the center: Carmen, who demands her freedom at any cost, and her lover, Don José. He starts out as a respectable soldier, but obsessive love turns him into a lawbreaker, an outcast, and finally, a killer. Micaela is in love with the soldier, Don Jose, and she expects to marry him. Jose loves her too, but is dazzled by the more exotic charms of the gypsy,
Carmen. He goes to jail because he has let Carmen escape after she started a fight. Meanwhile, Carmen has fallen in love with a bullfighter, Escamillo. When she refused to return to Jose, he kills her. Georges Bizet wrote several operas, but “Carmen” is far and away the most successful. Don’t miss the magnificent music of Bizet brought to vivid vocal and orchestral life, for one night only at The Sunrise Theatre. • Red Hot Chilli Pipers Maybe the most famous bagpipe group in the world. Sunday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m., tickets, $45/$39. Bagpipes with attitude. Drums with a Scottish accent. A blazing
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PALM CITY — Early this year, but it’s the same annual St. Lucie River Blessing of the Fleet and Marine Parade. “I’ve moved it up,” Darrell Brand, commodore, said. “It used to be the week after Easter. We’re trying to reach out to more transient boaters filling up our marinas (this time of year).” The 43rd fleet blessing will be Saturday, Feb. 8. The theme is “Bless and Save Our River.” “We’re not only going to bless the fleet, we’re going to bless the (St. Lucie River),” Brand said. “I’m
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Treasure Coast Republicans are gearing up for a knock-down, drag-out fight for the District 18 congressional seat, currently occupied by U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter. Last week the Republican Party of St. Lucie County held a reopening event for its Victory office, located on U.S. 1 in Port St. Lucie. The office will function as a headquarters for conservative politicians running for any office, chairman Bill Paterson said. “If you’re interested in running for office, anywhere from the water district, school board and anywhere up through Congress, we do it all through here,” Paterson said. A seat the party needs is district 18, Paterson said. The district is made up of St. Lucie and Martin counties, along with a sliver of northern Palm Beach County. Murphy won the seat after a close race with former Congress-
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State Rep. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart policy has to include. You have no pre-existing conditions, people can’t be rated,” Harrell said. “You have no maximums. Somebody’s going to have to pay for that. Insurance premiums are just skyrocketing.” Harrell would like to see ObamaCare scrapped. “That’s not going to happen with Murphy in this seat,” she said. In order to win the seat, Harrell says the party needs a charismatic candidate, who can match Murphy’s charm. “You need someone that’s going to connect with the people,” Harrell said. “Someone who’s going to articulate the Republican message well.” State Rep. Debbie Mayfield, R-Vero Beach, said the seat needs a representative to champion education. “(We need) someone that’s going to go to Washington and they’re going to take a look at the overspending that we do and be willing to make those hard and tough decisions to reform some of the agencies that we have,” Mayfield said. “The one big agency is the Department of Education. The federal government is not supposed to be in the business of educating our children.”
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said. “We’ve never done this before. We’ve always blessed the fleet, but this year they asked us to bless the water.” Something the reverend is happy to do. “I think it’s probably a good idea,” Gluhosky said. So, reasonable to ask, what exactly does Gluhosky plan to ask God to do for the ships and captains? Well, he doesn’t like counting on divine intervention when a bit of good sense does the trick. He’ll be praying that the captains study well, keep the proper safety equipment on board, and always use good judgment. “Pray that you have the knowledge to do the right thing to keep your boat as safe as possible,” he said. Other ministers signed up to bless the fleet are Rev. Carol Barron, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, and Rev. Douglas Jewett, North Stuart Baptist Church. Brand said other ministers, or equivalent representatives of various faiths, interested in blessing the fleet are welcomed. According to the event web site, www.theblessingofthefleet. com, when the tradition of blessing fleets got launched is lost to antiquity. It could have started with Greek fishermen. But, like all things arcane, a really good legend grew.
Legend tells, fishermen from Sicily were caught in a storm and found their way home only because of a beckoning, mysterious light. “There, they discovered that the light came from a medallion of the Madonna del Lume (Mother of Light) set in a grotto high on a cliff,” the web site reads. Could be. What’s certain is Donald “Mac” McLean started the local annual fleet blessing after moving from San Francisco. It was something of a big affair back in the Golden Gate City. So, he organized one here. It happened in November, 1971. In 1991, folks started dressing their crafts. The accompanying boat parades started in ’96. So, how to get in on the blessing of the fleet? Congregate no later than noon on the North Fork of the St. Lucie, north of Harbor Ridge Yacht and Country Club. There’ll be buoyed marker flags for area yacht clubs. One will be marked “S” for independent and commercial crafts. The parade will launch at 12:30 p.m. heading south along the western side of the channel. The review boat will be the Lady Leticia. The clergy will be on it. Sponsoring clubs are: Circle Bay Yacht, Cocoanut Point Yacht, Palm Cove Yacht, St. Lucie Sailing, Stuart Corinthian Yacht, and Windjammer Yacht clubs.
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FORT PIERCE — There is no more popular opera than Georges Bizet’s “Carmen.” The beloved opera was not a success when it opened in Paris in1875, but it has become a favorite that people who are not opera fans can embrace. It has some of opera’s most familiar music, including “The Toreador Song” and “The Habanera.” Teatro Lirico D’Europa brings the story of the tempestuous factory girl and her ill-fated loves to the theater Feb. 22. The company is a frequent visitor to the Sunrise. It was started by Giorgio Lalov, a former opera singer, and French impresario Yves Josse, a former ballet dancer. They wanted to assemble a touring opera company with soloists from around the world. Lalov, who is the company’s artistic director, spoke recently about “Carmen,” and why it is so important to present it. “This is a brand-new production,” he said. “The company was in Paris and we had the
nerve to present ‘Carmen’ in front of the French people. It’s a lovely production. “I’m well-known for doing opera the traditional way. In America, people still want opera the traditional way, what the composer had in mind. I love the opera as it was done 200 years ago. I want to keep opera alive this way.” Teatro Lirico always brings a full-scale production with them, complete with orchestra, chorus, costumes and sets. Minimalism is not in vogue here. Foremost, however, is a firstrate cast. “We have a wonderful soprano and mezzo soprano as Micaela and Carmen,” he said. The baritone really is a toreador. He’s about 6 feet and a body builder, but he’s very elegant.” The cast includes Anna Yelizarova as Carmen. The Russian mezzo soprano has performed with opera companies around the world and is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music. Olga Orlovskaya, who plays Micaela, is a soprano and founder of the quartet The Russian Sopranos.
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Photo courtesy of Teatro Lirico D’Europa Teatro Lirico D’Europa presents Georges Bizet’s opera, ‘Carmen’ at the Sunrise Theatre Feb. 22.
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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.
Good Times (West) Live music 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m., 2096 N.W. Courtyard Circle, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 878-8844.
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Sunrise Theatre
Hit Songs: Eye In The Sky, I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You and Don’t Answer Me
Alan Parsons
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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. For more information, call (772) 878-8844. 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.
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It Was Almost Like a Song, Rocky Mountain Rain & No Gettin’ Over Me
Ronnie Milsap The 40-40 Vision Tour
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FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS The Best Entertainment on the Treasure Coast
Teatro Lirico D’Europa’s
G. Bizet’s Carmen Featuring a Cast of 65 with Live Orchestra Sat., February 22 at 8pm
December, Shine, The World I Know, and Where The River Flows
Collective Soul
music or DJ 9 p.m.-2 a.m., 900 S.W. Gatlin Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 336-8201.
Red Hot Chilli Pipers Rockin Bagpipes with an Attitude! Sat., February 22, 7pm
Comedy Central Presents:
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Celtic Fire
World Class Irish Dancers and Musicians
Thurs., March 13, 7pm
Bill Cosby
Far From Finished Tour Sponsored by
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Moscow Festival Ballet with a Company of 50
Swan Lake Wed., February 26, 7pm
The Ultimate Salute to the Eagles
Hotel California
Wed., March 19, 7pm
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Lloyd Mabrey (12 string guitarist) Lady Houdini Escape Show Tiger Encounter show Racing Pigs Petting Zoo Ditzy the balloon artist and Facing Painting Livestock Shows and Sales The Funny Little People Plus lots of local acts on the Center Stage
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CLUBBIN from page B3 Bogey’s and Stogeys Karaoke 10 p.m.-2 a.m., 1032 S.E. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 3377778. The Original Tiki Bar Live music after 4 p.m., 2 Avenue A, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 4610880.
Events: Friday, Feb. 7
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.
Saturday, Feb. 8
Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Din Thomas pitches his services for self-defense training while sharing a flex session on stage with Nina Ferraro of Palm City during the annual Mr. Studfinder charity auction benefitting Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program. The event was held at Willoughby Golf Club in Stuart and brought in more than $42,000.
Seductive Saturdays at Flavors Restaurant and Lounge. 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
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Grammy Winning Country Music Star
SOLO ACOUSTIC TOUR
February 10th &
February 11th & 12th 7:00PM
8:30PM
A Conversation with
Mary Higgins Clark
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3:00
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Tribute to Motown and Beyond February 17th
February 16th PM
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Ladies get in free all night and ladies in groups of five get a free bottle. 529 N.W. Prima Vista Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 807-1585.
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.
Ladies Night at 2nd Street Bistro. 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. For more information, call (772) 293-9191.
Sunday, Feb. 9
The Original Tiki Bar Reggae Sunday featuring 23 Trees. 3 p.m. 2 Avenue A, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 4610880.
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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.
Wednesday, Feb. 12
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.
Thursday, Feb. 13
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 80’s, 90’s 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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Bottle Shock
Community Calendar Toddler Story Jam at Port St. Lucie Library Branch. 10:3011:15 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) 8715450. 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) 7855833.
Saturday, Feb. 8
Plant Sale at the Port St.
H T 5 3 AL U N N A
Lucie Botanical Gardens 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission to both the festival and the Gardens are free on both Saturday and Sunday. More than 40 vendors are expected to participate, making Valentine’s Day shopping a breeze. Annuals, perennials and Florida-friendly plants will be on sale, along with fruit trees, shrubs, orchids, bamboo, and native and exotic plants. Hardscape dealers and garden-related craft vendors will also be in attendance, and you will be able to gather many new landscaping ideas for your garden or yard. You will have plenty of chances to talk with the experts and find what you need to make your garden grow. Food vendors will also be on hand each day. Plant carry-out services will also be available. 2410 S.E. Westmoreland Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 337-1959.
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Square Dancing at Walton Community Center. 6-10 p.m. 11090 Ridge Ave., Port St. Lucie. For more information, contact
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FREE ADMISSION - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST • 11:00AM- 4:00PM GUESTS ARE WELCOME TO VISIT OUR CHURCH. TOURS OFFERED BY FATHER XANTHAKIS Greek Food, Greek Music, Greek Dancing, Pastries, Gift Shops & More!
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Atlantic Ringers
Sunday, February 9, 2014 4:00 pm Tickets $20
Manabu Takasawa
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FEB 18 MAR 9 Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Book by Oscar Hammerstein II & Joshua Logan
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AS EMILE de BECQUE
Jorge Pita, as Don Jose, was the youngest tenor to perform at the Vienna Staatsoper. He was chosen by Claudio Abbado to sing works by Beethoven during a Russian tour. Dobromir Momenkov, who plays Escamillo, is a baritone from Bulgaria who has a degree in opera performance from an academy in that country. He, too, has turned the world performing and he is fluent in his native language, as well as in Italian, English and Russian. Lalov, who runs the company with his wife, Jenny Kelly, is taking this production throughout the eastern seaboard. In a previous interview, he said that no one should be scared away from the opera, even though it is in French. There are English subtitles,” he said. “What people hear on stage, they can see in English on the screen above. It’s very important in the United States. Americans love to know the story and the words.” The director is a fan of the
Sunrise Theatre. “The size of the theater is nice,” he said. “It’s not big, it’s not small. It’s exactly what my company needs. (Director) John Wilkes and the technical director touched my heart. They are a pleasure to work with. I feel like a family. I’m glad they keep the tradition alive.” The fate of classical music and opera is of great concern to Lalov. “What would the world be without classical music?” he said. “It is the nature of human beings to have a brain and a soul. We have to keep it alive to keep us different from (other) animals.” In the end, though, the reason for “Carmen’s” popularity is that less about the soul and more about an exciting story. “It has love, passion, jealousy and murder,” Lalov said. Teatro Lirico D’Europa presents Georges Bizet’s Carmen” Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $55 and $45. Call the box office at (772) 4614775 or order online at www. sunrisetheatre.com.
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Lets Dine In Italy Tonight
English Chamber Orchestra of Tradition
Upscale New York Italian Cuisine in St. Lucie West!
Presents a Free
Valentines Gala Concert Sunday, February 9th, 2014 at 3:00pm Tradition Town Hall
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Flowers and chocolates for all in attendance! Hear music of Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel
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The Only “Authentic English Tea Room” on the Treasure Coast
Michael Doughty at (772) 6312184. Port St. Lucie Green Market at the Civic Center 8:30 a.m.1 p.m. Rain or shine. Shop for locally grown fruits and vegetables, fresh 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) 8074499.
Diamond Tearoom & Bistro The Perfect place for a quiet lunch with a loved one an important business lunch or a private party or event.
Sunday, Feb. 9
Valentine’s Gala Concert, by the English Chamber Orchestra of Tradition at Tradition Townhall. 3-5 p.m. Free Concert performance by the English Chamber Orchestra of Tradition. The English Chamber Orchestra is the Artist Orchestra of the Community Music School of Tradition under the Conductorship of Diane Hope Float. Also featured will be the school’s Intergenerational Orchestra. Hear music of Bach, Vivaldi and Handel. Flowers and chocolates for all in attendance. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. Donations appreciated. 10799 S.W. Civic Lane, Tradition. For more information, visit www.traditionfl.com
OUR AFTERNOON HIGH ENGLISH TEA IS 6 COURSES & IS SERVED ALL DAY ANYTIME YOU WISH
Soup-Salad- Tea sandwiches-Scones-PastriesChocolate-Cheese & Fruit & a Pot Of Tea all 6 courses for $16.50 plus tax & tip. Wine • Gourmet Beer • Sangria • Champagne High English Tea • Soups • Salads • Lobster Ravioli Pizza • Crab Cakes • Caprese - Risotto Funghi • Salmon • Boston Lobster Cakes Pastries • Gazpacho • Desserts
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TC RC Scale Boats at Tradition on the east side of the lake. 8 a.m.-11 a.m.
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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@clearchannel.com or call (772) 359-1462.
Plant Sale at the Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission to both the festival and the Gardens are free on both Saturday and Sunday. More than 40 vendors are expected to participate, making Valentine’s Day shopping a breeze. Annuals, perennials and Florida-friendly plants will be on sale, along with fruit trees, shrubs, orchids, bamboo, and native and exotic plants. Hardscape dealers and garden-related craft vendors will also be in attendance, and you will be able to gather many new landscaping ideas for your garden or yard. You will have plenty of chances to talk with the experts
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Monday, Feb. 10
Port St. Lucie City Council Meeting at City Hall. 7 p.m. 121 S.W. Port St. Lucie Blvd., Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 344-4296. Latin Dance Night with live music by St. Lucie Tropical Jazz Band at the Port St. Lucie Civic Center. Every Monday night from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Will resume on Monday, Aug. 12. Doors open at 6 p.m. Free dance lesson at 6:30 p.m. St. Lucie Tropical Jazz Band plays at 7:15 p.m. Special pricing includes $5 per couple in advance and $8 per couple at the door. 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 807-4488. Canoe and kayak rentals at Savannas Park and Campground. $5 per hour, $15 for four hours and $20 for eight hours. 1400 Midway Road, Fort Pierce. For more information, call (772) 4847855. St. Lucie River Princess Eco-Historic Boat Tours 1:30 p.m.-3:10 p.m. Rivergate, 2200 S.E. Veterans Memorial Parkway, Port St. Lucie $14-$20. For reservations, call (772) 342-2450 or visit stlucierivercruise.com
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Ambassadors of Swing Dancing with the Big Band at the Port St. Lucie Civic Center. 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are required and are available for $6 in advance or $8 at the door. Tickets may be purchased at the Civic Center or by calling the number listed below. Cash bar and snacks available for sale; outside food and beverages are not permitted. 9221 S.E. Civic Center Place, Port St. Lucie. For more information, call (772) 807-4499.
Wednesday, Feb. 12
PSL Botanical Gardens Jazz & Blues Night 6:30-9:30 p.m. Listen to the sounds of the Fort
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PORT ST. LUCIE — Enhance your child’s creative imagination by enrolling them in a new Children’s Theatre, Movement and Music series being offered by Lori Grace Adams at the Oxbow Eco-Center. Adams, who has years of professional experience as a musical theatre teacher in Florida, New York and Tennessee, is accepting registration now for three classes designed for ages 5 – 17 (kindergarten through 12th grade). • Variations — Music Class held on Mondays from 2:30–3:30 p.m. Studies in different genres, instruments and musical groups; reading, writing, listening to and identifying music; creating and playing instruments. Costs: $176 or $44/month. • Songbirds and Sirens — Holistic Performing Arts Program held on Mondays from 3:45–5:15 p.m. This theater class uses a holistic kinesthetic way of teaching the stage arts while simultaneously teaching “core” curriculum. Students will incorporate animals, plants and people of this region and beyond to create skits, scenes, and shows.
The end performance will consist of acting as well as music, movement, storytelling, and visual arts. Costs: $176 or $44/month. • Musical Theatre — Once Upon A Dream: The Classic Story of Cinderella held on Saturdays from 10–11:30 p.m. Start with mock auditions, be cast in the show, and hit the ground running producing this fun and exciting musical. Parts include singing, acting, and movement/dancing. Have your time in the spotlight. Costs: $224 or $56/month. The registration fee for all three classes is $20. Multiple family discounts apply. Classes begin the first week in February and run through May 19. For more information about the classes or to register contact Lori Grace Adams at (615) 556-8504 or email lorigraceadams@gmail.com. The Oxbow Eco-Center is a St. Lucie County Environmental Learning Center located at 5400 N.E. St. James Drive, Port St. Lucie, FL 34983. For more information, contact the Oxbow at (772) 785-5833, send an email to oxbow@stlucieco.org, or visit www.oxboweco.com.
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OUTSTANDING FIRST YEAR TEACHER FINALISTS Laura Barnes – Allapattah Flats K-8 Jodi Morris – Chester A. Moore Elementary Nicholas Berkely – Dan McCarty School Cori Jones – Fairlawn Elementary Jillian Wagner – Floresta Elementary Jessica Aljure – Forest Grove Middle School Jeffrey Rymer - Fort Pierce Central High School Yanet Garcia - Fort Pierce Magnet School of the Arts LTC Scott P. Caldwell – Fort Pierce Westwood High School Alma M. Mosley – Lakewood Park Elementary Christine Ekstrom - Lawnwood Elementary Jillian Rozycki – Lincoln Park Academy Mari Stokes – Manatee K-8 Erica Morales – Mariposa Elementary Sandra Meunier – Morningside Academy Candice Zablotny – Northport K-8 Lindsay Ham – Oak Hammock K-8 Chezare Reyes – Palm Pointe Educational Research School at Tradition Leslie Garcia Williams – Parkway Elementary Deborah Garcia – Port St. Lucie High School Jennifer Vazquez – Rivers Edge Elementary Joi Gardner – Samuel S. Gaines Academy K-8 Brittney Sapp – Southern Oaks Middle School Claudia Jackson – St. Lucie Elementary Amy Chumney – St. Lucie West Centennial High School Anne W. Mack – St. Lucie West K-8 Leilani Ankiel – Treasure Coast High School Felicia Smith – Village Green Environmental Studies School LaShawnda McNair – Weatherbee Elementary Amy Glauber – West Gate K-8 Kelita Johnson Singleton – Windmill Point Elementary Debbie Shalaew – Alternative Education
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