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ST. LUCIE WEST • TRADITION
YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 2/ISSUE 36
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2014
Coaches and players prepping future varsity candidates Brandon Zeris Staff writer
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ST. LUCIE WEST — As the varsity West Centennial football players were refining their skills on the main practice field, those looking up to them were having their own camp session next to them. Port St. Lucie West Centennial Line Coach Troy Surloff led the camp to teach kids the fundamentals. There were about 25 in attendance from 9 a.m. to noon Monday, but Surloff said numbers are usually down after a holiday weekend. The camp usually has more than 40, he said.
Charlie Passinante Jr. said the camp allows his son Charlie Passinante III to discover new interests. “He likes to stay active, so it keeps him out of trouble,” he said. It also helps his son learn proper, basic techniques in case he wants to keep playing as he gets older. “They may think football is just going out and scoring touchdowns. There’s a lot of work to it,” Charlie Passinante Jr. said. Players were taught how to warm up with different agility drills with frequent water breaks in between to cool down from the
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Staff photo by Brandon Zeris Local youth football players conduct a ladder drill to work on agility Monday morning at St. Lucie West Centennial High School.
Developers and residents divided on duplex prospect Brandon Zeris Staff writer
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TRADITION — Communities with residents 55 and up may soon be built in Tradition.
At last week’s Planning and Zoning Board meeting, residents said they opposed an amendment to the Tradition master plan that would permit Minto Communities, LLC to build duplexes. The board unanimously approved the amendment with a
condition that Minto withdraw a site plan application that included duplexes on Model Row and existing neighborhoods within Town Park. The City Council must approve the amendment before it goes into effect, however. Residents primarily opposed
55-plus communities being built, which many thought was the inevitable next step. They are probably correct. Don Hearing, an agent contracted by Minto, said after the
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