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YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 2/ISSUE 42
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
Candidates promise to prevent detox centers
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2014
Hope depends on every adult’s contribution
Brandon Zeris STAFF WRITER
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TORINO — Marge Reimer stood behind her kitchen island, hunched over the marble countertop last Thursday as she and about 60 other Torino residents talked about what they could do to prevent developers from building sober homes and detoxification centers in their neighborhoods. Her home is situated in a residential area about a quarter-mile from the planned detox center, which is set to be built at the northwest corner of Northwest East Torino Parkway and Northwest Zenith Drive. Residents say there are two non-residential buildings within about a 2-mile radius from the center – two churches. “How anybody can look at this place and say, ‘Yes, let’s drop it right there in the middle of 3,000 homes,’ is beyond me,” Reimer said under a sign that read “God Bless Our Home,” as others sat and stood in her kitchen and living room. Reimer and her neighbors are sure their home values will decrease if the center is built, but there are only a few ways to stop
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Fifth-grade student Nicholas Rosa gets high fives and words of encouragement from community leaders and Peter Morris, Behavioral Tech at Manatee Academy K-8, as he walks the Kids at Hope gauntlet on the first day of school Monday, Aug. 18.
Jobs aplenty, workers maybe not Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
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TREASURE COAST — The jobs are out there, the workers may not be. Maddie Williams, executive director of the Treasure Coast Builders Association, said member companies are looking high and low for workers with the skills they need.
“I have air conditioner, plumbing companies that are looking to hire but can’t find well trained people in the area,” she said. Joe Catrambone, president/ CEO of the Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce, said many member businesses have the same problem, finding workers who match their needs. “I just got one last week from an accounting firm - a nice
entry-level job, but the talent isn’t here,” he said. Catrambone added, “(Armellini Logistics, Palm City) right now needs 10 drivers.” Both attributed the skilled labor shortage primarily to the protracted economic downturn set off by the Great Recession, starting in late 2007 and slow recovery.
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