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ST. LUCIE WEST • TRADITION
YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 4/ISSUE 5
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2015
St. Lucie West Services District Chairman leaves legacy
Tradition lights the nights
Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
pmccallister@YourVoiceWeekly.com
ST. LUCIE WEST — Harvey Cutler, the St. Lucie West Services District Chairman, died on Sunday, Nov. 29, at the Treasure Coast Hospice House. He was 88. At the regular board of directors meeting on Monday, Nov. 30, board members and others spoke fondly of a man remembered for his straight talk, fearless candor and thoughtful opinions. Harvey Cutler Cutler was born in Woodmere, New York, and graduated early from high school to join the Army. He was in the 3rd Infantry Division, as a medical technician in the European Theater of World War II. After the war, Cutler moved to South Florida and earned a degree in marketing from the University of Miami. The Cascades resident had worked in finance and volunteered for the National Park Service, among many other things. He was appointed to the services district board in 2008 and subsequently won elections
See CUTLER page A10
Staff photo by Patrick McCallister Bubbles everywhere at the holiday tree lighting at Tradition Square on Saturday, Nov. 28. In addition to classic holiday music and bounce houses, children enjoyed a visit by Santa Claus. There’ll be a choral group and jazz band at Tradition Square on Friday, Dec. 11, 6 to 8 p.m. On Friday, Dec. 18, there’ll be a holiday food truck invasion 5 to 9 p.m. There’ll be a New Year’s Eve party on Thursday, Dec. 31, 5 to 9 p.m. with a live band, bounce houses and other family activities.
Dollars in governor’s budget for Tradition veterans home Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER
pmccallister@YourVoiceWeekly.com
TRADITION — Gov. Rick Scott is asking the Florida Legislature for nearly $11 million to increase capacity at the state’s veteran nursing homes. About $6.7 million would be added to turning the Ardie R. Copas State Veterans’ Nursing Home in Tradition from eager expectation
to reality. Mayor Greg Oravec said the city is eager to see the home getting built and filled. “We applaud the governor for carving, for finding, money to take care of our veterans,” Oravec said. “We’re looking forward to the construction of the Ardie R. Copas facility in Tradition.” Construction of the home, which could begin in early 2017 and take about two years,
follows Martin Health System announcing plans to expand its Tradition Medical Center by about 170,000 square feet starting this January. Oravec said both projects are big successes contrasting past failures in Tradition. The closing Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute of Florida is turning over assets to the City of
See COPAS page A20
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