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Goodbye
VOL. 1/ISSUE 18
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
FRIDAY, MARCH 08, 2013
Legacy lives on Jessica Clinton’s legacy 10 years after her death
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New building, new name IRSC’s newest building and newly renamed campus
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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Officers from across the state stand at attention during the funeral for Sgt. Gary Morales at Forest Hills Memorial Park in Palm City Monday, March 4. Sgt. Morales was killed in the line of duty Thursday, Feb. 28 in Fort Pierce.
By Nicole Rodriguez Staff writer
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY — A heartbroken community, family and more than 2,000 law enforcement officers from across the country mourned the death of St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Sgt. Gary Morales, 35, at Westside Baptist Church in Fort Pierce Monday as they bid farewell to the fallen hero who died in the line of duty on Feb. 28 doing what those close to him said God placed him on Earth to do: help and protect his fellow man. More than 4,000 attended the viewing and service. Gov. Rick PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID FORT PIERCE, FL PERMIT NO. 248 ECRWSS
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Chamber on the move SLC Chamber of Commerce relocates Sgt. Gary Morales larger-than-life personality and electric smile won’t ever fade from their minds. Morales’s teenage nephew,
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Thousands say goodbye to Sgt. Gary Morales
Scott and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi were among those who attended to pay their respects. St. Lucie County Sheriff Ken Mascara delivered a touching eulogy. He often spoke directly to Sgt. Morales’s two young daughters, Brooklynn and Jordan, who were seated near their father’s casket, which was draped in an American flag. “Every day your dad told us how much he loved you,” said Mascara, who announced the Sheriff’s Office Training Complex will be named the Sgt. Gary Morales Training Complex. “He’s going to be watching over you every day.” Throughout the service, Morales was hailed as a hero, but most importantly as a loving father, husband, brother, son and uncle. Family and friends said Morales’s
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