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YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 1/ISSUE 24
YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
Lady Titans ripping through flag football season By Patrick Bernadeau For Your Voice News & Views
TREASURE COAST — How long does it take to build an athletic program into a state power? With how they’ve preformed during the 2013 season, for the Treasure Coast High School Girls’ Flag Football team, the hope is to reach that elite status in year No. 2. After a successful debut season, which saw the Lady Titans come up short in the championship game of the inaugural Treasure Coast region tournament against Fort Pierce Westwood, Treasure Coast has reached the tail end of their season unblemished.
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Pasta class for artists
Artists for a Cause 3 benefits from unique event Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Helen Ramsey completes a pass for the Treasure Coast High School girls’ varsity flag football team during a game against Fort Pierce Central High School Thursday, April 11.
Game over for adult arcades
100k for Mustard Seed and more
By Nicole Rodriguez Staff writer
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Nicole Rodriguez/Staff Photo Port St. Lucie resident Charles Connolly, 91, plays a casino-style arcade game for the final time at the Fabulous Golden Nugget Arcade. The arcade was one of dozens on the Treasure Coast to shut down after new legislation was passed on April 10 banning the machines.
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PORT ST. LUCIE — As the eye-catching Vegas-like lights on the welcome marquee of the Fabulous Golden Nugget Arcade dim for the last time, so will its owner’s lively hood. On the night that his arcade would cease to illuminate the corner of Riomar Drive and U.S. 1, Joe Davis, a PGA Village resident, stood outside of his business with tear-stained cheeks. “I don’t know what we’re going to do,” said Davis, who added he’ll miss his senior citizen customers the most. “We have no idea.” “The money that you’re not going to make and everything, that’s a fact, but it’s just the people,” he said. “(I’ll miss) all of them. You know. All the old people ... They have no place to go. We take care of them.”
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Help for the fallen 100 Club makes a difference to families of local police
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Planting a genomics seed VGTI brings science students through labs
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‘Little Mermaid’ surfaces IRSC production begins April 26
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