ST. LUCIE WEST • TRADITION
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FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013
St. Lucie Mets bond with a special group of students By Nicole Rodriguez Staff writer
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Classic books made cool
Shaun Williams brings Aristotle, Plato & Freud
Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographer Fletcher Sanders runs the bases in front of St. Lucie Mets player T.J. Chism during a series of exercises for special needs students at Tradition Field Thursday, April 25.
Town of Tradition solidifies area as Research Coast By Nicole Rodriguez Staff writer
Tradition student lobbies for cause close to her heart By Nicole Rodriguez Staff writer
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TRADITION — As the exterior walls of building one in the future Mann Research Center complex were erected last week, the Treasure Coast took another stride forward in becoming the premier Research Coast of Florida. The building, designed for clinical research and trials for diseases including diabetes, HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular disease and cancer, will connect with Martin Health System’s new Tradition Medical Center, which is set for a December opening. A ribbon cutting for the center’s first building, named Mann Medical One, is planned for October. The $9 million building, which is up to hurri-
TRADITION — As one of the youngest political lobbyists the Florida House and Senate have ever seen, Sophie Phillips, 13, said she’ll keep commissioning the backing of politicians until she wins the fight for her cause. The Palm Pointe eighth-grade student recently visited Tallahassee to lobby House and Senate support to pass a measure to screen every newborn in the state for heart defects using a pulse oximetry machine. The device is attached to a baby’s ankle or wrist, Sophie said. The oxygen saturation screening can detect more than 75 percent of critical congenital
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Jamar Chaney brings back his summer camp
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Meet your St. Lucie Mets
Shortstop Matt Reynolds profiled
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Stage classic IRSC brings out ‘Annie Get Your Gun’
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ST. LUCIE WEST — Special needs students from St. Lucie County high schools seeking guidance from the St. Lucie Mets recently trained with players on a game day, but it was the professionals that left the field feeling inspired. “It’s a great time. These kids run harder than some of our guys. I love it,” right-handed pitcher Chasen Bradford said. “They inspire me. They have such a great outlook on life.” “They just have fun and that’s what it’s all about.” Bradford and his teammate and fellow pitcher, T.J. Chism, taught baseball basics last week to a
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