Stluciewest 6 21 2013

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ST. LUCIE WEST • TRADITION

“We have an opportunity to invent ourselves.” Stacy Schmit principal

YourVoiceWeekly.com VOL. 1/ISSUE 33

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New scholarship memorializes child killed in bus crash Kate Ehrsam, 8, of Tradition and and Kierstyn Zinter, 7 speed-eat cupcakes sold to raise funds for the The Aaron Project, named after Aaron Beauchamp, during a fundraiser through The Van Duzer Foundation at Big Apple Pizza in Fort Pierce Wednesday, June 12. Beauchamp died in a bus accident last year after leaving F.K. Sweet Elementary School.

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ST. LUCIE WEST — After their son was taken much too soon in a St. Lucie County school bus crash last year, Simon and Lillian Beauchamp have found the perfect way to celebrate Aaron Beauchamp’s nine years of life.

The St. Lucie West couple recently established The Aaron Project, a scholarship fund to help students in the county achieve a college education. The Aaron Project will also annually provide cleats to an athlete and a grant for a teacher. “Those are three things that Aaron stood for,” Aaron’s mother and principal at Manatee K-8, Lillian

Beauchamp said. Aaron, a fourth-grade student at Frances K. Sweet Elementary, died at the scene of a March 26 school bus crash last year at the intersection of Okeechobee and Midway roads. Around 30 students were on the bus. Sixteen, including the driver, were suf-

Nicole Rodriguez Staff writer

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ST. LUCIE WEST — One small step for a bank shows one giant leap for the local economy. Last week, Harbor Community Bank relocated to a bigger space to answer the high banking demands

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It’s also easily seen from the road and is double the space at 4,503 square feet, branch manager Celia Warren said. Warren said the new and improved location will help perpetuate the bank’s aim to provide stellar services in a family-like

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Harbor Community Bank grows with economy in St. Lucie West, bank representatives said. The bank, which was located in the Village Shoppes, moved east down St. Lucie West Boulevard to a stand-alone location. The new location offers services the smaller location couldn’t, including a drive-in, night depository and safe deposit boxes.

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