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Car dealer remembered as a caring man, honest business owner
Filmmakers shooting in Port St. Lucie Shelley Koppel Staff writer
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PORT. ST. LUCIE — Last year, Gerard Lima wrote a screenplay about a kidnapping. He had seen movie such as “Taken,” with Liam Neeson, about fathers trying to rescue their daughters from abductors. His screenplay, “Rescue Photo courtesy of Lima Films Me”, about Director Jonathan Schwark, (left) who moved to Port St. Lucie the abducto work at Digital Domain, stands with Gerard Lima, writer tion of several and producer of ‘Rescue Me, ‘ a feature film the two are makyoung woming in and around Port St. Lucie. en, is different. He selected the city for filming “The story is being told from because he’s lived here for 10 the point of view of the girls,” years. he said. “In all the stories, you Lima is originally from Brazil see what it does to the hero. and he works at AmTrust Bank You don’t see the hard stuff in St. Lucie West as a teller. He the girls go through, the beatis financing the project himself, ing and the hardships.” even supplying meals for cast At the time he wrote the play, and crew from his day job payLima had no idea how timely check. Cast and crew are not the script would be. He is now getting paid. They spend long in the middle of shooting the hours filming on weekends befilm at sites around Port St. Lucie, his adopted hometown.
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Friends and family will always remember PGA Village resident Ron Shultz as an honest man who put his faith, famRon Schultz ily and employees at his car dealership before himself. Shultz, the owner of Bill Shultz Chevrolet in Fort Pierce, died May 16 in Florida Hospital in Orlando after a lengthy battle with congestive heart failure. He was 67. Shultz’s daughter, Ansley Shultz Alexander, 39, said her father was a loving man who led his personal and professional life with the concept of integrity at the helm. “He was the type of dad that always encouraged us to do what was right,” Alexander said. “He was very compassionate. He was very honest. He was very giving.” Shultz, an Atlanta native, moved to Fort Pierce in 1970 when his father, Bill Shultz, bought the dealership. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Nancy Shultz; son Steven Shultz of Jensen Beach; daughters Kimberly Crook of Stuart and Ansley Alexander of Atlanta, as well as five grandchildren. The St. Lucie West resident enjoyed golfing, boating, fishing NASCAR and spending time with his wife and family.
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