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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even amid the shadow of a government shutdown, concerned citizens managed to thrust the Treasure Coast’s toxic waterways into the national spotlight during a Capitol Hill briefing on the pollution plagu-ing the Indian River Lagoon. More than 20 state and federal law mak-ers attended, including Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Repre-sentatives Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.“I think your being here and

Staff photo by Nicole RodriguezPalm City resident Darrell Brand speaks to members of Congress about the pollution plight facing the Indian River Lagoon during a Capitol Hill Congressional briefing on Oct. 3, which drew national attention to the issue.

U.S. House of Represen-tatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. commends Treasure Coast residents for their strong showing at an Oct. 3 Capitol Hill Congressional briefing on the Indian River Lagoon. U.S. Reps. Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter, Tom Rooney, R-Okeechobee, Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. listen as Pelosi pledges her support of measures to fix the lagoon.

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MARTIN COUNTY — Commis-sioner John Haddox, Palm City, won’t say they’re ready to kiss and make up, but he predicts the Board of County Commission-ers and Business Development Board of Martin County are close to working out their relationship and getting back to the business of economic development without relationship distractions by year’s end. “I think at the next meeting (it

comes up) we’ll have a contract,” he said. Haddox believes that by early

November the two will ink a new contract. The board’s executive director, Tim Dougher, was re-luctant to offer predictions about when a new contract could be done, but…“We’re far ahead of where we

were,” he said. That seemed evident at the

commission’s regular meeting

on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Dougher presented the commission an at-times overwhelming plethora of options for defining and mea-suring what the board, commonly called BDB, can and will do to stimulate the local economy in exchange for continued county funding. Some of the previously critical commissioners made con-ciliatory statements. “I think we’re on training wheels

and wanting to ride motorcy-cles,” Ed Fielding, Stuart, said to Dougher at the meeting. Ann Scott, Hobe Sound, agreed. “I do believe we need to have

reasonable expectations,” she told Dougher at the meeting. “This is a good start.” Both urged Dougher to lower

promises as the contract negotia-tions continue. It’s quite a change from a few

months ago. In a contentious vote at its April 23 regular meeting the commission narrowly nixed the county’s July 1 contractual quar-terly payment to the BDB, which still hasn’t been paid. And all fu-

ture payments, too, which would essentially defunding the BDB out of existence. Commissioner Anne Scott, Hobe Sound, made the motion to effectively end the county’s and board’s relationship. “This is clearly a totally dys-

functional, broken partnership, if it ever was a partnership, and we should step away from it,” she said at that meeting. Haddox joined Doug Smith,

Jensen Beach, in dissenting against the other three commis-sioners. As was commonly the case at the time, no one from the board was visibly on-hand at the meeting to make any comments or answer any questions the com-mission had. “At the last and most import-

ant meeting, they were not there, which was not a wise decision,” Haddox said in a phone interview after that meeting. So started a strange, event-

ful history that’s taken many soap-opera turns. At the time of that vote, Haddox was the county representative on the BDB’s then-

31-member board of directors. He resigned that position in early May. Then at the commission’s July

18 regular meeting, Haddox dropped a bombshell on fel-low commissioners. He want-ed that seat on the BDB board back as the county and it re-negotiate their 10-year, now $643,000-a-year contract ap-proved by the commission in 2009. Since then, voters switched several commission seats. “I resigned from the BDB,”

Haddox said at that meeting. He continued, “I couldn’t negoti-ate on both sides and negotiate against myself, but I would like to volunteer and be re-appointed to the BDB to represent the com-mission.” Commissioner Ed Fielding,

Stuart, wondered aloud if it was appropriate for the commission to appoint anyone to the board while the BDB and commission are in contract renegotiations

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that could end with legal ac-tions. Nevertheless, he approved a motion made by Smith that Scott seconded to re-appoint Haddox. Scott has been perhaps the

harshest BDB critic on the com-mission, Smith its most ardent defender. Haddox has walked a middle road, insisting that the 2009 contract didn’t serve the county’s interests, but that the BDB is the county’s best hope for solid economic development. He’s maintained in repeated in-terviews that the contract is too long with no performance mea-surements and puts the county on the hook for too much of the board’s budget. The BDB was established in

1991. In addition to convincing and helping companies relocate to Martin, it’s responsible to help existing businesses stay and thrive. It’s a public-private partnership.

Haddox has repeatedly said in public meetings and interview that he wants a renegotiated contract to be no longer than three years without automat-ic annual payment increases that are in the current one, 3 percent a year. Additionally, he wants the county’s current annual contribution dropped from $643,000 to $460,000, and in two years to only the money raised by occupational licenses, about $250,000 to $300,000 a year. He said the BDB must wean itself from the county gen-eral-fund money. “From my research, I believe

the (BDB’s funding) ratio should be 40 percent private sector to 60 percent private sector,” he said.Dougher said in a previous

interview that the board gets private support from area cham-bers of commerce and trade associations. That amounts to about $100,000 a year. The pri-vate donors pay quarterly.

BDB from page 3Government shutdown harms area veterans Editor’s note: This story was

written Monday, Oct. 7. It’s pos-sible that there have been signif-icant developments since press time. For up-to-date information about the Department of Veterans Affairs during the federal govern-ment’s shutdown, visit va.gov, and see the “Veterans Field Guide to Government Shutdown,” or related pages.

TREASURE COAST — It might not feel like it to many, but the federal government shutdown can hit the Treasure Coast in a lot of ways. Examining just one is look-ing at 37,500 veterans living in St. Lucie and Martin counties. “(I’m getting) lots of phone calls,”

Wayne Teegardin, manager of St. Lucie County’s Veteran Services Office, said. “The first question they ask is, ‘Is my check still go-ing to be here?’”

Congressman Patrick Murphy, Democrat from Jupiter repre-senting Florida’s 18th District, is getting that question a lot, too. He got an email from a St. Lucie veteran that captured the uncer-tainty and frustration many are feeling. “(The veteran) said, ‘I’m literal-

ly about to go on food stamps,” Murphy said in a telephone inter-view. On Oct. 4 he read that email on

the floor of the House of Repre-sentatives. “‘I am currently receiving (De-

partment of Veterans Affairs) disability (compensation) for service-connected injuries, or at least I was before the government shutdown yesterday,’” Murphy read. “‘I rely on my disability to survive and now I don’t even know when the next payment will arrive.’” Murphy’s office declined to iden-

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(Congress’s) support for this, ele-vates this to national significance,” Pelosi said to close to 200 “River Warriors” who traveled by bus and plane to have their voices heard at the meeting.Pelosi was able to see first-hand

just how toxic the water has be-come by viewing a Gatorade bottle filled with the murky lagoon water U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Jupi-ter, carries with him.“When Patrick Murphy presented

me that bottle, I wasn’t sure what was going on,” Pelosi said. “But when he told me what that water in fact was, it was shocking. One picture is worth a 1,000 words, but that was utterly scary.”Pelosi said she stands behind

U.S. Reps. Murphy and Trey Radel, R-Fort Myers, who facilitated the briefing.“I just want to pay my respects,

offer my support and endorse what is happening here today,” Pelosi said.

Federal RoleU.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said

the Senate and House must unite and put party lines aside to save the state’s water.“We’ve got to pass a water bill, it’s

called the Water Resources Devel-opment Act, we passed it in the Senate and it’s got the Everglades restoration in there,” Nelson said to a roar of applause by audience members.Nelson, who urged residents to

never tire in their battle for clean water, recalled childhood memories of the Indian River Lagoon.“I grew up on the Indian River,”

Nelson said. “When I was a kid, it was clear. It ain’t now.”Murphy said he hopes to pass

the bill on the House side soon. He also commended the community for its tremendous showing.

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“I’m thrilled to see so many active members of our community here, fighting alongside me to bring this issue to Congress,” the freshman representative said. “And it’s really because of all of you and your activism that we have this oppor-tunity.”Because of the government

shutdown, representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers were unable to attend. Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), was also absent due to the shutdown. Murphy assured the crowd a transcript of the brief-ing will be entered into the Con-gressional record to be delivered to every member of the House and Senate. A copy will also be deliv-ered to the Army Corps of Engi-neers and other federal officials, he said.“There is no denying that an en-

vironmental crisis is taking place up and down the Indian River Lagoon,” Murphy said. “Record rainfall, out-of-date engineering and agricultural runoff are all con-tributing to the serious crisis in our waters.”The only way to fix the problem is

by cooperation among local, state and federal entities, Murphy said. Vital projects that need funding include the Indian River Lagoon South Project, improvements to the Herbert Hoover Dike, the purchase of agricultural land south of Lake Okeechobee, conserving land north of the lake, reduction of runoff and the promotion of water storage ini-tiatives with local farmers, he said.Radel, agreeing, said the environ-

ment and economy have an impact on each other.“I’m a firm believer that we in

Florida clearly understand that a healthy environment means a healthy economy,” Radel said as he described how areas in Sanibel and Cape Coral are being destroyed by releases from Lake Okeechobee. “It is something that we see and live by every, single day.”Among the steady flow of lawmak-

ers was U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, R-Okeechobee. Rooney is a former Treasure Coast representative,

whose previous district included the lagoon. Murphy and Rooney joined forces this year in drafting a letter urging the Obama adminis-tration to support funding for Ever-glades Headwaters National Refuge and Conservation.“Nothing would give me more plea-

sure than to someday look back and say we’ve solved this prob-lem,” Rooney said. “With Trey and Patrick taking the lead on this, our chances are better than ever.”

State RoleThroughout his testimony, State

Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, who called the Army Corps “the judge, the jury and the executioner,” said the Corps’ supreme power over Lake Okeechobee must be revoked.“I believe that the Army Corps’

stewardship of Lake Okeechobee, the St. Lucie Estuary and Caloo-sahatchee Estuary has been and continues to be a complete dismal, abject failure,” Negron said.He asked members of Congress to

revoke the Army Corps jurisdiction over Lake Okeechobee and turn the operation over to the state.“We have a 1 percent chance of

a breech. We have a 100 percent certainty where I live on the Trea-sure Coast that our estuary and our water body will be destroyed,” Negron said.The Army Corps should not be ex-

empt from the Clean Water Act ei-ther, Negron said. A goal to achieve is to have President Obama back to Palm City and St. Lucie County to tour the waterways and direct the Army Corps to abide by the law.Palm City resident Darrell Brand,

who lives on the C-23 canal, echoed Negron’s same sentiment during the public’s chance to ad-dress members of Congress. “If I were to dump those toxins

into those bodies of water, I would be fined and possibly arrested by numerous officials,” Brand said.Secretary Herschel Vinyard of

the Florida Department of Envi-ronmental Protection, said since

St. Lucie County Commissioner Frannie Hutchinson testifies before members of Con-gress during an Oct. 3 Indian River Lagoon briefing on Capitol Hill. Martin County Commis-sioner Sarah Heard, who also testified, listens as Hutchinson called for swift action to fix the dying lagoon.


Mark Perry, executive director of Florida

Oceanographic Institute in Stuart, sits on a panel with State Sen. Joe Ne-

gron, R-Stuart, during am Oct. 3 Capitol Hill

Congressional briefing on the Indian River Lagoon. Both high-

lighted the devastation the lagoon has en-

dured because of Lake Okeechobee discharges into Treasure Coast wa-

terways. A plastic bag of sludge from the lagoon sits before Perry as he

speaks.


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From the politicians“The fact that all of you are here

is a tribute to how important the issue is. It’s a symbol of how important the issue is.” – House Minority Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

“It’s not just the lake water that’s causing all of the damage. There’s a lot of runoff around there. We need to clean it up.” – U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.

“I fished the Kissimmee River before it was changed. My po-sition is it would probably been better had we left it as it was and I find it fascinating that the Army Corps of Engineers is trying to put it back to how God had put it in the first place.” – U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Miramar

“I want to thank Patrick Mur-phy because he’s a brand new member of Congress and has been effective from the start and comes with this youth and this knowledge of the environment and comes with this bipartisan spirit.” – House Minority Speak-er Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

“You hear about a lot of acrimo-ny and a lot of partisanship in Washington, but there are certain issues where there is no partisan-ship at all and I’m proud to say this is one of them.” – U.S. Rep. Bill Posey, R-Rockledge

“The pollution and its continu-ation is absolutely unacceptable.

No family should be expected to tolerate ongoing pollution. To me, it’s one of the essential functions and responsibilities of the govern-ment to make sure people have clean water.” – U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, D-Weston

“This is a crucially important issue not only for Florida, but for the whole nation.” – U.S. Rep Steny Hoyer, D-Md.

Congressional members in attendance

FloridaSen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.Corrine Brown, D-JacksonvilleMario Diaz-Balart, R-MiamiTed Deutch, D-Boca RatonLois Frankel, D-West Palm BeachJoe Garcia, D-MiamiAlcee Hastings, D-MiramarJohn Mica, R-Winter ParkPatrick Murphy, D-JupiterBill Posey, R-RockledgeTrey Radel, R-Fort MyersTom Rooney, R-Okeechobee Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, D-WestonDan Webster, R-Winter GardenTed Yoho, R-Gainesville

Out-of-state Tim Bishop, D-New YorkCheri Bustos, D-IllinoisPeter DeFazio, D-OregonSteny Hoyer, D-Md.Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.Bill Shuster, R-Pa.

Negron’s August hearing in Stuart, the Department of Environmental Protection and the South Florida Water Management District have partnered to divert 10 million gal-lons of water away from the Caloo-sahatchee and St. Lucie rivers.Gov. Rick Scott’s $40 million

pledge to speed up C-44 canal im-provements in Martin County is a step in the right direction, but the

federal government isn’t following through because funding has dried up, Vinyard said.“The federal government, the

Corps of Engineers, don’t have the funding for their remaining piece ... If you all can find the funds for the Corps, that will pay big dividends for the people behind me,” Vinyard said.Ernie Barnett, Assistant Executive

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The email’s author served in the Navy until a few months ago, the Congressman’s office said. The answers to the veterans’

questions about the shutdown means more than $9.5 million a month for the two counties. The Florida Department of Veterans Affairs — which isn’t associated with the federal veterans depart-ment — reports that St. Lucie and Martin counties have nearly 37,600 veterans among them col-lectively receiving about $115.8 million a year in pensions and benefits. That doesn’t include the federal dollars that flow into the area through VA programs such as medical facilities. For example, there’s a Communitiy-Based Out-patient Clinic in Fort Pierce. Murphy recently joined with

other Florida representatives in approving legislation that’d large-ly insulate the VA from cutbacks during the shutdown and likely upcoming debt-ceiling showdown. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has warned that if the Congress doesn’t raise the federal borrow-ing limit by around Oct. 17, some of the government’s bills will go unpaid and programs unfunded. “They put their lives at risk, they

served our country, and I’m em-barrassed by the way our govern-ment is behaving now,” Murphy said.

That bill, which had other pro-visions, would have to pass the Senate and get President Barack Obama’s signature to be law. At press time, Democratic leader-ship in the Senate is refusing to consider individual spending bills from the House, insisting instead for a complete continuing reso-lution to keep the federal govern-ment fully operational. What’s not at any risk for shut-

ting down until next October is the Veterans Health Adminis-tration, VHA, said Joe Violante, legislative director of the Disabled American Veterans. “If we are in a long-term govern-

ment shutdown, the only thing that won’t be affected for veterans will be their healthcare,” he said in a telephone interview. That’s because the VA health-

care system receives advance appropriations from Congress. Ray Kelley, national legislative di-rector of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said the VHA’s advance appropriations — which were enacted by Congress in 2009 to shield veterans health care from federal budget battles, such as the current shutdown — is more than a big IOU. “VA has money in the bank,”

Kelly said in a phone interview. “That advance appropriation carved off some money and put it in the bank.” But, to get VA healthcare, vet-

erans must apply for it. Their claims go to the Veterans Bene-fits Administration, VBA, which doesn’t receive advanced funding. Nick Ciotti, veterans service offi-cer for Martin County, said that by press time, he’d noticed no differences at VBA. “They said at the (VA St. Pe-

tersburg Regional Office), it’s not open to outside people, but per-sonnel are still there,” he said in a phone interview. “Business as usual for them, as I understand it.” For now. Murphy said that even a short

federal shutdown can have disas-trous consequences on the VA’s infamous claims backlog. “I don’t think the pensions and

benefits will stop flowing,” he said in the phone interview. “I do fear new claims not getting processed and that backlog growing again. They’ve worked so hard to get that down.” That’s a concern for Teegardin

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ing the phone,” he said. “They’re estimating that if this goes on, this is impacting the claims back-log. It’s slowing them down on the backlog and that, of course, slows new claims.”

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she said. “Due to the shutdown, the Veterans Benefits Administra-tion will not be able to continue overtime for claims processors.” Violante said that’s how the

shutdown is going to pain vet-erans even if it’s short. In May, the VA mandated overtime for its claims adjusters to reduce the claims backlog. “Right now VA has some essen-

tial personnel able to process claims,” Violante said. “They’ve cut out overtime. That was one of the vehicles they were using to attack this backlog.” A couple years ago, the VBA

had about a million claims that had awaited decisions for more than six months at any given time. Aggressive efforts, including the mandated overtime, greatly reduced that number to less than half by the end of the federal government’s 2012-2013 fiscal year, Sept. 30. In an email, Vio-lante said that last fiscal year the VBA processed almost 1.2 million claims, or about 12 percent more than it had the two previous fis-cal years. In September alone, the VBA processed 129,488 claims. Some claims are initially denied,

for various reasons, but veterans have options for appealing those decisions. That’s stopped for now. “During the shutdown, no deci-

sions on claims appeals will be issued by the Board of Veterans’ Appeals,” Burgess said. Violante said veterans have

been harmed by stalled progress in many areas for the last few years, because of the legislative

and executive branches’ seeming-ly unending budget stalemates, sequestration and continuing resolutions to keep the federal government in operation. “Even running the government

on continuing resolutions, which they’ve done for years now, cre-ates a hardship,” he said. “Veter-ans and their families are feeling immediate impacts from this.” While it’s largely symbolic, per-

haps the most visible effect of the shutdown on veterans has been on those visiting the World War II Memorial at the National Mall. It’s closed during the shutdown, but Honor Flight veterans have famously defied the closure to visit the monument. Two area Honor Flight hubs plan

to take World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., in October. The Southeast Florida Honor Flight, which covers the Treasure Coast, has a flight planned for Oct. 19. It didn’t respond to inter-view requests by press time. Murphy said it was important to

get the government and memorial reopened. “To think that because of our

petty arguments, because we can’t get along, that (veterans) can’t experience this,” he said in a personal interview. “I forgot the exact number, but there are hun-dreds if not thousands of (World War II) vets dying a day. The longer this goes on, these petty fights, the more folks that aren’t going to see these memorials.” Some representatives have par-

ticipated in civil disobedience at the memorial. For example, Con-gressman Bill Posey, a Republi-can whose district is just north of Murphy’s, has posted pictures of himself on Facebook moving bar-ricades from the National World War II Memorial. Kelley said the VFW appreciates the sentiments of representatives who’ve made such public protests and appear-ances with veterans at the memo-rial, but would prefer they stay at the Capitol and work out an end to the shutdown. “It does frustrate us,” he said.

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(seven50.org),” Michael Busha, executive director of the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council, said in a phone interview. “People can download it to their phones, to their home computers.” And make comments, he said. “When we release the draft, we’ll

collect information and update information and revise it, revise it, revise it,” Busha said.

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sides of the aisle, wanting to selectively pay for this or that,” he said. During the shutdown, Murphy is donating his congressional pay

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to see what happens to these estu-aries,” Barnett said.Dr. Tom Van Lent, a senior scien-

tist for the Everglades Foundation, said the lagoon faces two major problems.“One’s a water quantity problem

and one’s a water quality problem,” he said. “And it’s kind of important to separate the two, because when we come to Congress, we’re going to be focusing on that water quan-tity problem. That is the federal jurisdiction.”Unfortunately, the system is func-

tioning the way it was made to, Van Lent said.“They’ve re-engineerd and

replumbed the whole system so that now it primarily goes out the St. Lucie Estuary. It was designed to work this way. That’s the sad fact,” Van Lent said.Mark Perry, executive director of

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control of the Herbert Hoover Dike from the Army Corps was a recur-ring theme throughout the four-hour meeting, held at the Rayburn House office building.“I wouldn’t buy that as is,” Vin-

yard said. “There is a significant amount of repairs that are need-ed and perhaps this would be a better discussion once some of the work has been done on the dike, because Floridians are at risk because of the condition of that dike.”

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Regional Visioning Projects and other such initiatives and proj-ects, as revealed in government documents such as the one fea-turing the South Florida Regional Planning Council and ‘Seven50: Southeast Florida Prosperity Plan,’” the resolution reads. Ed Fielding, Martin County

Commissioner, Stuart, and mem-ber of the partnership’s executive committee, said such character-izations of the Seven50 Plan are simply wrong. “(Seven50) is a voluntary plan-

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that the partnership will become a megalithic overseer enforcing the Seven50 Plan is baseless. “That’s just a fantasy,” he said,

“Not even a favorable fantasy. It’s a fear.” Busha said that after the HUD

grant funding for it runs out next year, the partnership will disap-pear. What’ll be left, he said, is a document that can help local gov-ernments make planning choices for decades. Along with better relationships among the agencies responsible for planning. “The grant is over,” Busha said.

“The partnership, there are mem-bers of that partnership that may choose to stay together.” Boland, however, remains a

skeptic that Seven50 will be any-thing other than a loss of local control. “It’s not an innocuous thing

where you sit and talk,” she said. “They plan to implement these things.” At press time it’s unclear when

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Staff photo by Patrick McCallisterOdias and Kathie Smith are president and secretary, respectively, of the Palm City Civic Organization. The group has been around since at least 1949. It’s had a membership decline in recent years. The couple is working to rebuild it with projects, such as a community garden.


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they built the organization’s clubhouse. It had some later additions. The Smiths say re-cords show the clubhouse was a hopping place with dinners, shows and other events. The civic organization also raised money for various causes, and for giving scholarships. “This went downhill since the

early 2000s,” Odias said. As membership was dwindling,

the county hit upon a plan to use some of the organization’s proper-ty for storm water drainage. The organization sued. Things ended up getting more or less amica-bly settled out of court, but not before legal expenses stressed the small group’s budget. Then the Smiths were elected to their posts in 2012. “We didn’t know when we start-

ed if we were going to survive,” Odias said. But, the organization spruced

up its signs and advertised the meeting hall for temporary rent-als. It’s $15 an hour. “Right now, we’re getting a lot

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homes,” Kathie said. Events such as baby showers

and wedding receptions. There’s also a church that regularly meets at the organization’s build-ing. The Smiths say the rentals have

helped pay down the organiza-tion’s debts, and it’ll be back in the scholarship business. “We’re well positioned to do

three ($500) scholarships this year,” Kathie said. Additionally, the hall’s coming

back to life with social events. Earlier this year, the Palm City Civic Organization hosted a Me-morial Day event. “Well probably do a Christmas

Dinner this year,” Kathie said. The Garden Club of Stuart is

slated to have a gardening expo at the clubhouse March 22 and 23 next year. The organization is also looking

at other ideas to get more interest and members. Movies, potluck dinners, neighborhood parties. It doesn’t have a website or Face-book page. Kathie, who’s the so-cial media director of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, said she’ll likely soon put the Palm City organization on Facebook and perhaps Twitter.

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tin County’s Best Places to Work Awards Ceremony and Luncheon is only $30 and must be paid in advance. Space is limited and historically, the event fills up fast. When reserving, please indicate your meal choice of Chicken Ma-deira (No cream), California Cobb

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with the employers of choice throughout the area.2012 WinnersUnder 50 EmployeesThe Firefly GroupRV Johnson Agency, Inc.Tykes and Teens, Inc.50-250 EmployeesOptima Healthcare SolutionsProctor, Cook, Crowder & Fogel

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The Tech Forum will be at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library’s idea lab from 2 to 4 p.m. The fo-rum will be on iPhoto. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. Reserve a spot by calling (772) 288-2551.

“County’s Got Talent” present-ed by the Martin County High School Fine Arts Department’s Drama Department at the Wan-da H. Yarboro Performing Arts Center, 2801 S. Kanner High-way, Stuart. Enjoy an evening of entertainment featuring a wide sampling of Martin County High’s student’s talents. Pro-ceeds benefit the school’s drama department. The event will start at 7 p.m. Admission is $5. For information, call (772) 219-1800, ext. 282.

Sunday, Oct. 13.

Palm City Market Place at the Palm City Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 4195 S.W. High Meadow Ave. The market features art, crafts and wares created by local folks. Admission is free. For information or to reserve a space, call (772) 828-6445. More at facebook.com/pages/Palm-City-Market-Place/1417655741786570

Tuesday, Oct. 15 The Palm City Orators will

meet at the Palm City Presbyte-rian Church, 2700 Martin High-way. The local Toastmasters Club is open to any seeking to improve their public speaking skills. Regular meetings are on the first and third Tuesday of every month from noon to 1 p.m. For informa-tion, visit pcorators.toastmaster-clubs.org, or call (772) 324-9020. Costume Sale at the Martin

County High School Theatre, 2801 S. Kanner Highway, Stu-art. Proceeds benefit the Martin County High School Fine Arts

Department. The sale will be from 3 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday in October. No costume priced more than $15. For information, call (772) 219-1800, ext. 282.

Diamonds & The Ruff Benefit for Dogs & Cats Forever. The doggie jewelry party will feature and opportunity for dogs to create their own look with Cookie Lee Jewelry. It’ll be at the Fur Sea-sons, 1313 S.W. Treasure Coast Commerce Way, Stuart. Proceeds will benefit Dogs & Cats Forever. The event will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Reserve by calling the Fur Sea-sons at (772) 286-8283.

Martin County High School Band concert at 7 p.m. The con-cert will be at the Martin County High School Auditorium. 2801 S. Kanner Highway, Stuart. Admis-sion is free.

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Goodwill Works. Learn about how Gulfstream Goodwill uses donations to run programs and services from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Treasure Coast Rehab, 1101 NW 21st St., Stuart. A tour of Goodwill’s facilities will follow a complimentary breakfast. Make reservations with Christine Bell at (772) 323-4265, or email [email protected].

Everything Android will be at the idea lab at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library. The class will cover apps, storage, taking pictures and video, and using other smart phone features. Participants are urged to take their own phones and tablets. It starts at 11 a.m. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. Reserve a spot by calling (772) 288-2551.

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Thursday, Oct. 17.

Thursday Morning Social host-ed by the Palm City Chamber of Commerce from 8 to 9 a.m. will be at The Brennity at Tradition, 10685 Stoney Creek Way, Port St. Lucie. Admission is free. For information, call the chamber at (772) 286-8121.

Veterans Connection job, small-business and education fair will be at the Indian River State College Wolf-High Technology Center on the Chastain Campus, 2400 S.E. Salerno Road, Stuart. More than 40 employers will be on hand looking to hire veterans. Additionally, there’ll be presen-tations on starting businesses and continuing education using resources available to vets. The fair will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For information, call Carol Hodnett at (772) 220-4472.

Homework Helpers will be on hand at the Peter & Julie Cum-mings Library from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. The Martin County Library System volunteers help children grade to high school find and use library resources needed to do homework assignments ranging from math pages to science-fair experiments and term papers. Homework Helpers have even helped some fill out college ap-plications. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 221-1403.

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The Senior Wii Bowling League will meet from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library, 2551 S.W. Matheson Ave, Palm City. Cummings’ num-ber is (772) 288-2551.

Apple Mobile at the idea lab at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library. Find out how to use the Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod for emailing, browsing the ‘Net, and taking pictures and video. Addi-tionally, find out about installing apps and more. The class starts at 4 p.m. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. Re-serve a spot by calling (772) 288-2551.

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This movement was started in 2001 as a grass roots campaign by a substance abuse center to inform parents about the benefits of frequent family dinners. It has since grown into a national event that promotes simple acts of parental engagement as key ways to help prevent risky substance use in children and teens. Every day activities, like eating dinner to-gether, driving to sports practices, and help-ing kids with their homework offers parents an opportunity to communicate with their kids and to really listen to what’s on their

mind. Research shows that children with hands-on parents are far less likely to smoke, drink or use other drugs. “At the Y, we want families to eat togeth-

er, play together and hopefully share a few laughs,” said Y Program Director Christina Wood. “Dinner and a movie at the pool gave everyone a chance to unwind after a long week and have some fun as a family. Plus, you don’t have to make dinner!” Before dinner started, everyone had an

opportunity to vote for their favorite pasta sauce. The first place winner was award-ed a $250 gift card to Publix. Mitchel Little, a 10-year-old, won the contest with a rich cheese sauce. His mother also entered the

contest. Over 150 adults and children attended the

evening of fun, food and film. The Y part-nered with many area businesses in order to ensure that they were able to feed everyone that attended. The night wouldn’t have been possible without the help of the Y’s volunteers and sponsors. The Y would like to thank Indiantown

Marina, Coca Cola, Michelina’s Restaurant and Catering, Dee-Stefano’s Restaurant and Catering, Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, Car-son’s Tavern, South Florida Janitorial and Pool Supply, Papa John’s Pizza, and Big Slice Pizza and Wings for their generous donation and participation in the event.

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STUART – Jazz musician Randy Corinthian says that he didn’t find the saxophone, the saxophone found him. In middle school, the students had electives that lasted nine weeks. His first elective was band.“The first nine weeks was band and I

never left,” he said. “From the mo-ment I started, I said ‘That’s the one. I had never heard or seen (a saxo-phone) played. I got good at it relative-ly quickly and asked to be allowed to stay in the band.”Corinthian continued his music

studies in high school, where he was

introduced to the history of music.“I really started to study my instru-

ment,” he said. “The music director exposed me to the greats.”Corinthian earned a scholarship to

Florida A & M, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in music education. He went on to get his master’s from Florida State in jazz studies and com-mercial music. Today, Corinthian is CEO of the RC

Music Group and an adjunct profes-sor of music at Broward College. In 2012, he was named one of Legacy magazine’s 40 Under 40 Black Lead-ers of Today and Tomorrow in south Florida.

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Photo courtesy of Randy CorinthianSaxophonist Randy Corinthian brings his jazz stylings to the Lyric Theatre on Oct. 27 for a fundraiser for Who Got Game, an organization that helps teach kids about healthier lifestyle choices. The David Anderson Middle School Drumline will also perform.

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He brings his jazz stylings to the Lyric Theatre on Oct. 27 for a fundraiser for the nonprofit group, Who Got Game, an orga-nization seeking to help young people make healthier lifestyle choices. It’s a subject close to his heart.“I recently had committed myself

to a healthier lifestyle,” he said. “I lost 60 pounds. I was a chubby kid and I was chubby throughout my adult life.”Through social media, Corinthi-

an connected with Kraig Hardy of Who Got Game and he agreed to do a concert. The opening act will be the David Anderson Middle School Drumline. Healthy snacks will be provided by the East Stu-art Youth Initiative Culinary Kids.Corinthian said that he has

learned that planning is a big part of making healthy choices.“You need to take charge of what

fuel you’re putting in your body,” he said. “We want to eat in the best restaurants and stay in the best hotel, but we’re not as picky about the foods we put in our body. We won’t be able to enjoy anything if we don’t have our health.”The musician noted that some-

times people who know they should eat better can’t afford to feed their families the fruits and vegetables that are so beneficial.

Often, people need to commit to changing their habits.“If we’re eating poorly from

conception to adulthood, it takes willpower and education and sup-port to follow through and make that change,” he said. “I definitely support the initiative.”Corinthian will play traditional

swing jazz, contemporary pieces and his own work. He recently released his debut album, “Bit-tersweet,” featuring many of his compositions. He is trying to in-troduce a new generation to jazz, which, ironically, is considered old and not cool by young people.“The music industry is feeding

youth a lot of bad music,” he said. “Studying music has aca-demic benefits. Some of the kids have never seen an instrument. They see jazz as old. The key is to see jazz as cool and that it’s cool to be a musician.” Randy Corinthian and the David

Anderson Middle School Band Drumline present “A Sunday After-noon of Jazz” at the Lyric Theatre, 59 S.W. Flagler Ave., Stuart, on Oct. 27 at 4 p.m. The program is a fundraiser for the nonprofit group, Who Got Game, an organization that helps raise awareness of the importance of healthy eating and exercise to combat obesity.Tickets are $30. Call the box

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Cruisers Bar Wacky Wednesday. 8 p.m.-midnight. Contests and prizes. Beer pong. $6 pitchers for players. 843 S.W. Federal Highway, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 232-6103.

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PALM CITY — The Palm City Fall Fest presented by the Palm City Chamber of Commerce returns to Lance Corporal Justin Wilson Me-morial Park on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival will feature the popular Children’s Area; musical en-

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