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PALM CITY/TESORO YourVoiceWeekly.com “The extent that (women) had to go through for us to vote is overwhelming.” Vicki Davis VOL. 1/ISSUE 44 YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID FORT PIERCE, FL PERMIT NO. 248 ECRWSS Local Postal Customer Martin Highway residents urge four lanes PALM CITY — If Hal Smith had his druthers, there’d be no reason to expand Martin Highway from two to four lanes from Mapp Road west to the Ronald Reagan Turn- pike. “We realize that when you widen it you’ll get even more traffic,” he said. “We also know that expand- ing the road to four lanes is going to chew up a lot of property. But, it’s a tradeoff. On Thursday, Sept. 12, Smith hopes to have numerous federal, state and county officials attend a meeting of the Whispering Sound Community Awareness Commit- tee to convince them that it’s im- perative to speed up a proposed expansion of the roadway. Plans exist for expanding Martin High- way, but it’s slated to happen several years from now. Smith said there’s 3,100-foot, Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER [email protected] Congressman Patrick Mur- phy answered quesons made by members of the Rivers Coalion Wednesday, Aug. 28 at the Lyric Flagler Center in Stu- art. Congressman Murphy thanked the members for educaon him with the ammunion he will need to bring the change being asked for before the next meeng of Congress. Mitch Kloorfain chief photographer Talking on water Never forgetting PALM CITY — Gerard Somer- ville went to join his family in New Jersey on Monday evening after work. On Tuesday morning his wife, Irene, saw what everyone in America was looking at. She didn’t hesitate to wake Gerard. “I told him, ‘You better come look at this,’” she said. Their life was permanently changed. The afternoon Somerville gave his first press interview about Sept. 11 in about a dozen years, he was a somewhat shy, but still a ro- bust and friendly man. He spoke softly most of the time. His smile was broad, inviting, but his eyes haunting. When he started discussing the World Trade Center — which he never calls Ground Zero — his voice dipped, the cadence audibly slowed. His haunting eyes got an unenviable firsthand look at his- tory. At the top of a stairwell in his home is a room that’s more a small memorial museum than of- fice. That’s where he gave the in- terview. It’s been 12 years since the ter- Patrick McCallister STAFF WRITER [email protected] See SOMERVILLE page 3 See HIGHWAY page 9 Back story Reporter talks about the pain of newsgathering 93 years of voting Area women celebrate women’s suffrage Sept. 11, 2013 Number of events planned for Treasure Coast R Herding cats Animal Rescue League seeking new home Basketball jones Youth league founder’s entire family gets in on it 6 15 16 20 6 5500 PalmCityYachts.com for more Inventory and Information 151 N.W. Flagler Avenue, Stuart UNDER THE ROOSEVELT BRIDGE 772-220-3000 Pioneer Crest Pontoons Renegade ... and more! Great Selection of New Boats and Used Boats to Fit your Lifestyle. A Boat for Every Personality ... We Are Now The Exclusive Dealer From $ 32,700 Carolina Skiff JVX16 Pioneer 2013 197 Starting at $ 15,995

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PALM CITY/TESORO YourVoiceWeekly.com “The extent that (women) had to go through for us to

vote is overwhelming.”

Vicki Davis

VOL. 1/ISSUE 44 YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

PRSRT STDUS POSTAGE

PAIDFORT PIERCE, FLPERMIT NO. 248

ECRWSS

LocalPostal Customer

Martin Highway residents urge four lanes

PALM CITY — If Hal Smith had his druthers, there’d be no reason to expand Martin Highway from two to four lanes from Mapp Road west to the Ronald Reagan Turn-pike.

“We realize that when you widen it you’ll get even more traffic,” he said. “We also know that expand-ing the road to four lanes is going to chew up a lot of property. But, it’s a tradeoff. On Thursday, Sept. 12, Smith

hopes to have numerous federal, state and county officials attend a meeting of the Whispering Sound

Community Awareness Commit-tee to convince them that it’s im-perative to speed up a proposed expansion of the roadway. Plans exist for expanding Martin High-way, but it’s slated to happen several years from now. Smith said there’s 3,100-foot,

Patrick McCallisterStaff writer

[email protected]

Congressman Patrick Mur-phy answered questions

made by members of the Rivers

Coalition Wednesday, Aug. 28 at the Lyric Flagler Center in Stu-art. Congressman Murphy thanked the members for

education him with the ammunition he will need

to bring the change being asked for before the next

meeting of Congress.

Mitch Kloorfainchief photographer

Talking on

water

Never forgetting

PALM CITY — Gerard Somer-ville went to join his family in New Jersey on Monday evening after work. On Tuesday morning his wife, Irene, saw what everyone in America was looking at. She didn’t hesitate to wake Gerard. “I told him, ‘You better come look

at this,’” she said.Their life was permanently

changed.The afternoon Somerville gave his

first press interview about Sept. 11 in about a dozen years, he was a somewhat shy, but still a ro-bust and friendly man. He spoke softly most of the time. His smile was broad, inviting, but his eyes haunting. When he started discussing the

World Trade Center — which he

never calls Ground Zero — his voice dipped, the cadence audibly slowed. His haunting eyes got an unenviable firsthand look at his-tory. At the top of a stairwell in his

home is a room that’s more a small memorial museum than of-fice. That’s where he gave the in-terview. It’s been 12 years since the ter-

Patrick McCallisterStaff writer

[email protected]

See SOMERVILLE page 3

See HIGHWAY page 9

Back storyReporter talks about the pain of newsgathering

93 years of votingArea women celebrate women’s suffrage

Sept. 11, 2013Number of events plannedfor Treasure Coast

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rorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. A child born on that day is starting the seventh grade this year. One who’d been in kindergarten that day is now a high-school senior. Four presidential elections have come and gone. And a day that shook America perhaps like no other since the War of 1812 seems to be slipping from the collective mind. But it’ll never recede from Somer-

ville’s. The 62-year-old was at the peak

of his career with the Fire Depart-ment City of New York. He was working the job he’d dreamed about since his Irish-Catholic childhood in Brooklyn. With that dream job came incomprehensible responsibility. After the Twin Tow-ers collapsed, he had people to lead even as they faced death and catastrophe on a scale none could have possibly train for. Perhaps even imagined. Not even him. “There was a need to go into ‘com-

mand mode,’” Somerville said. As a wounded city reeled, fear —

very reasonable fear — reared up. “We were hearing rumors left and

right,” Somerville said. “We didn’t know if there was another attack coming.” Fear and uncertainty were things

the FDNY captain intimately knew. Back in ’71, Somerville took a

test to become a firefighter. Time passed; he didn’t hear anything back. Life moved on, and so did he. As 1977 was heading into the history books to the disco beat of

“Saturday Night Fever,” he got a phone call.“Do you want to be a fireman?”

Somerville heard through the re-ceiver. He asked questions. How

much was the pay? What were the benefits? When would he start? That sort of thing. The caller was

Photo courtesy of Gerard Somerville Gerard Somerville stood with comrades by the last beam of the South Tower at the World Trade Center shortly before the Fire Department City of New York finished its task of seeking the dead. From left to right are Sal Torcivia, Glen Franke, Somerville, Dan Coleman, and an unidentified firefighter. Somerville said the FDNY never called the World Trade Center Ground Zero. ‘That was something the media made up,’ he said.

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impatient. “‘Look, if you want to be a fire-

man, you have to decide now,’” Somerville recalled hearing. “Yes,” Somerville responded. “Yes.” “I cut my hair off, cut my beard,

and went to class,” Somerville said. On New Year’s Eve, he was sworn

in, and quickly sent on calls with-out enough training in a tense city rife with violence. Routine calls sometimes become small riots. “I was terrified,” Somerville said.But he kept going back to work. By 1990, he’d made lieutenant.

The father of five would pass along a lot of what he’d learned the hard ways to a younger generation.“I taught over 2,000 young men,”

Somerville said. That had a downside in 2001. “I knew a lot of the guys that got

killed,” he said. The department lost 340 fire-

men and a chaplain in the World Trade Center attack, along with two paramedics. That gave Ameri-ca the famous remembrance, 343. Irene thought, honestly thought, that the number might have been 344 as she watched her husband rush to a massive mayhem called New York City on Sept. 11. “When we said ‘Goodbye,’ I

thought that might be it,” she said. Somerville, too, had questions

about his life expectancy that morning as he hurried to the mas-sive scene of destruction. “I kissed (my wife and children)

goodbye,” he said. “I didn’t know if I was coming back.” Somerville doesn’t remember

exactly when he got to the Trade Center on Sept. 11. It wasn’t a casual drive that day. He doesn’t remember many details about the next few days. He once thought

he got back home on Friday, Sept. 14. It turned out he got home Sat-urday. What he remembers in painfully

great detail is helping to find the dead for the next eight months. Somerville remembers firefighter fathers carrying sons who’d fol-lowed in their footsteps from the massive wreckage. He remembers giving families police badges in-stead of family members. He’d work for the fire department

until Nov. 22, 2002. Medical com-plications related to Sept. 11 and its aftermath forced him out of the work he obviously loves. After that, a friend let Somerville use a condominium on Hutchinson Is-land to look for a home in Florida. He found a spot and moved the family to Palm City with one thing in mind. “I saw this is the perfect place to

be,” he said. “I can raise my kids here.” His youngest is now 16. Somerville wants people to re-

member, really remember, Sept. 11. Oh, not for his sake. “I’m not into this ‘pat yourself

on the back, hero (expletive),’” he said. No, he said Sept. 11 showed him

how much small acts of kindness mean. Somerville said as he wad-ed through the morbid task of finding fragments of humans, one thing helped him through. “We knew there were a lot of peo-

ple who cared,” he said. “We knew a lot of people cared.” In the four attacks that day,

2,977 victims died. In the North Tower at the World Trade Center, about 1,360 are believed to have died. The South Tower — which was struck by a hijacked plane about 51 minutes later — had about 630 deaths. The smaller

Photo by Patrick McCallister/staff photographer Fire Department City of New York Capt. Gerard Somerville rushed from where his fam-ily was staying in New Jersey when planes struck the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. He spent the next eight months helping find the dead. As he was leaving, he picked up Barbara Mohan’s WTC identification. Her name wasn’t on any fatality lists. He hoped to return it to her one day. Her former employer told Your Voice News & Views/Veteran Voice she’d died in 1994. Why her identification was at the Trade Cen-ter is unknown. The former employer speculated it was part of an employee file that hadn’t been discarded. Your Voice News & Views/Veteran Voice told Somerville about its discovery before going to press.

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death toll is attributed to people pre-emptively evacuating. Additionally, 147 victims died on

the two hijacked planes. Attempts to match located human frag-ments to known dead continue. As Somerville left the World

Trade Center when FDNY opera-tions there closed, he picked up a woman’s identification badge. Her name, Barbara Mohan, wasn’t on fatality lists. Somerville hoped to find and meet her. “I want to hand it to her and say,

‘Here, you left this,’” he said. Your Voice News & Views con-

tacted Mohan’s former employer in hopes of finding her for Somer-ville. She’d died years before the Sept. 11 attack. Why her badge was at the Twin Towers is a small mystery. The employer was unable to identify her family members. The newspaper informed Somer-

ville of its findings before going to press. Somerville expressed grat-

itude for the newspaper’s help looking for Mohan. He may join other area Sept. 11 first responders at a lighted display on the Roosevelt Bridge — N.W. Federal Highway, Stu-art — from sundown until about 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11. This is the second year for the lighted bridge display sponsored by USA 911 First Responders. The

lights will be at the center of the bridge on the road shoulder. The bridge has a blocked walk area for pedestrians. Parking is available at Flagler Park, 201 S.W. Flagler Ave., on the southern end of the bridge over the St. Lucie River.

Photo courtesy of Gerard Somerville Gerard Somerville, (back), grew up in Brooklyn dreaming about being a fire-fighter. In this 1950s photo, he’s with his brother Tommy. Somerville went to work for the Fire Department City of New York just as 1978 started. He was forced out of his beloved profession in 2002, because of medical complications related to Sept. 11.

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Sometimes reporting is toughI wasn’t sure how to act,

what to say when I met Gerard Somerville, a Sept. 11 first re-sponder. I’ve been a columnist and re-

porter since 1994. I got my start in journalism doing man-on-the-street interviews. Just walking up to folks and asking them about controversial subjects, recording their answers, then requesting to take pictures to post next to the replies. It takes a bit of guts. My mentor, Barb Shepherd, said

it was how a new reporter learned to distance himself from the instinctual wish humans have to stay on other’s good sides. Some-times in this business, you have to flatly ask people questions that’ll be painful, angering even. I can do that. I can call people who don’t want to talk and ask them prickly questions. About an hour after my old

hometown, DeLand, was hit by the 2007 Groundhog Day torna-do, I walked up to traumatized people sitting in front of collapsed rubble that used to be their homes and asked what it was like to survive such a storm. Then I had them stand in front of the fallen homes and crushed cars and took pictures of their tears. These were my neighbors. At

that moment, they were people who had no idea what was going to become of them. I cried later that night for all of them — after

I did my job and wrote a set of stories about their losses. Somerville. That was different for

me. How do you ask a man who’s

seen the most dramatic ways to die about walking through the smoldering rubbles of the Twin Towers surrounded by that death? More importantly, how do you do it without getting emotion-al? The friendly man took me to the

office in his home to talk about it. That room is more a small me-morial museum to the victims of Sept. 11 than an office. He had me hold metal from those famous buildings. Crushed, charred metal that made me think about

3,000 deaths I watched on televi-sion as they happened. As I looked into Somerville’s

eyes, it felt as though a thou-sand souls were looking back. He seems to carry the souls of Twin Tower victims in his own. When I asked questions about

his day on Sept. 11, 2001, I want-ed to blurt apologies and offers to leave. His voice audibly shifted when he talked about Sept. 11. It grew lower, methodical. “We still thought of the possibili-

ty of finding people,” he told me. I wanted to go back in time,

meet and hug the younger ver-sion Somerville. I wanted to warn him that survivors would be too few, to keep his hopes low. Somerville showed me an iden-

tification badge of a woman. Her name, Barbara Mohan, wasn’t on fatality lists. Somerville hoped to find and meet her. “I want to hand it to her and say,

‘Here, you left this,’” he said. I got an impression that Somer-

ville held onto that identification card because it was a last chance to find life where he’d seen noth-ing but death. I promised him I’d find her. I did.

Turned out she had died long before Sept. 11. Why her identifi-cation card was still at the Twin Towers is anyone’s guess. It hurt to tell Somerville. I felt as though I was taking away a hope that’s helped him through the last 12 years. What started as an attempt at kindness, it felt, had backfired.He thanked me for the search

and telling him what I found. Somerville doubtlessly still hurts

every day in a way few can under-stand. But, he has a message of hope from Sept. 11. “This made me stop and think

about being an American more than anything else,” he said. After our talk, I’ve thought a lot

about what being an American means. On Sept. 11, it means be-ing reminded that life is too short for anger, bitterness, selfishness, but long enough for gratitude and kindness if you get to it quickly. Even when your job requires that you ask people prickly and pain-ful questions. Go out of your way to help oth-

ers on Sept. 11, and tell them Fire Department City of New York Capt. Gerard Somerville sent you. Patrick McCallister is a staff writ-

er for Your Voice News & Views.

Patrick McCallister

After our talk, I’ve thought a lot about what being an American means. On Sept. 11, it means being reminded that life is too

short for anger, bitterness, selfishness, but long enough for grat-itude and kindness if you get to it quickly. Even when your job

requires that you ask people prickly and painful questions.

Basketball league gives kids a chance to compete

STUART — In the Newland fam-ily, basketball is a family affair. Rance Newland is the founder and director of the Martin Coun-ty Youth Basketball League; his wife, Sally, is assistant director. Sons Baron, 14, and Jagar, 10, play in the league. Baron is on the Treasure Coast Titans travel-ing team that took first place this summer at a national tourna-ment in Kansas.The four also work together on

league statistics. They tag-team, with one person reading the stats and another putting them into

the computer.“On any given Sunday, myself,

my wife and our two sons are on two computers, putting stuff in. It’s a lot of work. We’re serious about basketball.”Newland started the league

almost four years ago. They hold practices and games at Hidden Oaks Middle School and the Hui-zenga Family Life Center at Palm City Presbyterian Church “I felt there was a void in com-

petitive basketball,” he said. “Ev-ery kid needs to play. But we stay away from the word equal. It is a competitive sport.”The league runs year-round

and is open to boys — and girls — ages 6-17. The youngest kids, ages 6 and 7, are in the instruc-

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STUART — Steve Klaassen has seen just about everything. Heck, not just seen. He’s bought, sold, found for customers and made loans on just about everything imaginable. Klaassen owns Col-orado Pawn & Jewelry, 2275 S. Kanner Highway, Stuart.“I love this business,” he said.

“I’ve been in it 12, 13 years. You just never know what you’ll run into. You never know what might come in.” Klaassen said the pawn busi-

ness is primarily about loans, and those come in all shapes and sizes. “I’ve done $5 loans,” he said. On the other end of the scale? “I’ve done $10,000 loans,” Klaas-

sen said. “I’ve done $15,000.” Klaassen said a lot of folks head

into his two shops with coins, curios, antiques and other items who just want cash. “We buy things,” he said. “Of

the transactions we do, about 40 percent are buys. We buy almost anything of value.” He said many of his shops’ regu-

lar customers never sell or pawn anything. “We have shoppers,” he said.

“They don’t do loans. They just like to come in here for bargains.” Especially jewelry bargains.“If you‘re looking for something,

come in,” Klaassen said. “We have sources for jewelry.” But there are the folks who want

loans. Klaassen said the vast majority who pawn items repay

Local pawn stars buy, sell, find and loan on just about anything

Steve Klaassen admires an antique music box at his store, Colorado Pawn & Jewelry, 2275 S. Kanner Highway, Stuart.

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their loans. Some head into Colorado Pawn,

which is named for the street it first opened on decades ago, look-ing for appraisals. Klaassen said he knows numerous experts able to help them. “If someone wants to know

what a value is, we’d love to help them,” he said. Klaassen said the pawn indus-

try has lately been getting a big help from television shows, such as the History Channel’s “Pawn

Stars.” They’ve helped folks shed stereotypes about the industry. He said a number of folks who’ve never been in pawn shops are heading into his. “What’s surprising about Col-

orado Pawn (to new visitors) is how clean the store is, and how friendly the people are,” he said. In addition to the Stuart store,

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150-million-pound reason to expand Martin Highway sooner rather than later. The Veterans Memorial Bridge is opening in about three months. A lot of folks still call it the Indian Street Bridge. Smith said the bridge providing Palm City and Stuart with a second

direct route over the St. Lucie River also provides another one into the county seat for Interstate 95 and the Turnpike. As the saying goes, if you build it, they will come.“When that bridge opens, it’s going to funnel four lanes of traffic into

two,” Smith said. “It’s going to be congestion. We think there’s a major safety problem.”That safety problem is called Hidden Oaks Middle School, 2801 S.W.

Martin Highway. Martin County Commissioner John Haddox, Palm City, agrees that

the road should be expanded sooner rather than later. However, Had-dox said he’s unsure whether it’ll make middle-school students safer. Many would be crossing four lanes of traffic instead of two. Addition-ally, he said county engineers are up in the air about what traffic will do after the bridge opens. There are a number of roadway options for drivers around the new

bridge when it’s opened. However, Haddox is convinced that many Stuart drivers who now take Kanner Highway to the interstate and Turnpike will head over the bridge when it’s opened. “How much (traffic) is going to go straight (onto Martin Highway)?”

Haddox said. “I think once the new bridge is done, we’ll all be looking closely at the new traffic patterns and making adjustments as neces-sary based on new traffic patterns.” The Federal Highway Administration is funding the $65-million con-

struction through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Florida Department of Transportation project was originally estimated to cost more than $120 million. However, due to the construction bust in 2008, the cost of building materials dropped significantly, and con-tractors generally lowered their bids. There will be a Veterans Memorial Bridge dedication on Saturday,

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MARTIN COUNTY — Who cares? Folks will have a chance to

show their care with a bit of sweat, followed by a swim to cool down. The United Way of Martin County will have its Day of Car-ing on Saturday, Sept. 7. Volun-teers will gather at the Martin County Fairgrounds, 2616 S.E. Dixie Highway, Stuart, at 7:30 a.m. for a free breakfast, then head to 19 work sites from there. After the work’s done, there’ll be a free swim party at the Sail-fish Splash Water Park 931 S.E. Ruhnke St., Stuart. “We’re looking for a couple hun-

dred (volunteers),” Wendie Berar-di, assistant director of develop-ment said. “We had over 200 at the last one. I’m thinking 250.”One of the worksites is the

Humane Society of the Treasure Coast, 4100 S.W. Leighton Farm Ave., Palm City. “We’re going to re-sod some of

the dog runs for them and put up some shade for the dogs,” Berardi said. The Day of Caring work sites are

for 11 not-for-profit agencies the United Way helps. The United Way supports the society’s Paws to Read literacy program. “A lot of children feel uncom-

fortable reading,” Berardi said. “They have pet therapy dogs. For an hour each week, they’ll work with a child with a dog. Dog’s are stress relievers and dogs don’t judge you if you make a mistake. So, they read to the dogs.”Paws to Read is at the Blake

Library, Stuart, on Thursdays. Some folks aren’t waiting to be

part of the Day of Caring. Palm City’s Martin Downs Animal Hos-pital, 1625 S.W. Martin Highway, collected travel-sized toiletries for the Red Cross. Robin Waters-Pod-erski, co-owner, said the facility has to stay open on Saturdays, so the staff couldn’t volunteer for work projects. “It was a really easy way for us

to help,” Waters-Poderski said. “I spread it to my staff, they spread it on our Facebook page we had a collection going on.” Berardi said the donated toi-

letries Martin Downs collected will go to folks who’ve lost their homes to anything ranging from house fires to hurricanes. Addi-tionally, some will go to women forced into domestic-violence shelters. “We also have a large home-

less community here,” she said. “There are people living in their cars.” The United Way funds 47 proj-

ects for 40 non-profits in Martin County. Berardi said the Day of Caring is a good way for folks to learn more about local agencies. To register, or get more informa-

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tional division and the others are on teams grouped by age. Even the youngest kids compete, although the coach is allowed to help them out during a game.“In the Instructional Division, we

allow the head coach on the floor during the game,” Newland said. “We’re the only league that allows 6-, 7–year-olds to compete. We have playoffs and championship. It’s very exciting. The parents,

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Serving as a tie-in with SafeSpace and beyond, this artistic and

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grandparents, aunts and uncles come. There’s a lot of energy.”The league is open to all kids. They can fill out

applications online and come to a scheduled draft each season.“The coaches draft teams,” Newland said. “Every

kid attends for his age group. There’s a coach at each station and they do basic drills. There’s a sim-ple rating system. We try to do our best to equalize the teams. No kids are turned away.”The teams have eight regular season games per

season and a playoff and championship. Teams practice one evening a week and have games on Saturday, spread between the two gyms.Newland said that getting coaches is a problem.

Often, a coach is a dad or mom. “We had 125 kids at the beginning,” he said.

“Now it’s more than 300. I’m always looking for more coaches. Every season, I think it’s covered and we’re short. It’s a difficult balance. The league is so competitive and everybody wants a great coach. They are volunteers. You can’t make everybody hap-py, but you do your best.”Newland said that occasionally, players or parents

are unhappy with the team. Sometimes, kids want to quit.“In my opinion, you can’t let kids quit,” Newland

said. “It creates failure later on. When someone’s having a rough season, I tell them, ‘You won’t always like your teammates, your coaches or your classmates, but that’s life,’ he said. ‘You have to find a way to deal with it.’ They have to learn to fight through it. The younger they learn it, the bet-ter.”The league also participates in a special event with

the Miami HEAT. “For the last three seasons, a few hundred of our

kids, families and friends go down to a HEAT game.

Before the game, we have the Miami HEAT’s ‘Court of Dreams.’ It’s a special event the HEAT holds for big groups. We select teams and all the kids get to experience playing in the American Airlines Arena. “Parents and kids have high regard for the program.

Many parents have more than one youngster partic-ipating.Randy and Donna Scott of Palm City have seen

their son Tyler, 10, move up from the Instructional Division over several years. Randy Scott, who has also coached, said that his son loves the program. “He loves basketball,” Scott said. “He’s learned a

lot from it, in his skills, teamwork, sportsmanship and camaraderie.”Tyler agrees.“I’m having a good time and I’m learning things,”

he said. “I’m learning to dribble, doing moves. It’s fun. It’s run very well and I want to continue.”

For more information about the Martin County Youth Basketball League, visit the website, www.league-lineup.com/mcyb., call Rance Newland at (772) 528-2011 or send him an email at [email protected] waiting list is available for the fall season. Winter

open registration will begin the week after Thanks-giving.The season costs $96 for Martin County residents

and $106 for non-residents. Sponsors are needed and donations are used for scholarships for young-sters who need financial assistance.

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Dear Clients,

Please forgive this letter for being general, rather than specifi cally addressed. I have some personal news that I need to share

with you, my valued clients, regarding my license to practice law. The following is a prepared statement that was given to the

press which describes my circumstances, and attached is a copy of the Florida Supreme Court Order confi rming my ninety-one

day suspension:

Thank you for allowing me this opportunity to discuss the unfortunate circumstances of my consent to suspend my law

license for ninety-one days from The Florida Bar. I have chosen to provide you this information in a written statement

because quite honestly I am too emotional to discuss these issues over the telephone. As you know, I have served my

clients zealously for nearly twenty-four years and this is the fi rst time I’ve ever had to spend time away from clients

because I am unable to practice law. I’d like to give you a little background:

On November 26, 2008, an employee of my law fi rm unbeknownst to me signed up an out of state case (i.e. a client

who was involved in a slip and fall incident that occurred in Kentucky). When the information from the case was input

into our computer system, the program automatically calendared a four year statute of limitations. Unfortunately, the

statute of limitations in Kentucky is one year. By the time I realized that this accident occurred in Kentucky, the Statute of

Limitations had already expired. When I learned of the fi rm’s error I relied on one of my employees to advise the client

of the error and attempted to settle the matter directly with her. In retrospect, I wish I would have handled the matter

differently. Instead of relying on an employee to advise the client of the fi rm’s error, I should have done so personally.

Further, I failed to recognize at the time that I was required to advise the client to personally seek independent counsel.

In short, I accepted full responsibility for my actions which were alleged to have violated the rules of professional

conduct and I agreed to a suspension of ninety-one days.

During the investigation of an anonymous complaint against me, it was also learned that the fi rm did not prepare monthly

reconciliations of our trust account. I immediately rectifi ed this by hiring forensic accountants to perform the reconciliations

known as monthly comparisons. During this process it was learned that after twenty years of practice in this community,

with over fi ve thousand clients, my trust account had a fi nal unreconciled difference of only $2.37 (two dollars and thirty-

seven cents). There are mitigating factors including the fact that upon learning of the fi rm’s mistake and the failure to properly

advise the client, I fully compensated the client after the client retained independent counsel upon my advice. In addition,

the monthly comparisons were prepared and the fi rm’s trust account records and procedures now strictly comply with the

Bar rules.

As you know, I have spent my career taking care of my clients and investing in our community. I will continue to be

involved in our community efforts during the period of my ninety-one day suspension, which begins September 19,

2013. Unfortunately, until I am reinstated, I will not be able to practice law or communicate with any clients during the

period of my absence. This is one of the saddest times of my life, however, I am blessed to

have a supporting husband of over twenty years and my beautiful children, all of whom are

healthy. I am looking forward to spending additional time with my family during this absence.

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Staff photo by Nicole RodriguezFlorida Rep. Larry Lee, Jr., D-Port St. Lucie, and U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter, field questions from voters at the Inner Truth Project in St. Lucie West on Aug. 26. The event, hosted by the League of Women Voters of St. Lucie County commemorated Women’s Equality Day and the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington where Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.

TREASURE COAST — After win-ning a relentless fight 93 years ago for suffrage, data shows an encouraging number of women in St. Lucie and Martin counties are heading to the polls and exercis-ing their right to vote.According to the latest U.S. Cen-

sus data, 109,969 women in St. Lucie County are eligible to vote. Of those, 93,698 are registered. A total of 67,608 voted in last year’s November general election.In Martin County, 60,852 wom-

en are eligible to vote, data states. Of those, 54,027 are registered. A

total of 42,798 voted in last year’s general election.Florida Rep. Larry Lee Jr., D-Port

St. Lucie, said women voters are a force to be reckoned with.“It is sometimes hard to think

that at one time women were not allowed to vote, but that was the case before the 19th Amendment,” Lee, a PGA Village resident said. “Since the passage of the 19th Amendment, women have become a major force in American politics and one day in the very near fu-ture, we will have a female pres-ident.”Lee, along with U.S. Rep. Patrick

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en’s suffrage at a Women’s Equal-ity Day event at the Inner Truth Project in St. Lucie West on Aug. 26.The event, hosted by the St. Luc-

ie County arm of the League of Women Voters, was an avenue for both men and women to meet their elected officials, the organization’s chair Cathy Townsend said. The event, which also celebrated the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, was attended by St. Lucie County Commissioners Kim Johnson and Chris Dzadovsky. St. Lucie County School Board member Kathryn Hensley also at-tended.“They see that they’re approach-

able and they can get things across better to them one-on-one,” Townsend said of the importance of the meet-and-greet.The numbers are naturally low-

er for men because there are less males in both counties. According to U.S. Census data, 102,801 men in St. Lucie County are eligible to vote. Of those, 79,866 are regis-tered. A total of 54,334 voted in last year’s general election.In Martin County, U.S. Census

data says 58,779 men are eligible to vote. Of those, 47,193 are reg-istered. A total of 35,807 voted in last year’s general election.While acknowledging the great

strides women have made, wom-en’s rights advocate and Palm City resident Mindi Fetterman said there’s more progress to be made.In Martin County, 70.3 percent

of women eligible to vote exercised that right. That means 29.7 per-cent of eligible women didn’t vote.In St. Lucie County, 61.5 percent

of women eligible to vote exercised that right. That means 38.5 per-cent of eligible women didn’t vote. Discouraging statistics, Fetter-man said.“Sometimes we don’t understand

that this is actually a right that this sister and mother had to fight for,” said Fetterman, who is the founder of Inner Truth Project, a safe haven for survivors of sexu-al abuse. “It’s also a privilege and women need to exercise it.”Juggling responsibilities within

the home and work often leaves voting as a low priority for women, Fetterman said. “Women are natural caretakers

and sometimes the last thing they can do is stand in line and vote because it seems so trivial,” she said.If each woman cast a ballot, the

country could be a very different place.“Laws are made by men and con-

trolled by men,” Fetterman said. “We have the power to change that by getting out to vote every elec-tion cycle.”Martin County Supervisor of

Elections Vicki Davis said a good portion of her job entails motivat-ing others, as young as preschool-ers, to visit the polls when they are eligible.Reflecting back, Davis said it’s

hard to believe women’s voices didn’t matter less than 100 years ago.“The extent that we had to go

through for us to vote is over-whelming,” said Davis, who is serving her third term. “They were passionate about having their voices heard no matter what ex-tent they had to go to, to have that right.”St. Lucie County Supervisor of

Elections Gertrude Walker said before serving 33 years in her po-sition, she worked in the office for more than a decade.“I’d already got the bug working

in the office,” Walker said. “I was so impressed with the process of voting, how powerful the vote is and how important every vote be counted accurately. I wanted to be a part of that and ensure that happens.”Walker encourages every age-eli-

gible adult to take to the polls.“It’s important to take advantage

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Free will reviews by the Council on Aging of Martin County at the Charles and Rae Kane Center, 900 S.E. Salerno Road, Stuart. The reviews, done by the law office of Shaun W. Wiedrick, will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The private consultations will be about 30 minutes each. Participants should have copies of wills, codicils, powers of attorney and other legal documents. To schedule an appointment, call the council at (772) 223-7807.

Food For Fines begins. Martin County Library patrons can have fines erased by taking non-perishable food items that’ll benefit the House of Hope to branches. The event continues until Saturday, Sept. 14. For information, call (772) 221-1403, or visit library.martin.fl.us.

Wednesday, Sept 11.

Homework Helpers will be on hand at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library from 3 to 5 p.m. The Martin County Library System volun-teers help children grade to high school find and use library resourc-es 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 applications. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 221-1403.

Thursday, Sept. 12.

Homework Helpers will be on hand at the Peter & Julie Cummings 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 Help-ers have even helped some fill out college applications. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 221-1403.

The Palm City Chamber of Commerce will have a ribbon cutting and Thursday Morning Social at WQCS 88.9 FM, 3209 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce. Gerald Wilcox will be the speaker. The event will be from 8 to 9 a.m. The chamber is at palmcitychamber.org. The phone is (772) 286-8121.

Friday, Sept. 13. Council of Chambers Luncheon will be 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the

Mariner Sands Country Club, 6500 S.E. Mariner Sands Drive, Stuart. Register with the Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce, (772) 546-4724, or by visiting hobesound.org. The Senior Wii Bowling League will meet from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at

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especially honor those who lost their lives at the World Trade Center. “You can drive through the two

lights that represent the Twin Towers,” he said. This is the second year for the

lighted bridge display. McKen-na said the lights will be at the center of the bridge on the road shoulder. Some Sept. 11 first responders now living in the area may be present to meet with the public. The bridge has a blocked walk area for pedestrians. Park-ing is available at Flagler Park, 201 S.W. Flagler Ave., on the southern end of the bridge over the St. Lucie River. Additionally, USA 911 First

Responders will have a memorial earlier in the day at Martin Coun-ty High School, 2801 S. Kanner Highway, Stuart. It’ll be in the auditorium. That memorial will be from 7 to 9 a.m. More about the USA 911 First

Responders is at its web site, usa911fr.comIn St. Lucie County, there’ll be a

9/11 Memorial Tribute at Indi-an River State College hosted by the Blue Knights Law Enforce-ment Motorcycle Club. That’ll be at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11 at the Bailey Auditorium of the Frank and LeVan Fee Physical and High Liability Training Building at the Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Complex, 4600 Kirby Loop Road, Fort Pierce. That event will feature former

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responders Al Hickey and Steve Confino, along with items and photos from the World Trade Center. Among other events at the memorial, IRSC criminal justice and fire academy students will lay a wreath at the eternal flame in the complex to honor the public-safety workers killed in the terrorist attacks. At 9:30 a.m., there’ll be a sepa-

rate memorial at Veterans Me-morial Park, 600 N. Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce. Also in Martin County, The

Prayer House of the Treasure Coast will hold its Special 9/11 Prayer Day Tribute from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Trinity United Meth-odist Church, 2221 N.E. Savan-nah Road, Jensen Beach. For more about that event, call (772) 486-3230. Patriot Day and National Day of

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renamed Patriot Day and Na-tional Day of Service and Re-membrance, was created by a congressional joint resolution in 2001. President George W. Bush signed it into law in December that year. The resolution requests that all Americans display flags at half mast, along with recognizing a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m., on Sept. 11.

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The cats have a home at the Hobe Sound Animal Protection League. It’s on part of the 23-acre Car-ing Fields Animal Rescue facility, 6452 S.W. Markel St., Palm City. But it needs to move. “The owner of the property is

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the current property. The Yar-mouth Port, Mass., animal-wel-fare organization has let the league and Equine Rescue & Adoption Foundation stay there without charge. Both groups are now seeking homes. The league aims to move by the

end of 2014. Sounds like a lot of time, but its not. “It is not going to take a month

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into colonies with indoor and outdoor areas for each. Many went to the league as feral cats, those born and raised wild. While stray and abandoned cats that were born and grew up around people are fairly easy to habituate and domesticate, many feral cats never do. They often remain distrustful and elusive no matter how much contact they have with people. “You only have one opportunity to catch them,”

Glover said. Katherine Goodman, a Realtor at Water Pointe

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been and where they’re going,” she said. “There are still some excellent deals out there, but they go rap-idly.” Goodman said the league will need to put out about

$250,000 to $400,000 for an adequate property that won’t require much preparation work. The league owns several small cottages that are converted for the cats’ use. Those will move with the league.“The logistics of moving 180 cats; it’s quite an un-

dertaking,” Goodman said. “There are other costs that’ll be considerable, such as the fencing. The fencing will be expensive.” In the meantime, the league has its regular expens-

es, too. Glover said the monthly veterinarian bills are about $3,000. Food is just about $1,000 a month. The league has three employees. Their salaries are about $2,200 a month. The three employees couldn’t care for 180 cats. Glover said volunteers collectively give more than 1,000 hours a month. In addition to caring for the cats, the league does low-cost spaying and neutering programs. It also regularly transports cats to adoption events. Glover said while large donations are wonderful,

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Photo by Patrick McCallister Pauline Glover, executive director of the Hobe Sound Animal Protection League, spends time with Q-tip. The Palm City or-ganization has a 23-acre no-kill facility for cats. About 180 live there in fenced yards with buildings they can enter and exit at will. The organization needs to move, however.

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MARTIN COUNTY — Back to school, fall football, and gridiron memories are best when safety is the number one factor in win-ning. Daniel A. Rukeyser, D.C., founder of Vital Wellness Center, reminds parents, coaches, and players that proper precautions on and off the field add up to a winning season for the commu-nity. “Football safety, for players of

all ages, begins at home with the player’s parents,” said Dr. Rukey-ser. “It’s generally recognized that children under 628 should not play competitive

football and children under 10 should not play tackle football. However, for every play, no mat-ter the sport they play, a Pre-par-ticipation Physical Evaluation should be standard procedure for athletes of all ages.” Pre-participation Physical

Evaluation: Every athlete should receive a pre-participation phys-ical evaluation to (1) detect conditions which could make playing football or other sports life-threatening or disabling and (2) detect medical or musculo-skeletal conditions that could predispose an athlete to injury or illness during practice or com-petition. The evaluation should include both a medical history and physical exam.• The evaluation should be per-

formed by a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner with the training and medical skills to recognize heart disease and orthopedic conditions of con-cern for football.• In addition to cardiovascu-

lar screening, the evaluation for football should include (1) an or-thopedic exam focusing on neck strength, joint range of motion, flexibility, anatomical misalign-ments and muscle-tendon imbal-ances and (2) documentation/re-examination of past neurologi-cal, bone and joint injuries.• Conditions should be docu-

mented which have potential implications for an athlete’s safety during practice or games (e.g., visual impairment, diabetes, hypertension, asthma, severe al-lergies, sickle cell disease, history of heat illness, history of con-

cussion, use of medications, use of steroids, symptoms of eating disorders, etc.). “Parents of young athletes

should take an active role in making sure their children are prepared to play safe football. They should be well-informed about specific injury prevention measures, including safer block-ing and tackling techniques that do not use the head. They should be free to make unannounced visits to practices and should ask questions if they see something that seems unsafe. In addition, parents should be sure any injury is reported to the athletic program staff, should reinforce compliance with treatments or rehabilitation after injury,” Dr. Rukeyser added. Dr. Rukeyser also says it’s

important that precautions be in place should an injury happen on the field of play during football or other athletic events.• A telephone should be imme-

diately available at all game and practice sites, with prominent posting of numbers of ambu-lance, paramedics, first aid per-sonnel and police.• Plainly-marked emergency first

aid equipment should be acces-sible on the field. This equipment should be inspected periodically to assure its completeness, clean-liness and usability.• An emergency action plan

should be developed and re-hearsed. Key personnel who are to carry out the plan should be identified. The plan should in-clude responses to severe inju-ries, hypothermia, heat illness and even allergic reactions to plants and stinging insects.• A National Athletic Trainers

Association-certified athletic trainer or a physician should be available at every game and practice. If this is not possible, a physician should be available by phone or pager. At a minimum, a specific agreement should be negotiated with a local emergency department and/or emergency medical service provider to deal with injured athletes.• Up-to-date medical informa-

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Photo courtesy of Molly’s HouseFrom left, Molly’s grandmother Dolores Buys, Molly’s sister, Jessica McLain, Molly’s mother, Debbie Sharkey, Molly’s sister, Kate Weigerink, Molly’s aunt Caroline Triptree celebrating Molly’s birthday in 2011.

Molly’s House to celebrate founder’s birthday

MARTIN COUNTY — You’re invited to Molly Sharkey’s 40th birthday celebration! Join Molly’s House on Monday,

Sept. 23 at Vine & Barley Palm City from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. to celebrate their founder’s birth-day. Sharkey died at the age of 18 from a rare form of leukemia shortly before Molly’s House opened.Tickets are $40 and include din-

ner from Ellie’s Downtown Deli, cupcakes by Roosters Daytime Café, and your choice of a $20 wine card or five beer tickets. Forty raffle prizes will be given

away throughout the evening in honor of Molly’s 40th birthday. You could win a round of golf, a gift certificate for Just Gold Jewelers, 4 Disney Park Hopper passes, and many other items.

Proceeds from the evening will benefit the Adopt a Family Pro-gram which subsidizes room costs for adult and children patients and their families ex-periencing a medical crisis on the Treasure Coast of Florida. To learn more about the Adopt a Family Program, visit http://mollyshouse.org/index.php/adopt-a-family. Tickets can be purchased at

Molly’s House, 430 S.E. Osceola Street, Stuart or Vine & Barley Palm City, 2591 S.W. High Mead-ows Avenue, Palm City. Only 120 tickets will be sold. For more information on Molly’s Birthday Celebration, visit http://www.mollyshouse.org/ or call (772) 223-6659.Molly’s Birthday Celebration is

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Discuss, Discover & Get Fit at 5th Annual Health & Wellness ShowTh e Stuart/Martin County Chamber invites you to discuss, discover, and get up to date on the latest in health care at the 5th annual Health & Wellness Show on Tuesday, September 17th. Th e show will feature presentations and informative seminars from industry experts.Th e show will kick off with a

breakfast provided by Cuisine 256 for Chamber members from 7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. and is free to the public from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A variety of vendors will fi ll the Wolf High-Technology Center at Indian River State College on Salerno Road in Stuart with the latest information on health care. From local doctors and

physical therapists to senior liv-ing facilities and health insur-ance specialists, the Health and Wellness Show will have some thing for everyone. Flu shots will be available at the Publix table throughout the day.Th ank you to this year’s spon-sors: Champion Home Health Care, Health South Rehabilita-

tion Hospital, Just Believe Recov-ery Center, Martin Health Sys-tem, Ocean Media/Moneysaver, Planet Fitness, Publix, Stuart News, Treasure Coast Healthcare System, Treasure Coast Urgent & Family Care, Your Voice and WHLG-101.3 FM.Sponsorship opportunities are available. Booth space is $200 for Chamber members and $300 for non-Chamber members. Various sponsorship levels and benefi ts are available as well. For more information on sponsor-ship or table space please con-tact Lisa Teetor at 287-1088 ext: 111 or lisat@stuart martin-chamber.org.

More than 130 members from the fi ve Martin County Chambers united at the August Council of Chamber’s Networking Luncheon where they learned about the latest issues being addressed by the Florida Legislature. Special thanks to AT&T Florida for sponsoring the event held at Monarch Coun-try Club. Shown in back row from left are: Hobe Sound Executive Director Angela Hoff man; Stuart/Martin County President/CEO Joe Catrambone; Florida House Representative Gayle Harrell; Jensen Beach Executive Direc-tor Ron Rose and President Todd Doss; Clerk of the Court Carolyn Tim-mann; Indiantown Executive Director Hilary Mckeich; Palm City Executive Director Carolyn Davi; Stuart/MC Chairman Michael Dadko, UBS/Sailfi sh Wealth Management Group. Front row: Luncheon sponsor Cathy McKen-zie, AT&T Florida and Florida House Representative Marylynn Magar.

Chamber President/CEO Joe Catrambone (left) and Chairman Michael Dadko, UBS/Sailfi sh Wealth Management Group (right) thank Johnson Honda of Stuart for sponsoring and hosting the August Business After Hours at their showroom located at 4200 S.E. Federal Highway. From left are: Service Manager Richard King, Lori Roberts, Diane Woodruff , Karen Biggs and General Manager Mario Castillo.

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information should include emergency contacts, preferred physician, preferred hospital and a signed consent form giving permission to provide emergency care. In addition, any health conditions or medica-tions should be documented.• Emergency transportation should be available on the scene or with-

in six minutes from the football field. There should be no cars block-ing ambulance routes to the field. “Our children and student athletes should be encouraged to be

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STUART -- They’re a lot country and a little bit rock ‘n’ roll. Dan Gillen and Toni Walls, formerly of Jumpshot Duo, have formed a new group, The Wild West Duo Band, to bring live country music to the Treasure Coast. “We saw a need in this area,”

Gillen said. “It’s something a little different. (Other bands) are play-ing everything else but country. In Jumpshot, we went down the country road and played country

and rock ‘n’ roll. We played the same songs for so many years. We wanted something new.”The duo took time off to build a

repertoire of song Top 40 songs by current artists such as Miran-da Lambert, Jason Aldean, Alan Jackson, Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton. Both play the guitar and both do vocals.“We’re a dance band,” Gillen

said. “The stuff we do is upbeat and danceable. We’re trying to stay away from ‘cry in your beer’ country. We want people to tap

Dan Gillen and Toni Walls, who have performed together for more than 25 years, have started the Wild West Duo Band, featuring the music of current country stars includ-ing Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton and Jason Aldean.

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both figuratively and literally. They’re originally from Oregon and began playing the concert circuit in 1986. In the more than 25 years they’ve been together, they’ve performed more than 2,000 times. When they started getting bookings in Florida, they

liked what they saw. “We got booked in Florida and

fell in love with it.” Gillen said. “We played at the Holiday Inn for two years in a row before the hurricane took it out and at the Marriott Indian River Plantation resort for three months. We were at the Seminole Immokalee Ca-sino. We were driving back and forth 6,000 miles and we said, ‘Why are we in Oregon, where it’s snowy, when we can be in Florida in the sun?’”While the group is emphasizing

country, they will happily play any of the close to 350 songs they’ve performed over the years. Their play list contains songs by Tanya Tucker, Willie Nelson, George Strait and the Judds as

well as the newer artists, but it’s the newer ones they’re ready to roll out.“We can mix it up,” Gillen said.

“We can pull a song out of a hat. We want to get out and have fun with it.”Dan Gillen knows that getting a

new group going is risky, even if they’ve been together a long time. Still, he believes that he and Walls know what it takes.“We’ve been doing it a long

time,” he said. “We’re veterans.”

For information about the Wild West Duo Band, call (772) 209-9236, send an email to [email protected]. or visit the website www.wildwestband.com.

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per person. Black light bowling, everything glows in the dark, disco lights, music and fog. 2303 N.E. Dixie Highway, Jensen Beach. For more information call (772) 225-2695 or visit jensen-beachbowl.com

Saturday, Sept. 7Live music at Wahoo’s Riv-

erhouse. 8-11 p.m. 915 N.W. Flagler Drive, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 692-2243.

Bowl your Brains out Blazer at Jensen Beach Bowl. 8 p.m. to midnight. All you can bowl $11 per person. Black light bowling, everything glows in the dark, disco lights, music and fog. 2303 N.E. Dixie Highway, Jensen Beach. For more information call (772) 225-2695 or visit jensen-beachbowl.com

Live music at Crawdaddy’s. 7 p.m., 1949 N.E. Jensen Beach Blvd., Jensen Beach. For more information, call (772) 225-3444.

Sunday, Sept. 8Reggae Night at Stuart Grill

and Ale. 4 p.m. 1630 S. Federal Highway, Stuart. For more infor-mation, call (772) 223-1978.

Live music at Wahoo’s River-house. 4-8 p.m. 915 N.W. Flagler Drive, Stuart. For more informa-tion, call (772) 692-2243.

Tuesday, Sept. 10Ladies Night at Stuart Grill

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and Ale 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. DJ Dr. Dave will be spinning rock, old school, hip hop, house, breaks and freestyle. 21 and up. Drink specials. 1630 S. Federal High-way, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 223-1978.

Wednesday, Sept. 11Ladies Night at Applebees. 10

p.m. to close. 2 for 1 drinks all night and $1 wells for women. Music DJ Doe Dizzle. 3373 S.E. Federal Highway, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 223-6477.

Cruisers Bar Wacky Wednesday.

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

Thursday, Sept. 12Ladies Night at Stuart Cow-

boys’ BBQ & Steak Co. 8 p.m. Ladies Drink free 6-10 p.m. DJ, drink specials and free shots. 2902 S.E. Gran Parkway, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 287-8100.

Open Mic Night at Wahoo’s Riverhouse. 7-9 p.m. 915 N.W. Flagler Drive, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 692-2243.

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MARTIN COUNTY — In a time where most messages are sent via text and email, we sometimes for-get the power of a hand-written note. For a veteran on an Honor Flight, this simple gesture is espe-cially powerful. Treasure Coast Hospice will be

conducting a letter writing cam-paign for the upcoming South East Honor Flights. The flights are scheduled to depart on Sept. 7 and Oct. 19 from Palm Beach In-ternational.Honor Flight is a nonprofit orga-

nization created to honor Amer-ica’s WWII and terminally ill vet-erans for all their sacrifices. Our heroes are flown to Washington, DC to visit and reflect at their me-morials On the flight home, each veteran

receives a surprise Mail Call pack-age, containing mail from family, friends and members of our com-munity, thanking them for their service. “After a long day, these letters

are distributed and you can see

the sparkle in their tired eyes,” says Denise Dublin, guardian co-ordinator for Honor Flight. “These men and women don’t necessarily see themselves as heroes, so it is nice for them to have a reminder that yes, indeed they are heroes:, and we are so grateful for what they have given to our country.” To submit your letter, stop by the

front reception desks at both the Stuart and Fort Pierce Treasure Coast Hospice locations or you can mail them attention: Mayce DelValle c/o Treasure Coast Hos-pice 1201 S.E. Indian St., Stuart, FL 34997. The deadline for letters is Oct.

11. If you are interested in more information regarding the Honor Flight, visit honorflightsefl.org.Treasure Coast Hospice is a

non-profit community organiza-tion of caring professionals and dedicated volunteers whose mis-sion is to provide compassionate, comprehensive, high-quality care to patients and those who share their lives in St. Lucie and Martin counties. Services are available to anyone regardless of their ability to pay.

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