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Palm City turns out big to town hall meeting, Tot with a bot, Mapp Road to be resurfaced, Community ‘Note’-ables hit the high notes at Singing with the Stars, Martin Commish hears sales tax success story, Fresh start at New Beginnings, Elections are coming; what voters need to know, Playing ball for Veterans Appreciation Day, Elections are coming, time to announce candidacies, Psychologist to counsel in person, on air, Young pianist returns to Lyric, Original Springsteen Tribute Band comes to Stuart, Internationally acclaimed wildlife expert to headline awards ceremony for animal advocatesTRANSCRIPT
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Shining on stageSinging with the Stars a big hit 3 12 29
PALM CITY — The town had a lot to say. About 150 showed up to the Palm City Chamber of Commerce’s premier town hall meeting on Wednesday, March 12. On many folks’ minds was the proposed Palm City Costco. “Why don’t you tell them ‘No’
and save a lot of trouble,” an audience member shouted to panelist John Haddox, Martin
County Commissioner. Many applauded. Haddox said that’s his inten-
tion. “Costco doesn’t belong there,”
he said.The audience applauded again. Fort Lauderdale’s Thomas
Engineering Group representing Costco met with county staff on March 6 for a pre-applica-tion meeting about developing
Palm City turns out big to town hall meetingPatrick McCallisterStaff Writer
Tot with a bot
Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerAmaris Money, 4, of Palm City watches as robot solves the Rubik’s Cube using a preprogrammed function to analyze the colors of each square and make the proper twists and turns to capture all the colors to be the same on each of its six sides. The robotic demonstration was hosted at the Cummings Library in Palm City and will revisit the popular topic regularly.
Mapp Road tobe resurfaced
PALM CITY — Long awaited resurfacing on Mapp Road gets under way this summer. But only on one end. The resurfac-ing will start on the 2.8 miles of Mapp Road from Martin High-way southward to its end.
“It’s one massive crack seal,” Martin County Commissioner John Haddox, Palm City, said. “There’s some real bad depres-sions there in a few spots.”The crack seal gives the road
an uneven, disorganized spi-der-web look. Numerous resi-dents along that stretch of Mapp
Patrick McCallisterStaff Writer
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Community ‘Note’-ables hit the high notes at Singing with the StarsEvent paired amateurs with professionals to compete and raise funds for local nonprofits
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MARTIN COUNTY — In front of a supportive crowd of nearly 300 patrons at the Lyric Theatre, real estate broker David Dew and his professional counterpart, Shelley Keelor, were crowned winners of the inaugural Singing with the Stars event held on March 15. Dew and Keelor earned a per-
fect total score of 40 from the judges for their rousing rendition of “The Lady is a Tramp.” The duo had stiff competi-
tion from four other community “note”-ables — as the amateur singers were referred to through-out the evening — who were paired with a professional part-ner. The other duos (listed with the amateur first and then the
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Martin Commish hears sales tax success story
MARTIN COUNTY — Jason Brown, Indian River County’s director of management and budget, talked up the benefits of local-option sales taxes at the last regular meeting of the Martin County Commission, Tuesday, March 18. “We’ve been able to avoid bor-
rowing,” he told Martin commis-sioners.Additionally, Brown said that
Indian River has the lowest prop-erty-taxes in the state, and he attributed that to an additional half-cent sales tax shoppers pay. Since last year the Martin com-
mission has bandied the idea of putting a local sales tax to refer-endum for voters to consider. It’s aimed to help the county close the gap on an about $225 million maintenance backlog. Henry Copeland, Jensen Beach,
offered the commission another take on Indian River’s additional sales tax. “I go (to Indian River County)
twice a month and go out of my way not to spend there,” he told the commission. Brown said that Indian River
voters approved the additional sales tax for 15 years in 1989, and again in 2002. “We’ve received just under $100
million,” he said at the meeting. According to county staff, a
1-cent local sales tax could raise about $20 million a year
in Martin. A half cent about $10 million. The sales tax would go to $5,000 of any purchase. After that, consumers would continue to pay Martin’s current sales tax, 6 cents for every $1. The earliest any local sales-tax
option could start is in January of 2015. The commission had an opportunity to hold a special election last year. If voters had approved a proposed sales tax in 2013, folks would have started paying it in January. The com-mission nixed the plan in August, but revived local-option sales tax talk in December. Options the commission has
discussed range from an addi-tional half-cent for three years to a full cent for 10. Commissioner Ed Fielding, Stuart, moved at the last meeting for putting to voters a 1-cent sales tax for three years. Chairwoman Sarah Heard, Port Salerno, objected. “I don’t think we’re ready,” she
said. “It needs to come back again.” Commissioners Anne Scott,
Hobe Sound, and John Haddox, Palm City, agreed. Fielding with-drew the motion. “I think we’re heading to some
consensus at least that we’re going to have a sales-tax referen-dum,” Haddox said. Commissioners Heard, Scott
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professional) included: Michael Izzolo and Elizabeth Casalini; Carley Moss and Karin Leone; Linda Weiksnar and Jonathan Cummings; and Bob Zaccheo and Debbie Bestor. “We couldn’t be more pleased
with the feedback we’ve already received about our inaugural Singing with the Stars event. The cast sang their hearts out for the benefit of two community causes
and we were also able to show-case two students, Tim Nicholas and Ryan Cox, from our youth network, who played violin and saxophone to some of the song selections,” said Terry Barber, founder and executive director of Artists for a Cause. Although not part of the compe-
tition, Barber, who is an interna-tionally renowned countertenor teamed up with Stacy Ranieri, president and chief illuminator of the local public relations firm The Firefly Group, to warm up the
crowd with a soulful version of “Feeling Good.” Barber and Ra-nieri created the first-time event and served as the emcees for the evening. An esteemed judging panel,
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a 150,000-square-foot, ware-house-style store with more than 650 parking spaces on the 28-acre site, nestled between Martin Highway, High Meadow Avenue and the Ronald Reagan Turnpike. At press time, Costco hasn’t filed an application to develop any-thing on the property. If it does, it’ll go through extensive reviews with public comment times. The Martin County Commission will have to approve it. Haddox said he opposed Cost-
co building on that site, but, he added, Martin County needs to work with the membership retail-er to find a plan B. He said many in Palm City shop at the Costco in Palm Beach Gardens, which
harms the local economy. “Those dollars are leaving Martin
County,” Haddox said. “But that’s not an ideal site here in Palm City.” In an interview after the meet-
ing, Haddox said Costco might fit in Palm City — on or near the Martin Enterprise Park, about 500 acres on Citrus Boulevard between the Ronald Reagan Turnpike and Boatramp Avenue. “I know there are other proper-
ties (for Costco),” Haddox said. “I don’t think (High Meadow) is the proper location.” Other issues on meeting attend-
ees’ minds were the proposed All Aboard Florida passenger train, four-laning Martin Highway and planned improvements on Mapp Road. In short, the meeting was all
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about growth. Public speakers and panelists
were unified in opposing the pro-posed All Aboard Florida. Florida East Coast Industries, which owns rail lines running through Stuart, is proposing the 235-mile, privately-owned passenger train service from Miami to Orlando International Airport that’ll have stops in Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. In other words, no stops in Mar-
tin. And it’s not like the proposed extra 32 trains will quietly make their ways through the county every day if the company’s plans are realized. The rail tracks they’ll use cross a bridge over the St. Lucie River, and freight trains will continue to cross them, too. Boats will be unable to cross under the train bridge nestled between Northwest Dixie and Federal highways when the trains are crossing it. That has many in the marine industry predicting devastation to the local economy. “That train is a nightmare for
Martin County,” Haddox said. Meeting attendees agreed on the
need to add two lanes to Martin Highway, which is slated to start later this year. There were divi-sions about implementing the Mapp Road Town Center Design. “I moved here because it’s Old
Palm City, not West Palm Beach,” Jim Meehan Jr. said at the meet-ing. “Put the money somewhere else.” Mapp Road Town Center De-
sign is the name for a decade-old Community Redevelopment Area plan to revitalize Old Palm City. The design has evolved over time, but much of the current vision is for a divided service road along-side Mapp with on-street parking, landscaping, bicycle lanes and an 8-foot sidewalk that allows water to seep right through. The Old Palm City Neighborhood Advisory Committee unanimously agreed at its Feb. 17 meeting to recom-mend that the Martin County Commission acting as the Com-
munity Redevelopment Agency adopt the proposed design. If the Community Redevelop-
ment Agency approves the de-sign, initial work on Mapp would stretch from 28th Street to 29th
Terrace and start as early as 2015. It would cost about $1.7 million. The Old Palm City Com-munity Redevelopment Area has about $1.3 million available for projects. Mapp is the centerpiece of Palm City’s CRA, adopted in 2002, which includes 610 acres.In a CRA some county taxes paid
on property values higher than what they were in a base year — when the area was established — stay in that district for economic development and blight elimina-tion for a set period of time. Other audience members ex-
pressed concern that Palm City seemed unprepared for the opening of Veterans Memorial Bridge. Ron Barnett said that Martin Highway should have had four lanes and Mapp Road its improvements before the bridge opened in December. “It always seems we’re behind
the curve,” he said. Niki Norton, president of the
Palm City Chamber of Commerce, said the meeting was more popu-lar and educating than planners believed it’d be. “I thought it went well,” she said.
“I was happy and surprised.” There was a downside. “We kept having to put more
chairs out,” Norton said. Haddox, too, said he was pleased
with the meeting. “I was very impressed,” he said.
“I was very happy to see that turnout. I was pleased with the wide variety of excellent questions poised to the panel.” In addition to Haddox, School
Board member Michael DiTerlizzi spoke to and took questions from the audience. Also on the panel was Michele Miller representing
Patrick McClallister/staff photographer Diane Castellucci asks Martin County Commissioner John Haddox about the proposed All Aboard Florida passenger train at the Palm City Chamber of Commerce’s premier town hall meeting, on Wednesday, March 12.
Patrick McClallister/staff photographer President Niki Norton and the audience listen to Martin County School Board member Michael DiTerlizzi at the Palm City Chamber of Commerce’s premier town hall meet-ing, on Wednesday, March 12.
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the Marine Industry Association of the Treasure Coast. Norton said the chamber sched-
uled another town hall meeting for Wednesday, April 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. The public meeting will be at the Palm City Community Center, 2701 S.W. Cornell Ave., Charlie Leighton Park.
organized and made impassioned pleas to the commission about a year ago to get the resurfacing done. Terry Rauth, deputy county engineer, said there are no fans of crack sealing roads. “Everybody has been complain-
ing since we crack sealed it,” she said. “Nobody likes the look of it, but it saved (the road) until we could get it resurfaced.”Rauth said Mapp is one of five
resurfacing projects slated for this year. They’ll hardly make a dent in needed work. “We have 507 miles of paved
(county-maintained) roadways and over 260 currently need to be resurfaced,” Rauth said. But there’s only about $1 million
in the budget to resurface roads. About $280,000 of it will go to Mapp. “We have neighborhoods that
have gone over 30 years (without resurfacing),” Rauth said. The county is in a $225 million
maintenance hole. The commis-sion is considering putting a lo-cal-option sales tax, to help fund
maintenance, on the general elec-tion ballot this year. That could be anywhere from a half-cent ad-ditional sales tax for three years to a full cent for 10. Taryn Kry-zda, county administrator, told the county commission that a 1-cent local sales tax could raise about $20 million a year. A half cent about $10 million. The sales tax would go to $5,000 of any purchase. After that, consumers would continue to pay Martin’s current sales tax, 6 cents for every $1 spent. The earliest any local sales tax option could start now is in January of 2015.Kryzda also told the commis-
sion that every year the county is adding about $10 million to its maintenance backlog. Rauth said current funding levels will pay for less than 10 miles of resurfacing a year. Segments on the northern end of Mapp and Murphy roads will wait indefinitely for needed resurfacing. It costs about $100,000 a mile to
resurface a road. If a road dete-riorates past usability, it costs about $250,000 a mile to restore it.
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ment. A portion of the proceeds also benefited Keep Martin Beau-tiful, a local, non-profit, volun-teer-based community improve-ment organization. Event sponsors included: Sig-
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keting and Event Coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Palm Beach and Martin Coun-ties, belted out a ballad with help from partner Karin Leone. Leone has been nominated for several awards for her work in New York and Los Angeles. In April she will be playing the lead role in The Lyric’s ALL-STAR production of Guys & Dolls in Concert. Moss and Leone earned a combined score of 38 with their rendition of “I Know Him So Well.” Linda Weiksnar, a family law
trail attorney with Crary Buchan-an, channeled her experience singing in church with assis-tance from her partner Jonathan Cummings. Cummings sang back-up for Barry Manilow and now performs at many local ven-ues, including The Lyric Theatre. Weiksnar and Cummings earned a combined score of 36 with their version of “Lucky.” While Bob Zaccheo, a licensed
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ner Debbie Bestor who is current-ly a lead singer of The Sunrise Party Band. Bestor toured for 17 years with her former band and has a professional theater background. Zaccheo and Bestor earned a combined score of 33 with their version of “When you Say Nothing at All.” Artists for a Cause is a Stu-
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MARTIN COUNTY — In five months, voters head to the polls for the primary election. That round of voting on Aug. 26 could decide some local races before the general election, Nevertheless, the general election, Nov. 4, will have races and ballot measures that won’t appear in the primary. Plan on voting twice. Vicki Davis, Supervisor of Elec-
tions, said now’s the time for vot-ers to start educating themselves about candidates and ballot measures. It’s frustrating to skip a race or referendum because of a lack of information. For example — “The Children’s Services Coun-
cil (of Martin County) will be on ballot,” Davis said. That’s likely to be a little-known
local referendum. Back in 1988, Martin voters authorized a spe-cial property tax that funds the 10-member council, which makes grants to organizations fitting its mission criteria. Voters have to renew that funding every so often. Hard to vote without information about what the council has done and is doing. The council’s web site is www.cscmc.org. The Martin County Commission
might in coming months put another local referendum on the general-election ballot — a local sales tax. That sales tax, de-
pending on what the commission decides in coming months, could be half a cent for as few as three years, or a full cent for up to 10. Much of everything else on the
upcoming ballots will be familiar to voters, but there’s still going to be lots to learn about before cast-ing votes. Seats that’ll be up this year include the big enchilada — the Governor’s Mansion. At press time, 29 candidates have tossed their hats into the gubernatori-al-race ring, and there’s time for more to join in. The race is likely to come down
to two men. Gov. Rick Scott wants to keep his furniture in the Governor’s Mansion, but Charlie Crist aims to redecorate it again — as a Democrat this time around. Crist served as the state’s Republican governor from 2007 to 2011. In 2010, he made an unsuccessful run for the Sen-ate. The governor’s race promises to
get heated and pricey. In 2010, Scott spent more than $85 mil-lion to win the governor’s office. He reportedly tossed in about $73 million. Political pundits are thinking Scott could raise as much as $100 million for a re-election bid this year. Any Democrat who aims to topple him must raise close to the same. Another multi-million dollar race
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mend and that needs to be clear,” Scott said. Haddox said it was better to leave the coun-
ty discretion to use the funds more broadly if there were opportunities to update infra-structure when repairing it, or to save by repairing other county properties. “Handcuffing (ourselves) and we increase
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currently held by Patrick Murphy. The Florida Division of Elections reports that eight Republicans have lined up to take a swing at knocking Democrat Murphy out of the seat. Qualifying for that seat ends on May 2. Joe Negron’s 32nd State Senate seat is up,
along with MaryLynn Magar’s 82nd Florida House seat. The state elections division lists both as active candidates with chal-lengers. More about those races is at www.election.dos.state.fl.us. Other state offices Martin will vote on are Attorney General, Chief Financial Officer, and Commissioner of Agriculture. Qualifying for the governor and other state seats ends on June 20. Qualifying for all non-judicial county seats
is also on June 20. Two county commission seats are up this
year: districts 2 and 4. Those seats are occupied by Ed Fielding, Stuart, and Sarah Heard, Port Salerno. Potential candidates need to know — all of Martin cast ballots in every county commission race. Palm City voters need to pay attention to those races, because they will help decide those seats. There’s an important rub. Those races can
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Photo courtesy of Elisa AckerlyEvan Ackerly of Palm City is a freshman at South Fork High School on the JV team.
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training workshop to help poten-tial and announced candidates know what they’ll need to stay clean with elections laws will be on Wednesday, March 26. More may be scheduled later. “We discuss everything from
announcing as a candidate, to
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on-one,” Davis saidThe primary election will be on
Aug. 26. The general election on Nov. 4. Non-judicial candidates must
qualify with the elections office between June 16 and 20. Those who can’t go to the elections of-fice during those days must have their information for qualification to the office within two weeks before June 16. Two county commission seats
are up this year: districts 2 and 4. Those seats are occupied by Ed Fielding, Stuart, and Sarah Heard, Port Salerno. Potential candidates need to know — all of Martin casts ballots in every county commission race. Palm City voters need to pay attention to those races, because they will help decide those seats. There’s an important rub. Those
races can be decided by less than 50 percent of the voters in one political party. “In the state of Florida, we don’t
have a runoff election,” Davis said. “If you have one party on the ticket, the seat goes to the top vote getter and it’s ended in the primary.” For example, if Ed Fielding gets
two fellow Republicans chal-lenging him in the primary, and there’s no candidate from another political party, then he could keep his District 2 seat with a single vote advantage among Republi-cans. Those registered something oth-
er than Republican will never get a vote in that race.“Florida is a closed primary
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mary until July 28. “They can change their party
back the next day,” Davis said. Changing party affiliation re-
quires a signature, so can’t be done over the phone. Voters can do party changes by written no-tice, such as by mail, but notic-es must contain voters’ dates of birth or voter registration num-bers. Fielding and Heard have an-
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their seats. At press time, Heard doesn’t have any challengers the elections office is aware of. John Schierbaum is challenging Field-ing. Three non-partisan school board
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without a source to get any medi-cation. The ballot measure would also amend the Constitution to require the Florida Department of Health to register and regu-late businesses involved in the growing, transporting and selling of marijuana for medical use. If approved, the measure would also allow caregivers registered and regulated by the department to assist those with prescriptions to use marijuana. People United for Medical Mar-
ijuana advocated the proposed amendment. The Supreme Court weighed
in on the proposed ballot mea-sure after Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a challenge holding that the language is misleading. The court’s decision to let it move to voters wasn’t about whether medical marijuana is legally OK — simply that the ballot language was clear enough for voters to reasonably understand what they’re being asked to decide. The other ballot measure is
backed by Florida’s Water and Land Legacy. If passed by voters, it would add funding for state ac-quisitions of conservation lands. Early voting for the primary will
be from Aug. 16 to Aug. 23, from 8 a.m. to 5 pm., and include Sunday. There will only be two early-voting sites, including the elections office at 135 S.E. Mar-tin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Stuart. There will be no early-voting sites for the primary election in Palm City. Davis said that late arrivals
are welcomed during early voting, so don’t walk away if the doors are closed but workers are still present. “We want our voters voting,”
Davis said. “If they knock on our door, we let them in.” There’ll be seven early voting
sites for the general election open from Oct. 20 to Nov. 1, also including Sunday. The Peter & Julie Cummings Library is one. It’s at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City.Absentee ballots can be ordered
online at the election’s office web-site, www.martinvotes.com. Davis had a tip for those who’ve been voting for a long time in Martin County and use absentee ballots — handwriting naturally changes over time. “One thing we encourage voters
to do is update their signatures,” Davis said. If a signature on an absentee
ballot doesn’t match the one the office has on file, the ballot may be nixed. The elections office is open from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Many voter infor-mation changes can be done over the phone or website.Those with the iOS, Apple’s
iPhones and iPads, can get an app that allows them to access and change their voter informa-tion, along with numerous other functions. Davis said versions for Android and Windows will follow. To get the app, visit the Apple
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PALM CITY –- Lucia Matthews has lived all over the world. Mar-ried to a Englishman, they have followed his career where it took them. The couple recently relocat-ed from Rhode Island to Palm City and Matthews, a psychologist, couldn’t be happier. “I wanted to live in the South and
Florida, in particular,” she said. “We’ve been married 32 years and have lived all over because of his job. Now we have relocated to Palm City and made it our perma-nent home.” Matthews began her career as a
systems engineer. “I have a bachelor’s degree in in-
dustrial management from Geor-gia Tech,” she said. “I ended up working as a systems engineer for 10 years. I knew how to motivate people and I had a fascination for helping people find what they want out of life.” That fascination led her to re-
turn to school for a master’s and doctoral degree in psychology from Northeastern University. She had a successful private practice in Rhode Island and wrote a book, “Harriett’s Walk,” that featured the approach to counseling she used with her own clients. Now, Matthews is starting a
practice in Martin County. She
does not have an office yet and sees clients in their home or oth-er setting. She also counsels by phone, with set weekly appoint-ments. In early March, she began hosting a call-in radio program on WAXE 1370 AM and 107.9 FM. It will air on the first and second Tuesday of the month from 10:30-11 a.m. Matthews said her approach is
simple and straightforward. “It’s common sense, humor and
teaching a few skills,” she said. “It’s demystifying people’s lives. I’m certified as a choice theory re-ality therapist. We believe we help people to self-evaluate their lives and choose for themselves how they want to change their lives. It may require a good shake or a ‘Re-ally?’ or a more delicate touch. “The counseling relationship is
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Homework Helpers will be on hand at the Peter & Julie Cum-mings Library from noon to 2 p.m. The Martin County Library System volunteers help children grade school to high school find and use library resources need-ed to do homework assignments ranging from math pages to sci-ence-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.
Lego Club will meet from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Peter & Julie Cum-mings Library. Lego enthusiasts ages 4 and older are welcome to take their own blocks, or to use the library’s. For more, call Susan Hellenschmidt at (772) 288-2551. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City.
Every Woman Is My Sister, a celebration of domestic violence survivors will be at 5:30 p.m. at the Willoughby Golf Club, 3001 S.E. Doubleton Drive. Former Florida first lady Columba Bush will speak. Tickets are $150. For more, visit www.safespacefl.org, or call (772) 223-2399.
Oceans Alive, Tides of Time, the Florida Oceanographic Soci-ety’s 50th anniversary gala will be at 6 p.m. at the Elliott Museum, 825 N.E. Ocean Blvd. The dinner dance with music by Fifth Ave-nue will be for those ages 21 and older. Tickets are $250. For more, visit www.floridaocean.org, or call (772) 225-0505.
The Garden Club of Stuart’s Secret Garden Tour and Ram-ble will have venders at the Palm City Civic Organization, 770 S.W. 34th St. Palm City. The public is welcome to go by from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to see gardening-related products.
The Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce 28th An-nual Home & Garden Outdoor Recreation & Orchids Show will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Martin County Fairgrounds, 2616 S.E. Dixie Highway, Stuart. For more, visit www.stuartmartinchamber.org, or call (772) 287-1088, ext. 111.
Sunday, March 23
Justin’s Wings’ and Treasure Coast Cycling Association’s third annual Riding for Heroes will have 40- to 104-mile bicycle rides to benefit the LCpl Justin J Wilson (US Marines) Memorial Foundation. Rides start at differ-ent times, starting at 7:30 a.m. Others start at 8:15 a.m. and the last at 9 a.m. Riders will depart from and return to the LCpl Justin J. Wilson Park, 2050 S.W. Mapp Road, Palm City. Registra-tion and package pick up will be from 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 22nd at Vine & Barley Palm City, 2951 SW High Meadows Ave., Palm City. For more, visit wwww.justinswings.org, or regis-ter at www.active.com.
The Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce 28th An-nual Home & Garden Outdoor Recreation & Orchids Show will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Martin County Fairgrounds, 2616 S.E. Dixie Highway, Stuart. For more, visit www.stuartmartinchamber.org, or call (772) 287-1088, ext. 111.
The Garden Club of Stuart’s Secret Garden Tour and Ram-ble will have venders at the Palm City Civic Organization, 770 S.W. 34th St. Palm City. The public is welcome to go by from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to see gardening-related products.
Monday, March 24
House of Hope’s 15th Annual Hearts for Hope Luncheon will be 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sail-fish Point Country Club, 1648 S.E. Sailfish Point Blvd., Stuart. John Kralik, author of “A Simple Act of Gratitude,” is the featured speaker, and there will be many vendors with custom jewelry and accessories. Reservations for the luncheon are $125 and can be made online at www.hohmartin.org/hearts, or by calling (772) 286-4673, ext. 1011.
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Story Time for the 3- to 5-year-olds will be at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library from 3 to 4 p.m. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 221-1403.
Homework Helpers will be on hand at the Peter & Julie Cum-mings Library from 3 to 5 p.m. The Martin County Library Sys-tem volunteers help children grade school to high school find and use library resources needed to do homework assign-ments ranging from math pages to science-fair experiments and term papers. Homework Help-ers have even helped some fill out college applications. The li-brary is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 221-1403.
Wednesday, March 26
Breakfast with Benefits, a Palm City Chamber of Com-merce event, will be from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Monarch Coun-ty Club, 1801 S.W. Monarch Club Drive, Palm City. Gulf-stream Goodwill Industries is the sponsor. Members are $20, non-members $25. For more, visit wil
Thursday, March 27
AARP’s Tax Aide will be on hand from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Peter & Julie Cummings Li-brary offering free help to those filing taxes. Clients should take Social Security cards for any named in the tax forms
and photo IDs. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 221-1403.
Story Time for the 12- to 36-month-olds will be at the Peter & Julie Cummings Li-brary from 10:30 to 11 a.m. The library is at 2551 Mathe-son Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 221-1403.
Story Time for the 0- to 12-month-olds will be at the Peter & Julie Cummings Li-brary from 11:30 a.m. to noon. The library is at 2551 Mathe-son Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 221-1403.
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Friday, March 28
The Stuart Christian Wom-en’s Connection Luncheon is 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. from December to May at the Mon-arch Country Club, 1898 S.W. Murphy Road, Palm City. The luncheon is $20. For reserva-tions, call (772) 229-2709, or email cwcstuart@gmailcom.
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have to let me into your life before I can do my job.” Matthews once served as direc-
tor of a state psychiatric facility, working with an adolescent pop-ulation. “I always thought that in private
practice, my expertise would be with adolescents,” she said. “My practice is divided between male and female adults, adolescents and couples. “I really enjoy doing couples
work. The reason people go into psychology is to help others. When you get a couple who are so confused and bewildered, they feel like they’ve been run over by a Mack truck. How did we get here? It’s an honor to watch them want to work to salvage their relation-ship.” Matthews said that couple often
want her to tell them the relation-ship will be saved. “I tell them I’m not a fortune-tell-
er,” she said. “Fifty percent will have moved to separate and 50 percent will make the choice to stay together. I help them figure out what they want and to achieve it. A lot of times, they think they know what they want. My job is to clarify it and help them achieve it.” Matthews said that she has five
basic questions she asks clients:What do you want?What are you doing?How is what you’re doing getting
you what you want?Would you like to try something
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make a plan?
The answers to those questions often lead to an ‘aha’ moment.“It’s amazing how people thrive,”
Matthews said. “You can tell when I’m talking with someone and they slip into self-evaluation mode. You can tell the moment someone ‘gets it.’”While some therapists spend
time going over past events, that is not Matthews’ approach.“I try to stay focused on the pres-
ent,” she said. “The present is where we have control.”
For more information about Lucia Matthews and her private counsel-ing services, call (401) 258-5751 and leave a message, or send an email to [email protected] book, “Harriett’s Walk: How
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STUART –- In an interview be-fore his appearance at the Lyric Theatre seven years ago, when he was only 13, pianist and compos-er Conrad Tao recalled his musi-cal beginnings. “The earliest memories of me
playing, they say I crawled up to the piano bench at 1 ½ and plunked out tunes. The first thing I ever played was ‘Mary had a Little Lamb.’” Now nearly 20, Tao returns to
the Lyric March 25. He has re-ceived numerous honors, includ-ing being named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and a Gilmore Young Artist. That award is given every two years to highlight the most promising young American pianists. He has taken a leave from his studies at Columbia and Juilliard for this busy year of composing and performing. He also studies composing privately. In November 2013, the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra performed a work it had commissioned Tao to write to observe the 50th anniver-saryof the assassination of President
John Kennedy. The orchestral composition is entitled, “The
Young pianist returns to LyricPianist Conrad Tao has been named a Presi-dential Scholar in the Arts and a Gilmore Young Artist, an honor given every two years to the most promising American pianists of the new generation. He will appear at the Lyric Theatre March 25 as part of the Ovation Concert series.
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World is Very Different Now.” “That was commissioned in 2011,” Tao said.
“They were beginning to plan the weekend surrounding the 50th anniversary and looking for a composer. I was there performing and the commission was extended. It was excit-ing and terrifying. I was trying to convey less about the event and I was rather more inter-ested in exploring perhaps what the event meant today, the reverberations, and how it permeates our consciousness.” For Tao, winner of eight consecutive Amer-
ican Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Morton Gould Young Composers Awards, composing is a critical part of his musical identity. “I’m fortunate to be doing several projects,”
he said. “Composing is an integral part of who I am as a musician. It’s very important to my musi-cianship and I don’t foresee it changing. I’d like to think it creates nuances in my experi-ence with scores. Playing and composing are linked for now. They are synergistic.” For his performance at the Lyric, Tao has
chosen the theme of mood and tone poems. The concert opens with a short tone poem by Meredith Monk called “Railroad” from “Travel Song.” “There are few musicians I look up to as a role model,” he said. “She’s an important pioneer in alternative performance. Her works are image-based.” Tao will perform his own work, “Vestiges,”
about ordinary events that produce images. He will follow that with “Gaspard de la Nuit,” by Maurice Ravel.
“They are three incredibly evocative tone poems,” the pianist said of the Ravel works. For the second half of the program, Tao will
open with three preludes by Claude Debussy. They include “Puck’s Dance,” “Ondine and “What the West Wind Saw.” “They are unique because the image and
description appear after the music,” Tao said. “They are snapshots of a last, final moment.” Finally, Tao will end the program with Mod-
est Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” which is, of course, all about images. “That’s what’s binding the program togeth-
er,” Tao said. “It’s a picture-oriented program. I feel I’ve been attracted to image-based works for two or three years. (The program) is stylistically diverse. It’s a nice way to explore a starting point for the music.” For his 19th birthday, in June 2013, Tao
kicked off the first UNPLAY Festival in New York. He funded the three-day event with his grant money. “I wanted to use the money for something
that wasn’t just self-serving,” he said. “It was people collaborating. Each night was a response to a specific narrative in classical musical and explored some alternatives to a solid, historicized notion of classical music. “Western classical music focuses on master-
pieces. It’s worth questioning this rectilinear way of looking at our history and looking at works that more ephemeral and improvisa-tory. How can we work to question Western concepts?” The festival also explored what a 21st centu-
ry canon of work would look like and whether music has a social component and a role in social activism. Tao found the entire process exhilarating,
but he is mindful that artists can burn out. “I recognize the importance of down time,”
he said. “I am fortunate to have a wonderful support system in family and friends. It’s a process. I’m trying to do a lot of different things and recognize when I need to step back. I expect to try to figure out different ways of doing that for a very long time.” Pianist Conrad Tao comes to the Lyric The-
atre, 59 S.W. Flagler Ave., Stuart, March 25 as part of the Ovation Concert series. Tickets for the 7 p.m. concert are $45. Call the box office at (772) 286-7827 or order
online at www.lyrictheatre.com.
TAO from page 29 “Composing is an integral part of who I am as a musician. It’s very important to my musicianship and I don’t foresee it changing. I’d like to think it creates nuances in my expe-rience with scores. Playing and com-posing are linked for now. They are synergistic.”
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calling Christina Bodner at (772) 463-4128 Ext. 211. The doors open at 6 p.m., there’ll be barbecue, and the music starts at 8 p.m.. The event wraps up at 11 p.m.Since 1995, the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic has provid-
ed free health care to medically indigent residents of Martin County. VIM patients must be pre-qualified by showing proof of residency, income, and inability to obtain health care through government services or insurance. VIM patients have household incomes under 200 percent of
the federal poverty level, which is $23,340 for a single per-son, $31,464 for a family of two or $39,576 for a family of three. Last year alone, VIM provided more than $8 million worth
of health care on a budget of under $800,000. VIM Clinic relies heavily on fundraising, most notably the annual black-tie gala on the last Saturday of each January and the Novins Memorial Golf Tournament, which is May 16-17 this year.
BSTREET from page 31
in free and drink free all night. DJ plays Latin dancehall, reggaetone, Top 40 and more. 715 North U.S. 1, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 692-9914.
2 for $10 Thursdays at Crush Wine Bar 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Two hours of open bar for $10 from 9:30-11:30 p.m. $3 shot and $5 drink specials after. 21 and up. Dress code en-forced. 100 S. Dixie Highway, Stu-art. For more information, call (772) 600-5853.
Rainfall Band live at Conchy Joe’s 7-10 p.m. 3945 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach. For more information, call (772) (772) 334-1130.
Ladies Night at Stuart Cowboys’ BBQ & Steak Co. 8 p.m. Ladies Drink free 6-10 p.m. DJ, drink spe-cials and free shots. 2902 S.E. Gran Parkway, Stuart. For more informa-tion, call (772) 287-8100.
Open Mic Night at Wahoo’s Riv-erhouse. 7-9 p.m. 915 N.W. Flagler Drive, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 692-2243.
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MARTIN COUNTY -- It’s not every day the president of a world-renowned organization makes an appearance on the Treasure Coast simply to high-light the accomplishments of oth-ers, but soon one dignitary will do just that. On Thursday, March 27, Peg-
asus Foundation of Hobe Sound will host the second annual Peg-asus Wings Awards at Tuckahoe Mansion in Jensen Beach where local animal advocates will re-ceive the recognition they deserve for helping animals in need and protecting the habitats of sur-rounding wildlife. A national leader on conser-
vation efforts will participate as this year’s guest speaker. During the ceremony, Azzedine Downes, president and chief executive officer of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, will enlighten attendees about the danger of extinction currently threatening an entire species of African ele-
phants and rhinos. “Elephants are in crisis. One
elephant is killed every 15 min-utes for its ivory. It’s time to stand up and say that we value living elephants more than ivory trinkets,” said Downes at the U.S. ivory crushing event in Colorado. “IFAW is committed to breaking every link on the trade chain — from elephant poaching to ivory trafficking to market demand.” Once named by President Clin-
ton to lead Peace Corps efforts in the Eurasia and Middle East Re-gion, Downes is credited for help-ing expand International Fund for Animal Welfare operations to more than 40 countries through his worldly expertise and skillful coordination, and his commit-ment to promoting animal welfare is joined by the likes of others. Special guests Dr. John W.
Grandy, executive director of Pegasus Foundation, and Mark Perry, executive director of the Florida Oceanographic Society, will also attend this year’s cere-mony to recognize animal advo-
cates and environmental stew-ards in the community. Dr. John W. Grandy will also
serve as this year’s master of ceremonies. As the current wild-life counselor to the CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, Grandy advises senior staff on animal welfare issues domestically and abroad. The re-nowned wildlife authority special-izes in the protection of sharks, African elephants, mute swans and national wildlife refuges. “The Pegasus Foundation is
proud of its continuing support for IFAW’s elephant protection programs” said Grandy. “We are honored to host Azzedine Downes, a man with unparal-leled integrity, knowledge and commitment to the protection of elephants and other beleaguered wildlife”. A panel of four esteemed judg-
es will decide who should take this year’s honors. They include Martin County’s Supervisor of Elections, Vicki Davis; return-ing judge and local veterinarian, Enrique Borrego; and two of last year’s winners, volunteer Carol Dippy and Sewall’s Point Com-missioner Jacqui Thurlow-Lip-pisch. The judges will share the
responsibility of selecting one Pegasus Wings Award recipient in each of the following categories: Future Animal Advocates, Jour-nalist for Animals, Foster Family of the Year, River Rescue, Pub-lic Safety Beyond the Call and Advancing Unique Human-An-imal Partnerships. One special recipient will be named the “2014 Friend of Wildlife.” The Pegasus Foundation is
a 501(c)3 created to promote animal welfare around the world. With an office in Hobe Sound, The Pegasus Foundation and its nearly 50 Pegasus Partners based locally and around the world help create a more compassion-ate society by laboring on behalf of animals and the people who help them through volunteering, service and education. Reservations are available
in advance for $50 per person. If you’d like to reserve a seat, please RSVP to Adrianna Car-roll of The Pegasus Foundation, [email protected] or (772) 545-1227 by Friday, March 21. For more information, please
call Ike Crumpler at (772) 201-9996 or Courtney Zanetti at (772) 486-7458.
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Live Music!
Arts & Crafts!
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3rd Annual
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