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VOL. 2/ISSUE 19 YOUR INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2014

At the LyricDoc Grober and the Mudcats on stage

A call for civilityCommissioner stands up to rudeness

Bar mitzvah and booksBoy donates 725 books to SafeSpace A3 A6 B1

On film

Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerJonathan Schwark documents with video the trainings of Vanessa Richards of Palm City as she prepares for the Na-tional Wheelchair, Sunshine State BB & Men’s & Women’s Physique, and ‘CJ’ Fitness, Figure & Bikini Classic National Qualifier scheduled to take place Saturday, March 15. Richards trains at Anytime Fitness in Stuart.

PALM CITY — Costco might be coming to town. News that Fort Lauderdale’s Thomas Engineering Group met with county staff on March 6 regarding a proposed Costco in Palm City surprised many. “They’ve probably been in Martin Coun-

ty for months and just pulled the trigger now,” Tim Dougher, executive director of the Business Development Board of Martin County, said in an interview after the meeting. Dougher wasn’t at the pre-application

meeting between Costco representatives and county staff, although some from the public were. Martin County Commis-sioner John Haddox, Palm City, couldn’t

Costco eyes Palm CityPatrick McCallisterStAff writer

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MARTIN COUNTY — After a very turbulent flight, a long proposed U.S. Customs and Border En-forcement facility can now land at Witham Field, Martin County Airport. In a 3-2 vote at its March

4 meeting, the county commis-sion approved a plan offered by the Martin County Marine and Aviation Alliance to launch the customs facility. At the heart of the plan is the

18-member alliance contractu-ally pledges to the county up to $50,000 a year for the first three years that the facility is open to

make up any operational short-falls. “This is probably the first time

the business community stepped up to the county and said, ‘We’re going to put money into this,’” Commissioner John Haddox, Palm City, said at the meeting. Other commissioners claimed

the alliance’s offer was a care-

fully crafted promise made to be broken. The alliance made the $50,000 offer after the commis-sion was poised to kill the then proposed customs facility in November. “You come back with an agree-

ment that doesn’t pledge money,

Martin gets customs facilityPatrick McCallisterStAff writer

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See CUSTOMS page A12

See COSTCO page A15

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PALM CITY — Bar mitzvah is the Jewish coming-of-age ceremo-ny. For boys, it occurs at 13; girls may have a bat mitzvah at 12 or 13. There is lengthy preparation and study before the bar mitzvah service. Many congregations also require a project that benefits the community. That project is often call a mitzvah. The Hebrew word means commandment, and it has also come to mean a good deed. Judah Lebofsky of Palm City,

who celebrated his bar mitzvah in January, chose to collect and donate books for children receiv-ing shelter and support through SafeSpace. The organization offers help to victims of domestic violence. Judah learned about the organi-

zation from his mother, Jill, who attended an event with a speaker from SafeSpace. He learned that families often have to leave all of their belongings behind to get to

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Photo courtesy of SafeSpaceJudah Lebofsky, a student at Hidden Oaks Middle School, presents donated books that he collected for his bar mitzvah project to SafeSpace director of development Tracy Chiljean Levy.See MITZVAH page A10

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MARTIN COUNTY — Couples therapy works. Well, it wasn’t therapy, really. It was a months-long battle with soap-opera turns that ended in a new agreement. Around this time last year, some on the county commission seemed bent on getting rid of the Business Development Board of Martin County. “We should put our foot down

and do it today.” Commissioner Anne Scott, Hobe Sound, said at an April 2013 commission meet-ing.Scott then made a motion that

was the first slap in a contract renegotiation fight. She struck a decidedly different tone at a recent, February, meeting.“We’re definitely on the right

track,” Scott said after the BDB’s executive director, Tim Dougher, delivered the first quarterly report required under a new contract inked in December.

A 2009 contract started the BDB at $625,000 a year. By 2013 it was up $643,000, due to contrac-tual increases. None of that sat well with the

new commissioners elected in 2012. Members were uptight that the contract provided no visible accountability for the BDB to show what it was accomplishing with that $643,000.In a 3-2 vote, the commission

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In a 3-2 vote, the commission suspended contractual pay-

ments to the board, and start-ed the prickly renegotiation. By December the county and board inked a new contract

worth $430,000 the first year. That drops to $340,000 in the second and $260,000 in the third years. Additionally, the

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possible thanks to a tremendous amount of community support from “Fish Florida” license plate,

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shares some fish-ing tips with Dale George during the 2013 Game Fish and Fish Games hosted by Florida Oceano-graphic Society. This year’s event is March 16 at Indian Riverside Park. Call (772) 225-0505, Ext. 101 to RSVP.

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To the editor: This is an all-out assault on

small business is Palm City. We have a hardware store that sup-plies our needs, three tire stores that provide excellent service, two grocery stores that feed us and on and on. My point is that now is the time for Commissioner Haddox to serve the voters. Whether Costco is built or not

does not affect me as a local businessman, but as a resident, it will affect our entire commu-nity. Small businesses will close, local employees will be out of work, traffic will be a mess at the Turnpike entrance and Palm City will never be the same. You may find it unusual for

a local contractor to be against development, but the short-term advantage will be small and long-term devastating to our local economy. All this to buy in bulk and save 10 cents. If there was ever a time for

small business and Palm City residents to rise up, it is now, or take pictures of Palm City so you can remember what it was like before this project is complete. It is in the initial stages of permit-ting, there is no time to waste!

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Commissioner John Haddox proved that he can get the Irish up at the March 4 regular Mar-tin County Commission meeting. In plenty of time for St. Patrick’s Day “I will not sit here and be called

a liar and personally attacked,” he told someone at public com-ment. Haddox broke norms and

staunchly rebuked a public commenter from Palm City, his district, with those words. About time one of the Martin

commissioners refused to qui-etly take or listen to others take abuse. The fella’s comments from the public podium in the commis-sion’s chambers went beyond the pale and amounted to impugning Haddox’s character over a differ-ence in public-policy opinion. Later in the meeting, Haddox

was emphatic with the chairwom-an — Sarah Heard, Port Salerno — that the commission needs to enforce the usual policies for the public at government meetings: address the board, not particular members, staff, or other meeting attendees, and keep your tongue civil no matter how forcefully you’re expressing an opinion. “To me, it’s intolerable,” he

said at the meeting. “Today, (the offending speaker) should have

been removed.”That’s why there’s a Martin

County Sheriff’s deputy at every meeting. To remove those who don’t know or don’t care about the difference between democracy and disrespect. At the least that speaker should have gotten the gavel and a firm warning. I’ve covered a lot of city and

county governments coming near two decades. Rarely have I seen meeting chairs allow the sort of derision that seems to routinely pass unchecked by this commis-sion. I haven’t kept a record, but I recall numerous times speak-ers, or meeting attendees, have gotten raucous. For example, audience mem-

bers loudly chided and catcalled public commenters opposing the proclamation of Bible Reading Week at the Nov. 19 meeting. The gavel never dropped, as I

recall. One of those commenters resort-

ed to turning from addressing the commission and retorting to the decriers from the podium.Still, the gavel never dropped. Much, perhaps most, of the

assailment goes at Commissioner Doug Smith, Jensen Beach. He and I talked about it after the recent meeting. “I think in fairness to everybody,

everybody should be given re-spect,” he said. “Frankly when it gets to that level, it intimidates people in the audience.” Agreed. Council and commission chairs

curtailing obnoxiousness at pub-lic meetings aren’t suppressing our cherished First Amendment rights to free speech, assembly and petitioning government to re-dress grievances. To the contrary,

a chair demanding civil talk and behavior creates a thoughtful atmosphere that encourages ex-pressing reasoned viewpoints and opinions. Anyone who read my last col-

umn about the Martin Commis-sion — Dec. 27, 2013 issue — knows I’m happy to criticize its actions. I took the commission to task for wasting time on symbolic votes and disorganization. But I never attacked any of the com-missioners’ characters, intentions or intelligence. Frankly, I think highly of all of them even when I disagree with some over policies. There’s simply no place for dis-

paragement in good political and public-policy discourse. Unfortunately, it’s seeming-

ly common. Not just in Martin County. It feels to me that de-monizing has become routine in political dialogue throughout our nation. Sure, there have always been those who use vilification as a form of political discussion. But something feels different to me these days. It seems to me that about 20

years ago political obnoxiousness started a fast move from socially unacceptable to heroic. Remem-ber the hooligans getting cheered for egging President George W.

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MARTIN COUNTY — Gospel music has the power to reach into the soul to transform and inspire — and in some cases even empower a community. The area’s best and brightest Gospel talent will be competing in the inaugural Battle of the gospel event on Saturday, April 5 at the Jensen Beach High School audi-torium.

Gospel choirs from First United Methodist Church of Stuart, Palm City Presbyterian Church, Port Salerno Church of God and many others will be putting their pipes to the test for prizes including $1,000 for their church or orga-nization. In addition to showcasing one

of our area’s hidden cultural gems, the event will raise funds for the Gertrude Walden Child Care Center. The Center has been

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the BDB’s board of directors, cut-ting it from 31 seats to 15. So, how’s the transition coming

for the BDB? “It’s going good,” Dougher said

in a recent phone interview. “We’ve had two board meetings with the new board. Our next meeting is coming up March 20th.” That meeting will be at Indian

River State College’s Chastain Campus, 2400 S.E. Salerno Road, Stuart. It is open to the public. Dougher said the new board — which includes commis-sioners John Haddox, Palm City, and Scott — has spent the last couple meetings reviewing and re-

vising the BDB’s bylaws to match the revised contract. The board serves as the econom-

ic-development organization for the county. Some Florida coun-ties have departments respon-sible for economic development; others have departments and public-private partnerships. In addition to helping established businesses expand, the Martin County Business Development Board works with Enterprise Florida, the state’s economic-de-velopment organization, to attract new businesses. It formed in 1991. Dougher said the BDB hasn’t

had an opportunity to find out how responsive the business community will be to helping fund it. He said the county has to sign off on his proposals for what guidelines. “I developed them and they’re at

the county,” he said. The proposed guidelines, if ap-

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items should not just need toi-letries,” Judah said. “They need educational items like books. I thought a great idea for my mitz-vah project would be to collect books for SafeSpace because most people enjoy reading.” Judah began the project in Oc-

tober 2013 and received permis-sion from Rabbi Jeffrey Gold-wasser at Temple Beit HaYam to set up a collection box there. He also spread the word at Hidden Oaks Middle School and through his mom. In all, Judah collected 725 books. That number was far more than anyone anticipated. In order to house the books, Judah took some of the money he re-ceived as gifts for his bar mitzvah and purchased bookshelves. Judah’s dad, Larry Lebofsky,

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he said. He’s always loved reading and he’s never taken it for grant-ed. He never assumes everyone has his advantages, books and

access to learning. When it was made clear that some kids don’t have books, he felt that and it wasn’t hard to figure out what the right project would be. “At SafeSpace, kids have chal-

lenges in their lives that Judah will never have. Books are an investment in children. For some, their education has been bumpy because of their situation. They also give the ability to escape into the world of imagination.” Judah is involved in his school’s

yearbook and hopes to become a photographer for National Geo-graphic magazine. He is hoping to use some of his bar mitzvah money to get a new camera and start taking lots of pictures. His dad said that he has two focuses. “The two areas for Judah are

kids and animals,” he said. “It’s creature that can’t help them-selves.” What started as a community

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impassioned pros and cons for the proposed facility. Like the commission, they were about evenly divided. Anne Scott, Hobe Sound, was the reluctant swing vote in the room. “I will vote to support it,” she

said during the meeting. “Please don’t applaud; it’s not a victory.”Palm City pilot Troy Cornea

wasn’t at the meeting, and isn’t a member of the alliance. He flies between Martin and the Baha-mas — where he owns businesses — weekly. Cornea said his oblig-atory stops at an airport with a customs facility when he flies from the Bahamas add about an hour to his trip time, and siphons some of his money from the local economy. He’s looking forward to no longer detouring to the Palm Beach or Fort Pierce airports. “There’s no doubt in my mind

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generated by airplanes,” he said. Cornea added, “This area is more desirable than Palm Beach for a lot of reasons. A lot of people like the smaller airports.”However, not all Palm City

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about 150,000-square-foot, ware-house-style store with more than 650 parking spaces. But that’s speculative. “What happened yesterday is

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TREASURE COAST — Ink on President Barack Obama’s $3.9 trillion 2015 fiscal budget bare-ly dried before news spread on the Treasure Coast that Obama granted full funding for construc-tion of Martin County’s C-44 project which will help filter filthy Lake Okeechobee discharges be-fore the water reaches the fragile Indian River Lagoon.The $38 million to complete

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water Treatment Area, located in Southern Martin County, is a 12,000-acre above-ground water storage reservoir that will eventu-ally hold and clean water dis-charged from Lake Okeechobee. Phase 2 of the project consists of constructing the reservoir and its seepage canals, discharge tower and canal and pumping station. Funding should be awarded by next summer. Phase two is ex-pected to be completed by 2020. Phase 3 includes the construc-tion of stormwater treatment area distribution canals and collection canals. The project’s last phase includes a communications tower and support buildings. The total cost for the C-44 Reservoir and Stormwater Treatment Area project is $405 million. The entire Indian River Lagoon South Proj-ect is scheduled to be completed in 2045, depending on funding, Army Corps spokeswoman Jenn Miller said. The project’s total cost is projected at $2.4 billion, Miller said.Treasure Coast clean water

advocates, also known as “River Warriors,” rejoiced at the news.

“It’s very rewarding to know that all of our efforts have been recog-nized,” said Nyla Pipes, Port St. Lucie resident and cofounder of One Florida Foundation, a clean water nonprofit. “It’s wonderful that so much funding for the C-44 has been made a priority in the president’s budget. We will be paying careful attention and do what we can to support Con-gressman Murphy as this moves forward. There may be another bus trip to Washington, D.C., in the near future.”Stuart resident Michelle Roberts

said she was overjoyed by the announcement.“I was on Cloud nine yesterday

after hearing the news. We are all very encouraged with the sup-port coming from the president. Although it represents a small portion of what needs to be done, it is a step in the right direction,” Roberts said. “After our trip to D.C. with Congressman Murphy, I hope that they understand the serious problem plaguing our area and pass this funding. To finally get some federal recogni-tion of the problems in our area is wonderful. We will continue our mission to demand clean water for our area and the state of Florida.”The president’s pledge is a big

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is great news. I am proud of the hard work that all the River War-riors have done. This has been a real team effort,” Brand said. “Just everyday people, working for a common cause. I feel we have done our part; now let the politicians do their job and get it

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The Senate unanimously adopted the Florida GI Bill during the Legis-lature’s annual National Guard Day. “On (Florida National Guard Day),

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also managed the Martin County Veterans Service Office until he ran for the commission in 2012. A major component of the bill is

creation of Florida is for Veterans, FIV, a not-for-profit direct-services organization that’ll operate in the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Steve Murray, communi-cations director of the FDVA, said that FIV will be largely autono-mous. “We will have little interaction

with them,” he said. “It’s complete-ly independent.”The Florida Legislature appropri-

ated about $425,000 to the state veterans department to start FIV. FIV will get $300,000 from Visit

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use $1 million annually to do that marketing campaign. Another FIV duty will be devel-

oping Veterans Employment and Training Support, VETS. That

program is tasked to figure out how best to and then get veterans trained for and into the civilian job market. The legislature left how that’s to be done opened to a vari-ety of means. “Bottom line, businesses can get

access to the veterans they want to hire, and veterans can get train-ing,” Richter said. While the state’s unemployment

rate has dropped to about 6.2 per-cent, among veterans joblessness is higher. The state believes that about 7.3 percent of veterans are unemployed. To be counted in the unemployment rate, one has to be able to work and looked for a job in the previous 30 days. Many believe that the unemployment rate is doubled if discouraged workers — those who can and want to work, but have abandoned job hunting — are counted. Altman told colleagues before the

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not know that Ron Grober is a retired orthopedic surgeon who practiced for many years on the Treasure Coast. He served as team physician for the New York and St. Lucie Mets. Grober put himself through the University of Pennsylvania by playing the piano in a band called Ron Grob-er’s Quaker City Rhythm Kings. Then he stepped away from music during the lengthy process of medical school and surgical training. Several years ago, the Pelican

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cats after a catfish indigenous to Mississippi. While the players have changed over the years, the name stuck. The doctor spoke recently about

the music of a fascinating peri-od from the 1920s to the Great Depression. “The theme is an interesting

one,” he said. “People are excited about the Jazz Age. A lot of peo-ple have told me they’re interest-ed in that music. The tunes will help me tell the story of women’s suffrage, Prohibition and the post-World War II economic prob-lems that led to the stock market crash. This was happening at the time of speakeasies, the Harlem Renaissance and the Cotton Club and Apollo Theatre.” While Grober is steeped in the

history and shares some of it with this audience, it is the music that is the draw. “There will be music from Duke

Ellington, novelty tunes, Fats Waller and standard jazz tunes,” he said. Fans of the group will know that

it has made the Dixieland sound its own. The band has a stable of musicians on whom Grober calls, but it includes a trumpet, trombone, clarinet, piano, bass, drums and guitar, as well as a

Grober, Mudcats, return to LyricShelley KoppelStaff writer

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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerDoc Grober return to the Lyric Theatre with his band, the Mudcats, March 20 at 7 p.m. The program will celebrate the music and culture of the Jazz Age.See GROBER page B5

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They DO like green eggs and hamLaura Bakkedahl’s kindergar-ten class at Citrus Grove Ele-mentary school class recently paid tribute to children’s author Dr. Theodore Seuss as a start to ‘Read Across Amer-ica’ and ‘Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss.’ Steve Newcomb, at right, read ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ before the class cooked up and got to taste their own green eggs and ham. The class then transformed into “Things 1-16” with Mrs. Bakkedahl and The Cat. From left, Things 1-15, front row: Dallas Wells, Aymerich Collin, Parker Kirkhart, Guilian Rizzo, Brycen Aronoff, Paisley Fowl-er, Tatiana Pedroso-Valencia. Back row, from left: Elijah Newcomb, Brayden Blount, Blake Hatfield, Becca Bassion, Alice Gilroy, Myles Snyder, Braden Caudell, and Liam Nelson.

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Flea Market at the Episcopal Church of the Advent featuring furniture, clothing, and toys along with baked goods, hot dogs and a bounce house. The market will be from 8 a.m. to noon. The church is at 4484 S.W. Citrus Blvd., Palm City. For more, call (772) 283-6221, or visit www.adventpalmci-ty.org.

Music and Motion will be in the Donahue Room at Peter & Julie

Cummings Library from 11 to 11:45 a.m. The children’s pro-gram provides exercise and motor development with music and fun. 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 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.

Preschool Fun with Art will be from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library. The

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Robotics Expo hand at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library from 2 to 4 p.m. Cummings an-nounced a $3,200 Best Buy Chil-dren’s Foundation Community Grant to build a robotics program last year. See some examples of what you can do with robotics in real life. Learn what it takes to go through planning and executing a project, and get ideas for some. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 221-1403.

Shamrock Fest will be from 6 to 10 p.m. at Gazebo Park, 50 S.E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart. Cost is $5. For more, call (772) 284-3007.

Monday, March 17

Art Workshops: Paint with Pas-tels with Alice Laputka will be 1 to 3 p.m. at the Palm City Com-munity Center, 2701 S.W. Cornell Ave., Charlie Leighton Park. The Palm City Art Associates hosted even is $30 for one workship, 50$ for two. The second workshop is

on Wednesday. Proceeds benefit the PCAA Scholarship Fund. To register, call (772) 286-3420.

Tuesday, March 18

AARP’s Tax Aide will be on hand from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library 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.

Carl Keske presents World War II Series: “Empire’s Last Stand” from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Blake Library, 2351 S.E. Monterey Road, Stuart. The library’s phone is (772) 221-1403.

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 Cummings Library from 3 to 5 p.m. The Martin County Library System volunteers help children grade school to high school find

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TREASURE AND GOLD COASTS -- The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is of-fering local high school students the chance to produce a powerful classic American drama. Under the guidance of industry

professionals at Florida’s larg-est award-winning professional regional theatre, the theatre is inviting high school students to apply to be part of a free summer mentorship program to produce Arthur Miller’s critically-ac-claimed 1953 play “The Crucible.” The show will take place on the Theatre’s stage on Saturday, Aug. 16. Winner of the Tony Award for

“Best Play,” the story follows the

Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693, in which dark magic, jealousy and superstition took hold of the community. As witchcraft hyste-ria reaches a fever pitch, choices have to be made: conform to sur-vive or uphold your beliefs what-ever the consequence. “Our students will be producing

a dynamic, thrilling adaptation of one of Arthur Miller’s most pow-erful and important plays,” said Julie Rowe, director of education for the theatre. “’The Crucible’ is a central work in the canon of American drama, and the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s mentorship pro-gram has become a place where students can spend their summer working on a relevant, important project with their peers.” Known as the Youth Artists’

Chair, the project aligns high school students with individual Theatre staff members for one-on-one mentoring and guidance during the creation process of the show. Through the project, stu-dents since 2011 have produced

the dramas “Hamlet,” “The Lara-mie Project” and “The Good Times are Killing Me.” Applicants for the project will

be interviewed and chosen by a committee. Winning students will then take on specific roles throughout the summer months that include producer, director, set designer, costume designer, lighting designer, sound designer, properties designer, stage man-ager, assistant stage manager, marketing, press relations, de-velopment, carpentry, run crew, wardrobe and electrics. The stu-dents will then lead three weeks of rehearsals before mounting the show on stage. “This project is an integral

part of our theatre’s community outreach and mission statement, which is to entertain, educate and inspire our community,” said Andrew Kato, the theatre’s producing artistic director. “We feel energized and fortunate to have this opportunity to mentor the next generation of theatre’s

Maltz Jupiter Theatre seeks high school students to produce Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’A free ‘summer intensive’ mentorship program offers one-on-one guidance to produce the Tony Award-winning American classic

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The Palm City Orators will meet at the Palm City Presbyte-rian Church, 2700 Martin High-way. The local Toastmasters Club is open to any seeking to improve their public speaking skills.

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“Love is Listening” with au-thor Michael Verde. Learn about the power of empathetic attention to help those with dementia, and improve communication. The two-hour presentation will be at Monarch Country Club, 1801 Monarch Club Drive, Palm City. It’ll start at 2:30 p.m. Family Pri-vate Care

Wednesday, March 19

Palm City Chamber of Com-merce Town Hall will be 6 to 8 p.m. at the Palm City Community Center, 2701 S.W. Cornell Ave., Charlie Leighton Park. It’ll in-clude a panel. Among the expect-ed panelists are Martin County Commissioner John Haddox, the county’s community development director, Kevin Freeman, and Michael DiTerlizzi, former com-missioner and now School Board member. For more, visit www.palmcitychmber.com.

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were awarded ribbons in five cat-egories. Best in Show: Lenore Petty for her photo “Incandescent Intensity.” First place in Oils: Jane Ejan Blatt for her still life painting “Carnivale,” first place in Watercolors: Susan-na Cremin for “Waiting Around,” first place in Mixed Media: Billye Miraglia for “Hereafter” and first place in Pastels: Nancy Steinberg for “Ready to Eat.” Second-place ribbons were awarded to Janice Rogers, Pat Hoshino, and Betty Brain. Madeline Reilly and Maureen Joyce received third-place awards. Palm City Art Associates wishes to thank

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be from 7 to 10 p.m. Grammy winner Marc Cohn will perform at the Lyric Theatre, 59 S.W. Flagler Ave., Stuart. Premier tickets are $100, and include a pre-event reception at the Gafford Restau-rant, 47 S.W. Flagler Ave. All proceeds will benefit Helping Peo-ple Succeed programs and ser-vices. Helping People Succeed is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, serving 4,500 families in Martin, St. Lucie, and Okeechobee coun-ties. Its programs and services include Baby Steps, Healthy Families, Music & Movement and the BRAIN program (Building Readiness Among Infants Now. For tickets call Lynn Austin at (772) 320-0773. Helping People Succeed can be reached at (772) 320-0770 or at www.hpsfl.org.

Art Workshops: Learn to paint flesh tones with Corrinne Cur-reri will be 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Palm City Community Center, 2701 S.W. Cornell Ave., Charlie Leighton Park. The Palm City Art Associates hosted even is $30 for one workship, 50$ for two. The first workshop is on Monday. Pro-ceeds benefit the PCAA Scholar-ship Fund. To register, call (772) 286-3420.

Your Florida Yard presented by the University of Florida Exten-sion Office will be at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library starting at 2:30 p.m. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 221-1403.

Thursday, March 20

AARP’s Tax Aide will be on hand from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library 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 Mathe-son 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 Library from 10:30 to 11 a.m. The library is at 2551 Matheson 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 Library from 11:30 a.m. to noon. 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 3:30 to 5:30 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 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.

Friday, March 21

The Senior Wii Bowling League will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Peter & Julie Cummings Li-brary, 2551 S.W. Matheson Ave, Palm City. Cummings’ number is (772) 288-2551.

The Stuart Christian Women’s Connection Luncheon is 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. from December to May at the Monarch Country Club, 1898 S.W. Murphy Road, Palm City. The luncheon is $20. For reservations, call (772) 229-2709, or email cwcstuart@gmail-com.

Discover Science @ Your Library will be from 4 to 5 p.m. The theme this month is explor-ing the human torso. Lab activ-ity: human torso model to take home. The program is for those 7 and older. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. The phone is (772) 221-1403.


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director and producer will also assist in casting the show’s young performers. With casting open for local students ages 14-18, open auditions for the show will be held Saturday, April 26, during the theatre’s annual First

Step to Stardom audition day at the Theatre, a day which also in-cludes opportunities to audition for five other shows: the the-atre’s professional productions of the classic musicals “Fiddler on the Roof,” “The Wiz” and “Les Misérables;” the comedy “The Foreigner” and the new musical “Through the Looking Glass.” Students interested in audi-

tioning for “The Crucible” should come prepared with a one-min-ute monologue in the style of the author; pre-registration highly recommended. For additional audition infor-

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$18,491STK#3P137, V8, VERY RARE,

XCAB, WOW!

2011 CHEVY

CAMARO

$19,491STK#3C443A, LOW MILES, SPORTY, PEACE OF MIND

Supplier Pricing For Everyone At Dyer!

0% 60 MONTHSAVAILABLE

FINANCING WE NEED YOUR TRADENO MATTER WHAT YOU’RE DRIVING DYER GIVES YOU MORE!

TRAVERSE

$269$29,995

LEASE FOR

LEASE FOR

LEASE FORPERMO.

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Stk#3T417BRAND NEW 2014 CHEVY

SILVERADO

$339$31,521

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Stk#3T410BRAND NEW 2014 CHEVY

MSRP: $37,940

SONIC

$15,669BUY FOR

Stk#3C413BRAND NEW 2014 CHEVY

MSRP: $17,440

CRUZE

$149$15,995

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MSRP: $19,280

MSRP: $33,120

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