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PORT SALERNO – The Port SalernoSeafood Festival, which began as aneighborhood fish fry and dock party, iscoming Jan. 25 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

This will mark 14th edition of the fes-tival along the Port Salerno waterfrontand will include properties such as theTwisted Tuna, Pirate’s Cove Resort,Manatee Island Bar and Grill, the FishHouse Art Center, and Port Salerno Ma-rine.

Visitors can shop among hundredsof unique arts and craft and nauticalthemed vendors including local busi-nesses. There will also be a free chil-dren's zone with bounce houses and ac-tivities.

New this year, the festival has done

The Port Salerno Seafood Festival began as a neighborhood fish fry and dock party. CONTRIBUTED BY KATHY GILBERT

Port Salerno SeafoodFestival coming Jan. 25Kathy GilbertSpecial to Treasure Coast NewspapersUSA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA

New this year, the festival has done away with tickets for food and drinks.CONTRIBUTED BY KATHY GILBERTSee SEAFOOD, Page 6Y

FORT PIERCE -- The Fort Pierce JobFair will be held Jan. 30 from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. at the Havert L. Fenn Center, locat-ed at 2000 Virginia Ave.

This event is presented in partner-ship by the City of Fort Pierce, Career-Source Research Coast (CSRC), and theSaint Lucie County Board Commission-ers. Several local and county dignitarieswill kick off the day during opening cer-emonies at 9:15 am.

Early entry for veterans as and Lin-coln Park Career Pathways Initiativegraduates will start at 9:30 a.m.. Begin-ning at 10 a.m., job seekers will be wel-comed to meet participating employers.This job fair is open to all residents ofthe local workforce development area.

Over 100 local employers with imme-diate job openings are scheduled to par-ticipate in the annual City of Fort PierceJob Fair, including area municipalities,private clubs, hospitality, healthcare,landscaping, manufacturing, and emer-gency response organizations.

For faster admission, jobseekers arestrongly encouraged to pre-register byvisiting the CSRC website:

https://careersourcerc.com/events/city-of-fort-pierce-job-fair/ or by visit-ing a local CSRC Career Centers. CareerCenter locations are also available onthe website.

“This fair is a ‘must attend’ for thoseseeking quality jobs in the area,” saidFort Pierce mayor Linda Hudson. “Theprimary goal of the City of Fort Pierce isto promote and increase the job choicesavailable to residents and we believe theevent will be a major success!”

Job seekers are also strongly encour-aged to attend one of the free job fairpreparation workshops being offered byCSRC. These workshops will help indi-viduals to prepare a suitable resume,master the job application and teachvaluable techniques on how to engageemployers to make a great first impres-sion.

Job seekers should visit https://ca-reersourcerc.com/job-seekers/job-

Fort Piercejob fair slatedfor Jan. 30Kaitlyn BallardSpecial to Treasure Coast NewspapersUSA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA

See JOBS, Page 6Y

FORT PIERCE — Jetson’s TV & Appli-ances in Fort Pierce will host its ninthannual Highwaymen Art Show on Sat-urday, Jan. 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This free community event is an op-portunity for people to meet several ofthe original Highwaymen, watch them

paint and purchase their artwork, aswell as view the private collection of Jet-son’s owner and avid art collector JohnJetson.

Attendees will have the opportunityto enter two free raffles to win Highway-men art including an original oil by RLLewis, and a Harold Newton print do-nated by art dealer and collector, RogerLightle.

Jetson’s will be serving free hot dogs

at the event. Beverages and snacks willbe offered for a donation to benefit TheLion’s Club of Fort Pierce.

Lions’ Club president Matt Samuelsenjoys and collects Highwaymen artand likes helping the community he islooking forward to indulging two of hispassions at The Jetson’s Annual High-waymen Show.

Jetson’s to host Highwaymen community eventSusan HarrisSpecial to Treasure Coast NewspapersUSA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA

See ART, Page 2Y CONTRIBUTED BY SUSAN HARRIS

The St. Lucie County Education Foun-dation and St. Lucie public schools haveteamed with organizers for the 2020Safety Festival to create a “Teacher FunRun” on April 25.

The Fun Run will raise money forteacher grants and student scholarships.

Those interested in supporting educa-tion are invited to participate in the run.The St. Lucie County Education Founda-tion will begin an in-school campaign inJanuary to provide details to students in

every grade. Top fundraisers and schoolswith the most participants will be recog-nized during the Safety Festival.

Once the run is completed, studentswill then join the activities at the SafetyFestival and enjoy the bounce houses,face painting and other activities.

The SLC Safety Festival will be held atFirst Data Field in St. Lucie West on April25. It is the Treasure Coast’s largest safe-ty event. The Safety Festival featuresmultiple live demonstrations by local firstresponders, touch-a-trucks, free kid’szone, static displays, vendors, giveawaysand more.

This year’s event features a bomb dis-

posal demonstration, a Jaws of Life dem-onstration, a K-9 demonstration and afire demonstration.

The Safety Festival runs from 9 a.m. to2 p.m. with free admission and free park-ing.

Attendees will be able to meet St. Lu-cie County Sheriff Ken Mascara; FireChief Nate Spera; PSL Police Chief JohnBolduc; Ron Parrish, Public Safety Direc-tor; Clint Sperber, Health Officer; WayneGent, Superintendent of Public Schoolsand others.

For vendor or sponsorship informa-tion call Lisa at 772-337-0049 or visitslcsafetyfest.com.

Teacher Fun Run’ to kick off 2020 Safety FestivalLisa AlvesSpecial to Treasure Coast NewspapersUSA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA