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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerDebbie Jakubik of Palm City packs boxes for food and supplies for the relief effort following Ty-phoon Haiyan in the Philippines. The Philippine-American Association of the Treasure Coast took collections at the Port St. Lucie Community Center in November.

Residents rally fortyphoon victims

TREASURE COAST — As the Philip-pines death toll from super Typhoon Haiyan continues to rise in excess of 5,000, residents on the Treasure Coast with close ties to the Asian islands are also mobilizing in great numbers to help in relief efforts.

Port St. Lucie resident Daisy McGinn-is, a Philippine native and president of the Philippine-American Association of the Treasure Coast, scrambled in the typhoon’s wake to organize a supply drive at the Port St. Lucie Communi-ty Center last week. The drive, which garnered thousands of items from area

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Veterans Memorial Bridge — how much?

PALM CITY — Talked about since the mid-1960s, the Veterans Memorial Bridge is on the eve of opening to traffic. The dedication ceremony complete with speak-ers, a parade and ribbon cutting was on Nov. 16. Hun-dreds showed up for the gala. George Denti, project manager, said the actual opening to traffic will be an anticlimactic affair that’ll happen by Christmas. “A couple guys will go out there and move the barri-

cades,” he said in a previous interview.A decade ago, the prediction was for the bridge to

open in 2011 and carry 42,900 trips a day during its first year. Now the Florida Department of Transpor-

Sheriff to swear in deputies — then watch Christmas movies with them

MARTIN COUNTY — Sheriff William Snyder figures he’ll swear in more than 100 new deputies next week. Then they’ll watch “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Frosty the Snowman” together. “I’ll be there swearing them in as junior deputies,”

Snyder said. Well, junior deputies because this is a children’s

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5 feet 2 inches of impressing fitness PALM CITY — Earlier this year

Vanessa and Lance Richard thought to get a little healthier. “I didn’t really plan it, to join

this kind of bodybuilding compe-tition,” Vanessa said. “My hus-band and I started working out. We wanted to look healthy and eat healthy.” The 27-year-old took top spot in

the Women’s Figure Open Di-vision at the National Physique Committee’s Florida Gold Cup & Amanda Marinelli Fitness, Figure & Bikini Classic on Sat. Nov. 16. It was Vanessa’s second body-building competition, and she was up against 46 women. Not just 46 other women. She was up against women who’ve been training and competing some-times for years. Lance said he was startled and ecstatic for his

wife’s big win. “At the end, they had a pose off,”

he said. “These other girls were a lot bigger than her. But, she took the whole thing.”With that win under her belt,

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athletic before recently. Neither was her family. The Indian River State College student said Lance and she were like many busy folks. Not really paying much attention to their health. “We’d been eating out a lot,” she

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about 43,000 trips a day, things will taper off. That’s the capac-ity threshold for a four-lane bridge before it hits what traf-fic engineers call a service level D. Around the time a four-lane bridge has that many trips, folks start looking at other commuting options. But, if traffic never exceeds that

25,800 trips a day, Veterans Memorial will carry about 258 million trips over its 3,100 feet by the time it needs any major work. The Veterans Memorial Bridge is a 100-year design. That is, if built correctly, it should be at least 100 years before it needs major maintenance. To put that in perspective, the

neighbor to the north, the Palm City Bridge, was first built in 1919. The first wooden bridge reportedly cost about $63,500, or slightly more than 1,000 times less than the nearly $63.9 million winning bid to build Veterans Me-morial. Translated to today’s dol-lars, the first bridge crossing the St. Lucie River to directly connect

Palm City and Stuart was about $884 thousand. It clearly wasn’t a 100-year de-

sign. The Palm City Bridge was dam-

aged by the Okeechobee Hurri-cane, 1928. Then by another in 1949. By the 1950s, crews had done a lot of work repairing and reinforcing the bridge. They also added a concrete riding surface. In 1970, the old wooden turn bridge was replaced by a two-lane arching concrete bridge. That one cost about $1.2 million. That’s right about $7.3 million in today’s dollars. In 1991 a second span adding two more lanes to the Palm City Bridge opened. That expansion came in as an $8.7 million project, or about $15.6 million today. Terry Rauth, deputy county

engineer, said planning for the Veterans Memorial Bridge started shortly after the Palm City Bridge hit about 43,000 trips a day. That was in 1996, about five years after the four-laning was done. In the ‘90s, projections were that the Palm City Bridge would have about 64,700 trips a day within a decade if another bridge wasn’t built and opened. “But it didn’t,” Rauth said. “It

went to 44,507 (trips a day). The reason is the 43,300 (trips) is more than a four-lane road can handle. People start finding other ways. They start avoiding it.” To avoid the Palm City Bridge,

folks started again using a route followed in the ‘20s and ‘40s when hurricanes damaged the Palm City Bridge — south then east. While the Veterans Memorial

Bridge cost about $64 million to build, the entire project is more than $100 million when right-of-way acquisition and other road improvements are counted. So, where’d the money come from? The Federal Highway Adminis-

tration is funding the construc-tion through the American Recov-ery and Reinvestment Act. The bridge was originally estimated to cost more than $120 million to build; the entire project could have tipped near or over $200 million. However, due to the con-struction bust in 2008, the cost of building materials dropped sig-nificantly, and contractors gen-erally lowered their bids. Martin County got the Veterans Memori-al project on the cheap. The Roosevelt Bridge connecting

Stuart to Jensen Beach is about 4,500 feet, and cost about $83.7 million. It opened in 1997. Denti said it seemed more likely

that the new bridge will eventual-ly be removed than replaced. He said it’ll likely still be standing hundreds of years from now. “With a bridge of this quality,

they become obsolete before they need repairs,” he said. “My grand-kids will have jet packs. They won’t need no stinking bridge.”

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More on the bridge:How big, howtall, how heavy?

PALM CITY — The Veterans Me-morial Bridge won’t be the grand-daddy in Martin County. At about 3,100 feet, it’s still a little brother to the Roosevelt Bridge, which spans more than 4,500. But, it’s still quite a bit longer than the Palm City Bridge’s 1,900 feet. Crews finished pouring the last

of its 19 decks, or riding surfaces, on Oct. 26. Something as seem-ingly simple as pouring a spot of cement takes on titanic dimen-sions in bridge construction. A single deck on the bridge is 145 feet long, 115 feet wide. That’s 600 cubic yards of concrete, or 65 mixers worth.The bridge, which many folks

are still calling the Indian Street Bridge, weighs about 149.4 mil-lion pounds. The foundations dip as much as 75 feet underground to hoist the 8.5-inch thick riding surfaces about 65 feet in the air, giving boaters a minimum of 55 feet of clearance. George Denti, project manager,

said the National Geographic So-ciety figures the average elephant weighs in at about 9.5 tons. Since, he said, those elephants average 26 feet that means it’d take a 39-mile line of elephants to equal the weight of the bridge. Enough cable to stretch from

Palm City to Hallandale Beach. That’s how much is getting put into the Veterans Memorial Bridge. Bridges are built in parts with cables joining them. The cables are stretched to 500,000 pounds per square inch. “It makes (the bridge) act as one

big happy unit,” Denti said. The cables are weaved through

beams with ducts. If stretched

straight, the cables would be the length of three and a half mar-athons — 92 miles. That’s 179 tons of steel that’ll hold up an estimated 25,800 trips a day for the first year of the bridge’s life.Those cables weaving through

the bridge are made of high-car-bon steel designed for super strength and low relaxation. “Those qualities are produced

by a rigorous manufacturing process,” Denti said. “It’s a very specialized industry.” Relaxation is a metallurgical

term describing how metal will stretch over time under pressure. An experiment to demonstrate the concept is to size a rubber band and place it around an object it narrowly fits when stretched. Af-ter a few days, remove the rubber band and size it again. “The rubber band no longer

returns to its original size,” Denti said. The stretching also weakens the

rubber band, making it easier to break. The same’s true for metal cables that aren’t made with that important low relaxation. Crews will wrap touchup work

by Christmas. Then a couple guys will take down the barricades, and folks will start giving Veter-ans Memorial a spin to see what they got for about $65 million — along with two year and eight months of waiting. In addition to four lanes with ad-

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ing hot dogs and ice cream, the children will get their first bit of law enforcement training. How and when to call 911. And what happens when they do. “We’re going to take them up

and show them the dispatch center to take away some of the mystery,” the sheriff said. Snyder said there was a text-

book case of good crime preven-tion that started with a knowl-edgeable teenager earlier this year. “Recently here in Martin County

we had a high schooler call 911 when the pillowcase burglars were at his door,” Snyder said. That was 16-year-old Bryce

Miranda, Palm City. On June 25, the Sheriff’s Office caught three suspected pillowcase burglars from Broward County because of the youth’s good observation and quick action. Rather than pan-icking, or foolishly confronting them, when the bad guys came around, Bryce barricaded himself

in a room and called 911 with good descriptions of what was happening. Deputies grabbed one of the

three burglars at the family’s home. Snyder said “Movie with the

Sheriff” has three aims. One is fostering good relationships between law enforcement and children. The next is, of course, is teaching families about how and when children should use the emergency number. Then there’s giving children a spot of fun during the holiday season. Oh, and grants are paying for it. “We have money that comes in

that’s not taxpayer money, but it’s earmarked for education,” Snyder said. And Dairy Queen is donating

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Local golf pro recognized nationally

PALM CITY – Mike Malizia, director of golf instruction at Harbour Ridge Yacht and Coun-try Club, knows golf from differ-ent perspectives. As a PGA and nationwide tour player, he played in the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. As an instructor, he has worked with tour professionals and amateur golfers. This year, he was named one of Florida’s 50 Best teachers by Golf Digest magazine. The Palm City resident has

been playing golf on the Treasure Coast for years. He was on the golf team at Martin County High School, from which he graduated in 1988. “It was the only year we won

State,” he said. “After high school, I turned professional and toured for 16 years.” While Malizia loved playing

golf, it was always the game itself that intrigued him. “I always had a passion for why

things happened in the game,” he said. “I wanted to dissect the swing. To be a really good play-er, you need good mechanics. That’s how I help all my students, taking something complex and making it simple. We always say you can’t be the coach and the student.”

Malizia works with 11 active tour pros and many non-profes-sionals. He is particularly inter-ested in the biomechanics of each student. He is a Titleist Perfor-mance Institute Level 2 Certified Instructor and has Bio Golf Swing Dynamics certification, as well. “The TPI certification is about

how the body works with mus-cles,” Malizia said. “I can run you through a series of tests and tell you what your limitations are with muscle mobility and stabili-ty. The Bio Golf certification deals with skeletal issues. Based on skeletal measurements and body structure, we can tell how the body will move and how the joints work. “These are absolutes. If the

arm is a certain length, we can’t make it longer. It helps them un-derstand how they should swing the clubs. There is no right way or wrong way to swing. It’s the way your body is designed to be most efficient. If someone is tight in the hip flexors, we can put the body in a position to increase mobility.” Malizia said that he brings his

tour students a special view of the game. “I’m coaching them on a road

I’ve walked down,” he said. “I know the mental stuff as well as the physical stuff. Not too many former players are instructors. Someone said that to be success-

ful as an athlete, you have to be selfish, and that as an instruc-tor, you have to be giving. I like to help people find a better way to solve a problem. That’s why I teach. When you’re in the star-dom business, you have to be selfish, because everyone wants something.” Malizia sits on the board of the

Toastmasters group in Stuart, the Talking Heads. He does speaking engagements, but that was not his primary reason for becoming involved. “I really like it,” he said. “I felt

that one of the areas I wanted to improve in teaching would be to become an expert communica-tor.” Malizia has become a sought-af-

ter speaker on effective communi-cation skills in golf instruction. Malizia teaches both residents

and non-residents at Harbour Ridge. He encourages people to start golf at any age. “If you played sports growing

up, you learned the proper way to transfer energy,” he said. “Golf becomes a lot easier. For kids, he said that it has to be intro-duced properly. “It has to be fun, a game,” he

said. “You can’t teach instruction as much as a game. They’ll learn as they go.” For Malizia, Harbour Ridge is

the perfect place to be for golf and for his close-knit family. He

is married to Judy. His brother, Tony, is baseball coach at Port St. Lucie High school, his mother Ann, lives in Palm City, and his sister, Angela, in Port St. Lucie. While he would agree that you can always improve, there’s not much he would change. For information about Mike Mal-

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do the Romeo-and-Juliet thing if they want,” Denti said. “These bridges become destinations for pedestrians. It’s the best of all worlds. We build these bridges not only for cars but pedestrians.”Veterans Memorial Bridge is a 100-year

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Humane Society of the Treasure Coast volunteers present Santa’s Chocolate Festival

MARTIN COUNTY — Volun-teers at the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast’s two thrift stores in Stuart are promising pure chocolate and pure fun at Santa’s Chocolate Festival. This first-time event will take place on Sat., Dec. 7, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at both thrift stores: Thrift Store Central, 2585 S.E. Federal Highway, Stuart and Thrift Store North, 1099 Northwest 21st St., Stuart. All holiday inventory will be

on sale and will include one-of-a-kind gifts. The festival also will feature professional pet and peo-ple photos with Santa sponsored by JC Penny Portrait Studios. No appointment is needed. A do-nation of $10 is requested and pictures will be available to take home the same day. In addition, there will be pet adoptions at both locations and a “More Than a Coffee Break” station, which will feature coffee, tea or a soft

drink to go along with homemade tasty treats.Store Manager Terry Arnett said

the home baked goods should satisfy those with a sweet tooth. “We will have a delectable se-

lection of chocolately goodness baked and presented with care by our talented volunteers,” said Arnett.For more information, call Terry

Arnett at 772-286-6909. Since 1955, the Humane Society

of the Treasure Coast, located at 4100 SW Leighton Farm Ave. in Palm City, has been the leading advocate for animal welfare in the Martin County area. A 501(c)3 private, nonprofit organization, the Humane Society relies on donations, wills and bequests to support its programs and ser-vices. As a local Humane Society, HSTC is independently run from any national welfare or humane organization with no financial assistance from these groups. Follow the HSTC on Facebook

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of life gives McGinnis hope that the Philippines will recover.“For me, it was very, very touch-

ing considering how great Amer-ica is, how great people’s hearts in this town are,” McGinnis said. “Everyone came together to help the Philippines — and any coun-try for that matter.”“It just makes you realize that’s

why this country is called a great country, because when some-

thing happens in any country, we always step up.”Items collected included MRE’s

(meals ready to eat), other non-perishable food, blankets, water, clothing, shampoo, toothpaste, flashlights and first aid kits. The packages were sent in bulk to the Philippine Red Cross, McGinnis said.“It is really the work of the com-

munity. It’s not just me. I think I was just an instrument to initiate it. Every single hand has put in to make it happen,” she said.McGinnis, who has family and

friends in Ormoc, Cebu and Bo-hol, described the three days of no word from her family after the

Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerDaisy McGinnis, president of the Philippine-American Association of the Treasure Coast escorts Congressman Patrick Murphy with a contribution to the relief effort for the people of the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. The Philippine-American Association of the Treasure Coast took collections at the Port St. Lucie Community Center in November.

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storm struck as “agonizing.”“I had that feeling of unknown.

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watching for (the chat light) to turn green to see if they’re online or if they’re chatting,” she said.McGinnis’ sister called after 72

hours to say she and the rest of the family were OK, but that the area was all but leveled.“The people are still grateful that

even though they were flooded, they’re still grateful that they have their lives, they have their family and they still have their shelter,” McGinnis said.Palm City resident and Philip-

pine native Benne-Lane Church knows the same torment as McGinnis. It took Church’s family in the remote coastal area of Casanayan more than a week to call. Although she had not yet heard from them as of the Nov. 16 supply drive, she still attended to help.“I (was) hoping and I have faith

in God. I had to occupy my mind,” Church said. “I was think-ing by doing this I could remind myself that there are people that still need my help.”Church’s family informed her

supplies shipped in from around the world have already been put to good use to save lives. The outpouring of support locally and globally has amazed Church.“It’s really important to reach

out as human beings,” Church said. “It doesn’t matter what race you are, you can feel it, you have the urge in your mind to just help.”St. Lucie West resident Teri Pin-

ney said her heart aches for her father’s homeland.“I’m overwhelmed with pity and

sorrow for the suffering going on over there,” Pinney said in an email from Germany, where she was visiting.Pinney praised the work of

McGinnis, saying the devastated country still needs more help.“Thanks to the leadership of

Daisy McGinnis, president of the Philippine-American Association of the Treasure Coast, our com-munity has rallied together to help,” Pinney said. “Goods and materials for the Red Cross in the Philippines is good, but I also appeal people to donate cash to UNICEF, Doctors Without Bor-ders or the Catholic Diocese of the Philippines.”

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ucated to make good decisions,” she said. The 66-year-old is the chair-

woman of the Martin County Conservation Alliance, a group that advocates for keeping the county’s Comprehensive Growth Management Plan strong against haphazard development. Pro-posed and made changes to the 1982 document are almost always prickly affairs that come with threats of lawsuits. More than half of Martin’s

102,000 voters are Republican; all five commission members are. So’s Melzer for that matter. That party unanimity would seem to make for a quiet commission. Seem. Martin’s political factions are basically two camps that can largely be divided by that one document: the comp plan. “I think there’re two ways to

grow,” Melzer said. “One is very recklessly, like Port St. Lucie. The other is responsibly.” Then there are folks like Com-

missioner Doug Smith, Jensen Beach. He said terms like “slow growth” are often cover words for “no growth.” “It, from my perspective, is al-

ways very much against the busi-ness community,” Smith said.Nonetheless, when Melzer

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ing changes to the comp plan in 2009. Three of the commissioners lost subsequent election bids. Melzer is certain that the two are directly related. Restoring the comp plan was Melzer’s and oth-ers’ hue and cry during the 2010 and 2012 elections.

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step for Highwood, but he’s lucky to have a job at all. The Para-lyzed Veterans of America, PVA, estimates that unemployment among veterans with catastrophic disabilities who can and want to work is 65 to 85 percent. The De-partment of Veterans Affairs de-fines “catastrophic disability” as having an injury or disease that requires personal or mechanical assistance to leave home, such as

using a wheelchair. Highwood said he sought a job

for a long time before landing one. “It took about four years,” he

said. “I’ve got a lot of manage-ment experience. We put in (re-sumes) everywhere, and nobody was interested.” Among other programs and of-

ferings, Gulfstream Goodwill has employment programs for people with disabilities. The stores are, by far, the charity’s largest fund-raiser. In 2012 the local Goodwill made almost $30 million from its 24 stores. Gulfstream is in Martin, St. Luc-

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MARTIN COUNTY — Sewall’s Guests can enjoy wine and light snacks while helping shelter animals at the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast’s Sip & Shop event on Thurs., Dec. 12, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at J. McLaughlin in Harbour Bay Plaza, 3738 S.E. Ocean Blvd., in Sewall’s Point. “Supporters can shop for time-

less, colorful clothing and holiday gifts and all for a great cause,” said community events manager Jayme Uteschill.A portion of the proceeds will

benefit the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast. For more information, contact

store manager Shelley Trevisol at (772) 286-7930. Since 1955, the Humane Soci-

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at 4100 SW Leighton Farm Ave. in Palm City, has been the lead-ing advocate for animal welfare in the Martin County area. A 501(c)3 private, nonprofit organi-zation, the Humane Society relies on donations, wills and bequests to support its programs and services. As a local humane so-ciety, the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast is independently run from any national welfare or humane organization with no financial assistance from these groups.

Follow the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/humanesocietyTC and Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/hstc1. For more information, visit http://www.hstc1.org or call (772) 223-8822.

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local community to get to know us better and to learn how we can best serve them,” said Wernick. “It’s also an opportu-nity to introduce our Center’s collaboration with Decorators Finest as our preferred designer and how that can help with home improvement projects.”For more information, call 772-600-5088. Peter’s Paint Center, which opened in September as Palm

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of rehabilitation, the end goal is not employment,” he said. “It is about going home.” He added, “Paralyzed Veterans

of America looks at employment as a goal for all veterans with disabilities.” Highwood was diagnosed with

transverse myelitis in 2000. Those with the spinal-cord dis-ease often must use wheelchairs, but not always. It’s possible his time in the 1970s as a scout sniper with the 101st Airborne contributed to the extent of the condition.

“I’ve got several herniated disks,” Highwood said. According to VA figures, about

16 percent of people with spi-nal-cord injuries and diseases are veterans. Veterans make up about 7 percent of the popula-tion. Because of that unusually high rate of spinal-cord problems among veterans, some spi-nal-cord diseases such as multi-ple sclerosis are presumptive ser-vice-related conditions. That is if a veteran shows symptoms of MS while in or within a certain period of time after discharging from the military, the VA presumes it’s due to service. Amyotrophic lat-eral sclerosis, ALS, is always pre-sumed to be a service-connected condition for any veteran with 90 days or more in the military. Highwood was managing a

plumbing company when trans-verse myelitis struck him. His employer was accommodating, so Highwood continued working for

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ing toward building a school in Hobe Sound.The former schoolteacher talked

to Maggy Hurchalla — one of the comp plan’s chief architects — about the perplexing lean toward building in Hobe Sound rath-er than Palm City. She left the meeting certain land developers were playing a large, behind-the-scenes role in that. Hurchalla put a question to Melzer. “She said, ‘Have you ever

thought of running for the com-mission?’” Melzer said. That’s exactly what Melzer did in

1996, and won. She was beat in a 2000 reelection bid. That hasn’t stopped her from keeping a hand in commission business. Espe-cially when the comp plan is the business of the day. “If we lose our comp plan, the

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our neighboring counties to the south and to the north,” Melzer said. Melzer started life on a farm. It’s

still in her family. David, her hus-band, and she headed to Florida from Illinois back in the ‘70s. Be-fore then, she’d been a teaching high-school math and biology, but got interested in another pro-fession. She went to night school and picked up a law degree. That, she said, has come in handy for reading and explaining the comp plan. But, she didn’t go to law school to be a political activist. “I was not the rebel rouser,” she

said. “I used to be told a lot that I was nice.”When the couple had two chil-

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He was startled by employers’ responses, or lack of them. “I was a manager at Sam’s

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user due to a spinal-cord injury, said the PVA has heard many similar stories from veterans with disabilities. The organiza-tion was one of the leading pro-ponents for the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires employers to consider applicants with disabilities if those disabil-ities don’t affect their abilities to do core functions of jobs they ap-ply for. Gillums said many com-panies are eager to comply with the law, and to support veterans with disabilities, but often don’t know how to go about it. “We reach out to employers

who express an interest in hiring veterans with disabilities, but have no idea how to get started,” he said. Gillums said about 600 employ-

ers have joined the Operation PAVE network. Some are small employers with a few positions. Others are multinational com-panies. He said Operation PAVE goes beyond helping wheel-chair-using veterans. “We serve any veteran with a

severe obstacle to employment,” he said. Severe obstacles include serious

post-traumatic stress disorder, felony convictions, and disabil-ities such as hearing or vision loss, Gillums said. Additionally, he said Operation PAVE helps caregivers to veterans with cata-strophic disabilities find employ-ment.Highwood started working at

Goodwill in January. He helped open the Palm City store. He said it’s important for veterans and others with disabilities to seek and have the chance for employ-ment. “You can sit and dwell on what

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something for everyone on your list. Pianist Francesco Attesti opens the year Jan. 5, but there is also Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jan. 7; the lively Dance Your Pants Off Jan. 8; Earl Turner Jan 13; The Machine Performs the music of Pink Floyd Jan. 15; The Best of Broadway, featuring the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Jan. 16-17; Nina Kotova and Angel Romero Jan. 18; Gaelic Storm Jan. 22; the Glenn Miller orchestra Jan 23; “A New York State of Mind: The Music of Billy Joel,” Jan. 24; the John Pizzareli Quartet Jan 25; the Capitol Steps Jan 27; An Acoustic Evening with Keb’ Mo’ Jan 28, and Mel Tillis Jan. 31.It’s a great schedule and the

problem will be trying to decide what to see. The Barn Theatre will present

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19. The show, about a group of overachievers who try to stand out and fit in at the same time by winning a spelling bee, is a funny reminder about the angst of ad-

Photo courtesy of the Lyric TheatreGaelic Storm will be appearing at the Lyric Theatre Jan. 22. Tickets to it and the other events scheduled in the new year would make memorable holiday gifts.

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Council on Aging of Martin County’s Fran-ces Langford Theatre has three programs left for the season. On Jan. 12, comedian Phil Tag will give a performance he calls “Just for Laughs.” The Prester Piano Duo will present “Mostly Gershwin” Feb. 23 and “The Best and Brightest of Artists for a Cause” will perform March 9.It’s not until the end of February, but Star-

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“Silver Bells! Silver Bells!” That’s the theme behind Mustard Seed’s Silver Bells Holiday Home Tour, our second annual holiday gathering. We are celebrating this holiday in style, with a little help from some very kind friends who have sponsored and opened up their homes for this wonder-ful event. Here is what we have planned and how you can help:On Saturday, Dec. 7, 100 peo-

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be delighted if you would help us make this event special, unique, and completely unforgetta-ble. Would you please consider helping us celebrate our second annual Silver Bells Holiday Home Tour the event of the season?Filled with holiday cheer, we are,The Mustard Seed Auxiliary.

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Sunday, Dec. 8Live music at Wahoo’s River-

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Wednesday, Dec. 11Ladies Night at Applebees. 10

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

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Faded Thursdays at Eclipse Lounge 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ladies in free and drink free before 11 p.m. 2212 S.E. Indian Street, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 486-2148.

Ladies 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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petitions, OPUS performs an annual Holiday Concert and fundraiser. This year’s event, on Dec. 11, at the Yarboro Perform-ing Arts Center at Martin County High School, will raise money to enable OPUS members to travel to New York City in March 2015 to take part in the WorldStrides Heritage Music Festival Compe-tition. OPUS was formed more than 30

years ago by Ronald Corbin. The music educator earned a Bach-elor of Science degree at Florida A & M and taught at Bethune Cookman College before leading choruses in Bartow and Milwau-kee. Corbin said that the students

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also perform at St. Bernadette Church in St. Lucie West as part of the concert series there. This is a return engagement. Tom Bold, who is the director of the series, said that the students performed at the church just before they left for Paris and were such a hit that they were asked to perform this year as a featured part of the series. For Ronald Corbin, who has

been guiding the young singers for a long time, there is only one goal. “I make sure they make good

music,” he said. The Annual OPUS and Com-

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School, 2801 S. Kanner Highway, Stuart. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased from choral stu-dents or by calling Tina Bartolotta at (772) 248-2139 or by email at [email protected]. There is general admission seating and refreshments will be served by the OPUS Boosters. During the inter-mission, there will be an auction for a live OPUS concert to be per-formed at a private home, event or business. OPUS will perform Dec. 15 at

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

Digital holiday card workshop will be 1 to 3 p.m. at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library. The class will cover making digital holiday cards with pictures and text, then sending them to re-cipients. The library is at 2551 Matheson Ave., Palm City. Re-serve a spot by calling (772) 288-2551.

Christmas parades in Indian-town and Hobe Sound. The Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce’s parade will start at 1 p.m. It’ll run along Bridge Road and Dixie Highway. The Indiantown pa-rade will be at 4 p.m. It’ll start at Big Mound Park, 15285 S.W. Indian Mound Drive. For more, visit hobesound.org and indian-

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Playing With Books, Holiday Edition II will be at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library, 2551 S.W. Matheson Road, Palm City, from 2 to 4 p.m. Folks will learn ways to use books for holiday decorations. Supplies will be available, and the class is free. Cummings’ number is (772) 288-2551.

Advent Adventure! will start at 4:30 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Advent, 4484 S.W. Citrus Blvd, Palm City. The fam-ily Christmas event will include donkey rides, storytelling and dinner. Register by calling (772) 283-6221, or by visiting advent-palmcity.org.

Pet photos with Santa will be from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Palm City Animal Medical Center, 3090 S.W. Mapp Road, Palm City. The free photos will be available at Walgreens, 3053 S.W. Mar-tin Downs Blvd., on Dec. 9. For information, visit palmcityanimal-clinic.com, or call (772) 600-2708.

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The Hidden Oaks Middle School Band and Color Guard annual Holiday Breakfast & Silent Auction will be 8 a.m. to noon at the school, 2801 S.W. Martin Highway, Palm City. In addition to breakfast food and auction items, there’ll be live music. Tickets are $3 to $5. For information, call (772) 631-7049.

Palm City Market Place at the Palm City Center will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 4195 S.W. High Meadow Ave. The mar-ket features art, crafts and wares created by local folks. Admis-sion is free. For information or to

reserve a space, call (772) 361-7954. More at facebook.com.

The Women’s Club of Stuart’s Holiday Home Tour & Festival of Trees will be 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tickets are limited to 500, and they’re $35 to $40. The club is at 729 E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart. For more, or to get tickets, visit wom-ansclubofstuart.com, or call (772) 261-4644. Additionally, tickets are available at Seacoast National Bank locations.

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I Love a Mystery monthly book discussion group with Harold Marr will be at 2 p.m. at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library, 2551 S.W. Matheson Road, Palm City. December’s meeting will feature the work of Phillip Margolin. Participants are asked to read any book by the author to dis-cuss plot, characters and other aspects of the story. Cummings’ number is (772) 288-2551.

Affordable Care Act: What You Need to Know will be at 11 a.m. at the Peter & Julie Cummings Library, 2551 S.W. Matheson Road, Palm City. Learn about im-portant aspects of the health-in-surance law. Cummings’ number

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fabulous new Jazz Jams in Vero Beach at the Heritage Center with our Dancin’ Shoes Jazz Jam, and what a fun time it was for all. We’ll be back there on the first Thursday of January, February, and March, so grab some friends and make a road trip for some seriously great music and a load of laughter and fun. This weekend the Fort Pierce

Jazz Ensemble will be swinging at the gazebo by the water in historic downtown Fort Pierce, as we celebrate the season and help put you in the holiday mood at the Jazz Market. You’re already there picking up fresh fruits and veggies, so why not skip the mall this weekend, and find some unique treasures from the arti-

sans who display their wares at the Jazz Market every

Saturday morning. If you really want to kick your

holiday into high gear, plan on coming out Wednesday, Dec. 18 to Endless Summer Winery, just a mile down the road from Mead-owood (formerly Panther Woods) for our second Holiday Fling and a Ring-A-Ding-Ding, featuring Big Band Swing. There will be music, dancing, boutique wines, Florida beers, delicious food, and music, music, music. The whole evening is just $17, which helps Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society con-tinue to provide scholarships for talented, local youth who want to pursue a career in music. Even through the hectic month

of December, we’ll still be do-ing Tuesday Jazz Jams at the Black Box Theatre in Fort Pierce, Wednesday Jazz Jams every other Wednesday at Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens (Dec. 11), Jazz Jams Deux on Dec. 4 and 18 at Tutto Fresco (and if you haven’t

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See JAZZ page B16

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Community Christmas Concert at the Blake Li-brary auditorium. The library is at 2301 S.E. Monterey Blvd., Stuart. The concert will be 10 a.m. to noon.

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

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

Christmas Angels & Honky-Tonk Cowboys at the Barn Theatre, 2400 S.E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart. The mu-sical review featuring traditional and country holiday songs will be at 8 p.m. Additional performances will be on Dec. 14, at 8 p.m., and Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. Admis-sion is $15, students $10. Visit barn-theatre.com.


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been there on Jazz Jam night, you simply must try the specially priced jazz-menu), and we’ll even ring in the new year with a truly special New Year’s Day Dinner Dance at Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens that is sure to start your New Year off right with some big band music and dancing in the Gardens. What a way to celebrate the holidays, and every bit of it is right here in your own back yard. Still looking for that perfect

holiday gift? Why not give some-one the gift of music all year long with a membership to the Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society? All it takes is a phone call or visit to our website, www.jazzsociety.org, and you can do a whole bunch of holiday shopping while sitting at home with your feet up. What more could you ask for? The holidays are filled with

traditions, family, friends, reflec-tion, and always, always, always, music. On behalf of all of us at Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society, I want to thank the people of the Treasure Coast for supporting the arts in our community and for coming out to enjoy the many musical adventures we try to pro-vide. We love making music, but we love it more when the music we make puts a smile on your face and a song in your heart. Happy holidays, one and all from one and all at Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society.

Don Bestor, a pianist/keyboard-ist with 27 years of “on the road” experience, 17 years of producing shows, and 12 years as a studio owner/engineer and president of the Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society. Don was an arranging major at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

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For Information about chamber members, read Member News at www.stuartmartinchamber.org.For Media Release Placement in Member News, e-mail information to [email protected].

For Chamber Membership Information call 287-1088, ext. 101.

Happy Holidays! From the Board &

Staff of the Stuart/ Martin County

Chamber of Commerce!

Chamber Chairman John O’Brien, Gulfstream Alu-minum & Shutter Corp. (left) and President/CEO Joe Catrambone thank Joyce Page and Chamber di-rector Janice Norman, Century 21 IRP Realty/Nor-man Page Team for sponsoring the November Net-working Luncheon held at Bonefish Grill.

Chamber President/CEO Joe Catrambone (right), with Chairman John O’Brien, Gulfstream Aluminum & Shutter Corp., joyfully accepts a beautiful painting of the Chamber building by artist Judy Bates at the Chamber’s Holiday Trade Show Business After Hours held at the Kane Center on No-vember 13th.

Special thanks to all of the Stuart/Martin County Chamber members for participating in the annual Operation Thank You, and to Sea-coast National Bank for continu-ing to sponsor the event. The goal was to deliver the Chamber’s new Welcome Guide & Business Direc-tory, along with a goody bag, to over 1,000 members in a week. Any members who have not received their copy are encouraged to stop by the Chamber office to pick one up.

Congressman Patrick Murphy (center) poses with the Council of Chambers representatives at the November Networking Breakfast hosted by Martin Downs Golf Club. Shown from left are Stuart/Martin County Chair-man John O’Brien, Gulfstream Aluminum & Shutter Corp.; Janet Otten, Hobe Sound Chamber; Murphy; Palm City Executive Director Carolyn Davi; Jensen Beach Ex-ecutive Director Ron Rose and Stuart/Martin County President/CEO Joe Catrambone.

Chamber Kicks off Holiday Season with 18th Annual Holiday Trade Show!The beginning of the holidays be-gan, as over 300 chamber members, vendors and friends enjoyed the beautiful Kane Center as its back-drop, on the evening of November 13th. The night was spent marvel-ing at art work, tasting locally made chocolates, chatting over cheer, buy-

ing specialty clothing, dining on as-sorted gourmet foods provided by eight different chefs and picking up early shopping ideas from over 40 unique vendors.

The 18th Annual Holiday Trade Show was made possible by our

major sponsors:Bluewater Editions; Villar Plas-tic Surgery; Forward Electric & Air Conditioning; Silver Plat-ter Catering; the Kane Center; Scripps/TC Palm; Your Voice and the Stuart/ Martin County Chamber of Commerce.

Shop local and buy from a chamber member was the theme of the eve-ning, as our valued members were able to feature their wares and re-mind folks that their gift needs can be met, right here in Martin County. Happy Holidays to all and to all a good night!

Dr. Luis Villar, Villar Plastic Surgery (center), co-sponsor of the Chamber’s Holiday Trade Show Business After Hours was lucky enough to win a beau-tiful painting donated by fellow sponsor Jason Leonard, Blue Water Graphics.

Holiday Trade Show sponsor Vicki Carson and her daughter Gina Golino, Forward Electric & Air Conditioning, visited with Chamber members and guests during the special event which took place on Novem-ber 13th at the Kane Center.

Chamber Vice-Chairman/Chair Elect Pete Lashenka, shows off his loyalty to his employer, Seacoast National Bank, sponsor of Operation Thank You by displaying his Seacoast-blue socks at the Breakfast held on No-vember 5th.

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