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Preservinga legacyPark renamed afterlongtime friend of nature

Charges pendingState ready to officiallyfile againstshooting suspect

Comp and conversationRevisions to county’s visionstill under discussion

Water talksPros and cons ofhooking up

Hometown performer returnsPalm City woman sings opera at Lyric

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Everyone’s Irish this weekendNone said it so elegantly as Con-

federate General Thomas “Stone-wall” Jackson: “Here comes those (expletive) green flags again.” ‘Tis time for a seisiún to brush

up on the lyrics to “The Fighting 69th.” The tune’s easy enough, same as for “Star of the Coun-ty Down.” Grab shillelaghs, the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America is hosting its second annual Stuart St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival.

“The Irish culture has tremen-dously contributed to America today,” said Dennis McKenna, president of the Father Mychael Francis Judge chapter. “Ameri-ca is extremely proud of having

By Patrick McCallisterFor Your Voice News & Views

MARTIN COUNTY — The Martin County High School boys and girls tennis teams have a tough act to follow in 2013. One season ago, Martin Coun-

ty annihilated the competition on the court, as the Lady Tigers finished the year 16-1 while their male counterparts were undefeat-ed with a record of 16-0. Each team took home district and re-gional titles before performing well at states; the Lady Tigers finished seventh at states while boys were an impressive third.Halfway through the 2013 cam-

paign, the teams are proving they are up for an encore performance. Although both teams have

dropped two matches, each team is well-positioned to make runs in the postseason. Although both teams have dropped two matches, each team is well positioned to make runs in the postseason. At the midway point of the season, both squads hold a 7-2 record at the time this story went to print. The teams will have hosted Olym-pic Heights High School on March 12 and Vero Beach High School

Double acesMidway through the 2013 tennis campaign, Martin County positions itself for another playoff runBy Patrick BernadeauFor Your Voice News & Views

Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerMartin County High School sophomore Stephanie Pompa of Palm City returns a volley during a match Thursday, March 7 in Stuart against St. Edwards Academy. The Lady Tigers have just three more matches before district play begins.

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Park to become ‘Maggy’s Hammock’

Maggy Hurchalla vigorously denies stories that her sister — Janet Reno, former attorney general — and she hunted alliga-tors when they were young. They wrestled them. “Not big ones,” she said. “We’re

talking 2, 4 feet.” The two did, however, join their

brother in hunting a wide variety of Florida’s poisonous snakes to sell — alive. Hurchalla plays down the whole hunting-poison-ous-snakes thing, claiming the most exciting thing that hap-pened was the time she almost sat on a bagful of them. She was trying to imagine how to explain that to an emergency-room doc-tor. These days, Hurchalla takes

things a bit slower and contents herself by petting moray eels. “It took me years and years and

years to work up the nerve to do that,” she said. She had plenty of years under

water to work up that nerve.

“My first job was teaching SCU-BA at 12 in Miami,” Hurchalla said. “(The customers) didn’t know I was 12, because I was 6 feet tall.” Fitting then that at its last reg-

ular meeting — Tuesday, March 5 — the Martin County Board of Commissioners honored the big-ger-than-life resident by renam-ing Rocky Point Hammock Park in Stuart to Maggy’s Hammock Park. “No individual has made a great-

er contribution to what Martin County looks like and feels like than Maggy,” Chairwoman Sarah Heard of Port Salerno said before the unanimous vote.Commissioner John Haddox,

Palm City, quickly made the mo-tion to rename the park. In an in-terview after the meeting, he said Hurchalla was one of the first public figures he learned about when he moved to the area. “When I first came to Florida in

1988, Maggy’s name was in the papers a lot,” he said. “I quickly came to know about her through reading newspapers, and about her love for the environment.” “I can think of no other in-

dividual in Martin County who more deserves to have a park with an environmental compo-

nent named after them than Maggy,” he said. Hurchalla’s response to the

honor? “It feels warm and wonderful,

but also embarrassing.” The Miami-area native moved to

Martin in 1968, and was among the early authors of governing

documents that have helped Martin County stay on the pres-ervation side of development. She continues to help the county commission craft preservation policies. Hurchalla was a county com-

Photo courtesy of Maggy HurchallaHurchalla and a monkey friend in Ecuador last month.

By Patrick McCallisterFor Your Voice News & Views

Preserve being renamed for longtime environmentalist Maggy Hurchalla

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missioner from 1974 to 1994, five terms. She took to the com-mission a sort of pre-develop-ment South Florida sensibility. The kind gained from going on a family camping trip up one side of Florida and down the other — in a converted horse trailer. That was in ’47. The family went from the Everglades to Pensacola, across the Panhandle to Jack-sonville and back down the East Coast. “It was back when there were

dirt roads in downtown Tallahas-see,” she said.‘Round about 1980, proper-

ty owner Bob Krauss ap-proached Hurchalla about getting the county to buy some environmentally sensi-tive land he had. “He was a strong political

supporter of mine and owned property on Rocky Point,” Hurchalla said. “He was getting older and thought it should be saved.”Krauss was willing to sell

the land for less than its val-ue, but had to get something from it. Hurchalla got on the phone to friends involved in land preservation. They told her about federal grants the county could apply for. “About half of (the property)

is tropical hammock and the

other half is sand pine scrub,” she said. “We got 15 acres for less than $100,000, and half was paid for by an outdoor-recreation grant.”Recreation, as in trails. As in the

trails that Hurchalla and a friend hand-cut with machetes, clip-pers, and sheer determination. “Trail building is an art form,”

she said. “If you do it by design-ing and bidding it, it gets ridic-ulously expensive and time-con-suming.” These days Hurchalla tries to

limit her activities, due to a pro-tracted illness and caring for her ailing sister. Nevertheless, she’s still enjoying whitewater rafting,

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looking for the very rare American crocodiles in nature. She came across one not too long ago. “It was exciting after 72 years to

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Mitch Kloorfain/chief photographerMartin County High School senior Julia Cusumano of Palm City offers a back hand return to her St. Edwards Academy opponent during a match Thursday, March 7 in Stuart. The Lady Tigers have just three more matches before district play begins.

on March 14. The teams on are a similar

path, but the biggest difference between the two comes in se-niors on the respective rosters. The Lady Tigers, coached by Walt Scherer in his 18th season, have five seniors on their roster: Maral Bohlooli, Hanna Slutsky, Mary Boning, Jo Martin and Julia Cu-sumano. After losing five seniors from

the team that finished third at states, the boys will only feature two seniors in Albert Morar and Justin Sanguily. Leaning heavily on underclassmen, the teaching and experience of longtime Tigers boys tennis coach Skip Morgan is crucial.

“I think my experience around high school tennis for over 20 years really helps when being around a young team,” Morgan said, who is in his 19th season with Martin County. In the game of high school ten-

nis, although marathon matches do take place, the game is far more mental than physical. Mor-gan preaches to his kids about making the smart play over the spectacular one. “High school tennis is about

keeping the ball in play,” Morgan says. “I think all of our kids have good strokes, but the problem is kids start pushing for that big shot, that ESPN highlight. “I try to teach them that they

don’t have to do that at this level,

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Comp plan discussion continues The ongoing proposed revision

to the Martin County Compre-hensive Growth Management Plan is a discussion about the future. And like all areas of the county, Palm City is a player in that discussion. The Martin County Board of

Commissioners held its third and final citizens workshop on the proposed revisions at its March 5 meeting. While con-tentious at times, the workshop dwelt mostly on population projections, housing stock and expansion of the urban bound-ary. Those issues will affect Palm

City, said Maggy Hurchalla, the longtime former commissioner who is spearheading the revi-sion process. “We need to start planning for

the future, for when the num-bers show we need to expand,” Hurchalla said. “Maybe that’s five years, maybe that’s 15 years. I don’t know.”

Hurchalla said that when the time comes to expand the urban boundary, “that will become an interesting issue for Palm City.” “How are we going to expand

west of Palm City? How are we going to expand out past State Road 76 and Tropical Farms? We’ll need to look at the areas that want to stay farms and 5-acre lots, find out which areas already have an elementary school, sewer and water and an industrial park and start plan-ning.” At the present time, expanding

the urban boundary is compli-cated by excess housing. Hur-challa presented figures that showed that about 8 percent of units in unincorporated Martin County are vacant. She said that more than

60,000 of these housing units had permanent or seasonal residents and more than 5,000 were empty. “This is unhealthy,” she ex-

plained after the meeting. “You

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expected to be charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Sgt. Gary Morales, 35, during a morning traffic stop and car chase. A grand jury is expected to convene within

the coming weeks to upgrade the charge to first-degree murder with the strong possibility of the death penalty, Bakkedahl said. Florida law requires prosecutors file for-

mal charges within 21 days of an arrest. Bakkedahl said he would have filed official charges sooner. “Unfortunately, the grand jury had just

been in session the week following the ho-micide,” he said. Bakkedahl added the state attorney’s office has 45 days after Tisdale’s arraignment to seek the death penalty. At a Wednesday meeting before charges

were to be filed, prosecutors were to review evidence and hear sworn testimony from wit-nesses to determine the highest charge they could prove beyond a reasonable doubt during a jury trial. In an arrest affidavit, Tisdale told investiga-

tors he was going to the store when he noticed Morales was following him. Tisdale claims Morales pulled him over and,

with his hand on his gun, ordered Tisdale to get out of the vehicle and to the ground. Tisdale said he pulled off in fear for his life because of Morales’s tone and hand on his gun. Tisdale said Morales used his patrol car to ram him to another stop.The report states Morales called in a pursuit

the morning of Feb. 28 near Oleander Ave-nue in Fort Pierce. Morales had at least three gunshot wounds. One wound was to the side of the head, the report states. Morales was

still seated in the driver’s seat of the patrol car with his gun still in the holster when other deputies arrived at the scene, the report says. A criminal history check showed Tisdale is a

one-time convicted felon. In 2010, Tisdale was charged with possession of a controlled sub-stance without a prescription and for posses-sion of marijuana with intent to sell. He was arrested in August 2010 for failure to appear on a drug charge in St. Lucie County.Port St. Lucie Police Department dash-cam

video from another June 2010 arrest shows Tisdale driving in circles in Darwin Square Plaza on Port St. Lucie Boulevard, where officers pulled him over for a traffic stop. He was driving with a suspended license and had marijuana in his SUV.Video from inside the cruiser shows Tisdale

talking about racial profiling, marijuana and laughing hysterically for more than one min-ute.“Sorry, man I got to make the best out of the

situation, you feel me?” Tisdale said in the video after being handcuffed and put in the patrol car. Tisdale, who said he was unemployed at

the time, also threatened his two arresting officers.“Man f--k y’all. Man, I’ll be done put that fire

on y’all crackers, man,” Tisdale said before the laughing fit.Tisdale also said he was racially profiled.“If I was a cop, man, I’d probably look for the

young kid with dreads – with saggy pants,” he said.When questioned about the marijuana visi-

ble in his car, Tisdale explained, saying, “You don’t want that. That’s nasty a-- sh-t. That’s seeds and sh-t. It probably won’t even grow right.”

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just keep the ball in play.” An additional mental challenge that the

kids have to deal with is making sure one bad shot doesn’t get the best of them. In a game of inches, where split-second deci-sions, touch and accuracy all play a role, the player’s emotions can lead to a snow-ball effect of errors. “Whenever you start losing, it can be

tough to keep your composure,” sopho-more Peyton Palma said. “So when you get upset on the court over a tough shot, you just got to remember to keep playing and working. “I think this game is more mental than

anything.” Sophomore Stephanie Pompa echoes

Palma’s thoughts and sees her approach as her biggest improvement from her freshman campaign. “I think I’m mentally tougher on the

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vacancies. But she said that her research suggests that 8 percent was far too high.“Three percent is a reasonable amount,” she said.

“It’s a good goal. You’re always going to have some vacant houses.” On an encouraging note, Hurchalla said the num-

ber of vacant housing units in the unincorporated part of the county was going down by about 400 units a year. Hurchalla said that other counties, such as St.

Lucie, were in worse shape than Martin. “We did not overbuild as much,” she said. “We

are not hurting as much.” Part of the object of revising the comprehensive

plan is to set policies to deal with the housing glut by giving hard scrutiny to new projects like Hobe Grove, the huge development proposed for a rural area west of Hobe Sound. “We resist approving new projects,” she said. “We

want to encourage construction. We do not want to encourage construction way beyond the projected population growth projections.” The revision of the Comprehensive Growth Plan

has been ongoing since August. Prior workshops were held at council meetings on Feb. 5 and Feb. 26. The Local Planning Agency is scheduled to re-view the proposed revisions on March 21. Hurchalla has found opposition to slowing the

growth from pro-development factions. One speaker at the March 5 meeting, former commissioner Lee Weberman, was critical of both the pace of the revi-

sions and what he characterized as a lack of inclu-sion of the business community. “Looking at the schedule, I have concerns that

these amendments are traveling warp speed with no real chance for a full public vetting,” he said. “What’s the rush? Changes of the magnitude you are proposing must be fully vetted.” Weberman said he does not represent the busi-

ness community and described himself as “an unemployed guy with too much time on his hands.” Nevertheless, he said that the interests of the busi-ness community were not being taken into consid-eration.“The business leaders I’ve talked to don’t trust

you,” he told the commissioners. “And you’ve really not given them a reason to trust you. The schedule itself suggests that this is going to be rubber-stamped at warp speed and you’re not interested in alternative feedback. Why hasn’t this commission asked for a workshop with any or all of the five chambers of commerce, the Treasure Coast Builders Association or the real estate board?”Others speakers at the meeting said that the pro-

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she had indeed gotten input from those groups.“I have met with and talked to every chamber of

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A bit of Gaelic makes things more fun. A seisiún is a casual musical session among friends and family members. A shillelagh is a thick wooden cane sometimes used for walking, but more often for driving a point through thick skulls.

Gaeilge is the official language of the Republic of Ireland, although most regularly speak English. Many efforts have been made over the years to expand regular use of Gaeilge in Ireland and to get Irish-Americans to learn it as a secondary language.

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Irish people here. It’s important to secure the Irish culture for my daughter and grandchildren.” The family-friendly festival will

be at the Roosevelt Bridge, Flagler Park, 201 S.W. Flagler Ave. Events kick off on Friday, March 15 at 4 p.m. and continue until 10 p.m. Admission that day is $3 or a non-perishable food item for local charity Building Bridges to Youth. Fighting against hunger and

poverty is deeply rooted in Irish-American culture. Thou-sands of Irish arrived in America during an Gorta Mór – the Great Hunger or Potato Famine – in the late 1840s and early 1850s. That was far from the end of the Irish Diaspora. By the turn of the 20th century, about 5 million Irish had headed to America to escape

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cans claim Irish as their primary heritage. The festival continues on Sat-

urday, March 16, at 10 a.m. The fun will continue to 10 p.m. “We will start off with the Green

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tival gets going again at 10 a.m. with more music and fun. At 2 p.m., the St. Patrick Day Parade will crank up with Congressman Patrick Murphy as the grand marshal. Politics is another important

part of the Irish-American cul-ture. Like other immigrants, the Irish immigrants and their chil-dren met much prejudice and often worked difficult and dan-gerous jobs to eke out a menial living. Groups such as the con-troversial Molly Maguires and often-corrupt Tammany Hall, the late-1700s New York City political machine, helped organize Irish voters who became important to gaining workers’ rights and end-ing practices such as child labor.To climb out of poverty, ed-

ucation became important to Irish-Americans, which will be on

display at the parade. “Our deputy grand marshal is

Laurie Gaylord,” McKenna said. She’s the superintendent of the

Martin County Schools. True to the strong influence of

Catholicism on Irish-Americans: “At the end of the parade, we’ll have a prayer on our grand stand to show our respect to St. Pat-rick,” McKenna said. Sunday’s festivities will continue

until 9 p.m. In addition to music, there’ll be

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posal until county staff can look into 15-year financing for the project, instead of 10, to lower the annual cost to property own-ers. “I thought that was a very good

compromise,” Commissioner John Haddox, Palm City, said in an interview after the meeting. Last March, the county mailed

surveys for residents to vote on whether to go forward with a mu-nicipal water project. Ninety-nine responded, about 64 percent. Sixty favored the water project, and 39 were against it.

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ing it forward.” John Polley, director of utilities and solid waste, said in an interview

that with the affirmative vote from the mailed surveys, the county did a request for proposals. Felix Associates, of Stuart, bid about $653,000. Under the proposal tabled by the commission, property owners would have paid for the project costs along with their property taxes over 10 years at 3.5 percent interest, about $840 a year. Resident Oscar Torres said opposition to the municipal water project

was shortsighted. “It hurts sometimes to go into the 21st century,” he told commission-

ers. “We need to get into the 21st century. I’ve been living in Martin County since 1990 and we can’t get water. We need to get into the 21st century.” In the interview, Polley said that the proposed project started as a

resident petition about two years ago. He said with the commission’s delay that there’s a chance that the contractor will pull out. If so, then the county staff would have to go with the next lowest bidder, or rebid the project. Polley said there will be a public meeting about developments be-

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follow the advice of her teacher, who told her she had a voice that was meant for opera. The program, called “A Night at the Opera,” features Colozzo, as well as tenor Angelo Marchese, mezzo-sopranos Christina Zim-mer and Kerry Rocks and baritone Clayton Matthews. Rocks, whom Colozzo met at the Palm Beach Opera, is from Jensen Beach. Colozzo grew up in New York and began

singing lessons when she was 10. She dreamed of singing on Broad-way. In an interview before her De-cember show, she recalled how her voice teacher changed that dream. “While she was warming me up,

she kept me going higher and high-er,” Colozzo said. “She said, ‘You have an opera voice,’ and gave me my first aria. As much as I loved Broadway, I started studying opera.” Colozzo studied at the prestigious

Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore and received a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance. She went to New York City for a while, but then decided to audition for the Palm Beach Opera. Her sister lived here and

she was familiar with the area. The singer intended to return to New

York, but she met her husband-to be, Ben, a mortgage broker in real estate sales. Mar-

Palm City resident returns to operatic roots

Lorrianna Colozzo

By Shelley KoppelStaff writer

See COLOZZOpage 20

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p.m.-midnight. 3945 N.E. Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach. For more information, call (772) 334-1130.

Musicfest Downtown Stuart, second and third Friday of the month, 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Free. 121 S.W. Flagler Ave., Stuart. For more information, call (772) 288-1010 or (772) 485-1609.

Saturdays

Crush Wine Bar Karaoke 9 p.m.-1 a.m. 100 S. Dixie High-

way, Downtown Stuart. For more information, call (772) 600-5853.

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eral Highway, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 223-1978.



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Rockin’ Riverwalk Summer Series 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Variety of live music in Histor-ic Downtown Stuart. October through May. For more informa-tion, call (772) 288-1010.

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riage and the birth of daughter Isabella kept her in Florida, where she still performs with the Palm Beach Opera and teaches voice. The upcoming performance is a

return to her musical roots. “It’s the best-known aria and

duets from the most beloved op-eras,” she said. “There is music from ‘Carmen,’ ‘La Boheme,’ ‘Ma-dame Butterfly,’ ‘The Barber of Seville,’ and many more. There is at least one song from each opera. It is us getting to do what we love to do the most and (what you) don’t get a chance to hear in Stuart.” Colozzo was asked to put

the program together by John Loesser, executive director of the Lyric. “This is home to me,” she said.

“I’m privileged to do what I love where I live, especially when it comes to opera. Opera is diffi-cult. To have a night of arias with friends is a lot of fun.” The program will open with

Clayton Matthews singing the rousing “Toreador Song” from “Carmen.” Christina Zimmer will follow with the opera’s “Haba-nera.” In contrast, there will be delicate love songs from “La Bo-heme” and “Madame Butterfly.”

The only accompaniment will be Evan Ferrar at the piano. “It’s the beauty of the voices,”

Colozzo said. “That’s what it should be about. Opera is telling a story with our voices. We just want the voices and emotion to speak for themselves. As a sing-er, our voice is our instrument and we use it to portray a char-acter, with emotion. It’s a beau-tiful art form.”Colozzo will sing “Un bel di”

from “Madame Butterfly,” a role she’s wanted to perform for years.“I’ve dreamed of singing it,”

she said. “When you work on a piece, you learn more about the emotion. You spend so many hours to prepare for 5 minutes. I get so excited preparing mentally and physically. Opera, to me, is like training for a marathon. It’s practicing and developing and growing before you perform. It’s the training, the journey.”

Lorrianna Colozzo and Friends present “A Night at the Opera” on March 21 at the Lyric Theatre, 59 S.W. Flagler Ave., Stuart. Tickets for the 7 p.m. performance are $ 35.

Call the box office at (772) 287-7827 or order online at www.lyrictheatre.com.

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Hot Rod Band at The Sailor’s Return. 8 p.m. 625 S.W. First St., Stuart. For more information, call (772) 872-7250.

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

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

Sunday March 17Big Coque Band at The Sailor’s

Return. 3 p.m. 625 S.W. First St., Stuart. For more information, call (772) 872-7250.

Rick Collins at Crawdaddy’s. 6 p.m., 1949 N.E. Jensen Beach Blvd., Jensen Beach. For more information, call (772) 225-3444.

Wednesday March 13

Ladies Night at Applebees. 10 p.m. to close. 2 for 1 drinks all night and $1 wells for women. Music DJ Doe Dizzle. 3373 S.E. Federal Highway, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 223-6477.

Cruisers Bar Wacky Wednesday. 8 p.m. to 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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$3 Thursdays at Eclipse Lounge, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ladies no cover all night, guys $3 after 11 p.m. 18 and up. 2212 S.E. Indian St., Stuart. For more information, call (772) 486-2148.

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

Freestyle Thursdays at Club Dejavu. 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Ladies drink free until 11 p.m. Everyone

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Thursday Night at Stuart Ale House 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. DJ Dr. Dave will be spinning rock, old school, hip hop, house, breaks and freestyle. 21 and up. No cov-er. Drink specials. 1630 S. Fed-eral Highway, Stuart. For more information, call (772) 223-1978.

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Palm City avian specialist is speaker at annual Treasure Coast exotic bird expo

At 2 p.m. Sunday, March 17, Dr. April Romagnano, DVM, will be giving a presentation at the Treasure Coast Exotic Bird Club’s 16th Annual Exotic Bird EXPO, held at the Martin County fairgrounds. The topic is “Social Behaviors of

Parrots in Captivity.” Dr. Romag-nano, veterinary specialist and owner of the Avian & Exotic Clin-ic of Palm City, is also a member of the American Board of Veteri-nary Practitioners. The Treasure Coast Exotic Bird

Club holds its Annual Exotic Bird Expo in March of every year. Bird vendors from across the state of Florida attend with a wide vari-

ety of exotic birds, cages, seed, toys and accessories. This year there will also be a performance at noon by Charlene Brennan’s “Showbirdz,. Dr. Romagnano has been a

Treasure Coast Exotic Bird Club member and speaker for 15 years. The Treasure Coast Exot-ic Bird Club is a group of com-passionate and knowledgeable bird lovers of all ages and back-grounds. The club offers parrot lovers, pet bird owners, and avi-culturists (breeding bird owners) intellectual exchange, lasting friendships and philanthropy that supports education. The proceeds of yearly Treasure

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Coast Exotic Bird Club’s EXPO are used to further avian educa-tion. The club provides two $500 scholarships yearly for avian stu-dents at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. Recently the club achieved a wor-thy goal, by donating $20,000 to the College of Veterinary Medicine to set up an endowed scholarship in the club’s name. A portion of the proceeds this year will also be used to provide a scholarship for a student in the Fort Pierce Westwood High School Certified Veterinary Assistant Program. In the spring of 1989, a small

group of people with an interest in exotic birds joined together to form the Treasure Coast Exotic Bird Club. Today the club is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization with approximately 80 members. The Treasure Coast Exotic Bird

Club’s mission is to educate and inform the public about the care and humane treatment of exotic birds; to provide financial support to organizations that advocate fair and humane treatment of ex-

otic birds, and to those that con-tribute to medical advancement in avian research, to affiliate with national organizations and to maintain friendships and contact with all members through regular monthly meetings and a monthly newsletter. The Treasure Coast Exotic Bird

Club meets at 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of every month (excluding March and December) at the Port Salerno Civic Center on the corner of Anchor Avenue and A1A. The meetings generally have a guest speaker or special topic. Toy-making sessions, avian veterinarian speakers, and “Bird and Owner Glamour Shots,” etc., are some of the highlights. The club also has a raffle table, items for purchase and refreshments at every meeting. Guests are always welcome. For more information about the

Treasure Coast Exotic Bird Club, please call Kathy Dwyer, (772) 464-7210 in Fort Pierce; Barbara Roof, (772) 220-4672

in Stuart, or Barbara Reilly, (561) 744-6041 in Jupiter.

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Photo courtesy of Sam MasciaCalling all classic car buffs to the second annual Treasure Coast Classic Chevy Club Open Car Show Saturday, March 23 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Ricou Terrace in Historic Downtown Jensen Beach. Awards will be given for Best of Show, Best Paint, Best En-gine, Best Interior; dash plaques given to the first 100 registrants. (Chevy Club mem-bers not eligible for awards.) Live entertainment provided by the Larry Johnson Doo-Wop Band. Cost is $25 to pre-register by March 21; drive-on/day of show, $30; vendor spaces as available, $75. For more information, call Sam Mascia, Treasure Coast Classic Chevy Club president, (772) 408-3793.

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