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STUART PALM CITY MARTIN COUNTY JENSEN BEACH HOBE SOUND @HometownNewsMartin @hometownnewsmc @HometownNewsMC Vol. 17, No. 39 www.HometownNewsTC.com Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 NOW INSIDE MEET SMOKIE MOUNTAIN VIEW MASSIVE MAHI ‘Touring with the Townies’ These New England A secret fishing spot led to features reader-submitted photos Learn more about Smokey travelers enjoyed a scenic, these two mahi mahi from travels. Let’s see how many and his little friend "The mountain view to go with being reeled in the waters places we can go! Send in your Bandit" who's available for their weekly read. of Jensen Beach. picture or questions to adoption. [email protected] TAKE US WITH YOU PET OF THE WEEK 10 TOURING WITH THE TOWNIES 15 CATCH OF THE WEEK 15 Heart of a runner Town Hall The Fleet Feet 13th annual ‘Run for Your Heart’ 5K/10K and Kids Fun Run benefiting the meetings Martin Health Foundation’s Frances Langford Heart Center was held on Saturday, February to be held 10 at Vista Plaza in Stuart. U.S. Army Corps holds public Running through North River input sessions on lake Shores, the event begins and discharges while inland ends at Fleet Feet in Stuart. Over 750 runners crossed the residents seek coastal finish line. Here, Melinda cooperation Figueroa celebrates crossing By Donald Rodrigue the finish line. For Hometown News STUART — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began townhall meetings across South Florida earlier this month 2018 to gather public input for its new Lake DER EA S R ’ C H E Okeechobee System Operating Manual 1O I C to replace the Lake Okeechobee Release Schedule implemented in 2008. Governing officials, environmental activists and residents have clamored for the change for the last few years as green Sevin Bullwinkle algae blooms from the lake have clogged staff photographer up both the St. Lucie River and Caloosa- hatchee River estuaries, causing massive health concerns and scaring off tourists by the boatloads on both the east and west coasts near Stuart and Fort Myers. County to rehab, replace The Army Corps began the series of meetings Feb. 5 in Lehigh Acres and has since held meetings in Okeechobee, fire stations Clewiston and Stuart. Others are planned Martin will spend nearly $30 million to rehab/replace fire stations and build for Broward County, West Palm Beach COMMUNITY CALENDAR and Miami Gardens later this month. See a needed training facility Congressman Brian Mast has served as community By Donald Rodrigue The multimillion-dollar cost formed part of a a catalyst for the current change, having events on invited top officials from both the Army page 2 For Hometown News broader $45-million capital improvement project list that also includes the planned relocation of the Corps and the South Florida Water Man- STUART — The Martin County Commission Public Works and General Services departments off agement District to Stuart last summer to decided to bite the fiscal bullet Feb. 12 and finance of airport property and other debt consolidation. speak at a standing-room-only meeting INDEX the nearly $30 million cost to rehabilitate or replace Commission Chairman Ed Ciampi asked General where he insisted lake levels be lowered four of its aging Fire-Rescue stations and construct Services Director Jeff Dougherty to separate the to 10.5 feet just before the advent of hur- Classified 19 Out & About 13 a cutting-edge training facility adjacent to Witham Fire-Rescue portion for a separate discussion in Crossword 18 Police Report 5 See LAKE, page 100 Horoscopes 13 Viewpoint 6 Field. 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For more victim profiles sporting clay competition with a fabulous lunch and awards ceremony to support information, visit www. Earl Stewart is the owner and general Treasure Coast Hospice general services. jensenbeachartleague.com. manager of Earl Stewart Toyota in North Team of four shooters: $1,000; Individual Palm Beach. The dealership is located at ON CARS shooter: $250. This event will be held at FRIDAY, MARCH 1 1215 N. Federal Highway in Lake Park. EARL STEWART Treasure Coast Hospice, 1201 SE Indian Contact him at www.earlstewarttoyota.com, St, Stuart., a.m. For more information and • BookMania! Book Club: BookMania! call (561) 358-1474, fax (561) 658-0746 or to register, visit www.treasurehealth.org/ Book Club, featuring titles by authors email [email protected]. sporting-clay-shoot-2019-registration/. scheduled to appear at the event. • Spring Yard Sale: St. Luke's Episcopal "Extended Check Out" copies available at receive a lot of emails, calls, and letters this. In my opinion, men and women of my Church's Red Door Thrift Store Spring Yard the Blake Library on first-come, first-served every week from victims of car dealers age, and older, are more trusting. We can’t Sale will be held from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m., at the availability. All book club discussions will forget the terrible disease, Alzheimer’s. church, 5150 S.E. Railway Ave., Cove Road take place at Blake Library, 2351 SE who were taken advantage of in buying, Ileasing, and servicing their cars. They Unless a court declares a person incompe- at Dixie Highway, Port Salerno. On sale will Monterey Rd, Stuart, 11 a.m. March 1 be clothes, household items, books, discussion will be on Finding Jake by Bryan mostly call to ask what they can do to get all tent, a person with dementia can legally buy children's articles and more. Bring your Reardon. or some of their money back. These a car in Florida, and it happens all too often. own table ($10) or rent one for $20. Sell “victims” fall into different categories: Knowingly selling a car to a person with your arts and crafts (only) and keep the TUESDAY, FEB. 12 1. The elderly, especially widows, are the dementia is a despicable act that too many proceeds. If rental fee is not met, it will be most victimized. The reasons for this are car dealers commit. refunded. For more information or to • Learn Lip Reading in Jensen Beach: that Florida, especially South Florida, is a 2. What chance does a teenager or a reserve a space, call Arlene Brammer at Lip reading is a valuable communications “retirement” state. Baby boomers and young person in his twenties have when (772) 286-9061. skill, helpful for those with or without pre-baby boomers make up a dispropor- negotiating with a car salesman and his hearing loss. Lip Reading can be a fun tionately large percentage of Florida’s manager to buy a car? Usually it’s the SUNDAY, FEB. 24 activity for all ages and a skill that only gets population. Not only that, but life expectan- parents who call me to tell me how their son cies have soared in recent years…81 for a or daughter was taken advantage of. I don’t See CALENDAR, page 7 woman and 76 for a man. Men usually tell them this, but what I’m thinking is predecease their wives. Women’s role in the “Why didn’t they accompany them to the American culture is a great deal different car dealership to advise them?” than in the 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s. Often, 3. South Florida is not only a retirement the husband was not only the breadwinner, area, but it’s a haven for immigrants from but the decision maker in the household. Cuba, Haiti, and South and Central Widows of that era are often buying or America. Many of these are first generation leasing their first car today. Men and Americans who have a difficult time with women in their seventies, eighties, and English or can’t speak, read, or write English nineties (Yes, I have a lot of customers in at all. 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