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Contact: Michael Roberts

772-215-3470

Cadets for Vets Invite the Community to Help

What:

The Cadets for Vets from Victory Forge Military Academy and members of the Road to Victory Military Museum are planning a series of community work days to help build the 2000 plus wooden memorial markers required for the Memorial Day Tribute in May.

The Cadets are inviting everyone in the community to be a part of the Treasure Coast’s largest tribute and event to honor our local Veterans. Last year the Cadets erected 224 wooden markers comprised of crosses and stars honoring those killed in action during WWI for Memorial Day. Because of the tremendous interest generated by the memorial and the importance of the project to our veteran community the Cadets will erect 1,925 more – representing all those killed in action from WWII to present day conflicts who called South East Florida home (from Volusia County in the north to Monroe County in the south.)

It takes a great deal of effort to construct each memorial marker by hand. That is why they are asking for community support to complete this tribute. This is not a fundraising campaign; the Cadets are merely attempting to gather help and/or raise the funds and materials to cover the costs associated with building and setting up this tribute. Each wooden memorial marker will cost approximately $4, plus the expenses associated with producing this event. Should there be a surplus of funds generated from this Memorial excess proceeds will go to the scholarship program at Victory Forge.

Contributions of volunteer time, building supplies, and financial contributions will be accepted at the event. The Cadets hope that everyone will consider being a part of this important project.

When:

Friday May 2 through Sunday May 4

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Where:

Memorial Park on East Ocean Blvd, Stuart Florida 34994

Who:

Victory Forge Military Academy is a 501 (c) 3 not for profit organization based in Port St. Lucie Florida. Victory Forge is an Intensive, Residential, Academic and Behavior Modification Program that utilizes military style components for the establishment of a “Doctrine of Discipline” in the lives of the teens who come to the school. The objective of Victory Forge is to provide a tough, highly structured, high impact program that will remold and turn around the lives of rebellious and troubled teenagers. Similar to the military, the program objectives are facilitated through the use of a “Code of Conduct” that contains the seven core values of Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Self Sacrifice, Honor, Integrity, & Personal Courage.

Road to Victory Military Museum is a 501 (c) 3 organization based in Stuart Florida. This unique and highly interactive museum’s mission is to honor and pay tribute to all the brave men and women who have served and are presently serving our country in the Armed Forces. By displaying historical artifacts, uniforms, militaria, photographs and vehicles we are able to pay homage to those heroes while informing and educating the public of their noble endeavors and our freedoms as Americans.

Public Info:

Michael Roberts at 772-215-3470 or Inez Frid at 772-370-4571

inez@iproductions.us

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Tiffany is a divorced mother of three young children and has recently joined the charter service to make some extra money on the side.  She says she makes about two hundred dollars a day plus tips for going out on the boat to fish and says she won’t go topless.  So why was she fired?

The Saint Lucie County schoolboard isn’t saying.  They are claiming their right to release without a reason and are keeping their mouths shut about it.  A local news station got a hold of Tiffany’s latest review and found that she received marks that meet or exceeds the standard set by the schoolboard. 

More photos of Tiffany here

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Today Martin County Commissioners preliminarily voted 3-2 to turn the east-west thoroughfare into a bio-tech corridor.  Along the corridor, 35 acres of rural land is slated to become commercial to allow the creation of the Willoughby Research Park.  The park will house office space for businesses looking to take advantage of possible partnerships with larger institutions such as the Scripps Research Institute or Torrey Pines in Saint Lucie County.

The plan isn’t final though, the state Department of Community Affairs still has to approve the project before it can continue.  The state department has shot down previous expansion plans for this stretch of road in the past due to already congested roadways that can not support the additional traffic load.  A group of land owners and developers is offering to pay three million dollars to make improvements to Kanner Highway to help smooth the traffic problems and allow construction to begin.