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Disability benefit helps folks who can’t work
We have a tendency to plan for the exciting things like vacations, retirement and parties. As much fun as it may be to look forward to those things it's also necessary to think about the bad things and how you would handle them if they were to come your way.Disability is something most people don't like to think about. But if you're not able to work because you have a disabling ...
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South Sports Recreation Notes
will be held June 1 in downtown West Palm Beach. The event, presented by Publix and benefiting the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, consists of two races: an Olympic-distance triathlon (.94 mile swim, 25-mike bike, 6.5 mile run) and a Half-Ironman (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run). The weekend includes the Publix Health and Fitness Expo, as well as a weekend kick-off ...
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POST TIME Lake Worth theater manager lost a son cherished a hero
Monday marks Memorial Day. In January 1942, the manager of a movie theater in the heart of Lake Worth experienced perhaps the greatest, and worst, day of his life, all on the same day. His son had just died commiting acts of bravery that would make him the first participant in a new world war to receive the nation's highest military award: the Medal of Honor.A statue, a senior home, a ...
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Teen bowling for perfection
Rare achievements in bowling include an 800 series, in which a bowler must average 267 for three consecutive games, which makes it an extreme rarity for youth bowlers. A perfect 300 game is also a dream for most non-professionals.Yet 15-year-old Fort Pierce resident Andrew Conte achieved both milestones this year in league bowling at St. Lucie Lanes. His 800 series occurred on Jan. 12, 11 days ...
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Free medical dental clinic to open in Jupiter
Uninsured medical patients in Jupiter can breathe a sigh of relief.MyClinic, an independent, non-profit corporation, is constructing a free primary medical care and urgent dental clinic that will serve low-income, uninsured individuals, beginning this ...
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Pine School grad enjoys sharing passion for math
As Matthew Edwards prepares to go to college in the fall, he'll do so with an impressive list of accomplishments.He is a National Advanced Placement Scholar. He is a member of the National Honor Society. And he will graduate with a weighted 4.55 GPA."I guess it sort of reinforces for me that I have been doing work here that's recognized as being at a top level," Edwards, a ...
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Rescued herd puts pressure on group’s resources
One call from the Martin County Sheriff's Office and Animal Control, and Equine Rescue and Adoption Foundation (www.eraf.org) doubled the number of horses at its barn in Palm City. A herd made up of a stallion, three mares, three fillies and four donkeys was left to practically fend for itself in a pasture in Martin County. The horses are now settled in their new home, but their ...
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Boca Raton High valedictorian scores big as county’s top grad
He's a 6-foot-seven-inch, 235-pound senior on the Boca Raton High school basketball and volleyball teams. After a long day of studying, he likes to hit the weight room, and his favorite movie is 1982's "Conan the Barbarian" starring Arnold ...
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Retirees embrace role as foster parents
PORT ST. LUCIE - Ann and Tim Luecke know very well the schedule that comes with a newborn baby.She takes the late night feeding, he'll take the one that comes even later. There are diapers and doctor's visits and more diapers. But, like most parents, the Lueckes are all ...
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Lake Worth High valedictorian wants to help kids with cancer
It's been a busy four years for Janneke Gielstra, Lake Worth High School's valedictorian. She maintained a straight-A average, kept the number one class ranking all four years, and still managed to excel in theater, art, band and student ...
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PBA camp aims to make science fun
Let's face it: Most kids hate science and would prefer eating spinach for dinner instead of memorizing the chemical elements on the periodic table.But Palm Beach Atlantic University is trying to change that by making science fun and cool. Once again the university is hosting Science Days at PBA, a weeklong summer camp for kids in ...
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Glades Central top grad credits community for her success
The little town of South Bay, a teardrop at the bottom of Lake Okeechobee, is home to only about 5,000 residents."And I'm related to about three-quarters of them," laughs Erin McKay, an honor student, cheerleader and valedictorian for Glades Central High School in nearby Belle ...
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South Blotter Five charged with selling alcohol to minor
A man used a fraudulent credit card at a computer store in the 6000 block of West Glades Road in an attempt to buy an iPad. The employees tried to detain him, but he ran and was chased through the mall by security. He was caught and handcuffed, and charged with shoplifting and retail ...
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Letters Rick Scott showed that his priority is Rick Scott not jobs
So our esteemed governor rejected a proposal for Amazon.com to build at least one warehouse in Florida, after saying since Day One that jobs are Priority One. It has been explained that he does not want his name attached to something that would cause Floridians to pay sales tax on purchases from Amazon. Seems as if Priority One is Rick Scott.I am disgusted on many levels. Floridians should be ...
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Sen. Bill Nelson urges Gov. Scott to veto insurance rate bill
Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson urged Florida Gov. Rick Scott to veto legislation his fellow Republicans advanced that suspends for two years the state’s authority to set health insurance rates. Nelson, a former state insurance commissioner, said in a Wednesday letter to Scott that allowing the bill (SB 1842) to become law would put consumers at risk of sky-high rate hikes. "To ...
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Church baseball league’s longtime leader retires
Seventeen years ago, Bob Haworth, a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Miami Springs, organized a coed softball league. And for all of those years, Haworth has served as the commissioner. Comes this summer, the good commissioner will move to Winter Haven, where his wife Diane, has started a new career. On April 28, all seven teams in the league honored Haworth on the field for his years of ...
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Obama speech to focus on drones Gitmo
From the targeted killing of Americans overseas to the future of the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, President Barack Obama will lay out the framework and legal rationale for his administration's counterterrorism policy in a widely anticipated speech on ...
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Memorial Day travel to dip this year
The volume of travel during Memorial Day weekend is expected to decline slightly this year, said AAA on Wednesday, due to a steep drop in air travel amid a shaky ...
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2 New Charges for Willie Dumel
Willie Dumel, who police say killed four people in a violent wrong-way crash on I-95, made his first appearance in court Thursday where a judge set his bond at $100,000. Judge Dava Tunis and Dumel's attorney, Andrew Rier, spoke about the ...
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LeBron Heat survive opener against Pacers 103-102 in OT
AmericanAirlines Arena with a 103-102 victory Wednesday night over the Indiana Pacers. It was a victory that came despite two remarkable plays from Pacers ...
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HEAT to Host White Hot HEAT Road Rallies Presented by American Express
- The Miami HEAT announced today that it will host a White Hot HEAT Road Rally presented by American Express at the AmericanAirlines Arena for Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The White Hot HEAT Road Rally is the official watch party for HEAT playoff road games. HEAT fans are encouraged to join the HEAT Dancers, Burnie, the Xtreme Team, PA Announcer, Michael B., in-Arena host ...
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Man accused of breaking into Jupiter cop cars and stealing guns authorities say
At the time of his arrest Saturday, Christopher Vachaviolos was just a man the cops spotted loitering near a police car in Jupiter with a slim jim tool in his pants.It wasn't until they searched his Juno Beach home that they realized he was likely the man who turned local and federal officers into victims, swipping their semiautomatic and automatic weapons, police batons, a gas mask and ...
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So. Fla. man claims Davie police used excessive force
According to police, a woman living in an adjacent neighborhood thought the two were burglars and called 911. Davie Police Capt. Dale Engle said there has been a rash of business burglaries in the ...
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Skin can become addicted to bleaching doctor warns
Most of us have heard of skin tanning but what about skin bleaching? Bleaching creams can be used to correct the color pigments from scars or skin diseases like vitiligo. But according to a South Florida dermatologist, some South Floridians are using these creams to look a few shades ...
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Lee tosses three-hit shutout Phillies top Marlins
Cliff Lee on the mound. Lee will attempt to win his third straight decision and lead the Phillies to their fourth straight series victory in Miami on Wednesday night. Following a two-game absence due to a sore ...
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Florida's Exploration Park keeps state ahead
NASA’s new Space Life Sciences Lab and the adjacent Exploration Park, which is still under development, are testaments to Florida’s ongoing leadership in the exploration and understanding of space travel and the world beyond Earth’s stratosphere.
Florida has long been at the forefront of space travel internationally, it is here, at Cape Canaveral, that NASA’s shuttles take to the skies headed for the moon, or, more commonly, the International Space Station. Read more
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