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Karate students compete in Brazil
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VERO BEACH - Winning a national karate championship was just another step in representing the United States at the 2011 Pan Am Karate Championships in Brazil for three Vero Beach youth. Gunnar Flinchum, 16, McKenzie Flinchum, 20 and Justin Suen, 17, along with two other Florida Karate Academy students attended the 2011 USA/...
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Proclamation for Jamboree Day
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Front row, from left: Spencer Simmons, Linda Carlson, Pat Metz, Don Burzynski, displaying the proclamation forJamboree Day, Pamela and Sara Schwartz and Dennis Carrico. Back row, from left: Commissioners Joseph Flescher, Wesley Davis, Bob Solari, Peter O'Bryan and Gary Wheeler....
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Home improvement store helps Humane Society
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Lowe's Home Improvement Store's motto: "Let's Build Something Together," has never meant more, as employees recently helped the Humane Society of Indian River County build two paddocks to supplement the increasing number of livestock animals brought to the center. On Sept. 10, Lo...
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Six candidates vie for three seats in Sebastian race
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SEBASTIAN - Three incumbents will face two challengers in the November election for three seats on the Sebastian City Council. Sitting council members Andrea Coy and Vice Mayor Don Wright are seeking re-election and will be joined on the ballot by Amber Miller, Damien Gilliams, Bob McPartlan and Davi...
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School night for scouting
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Laurie Beckett, Sebastian Unit Commissioner, talks with Cub Scouts Holden Fuchs, center, and Brandon Stubblefield, both 8, at Fellsmere Elementary School during school night for scouting. The event was sponsored by Cub Scout Pack 568, which serves Fellsmere and Vero Lake Estates. For more information go to ...
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Three years of cookie making
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July made three years that the volunteers of Cookies for Troops have been baking, packing and sending cookies to troops over seas. The group now meets at the Vero Beach Elks Club on the third Thursday of the month. Fran Palmer, left, and Janice Cokas, fill boxes and get them ready for shipping. The group averages 3...
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High schooler's test scores surpass world average
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SEBASTIAN - Sebastian River High School's International Baccaulreate program beat world averages based on a 2011 test. In May, 115 students took 308 tests in Spanish, history, chemistry, math studies and math (standard level). Each subject was then compared to a world-wide average grade. The test grades, in each subject wer...
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North county residents get computer access to food, medical program
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INDIAN RIVER — North county residents who need assistance with food or medicine can now go to the St. Vincent de Paul Community Outreach Center and get computer access to a program that provides it. Access Florida provides access to SNAP, the supplemental nutrition assistance program and medical assistance. St. Vincent de P...
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Area beaches get cleaned
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Nearly 125 people converged on South Beach last Saturday for the 2011 international coastal cleanup sponsored by the Coastal Conservancy and locally by Keep Indian River Beautiful. Two-year-old Zaiden Arnett gets help from his mom, Laurie Byrne, in the fine art of using a trash picker-upper,...
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