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Italian event taking place this weekend
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For Hometown News VERO BEACH - The annual Italian American Civic Association's food festival will take place March 2-4 from11 a.m. - 11p.m. More than 10,000 people will find the finest Italian food specialties this side of New York City. Members prepare all of the specialties from fresh meats and produce right in the onsite kitchen. Food specialt...
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Annual rodeo is coming to town
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For Hometown News SEBASTIAN - The Fellsmere Riding Club will present the 58th annual Cracker Day Rodeo on March 4. Gates open at noon. Show starts at 1 p.m. Tickets cost $8 for adults, children 6 and up, $4 and those under 6, free. There will be bulls, barrels and mutton-busting. Funnyman "Hollywood Harris" will also be in attendance. For more in...
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Student pianists to perform
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For Hometown News TREASURE COAST - Vero Beach Opera will present a piano recital on March 31 at 1p.m., featuring students currently studying piano under the VBO piano scholarship program. The recital will take place in the music rehearsal room at the Community Church of Vero Beach, 1901 23rd St., and the public is invited to attend. The recital w...
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Classes offered in computer basics, programs
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For Hometown News INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - A QuickBooks class will be offered March 29 to May 31. Students will attend class from 12:30-4:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Students will learn the ins and outs of this valuable program. Cost is $206. A Windows 7 class will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from March 6 to 29. Students will attend class from 6-8 p...
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Advanced fair power passes on sale
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For Hometown News INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - Advanced tickets to the Indian River County Firefighters' Fair, which runs March 9-18, are now on sale. Admission tickets can be purchased for $5 adults or $2 children 6 to 12 or seniors older than 55, which is $1 off the usual admission price of $6 and $3, respectively. New this year is the power pass for ...
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Event raises food, money for center
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For Hometown News INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - More than 300 guests attended the Girls' Night Out hosted by Kaleidoscope Consignments on Feb. 15 to benefit the Homeless Family Center. Three hundred pounds of canned food donations and $1,000 was raised for the families residing at the center. The guests enjoyed a night of shopping, door prizes, food, bev...
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Signature event taking place Saturday evening
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For Hometown News INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - Indian River Habitat for Humanity's signature fundraiser, the Cracker HoeDown, will take place March 3 at Riverside Park in Vero Beach. The event will take place from 6-10 p.m. and will cost $75 per person ($45 per ticket, tax deductible). An eight-top table can be reserved for $600 ($360 tax deductible). A...
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Nonprofit, golfer offer a special event
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For Hometown News VERO BEACH - Ladies Links Fore Golf is teaming up with Hall of Famer, Nancy Lopez for a premiere golf day at The Club at Pointe West in Vero Beach on March 12. The day will include a hitting exhibition by the 48-time winner on the LPGA Tour, a golf clinic with "Golf Digest" magazine's top 50 best teachers in America, Debbie O'Co...
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Foundation receives thousands for sneaker program
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For Hometown News INDIAN RIVER COUNTY - The Education Foundation of Indian River County received a grant of $5,000 from Grand Harbor Community Outreach Program to support the Sneaker Exchange program. GHCOP volunteers Luella Stiansen, Linda O'Grady, John Gijanto, Bonnie Caffray, and John and Sally Pearse were on hand to present the grant check an...
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Club's fundraiser to help less fortunate
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For Hometown News SEBASTIAN - The Sebastian Lions Club is hosting its semi-annual White Cane drive March 9- 10. This project enables the club to raise money for the blind and perform other services for people in the community. White Cane is a two-day project, where club members solicit money outside the Sebastian Walmart, Winn-Dixie on C.R. 512 a...
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Bank sponsors caregiver conference
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For Hometown News MARTIN COUNTY - Seacoast National Bank sponsored the Treasure Coast Caregiver Conference on Feb. 9 in the William and Helen Thomas Counseling Center at Treasure Coast Hospice in Fort Pierce. The one-day conference provided information from Alzheimer's Community Care about Alzheimer's and related dementia disorders to families an...
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Annual event raises money for abused children
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For Hometown News TREASURE COAST - Hibiscus Children's Center held its third annual sporting clays fun shoot on Feb. 4 to support children whose young lives have been touched by the tragedy of abuse. The event, held at Quail Creek Plantation in Okeechobee, included chances to win prizes in a Chinese auction. Auction sponsors were: J&R Outfitters,...
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Airport director wins safety award
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For Hometown News VERO BEACH - Todd Scher, assistant airport director at Vero Beach Municipal Airport, is the 2011 recipient of the FAA's Runway Safety Partnership award. Selected by the Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region, (which covers eight southern states plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands), Mr. Scher was presented the a...
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Obituaries
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Chester S. Stachow Chester S. Stachow, 74, died Feb. 11, 2012. He was born in Canada and lived in Sebastian for 12 years. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Geraldine; two daughters, Theresa and Nichole; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul and Lottie. Arrangements by Strunk Funeral Home and Crematory Sebasti...
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Sebastian River Clubs and Classes
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CLUBS . The GFWC Treasure Coast Women meet the first Monday of each month at the Community Center, 2266 14th Ave., at 7 p.m. Women over 18 are welcome. This is a community service volunteer organization and that promotes fellowship among women. For more information, visit www.gfwctreasurecoastwomen.org. .Exchange Club of Indian River meets Wednes...
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Sebastian River Community Notes
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Exercise classes offered . Qi gong at Riverview Park in Sebastian, next to the long dock, Fridays 6:15 p.m. and Sunday 7 a.m. . Walking qi gong at Wabasso Beach, where State Roast 510 meets the ocean. Tuesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. . Qi gong for mind, body and spirit at Kashi Studio on Roseland Road. Saturdays at 8 a.m., and Tuesday at 10 a.m. Al...
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Vero Beach Clubs and Classes
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CLUBS .Cancer support group at Indian River Medical Center for patients with all types of cancer, their families and friends at the Cancer Center. The meetings will be the third Tuesday of each month from 5- 6:30 p.m. The Cancer Center is the first building on the right past the hospital. For more information, call (772) 567-4311, Ext. 1529. .Exc...
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Vero Beach Community Notes
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Dance events The following are sponsored by the Treasure Coast Salsa Club. Tango intro classes every Monday evening from 7-9. Cost is $10. Tango practica in Vero Beach every Sunday night. From 6:30-8 p.m. at 2109 14th Ave. Cost is varies. For more information, contact janicerobinson@comcast.net. Political meetings Dining with the democrats tak...
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