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In Your Community from page 8 Keep Martin Beautiful at (772) 781-1222
or events@keepmartinbeautiful.org.
also seeking sponsors of the Environmental Stewardship Keep Martin Beautiful appreciates the
Awards. Nomination and sponsorship forms, previous generous support from current sponsors
year’s winners, and other details are available online at including: the City of Stuart; Coastal Waste
keepmartinbeautiful.org. For more information contact and Recycling Inc.; FAU Harbor Branch;
FPL; Jenkins Landscape; The Kiplinger
Foundation; Lucido and Associates; Martin
County Commissioner Edward Ciampi –
District Five; Martin County Solid Waste
Division; METCo – Marine Electronics of
the Treasure Coast; n2 architecture + design;
Sailor’s Return; Wallace Nissan; Waste
Management; and Whiticar Boat Works.
About Keep Martin Beautiful
Keep Martin Beautiful (KMB) is a 501(c)
(3) nonprofit community organization
founded in 1994 as an affiliate of Keep
America Beautiful. Its mission is to
preserve and enhance the quality of life in
Tom Lucido, Chelsey Matheson and City of Stuart Martin County through litter prevention,
Commissioner Merritt Matheson. the promotion of recycling, improvement of
Life is CONNECTIONS
Embrace them at Addington Place
Formerly Allegro Senior Living
Home isn’t an address. It truly is a place where
the heart is—and where friends, food, care and connections are, too.
Home is Addington Place of Stuart.
LET NOW BE • Make new friends
THE TIME THAT • Enjoy delicious meals
YOU DECIDE TO • Enhance wellness and fitness
• Engage in life-enriching activities
• Leave worry behind and reconnect with your life
To schedule a tour, contact us at (772) 675-1953
or simply stop in for coffee or lunch!
Ask about our all-inclusive pricing for studio apartments!
Addington Place of Stuart | 3400 SE Aster Lane
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INDEPENDENT LIVING | ASSISTED LIVING | MEMORY CARE
Representatives from the Environmental Studies Center accept an award
(pictured from left) Marilyn Gavitt, Brook Bullock, Heather Arnold, Michelle
Fowler and John Vanilla.
solid waste management practices, and beautification and
community revitalization activities. KMB signature events
and programs include the Environmental Stewardship
Awards, the International Coastal Cleanup, the Great
American Cleanup, the Adopt-A-Road and Adopt-A-
Street programs, and other educational and outreach
activities. Find KMB on Facebook at facebook.com/
KeepMartinBeautiful, follow KMB on Twitter at twitter.
com/KMBmartin, visit KeepMartinBeautiful.org or call
(772) 781-1222.
Rob Ranieri, Kate Cotner and Cara Perry
CLub news
Celebrate Black History
Month With The Martin
County Genealogical Society
Black History Month focuses on America’s rich
African-American heritage, but tracing ancestry requires
research tools and techniques that anyone can use,
regardless of ethnicity. At the Martin County Genealogical
Society’s (MCGS) February meeting, professional
genealogist Adrienne Abiodun will present a variety of
old and new research methods ranging from storytelling
to DNA testing. With two decades of genealogical
experience, Adrienne specializes in African-American
genealogy, Deep South lineage societies and genetic
genealogy. She will present complex findings from her
own family tree, common research misconceptions,
ways to overcome unique research challenges and the
use of genetic genealogy in combination with traditional
research. She also will highlight tools and resources for
anyone with an interest in African-American genealogy.
Abiodun, who lives in the Tampa area, is a member
of the Florida Genealogical Society, Daughters of Union
Veterans of the Civil War, Sons and Daughters of the United
States Middle Passage, and Daughters of the American
Revolution. She currently serves as national vice chair for
the NSDAR DNA Network committee and state chair for
the Florida Society Children of the American Revolution.
Free and open to the public, the meeting is 1 to 3 p.m.,
Friday, Feb. 21, at the Robert Morgade Library, 5851 S.E.
Community Drive in Stuart. Light refreshments will be
served. In addition to its monthly meetings – where local
and national experts speak about how to explore your
ancestry – the society offers a variety of services at the
genealogy room in the Blake Library which is manned
by MCGS volunteers all year long. For more information
about membership, activities and services go to mcgsfl.
org, visit the genealogy room or call Lisa Tompson,
MCGS president, (772) 888-2422.