Page 6 - Palm City Spotlight - November '23

Page 6, Palm City Spotlight

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Pinot & Picasso: A Decade Of Darcy Weir will be the emcee
for the evening and special
Distinction entertainment will be provided by
Fullhouse Entertainment.
By Jackie Holfelder Tickets are only $200
Pinot & Picasso, An Evening of Fine Wine and Art, will per person and include valet
be celebrating A Decade of Distinction on Saturday, Nov. parking. Creative cocktail attire
18 to benefit Helping People Succeed. is strongly encouraged.
Graciously hosted once again by Bill Lichtenberger, the Sponsorship opportunities
soiree kicks off with cocktails from 5:30 to 7 p.m., followed ranging from $250 to $10,000
by dinner and entertainment at the always elegant Harbour are available.
Ridge Yacht and Country Club. The mission of Helping People
Highlights of the evening will include wine pairings, Succeed, which has been improving
libations, silent and live auctions and the piece de resistance, lives on the Treasure Coast for more
an opportunity to meet the artists of Helping People than half a decade, is to transform
Succeed’s 2024 Art for Living Calendar. lives by realizing potential, creating
This year’s talented dozen includes Kirsty Smith Innis, Marian hope and building futures through
Vitale, Charlie White, Susan Clifford, Stacy Weller Ranieri, Pat education, counseling, training
Hoshino, Dan Mackin, Patrice Scott, Don MacIntosh, Sharon and employment. Pinot & Picasso committee members and artists Charlie White (artist), Sallie Snyder, Don
Ferina, Pamela Patterson, Sue Ann Mosley-Saleeby, Holly For more information, contact MacIntosh (artist), Patty Pollak, Heidi Bosley, Pam Patterson (artist), Sue Ann Mosley
Cannon and Laura DeBerard. Each artist generously contributed Glenna Parris at (772) 320-0778 (artist), Conchita Vallecillo, Sharon Ferina (artist), Marian Vitale (artist), Patrice Scott
a piece of art to Helping People Succeed to be used on the or gparris@hpsfl.org or visit (artist) and Dale Forbes
calendar, one of the nonprofit’s major fundraising endeavors. www.hpsfl.org. Photo provided by Helping People Succeed

Homecoming To Help The king and queen at the event, and will enjoy all the “purrks”
of their newfound royalty to include the following:
Shelter Animals • Two tickets to the HSTC’s August 2024 Pup Crawl
• Two tickets to the HSTC’s November 2024 Homecoming
Homecoming isn’t just for high school students! It’s • Naming rights for one animal in adoption
also for supporters of the Humane Society of the Treasure • A one-quarter page ad in Clawsmopawlitan, the keepsake
Coast (HSTC), which is hosting its own Homecoming program at the Paws & Claws Gala
dance, presented by The Bark Park. The festivities will be • One ticket to the Paws & Claws Gala on Feb. 24, 2024
held from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, at the Marriott (with a minimum of $500 raised)
Hutchinson Island Beach Resort, 555 N.E. Ocean Blvd. For more information, contact Community Events
“This is a formal ball in the fall, which many will Specialist Alyssa Bean at (772) 600-3215 or Abean@hstc1.
identify with as a millennial dance party,” said HSTC org, or visit the website, https://hstc1.org/post/Homecoming.
Communications Manager Sarah Fisher. “We invite you About The Humane Society Of The Treasure Coast
to join your friends and familiar faces center stage, as Chessa Zanfini and Austin Clifford were crowned the queen The Humane Society of the Treasure Coast (HSTC) is a
your favorite songs from the mid-90s to the early 2000s and king at the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast’s last no-kill animal welfare organization located at 4100 S.W.
fill the air. This will be a night to remember, so arrive in Homecoming dance in 2019. Photo by Doreen Poreba Leighton Farm Ave. in Palm City, Fla. Since 1955, it has been
style and prepare to break it down on the dance floor.” the leading advocate for animal protection and well-being
The event will include a D.J., light bites, raffles, a photo Participants are encouraged to create a personalized in the Martin County area. A 501(c)(3) private, nonprofit
booth and, of course, a king and queen crowned during HSTC Homecoming fundraising page to share with organization, the HSTC is independent and locally operated
the event! There also will be unique vendor opportunities their family and friends. All funds raised from this and relies on donations to support its programs and services.
taking center stage on the homecoming court. Tickets are event will directly benefit the shelter animals. To create Follow the HSTC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/
$60, which includes two free drinks. a fundraising page, go to https://p2p.onecause.com/ humanesocietyTC and Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/
Participants must be 21 years of age or older. Tickets may hstchomecoming2023. hstc1. For more information, visit https://www.hstc1.org or
be purchased online at https://hstc1.org/post/Homecoming. The top male and female fundraisers will be crowned call (772) 223-8822.

Local Government from page 5 • Filing requirements: No application necessary. Please scan the following QR codes to view a brief
Martin County Property Automatic. educational video or view the website page.
• Does not apply to: Agricultural land and conservation
Appraiser’s Office Non- land
In Comparison To Homestead Properties
Homestead Properties • Assessment cap limitation: 3 percent
• Applies to: Only residential properties
By Jenny Fields, CFA, • Filing requirements: Must apply
Martin County Property • Does not apply to: Agricultural land and conservation
Appraiser, land
3473 S.E. Willoughby Blvd., The most important to know about this 10 percent
Suite No. 101, non-homestead limitation is if you decide to become a
Stuart, FL 34994 permanent resident and file for the homestead exemption,
(772) 288-5608 www. the 10 percent cap is removed and the value that had not Scan here to view our non- Scan here to view our non-
pa.martin.fl.us been taxed in previous years becomes taxable again. homestead web page. homestead video.
If you are a homeowner
and have the homestead
exemption, your assessed
value is limited from
increasing year to year to a maximum of 3 percent. But
did you know that even non-homestead properties benefit
from an assessment limitation?
In 2008, a constitutional amendment was passed stating
that the assessed value on all non-homestead property
shall not exceed ten (10 percent) from the prior year. That
means that the assessed value on every property that is
not receiving the benefit of agricultural classification,
conservation lands, or homestead exemption would now
be limited from increasing more than 10 percent annually.
Non-Homestead Properties
• Assessment cap limitation: 10 percent
• Applies to: All property types (residential,
commercial, industrial, vacant land, other)

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