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Sebastian Earth Day 2011

Children make pinecone birdfeeders using peanut butter and birdseed during the 2011 Earth Day celebration at Sebastian's Riverview Park. File

Samaritan Center Soup Bowl workshop artisans reach 400 in the first week

VERO BEACH -- The Samaritan Center, a long term facility for homeless families with dependent children in Indian River County, gears up for its Soup Bowl fundraising event each summer with the Samaritan Center Soup Bowl workshop held at the Vero Beach Museum of Art. The workshop began August 13 and artisans reached 400 in the first week. The public is invited to watch the wheel throwing the weekends of Aug.t 20 and 21 and Aug.27 and 28 during Museum hours. "The bowls are outstanding this year!" said Shotsi Cain Lajoie, event co-chair and workshop coordinator. "We have several master production potters, who will be throwing this weekend if the public would like to see them." New to the group ...

Are you ready for school to start?

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- School starts Aug. 22 and kids are sure to be squeezing every last moment of fun - and sleep - they can before the day comes that they rush to catch the bus. VeroNews.com has put together a Back to School guide complete with bus routes, how to keep your students healthy and safe and lists of important phone numbers and other pieces of important information that is just as valuable now as it will be mid-year. Also included in the guide is a school-only calendar that currently has the dates of when school is in session, out for breaks, when report cards are distributed, and when the FCATs will be administered. It is our goal ...