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A swim coach for people with special needs named Megan Varner, was searching for a paddleboard company to sponsor her team.  She currently has a program for swimmers with Down’s Syndrome, Autism, and other disabilities. Her students have competed at the State level, National level, and in the World Special Olympics!

Varner met with Blueline Paddle Surf located in Jupiter’s “Funky Fishing Village”.   Alex Cotleur and Kim Depasquale, of Blueline, had done “a little bit of work with Surfers for Autism and it was such an incredible experience that we wanted to emulate that in the paddle community.”  It was a match made in heaven. Together they devised a paddle board program.

Depasquale and Cotleur…

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The secret is out on area beaches.  USA Today released a list of the “Ten Least Known Florida Beaches” and Blowing Rocks Preserve, in Hobe Sound, was on the national publications list.  The list identifies these well-kept secret sanctuaries.  Very few people have the luxury of having the beauty of unspoiled nature so close.  

Living near a coastal preserve is perfect for nature lovers. Blowing Rocks Preserve is an environmental preserve on Jupiter Island in Hobe Sound. The Nature Conservancy owns Blowing Rocks.  It contains the largest Anastasia limestone outcropping on the U.S. Atlantic coast.  During extreme high tides and after winter storms, seas break against the rocks and force plumes of saltwater up through erosion holes up to 50 feet skyward. Thusly…

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Tiger Woods won Player of the Month honors on the PGA Tour for the month of August headlined by a win and a second place finish.

The Jupiter Island resident continued his impressive run in the month of August, recording his fifth win of the season at the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational and finishing runner up at The Barclays, the first event in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. It is the 10th time in his career that Woods has at least five wins in a PGA Tour season.

Woods beat out Jason Dufner who won the PGA Championship for his first major, Adam Scott who Woods finished second to at The Barclays, and Patrick Reed who won his first ever PGA Tour event at the Wyndham Championship. Tiger earned a total of 1,528 in…

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Jack Nicklaus has designed close to 300 golf courses all over the world including the Bears Club in Jupiter, but none are more important to him right now than a nine-hole facility in Washington State. That’s because this facility has been specifically designed for, and open only to military veterans.

The American Lake Veterans Golf Course is a nine-hole facility in Lakewood, Washington that Nicklaus built. The Lost Tree resident is now working on a nine-hole expansion and turning the facility into a full 18-hole golf course.

Nicklaus is giving more than half a million dollars’ worth of expertise in designing the expansion for the course that is routinely used by wounded veterans for physical and mental rehabilitation.

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Starting this upcoming Saturday, the Abacoa Green Market will get started for its second season. Featuring new venders, children’s activities, and musical acts, the market will run on Saturdays from 9am to 2pm at the Abacoa Town Center.

Started last year by Abacoa resident Reggie Scurry, the market will feature vendors selling everything from nutritional supplements and locally grown produce, to wholesale seafood, baked goods, jewelry, and clothing.

This Saturday’s market will feature a live musical performance by singer/songwriter and Wellington native Emily Brooke. For more information on the Abacoa Green Market or to sign up to become a vendor, contact Scurry at  (561) 307-4944 or reggie.chasethesun@gmail.com.

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