Jan Lindsey
STUART — A woman on the cover of the Feb. 22 edition of Time magazine will look familiar to anyone who knows Laila White of Stuart.

White, her daughter and granddaughter appear on the cover of the magazine, which features a special section on health.

The title in bold type reads: “The Science of Living Longer.” But White, who is only 65 and lives in the Stuart Yacht and Country Club, says she was never interviewed for the story. Neither was her daughter, Kristina Phillips, 37, or 7-year-old granddaughter, Laila.
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MARTIN COUNTY — The Martin County Parks and Recreation Department is launching a new environmentally focused outdoor recreation program for all ages.

Veteran photographer, Kevin Boldenow is leading the newest eco-style adventure throughout Martin County’s most beautiful landscapes. The “eco photo tours” will be a serious of photography instruction at different locations throughout Martin County for both novice and experienced photographers, county officials said in a news release. (more…)

STUART — The nonprofit Surfrider organization isn’t doing much celebrating two weeks after its 25th anniversary Arts and Music Celebration has left about $75,000 in unpaid debts, about half to local vendors.

The Treasure Coast chapter president has resigned under pressure from the local board, which said he exceeded his authority in organizing the event.

And, the Surfrider Foundation’s Florida group of chapters has canceled its state conference to put that money toward paying the bills.
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It’s common to see Treasure Coast teens and preteens using cell phones for sending text messages and photos.

But it’s also becoming common for teens nationwide to send other things via their phones or computer Web cameras, including explicit and sexual photographs that have given the phenomenon a new name — sexting.

“It’s been going on for several years here. We just didn’t call it this,” said Detective Brian Broughton of the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. “Now it has a little buzz word, but basically we’re referring to the same thing — when children would take nude pictures of themselves and send it to other children.”
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DOVER, Del. — The body of a former Port St. Lucie resident killed in Iraq on Sunday was flown here early Tuesday afternoon, where his parents and siblings waited for him.

Army Spc. Michael Anaya, 23, died in Bayji, northwest of Baghdad, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

His parents, Carmelo Sr. and Cheryl, and his older siblings, Carmelo Jr. and Trista Moffett, watched as the flag-draped box carrying his body was saluted and led across the tarmac by an honor guard.

“They did a very professional job. It was like they were handling their own family,” his sister said. “They were wonderful to him and to us.”

After the box was placed in a medical examiner’s van, Moffett and other family members returned to their vehicle and watched through the windows as Michael disappeared from sight.

“We sat until we couldn’t see him anymore,” she said. “We watched the honor guard walk away.

“It still feels so unreal,” she added.

The media was allowed to photograph the transfer of the soldier from the airplane to the van waiting to take him to the medical examiner’s office. (more…)

PORT ST. LUCIE — Police are looking for a man whom a 10-year-old girl said followed her from her school bus stop on Friday before tossing a photograph of male genitalia at her.

The girl said she was walking from her bus stop on Southwest Meridian Avenue when the man followed her on a bicycle and threw the explicit photograph at her, according to a police report.

About two weeks before, the girl had seen the same man on a bike following her from the bus stop, she told police.

Another girl told police there were more pictures on the corner of Neptune Avenue and Rosser Boulevard, but police did not find any, the report states. The report doesn’t state the nature of those pictures.

A man living on Meridian Avenue told police he had seen a man riding a bicycle and smoking a cigarette that afternoon on Rosser Boulevard and Aledo Lane.