CELEBRATION
Peggy Summerlin Allen. Those waiting
in line to order passed the time perusing
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family photo boards that conjured
up many Summerlin memories.
It was memories of the delicious food
that brought first-time festival-goers
Randy and Debra Cox of Port St. Lucie
to the annual event. “I noticed it in the
news and came for the fish fry,” Debra
said. Randy had also planned on a
trolley ride but was unable to make a
reservation at the last minute.
Port St. Lucie Historical Society’s
secretary, Mary Dodge, was helping to
man the organization’s tent. A longtime
observer of government goings-on for
the Port St. Lucie News and author
of the novel Reel Time, Dodge started
working in Port St. Lucie in 1980.
“We were here before there was history,”
she said with a laugh.
SHARING STORIES
Casa Caprona residents Debbie Mc-
Graw and Todd Strasser set up a tent
with photos of the historical apartment
building constructed in 1926 on St.
Lucie Boulevard.
“We’re trying to collect stories from
the people,” McGraw said. “We don’t
want to see its history get lost.” >>
Gregory Enns, left, Indian River Magazine publisher, moderates a discussion on preserving historical
documents with Nancy Bennett from the St. Lucie Historical Society; Adam Neal, editor of TCPalm.
com and Treasure Coast Newspapers; and Pam cooper, retired supervisor of the Archive Center and
Genealogy Department at the Indian River County Main Library.
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