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EstatE planninG

Higher Education’s Long this area, which contained authority for free universal colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees. Our state now has 28
In 2001, the Florida Legislature authorized community
education and that land be dedicated for educational uses.
Legacy In The Law Known as the Northwest Ordinance, this law was the institutions, originally known as “Junior Colleges” that
founding document for the future states of Ohio, Indiana, are now part of the Florida College System. The colleges,
By Carrie Lavargna, Esq. Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. including highly ranked Indian River State College, are
One aspect of estate I recently visited the John Adams National Historical the primary access point for more than 63 percent of
planning is to leave a legacy, Park outside of Boston in Quincey, Massachusetts. I was recent high school graduates and returning adult students.
an amount of money or a incredibly impressed with President Adams’ commitment As part of an estate plan, you may wish to purchase
part of you that is carried to education and foresight to make education part of the pre-paid educational plans for grandchildren or other
on by future generations. law of the land. young ones, or open and fund an educational investment
There is no greater legacy Public education has been a part of Florida’s account for a child such as the 529 college savings plan
than assuring our public constitution since 1838 which authorized the legislature which grows tax free. Donations to Florida universities
education system is strong to provide financial support and grant lands to be used and colleges are needed for many purposes, including
and relevant. exclusively for schools and seminaries. The University to fund research, scholarships and general support to
Education has long been of Florida can track its origins back to 1853 to the East preserve and continue affordable tuition. Talk to your
a national priority. In 1780 Florida Seminary established in Ocala. Florida State attorney or financial advisor on how to best structure
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ratified its state University can trace its roots back to an 1851 land grant such contributions and donations.
constitution, the first in the new nation. This constitution, from the Florida Legislature. Thank you John Adams for your legacy to public
written by John Adams, clearly authorizes the state Florida’s higher education system ranked first in the education. We’ll keep it going!
legislature to provide public education – claiming that nation this year according to U.S. News and World Report. This column is an overview of the subject matter and is
an educated citizenry is important for the protection of This is the third consecutive year Florida landed at the top not intended as legal advice. Carrie Lavargna is an attorney
our rights and liberties and for the general public good. of these rankings! The report identified that we are also practicing law in Stuart at Lavargna Law, PLLC. She is
After Great Britain relinquished the great “Northwest the second-best state for tuition and fees. The University board certified in real estate law by the Florida Supreme
Territory” to the new United States of America, John of Florida and Florida State University rank in the top Court and recognized as an accredited estate planner by
Adams wrote the 1787 law authorizing settlement of 100 public universities in the country. the National Association of Estate Planning Councils.

clEvEland clinic maRtin HEaltH nEWs

One-Stop Healthcare nurse and the dietician all in one day. There’s a classroom patient with a possible fracture would only have to cross
especially intended for bariatrics and we can expand our a hallway for an X-ray. Gabriel Brooks, assistant vice
When the new Cleveland Clinic Family Health Center, vitamin sales program because there’s plenty of storage president for Cardiovascular, Imaging and Interventional
Stuart opens this fall, patients will find a modern building for vitamins.” Services, calls it, “an awesome opportunity to have
with state-of-the-art technology that creates a sense of Advanced technology at the Family Health Center outpatient services and physicians in the same building,
ease and convenience for patients and visitors. includes 3-D mammography, 64-slice CT scanners, a so it’s seamless for the patient.”
The facility was created to provide access to multiple nuclear medicine camera and PET/CT. Other diagnostic Ladwig agrees that the community will be well served,
services under one roof. Medical offerings at 3801 S. testing services include bone density testing, cardiac Holter “The Family Health Center is made up of a collaborative
Kanner Highway in Stuart will include an urgent care monitoring, cardiac stress testing, echocardiograms, team of caregivers, providing healthcare to our extended
center, imaging services, a laboratory center and offices electrocardiograms, fluoroscopy, ultrasounds, vascular family, which is our community.”
for physicians representing medical specialties, such as: ultrasounds and X-ray. For more information on the Family Health Center,
• Family Medicine Three X-ray rooms are adjacent to urgent care, so a go to martinhealth.org/FHCstuart.
• Internal Medicine
• Pulmonology
• Urology
• General Surgeons
• Vascular Surgeons
• Concierge Medicine
• Bariatrics and Weight Management
Karen Ladwig, patient experience manager for
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, says it is all part of an
enhanced outpatient experience.
“Patients will receive collaboration from one
department to the other and will feel behind-the-scenes
teamwork that puts patients first. We want to make sure
that courtesy and respect are felt at every single touch
point in our health system, from the moment you are
greeted by a volunteer or a caregiver at a registration
desk, to the way a physician provides your care. It’s how
we would want people to treat our own family members.”
Amy Longar, director of Ancillary Services, appreciates
the overall goal of providing one-stop healthcare. “Having
the diagnostics center and laboratory right there is really
exciting because in the future we will coordinate visits,
so a patient might be able to have an early morning visit,
then go down the hall for blood work.”
She points to the bariatrics surgical weight management
program as a perfect example of how the Family
Health Center will provide a central location for care.
“Eventually, patients may be able to see the doctor, the

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