Page 4 - Palm City Spotlight - June '22

Page 4, Palm City Spotlight

Mutt March And Bunfest from page 1
Two Nonprofits Are Derby Winners from page 1
Mutt March sponsors
“It was such a fun event,” said Gigi Suntum, executive were Sunny 107.9 FM,
director of 4Cs. “We were raising money to support our Camp Bow Wow, Apex
programs and having a great time doing it.” Held at the Pavers & Pools, Monterey
Rockin H Ranch in Palm City, guests attending the party Animal Clinic, Stuart
were outfitted in traditional Derby attire, with many Magazine, Wagnolia’s and
women sporting fancy flowered hats. A Derby hat contest Water Pointe Realty Group.
added to the proceeds of the event, as did raffles and a Bunfest, the largest Loki, dressed as a porcupine, Paula Joyal, Gary Ober, Ahaun Kelly and Robin Thompson
silent auction. event in the Southeast U.S. was deemed the winner of the
Partygoers enjoyed mint juleps, tasty appetizers, and dedicated entirely to critters, canine costume contest in the About The Humane Society Of The Treasure Coast
posed for photos with horses rescued by ERAF. They featured a blessing of the best overall category. The Humane Society of the Treasure Coast (HSTC) is a
watched the historic race live on a huge screen inside the rabbits, glamour photos, a no-kill animal welfare organization located at 4100 S.W.
beautiful Rockin H Ranch facility. kid zone, raffles, a silent auction and educational seminars. Held Leighton Farm Ave. in Palm City, Fla. Since 1955, it has been
This was the fourth year the two nonprofits joined to at the Flagler Center, the event raised almost $13,000. the leading advocate for animal protection and well-being
raise money with a Derby party, and plans are already In celebration of Southeast Bunfest, the HSTC offered free in the Martin County area. A 501(c)(3) private, nonprofit
underway for next year. The mission of Caring Children adoptions on all critters for the month of April. This promotion organization, the HSTC is independent and locally operated
Clothing Children is to collect and distribute gently used resulted in 17 rabbits and 10 guinea pigs being adopted. and relies on donations to support its programs and services.
clothing, as well as new underwear, socks and shoes to Bunfest’s sponsors were Angler’s Landing Marina, Supreme Follow the HSTC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/
underprivileged children in Martin County. In addition, Petfoods In Small Pets, Oxbow Animal Health, Monterey Animal humanesocietyTC and Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/
volunteer tutors help children with reading and math at Clinic, Inc., and Gainesville Rabbit Rescue and Stuart Magazine. hstc1. For more information, visit https://www.hstc1.org or
five local elementary schools. The mission of ERAF is to call (772) 223-8822.
care for at-risk horses with rehabilitation and retraining.
ERAF has rescued hundreds of horses and completed
nearly 300 adoptions.
For more information, go to www.4Cmartin.org.

Rev. Jude Denning prepares to do a blessing of the animals The Mutt March Festival began with a walk around Memorial
before the walk began. Park.

Treasure Coast Outdoors

Sherrie Crescnini, Susan Dragojlovich and Ellen Moody Do Baby Sea Turtles Make I recently fished the
Loran Reef with live bait
Good Bait? for mutton snapper and
grouper. Along with two
By Jim Weix lines on the bottom, I had two flat
“If it were legal, would lines out expecting to catch a kingfish
baby sea turtles make good or two. Much to my surprise, I had dolphin showing up
bait?” That was the question on a regular basis.
one reader emailed me. I released a number of just legal sandwich-sized
After choking on my dolphins, but kept three larger ones. As I drifted, there
morning coffee, I did some were several times that a school of small dolphin would
checking. As it turns out, show up at the boat. I was fishing in 65 to 80 feet of
they would. It seems that water.
everything from mutton Anglers posting on various Facebook fishing sites are
Jeannie Silvester, Lacey Curley and Diane Coakley snapper, grouper, tarpon, also showing various pictures of dolphin catches. Given
and even sailfish, will prey the problems with the dolphin fishery, due to overfishing,
on hatchlings. The fish will come close to shore and grab the this was encouraging to see.
hatchlings when they enter the water. They will also prowl Unfortunately the increased dolphin catches on the
along weed lines close to shore, where the small turtles try Treasure Coast this year is more about their migration
to hide from predators. route this year than an increase in population. One
Obviously, you can’t use real baby sea turtles for bait, but solution is to release the sandwich-sized, but legal ones,
you can use fake ones. One artificial lure that I found is the so they can grow up.
Doomzday Turtle. It is a 3-inch soft plastic lure. I ordered a Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler,
package of five and will keep you posted. conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer.
It is good to see dolphin again showing up in the fish box. Jim is included in the Wisconsin Waterfowl
After several disappointing years, there seems to be a better Association’s Hall of Fame, for his work in helping
dolphin bite this year. That doesn’t mean that the dolphin restore thousands of acres of wetlands. Jim is a broker
fishery is still not concerning, but they do seem to be showing associate with The Keyes Company. He can be reached
Patrona Egan, Antonio Andres and Wendy Duncan up more often in the fish box. at (772) 341-2941 or by email: jimweix@jimweix.com.

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