Page 11 - Palm City Spotlight - December '22

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Explore Fiction Versus Fact how to determine fact from fiction. She will examine the Adult Education Program

With The Martin County most common aspects of family lore and share case studies and the John C. Campbell
Folk School in Brasstown,
that demonstrate how to use research skills, including DNA
Genealogical Society analysis, to prove each piece of information. N.C. for 19 years. Published
A 47-year Florida resident, Osisek has been a member of in numerous genealogical
Family stories about ancestors may or may not be true, the Central Florida Genealogical Society (CFGS) since 1986. and historical publications,
but how can you tell the difference? At the Martin County She has served as CFGS president, workshops and seminar she has spoken at Federation
Genealogical Society’s (MCGS) January 2023 meeting, chair, education chair and currently is first vice president. of Genealogical Societies
genealogy educator Ann Mohr Osisek will present “Legends, A past president of the Florida State Genealogical Society, national conferences and
Lies and Lineages,” an exploration of oral family history and she has taught genealogy classes in the Orange County, Fla., Florida State Genealogical
Society annual conferences.
Free and open to the public, the meeting will be at the
mediCal matters Blake Library, 2351 S.E. Monterey Road in Stuart, from 1
to 3 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. To participate via Zoom, go
to mcgsfl.org and register by Jan. 19.
$60,000 Gift To Martin learning more about this disease,” Dr. Szentirmai said. The Genealogical Society offers a variety of services
at the Genealogy Room in the Blake Library in Stuart
Health Foundation To Fund The next Lenny Schelin Jr. Memorial Tournament will including an extensive research library, access to several
genealogy websites and assistance from MCGS volunteers.
take place on Jan. 6 to 15, 2023. For more information
Glioblastoma Research visit https://lennyschelinmemorialtournament.com. For more information about membership, activities and
services, go to mcgsfl.org.
Cleveland Clinic’s Martin Health
Foundation recently received a $60,000
gift from proceeds raised during the
third annual Lenny Schelin Jr. Memorial
Fishing Tournament. Family and friends
of Lenny Schelin Jr. presented the gift,
which will continue to help support
research into glioblastoma, an aggressive
form of malignant brain tumor. Schelin Jr.
passed away in 2018 at the age of 33 from
glioblastoma. An avid fisherman, The
Lenny Schelin Jr. Memorial Tournament
helps keep his legacy alive.
Oszkar Szentirmai, researcher and
neurosurgeon at Cleveland Clinic Martin
Health, was on hand to receive the gift and is
grateful for the trust they have placed in the
research at Cleveland Clinic Martin Health. Pictured left to right: Dr. Oszkar Szentirmai, Cleveland Clinic Martin
“Without their support, we could Health, Mitzi Macias, Donna Qvarstrom, Debbie Johnston, Tony Huerta,
not have made the progress we have in Tobi Schelin, Lenny Schelin Sr.

1/15/23.