Page 10 - Palm City Spotlight - February '23

Page 10, Palm City Spotlight

in Your communitY

Salvation Army Provides Legion Posts 40 and 318,
The Grace Place, Martin
Christmas Joy County Tax Collector, Miles
Grant Country Club, Port
Christmas cheer abounded recently as parents picked St. Lucie City Hall, Harbor
up new toys and clothes for their children from the Branch Oceanographic,
Salvation Army of Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee Paradigm Precision, Peace
Counties. The nonprofit distributed gifts collected from Presbyterian Church, Girl
donors for 1,722 children, a new record, in the tri-county Scouts and Cub Scouts, St.
area. Lucie Tax Collector, St.
“There were a lot of requests this year, but we did Nicholas Greek Orthodox
it!” said Captain Deanne Jones, corps officer. “We are Church, Advance America,
so grateful to the community for their help. We simply Benjamin Franklin
could not have accomplished this without the support of Plumbing, Children’s
donors and volunteers.” Emporium, Engine World
The Salvation Army’s annual Angel Tree program and Edward Jones. States. Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance
assists families who fall below 150 percent of the Federal For more information about the services of the from The Salvation Army each year through a broad
Poverty Guidelines by providing toys and new clothes for Salvation Army of Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee array of social services that range from providing food
Christmas. Each child in the program is represented by Counties, visit salvationarmymartin.org or call (772) for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for
a tag displayed on Angel Trees at sponsoring businesses 288-1471. the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing
and churches in the area, and donors then “adopt” the About The Salvation Army and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for
children to purchase the toys on their wish list. The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the underprivileged children. Eighty-two cents of every
Sponsors this year included Walmart, Bealls, Dream universal Christian church established in London in 1865, dollar The Salvation Army spends is used to support
Works Realty, Florida Power & Light, Fort Pierce Utilities has been supporting those in need in His name without those services in 5,000 communities nationwide. For
Authority, Martin County Clerk’s Office, American discrimination for more than 130 years in the United more information, go to www.salvationarmyusa.org.

book review

An Immense World: How An Immense World helps us to do that. that does not contain

Animal Senses Reveal The Greeted with unanimously rave reviews and high on fascinating facts that
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writer for such publications as The Atlantic, National adventure. And on
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Most humans are born with Times. While Yong’s first book, I Contain Multitudes: author has included at
five senses: vision, hearing, The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life, was least one asterisked
smell, touch and pain. Many also an instant bestseller and was short-listed for several footnote wit h a n
of the millions, or billions, of major awards, the subject of this newer volume will likely additional, expanded
other creatures with whom appeal to an even wider audience. point of information
we share this planet do not It is a brilliant concept, one that all humans should so interesting that I
share this same combination fully be aware of and understand: found myself looking
of senses – and certainly After an introduction by the author that is more than forward to the next one
not at the same levels. Even simply informative – it is truly entertaining in explaining every time I turned a
more importantly, many of the purpose of this work and approach he has taken – the page.
them rely for their survival book is arranged in 13 sections: 1. Smells and Tastes, 2. Here is but one
on senses completely different from ours, among them Light, 3. Color, 4. Pain, 5. Heat, 6. Contact and Flow, example. The text on page 242 includes the following:
echolocation, ultrasonic, vibrations, electrolocation and 7. Surface Vibrations, 8. Sound, 9. Echoes, 10. Electric “But why do so many insects evolve ultrasonic hearing,
electromagnetic location. The result is that, while we all may Fields, 11. Magnetic Fields, 12. Uniting the Senses, and especially when most of them can’t hear at all? It certainly
inhabit the same planet, we are living in different worlds – 13. Threatened Sensescapes. wasn’t to hear hummingbirds, which are relatively recent
and in order for us to fully understand our world we need to Together, they cover the extraordinary range of senses evolutionary arrivals. It probably wasn’t to hear each
be able to see through other eyes. that the millions of land, sea and air species that share this other since most of them are silent.”
planet with us today have evolved over millions of years The asterisked footnote adds the following:
in order to survive within their individual environmental “Some moths do make ultrasonic courtship calls.
circumstances. Males will follow a female’s pheromone trail, land
In his introduction, author Yong introduces the next to her, and vibrate their wings to produce a volley
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