St. Lucie News Tribune from Fort Pierce, Florida • 9

MONDAY FEBRUARY 13 1995 LOCAL NEWS United Ways struggle to meet goals United Way of St Lucie County Deadline for contributions Is March 1 1995 GOAL $750000 I 100 90 80 70 60 tals indicating that we are not at a Butts said are growing every year and that is a good indicator in the Batsche said it was tough to compensate for money lost this year to company closures and downsizing Money raised from Martin campaign will fund 31 agencies Last year Martin County ended its campaign at $13 million falling $200000 short of its $15 million goal Indian River funds 27 agencies and sets at least 4 percent of its earnings aside for a Response which is for emergency situations that might arise throughout the year money is available to any nonprofit agency that has a Polackwich said does not necessarily have to be a United Way The Indian River branch raised $938636 last year and $895000 the year before continues to raise less than its neighbors (In 1990 St population was 150171 was 100900 and Indian was 90208) because of Butts said of the donation disparity have many small businesses that donate on a small scale and we get less residential donations than Martin or Indian River Martin County brings in 60 percent of its campaign money from corporate donations and 40 percent from individuals Batsche noted Martin County has the second highest per-capita income in the state behind Palm Beach County Indian corporatepro-fessionalspecial events donations make up only 42 percent of its campaign while a whopping 58 percent comes from individuals By comparison St Lucie County generates 85 percent of its campaign money from corporate donations Only 15 percent comes ward a goal of $145 million Officials hope to reach the goal by the end of February two months past the original deadline are pleased because at this stage of the campaign we are still about 5 percent over last said Stephen Batsche executive director of the United Way of Martin County- The United Way of Indian River County completed its cam-aign Feb 8 The group raised 965129 but reach its goal of $983000 not letting the minor amount that we were unable to raise hurt our enthusiasm for what we did said Alan Polackwich co-chair of the fund-raising campaign the amount of money that we did is a major undertaking considering it has not been done for three St Lucie County is the most populous of the three counties yet its United Way campaign from individuals the years we have really worked at getting the residential sections of Indian River County involved in the said Kay Youngbluth executive director of the United Way of Indian River County The United Way of Okeechobee County which operates solely with volunteers met its goal of $50000 and will use the money to fund 12 agencies totals are much less than the other counties because we are a smaller said JW Owens board member of the Okeechobee County chapter Money raised from the St Lucie campaign helps fund 29 nonprofit agencies in St Lucie County including the American Red Cross Big BrothersBig Sisters the Home Society the Council on Aging Hospice of the Treasure Coast and others the last 10 years we have more than doubled campaign to Tonya Tulloss tribune staff writer FORT PIERCE St Lucie 1995 United Way campaign has yet to meet its goal despite being extended for two months Other United Way campaigns on the Treasure Coast are having a similar experience United Way of St Lucie County is still $21000 short of its $750000 goal County residents and businesses have pledged or donated about $729000 a 4-percent increase over last total goal of $750000 was a very aggressive goal compared to last goal of said Jackie Butts executive director of United Way of St Lucie County the economic situation right now I am really pleased with where we stand at this The United Way of Martin County has raised $13 million to- The Tribune Tattoo you The few the proud and the ink-covered strut stuff during wacky competition at strip mall tattoo shop Rail club fixes up caboose 25-ton car first hit rails in the 1940s Mark McKillop TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER ST LUCIE COUNTY Interest in trains used to be the only prerequisite for becoming a member of the Treasure Coast Model Railroad Club and Historical Society Now being able to swing a sledgehammer might be added The 40 members look through magnifying glasses and use tiny tools to build and detail their model trains But miniature tools are set aside and sledgehammers welding equipment and grinders are picked up when the group works to restore an old-style standard-size caboose what we call a change in said Phil Tripician president of the club caboose is 87 times bigger than what we normally work The 25-ton caboose was donated to the club by the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad about a year ago and then transported to the St Lucie County Fairgrounds where the headquarters are located Since then members slowly have begun to restore it And they now realize that restoring a railroad car that is more than 50 years old is not so easy models you are working underneath a magnifying glass and with this you are out here with grinders and sledgehammers said Toni Inlay a club member for the past 10 years is just a chore Working on this caboose har made me appreciate the job that people do to build freight cars or ships or work with heavy steel It is amazing what those guys The caboose first hit the rails Turn to CABOOSEB3 Eric HasertThe Tribune Above: Steve Ellis of Port St Lucie shows off his jungle tattoo to the judges during the Second Annual Tattoo Fest at the South Florida Tattoo Company on US 1 in Fort Pierce Sunday afternoon About 400 people showed up for the contest live music and food Right: Kurt Woelki of New York served as a judge for the colorful competition they can see just like everyone Tony Gyorvary traveled from Cocoa to enter hiis tattoos in the contest very Gyorvary said first one I got was on my butt so no one would see it Now I got them all Fusco said few of his clients ever regret having tattoos they choose their or Fusco said last sweethearts putting my money in tattoos the one thing that nobody can ever take away from Rocky Fusco and Jamey Fat own the Fort Pierce tattoo parlor and started Tattoo Fest last year About 80 people entered the contest with categories that include: largest best color most realistic and cutest tattoos The cutest tattoo category is for females only lot of people understand Fusco said we invited everyone here so years before he decided to Woelki said then I took the job over not easy to get a job looking like Woelki got his first tattoo the first time he went to jail at age 17 he said His newest tattoo is a huge dragon that wraps itself around his left leg lot of my jailhouse tattoos and the stuff I had done earlier have been drawn Woelki said decided to do this because every time I went through a divorce my ex-(wife) would get the house the money and the car So I started skull is on his left fist and a Harley Davidson emblem is printed on his forehead But instead of being looked at Sunday Woelki was one of three judges at the Tattoo Fest behind the South Florida Tattoo Company on South Federal Highway in Fort Pierce About 400 people showed up for the contest live music and food Woelki took over the role of Illustrated last year after a friend decided to step out of the limelight friend had the job for 12 Dan Klepal TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER FORT PIERCE Kurt Woelki has spent more than $10000 on his artwork so he mind when people take a look at it Most people stare Woelki 41 is known as Illustrated in a Coney Island NY sideshow Tattoos cover about 80 percent of his body Spiders spin a web on the right side of his neck while a snake slithers down his left arm A burning New dance-oriented station takes to airwaves with fresh brand of hip-hop it like to say that we walk the Ross said definitely play stuff that no other station in Fort Pierce would Ross hails from New York but has spent a lot of time in Miami clubs listening to the latest dance tunes He is a computer consultant by day and a freelance disc jockey by night really appreciate the opportunity to bring this style of music to the Fort Pierce he said to WJFP Fort Pierce gets a taste of Miami Although the call letters stand for Fort the duo believes in giving the community more than just a dose of big-city sound put a portion of the proceeds that we get from live appearances into a scholarship Ross said also want to give local talent a shot at the mike on our The 6000-watt nonprofit station operates out of a studio at 5807 Orange Avenue on the west side of Fort Pierce with a tower near Angle Road and Avenue It broadcasts from 6 am to 11 pm Sunday through Saturday Eventually station operators would like to take stay humming around the clock we know we have the listeners we may go 24 Station consultant Ray Kassis said Black Media the Cocoa Beach-based company that owns the station has adopted the BMW logo which hangs in the studio alongside African-American art and a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr Because the station does not have traditional advertising spots it will rely on on-air donation solicitations as well as underwritings from advertisers and corporate sponsors The station veers away from hip-hop and fund-raising on Sunday evenings and concentrates on programming designed for the 13000 or so Haitians who live in the area For four hours local Haitians can hear news and the latest in contemporary Haitian music with most of the show done in Creole Haitian music is really said Kassis has a also 23 hours of gospel each week: 6-7 am Monday through Friday 6 am to 2 pm Saturday and 6 am to 4 pm Sunday The first reggae show aired 3-5 Danny Ross known as DJ Paradox talks to listeners between Turn to STATIONB3 songs from the studio of new Fort Pierce radio station WJFP Tonya Tulloss TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER FORT Every night between 7 pm and 9 pm the sounds of hip-hop dance tracks and Miami mixes flow through the airwaves and into boom boxes and stereos all over Fort Pierce Ever since WJFP 911 FM went on the air in January DJ Paradox known by day as Danny Ross has provided the tunes while partner Jack in the Box has added personality Jack in the true identity is a mystery When guests come to the studio he wears a box over his head The disc jockeys have young listeners from Stuart to Verc Beach buzzing about how (great) the show is and how (excited) thev are about A.