Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting for Lake and Trail USA located at 1253 State Road 78 will be held on Saturday, Sept. 17. Come and be a part of the Ribbon cutting at 9 a.m. and celebrate with the staff. Then check out their bait & tackle area, their convenience store and much more until 5 p.m. Live Music and a food truck will be on site to help them celebrate too. Hope to see you on Saturday the 17!

Grand Opening/Ribbon cutting for Health Synergy Clinical Research at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 5 p.m. They are located at 308 NW 5th Avenue. They are looking forward in having you to celebrate with them. So, be sure and get in on the ribbon cutting, at 5 p.m. as you welcome the Health Synergy team and then stay after and join in the Main Street mixer.

Our Business of the Year Awards Dinner, “Pearls Under the Sea” will be on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Downtown Venue. Tickets will be available soon as well as Table Sponsor opportunities.

We are thrilled that Fast Break Bait and Tackle swam up to be our Main Pearl of the Sea Sponsor. Thank you, Chase and Rebecca Marsocci!

We also want to thank our seven Angle Fish sponsors: #1 being The Downtown Venue, Remington Real Estate, MID-FLORIDA CREDIT Union, Treasure Coast Hospice, Commissioner Terry Burroughs, Anderson Real Estate and Mira Realty.

Our Sponsors are how we are able to have such a fantastic evening with dinner and awards! Thank You for your support and generosity.

We are excited to announce our finalists for Business of the Year are:

• 4KIDS Treasure Coast
• Anderson Realty Co.
• Applebee’s Grill + Bar
• Okeechobee County Farm Bureau Insurance
• Fast Break Bait & Tackle
• Happy Cleaners

• Health Synergy Clinical Research
• Heartland Discount Pharmacy
• Helping People Succeed
• Law Firm of Hoskins, Turco, Lloyd & Lloyd
• Jones Supply A. I. Sales & Service
• Lake Okeechobee News
• M & M Auto Brokers Inc.
• Martha’s House
• Miller’s Central Air, Inc.
• Mira Realty, LLC.
• Morgan’s Furniture
• Economic Opportunities Council of Indian River County, Inc.
• Okeechobee Blood Round-Up
• Okeechobee Cell Phone Repairs
• Okeechobee Main Street
• Philip DeBerard
• Rabon’s Country Feed
• RiteLife Services, Inc.
• T-Mobile In Okeechobee
• TowBoatUS Lake Okeechobee/ Port Labelle
• TMRecycling
• Wireless Zone, Verizon Authorized Retailer
• WOKC Okeechobee’s True Country

We also have eight Leading Star finalists: Stephanie Quesinberry, Natalie Hubbard, J.D. Mixon, Leah Suarez, Bridgette Waldau, Ismael Santamaria, Linda Hazellief and Roseangela Seca.

The recipients of the awards will be announced on Oct. 15. Best of luck to each of the finalists.