| Why do we seek perfection?
While we all know that plastic surgery is becoming more popular, what we do not know is exactly why so many are seeking surgery as a solution. Are they just taking the easy route when diet and exercise can often accomplish the same goals as some surgeries? "I think that most plastic surgery is done because people lack self confidence, and by enhancing certain aspects of one’s physical appearance they think they can somehow gain that self confidence back," Chemical engineering junior Blake Kliebert said. "God made us all the way we are for a reason, and we shouldn’t be judgmental of ourselves because we are all equal in His eyes." Local resident Stephanie Aymond, 28, compared her generation’s young adult years to today’s young adults. "People in my generation weren’t getting plastic surgery in high school or even right after," she said.
Worker for DCF contractor faces sex charge
A Port St. Lucie man who has worked for years as a support coordinator for mentally retarded adults was arrested Wednesday on allegations of sexual misconduct with a client. Jose Garcia, 56, worked for Indian River Coordinators, which contracted with the Florida Department of Children and Families. Garcia's job, as investigators described it, was to help mentally retarded adults get and keep jobs. .
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