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A Vero Beach sunrise as captured by Dawn Currie. Home field advantage T H U R S D A Y S E P T E M B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 1 V O L . 1 , I S S U E 2 5 Smooth sailing in passing county budget Page 3 13 17 CALENDAR 24 TO ADVERTISE CALL MARTINE FECTEAU 772.696.2004 MARK SCHUMANN 772.696.5233 Inside MILESTONES OBITUARIES Gala Gathering Cellist Michael Wiseman delights crowd at Space Coast Symphony concert Page 14 Playful pachyderms Elephants should have plenty of fun in the sun in Fellsmere Page 10 How money entices football teams to travel to Vero Beach Page 18 Star struck Local doctor attends Hollywood premiere of ‘Dolphin Tales’ with Harry Connick, Jr.Page 6
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Page 1: Vero Beach News Weekly

A Vero Beach sunrise as captured by Dawn Currie.

Home fi eld advantage

T H U R S D A Y S E P T E M B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 1 V O L . 1 , I S S U E 2 5

Smooth sailing in passing county budget Page 3 13

17CALENDAR24

TO ADVERTISE CALL

MARTINE FECTEAU 772.696.2004

MARK SCHUMANN 772.696.5233

Inside

MILESTONES

OBITUARIES

Gala GatheringCellist Michael Wiseman delights crowdat Space Coast Symphony concert Page 14

Playful pachydermsElephants should have plenty of fun in the sun in Fellsmere Page 10

How money entices football teams to travel to Vero Beach Page 18

Star struckLocal doctor attends Hollywood premiereof ‘Dolphin Tales’ with Harry Connick, Jr. Page 6

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Reach More Than A Zip Code

To learn more, call Martine Fecteau at 772-696-2004 or Mark Schumann at 772-696-5233.The Vero Beach Newsweekly gives you the barrier island and more.

Advertise your business in Vero Beach Newsweekly to reach every home on the barrier island, plus communities such as Vero Isles, River Wind, Oak Harbor, Grand Harbor, Vero Beach Country Club,

Indian River Club, Pointe West and Bent Pine.

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PHOTO BY J. SCOTT KELLY

J. Scott Kelly combines his love of photography with giving back to the community.

Finding a cause for art Gallery to donate to

non-profi ts Page 18

T H U R S D A Y J U L Y 1 4 , 2 0 1 1 V O L . 1 , I S S U E 1 5

City defends Finance Director hiring Page 3

FORUM 12

CALENDAR 20

OBITUARIES 24

TO ADVERTISE CALL

MARTINE FECTEAU 772.696.2004

MARK SCHUMANN 772.696.5233

Christmas in July

Santa makes summertime visit for Homeless

Family Center Page 16

Toe-tapping fun

Oceanside Business Association hosts week-

end concert Page 10

In land they trust

Indian River Land Trust sets about keeping

the Indian River Lagoon green Page 7

Inside

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BY IAN LOVEFOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- De-spite slashing the budget 19 per-cent, Indian River County commis-sioners met their goal of not raisingtaxes and quietly approved a $254.8million spending plan without asingle comment from the public.

The new budget, which goes intoeffect Oct. 1, reflects a $60.3 millionreduction from the county’s currentfiscal year $318.7 million budget.

Under the new budget, unincor-porated county residents would payproperty taxes at a rate of $6.31 forevery $1,000 of taxable propertyvalue. That is a 0.4 percent increasefrom the current $6.28 rate, butdue to the decline in property val-ues, most people will not see their

taxes go up.Residents of Vero Beach, Orchid

and Indian River Shores will payless to the county because their ownmunicipal governments providemuch of their services.

The budget was passed Sept. 14and no one from the public showedup for the hearing.

This was in stark contrast to lastyear when the county closed thelifeguard tower at Treasure ShoresBeach Park. That decision wasmade over the protests of scores ofpeople who showed up in chambersto speak out against the closure andthousands of others who signed apetition drive.

This year’s budget passed withno meaningful cuts in service, justa handful of layoffs, and probably

most importantly to county resi-dents -- no tax increase.

“The goal set by the County Com-missioners was not to have any taxincrease,” said County Administra-tor Joe Baird. “And we achievedthat.”

Back in April it appeared theremight not be such smooth sailingafter Finance Director Jason Brownasked that Children’s Services’funding be reduced by 13 percentin the coming budget. That requestbrought out children’s advocatesto County Commission chamberswith impassioned pleas to sparethose whom they consider the mostvulnerable in Indian River County.

The Commission relented and hadChildren’s Services prepare budg-ets with various reductions rang-

ing from 5 percent to 13 percent.The county ultimately went with a5 percent reduction, which was inline with other departments andagencies receiving county funding.

“I think we did a pretty good jobhammering out everything at theworkshop, so by the time it got tothe final public hearings everythingwas pretty much set,” said CountyCommissioner Peter O’Bryan.

Both O’Bryan and Baird notedthat the county was helped along bychanges in the state retirement sys-tem. That change required govern-ment employees to pay 3 percentinto their retirement fund, wherebefore the county picked up thattab. This year the county will savethe contribution which is expected

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County passes $258.4 budget with barely a whimper

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FOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

^e Vero Beach City Council, after hearing from the public to maintain lifeguard coverage of its beaches, re-stored $10,000 in the budget to avoid leaving some of its lifeguard stations unmanned.

^e council voted to move the money from a line item in the budget for sand dune restoration to the Rec-reation Department to return life-guard coverage to the same status as the previous budget year.

^e vote came after a number of citizens came forward to request the council maintain lifeguard coverage

on its beaches either as a matter of safety for beachgoers or practicality in protecting the investment that has been made in promoting Vero Beach as a resort destination.

^e council briefly considered moving the money from a $19,000 holiday fund for Christmas decora-tions and then from a $25,000 pay-ment to Mainstreet Vero Beach. However, both those choices were abandoned in favor of the dune res-toration fund at the suggestion of City Manager Jim O’Connor .

“As an option, we have $21,000 in dune restoration and we have not

used any of that this year,” O’Connor told the council. “We could reduce that to $11,000 and restore the life-guards. We can come back to you if we need to do some dune restora-tion.”

Council member Tracy Carroll made the further point that the mon-ey was not part of the major beach restoration projects the county and city have undertaken in past years.

“^at funding is not for adding to our dunes, but instead if a hurricane or major storm hits and we need to increase the coverage under our boardwalks,” she said.

At the meeting Council also ap-proved a tax rate of $2.03 per $1,000 valuation compared with $1.94 this year. Declining property tax values, however, will mean on average, tax-payers should not be paying more property taxes to the city.

^e city will also be ending its fur-lough program in which city employ-ees took one day of unpaid leave a month with the new budget. Instead of continuing the furlough program next year, various staff reductions will take place and a 5 percent salary reduction for all employees making $70,000 a year and more.

to come in at around $4 million.“I think because of the pension

reform savings, we didn’t have tocut a whole lot of positions or ser-vices like we did last year with thelifeguards at Treasure Shores Park,”

O’Bryan said. “Without a big itemlike that to get everybody motivat-ed, everyone thought it was a prettygood situation.”

Also absent was any public ac-rimony between the county andthe unions as was the case whenthe county asked public safety andTeamster-covered employees toforego raises and limit benefits inorder to avoid layoffs.

“We were fortunate in that otherareas are still fighting with theirpublic safety employees,” Bairdsaid. “Our union cooperated andreached a settlement. Remember,employees aren’t getting a raise thisyear and they are having to con-tribute to the retirement plan at 3percent, so their take home pay isactually less. But they cooperatedbecause they understand the eco-nomic environment.”

The one storm cloud fromBaird’s perspective was taking$1.6 million from the county’s$30-plus million reserve fund tokeep the budget in balance. Bairdhad avoided dipping into thatrainy day account, but after yearsof reductions across the board,there was little wriggle room leftor budget options available.

“We didn’t start relying on re-serves as early as other placeshave,” Baird said. “We used some

for Emergency Services this yearand will dip into the general fundfor the first time next year.”

O’Bryan said that the reserveswere such that it was time to be-gin using them instead of morelayoffs or further reductions inservices.

“We are at the point now wherelaying more people off, I believe, isa point of diminishing returns,” thecommissioner said. “We lost somelifeguards last year and so we havestarted reducing services. We arebare bones at Utilities and at Roadand Bridge. It just seems to methat if you have a pretty substantialreserve, now is the time to use it.Otherwise, why have it?”

Despite a healthy reserve accountand aggressive budget cutting thelast four years, Baird said he hasyet to see a light at the end of thetunnel. In fact, it could be years be-fore the county returns to revenuegrowth as opposed to revenue de-creases.

“We think we are going to be inthe same situation the next twoyears where we have a reduction inour tax roll and overall we will beflat with revenue,” Baird said. “Wedon’t project a big turnaround. Sowe are probably looking at a re-duction in our budget the next twoyears.”

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BY LISA RYMERVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

Quick, what does actor-musician Harry Connick, Jr. have in common with a Vero Beach veterinarian and beauty queen?

More than you might think.Connick, Jr., known for those

dreamy ‘ol blue eyes, will portray a composite character in the soon-to-be-released movie “Dolphin Tale,” based in part on Dr. Juli Goldstein, a Harbor Branch veterinarian.

ce film is about a team of scientists who rescued a baby dolphin from the Indian River Lagoon and taught it to swim with a prosthetic tail.

Goldstein, herself a blue-eyed beauty who was crowned 2009 Ms. Florida, attended the L.A. premier of the movie last week. ce Vero beach-side resident is an assistant research professor at Florida Atlantic Univer-sity

Goldstein walked the premier’s blue carpet – instead of red, to repre-sent the ocean – with the head of the Marine Mammal Research and Con-servation Program at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Stephen McColloch.

Also in attendance at the premier were the movie’s stars, Connick, Jr. and Morgan Freeman, as well as Quinton Aaron, from the film “ce Blind Side,” Vanessa Williams, and Marcia Gay Harden.

ce incident on which the film is based began in December 2006, when a bottlenose dolphin became entangled in a crab trap that cut offcirculation to her tail. Rescuers called her Winter for the season the mishap occurred.

“Winter had to be transported to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium,” explains Goldstein. “Our own rehab facility (at Harbor Branch) was de-stroyed during the 2004 hurricanes.”

Goldstein and McColloch were at a marine mammal conference in Cali-

fornia when Winter was discovered in the shallow waters of the lagoon. However, they returned immediately thereafter and helped in the long pro-cess of nursing her back to health.

“Even a baby dolphin with no prob-lems is tremendous work,” says Gold-stein, who spent hours in the water coaxing Winter to drink from a ba-by’s bottle. “Any baby dolphin found alone or beached is un-releasable. Dolphins depend on their mothers to learn how to fish, how to defend themselves, how to get along in the wild.”

Goldstein, who has used her beauty pageant title to increase awareness about marine conservation and edu-cation, was one of many scientists who helped with Winter’s frequent feeding schedule, wound care and dispensing of antibiotics.

cose scientists, along with Clear-water Marine Aquarium CEO, David Yates, who also helped produce the movie, were encompassed by Con-nick Jr.’s character.

Despite the team’s best efforts, Winter’s tail could not be saved.

Filmed mostly in Clearwater, the movie tells the story of a young boy (Nathan Gamble) who is involved in Winter’s plight and his efforts to urge a doctor who specializes in prosthet-ics (Morgan Freeman) to make a new tail for the dolphin.

In reality, two employees of Hanger Prosthetics, Kevin Carroll and Dan Strzempka, built Winter’s new tail and created a special gel, which dra-matically improves the comfort and ease of wearing a prosthetic.

Strzempka, who lost a leg in a lawn mower accident as a child, had a spe-cial connection with the dolphin. In helping Winter, he helped many peo-ple living with disabilities.

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A dolphin’s dilemma providesinspiration on silver screen

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Eleven county seniorsare Merit semiEnalists

VERO BEACH -- Vero Beach HighSchool placed 7 of the 11 county stu-dents to be named semifinalists in the2012 National Merit Scholarship Pro-gram.

fese seniors can now choose tocontinue in the competition for some8,300 National Merit Scholarships,

worth more than $34 million, that willbe offered next spring.

Students were selected based onscores from the Preliminary SAT ex-ams they took as juniors.

Out of the 1.5 million juniors nation-ally who took the PSAT last year, about16,000 were named semifinalists. fePSAT is divided into three sections:critical reading, math and writing skills.

To become finalists, students mustmake high grades, post comparablescores on the SAT and get a recom-mendation from their principals. feyalso have to write an essay.

About 90 percent of the semifinal-ists move on to the finalist level andmore than half will win National MeritScholarships and earn the Merit Schol-ar title, the release states.

fe Indian River County studentsnamed National Merit ScholarshipProgram semifinalists are:

St. Edward’s High School: Kyle R. Al-drich, Paul A. Colella, Ethan M. Klein

Vero Beach High School: Ami-ra M. Al-Khatib, Daniel C. Boling,Heather M Fredrickson, Sami Hash-mi, Emily A. Lunn, Ian C. Mackett,Charles H. Sanford Sebastian RiverHigh School: Christopher B. Touros

St. Edward’s SAT scores up for a Efth straight year

St. Edward’s High School seniorswho took the Scholastic Aptitude Testscored an average of 267 points higherthan the state average and 214 pointshigher than the national average.

It was the fifth straight year the localprivate school raised the average testscore, which was 1,714 this year. fisstate and national averages this yearwere 1,447 and 1,500 respectively.

“I think the increase in test scores iswhat we are most gratified by,” said St.Edward’s Director of Marketing andCommunication, Sara Smith. “Everystudent at the school takes the SAT, com-pared to the public schools, where onlycollege-bound students take the test.”

fe SAT test has three sections —critical reading, math, and writing.fe highest score possible on each sec-tion is 800, and 2400 is the highest to-tal score possible. According to 2008test scores, only 294 students out of 1.5million scored a 2400 on the SAT.

Widening of I-95 startsfor Indian River CountyINDIAN RIVER COUNTY --

Crews have begun moving construc-

tion equipment in place to start re-building seven miles of the existing four lanes of Interstate 95 from Or-ange Avenue in St. Lucie County to Indrio Road.

fat work, to be conducted at night, will take about two months. Once that’s done, the same section will be widened, taking an additional year.

It’s the beginning of a 19-mile wid-ening of the interstate from State Road 70, known as Orange Avenue, to State Road 60 west of Vero Beach that will cost an estimated $149.9 million and take about three years to complete. When finished, I-95 will have eight lanes from SR70 to Indrio Road and six lanes from there to the Vero Beach exit.

fe construction company will work only on one lane of the high-way’s four lanes at a time. Only a half-mile to 1 mile of highway will be under construction each night.

Motorists will see a long line of safety cones and barrels limiting traf-fic to one lane, and the speed limit will be 60 mph.

City consideringtobacco-free parks

VERO BEACH -- Signs designating portions of city’s parks and recreation areas as tobacco-free zones could be erected as early as November if the City Council approves a proposed resolution.

fe city’s Recreation Commission last week heard from proponents of such a resolution, but held off taking action until another meeting can be held with city officials to discuss the proposed signs.

fe commission is expected to consider making a recommendation to the City Council after that meet-ing. If a resolution establishing the tobacco-free zones is approved by the council in October, City Manager Jim O’Connor said he would like to have the signs installed in November. fe Department of Health will pay for the signs created by the city.

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L O C A L N E W S D I G E S TO’Connor said the city administra-

tion is proposing a resolution rather than an ordinance. An ordinance would make smoking or otherwise using tobacco in the zones illegal, while a resolution would merely es-tablish the bans in these zones as city policy.

Exactly where the signs would be located has yet to be determined.

TraAc enforcement toincrease on Live Oak Road

VERO BEACH -- Police have been asked to increase enforcement activ-ity along Live Oak Road and neigh-boring roadways in the Central Beach area, west of State Road A1A, to ad-dress residents’ concern about traffic speeding through the neighborhood.

City officials also will consider put-ting additional stop signs at up to four locations to further slow down traffic in the area.

fe additional measures are being undertaken after a meeting last week with several dozen residents in the area bordered by State Road A1A, Beachland Boulevard, Live Oak Drive and Indian River Drive East.

fose attending the meeting re-jected the idea of installing speed tables along the road. fe speed ta-bles are flatter and less jarring than speed bumps, but residents viewed the brightly striped humps as ugly objects that could lower property values.

Public Works Director Monte Falls said that police made 25 traffic stops in the area in July and August, but many people thought even more of a police presence was needed.

Thousands are expectedfor Family Jamboree

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY -- A full day of family friendly activities, including games, exhibitions, music and a food court, are planned as part of the Family Jamboree at the Indian River County Fairgrounds on Oct. 8.

Parking and admission are free as

are most of the activities. New events planned for this year will include a 55-plus dance contest, a community yard sale and flea market, an artists and crafters bazaar and the Vero Beach Recreation Department Aerial Antics Circus. Lauren Chapin, TV star from “Father Knows Best,” will participate as one of the judges of the dance contest, which is sponsored by Champion Home Health Care.

Dr. Joe fomas was named a pre-mier corporate partner and will host both the Main Music Stage and the Food Court for the event. Musical groups that are scheduled to partici-pate include Old Barber Bridge, the Porch Pickers, Spare Change, M.J. Wicker, and Togetherness.

For more information email [email protected], phone (772) 563-0430 or visit www.FamilyJamboree-IRC.com.

Symposium for ServiceSlated at State College

Dr. Edwin Massey, President of IRSC, will give the welcome and Dr. Bruce Fraser, Assistant Dean of Com-munications and Social Sciences, will give the keynote address for the Sym-posium of Service at the Kight Center on Sept. 23.

fe event was created through the Susan H. Johnson Endowed Teaching Chair that was awarded this year to Veronica Tempone, an associate pro-fessor of English, Modern Languages and Communications.   frough the endowment, a Center for Civic En-gagement was established at the col-lege.  

fe inaugural symposium will fea-ture breakout sessions for faculty and students. fe faculty will learn how to implement service learning -- a teaching tool that reinforces course-work, meets community needs, and fosters civic responsibility. Students will learn about new and ongoing ser-vice learning projects and take part in a brainstorming activity to create projects, which the faculty may then implement.

For more information contact Ve-ronica Tempone at [email protected] or 772 462-7704.  Registration is free and lunch will be provided.

New sediment tests forIntracoastal Waterway

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — New sediment samples will be dredged from the Intracoastal Waterway in 2012 to make sure no hazardous ma-terials are dumped in a storage site near Sebastian.

fe Florida Inland Navigation Dis-trict Board of Commissioners dis-cussed several aspects of the Dredge Material Management Area IR-2, including a request by Indian River County commissioners to make in-formation about the new sediment samples available to the public.

Taking new sediment samples should help alleviate some public concerns about the 480,000 cubic yards of sand and silt FIND antici-

pates dumping in the dredge material facility, said FIND Executive Director David Roach.

“We have agreed to take more sediment samples,” Roach told FIND commissioners. “We’re negotiating how many and what kind. For the community as a whole, not only the members who are directly involved and concerned, but the community as a whole, I think getting additional sediment samples is the right thing to do.”

fe samples will be tested for el-evated levels of contaminants such as heavy metals, pesticides and petro-leum products.

Residents have expressed concern about the dredge material facility un-der construction on a 180-acre site between U.S. 1 and the Indian River Lagoon. Among those concerns is whether there are any hazardous materials in sand and silt that will be dredged from the Intracoastal Wa-terway and dumped in the facility.

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BY LISA RYMERVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

ee prospect of establishing an el-ephant sanctuary in Fellsmere is big news around these parts, but some county residents and organizations are frustrated by a lack of community participation and transparency in the process.

Fellsmere city officials approved the 225-acre elephant center in a former citrus grove on Sept. 9, one day after news of the project was an-nounced to the public.

ee proposed National Elephant

Center will house up to 30 elephants for breeding, research and tempo-rary respite. It is a program support-ed by 73 accredited zoos. Although not open to the public, the center may also provide educational oppor-tunities to area students and a varia-tion in the landscape along a future greenway. ee elephant center will also generate income for Fellsmere Joint Venture on land designated by state and county planners as green space.

Ultimately, final approval is con-

tingent on the results of an archeo-logical survey before building canproceed. According to a letter fromthe state’s bureau of historic preser-vation, “there are three (3) archaeo-logical sites, which contain humanremains, in close proximity to theproject area.” ee land has neverbeen subjected to an archeologicalinvestigation, but one will be re-quired in areas where structures arebeing built and in areas designatedfor pasture. If cultural resources arediscovered, a plan to “avoid, mini-

mize, or mitigate adverse impacts,”will be necessary.

A similar project was approved by St. Lucie County commissioners in January 2010. In that deal, county officials had worked with members of the elephant center for at least 8 months, classifying the proposal on 324 acres as a major site plan that in-vited public discourse.

Animal activists both supported and opposed that center, with let-ters of commendation submitted by Jack Hanna, television host of “Into the Wild,” and Disney’s Animal King-dom. Opposition was voiced by the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida, which stated, “true elephant sanctu-aries provide a permanent home, do not participate in breeding and never allow the use of circus-style training methods to control elephants.”

After five and-a-half hours of de-liberation, commissioners approved the 10-elephant facility with a con-dition prohibiting the use of bull hooks, a metal probe that resembles a fireplace poker, as well as oversight and density restrictions.

However, despite their declarations of enthusiasm about moving forward with the project, the center’s organ-izers apparently abandoned those plans to pursue a smaller tract of land owned by Fellsmere Joint Venture.

“We never heard anything (about the elephant center’s change of plans) until reading in the paper about it opening in Fellsmere,” said Mark Satterlee, Director of Planning & Development Services for St. Lu-cie County.

For various reasons, the potential for an elephant center in Fellsmere did not prompt the same amount of buzz as it did in St. Lucie County. Fellsmere City Manager, Jason Nune-maker, said the center’s use of land in former citrus groves is consistent with the tract’s current agricultural zoning, and therefore the proposal did not warrant a city council vote of approval. Without it being an agenda

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While Winter was able to swimwithout a tail by moving her bodyside to side, over time that unnaturalmovement would have injured her

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DOLPHINSFROM PAGE 5

Fellsmere pays no attention to elephants in the room

STAFF PHOTOSteve McCulloch, program manager of the Marine Mammal Research and Conservation Program at Harbor Branch, with staN veterinarian Juli Goldstein at the ‘Dolphin Tale’ Hollywood premiere.

spine, says Goldstein. ee prosthetichelps Winter to navigate through thewater by moving her tail up and down,like dolphins were meant to swim.

The movie simplifies the pro-cess of saving a dolphin, which inactuality requires tremendous co-ordination of people, efforts andresources.

Evidence of a dolphin in distress has to first be submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service, whose ap-proval must be obtained prior to in-tervening on a dolphin’s behalf.

A rescue team consists of animal care handlers, veterinarians, boat drivers and sometimes even a spe-cialized catch boat.

Five years after Winter’s rescue, an-other dolphin, Hope, was stranded inthe same area of the lagoon. eat dol-phin was also relocated to the Clear-water Marine Aquarium because ofthe status of Harbor Branch’s rehabfacility.

Now, with the facility up and run-ning, Harbor Branch’s rescue team isgearing up for another mission nextweek to save a dolphin seen in the la-goon wrapped with monofilamentfishing line.

“ee biggest threat to dolphins ishuman,” says Goldstein.

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item, the public was cut out from possible discussions.

fe public was also kept out of the loop by the process through which permitting was obtained. fe Na-tional Elephant Center applied for permits directly in St. Lucie County. However, permitting for the Fells-mere facility was done through Sun-shine State Wildlife Conservation, LLC, consequently flying under the radar of animal activists.

On Sept. 15, a letter of objection was filed with the St. John’s River Water Management District by Vero Beach resident, Mike Winikoff, based on the granting of permits for an el-ephant center under a fictitious name and without a public hearing. “As it stands, there would be no public ac-countability or access to the center’s records, enabling it to operate under a shroud of secrecy,” he wrote.

Fellsmere Director of City Devel-opment, Mark Mathes, previously worked with Fellsmere Joint Venture in creating a plan for up to 19,000 residences and business centers on former grove land before he became a city employee. fat same land is where the elephant center will be situated.

Mathes’ relationship with the de-veloper and his approval of the pro-ject within 24 hours of receiving site design plans may have generated public comment had there been an opportunity to do so.

Moreover, questions also might have been raised about the contents of a letter to St. John’s River Water Management District from David Tom of Construction Engineering Group, the project’s engineers. “Ap-parently, the press has found out about this project and we want to make sure this permit is in hand be-fore there is a public announcement in the paper.”

Although Fellsmere council mem-ber Sara Savage does not recall ever discussing the elephant center at a city council meeting, the residents she has talked to “think it’s great and are glad for the opportunity,” she said. “We don’t see any down side to it.”

Savage knew of Mathes’ relation-

ship with the developer and did not question why the zoo consor-tium abandoned its plans in St. Lucie County.

After hearing what had transpired with the elephant center, County Commissioner Gary Wheeler said that while Fellsmere has a right to do what it wants as an incorporated city, “government at all levels should be transparent.”

Although the elephant center is-sue has not been officially discussed among members of the Indian River Neighborhood Association, said Honey Minuse, chair person of the organization, questions remain un-answered. “A lot of us are excited about the project, but why wasn’t it open for discussion? When some-thing isn’t transparent, you can’t help but wonder what you are hiding,” she said.

However, not everyone thinks the public was shut out of the pro-cess. County Commissioner, Peter O’Bryan, agrees with the way City Manager Nunemaker handled the approval process.

“If we didn’t issue a permit because somebody out there said, ‘I don’t like this, let’s have a public hearing,’ we would never get anything done.” He said, “I can understand the people’s concern, but in Fellsmere’s plan if it is an approved use then that is what it is. If they are worried about how the animals are treated, then there are other agencies that can inspect the facility and take care of those wor-ries.”

In response to the announcement that Fellsmere approved the center, the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County issued a statement regarding its concern about the lack of public discourse, and the housing and breeding of non-native wildlife, particularly in a temporary versus a permanent sanc-tuary. “It is our position that such endeavors are more suitable and hu-mane when accomplished in a spe-cies’ natural habitat.”

Fritz Spitzmiller, local board presi-dent of the Humane Society, said the organization’s statement “does not

pertain to just this sanctuary, but to all sanctuaries.”

Other sanctuaries in the area, such as Save the Chimps, located in Fort Pierce, provide a permanent home for rescued and retired animals. fe chimpanzee organization’s mission statement says that it “will not buy, sell, trade, loan or conduct any com-mercial commerce of chimpanzees,” and it prevents breeding through various types of birth control.

In contrast, the elephant center’s purpose is to breed Asian or Afri-can elephants “depending on what is needed to maintain populations in North American zoos,” said Craig Piper, vice chair of the elephant cent-er board and CEO/president of the Denver Zoo.

Piper says the organization’s con-servation efforts will be focused over-seas and through breeding programs at the center, alleviating the need to take elephants from the wild for zoo exhibits while building the species’ population in captivity.

Currently, the elephant center has no agenda to work with circuses, said Piper, its “fundamental role being to provide care for animals as well as conservation work.” However, it would be something they could con-sider “if there are circuses that are similarly aligned.”

Circuses are notorious for harsh training techniques and keeping el-ephants chained in rail cars, trailer beds or small pens for extended time periods. In the wild, they naturally travel up to 30 miles a day.

According to Piper, there only are 35,000 Asian elephants and 600,000 African elephants left in the wild.

Other species’ populations, such as the California condor, have been successfully revitalized by breeding in captivity, said Piper. In 1987, the 22 remaining condors were captured and bred at the San Diego Zoo and the Los Angeles Zoo. After reintro-duction into the wild, there are a to-day a total of 181 condors living in their natural habitat.

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BY LISA RYMERAfter all the elephant jokes have

run their course, there are a few things you ought to know about our soon-to-be Fellsmere neighbors.

First off, they’re big, really big – weighing up to seven tons and meas-uring as much as 30 feet long and 14 feet high, from ground to shoulder, with heads and ears differing in size depending on whether it’s an African or Asian elephant.

African elephants are the largest land dwelling mammal in the world; Asian elephants are the second larg-est.

It’s amazing that these animals are vegetarians, but they still get as big as a house. [eir diet consists of grass, roots, fruit and bark, with an adult el-ephant consuming about 300 pounds of food a day.

An elephant’s trunk has close to 100,000 muscles and serves a vari-ety of functions: breathing, smelling, drinking and an arm-like appendage enabling them to grab things, such as more food, and to spray themselves with water.

In addition to their cooling “show-ers,” another mechanism to reduce body heat is the elephant’s ears, a biological necessity in their natural hot-climate habitats. [ey are able

to flap their ears like a fan, while the large surface area of the ear allows for greater evaporation – or radiation -- of heat. In contrast, many cold-climate animals have small ears to reduce heat loss.

Typically, only male Asian ele-phants have tusks, while both male and female African elephants develop these upper incisor teeth, which en-able them to dig, debark and defend. Made of ivory, elephants have long been victim of hunters interested in only their tusks for trade.

In 1975, the Asian elephant was placed on the international endan-gered species list. Currently, there are approximately 35,000 left in the wild. [e African elephant, whose numbers are estimated at 600,000, was listed on the international en-dangered species list in 1990. In 1989, the sale of ivory from elephant tusks was deemed illegal.

Unfortunately, elephant tusks are still sought by poachers, partly fueled by a temporary lift on the ban of ivo-ry sales in 2008, intended to deplete

old stockpiles from elephants that had died of natural causes.

Elephants, on average, live 60 years. As a species, they are a matriarchal so-ciety, the herd led by the largest adult females (cows), who are fiercely pro-tective of their young. [e gestation period of a baby elephant (calf ) is 22 months, weighing about 200 pounds at birth. Unlike many four-legged mammals, a female elephant’s udders are located between its front legs. Adult males (bulls) leave the herd at puberty, around age 13, to roam alone or congregate briefly with other males.

Elephants are known to stampede, a herd impulse behavior where animals start running with no clear direction and for no apparent purpose. A stam-pede can be provoked by anything from an inexplicable fright reaction of one animal to a bolt of lightning.

Stampeding elephant herds have been known to pummel everything in their wake, including vegetation, constraints and villages.

[e majority of African elephants live in the dry sub-Saharan savan-nahs, although there are smaller pop-ulations in the mountain regions and rain forests. Indian elephants also live in the grass-like prairies for the most part, although because of the monsoon season the animals are ac-customed to wetter climates.

Communication amongst the herd takes place through the trumpeting of trunks and, as has been recently dis-covered, through the sub-sonic rum-blings that travel across the earth more rapidly than through the air. [ese rumblings are believed to be received through the sensitive skin on the el-ephant’s feet or through their trunks.

[e old adage referring to an el-ephant’s memory is actually based on fact. During times of drought,

Things to know about elephants (soon) to be among us

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BY RABBI MICHAEL BIRNHOLZWhen it comes to watches, sun-

glasses and pens I often find two schools of thought.  ee first is that these are everyday items so one should have the best, high quality and high cost items.  ee other school, of which I belong, is that these items are prone to be lost, broken or wear out. I have to go for lower cost and decent cost because whatever sunglasses or watch I have now will be a limited time offer. 

eis played out recently when after a few years of use my sports watch fi-nally gave out. I replaced it with a new bargain watch with what I thought were the same basic set of features. I had a watch so I was good to go. 

een while studying with a Bar Mitzvah student the next afternoon I had a pleasant surprise.  When I looked to check the time I saw a small dial on the band that I had not no-ticed before.  It was a small compass. 

Apparently I had shifted from a run-ning watch to an explorer model that is made for going out into the wilder-ness.  It seems like a handy device to have conveniently on one’s watch, but there is a small problem.  I am not sure of the accuracy of the compass.

When I look at the compass, rather than allowing its mechanism to ori-ent me, I find myself orienting to where I know north, east, south, and west are and then checking to see if the compass on the watch is lined up. I am orienting it, instead of the other way around.

It seems like a strange paradox or irony (depending how you want to define these terms), but I realize there are times we do this when we

read texts or do religious rituals.  In Deuteronomy 26 there is a powerful ritual for bringing an offering of first fruit to the ancient sanctuary. 

As one brought the first fruits of one’s trees to the priest one recited a summary of the history of the people of Israel.  It begins: Arame oved avi. Rabbinic sages translated this He-brew in two ways.  Either my father (Abraham) was a wandering Ara-mean;  or an Aramean (Laban) op-pressed my father (Jacob). 

In an extended commentary on this passage the Rabbis point out that de-pending on how we read the text, the story of the people of Israel begins with the need to leave the old behind and find something new or with the escape and survival from oppression. 

I find this pattern throughout reli-gion as many stories and rituals (usu-ally some of the best) have multiple meanings or perspectives that help us orient ourselves to God, our values,

to a way to deal with and find the holy in our world. 

Typically, we expect religion to be the authority for orienting us in our world.  eis does not always happen. eere are times when to use texts or rituals or understand them or relate to them, we have to manipulate these texts and rituals much like the com-pass on my watch.  If we don’t get a meaningful or helpful heading at first we have to shake them up a little or try another angle to see if the stories or rituals are actually pointing us in the right direction. 

It is a reminder that we have to be patient and creative when we use these incredible tools for dealing with challenges of life and searching for meaning in our world.

Rabbi Michael Birnholz has served Temple Beth Shalom in Vero Beach since 2002. One of his goals is bring-ing Jewish values and wisdom to the wider community.

Be patient when searching for worldly meaning

RABBIMICHAEL BIRNHOLZ

the herd’s matriarch demonstrates a memory of watering holes even a great distance from where they have traveled in the past.

Furthermore, research reveals that elephants display human-like emotions of joy, play, grief and rage. ee birth of a baby generates great excitement in the herd, with other females bellowing hap-pily. An elephant reunion with separat-ed members of the herd inspires trum-peting and “yelling” from hundreds of yards away as the animals race toward each other, culminating in flapping ears and entwined trunks.

0ee dead are also treated with dig-nity within the herd. Female elephants are known to search for leaves and twigs with which to cover the body of the deceased. ee place where the herd’s dead are buried is memorial-ized for years to come by elephants who linger at the site in passing.

In native cultures, the elephant has long been used as a labor animal,

Last week the Florida Municipal Electric Association released a video in which it unwittingly made a com-pelling argument for the city to dis-tance itself from the organization as soon as practicable.

FMEA’s executive director, Barry Mo-line, seems more interested in preserv-ing the organization’s membership than in serving its members. In the propa-ganda video released last week Moline appears unwilling, or unable to present a balanced assessment of the facts.

Perhaps it was FMEA’s accusation that FPL is using “smoke and mirrors” that put their propaganda piece over the top.

Moline uses some smoke and mir-rors of his own. In the video, which could easily be taken for a parody, the narrator allows that the city’s electric rates will increase “somewhat,” while

EDITORIAL

How about just the factsdragging logs and carrying loads to help build structures. Elephants have also been held in royal esteem by both Hindus and Buddhists, who perceive the elephant as god-like in power, wisdom and compassion.

As a mascot for the Republican par-ty, the elephant first appeared in Harp-er’s Weekly magazine in 1874, when cartoonist eomas Nast depicted the party as running from the democratic “ass,” Ulysses S. Grant, who was cam-paigning for a third term. ee cartoon struck a political chord and stuck.

ee idea for the elephant as a mas-cot for the Alabama Crimson Tide started back in the 1930s when Atlan-ta Journal sports writer Everett Strup-per likened the team to a stampede of wild elephants. ee comparison held for decades culminating in the mas-cot Big Al making his debut at the 1979 Sugar Bowl.

Lisa Rymer is a newspaper and television journalist who resides in Vero Beach. She can be contacted at [email protected].

claiming FPL’s rate are soon to rise “significantly.” Somewhat? Signifi-cantly? Mr. Moline, could you please be more specific?

Is anyone disputing that the city’s electric customers collectively pay nearly $11 million more for power than they would as customers of FPL? And is anyone seriously claiming that the city is likely to be able in the years ahead to consistently offer rates lower than FPL? We don’t hear Moline, or anyone, making that promise.

While some want to frame the No-vember referendum as a choice be-tween handing the electric utility to FPL as a Christmas gift, or continuing to own and operate it in support of the city’s general fund, trust that these issues are far more complex than that. eere is as much grey in these issues as there is black and white.

ELEPHANTSFROM PAGE 10

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Social | Lifestyle

PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA TASCONPattiYencho, James Davis, Cindy Dampier and Sara Dessureau

BY CHRISTINA TASCONFOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

Pe sponsor for the Vero BeachPeatre Guild’s first show, Profes-sional Insurance Advisors, offered adessert reception as a pre-show treatfor clients and guests last week.

As homage to the Arthur Millerplay “All My Sons” which centersaround a wartime family dynamic,coffee and cake was served ratherthan wine and cheese.

Pe 275-seat Vero Beach PeatreGuild offers their sponsors an even-ing reception. Sara Dessureau, whowas the previous year’s president,said they were very lucky to have suchsupportive sponsors and that everyshow was already set for sponsorshipthis season.

Although other organizations mayhave trouble finding sponsors, Dessu-reau said the VBTG had returningbackers who kept coming back yearafter year. In fact, if there had notbeen a last minute opening, Profes-sional Insurance Advisors might nothave gotten the opportunity to spon-sor a show this season.

PIA co-owners Patti Yencho andCindy Dampier said the planned tosign on for the next season now thatthey had found a space for them.

Yencho said this was “a great chanceto thank their clients with compli-mentary tickets to the show and theopening reception. As a companythat has been in working with theVero Beach Peatre Guild and otherlocal businesses for 26 years” thepartnership was a great way to showtheir community support.

Dessuareau said the Guild hadother opportunities for sponsorship,including some special performancenights and themed events. In March,the Guild will be holding a fund-raiser which includes cocktails, cos-tumes and dinner at the Vero BeachYacht Club centered around theplay,Titanic, A Musical.

First play of season has sweet reception by sponsor

Professional Insurance Advisors: Diane Purdy, Kathy Hopkins, Patti Scheible, Patti Yencho, Autumn Hite, Cindy Dampier,Robin Yencho & Susan Sanders

TJ Yencho, Betty & Al Sammartino and David O’Connell

Josh & Jewriem Bell with Aliana & David Delcamp at thepre-performance dessert reception Jerry & Pat O’Connell with Victoria Pinter

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MilestonesENGAGEMENTS

Barnette-CairnsALLEN, Texas — Shannon Barnette

of Allen, Texas, daughter of John Bar-nette of Du-rant, Okla., and Anita McCullough of Allen, is en-gaged to Dan-iel Cairns of Vero Beach.

Cairns is the son of Den-nis and Cathy Ann Cairns of Vero Beach.

Barnette graduated from Allen High in 2004 and from the University of Oklahoma in 2008 with a bach-elor’s degree in zoology. She is pursu-ing a doctor of podiatric medicine de-gree at Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago.

Cairns graduated from John Carroll High in 2003 and from Florida State University in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He is pursuing a doctor of podiatric medicine degree from Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, Chicago.

de couple plan to marry Jan. 28, 2012.

Faller-CraftonPONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL —

Amy Faller of Jacksonville, daugh-ter of Bob and Cheryl Faller of Vero Beach, is en-gaged to Dan-iel Crafton of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

Crafton is the son ofGreg Crafton of Jacksonville and Pamela Crafton also of Jacksonville.

Faller graduated from Vero Beach High School in 2003 and the Univer-sity of North Florida in 2007 with a Bachelor’s Degree in elementary edu-

cation. She is a Kindergarten teacher for Duval County Public Schools.

Crafton graduated from Sandalwood High School, Jacksonville, in 1999 and works as a Field Services Supervisor for Best Buy Stores. de couple plan to marry on March 10, 2012

WEDDINGSZeno-HowardSEBASTIAN, FL — Jennie Lester-

leigh Howard of Jupiter, daughter of W. Dana and Jennie M u r p h r e e Howard of Vero Beach, was married to Michael Robert Zeno of Jupiter on March 26, at the Tiffany Room at Captain Hiram’s Resort in Sebastian with Roy C. Howard offi-ciating.

Zeno is the son of Bob and Shirley Zeno of Jupiter.

Patty Howard from Vero Beach was maid of honor, Elizabeth Matthews of Vero Beach was matron of honor and Donna DeMarchi of Stuart also was matron of honor. Lileigh Grace Mat-thews was flower girl.

David Koffman of Jupiter, James Walsh of Jupiter and Jeff Bowling of Port St. Lucie were all best men.

Readers were Will Howard, Shan-non Eisenhut and Maria Zeno.

de bride graduated from Vero Beach High School in 1987 and from the University of Florida in 1993 with a degree in music education.

She is employed by St. Lucie Coun-ty School District in Fort Pierce as an elementary music Teacher.

de groom graduated from Jupiter High School in 1988 and from Ameri-can Welding Society training in 2006 as a certified welding instructor.

He is employed by PAC Seating Systems in Palm City as a Certified Welding Instructor.

ANNIVERSARIES45th AnniversaryBill and Sheila Bosworth of Vero

Beach celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary on Aug. 27 with friends and family at Bobby’s Restaurant in Vero Beach.

de couple was married at Immac-ulate Conception Catholic Church in North Cambridge, Mass.

dey have been residents of Florida for nine years.

Children include Jennifer Taylor of Vero Beach and Christopher Bos-worth of Vero Beach.

dey have three grandchildren.

63rd AnniversaryKenneth and Jane Clark of Vero Beach

celebrated their 63rd wedding anniver-sary Aug. 24 with friends and family.

de couple was married in West-wood Reformed Church in West-wood, N.J.

dey have been residents of Florida for 15 years.

Children include David Clark of White Bear Lake, Minn., Peggy Faroe of Clifton, N.J., and the late Stephen Clark.

dey have 12 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

62nd AnniversaryWilliam and Shirley Whiteside of

Vero Beach celebrated their 65th wed-ding anni-versary with friends and neighbors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hickman.

de cou-ple was mar-ried in St. Joseph’s Cath-olic Church in Pawtucket, R.I.

dey have been residents of Florida for 23 years.

Children include Mary Louise Boyer of Pawtucket, R.I., and William J. Wh-iteside Jr. of Cumberland, R.I.

dey have two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

62nd Anniversary

Joe and Lee Liguori of Vero Beach celebrated their 62nd wedding anni-versary Sept. 4 with family, friends, and Bishop Gerald Barbarito at their niece’s home in Jupiter.

de couple was married at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Long Is-land City, N.Y., and have been resi-dents of Florida for 20 years.

de couple have three children, Laura Dalton of East Point, Jay Lig-uori of Palm City and John Liguori of Tillson, N.Y.; and six grandchildren.

60th Anniversary

Harold and Marie Goelz of Vero Beach celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary Aug. 25.

de couple was married at Messiah Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wis.

dey have been residents of Florida for 35 years.

dey have two children, Kathleen Bernhardt of Kenosha, Wis., and Donald Goelz of West Allis, Wis.

dey have three grandchildren.

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Arts | Entertainment

BY CHRISTINA TASCON FOR THE VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

Trinity Episcopal Church provideda glorious backdrop for the SpaceCoast Symphony’s soaring OpeningNight Gala this past weekend.

Te Sunday evening performancewas enhanced by a solo cello piecefrom featured artist Michael Wise-man titled Cello Concerto No. 1,Op. 21.  Te piece offered an eight-minute solo by Wiseman.

In the 20-minute performancethere were only a few momentswhen Wiseman did not play, so itwas an extremely difficult and intri-

cate piece for the artist.   Althoughchallenging, Wiseman said he washappy to be asked to perform theconcerto.

Wiseman and the conductor, Aar-on Collins, knew each other as kidswho performed in Brevard togeth-er.   As they grew musically in theBrevard Symphony orchestra, theystayed in contact and watched eachother rise in the stature of the musicworld.

When Collins asked Wiseman toperform such a difficult piece, hewas grateful for the opportunity.Wiseman called the selection one of

the great concertos of its time. Tecello solo was extremely well re-ceived and Wiseman was rewardedwith a standing ovation.

Wiseman, who has worked withnumerous Florida symphonies aswell as featured on Opus ClassicsLive in New York and was with theMacao Orchestra in China as a cel-list, also found a calling as a teacherat that time.

In China, he not only found hislove for teaching music, he alsomet, fell in love and married his wifethere too.

As a student he was fortunate

enough to appear in master classesfor artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, IsaacStern and the Juliard Quartet.  Nowas a teacher he has been directing agroup called the Brevard SummerStrings, a workshop open to youngstring players.

Many of these young studentshave been given a chance to performalongside the professionals of theSpace Coast Orchestra.   One suchstudent, Rachel Ho, is only 14 yearsold and performed on violin duringthe performance.

Collins likes to make the Sym-phony accessible to the public and

Space Coast Symphony holds Opening Night Gala with guest cellist

VBHS Performing Arts Center’s Crystal Corrigan and Rick Chuma

Featured cellist Michael Wiseman with 14-year-old violinist Rachel Ho and her mother Huey Ho

Sylvia Green, Ed Field, Phyllis Cromer and Cha Hersey

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FOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

This year’s lineup for the ArtTrail Tour is a group well knownin the artist community as well asby many Vero Beach art buyers.

From the Sexton Ranch, Seanand Sharon Sexton are local leg-ends who start out the west leg ofthe tour, which ends with Timo-thy Sanchez’ glorious oceanfrontstudio.   In between are DeborahGooch, Ginny Piech Street, Al

Gustave, Joan Earnhart, Kath-leen Staiger, Marie Morrow, SaraShankland, Maria Sparsis, BarbaraKrupp and Allan Teger.

Limited tickets are still availableto visit the 10 studios and meet the12 artists.

The tour will be open December3rd from 10 am to 4 pm and tick-ets will go on sale November 1st atthe Art Club offices and the ArtistGuild Gallery.

Artists named for Art Trail Tour

Featured performer Michael Wiseman on the celloThe orchestra prepares for the Opening Night Gala

is working hard to bring the nextseason’s work to as many people aspossible.   He plans to intersperseperformances of well loved musiclike the Music Man and An Eveningwith Basie, Ellington and Friendswith classics such as the Nutcrackerand Ye Messiah at Christmas andoperas such as Tosca.

Diversifying is what Collins be-lieves keeps audiences interestedand coming to each performance.

Watching Collins conduct his or-chestra is fascinating and one cansee the joy he takes in the perfor-mances.   By the end of the even-ing he has put everything he hasinto the night and watching his

emotion he passes to his per-formers is a treat to the audience.Collins said that many of the solo-ists practice and perform on theirown so it makes each performanceunique.  Within his part as conduc-tor, he tries to bring his own dy-namic, scope and architecture to thepieces and it shows in the perfor-mance.

After the intermission, Collinshappily announced a donor hadpledged to match up to $10,000in donations to cover the $22,000per season it takes to underwritethe schedule making it not just agreat opening reception but also avery successful one as well.

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BY CHRISTINA TASCON FOR THE VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

Although the dressing rooms andseats were vacant, the Riverside \ea-tre’s Backstage Tour still offered the ex-citement of what it must be like to enterstage right on opening night.

Oscar Sales, marketing director, be-gan the tour with a short history of theRiverside which opened in 1973.

What was once a small regional thea-tre has grown to be the largest ‘produc-ing theater’ in Florida, he said.  A ‘pro-ducing theatre,’ as Sales explained it, isone that is responsible for hiring the ac-tors, designing the sets, coming up withthe wardrobe and the props and thenputting on the show.

In the early days, everything from theprops to the clothes were made by vol-unteers and stored in the theatre.  Dueto storage issues, wardrobe is now de-signed and stored elsewhere locally butsets are still produced on site by staffcrews.

Visitors viewed the massive produc-tion rooms where the sets were de-signed, and heard interesting storiesabout how the theater operates duringshows.  Many of the sets are very large,but are moved and manipulated byhand.

From the front of the house to thenewly designed Waxlax Black 2nd Stage,the whole theatre has been renovatedyet the back of the house has remainedthe same working production house ithas always been.

A series of pulleys, slides and bal-anced weights, lift and move the setdesigns.  Just a week before the perfor-mance of each show, important tech-nical rehearsals take place during TechWeek.

Each actor and set movement is pacedscene by scene to be sure that the perfor-mance is delivered flawlessly.  Althoughtedious, it is vital to the show’s successto do this kind of run through to fix anyhitches that might develop.

During the tour visitors were allowedto take a peek at the “Green Room” aswell. \is is a modern and comfort-

able spot for the actors to relax be-fore the show and between scenes.During the play a feed of the perfor-mance is displayed on a television mon-itor is so the actors could determinewhen they were due on stage.

\e tour ended at the 2nd BlackStage.  Alan Cornell, who has been theartistic director for the Riverside for ap-proximately 30 years, was the drivingforce behind this theater.  Although themain stage has always been home to bigsplashy productions, Sales said Cornellwanted a room to have more intimateand thought provoking performances.

\e theatre regularly has over 500 vol-unteers who help as ushers, ticket takersand various jobs for special events.  Tobecome a volunteer, call the administra-tion office at 772-231-5860.

Taking a peek backstage at Riverside Theatre

PHOTOS BY CHRISTINA TASCONOscar Sales tells the group about stage logistics

Visitors to the Riverside Backstage Tour begin with a short history on the theatre by Oscar Sales

The production room where sets are being built Celia Colicchio, Jack and Patty Hamerski

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Every Saturday: Oceanside Busi-ness Association’s Farmer’s Market, 8 am-noon. Located in the parking lot just south of Humiston Park on Ocean Drive. www.VeroBeachOBA.com, 772-532-2455.

Every Sunday: Farmer’s Market from 9 am-2 pm in downtown Vero at the corner of 14th Ave. & 21st St. Contact Eric Hessler by email: [email protected] or call the Main Street office, 772-480-8353.

Sept 15-25: “All My Sons” WW II drama by Arthur Miller at the Vero Beach meatre Guild, 2020 San Juan Ave. Visit www.VeroBeachme-atreGuild.com for varied show times and cost or call 772-562-8300.

Sept 22: Vero Beach Book Cent-er presents Stuart Woods with his book “Son of Stone” from his series of Stone Barrington books at 7 pm, autograph and Q & A. You must purchase the book at the event or online for autograph. 772-569-2050, VeroBeachBookCenter.com

Sept 23: Treasure Coast Human Resources Association, “Creating a Culture of Safety to Prevent Bullying, Harassment and Bias.” IRSC Mueller Center lecture from 7:30 am-1 pm. $50, contact [email protected].

Sept 23-25: Treasure Coast Mu-sic Festival at the IRC Fairgrounds, 3 stages of music, 100 vendors and food booths. Dr. Hook, Molly Hatch-et, Blackfoot, Pat Travers and more. Tickets $15 in advance and $20 at gate. 954-205-7813.

Sept 24: Harbor Branch Oceano-graphic National Estuaries Day, cel-ebrate the natural treasures in the In-dian River. Tour research labs, learn about sea animals, kids’ arts & crafts, games, bounce house, food vendors.

10 am-4 pm. Eco Boat Tour of the IRL ($10 per person). 772-242-2293. 5600 N US1.

Sept 24: Kid’s Night Out with the Horses at Vero Equine, 8130 8th St. 5-10 pm. Ages 6+, $40. 772-532-7720, www.veroequine.org.

Sept 24: “Dinosaurs Are Us” pre-school fun time and music at the Riv-erside Children’s meatre, interactive storytelling with Miss Beth, creative drama, music and movement all with a dinosaur theme. 10-11 am, $10. 3280 Riverside Park Dr., 772-234-8052.

Sept 24-30: Registration for “Scarecrows in the Garden at McK-ee Botanical Gardens,” 10 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday. Free entry cost for non-profit or a family. $25 for busi-ness organizations. 772-794-0601. For registration forms and rules go to www.mckeegarden.org.

Sept 25: Riverside meatre Open

House, 6250 Riverside Park Dr., free event and refreshments as you take a fascinating tour of the “back and front of the house.” See what it takes to put on live theatre performances and the practical aspects to put on a show. 772-231-6990.

Sept 25: Pointe West Wedding Fair, 2-5 pm at me Club at Pointe West. Music, complimentary champagne, tour of venue and mock reception. Hors d’oeuvres, cake tastings, floral displays, music options, photogra-phers and much more for the bride-to-be & family. $10 per person/$15 couple. Reservations, 772-770-3401, email [email protected]

Sept 28: Florida’s Research Entre-preneur’s Summit with Congressman Bill Posey at Indian River State Col-lege, 6155 College Ln., 8 am. Register at irscbiz.com.

Sept 29: “Warm Nights Cool Mu-

sic in the Park” – Vero Beach Mu-seum of Art, Alice & Jim Beckwith Sculpture Park, 5-7 pm. Jazz guitar, Latin and flamenco music by the Don Soledad Group. $10 ticket, free hors d’oeuvres and cash bar for wine and mixed drinks. 772-231-0707, verobeachmuseum.org.

Sept 30: Llama, Llama, Red Pajama Sleepy time Story Hour with Miss Ju-lie. Kids get to dress in fun PJ’s as they listen to the story, enjoy refreshments and meet the story character, Llama. 6:30 pm, Vero Beach Book Center’s Children’s Store, 2145 Indian River Blvd, 772-569-6650.

Oct 1: Special Olympics State Aquatic Championship, North Aquatic Center, 9450 95th St., Sebastian. Saturday, 9 am-4:30 pm; Sunday, 8:30 am-1 pm. Food vendor on-site, no alcohol allowed. IRC Recreation Department is now recruit-ing volunteers. 772-226-1732.

Oct 1: Bernard & Betty Egan Me-morial Golf Classic to benefit the Sa-maritan Center at Hawk’s Nest Golf Club, 6005 Old Dixie Hwy., breakfast & awards luncheon included. $125 per person. Shotgun start at 8:30 am. 772-770-3039.

Oct 2: Jeane Graves Charity Cupcake Challenge to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Incredible baking contest and sale. Buy, taste and vote for the best cupcake on the Treasure Coast at this charity event. $10 entry. Heritage Center, 14th Ave., 3-6 pm. 772-473-3410 or email [email protected].

Oct 6: Poetry reading by artist and Vero Beach pioneer Sean Sexton at the Tiger Lily Art Studios & Gallery at 7 pm, 1903 14th Ave., no admit-tance fee. Light refreshments. 772-778-3443.

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BY MICHAEL BIELECKIFOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

^e Citrus Bowl is not only where the heart is for Vero Beach Fighting Indians fans, but where the school coffers are filled with lots of cold hard cash.

^e Fighting Indians’ recipe for success – the team holds a .721 all-

time winning percentage – is simple. Most Friday nights in the fall, we fill the Citrus Bowl with 5,000 fans, put a competitive football team on the field and add a rowdy marching band.

^e recipe’s most interesting in-gredient is that Vero Beach plays as many as nine home games a year.

^ey routinely pay other teams to come here, enticing schools with a larger payout as a visitor than they could generate playing on their own home field.

“Our record at the Citrus Bowl is a huge advantage for us,” Vero Beach athletic director Tim Tharp said. “Since I’ve been here (2006) we’ve had seven or eight home games every year. I know that’s a tradition in Vero, and playing more than the typical five home games is something I know our fans have come to expect.”

Including Vero Beach’s pre-sea-son Kickoff Classic, they will play an incredible nine home games this year—tops in the state.

At a time when the Indian River School District has made massive cutbacks to athletic programs, the revenue generated from high school football games is invaluable. In fact, no athletic program pays for more programs in the county’s public school system than football.

“We’re very fortunate—it’s no se-cret that our football season ticket holders generate a tremendous amount of income to help support our programs,” ^arp said. “^at’s something we don’t take lightly, and something we’re very appreciative of in the community.”

Legendary retired Vero Beach High School head football coach and athletic director Billy Livings said it was a simple business decision for him to play as many home games as possible when he was in charge. ^e fact that his players and fans experi-enced many more home games than average was a considerable bonus.

“You have to pay off all your foot-ball debts before you can start buying things for other sports programs,” Livings said. “I would tell another (athletic director) that I’d give them $8000 to play us for two years.”

^arp uses a similar line of think-

ing when he makes the football schedule each year.

“Financially, what we do is basical-ly purchase the away game,” ^arp said. “^ere’s no standard deal and it varies based on who the opponent is and how far they had to travel. It puts a little money in their pocket and it helps them.”

But is playing so many home games too much of a good thing? Can Vero Beach’s lack of recent playoff suc-cess (2-5 over the last five years) be attributed to not playing well on the road?

“I think you have to go on the road some during the season, but I don’t think there’s any hard-backed data that says you have to play five away games to find out what it’s like to travel,” ^arp said. “If you played every game at home, I think there may be some credence to that. But if you load your team up on the bus two or three times a year, and you travel a little bit, I think that pre-pares them.”

First-year coach Lenny Jankowski helped fill some empty slots in his schedule this year, and he could have scheduled more away games. By playing as many home games as pos-sible, though, he feels that everyone is a winner in Vero Beach.

“I was shocked at the opponents that wanted to come to our place,” Jankowski said. “We were able to give them something financially, so it was a win-win. What I heard more than that was having the op-portunity of playing in a big-game environment.

“It’s like being at a college game playing in front of that kind of crowd every week. To have our crowd be-hind us, it’s a pretty neat deal — the experience is second to none. I would think that 100 percent of the people would want see as many home games as they could at the Cit-rus Bowl.”

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BY MICHAEL BIELECKIFOR VERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

Gavin Ross, who has gained inter-national acclaim as a swim coach, be-gan building his fourth program from scratch when he took over as varsity swimming coach at St. Edward’s in 2010.

In Vero Beach, this wasn’t front-page news, and to be sure, this is a town where sports like swimming find the back page of the sports sec-tion far too often. Football may be here, but where Ross comes from, swimming is a big, big deal.

In fact, Ross is a big deal in his home country of South Africa. Among his achievements is coaching swimming legend Roland Schoeman.

Ve name Schoeman may not mean a lot to most people around here, but it is solid gold in international swim-ming circles. Ross was Schoeman’s

high school coach at Willowridge High School through 1998, where he sent the star swimmer to the Univer-sity of Arizona. Four Olympic Med-als and five world records later, Sch-

oeman was a star.Enough about the South African

swimming icon, what about his coach?For 25 years, Ross has coached

young swimmers.

“I train everyone from little kids who are just learning how to swim, to a Co-lin MacKay, who missed going to the state swim meet by one tenth of a sec-

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LOYAL TO THE LOCALSMonday: Sweet Start, complimentary dessert of your choice with dinner entreeTuesday: Complimentary glass of Chardonnay or Cabernet with dinner entree

Wednesday: Free Corkage, bring in your own bottle of wine at no additional costThursday: Thirsty Thursday! Extended happy hour drinks until 8pm.

Friday: Frozen Friday! Complimentary frozen cocktail at Heaton’s Reef with any food itemSaturday: Early Bird Happy Hour. Vero’s greatest happy hour a half hour earlier, at 4PMSunday: Sunday Treat, complimentary mimosa with the purchase of a brunch entrée

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Saturday: Live music at Heaton’s Reeffrom 1pm-4pm

Sunday: Bloody Mary Bar from 10am-2pm

Don’t Forget About Our Daily Happenings As Well

Gavin Ross building a swim program at St. Edward’s

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The Citrus Bowl is sold out every Friday night during football season.

Gavin Ross

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Who: Vero Beach High School (3-0) vs. West Boca High School (1-2)

Where: Billy Livings Field at the Citrus Bowl-Time: 7:30 p.m.

What they did last week: Vero Beach High School defeated Fort Pierce Westwood at home, 38-0. West Boca, defeated Lake Worth at home, 21-20.

What you should know: West Boca played Vero Beach close the past two years, and the Bulls will be their toughest opponent so far this season. ge Bulls, who have already played three strong Palm Beach opponents, rely on backfield workhorse Eugene Bethea (75 carries for 405 yards and one touchdown) to carry the one-dimen-sional offense. Bulls quarterback Zach Miner has thrown three in-terceptions, zero touchdowns, and has completed just 33 percent of his passes for 58 yards. Vero Beach has outscored its opponents 113-30 after three games, and quarterback Nick Madden has thrown for 824 yards and six touchdowns. ge Fighting Indians have caused an incredible 13 fumbles on defense, recovering 10 of them.

ge Pirates are idle in football this week, as they prepare for Cavalry Christian next week.

Sept. 21–Boys Varsity Golf v. ge Benjamin School and Okeechobee High School, 4:00 p.m., Vero Beach Country Club

–Varsity Volleyball v. Port St. Lucie High School, 6:00 p.m., away

Sept. 22–Girls Varsity Golf v. Lincoln Park Academy and John Carroll, 4 p.m., ge Moorings

–Varsity Swimming v. Westminster Academy, 4:00 p.m., home–Varsity Volleyball v. Florida Air Academy, 5:30 p.m., away

Sept. 24–Varsity Cross Country, Fleet Feet Invitational, 7:45 a.m., South Fork High School

Sept. 26–Boys Varsity Golf v. Vero Beach High School and Sebastian River High School, 3:30 p.m., Pointe West

–Girls Varsity Golf v. Melbourne Catholic Central, 4:00 p.m., Crane Creek Reserve Golf Course

–Varsity Swimming v. Holy Trinity Episcopal and Florida Air Academy, 4:00 p.m., away

Sept. 27–Varsity Volleyball v. Melbourne Central Catholic, 6:30 p.m., away

This week at Vero Beach High School

St. Edward’s Sports CalendarSWIMFROM PAGE 19

ond,” Ross said. “He’s a senior this year, so he’ll have another chance to qualify.”

At St. Edwards he will concentrate on developing high performance techniques as well as athlete con-ditioning with all year training and competition.

Athletic director Jeffery Lamscha said the job Ross has done with the swim team, “has been nothing short of dynamic.”

Ross is just doing what he did in South Africa—building the best pos-sible team, with the talent available.

“Our objective here is to take them when we get them at the age of six, and send them off to college on a scholarship at the age of 18,” Ross said. “gat’s pretty much what I was doing in South Africa. I sent ten kids over stateside (on a college scholar-ship) when I was over there coaching. I would take them to the college level, and leave it up to the college coach to

bring them up tot the next level.”Schoeman is living, breathing proof

that Ross’ formula works.“I sent (Schoeman at age 18) to the

Commonwealth Games in 1998, he swam the sixth fastest time in the 100-meter freestyle,” Ross said. “gen he came across to Arizona University, and within a year he was top 10 in the world in all four 50-meter events. In 2004 he came in second in the Olym-pics in the 100 meter freestyle.”

Ross has a degree in sports science and has also coached rugby. ge suc-cess of Sebastian River High School’s girls’ rugby team didn’t go unnoticed by Ross last season; he hopes to start a team at St. Edward’s in the very near future.

“I’m going to start a ruby club on a very small scale, twice a week, and try to get the footballers to play during their offseason,” said Ross. “I think it will improve all of their skills, and I’m going to hold it 45 minutes per week starting in mid-November.”

STAFF PHOTOSGavin Ross has been head of the St. Ed’s swim program since 2010.

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BY LISA RYMERVERO BEACH NEWSWEEKLY

For a small town, Vero Beach has abountiful array of cultural activitiesto satisfy a love for the arts. Fromtheater and museum exhibits to mu-sical performances and dance, notonly are the arts plentiful, but theorganizations that nurture them areoften recognized as leaders in thestate.

fe proliferation of arts in thiscommunity, however, has been farmore painstaking to achieve thanwhat is immediately apparent. Forinstance, the Vero Beach featreGuild and Riverside featre wereborn from the same entity. Andwhile we now have an abundance ofquality theater to enjoy, there was atime when the anguish of a split wasas dramatic as some of the perfor-mances.

Currently, a similar evolution ishappening between the Vero BeachMuseum of Art and the group thathelped breath life into this vital in-stitution, the Vero Beach Art Club.

“Between the museum and theclub, I see a total parallel,” says AllenCornell, artistic director and CEOof Riverside featre, who was hiredin 1982 and oversaw the theater’smetamorphosis. “One is a volunteer,amateur, community organization;the other is an organization that isprofessionally oriented.”

fe Art Club, which recently cel-ebrated its 75th anniversary, was thefirst nonprofit cultural organizationto form in Indian River County. fefeatre Guild was the second.

In 1958, a small group of thespi-ans banded together and produced“John Loves Mary,” a wartime com-edy of errors by Norman Krasna.

“Sets were built and lines re-hearsed in whatever empty garage

could be found,” writes Tom Rhodesin a playbill commemorating the 50th

anniversary of the Guild in 2008.During the early years, plays were

performed in the junior and seniorhigh school auditoriums, at the na-val base or wherever a stage made it-self available. With support from thecommunity, who eagerly filled seats,and the media, who regularly re-viewed plays, the Guild establisheda foothold on the shifting sands ofthe Treasure Coast.

In 1965, the city of Vero Beach of-fered to lease land in Riverside Park,a 54-acre parcel donated by theMacWilliam family for recreationand culture. fe caveat: the non-profit group was required to con-struct a building within one

year of signing the 99-year lease,at a rate of $1/year, says Joyce Levi, alongtime Guild member.

Twenty eight Guild memberspledged donations of $1,000 to con-struct a $28,000 building that wouldhouse a set workshop, rehearsalspace and a storage facility. CarrollOtto, a retired insurance executive,and his wife, Dorothy, put up collat-eral for the bank loan.

Today, that original building com-prises the backstage area of River-side featre.

Still, the new building was toosmall for performances, forcing thecontinued use of available auditori-ums.

“We were still building sets thathad to be trucked to the high school

for set-up and performance. Some-times the stage was needed for day-time activity and we had to strike theset after each show and then set itback up for the next night’s perfor-mance,” writes Rhodes.

Plans were hatched to build a 300-seat theater that included “a stainedglass tower by (local artist) ConradPickel,” recalls Levi.

In 1966, the Vero Beach Con-cert Association was formed, thethird cultural nonprofit organiza-tion in the area. Representatives ap-proached the Guild about doublingthe size of the theater, which wouldenable them to utilize the space forconcerts.

In order to build a 600-seat theat-

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Discover VeroTheatre Guild charted its own course to successBefore Art Club, Museum clash, theater groups had their own di9erences

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er, Guild members formed the VeroBeach Community eeatre Trust“with the help of a lot of local artssupporters,” says Levi.

Funds raised for the 300-seattheater were turned over by theGuild to the eeatre Trust, saysLevi, along with the lease for theland and the existing building.

Similarly, the art club gave whatmoney it had raised for its ownmodest building to the museum forconstruction of a dignified reposi-tory of fine art. In 1981, the museumsigned a joint lease with the art clubbased on a $1 per year contract withthe city. While this is a major differ-ence between the theater’s divorceand the situation faced by the artsorganizations, the Guild didn’t real-ize the full impact of this differencewhen it relinquished its assets.

To build Riverside eeatre, “it tookfive fundraisers (the last one headedby Dan Richardson) and $850,000,”writes Mary Ellen Replogle, anotherlongtime Guild member. She pub-lished a coffee table-style book enti-tled, “Riverside eeatre: 1973-2007.”

In the fall of 1973, the Riversideeeatre season opened with a Guildproduction of “Tom Jones” on itsnew stage.

“ee Guild had an agreement touse the stage and to pay the trust 50percent of its profits,” says Cornell,who arrived in 1982 from New York

City, where he was a freelance direc-tor, designer and a member of thetheater department at Delphi Uni-versity.

Cornell was hired as productioncoordinator by the Communityeeatre Trust, Riverside eeatre’sgoverning board.

When Cornell came on board,“Riverside eeater was a fledglingorganization with two or three paidstaff people,” he says. For the firstten years of Riverside’s history, theCommunity eeatre Trust bookedtouring plays, Guild productions,other theatrical events and civic ac-tivities at Riverside.

But, what transpired next was per-haps the most difficult chapter inthe Guild’s history.

As Levi remembers it, the Guild’sgoal of producing community theat-er was progressing nicely, and themembers were comfortable in theirnew surroundings.

“ee plays were usually good, butsometimes one wasn’t,” she says.

“One night, a board memberbrought a friend from New YorkCity, or from somewhere up north,to the theatre and saw one of the badones,” Levi says. “He said, ‘we coulddo better.’”

Cornell says he was approached by

members of the eeatre Trust, whoasked him how to move forward andupgrade the theater.

Cornell told them “they neededmore artistic direction and pro-fessional directors,” he says. “eisstirred a debate between the Trustand the Guild. A vote was taken ata board meeting, in which the Trustdecided to make me the artistic di-rector in 1984.”

Levi recollects that the Guildcould no longer choose the plays,directors and actors for its produc-tions. Riverside was going to bringin professionals.

“eis was not an acceptable alter-native. It was against the mission ofthe Guild which has always been togive community residents an oppor-tunity to work on stage and back-stage,” she says.

Cornell says that it was a differ-ence in missions and goals thatcaused the split. As a communitytheater, “artistic decisions were be-ing made by committee instead ofby one individual who is solely re-sponsible for a production’s quality,”he says. “When you have two mind-sets, it’s very difficult. Not that oneis better than the other, they’re justdivergent.”

In terms of the Museum of Art and

the Art Club, Cornell says that “at acertain point it comes down to eco-nomics. As the museum has grown,it has had to maintain the buildingand maintain quality. ee standardshave changed over the years.”

From a business perspective, anorganization has to assess the meth-odology for achieving its goals andrealizing its vision.

Cornell says that it’s difficult tomeet those expectations when eve-ry aspect of the organization is notmoving toward the desired result.“Riverside went through this in1985. We had to make this decision,”he says.

However, Cornell points out thatthere was no lease agreement be-tween the Guild and Riverside. “eeGuild were tenants, not leasehold-ers.” ee joint lease complicates themuseum and art club relationship.

To further complicate matters, anagreement signed in 1985 betweenthe museum and art club assuresthe club space in the museum. Itdoesn’t, however, specify the cost ofthat space.

As the museum pursues its plansfor a multimillion dollar expansion,it asked the art club to pay fees of$40,000 annually. When art clubmembership threatened to with-draw support from the museum, andword of the conflict hit the press,the museum reduced that amountto a nominal fee, in addition to whatthe art club already contributes forthe use of the office.

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THEATRE GUILDFROM PAGE 21

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While the art club is in the throesof a battle with the museum, vexedby being left off several re-writtenleases with the city, the Guild longago split from Riverside to go itsown way.

Determined to find a home of itsown, Pat Hazen, president of theGuild during this difficult time oftransition, explored purchasingthe Florida beatre on 14th Avenuein downtown Vero Beach. But, theasking price was out of the Guild’sreach.

“be other building, the formerCentral Assembly of God Churchon San Juan Avenue was less expen-sive, but with lots of work needed toconvert it into a live theatre,” writesPeter and Barbara Peck in a histori-cal retrospective for the Guild’s 50th

anniversary.Pastor Buddy Tipton, whose new

church on State Road 60 had justbeen completed, worked with thebank and other Guild Members tosecure a loan for the theater

In June 1985, “we loaded every-thing moveable in pickup trucks andcars and transported it, except thegrand piano,” says Levi, who still hasthe piano’s original bill of sale. “be

piano is still at Riverside, becausethere’s still no room for it.”

After the Guild’s departure, Cor-nell was faced with producing showswith the help of two other staff mem-bers and a potential pool of commu-nity volunteers. Nonetheless, withpeople in the seats, Riverside couldafford to hire professional actors.

“Today, there are more than 60paid staff during season,” says Cor-nell, who proudly announces that“Riverside is now the largest pro-ducing theatre in Florida,” based onthe number of people employed, thenumber of people who attend the-atrical events and the size of opera-tion.

Of the ten or so “really good pro-fessional theaters in Florida, River-side is at the top of the list,” he says.

bere is consensus in the artscommunity that the more theater,the better.

“We have two very good theatreshere,” says Levi. “be Vero Beachbeatre Guild is one of the bestcommunity theatres in the country.Since 1958, it has been continuallyoperating,” making it the longestrunning theater on the east coast ofFlorida.

“It turned out well, even though itwas a difficult process,” says Levi inregard to the split.

“Some 16,000 hours of volunteerlabor were counted that summeras we built a new theatre,” writethe Pecks. In December 1985, theGuild opened in its new home witha production of “John Loves Mary,”in honor of the first play it had everproduced.

be stage was on the other end ofthe room from where it is now andthe audience sat on church pews.Later, a state grant and a multitudeof fundraisers helped make the nec-essary changes.

“We did really good work,” saysLevi, who has accumulated a slew ofnewspaper reviews over the years,praising the Guild for its efforts,dedication and professionalism.

“We have a lot of former profes-sionals who participate,” she sayspointing to the amount of talent inthe area. “People enjoy seeing theircolleagues, friends, doctors and law-yers on stage.”

Some of the professionals includeGeorge Carabin, a film and stagedirector and actor who was exiledfrom Romania in the ‘70s and has

worked with several prestigioustheatrical institutions in the U.S.Carabin is directing the 2011-2012season-opening “All My Sons,” cur-rently playing at the Guild.

Levi, herself, was professional ac-tress in off-Broadway productions,before getting married and pursu-ing a career in radio broadcasting.She handled public relations andthe playbill for the Guild for 20years.

Sadly, two stellar talents passedaway this year, including WallyGagel, an actor “with every actor’scard imaginable,” says Levi, andthe incomparable Pam Rochowiak,whose portrayal in “Everyone LovesOpal,” made her unforgettable.Rochowiak died unexpectedly a fewmonths ago after what seemed to bea successful battle with cancer.

A survey conducted by the Guilda few years back sought to find outfrom what part of the communityaudience members lived. Somewhatsurprisingly, “they were equally di-vided between the mainland, northcounty, west of town, the beach areaand south county,” says Levi.

“I assume it’s about the same to-day,” she says.

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Murray SmithMurray Smith, 89, died Sept. 7, 2011,

at Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach. He was born in London, came to this country when he was 4 years old and lived in Vero Beach for over 13 ½ years, coming from Winnetka, Ill.

He was an active member of the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills for 48 years and later became a mem-ber of Twin Oaks Tennis Club in Vero Beach. Survivors include his daughter, Victoria of Broad Channel, N.Y.; and one grandchild. A guestbook is avail-able at www.aycock-hillcrest.com.

Blanche Wallace EvansBlanche Wallace Evans died peace-

fully at Indian River Medical Center on Sept. 5, 2011. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia, 17th July 1924 and married her husband, Charles Clem-ent Evans on Dec. 27, 1944. key lived in Atlanta until they moved to Indian River Shores, in 1972. She was an active member of Trinity Episco-pal Church, before transferring to St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church. She is survived by her be-loved husband of over 66 years, one son, Charles Fries Evans of Green-ville, S.C.; two daughters: Dr. Blanche W. Evans of Vero Beach and Carlene Evans Holden and her husband, Gre-gory Lewis Holden of Supply, N.C.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Augustine of Canterbury Epis-copal Church, 475 43rd Avenue, Vero Beach, Florida 32960.

Janet Sullivan TellierJanet Sullivan Tellier, 72, of Vero

Beach died Sept. 5, 2011 surrounded by her husband and her daughters. She was born in Staten Island, N.Y. In 1961, she married Francis Joseph Tell-ier. ke couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 5, 2011.

In 2006, Janet moved to Vero Beach where she was an active golfer who enjoyed playing at the John’s Island Club and Quail Valley Golf Club. She was a parishioner of Holy Cross Church, and a volunteer at the Hos-

pice House in Vero Beach. ke family asks that in lieu of flowers, consider a memorial donation in Janet’s memo-ry to the VNA Foundation and Hos-pice, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. An online guestbook is availa-ble at www.strunk funeralhome.com.

David Alan JeremyDavid Alan Jeremy, DDS, 73, died

Sept. 8, 2011, at VNA/Hospice House in Vero Beach. He was born in Pon-tiac, Mich., and lived in Vero Beach for two years, coming from Grand Blanc, Mich. He was a dentist, prac-ticing in Grand Blanc for 40 years, un-til retiring in 2001. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Judith Jeremy of Vero Beach; sons, Stephen Craig Jer-emy of Mansfield, Ohio, Brent Jeremy of Vero Beach and Jeffrey Jeremy of Sebastian; daughter, Julie Riddles of Oakridge, N.C.; sisters, Judy Young of Seven Mile, Ohio, and Susan Menson of Wilmington, Del.; and nine grand-children. Memorial contributions may be made to the VNA/Hospice Foun-dation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.

Olive Fleisher MegearsOlive Fleisher Megears, 73, died

Sept. 9, 2011 in Buford, Georgia where she spent her final days with her daughter and family. She was born in Jersey Shore, Penn., and lived in Vero Beach for more than 45 years. She helped cancer and hair loss pa-tients for 43 years with her wig shop, ‘Olives Wig Shop’. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Doug-las and Jan Fleisher of Vero Beach, daughter and son-in-law, Tammy and Billy Wadsworth of Buford, Ga., three grandsons, three granddaughters and three great grandchildren.

Anthony Liotta Sr.Anthony Liotta Sr. died Sept. 10,

2011, at Indian River Medical Center. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach since 1984, com-ing from Northport, N.Y. He was of

the Catholic faith. Before retiring, he was a police officer for 22 years in the Suffolk County Police Department. He was a professional photographer and barber in New York.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Jeanette Liotta of Vero Beach; sons, Anthony Liotta Jr. and Keith Liotta, both of Vero Beach; daugh-ter, Lauren Mancuso of Vero Beach; brothers, Albert Liotta of Vero Beach and Ermineo Liotta of New York; four grandchildren; and two great-grand-children. A guestbook is available at www.lowtherfuneralhome.com.

Faye L. BattistiFaye L. Battisti, 89, died Sept. 13,

2011, at Viera Hospital in Viera. She was born in Okeechobee and had been a longtime resident of Mel-bourne. She was of Catholic faith. She worked as a hostess for eight years at the Riomar Country Club in Vero Beach. Survivors include her daughter, Carol Johnson of Vero Beach; sister, Blanche Trim of Rock-ledge; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild.

Charles Joseph BradshawCharles Joseph “Charlie” Brad-

shaw, 82, died Sept. 10, 2011 at his home in Vero Beach. Vero Beach has been his home since 1980 after mov-ing here from Miami Shores. Charlie is survived by his wife, Edith Oliver Bradshaw; his four children; John (Alicia) of Greenville, SC; Charlie, Jr., of Boynton Beach, FL, Joe (Laura) of Vero Beach and Arline (John) Mead of Cary, NC; 2 step daughters, Rachael and Chloe Powlas of Vero Beach and nine grandchildren. Memorial con-tributions may be made to Dollars for Scholars, P.O. Box 1820, Vero Beach, FL 32961 and the Hibiscus Children’s Center, 1145 12th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960. Condolences may be made at www.lowtherfuneral home.com.

Rachel F. (Reese) CrapoRachel F. (Reese) Crapo, 94, died

Sept. 8 in Vero Beach.

She had been a resident of Vero Beach for the past few years. She was the widow of Henry G. Crapo, former Register of Deeds for Bris-tol County, Mass. She is the mother of Stephen R. Crapo and his wife Denise of South Dennis, Mass, and Vero Beach, and the late Robert H. Crapo, Sr., and James S. Crapo. Donations in her memory may be made to the Remembrance Fund of the Winthrop Street Baptist Church, 39 Winthrop Street, Taunton, MA 02780.

Rosanna DancyRosanna Sullivan Dancy, 84, died

Sept. 6, 2011, at Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee. She lived in Indian River County for 65 years, coming from her birthplace. She was an active member of First United Methodist Church in Vero Beach, Vero Beach Chapter 135 Or-der of Eastern Star, United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Daugh-ters of the American Revolution. She worked for more than 25 years for the Indian River County School District, retiring in 1994.

Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church, 1750 20th St., Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.

Lucille HamersLucille Hamers, 92, died Sept. 12,

2011, at her home. She was born in Jersey City, N.J., and lived in Vero Beach for 13 years, coming from Whiting, N.J. Survivors include her sons, Robert S. Hamers of Fort Pierce and Richard A. Hamers of Jetersville, Va.; daughter, Denise C. Hamers-Farber of East Amherst, N.Y.; eight grandchildren; and six great-grand-children.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Visiting Nurse Asso-ciation & Hospice Foundation, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.

Obituaries

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Gertrude G. HarrisGertrude G. Harris, 94, died Aug.

19, 2011, at her home. She was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., and lived in Vero Beach since 1975, coming from Greenwich, Conn. She was a member of Christ By ee Sea United Method-ist Church, Vero Beach. Survivors in-clude her son, Bill Harris of Palm Bay; daughter, Sally Alford of Houston; four grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

A guestbook is available at www.lowtherfuneralhome.com.

Joseph Francis Imbs IIJoseph Francis Imbs II, died Sept.

11, 2011 at the age of 90. Beloved hus-band of Helen Cole Imbs and the late Jeanne Muckerman Imbs; father of Jeanne Imbs Weitzel (Steve), Joseph Francis Imbs III, Robert Christopher Imbs (Lisa), and Grace Imbs Low-ell (John); grandfather of Cadi Imbs Olsen, Joseph Francis Imbs IV, Wil-liam W. Weitzel, Audrey A. Imbs, Christopher Cole Imbs, J. Jarret Low-ell, and Alexander J. Lowell.

He was the third generation presi-dent and CEO of the J.F. Imbs Mill-ing Company, which merged with Nebraska Consolidated Mills, now ConAgra Inc. in 1970.

In lieu of flowers, memorials ap-preciated to Northern Michigan Re-gional Health System Foundation, 360 Connable Avenue, Petoskey, MI 49770, or to the charity of one’s choice.

James Franklin LehnertJames Franklin Lehnert, 86, died

Sept. 8, 2011, at the VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach. He was born in Baltimore and lived in Vero Beach for 10 years, coming from Indian-town. He was a decorated World War II veteran, serving in the Marines. Survivors include his sons, Glenn, Robert, Gary, Mark, John and Lar-ry; daughter, Laurie Koehn; sis-ter, Janet Reilly of Tallahassee; 24 grandchildren; and 18 great-grand-children.

Memorial contributions may be made to the VNA Hospice Founda-tion, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL

32960.A guestbook is available at www.

coxgiffordseawinds.com.

Evelyn Geer McCartneyEvelyn Geer McCartney, 91, died

Sept. 12, 2011, at VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach. She was born in New York City and lived in Vero Beach for 49 years. She was a mem-ber of First Baptist Church of Vero Beach. Survivors include her son, Brian A. McCartney of Griffin, Ga.; daughter, Karen M. Rockhill of Vero Beach; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church of Vero Beach Debt Retirement Fund, 2206 16th Ave., Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.

Alice L. PapolaAlice L. Papola, 84, died Sept. 13,

2011, at Indian River Center in West Melbourne. She was born in Phila-delphia and lived in Vero Beach for 25 years, coming from Toms River, N.J.

Survivors include her son, Joseph A. Papola Jr. of Little Egg Harbor, N.J.; daughters, Susan Breeding of Seaford, Del., Carol Ewald of Seattle and Nancy Blazewicz of Melbourne; and seven grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 4700 N. Congress Ave., Suite 101, West Palm Beach, FL 33407. A guest-book is available at www.aycock-hill-crest.com.

John A. PuseyJohn A. Pusey, 92, died Sept. 6,

2011, at the VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach. He was born in Buf-falo, N.Y., and lived in Vero Beach since 1974, coming from Cary, N.C. He was a member of the Congre-gational Church. He was an Eagle Scout who later served as a scout-master for more than 20 years and had more than 40 Scouts achieve Eagle status. A guestbook is avail-able at www.coxgiffordseawinds.com.

Albertha SandersAlbertha Sanders, 84, died Sept.

10, 2011, in Vero Beach. She was born in Wabasso and was a lifelong resident of Indian River County. Survivors include her sons, Roy Lee Sanders and Marcus Sanders, both of Vero Beach, and Leroy Sanders of Louisville, Ky.; daughters, Gwen-dolyn Alcorn, Veronica Reid and Faye Brown, all of Vero Beach, and Adornis Sanders of Gettysburg, Pa.; sister, Louise eompkins of Mel-bourne; 25 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.

Katherine L. SlusserKatherine L. Slusser, 56, died Sept.

13, 2011, at Jacksonville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Jacksonville. She was a lifetime resident of Vero Beach. She worked as a clerk for Indian River County for 17 years. She was a member of Forest Park Baptist Church in Vero Beach. She was a graduate of Vero Beach High School, Class of 1973. Survivors include her husband of 32 years, Walter A. Slusser Sr. of Vero Beach; sons, Eric Slusser and Steven Slusser, both of Fort Pierce and Walter A. Slusser II of Vero Beach; mother, La-von A. Schaefer of Vero Beach; brother, Wade Shaefer of Vero Beach; sisters, Brenda DeLuca and Gayle Evers, both of Vero Beach; and nine grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County, P.O. Box 644, Vero Beach, FL 32961. A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.

Barbara Jones StarkBarbara Jones Stark passed away

on Sept. 12, 2011 at Hospice House in Vero Beach, after a long illness. She was born in Indianapolis in 1923. In 1944, she married Richard (Dick) A. Stark. In 1990, they re-tired to live full-time in Vero Beach. In Vero Beach, Barbara was active in the founding, funding and opera-tions of the Vero Beach Museum of Arts. She served a term as Chair-man of the Museum’s Community Committee. She was active in the Community Church of Vero Beach.

She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Richard A. Stark, and their five children; Susan S. Wog-lom, Esq., Amherst, MA, Margaret L. Stark, CPA, Westlake Village, CA, Sarah S. Oldham, Esq., Westport, CT, Barbara S. Baxter, MD, Dallas, TX, and Richard J. Stark, Esq., New York, NY; along with 14 grandchil-dren and seven great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to VNA Hospice House in Vero Beach or Community Church of Vero Beach.

Margaret Anna ThomasMargaret Anna eomas, 75, died

Sept. 13, 2011. She was born in Mi-amitown, Ohio, and lived in Vero Beach for 15 years, coming from Ohio. Survivors include her sons, Robert Beyer of Vero Beach, Kevin Beyer of Cleveland, Tenn., Vernon Wadsworth Sr. of Vero Beach, Roger Pope of Ohio and Jesse Williamson of Mississippi; daughters, Pamela Smith of Lumberton, Miss., Tamela Beyer of Cincinnati, Teresa Beyer of Vero Beach and Dedrea Beyer of Tennes-see;30 grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren.

A guestbook is available at www.strunkfuneralhome.com.

Jason TroisiJason Troisi, 31, died Sept. 11,

2011. He was born in Newton, N.J., and lived in Vero Beach since 1986, coming from New Jersey. He was the owner of Flummin Inc., which manu-factured and serviced water slides for amusement parks.

He attended St. Helen Catholic School, where he served as an al-tar boy; and was a member of Vero Beach High School Class of 1998.

Survivors include his son, An-thony Troisi of Vero Beach; parents, Richard and Helene Troisi of Vero Beach; sister, Corinne Troisi of Vero Beach; and maternal grandmother, Margaret Nielsen of Vero Beach. Memorial contributions may be made to Anthony Troisi c/o Seacoast Na-tional Bank, 1206 U.S. 1, Vero Beach, FL 32960. A guestbook is available at www.lowtherfuneralhome.com.

OBITUARIES

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